Publications from the Center for Applied Business Research

Find links below to our white papers, newsletters, and additional publications from our Faculty Fellows. 

White Papers      CABR Newsletters     Faculty Publications

White Papers

• Housing Prices and In-Migration in Clarksville–Montgomery County: A Data-Driven Assessment by Age and Income Group with Policy Options - Towhid Mahmood, PhD

• Economic Expansion and Diversification in Montgomery County, Tennessee and Its Effects on the Real Estate Market - Eren Cifci, PhD

• Outsiders and Inventor Deaths: A Configurational Approach - Matthew Farrell

• The Dickson Street Festival Case Study: Training Strategies for Small-Town Festival Success - Stephanie Bilderback

• Social Entrepreneurship and Profitability: The Case of Outpatch - Vikkie McCarthy & Henry Rosario

• Transforming Forecasting for Local Business: Generative AI vs. Traditional Predictive Models - Asit Bandyopadhayay

• Preventive Healthcare Information and Social Media: Understanding Consumer Preferences - Terry Damron

• Appraisal Demands in Property Insurance Policies: Assessing Suitability for Business Claims - Elizabeth Rankin

• The Heart of TN Tourism: Growth and innovation in Middle Tennessee - Tim Self

• The Role of Autonomy in Platform Subsidiary Governance. The Case of Sega Saturn. - Matt Farell

• Creating Value for Business and Society - Vikkie McCarthy

CABR Newsletters

• Fall 2025 Newsletter

• Spring 2025 Newsletter

• Fall 2024 Newsletter

• Spring 2024 Newsletter

Faculty Publications

Asit Bandyopadhayay

• Sengupta, S., & Bandyopadhayay, A., (2024). Ethical pitfalls of technologies enabling disruption and fostering cyber ethical mindset in management curriculum. International Journal of Information and Operations Management Education, 7(3), 282-297.

• Jordan Renaud, Blake Bleem, Srija Bandyopadhayay, Reshmi Mitra, Asit Bandyopadhayay and Thi Thanh Tuyen Nguyen (published online: 19 Feb 2024) TRACC: tiered real-time anonymised chain for contact-tracing.

Stephanie Bilderback

• Bilderback, S. (2024). Integrating training for organizational sustainability: the application of Sustainable Development Goals globally. European Journal of Training and Development, 48(7/8), 730-748.

• Bilderback, S. L., & Miller, G. J. (2023). Importance of employee development programs in business. Journal of Management Development, 42(4), 327-336.

• Bilderback, S., & Farrell, M. (2025). Integrating social media platforms into expatriate training and development programs: an experiential learning perspective. Journal of Global Mobility: The Home of Expatriate Management Research.

Eren Cifci

• Cifci, E., Tidwell, A., Clements, JS, and Jauregui, A. (2023). Housing Performance and the Electorate. Journal of Real Estate Research, 45(4). DOI: 10.1080/08965803.2023.218

• Cifci, E., Tidwell, A., Mortal, S., & Gupta, V. K. (2023). Is commercial real estate gendered? Journal of Real Estate Research, 45(3), 328–359.

Terry Damron

• Cangelosi, J., Damron, T.S., & Kim, D. (2022). Preventive health care information and social media: A comparison of Baby Boomer and Generation X health care consumers. International Journal of Pharmaceutical and Healthcare Marketing, 16(2), 282-296.

• Cangelosi, J., Damron, T., & Ranelli, E. (2021). Preventive health care information and social media: Consumer preferences. Health Marketing Quarterly, 38(4), 270-286. DOI: 10.1080/07359683.2021.1989745

Matt Farrell

• Islam, H. A., Farrell, M., Nair, A., & Zhang, J. (2023). Understanding transaction platform governance and conflicts: A configuration approach. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 189, 122382.

Towhid Mahmood

• Mahmood, T. I., & Pavlik, J. B. (2024). Revisiting the Relationship Between Corruption and Press Freedom. Kyklos.

• Grier, K., Mahmood, T., & Powell, B. (2023). Anti-sweatshop activism and the safety-employment tradeoff: Evidence from Bangladesh's Rana Plaza disaster. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 208, 174-190.

Vikkie McCarthy

• Bilderback, S., Movahed, M., & McCarthy, V. (2024). The role of virtual training in implementing Sustainable Development Goals globally. European Journal of Training and Development.

•  Melton, A., Cunningham, K., Lowell, M., McCarthy, V.,  & Lean, E. (2024). "Communicating an Organizational Commitment: Diversity, Equity, Access, and Inclusion (DEAI)." The International Journal of Organizational Diversity 24 (2): 1-15. doi:10.18848/2328-6261/CGP/v24i02/1-15.

• Bilderback, S., Movahed, M., McCarthy, V. (2024). The Growth of e-Learning in the Technology Industry in Middle Tennessee. Development and Learning in Organizations.

Tim Self

• Dogru, T., McGinley, S., & Self, T. (2024) Hospitality Industry Attraction: The effect of job openings and employee wages in the United States. Tourism Management, 103.