Thirty years ago – on June 6, 1990 – the inaugural board meeting of the Georgia Research Alliance took place – a pivotal moment for universities, the state and businesses.
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Georgia Tech’s new research arm aims to make region a center of sports innovation
Georgia Tech this week launched a program that speaks to Atlanta’s reputation as a home of tepid sports fans. Engaging the fan base is an entire section of Tech’s program, and its tenets, perhaps, could have benefited the Atlanta Dream – picking the WNBA team solely as an example.
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The Factors Affecting Expansion of Family Businesses
Family businesses have different priorities and agendas than nonfamily businesses. Controlling owners are likely to make strategic decisions based on family interests, values, identity and social status. Qian (Cecelia) Gu of Georgia State University’s J. Mack Robinson College of Business conducted a study drawing on a sample of Taiwanese family business groups to examine how […]
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Which Works Better, Carrot or Stick? Implementing Effective Employee Whistleblowing Systems
By Flora Zhou, Assistant Professor of Accountancy, J. Mack Robinson College of Business, Georgia State University Firms are under increasing pressure to implement effective internal whistleblowing systems to avoid the potential Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) investigation, fines and negative publicity associated with external whistleblowing. While firms can provide incentives to encourage internal whistleblowing, it remains […]
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Researchers Investigate How New City Incorporations Raise Residential Values and Property Taxes
By Carlianne Patrick, Assistant Professor of Economics, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies If efforts to create the proposed City of Eagle’s Landing in Henry County are successful, metro Atlanta will see its 11th new municipal incorporation since 2005. More than 200 new municipal governments have been incorporated in metropolitan counties across the U.S. since […]
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Are You Back for Good or Still Shopping Around? Predicting Customer Churn
By V. Kumar, Agata Leszkiewicz, and Angeliki Christodoulopoulou Herbst With switching costs becoming progressively lower, customers in mature service industries tend to churn repeatedly, switching from one provider to the next. In turn, companies extend attractive promotional offers to win them back — until the next best offer lures them away. After the successful reacquisition […]
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Georgia State University’s 2017 Year in Review
Georgia State had a momentous 2017. The news media, government leaders, and businessman and philanthropist Bill Gates, who visited the university in June, gave the university more national recognition for its efforts to increase student success. Georgia State also received recognition for its efforts in boosting social mobility, and received high rankings globally for its […]
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American Board Of Obstetrics And Gynecology Honors Dr. Larry Gilstrap III
By Amy Macklin, senior advancement officer for the CDC Foundation To honor Dr. Larry C. Gilstrap III’s legacy as executive director of the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology (ABOG) and in recognition of his profound impact on the health of women and children whose care he has influenced, ABOG has made a generous gift […]
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The Incalculable Value of a Public Research Institution
By James Weyhenmeyer The first day of a new school year is marked by excitement and expectation, and today thousands of new and returning students are buzzing through Georgia State University’s campuses from downtown Atlanta, to Decatur and Dunwoody. Yet Georgia State is not just a place where the next generation of nurses, teachers, artists […]
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Charter Schools: Changing Property Values in Georgia Communities
Georgia State University researchers are finding that charter schools are having an impact on property values around their communities, potentially providing increased tax revenues for local communities. Researchers dug through a vast amount of data from 2004 to 2013, covering 15 school districts and 52 start-up charter schools in Georgia. They evaluated how home sales […]
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Working To Keep Solar Flares From Affecting Earth: Georgia State Opens South Pole Solar Observatory
Stuart Jefferies, professor of astronomy, sits next to a new instrument at the South Pole Solar Observatory used to measure the sun’s activity. Weather isn’t confined to the clouds of Earth. What goes on with our erupting sun – unleashing plasma, magnetic disruptions and radiation – is part of what’s called space weather. And just […]
