Gibson D. Lewis Center For Business Research And Economic Development
Goal
Support COBA Faculty
To support the research efforts of the COBA faculty
Objective
Share Research
The Gibson D. Lewis Center for Business and Economic Development will engage in research activities to external and internal constituencies.
KPI
Share Research
The CBED website will provide a window for Center activities to external and internal constituencies.
Result
Gibson D. Lewis Center Website
With the use of DataZoa software, International, National, State, Regional, and Local economic and demographic data is continually updated automatically and/or manually as new data becomes available.
KPI
Research Forums
Research forums are meetings of COBA faculty and/or other invited presenters where research findings and/or ideas are presented and feedback is provided by faculty and/or others in attendance.
Result
Center And Economics Department Seminar Series
Fall, 2013 Seminars:
"Destination Taxation: Road to Economic Success?" Zhou Yang, Robert Morris University.
Information and Communcation Technology (ICT) and Trade in Services: A Disaggregated Analysis," Lirong Liu, SHSU.
The Impact of Mother's Earnings on Health Inputs and Infant Health," Christian Raschke, SHSU.
"Mdeian-based Rules for Decision-making Under Complete Ignorance," Aditi Bhattacharyya, SHSU.
Spring, 2014 Seminars:
"Preference for Boys, Family Size and Educational Attainment in India," Santosh Kumar, SHSU.
"Cropping Pattern Choice and Risk Mitigation in Flood Affected Agriculture: A Study of Assam, India," Raju Mandal, SHSU.
Capital Goods Trade and Economic Development," Michael Sposi, Dallas Federal Reserve Bank.
"Cycling To School: Increasing Secondary School Enrollment for Girls in India," Nishith Prakash, University of Connecticut.
"Growing At Your Neighbor's Expanse? A Spatial Examination of Growth in America," Brain Piper, SHSU.
Action
Center Website
The Center Webiste will be continually updated as new information becomes available.
Action
Seminar Series
The Center in conjunction with the Department of Economics and International Business will schedule new seminars for the fall, 2014 and spring, 2015.
Goal
Promote Faculty Expertise
To provide the means for COBA faculty to share its expertise.
Objective
Publish College Of Business Administration Research
The intention of the Gibson D. Lewis Center for Business and Economic Development is to publish faculty research and/or pedagogical papers.
KPI
Working Papers
Faculty research and/or pedagogical papers will be published in hard copy and made available on the Center website.
Result
Working Paper Series
The Center published only one working paper during the fall, 2013 - spring, 2014 academic year.
"Capital Investment and Non-Constant Marginal Cost of Capital," Mary Funck, Steve Johnson, and Robert Stretcher.
Action
Working Papers
The Center will make an increased effort during the fall, 2014 - spring, 2015 academic year to get SHSU faculty to submit their working papers for publication by the Center.
Goal
Build COBA Image
To enhance COBA image by providing service to COBA external constituents.
Objective
Publish Journal Of Business Strategies
It is the intention of the Gibson D. Lewis Center for Business and Economic Development to publish two issues of the Journal of Business Strategies during the 2013-2014 academic year.
KPI
Journal Of Business Strategies Publication
The Journal of Business Strategies is a quality peer reviewed journal.
Result
Journal Of Business Strategies
Volumne 30, no. 2 was publish dur the fall, 2013 semester and Vol. 31, no. 1 was published during the spring, 2014 semester.
Action
Journal Of Business Strategies
Manuscripts will continue to be reviewed and decisions made as to whether to publish. The Center expects to publish Vol. 31, no. 2 and Vol. 32, no. 1 during the fall, 2014 and spring, 2015 academic year.
Objective
Publish Economic Impact Studies
The staff of the Gibson D. Lewis Center for Business and Economic Development intends to publish research that measures the economic impact of various economic events and/or entities.
KPI
Economic Impact Studies
The Gibson D. Lewis has the skilled personel who are capable of performing economic impact studies.
Result
Economic Impact Analysis
During the fall, 2013 semester "The Economic Impact of Sam Houston State University" was published and presented to a number of stakeholders in Walker and Montgomery counties.
Result
Skilled Personnel To Perform Economic Impact Studies
William Green, director of the Center for Business and Economic Development attended a two-day semenar and training session in Madison Wisconsin to incresse his skills using ImPlan, an input-output software package used to measure the economic impact of economic events.
Action
Economic Impact Analysis
The Center will continue to collect data on Sam Houston State University and will update the economic impact of the institution. Additionally the Center will work with the City of Huntsville Planning department to measure the economic impact of businesses considering locating in the region.