Review of Business & Technology Research

 

Volume 14, Number 1                      September 2017                       CD ISSN: 1941-9414

 

TABLE OF CONTENT

 

Editorial Notes

 

Editorial Board

 

Full Paper

  1. CAPITAL BUDGETING SIMULATION ANALYSIS USING EXCEL

(Jim C. Chen, Carl B. McGowan, Jr)-------------------------------------------- 1


  1. UTILIZATION OF ROBOTICS AS CONTEMPORARY TECHNOLOGY AND AN EFFECTIVE TOOL IN TEACHING COMPUTER PROGRAMMING

(Aaron R. Rababaah, Ahmad A. Rabaa’i) --------------------------------------8


  1. IMPLEMENTATION OF A FAIR LOAD BALANCING ALGORITHM FOR STAR NETWORK CONFIGURED COMPUTER SYSTEMS

(Satish Penmatsa) ------------------------------------------------------------------14


  1. STUDENT PERFORMANCE COMPARISON BETWEEN FACE-TO-FACE AND ONLINE INSTRUCTIONAL DELIVERY MODALITIES

(Jim Chen, Gabriela Z. McWhorter)-------------------------------------------- 18


  1. SYSTEM DYNAMIC MODELLING TO STUDY IMPACT OF STUDENT ATTENDANCE QUALITY ENHANCEMENT IN TECHNICAL EDUCATION

(Sanjay Soni, B.K. Chourasia) ---------------------------------------------------22


  1. PREDICTION OF FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATE USING REGRESSION TECHNIQUES

(Dinesh K. Sharma, H.S. Hota, Richa Handa) --------------------------------29


  1. HOW TO TRANSFORM XBRL DATA INTO USEFUL INFORMATION

(Donald Joyner) --------------------------------------------------------------------------34


  1. USING NEURAL NETWORKS TO GROUP COMPANIES INTO CLUSTERS

(Donald Joyner)--------------------------------------------------------------------------- 42


  1. TECHNOLOGY ABSORPTION

(Jagtar Grewal) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------46


  1. INFORMATION SECURITY ISSUES IN GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN

(Kamal Nayan Agarwal)------------------------------------------------------------------ 52


  1. COMPARING MACHINE LEARNING FRAMEWORKS FOR PROTEIN FOLDING RESEARCH

(Bogdan Czejdo, Sambit Bhattacharya) ------------------------------------------------58


  1. HOMOMORPHIC ENCRYPTION: A SURVEY

(Daniel Okunbor, Chekad Sarami) 64


  1. LOCALIZED SENTIMENT ANALYSIS USING RANDOM WALK ALGORITHM IN HINDI

(Surbhi Maheshwari, Pallavi Gupta, Ritu Dhabhai) -----------------------------------70


  1. BIG DATA PROBLEMS AND POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS

(Young B. Choi, Augustina Hunter, Alaina Thomas) ------------------------------------77


  1. HOW HAS THE NEED FOR CYBERSECURITY CHANGED WITH INCREASED USE OF SMARTPHONES?

(Deidre McClellan, Young B. Choi) ----------------------------------------------------------82


  1. THE FUTURE OF DIGITAL FORENSICS

(Young B. Choi, Ronald Stamm) --------------------------------------------------------------87

 

  1. TO STUDY RELIABILITY AND VALIDITY OF SERVQUAL FOR MEASURING SERVICE QUALITY OF FAST FOOD JOINTS IN INDIA

(Trupti Dandekar Humnekar) -----------------------------------------------------------------92

 

  1. GLOBAL ACCOUNTING STANDARDS AND EQUITY CAPITAL

(Symon M. Manyara, Bowie State University) -----------------------------------------------------------------97

 

  1. RETOOLING CYBERSECURITY AS THE COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE IN THE FINANCIAL SECTOR

(Rajni Goel, Ayodele Mobolurin) ------------------------------------------------------------101

ABSTRACTS

  1. THE USE OF TECHNOLOGY AS A COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE IN THE HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY

(Sally Sledge) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1


  1. JOB PREPARATION STRATEGIES ACROSS THE EUROPEAN UNION: A CROSS CULTURAL STUDY OF THREE MEMBER NATIONS

(Michael Monahan, Amit Shah)--------------------------------------------------------------- 2

 

  1. UNRAVELLING E-COMMERCE IN INDIA

(Shivani Arora) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------3


  1. PERCIEVED SELF-EFFICACY AND SERVICE QUALITY AS PREDICTORS OF ONLINE LEARNING ACCEPTANCE AMONG ONLINE DISTANCE LEARNING STUDENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN

(Tunde Oyeleke Johnson, Dele Ajibewa) --------------------------------------------------4


  1. ENTREPRENEURIAL CULTURE AND LEADERSHIP STYLES: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS

(Raushan Gross, Emilyn Cabanda) --------------------------------------------------------5


  1. CHALLENGES OF TEACHING EXPERIENCE ON STEM MATHEMATICS COURSES

(Simeon Shoge, Ruth C. Shoge, Albert Y. Chi) ---------------------------------------6


  1. ECONOMICS OF ORGANIC HEIRLOOM TOMATOES GROWN ON POULTRY COMPOST AND MYCORRHIZA-AMENDED SOIL ON DELMARVA

(Mohammad Ali, Lurline E. Marsh, Fawzy M. Hashem, Fawzy M. Hashem, Corrie P. Cotton, Brett Smith)------ 7


  1. AN EXAMINATION OF STAKEHOLDER THEORY IN ORGANIZATIONS

(Charles Chekwa, David Otani, and Akins Ogungbure, Marjorie Adams) --------8

 

  1. A FACTOR ANALYTIC STUDY OF STUDENT PERCEPTIONS OF CAMPUS ORGANIZATIONAL CLIMATE WITH PRACTICES THAT WORK

(Monisha Das, Mohammad Ali, Bryant Mitchell, Botao Chen) --------------------------------9


  1. SPORTS AS A TOOL FOR LEARNING

(Simeon Shoge, Ruth C. Shoge, Albert Y. Chi) -----------------------------------------------------10

  1. TECHNOLOGY AND RELATED DISCIPLINES IN INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS RESEARCH

(Jin Ho Kim, Old Dominion University, Strome College of Business, USA) ---------------------------11