{"title":"Blockchain Use Cases in Financial Services","authors":"Priya D. Dozier","doi":"10.28945/4823","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.28945/4823","url":null,"abstract":"This qualitative study provided insights into the top 17 blockchain use cases identified by Financial Services leaders in 2018 and how much progress (or lack of progress) has been made in 2020. This research provided insights for Financial Services managers and practitioners to use to develop strategies and to prioritize/deprioritize specific blockchain use cases.","PeriodicalId":234535,"journal":{"name":"Muma Business Review","volume":"28 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130836719","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"This is not your parent's internship.","authors":"Robert W Hammond","doi":"10.28945/5001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.28945/5001","url":null,"abstract":"Internships have been a long-standing opportunity for students to gain work experience before graduation. Increasingly, savvy companies have come to realize that as a result of experiential educational experiences like internships, vocationally oriented student organizations, and university programming many students are ready to contribute in a meaningful way to the firm at graduation and in many cases even before graduation. Hiring a student intern is a “win” for both the student and the hiring company. The student is typically paid a wage like working part-time and the company can staff a position at a lower cost and without committing to a full-time employee. There is another deeper win-win within the internship as well. Hiring companies can evaluate potential full-time hires over an extended period and students can see if the work and company are a good fit for their long-term career goals. \u0000The internship model has been in place for many years and operated in a state of status quo. Recently the market has begun to shift with aging workers, unfilled jobs, a booming economy, and a new generation of students with potentially different work-life goals. Add to these market disruptions the rapidly changing definition of work, new technologies, and types of jobs and the need becomes apparent for more information to aid companies in recruiting students for internships. \u0000The following paper presents the findings of a focus group and subsequent survey with students from the insert university after review. The results of the research provide insights for companies on how students find internships, the percentage of students seeking internships, and what students are seeking in an internship.","PeriodicalId":234535,"journal":{"name":"Muma Business Review","volume":"31 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116291105","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A New Era of Culture Shaping Has Emerged: Here’s How It May Affect Organizations","authors":"M. Sayyadi, Michael j Provitera","doi":"10.28945/5065","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.28945/5065","url":null,"abstract":"Management scholars have identified three dimensions for organizational culture that stand out as we recover from the pandemic. One is the dimension of trust, which is expressed by mutual trust and respect for the common good. The second is the dimension of learning that focuses on exploration and innovation. The third, is collaboration, which is an example of actively supporting employees. These three dimensions simplify the complexity of an organization's culture and shape it. In this article, we intend to introduce a new approach using these three dimensions to better understand and shape culture more effectively. This new approach involves all members of the organization and builds greater results for organizations in the post-COVID-19 era. Using these three cultural dimensions has a surprising impact on the success of companies.","PeriodicalId":234535,"journal":{"name":"Muma Business Review","volume":"51 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"120835344","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Reward-based Crowdfunding in a Pandemic","authors":"Matthew Grace","doi":"10.28945/5050","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.28945/5050","url":null,"abstract":"How the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted entrepreneurship in America is a critical question. Despite the pandemic, entrepreneurs have been, and still are, looking to finance their ongoing, established businesses, as well as finance new ventures. Reward-based crowdfunding has filled an important gap in alternative finance since the 2008 financial crisis, and many are wondering if it can do the same for the current crisis. By examining 114,838 Kickstarter projects spanning more than a decade, including through the COVID-19 pandemic, this paper tries to answer the following questions: how has the COVID-19 pandemic impacted crowdfunding campaigns in America, and how have different product categories been affected? The analyses show that reward-based crowdfunding campaigns on Kickstarter have reached a global maximum in terms of success rates. Furthermore, the number of backers, the ratio of a campaign’s funds raised to its goal, and the average funds pledged per campaign, have also increased during the pandemic. Furthermore, some product categories have performed dramatically better than others. Each of these findings alone would contribute towards an increased understanding of the effects of the pandemic on crowdfunding; however, taken together, these results contribute substantially towards an understanding of the dynamics of crowdfunding with implications for academics as well as practitioners.","PeriodicalId":234535,"journal":{"name":"Muma Business Review","volume":"53 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121231939","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}