Sue Joiner

Tarleton State University | TSU · Management

Studies suggest consumers want quick convenient and low-cost service for automotive maintenance. The automotive oil change service industry provides oil change services as well as other complimentary maintenance services to customers. This industry has remained profitable during the pandemic and the post-pandemic times. We analyze the financial req...

One of the major reasons small business entrepreneurs choose to become franchisees or licensees is because the small business models allow individuals to operate as if they were a larger enterprise or corporation with better profit margins and lower risks than those who start a business from scratch (Dittfurth, Gerhardt, & Joiner, 2019). In this pa...

Small businesses make up 99.9% of all businesses in the United States (SBA, 2019). COVID 19 restrictions and reactions have devastated thousands of small businesses. Lockdowns have many times prevented them from serving their customer base. Yelp reports that 60% of the businesses that reported closure due to the COVID 19 virus and its ramifications...

Texas’ beloved Blue Bell Creameries was one of the leading ice cream brands worldwide until contaminated products issues culminated in 2015. During the outbreak, three people died and Blue Bell was forced to issue a total product recall. Governmental investigations revealed the company knew its production facilities had contamination issues as earl...

One of the fastest growing franchises today is the coffee industry. As entrepreneurs decide to start a small business, franchising remains a valid option. Franchising is one of the fastest-growing market-entry strategies. According to Kerin and Hartley (2018), “more than 75,000 franchises of the U.S. firms are located in countries throughout the wo...

As small business entrepreneurs decide to open or pursue a small business, one important option available to most entrepreneurs involves whether or not to purchase a fast food “franchise” or “licensed” business. An increasing number of small businesses started during the last 30 years have involved some form of franchise or licensing business. One...

As small business entrepreneurs decide to start a small business, one possible option is franchising. A significant number of small businesses started during the last 30 years were franchises. Under a franchise model, a single proprietor gains benefits of a much larger corporation. Similar fees and monthly expenses are common to many franchise chai...

A specific independent legal cause of action to address bullying in the workplace has yet to be enacted at the federal level in the United States. However, change may be on the long-term horizon in light of laws recently enacted in Tennessee and California. In the meantime, affected workers must continue to allege acts of bullying as contributing t...

Workplace bullying detrimentally impacts the bullied worker, co-workers, and potentially the entirety of the organization in which it takes place. Many nations, other than the United States, have long since recognized this impact and have implemented laws which provide injured parties a means to seek redress of their situations. Since there are no...

This paper examines the implications of workplace bullying and social media policy and its impact on employees in today’s organizations. The paper focuses on defining workplace bullying and other types of E-harassment in the workplace. Workplace bullying has been defined in numerous ways. Two of the most recognized names in the field defined workpl...