The NSF-Targeted Infusion Project: STEM-Business Focused Logistics and International Trade (LIT) Analytics is a collaborative project between the School of Business and Public Administration (SBPA) and the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS).
2020 Third (Virtual) Annual Business Research Conference
The 2020 3rd Annual Business Research Conference was organized virtually by the UDC School of Business and Public Administration and supported by the National Science Foundation (Grant #1912070) on Thursday, December 3, 2020 from 10 am until 1 pm. The conference was attended through WebEx video conferencing platform by over 100 participants – 95 students and 10 faculty members.
The theme of the conference was Global Business Environment: Risk and Resilience during the COVID-19 Global Pandemic. The COVID-19 crisis has brought disruptions to the business environment and the way organizations operate. COVID-19 has infected over 54 million people and caused 1.3 million deaths world-wide (Johns Hopkins University & Medicine, dated November 16, 2020), pushing 88 to 114 million people around the world into extreme poverty. COVID-19 has caused the global economy to enter a rapid downward spiral to recession.
The conference was held on Thursday, December 3, 2020 from 10 am to 1 pm. This time around, there are about 50 undergraduates and graduate students presenting their researches with 24 undergraduate and 15 graduate research abstracts and research presentation video submissions.
Undergraduate Research Category
First Place Winner
Navigating the Fintech-Cleantech Landscape by Ivanna Kovalchuk
Second Place Winner
Examining University Students’ Multitasking Behavior with Online Learning by Terssa Kassahun
Third Place Winner
Supply Chain Complications in 2020: How Grocery Delivery Services Manage in the COVID-19 by Shanell McNamee & Britany Smallwood
Graduate Research Category
First Place Winner
Recalibrating Anthropomorphized Robotic Interactions during COVID-19: Understanding Human Robotic Interactions and Its Impact on Social Isolation by Ndifreke Akpan
Second Place Winner
Reverse Innovation, Open Innovation, and Sustainability: An Implication for Innovation-Ready Environment by Prim Patanachaisiri
Third Place Winner
The Role of Digital Marketing Towards Growth of Multinational Corporations by Bosson-Sora M. Ahouti and Aya Boukhari
Graduate MBA Competition: Judging Team comprises of: Dr. John McIntyre from GA Tech, Dr. Julius Anyu, Dr. Racquel Brown-Gaston, Dr. Feng Xu, Dr. Nazha Gali, and Dr. Suzan Abed from UDC SBPA
Undergraduate BBA Competition: Judging Team comprises of: Dr. Anne Marie Zwerg, Universidad De La Sabana, Colombia, Dr. Malva Reid, Dr. Donovan Collier, Dr. Nazha Gali, and Dr. Feng Xu from UDC SBPA
LIT Faculty Advisors: Dr. Anshu Arora, Dr. Amit Arora, Dr. Alex Tan, Dr. Malva Reid, Dr. Feng Xu, Dr. Nazha Gali