Cory R. A. Hallam

Online self-disclosure

Technological innovations are increasingly helping people expand their social capital through online networks by offering new opportunities for sharing personal information. Online social networks are perceived to provide individuals new benefits and have led to a surge of personal data uploaded, stored, and shared. While privacy concerns are a major issue for many users of social networking sites, studies have shown that their information disclosing behavior does not align with their concerns. This gap between behavior and concern is called the privacy paradox. Several theories have been explored to explain this, but with inconsistent and incomplete results. This study investigates the paradox using a construal level theory lens. We show how a privacy breach, not yet experienced and psychologically distant, has less weight in everyday choices than more concrete and psychologically-near social networking activities and discuss the implications for research and practice. An explanation of the information privacy paradox using Construal Level Theory.Intentions mediate the relationship between privacy concerns and self-disclosure behavior.Social Rewards predict online behavior through near-future intentions.Privacy Concerns relate to distant-future intentions, but do not directly affect the online behavior.Privacy concerns indirectly affect online behavior through near-future intentions.

Company Self-Assessment of Lean Enterprise Maturity in the Aerospace Industry

This study investigates the use of Lean Enterprise self-assessment in the aerospace industry. Senior enterprise leaders from 31 enterprises in the U.S. and U.K. aerospace industries utilized the MIT Lean Enterprise Self-Assessment Tool (LESAT) as a means for measuring their current state of leanness in leadership/transformation processes, life-cycle processes, and enabling infrastructure as defined by the LESAT. The empirical results suggest that the companies sampled from the aerospace industry in this study exhibit the lowest maturity in practices related to establishing and deploying a lean enterprise vision, even in the presence of high maturity in lean production within the organizations. Based on the self-assessment, a clear opportunity related to lean enterprise transformation exists in raising the maturity of these enterprises in understanding their current value streams and defining their future value streams. A framework for incorporating LESAT results into formal information feedback mechanisms for enterprise management is proposed for follow-on research as a means to build on capabilities while prioritizing lean improvement activities within the context of enterprise strategic needs.

Integrating lean and green management

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to perform a literature review of peer-reviewed journal articles investigating the relationship between Lean and Green management in light of developing an integrated management model. Design/methodology/approach After an extensive search, 60 articles from 1996 to 2016 were identified as relevant to this study. Findings The evidence of successful integration of Lean and Green management has largely been weak. The strongest positive evidence between the two management philosophies has been for Lean implementation pushing Green outcomes through operational waste reduction, thus improving environmental performance. The majority of studies suggest highly optimistic outcomes from integrating Lean and Green, however, an integrated operating model of the firm relating Lean and Green is lacking. Research limitations/implications The literature review suggests the necessary elements for proposing an integrated operating model of the firm. Practical implications The paper offers interesting implications for managers. While most Lean implementations have resulted in some positive environmental outcomes, both management philosophies tend to be implemented independently. Integrating the implementation of Lean and Green offers the potential for synergistic returns. Originality/value The findings are derived from a systematic literature review of articles that have studied the relation between Lean and Green management, resulting in a proposed integrated model of firm performance.

Measuring entrepreneurial intent? Temporal construal theory shows it depends on your timing

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the influence of temporal construal theory on entrepreneurial intention models using a three-country study. Inclusion of temporal construal theory in intent models would suggest path dependent influence on intent, and more specifically, that intent may be subdivided into temporally based categories, broadly codified as short-term and long-term intent. Design/methodology/approach – A quasi-experimental study of 1,046 university students in business and engineering from the USA, Mexico, and Spain was conducted. A temporal construal model of intent is proposed, including measures of short-term and long-term intent. Entrepreneurial self-efficacy (ESE), part of the perceived behavioral control in the theory of planned behavior, is utilized to structure the model antecedents. Findings – The results suggest the existence of differences in individual entrepreneurial intent measures depending on the individual’s perception of when the entrepreneurial event is a...

Evaluation of the Levelized Cost of Energy Method for Analyzing Renewable Energy Systems: A Case Study of System Equivalency Crossover Points Under Varying Analysis Assumptions

A modified levelized cost of energy (LCOE) model was created to determine the economic crossover point (measured in €/barrel of oil) between a traditional diesel power-generating facility and a hybrid closed-loop wind-hydro energy system on the island of El Hierro. This island represents the first system-ofsystems coupled wind and pumped-storage hydroelectric facility in the world aimed at achieving energy independence for an island. LCOE models were developed using fixed baseline oil prices of 30, 40, and 50 €/barrel, which is the price range when the construction project was undertaken. The percentage change of the Spanish consumer price index and industrial price index were used to assess the effect of changing oil prices on the LCOE. This paper involved on-site investigation of the technical and financial elements of the project and resulted in an LCOE model that includes investment, operation and maintenance, emissions, and land costs. Sensitivity analyses were carried out at varying inflation and discount rates. Results indicate that the economic crossover point between the energy production systems to be below the current world oil price and within the range of prices when the project was initiated. Increasing inflation rates reduces the crossover point by increasing future costs associated with the diesel system, and increasing discount rates raises the crossover point by discounting future costs associated with diesel fuel expense. Under constant dollar analysis, the LCEO model robustly highlights system equivalency points; however, the inclusion of discount rate challenges this robustness by introducing the potential for gaming the analysis in favor of one technology over another.

Technology-based business incubation: A study of the differences and similarities between private, university, and government incubation

A study of technology-based business incubation was conducted to investigate and contrast the differences and similarities between private, university, and government incubation. Sample operating models from existing universities are explored demonstrating the various permutations and combinations of operating philosophies. The operating models are reviewed in light of their broader fit within the realm of technology entrepreneurship, commercialization, and management in the United States. Using these results, a 9-step checklist for creating an incubator is promulgated with the intention of being used at each stage of incubator development, including the feasibility study stage, the launch stage, and the maintenance, operation, and improvement stage.. Finally, a series of recommendations are made for establishing a technology-based incubation program in the Canary Islands in response to their desire to move the region from a purely tourism-based economy to a more diverse economic make-up that includes technology-based business incubation spinning off from Canary Island universities.

Influencing entrepreneurial intent for new technology intrapreneurs and entrepreneurs in a university environment

Experiential learning is considered paramount to entrepreneurial education. For the U.S. the creation of technology entrepreneurs is an essential element of economic growth, job creation and global competitiveness. This study describes an intercollegiate entrepreneurial experience aimed at unlocking the inner technology entrepreneur in students. A model for Accelerating Collegiate Entrepreneurship (ACE) is proposed, linking theories of technology entrepreneurship creation with linkages to curricular and pedagogical inputs. A survey instrument is used to ascertain the level of entrepreneurial intent as well as a cluster personality assessment and an educational preparedness assessment. A biased sample of entrepreneurship in the College of Business students is introduced as a comparative measure for students in the College of Engineering. The preliminary data suggests that engineering students tend towards long-term entrepreneurial intent, yet traditionally the education system does little to encourage these tendencies, nor prepare them for the management of these technologies. A longitudinal study will follow this work to affect changes to the curriculum and pedagogy in a manner that helps accelerate the creation of successful technology entrepreneurs.

Identification of Temporal Construal Effects on Entrepreneurial Employment Desirability in STEM Students

As universities expand the influence entrepreneurial programmes have on science, engineering, technology and math (STEM) students, we investigate the impact Temporal Construal Theory has on measures of entrepreneurial employment desirability in identifying nascent entrepreneurs. This quasi-experiment sampled 464 undergraduate students over a five-year period, measuring the time construal influence in desirability to start a business between STEM students and an intentionally biased sample of entrepreneurship students. Our findings show that temporal construal significantly influences student entrepreneurial employment desirability in STEM students. The biased sample of entrepreneurship students validated the instrument with positive short-term and highly positive long-term entrepreneurial employment desirability (p < 0.001). Our study suggests the temporal construal effect on employment intention is a key consideration in identifying nascent entrepreneurs at a university, and can heavily influence who is targeted for exposure to entrepreneurship training.

Informal Entrepreneurship and Past Experience in an Emerging Economy

Informal economies account for up to 70 per cent of GDP in developing countries, but few studies have explored informal entrepreneurship. To fill this gap, an exploratory study involving 855 university students in an emerging economy applies the Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB) to study the cognitive process of informal entrepreneurship. The effect of past experience (PE) and necessity entrepreneurship on the intention to start a business is also explored. Our findings provide evidence that the decision to start a business in the informal economy reinforces the effect of subjective norms on entrepreneurial intentions (EIs). Implications for education programmes and for theory are discussed.

The interrelation of Lean and green manufacturing Practices: A case of push or pull in implementation

Literature in the environmental sustainability field has underscored the importance of “Sustainability” as a driver of innovation. In this mindset firms seek new approaches of how companies deliver value to their customers, the impact on the environment of these value delivery activities, and the resulting societal welfare created by changing the way products and processes are created. As companies rethink their business models to facilitate sustainability, they also find themselves looking for new manufacturing approaches to meet the challenges of competition. In this environment, companies are implementing Lean manufacturing to improve organizational performance and are introducing cLean practices to achieve environmental sustainability. Therefore, the main goal of this study is to analyze how companies can integrate Lean and Green production principles in order to take advantage of their synergistic effects and reach competitiveness in accordance with the objectives of sustainable development.