Review of Business & Technology Research

 

 

Volume 15, Number 2, December 2018, ISSN: 1941-9406 (Print), ISSN: 1941-9414 (CD)

 

  

Editor-in-Chief:

Dr. Dinesh K. Sharma, University of Maryland Eastern Shore, USA

 

Editors

Dr. Kamal N. Agarwal, Howard University, USA

 

Editorial Board:

 

Dr. Ayodele J. Alade

University of Maryland Eastern Shore, USA

Dr. Saed T. Amer

The Petroleum Institute, UAE

Dr. R. D. Pathak

University of South Pacific, Suva, Fiji

Dr. TekinAkgeyik

Istanbul University, TURKEY

Dr. AjanthaHerath

University of Dobuque, USA

Dr. DetelinElenkov

University of Tennessee, USA

Prof. Tekin Akgeyik

Istanbul University, TURKEY

Dr. Hari Sharma

Virginia State University, USA

Dr. SuvineethaHerath

University of Dobuque, USA

Dr. Aysar Philip Sussan

University of Central Florida, USA

Dr. Rakesh Belwal

Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia

Dr. Dharam S. Rana

Jackson State University, Mississippi, USA

Dr. Reena Aggarwal

Georgetown University, USA

 

 

Dr. Ashish Gadekar

Amity Institute of Higher Education, Mauritius

Dr. Dale R. Wilson

Michigan State University, USA

Dr. Sadanand Srivastava

Bowie State University, USA

Dr. Zafar Zahir

Synetic Business School, INDIA

Dr. Daniel I. Okunbor

Fayetteville State University, USA

Dr. K. N. Singh Kang

Punjab College of Technical Education, INDIA

Dr. David King

Tennessee State University, USA

Dr. Monisha Das

University of Maryland Eastern Shore, USA

Dr. Kate Brown

University of Maryland Eastern Shore, USA

Dr. Aaron R. Rababaah

American University of Kuwait, Kuwait

Dr. Sujeet Sharma

Sultan Qaboos University, Sultanate of Oman

Dr. David Anyiwo

Bowie State University, USA

Dr. Mohammed Nadeem

National University, USA

 


 

Review of Business & Technology Research

 

Editorial Notes

 

 

We are pleased to present this issue of the Review of Business and Technology Review (RBTR), Volume 15, No. 2, September 2018. The views reflected in this publication are those of authors and do not necessarily reflect the views and policies of MTMI Inc. We do not guarantee the accuracy of data included in this publication and accept no responsibility for any consequence of their use. Use of the term ‘country’ does not imply any judgment by authors, MTMI Inc. as to legal or other status of any territorial entity.

 

We would like to acknowledge reviewers who have helped to review the manuscripts submitted to this volume. We also thank the editorial board of RBTR, the Department of Business, Management and Accounting at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore, as well as, MTMI Inc. for their support. Without their meaningful contributions and volunteerism, this issue of RBTR would not be possible.

 

Dr. Dinesh K. Sharma, Editor-in-Chief

Dr. Kamal N. Agarwal, Editor

 


 

Review of Business & Technology Research

 

Volume 15, Number 2, September 2018

ISSN: 1941-9406 (Print); ISSN: 1941-9414 (CD)

TABLE OF CONTENT

  1. IMPROVING OPERATIONAL AWARENESS OF AUTONOMOUS DETECTION AND TRACKING OF HUMANS USING UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES
    ( Sambit Bhattacharya, Bogdan Czejdo, Joshua Cutolo, Allen Dudek, Joshua Pinos )

  2. ELEVATED FAMILY OF ESTIMATORS FOR ESTIMATING THE POPULATION MEAN UTILIZING THE KNOWN POPULATION MEDIAN OF THE MAIN VARIABLE
    ( Dinesh K. Sharma, Subhash Kumar Yadav, Kate Brown )

  3. The Efficacy of Flipped Pedagogy in STEM Learning at a Minority Institution
    ( Daniel Okunbor1, Jamonica Brown )

  4. CONTRIBUTION OF TOURISM TO EMPLOYMENT AND ECONOMIC GROWTH: AN APPLICATION OF DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS
    ( Surender Kumar and Poonam Sharma )

  5. CUISINE AND GLOBALIZATION: EXAMINATION OF A COUNTRY’S CUISINE AND ITS CONTRIBUTION TO GLOBAL INTEGRATION
    (
    Monisha Das and Andrew D. Schiff )

  6. RECENT DEVELOPMENT AND TRENDS IN VIRTUAL PRIVATE NETWORKS: SECURE REMOTE CONNECTIVITY FOR EMPLOYEES
    ( Yin L. Loo and Young B. Choi )

  7. THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MULTINATIONAL CORPORATIONS, GOVERNMENTS, AND ECONOMIC GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT
    (
    Carl B. McGowan, Jr., and V. Reddy Dondeti )
  8. MARKETING FOR ENTREPRENEURS: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES
    ( Sally Sledge )

  9. TOTAL COST ESTIMATE METHODS AND EXCEL STATISTICAL ANALYSIS
    ( Donald T. Joyner )

  10. IMPORTANCE OF QUALITY ASSURANCE TO MAKE REALISTIC APPROACH OF SOFTWARE DEPLOYMENT
    ( Radha Krishna Rambola, and Rakesh K. Sharma )

  11. TOWARDS UNDERSTANDING THE BUSINESS VALUE OF DIVERSITY IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
    ( Rajni Goel )

  12. CAN BLOCKCHAIN MAKE RISK MANAGEMENT MORE SECURE?
    ( Catherine Nevins, Young B. Choi )