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A medicare benefit expansion: inpatient clinical and economic outcomes in deep brain stimulation for Parkinson's Disease
(University of Missouri-Kansas City, 2011-07-08)
Background: The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, (CMS) implements National Coverage Decisions (NCD) to expand access or eliminate regional reimbursement differences. Policymakers may estimate clinical and economic ...
Racial residential segregation in the Kansas City area: a comparative study between Blacks and Hispanics
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2011-08-01)
There is considerable literature on racial residential segregation but there are few
examples that examine similarities and differences between two ethnic groups within an
urban area. Racial residential segregation among ...
The paradox of prosperity in China: the interplay among entrepreneurs, government, and venture capitalists at initial public offering
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2012-05-16)
This dissertation includes three essays and focuses on a key entrepreneurial event in a life
of a new venture, the initial public offering. Each essay investigates the mechanisms through
which three key players, namely ...
The governance-performance relationship: examining the impact of nonprofit governance on financial performance in medium-sized nonprofit organizations
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2012)
As the nonprofit sector has grown rapidly in size and significance in recent
decades, the role and impact of governance of nonprofit organizations have become
increasingly important and popular topics among nonprofit ...
Intention, economic opportunity and their impact on venture creation
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2012-11-07)
This dissertation includes three essays and focuses on nascent entrepreneurship, that
period in an entrepreneur's pursuit between first taking an action to form a venture and either
getting the venture operational or ...
Understanding the partners in policymaking program and the impact of participation on parents of children with developmental disabilities
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2011-06-09)
Parents are critical partners in the lives of individuals with developmental disabilities; however, they often lack an understanding of available resources or they do not know how to navigate the disability service system ...
Comparison of Standardized Test Scores from Traditional Classrooms and those using Problem-Based Learning
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2010)
This research compares differences between standardized test scores in problem-based learning (PBL) classrooms and a traditional classroom for 6th grade students using a mixed-method, quasi-experimental and qualitative ...
Promoting ethical behavior among local government employees: the roles of ethical leadership, ethics codes, training, and audits
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2011-06-03)
The purpose of this research was to learn the impact that ethics codes, ethics training, and audits have in promoting ethical behavior among local government employees. The research began with a survey of city auditors and ...
Public-private partnerships: an evaluation of propositions for successful community coalitions
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2012-03-26)
Objective: To evaluate coalition members' perceptions of key coalition building propositions (i.e., leadership, communication and formal structures) as predictors of coalition success (i.e., improving community outcomes ...
The impact of economic development incentives on public education in Missouri
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2012-04-25)
Economic development incentives are formally intended for use in attracting new
businesses to a community or a particular part of a community. Studies of their effectiveness
in achieving this purpose show little direction ...
Disciplinary Differences Between Faculty in Library Use and Perceptions
(2014-06-19)
Current literature provides little in terms of general faculty use or perceptions in relation to the library. In many institutions, liaisons reject the results and recommendations of these studies as not generalizable to ...
Entrepreneurial Search, Innovation, and Initiative: The Stage, Network, and Level Analysis
(2016)
Drawing on the lean startup model, network theory, institutional theory, learning theory, and
symbiosis view, this dissertation examines three important issues of entrepreneurship. This
dissertation consists of three ...
The Financialization of the Business Enterprise
(2015)
This dissertation focuses on the theoretical and empirical causes and consequences of the financialization of the business enterprise. The first chapter argues that the transition from the Post-War SSA to the Contemporary ...
Evaluating the quality and efficacy of care provided by extended care permit dental hygienists in a school based dental home
(2013)
Lack of access to oral health care is a growing problem for low income children in the United States. One proposed solution to this problem is utilizing dental hygienists to the full extent of their education and training. ...
Maintaining the Segregated City?: Exploring the College Planning Experiences of Kansas City’s Urban Students of Color and the Implications on Their Access to Higher Education
(2014-09-30)
This dissertation examined the role of school-based college planning guidance
services in the college trajectories of central city students of color. It is projected that by
2018, most jobs will require some postsecondary ...
Evaluating the impact of PerformanceStat: a case study of the City of Baltimore's CitiStat Program
(2013)
How to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the public sector has been a
priority for decades. This case study examined a management approach to improving public-sector
performance called PerformanceStat. ...
Institutions, Entrepreneurship, and Microfinance Institutions
(2016)
This dissertation focuses on the interface between social ventures, particularly
microfinance institutions, and their institutions. The first two parts of this dissertation work
focus on the impact of institutional ...
You mean I can get paid to work here? The impact of happenstance, socialization, volunteering, and service-learning on nonprofit career awareness
(2013)
It is important to learn why workers choose to enter the nonprofit workforce over the public or private sectors. Doing so will allow nonprofit organizations to better target potential populations of candidates in their ...
Toward a search perspective on entrepreneurship
(2014-07-17)
Drawing on the behavioral theory of the firm, this dissertation examines the learning and searching processes in new ventures. This dissertation includes three essays, each focusing on one specific aspect of a search ...
Hybrid Fuzzy-Bayesian Dynamic Decision Support Tool for Resource-Based Scheduling of Construction Projects
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2017)
This dissertation proposes a flexible and intelligent decision support tool for scheduling
and resource allocation of construction projects. A hybrid Fuzzy-Bayesian scheduling network
and a new optimization model and ...