Change has been posited as important today by some of the top journals such as Harvard Business Review, California Management Review, Muma Business Review, and MIT Sloan Management Review, but what exactly does the change mean to you? For example, the COVID-19 change is certainly tantamount to many people’s minds. That change is so broad, readers view it as changing everything from the price of fo ...

Artificial intelligence is one of the most fascinating developments that the business world is facing. In the right hands, it could be positive while in the wrong hands, it could be devastating. In the 1990s, it was tech-savvy people that were in demand, today it is computer espionage people in demand as the world becomes even more complex with the use of artificial intelligence. If you want to su ...

Small businesses are the backbones of both developed and developing economies of the world and play a vital role as drivers of growth and development. According to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, small businesses have an 80%, 70%, 50%, and 30% survival rate across one, two, five, and ten years in business. About 25% of new businesses cross the 15th year. This trend has remained the same for dec ...

Mr. Jeffrey Johnson is Executive Vice President of PNC Bank, N.A., one of the largest banks in the country. He has successfully managed and led organizations in the banking industry but also in consulting and auditing. He is a graduate of the University of Illinois and Harvard Business School and earned his doctorate in business from the University of South Florida. He has been, and remains, an ac ...

Dr. John Couris is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Tampa General Hospital (TGH). Since becoming the CEO of TGH, John has established himself as an influential and successful leader of the large non-profit hospital. A two-person research team from the Muma College of Business at the University of South Florida focused on the lived experiences of John and the degree to which these experiences h ...

Innovation is widely considered an important element of organizational success and vital for the long-term survival of the enterprise. For organizations to innovate, however, their employees must ideate: they must first offer creative ways of doing things or solutions to problems that their employers may then implement. However, regardless of whether ideas are implemented, how to encourage creativ ...

Luis R. Visot is an American educational administrator and former Army commander who served as a Major General and Chief of Staff of the United States Army Reserve. During a three-interview series Visot reflects on his life, his most significant leadership roles, and the meaning he attaches to each. The interviews and subsequent analysis reveal how Visot’s values, especially those imbued by his ...

This study presents an in-depth analysis of the entrepreneurial journey of an individual, Scott Fink, within the auto sales industry, through a series of interviews. With data collected and analyzed through the grounded-theory approach to industry interviews, explores the multifaceted nature of entrepreneurship, emphasizing the critical roles of relationships, financial freedom, opportunism, persi ...

On November 2, 1978, the Detroit Free Press ran two big headlines. The first, "Chrysler in the Valley of Loss," and the second, "Lee Iacocca joins Chrysler." A savior was born. Haphazardly looking was the CEO John J. Riccardo's office. Iacocca immediately understood why Chrysler was on the brink of failure---no order. Besides the fact that Riccardo needed discipline, the CEO's assistant spent most ...

In the context of this study, citizen developers are defined as individuals outside formal Information Technology (IT) departments who create applications using low-code/no-code platforms. The citizen developer role becomes pivotal as organizations navigate the intricate pathways to address increasing business demands for creating applications as part of their digital transformation journey. The d ...

With Mostafa and Luca in senior management consulting roles in the UK and Australia and Michael as Andreas School of Business senior faculty professor, we found several gaps in the literature, especially when it comes to artificial intelligence and leadership: there needs to not only be better leadership but also an authentic leadership approach. AI and thrive effectively as they operate and compe ...

Culture is a term that we take for granted in today's business world. We show up and worry about customers, finances, expenses, marketing, stocks, bonds, and investments and culture is kicked to the side. We are in the age of digital disruption and uncertainty and if we do not embrace culture, our business will be in chaos. Customers prefer smart homes, smart workplaces, smart friends, and most im ...

The purpose of this rapid evidence assessment is to investigate the determinants of effective negotiation in cross-cultural settings. For methodology, a systematic review of empirical evidence based on a thematic synthesis was performed following an evidence-based management approach. The findings reveal that the interplay of cultural intelligence and cultural values significantly influences the d ...