Posts by SAM Headquarters
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The AI-Driven Healthy Organization: How a 2-Week Experiment Generated $3M and Transformed Our Culture – SAMIBC2026 Presentation
What happens when a single, AI-enabled experiment challenges everything an organization believes about innovation, speed, and control? This accepted presentation explores how a two-week low-code sprint generated $3M in revenue and became a catalyst for cultural transformation, offering leaders a powerful lens on building healthier, more agile organizations in the age of AI.
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When Metrics are Malleable: Equity Theory and the Perceived Underpayment of NFL Quarterbacks – SAMIBC2026 Presentation
Why do some of the highest-paid professionals in the world still feel underpaid? This SAMIBC 2026 presentation uses NFL quarterbacks as a compelling case study to explore how equity theory explains compensation dissatisfaction when performance metrics are unclear. The session highlights how ambiguity, not absolute pay, drives perceptions of unfairness and offers important lessons for managers designing compensation and evaluation systems across all industries.
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Managing Toxic Leadership and Employee Behavior: AI’s Potential to Curb Dark Triad–Driven Dysfunction – SAMIBC2026 Presentation
Toxic leadership and counterproductive workplace behavior often stem from Dark Triad personality traits that undermine trust and fairness. This accepted SAMIBC presentation explores how AI-driven tools may help reduce bias, standardize evaluations, and limit the impact of manipulative leadership, while raising important ethical considerations for organizations.
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Bureaucratic Inefficiency and Section 8 Housing – SAMIBC2026 Presentation
Administrative inefficiency can quietly unravel even the most well-intentioned public programs. This accepted SAMIBC presentation explores how breakdowns in accountability, communication, and process within the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher program place families and landlords at risk, offering a case-based look at housing policy through a management and governance lens.
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Becoming an Entrepreneur: Identifying and Enhancing Critical Character Traits – SAMIBC2026 Presentation
Entrepreneurial success is often linked to traits like self efficacy, conscientiousness, and risk propensity, but these characteristics are rarely discussed as skills that can be developed. This research examines how foundational theories in social learning can be used to intentionally strengthen entrepreneurial character traits and support entrepreneurial intention and long term success.
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The Effect of Social Media Influencers on Consumer Behaviour in the Food and Beverage (F&B) Industry – SAMIBC2026 Presentation
Social media influencers are reshaping how consumers engage with food and beverage brands. This presentation explores how authenticity, credibility, and digital engagement strategies influence purchasing behavior, drawing on a thematic analysis of influencer marketing research in the F&B industry.
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An Eviction Case Study – SAMIBC2026 Presentation
This case study explores how structural inefficiencies in Colorado’s eviction system create uncertainty, financial risk, and operational challenges for landlords. By examining eviction as a managerial and policy issue rather than a purely legal one, the research highlights broader implications for accountability, governance, and market stability.
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Transforming E-Commerce Through AI: From Chatbots to Predictive Analytics
Artificial intelligence is reshaping digital commerce by transforming customer engagement, marketing strategy, and operational decision making. This presentation explores how AI-powered chatbots and predictive analytics enable more personalized, efficient, and data-driven e-commerce ecosystems while highlighting key governance and ethical considerations.
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Beyond Flashcards: Understanding New Forms of Academic Support in College Learning – SAMIBC2026 Presentation
Artificial intelligence tools are changing how college students study, write, and manage their learning. From AI-powered writing support to personalized study aids, new forms of academic assistance are reshaping learning strategies while raising important questions about integrity, equity, and institutional responsibility. This presentation explores how AI-enabled academic support can enhance learning when adopted thoughtfully and governed responsibly.
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Apprenticeship After AI – SAMIBC2026 Presentation
As AI transforms entry-level marketing work, employers are demanding skills that traditional education pathways struggle to deliver. This presentation examines the growing experience paradox and proposes apprenticeship-based models as a scalable solution for rebuilding job readiness in an AI-enabled economy.
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The Role of Student Media in Shaping Student Commitment and Engagement at Universities – SAMIBC2026 Presentation
This accepted presentation explores how student-run media platforms shape student engagement, satisfaction, and institutional commitment. By examining media consumption, participation, and perceptions of relevance and independence, the study positions student media as a strategic tool for strengthening campus connection and community.
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The GenAI Gap: Why Data-Driven Firms Struggle to Deliver? – SAMIBC2026 Presentation
Many organizations invest heavily in Generative AI but fail to see meaningful returns. This research examines why data-driven firms struggle to capture GenAI value, highlighting governance gaps, strategic misalignment, and cultural barriers that prevent AI initiatives from delivering on their promise.
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Strategic Planning: Psychoanalytic Insights and Defense Mechanisms – SAMIBC2026 Presentation
Why do well-designed strategies fail under pressure? This research explores how anxiety and unconscious defense mechanisms shape strategic planning, offering a psychoanalytic framework to help leaders and scholars improve decision quality, adaptability, and organizational health.
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Digital Transformation and Data-Driven Decision Support in Public Sector Organizations: A Case Study of ICT and Geolocation Integration in a University
This accepted presentation shares a Paraguay case study showing how ICT and geolocation integration can strengthen decision support, improve operational efficiency, and increase strategic visibility in public sector organizations.
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Unequal Coverage, Unequal Care: A Case for Better Healthcare Management – SAMIBC2026 Presentation
Where mental distress and lack of insurance overlap, barriers to care multiply. This student research presentation uses Minnesota data to show how inequitable coverage patterns drive unequal health outcomes and why healthcare management decisions must be redesigned to address behavioral health equity.
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Systematic Review of Entrepreneurship Training for the Underserved and Underrepresented Communities: Design, Delivery, and Impact – SAMIBC2026 Presentation
This systematic review examines entrepreneurship training programs designed for underserved and underrepresented communities, highlighting the role of culturally responsive design, mentoring, and experiential learning in improving entrepreneurial outcomes. The research also identifies critical gaps in long term sustainability, access to capital, and community driven approaches, offering guidance for policymakers and educators seeking to promote inclusive economic development.
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The Levers of Employee Engagement in a Large Scientific Organization: An Empirical Study – SAMIBC2026 Presentation
What truly drives employee engagement in science-based organizations? This empirical study of the National Science Foundation reveals that intrinsic motivation and leadership behavior play a far greater role than traditional supervisory support, offering new insights for leaders seeking to strengthen engagement and performance.
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Leveraging AI Powered Platforms for Enhanced Career and Professional Development – SAMIBC2026 Presentation
This interactive SAM International Business Conference workshop demonstrates how AI powered platforms are transforming career and professional development by expanding access, personalization, and impact. Led by Dr. Suj Chandrasekhar, the session includes a live demo and research insights from academic and industry settings.
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How Firms Respond to Geopolitical Uncertainty: The Role of Dynamic Capabilities – SAMIBC2026 Presentation
As geopolitical risk becomes a permanent feature of global business, firms must move beyond abstract theories of adaptation. This accepted SAMIBC presentation explores how organizations operationalize dynamic capabilities using analytical tools that translate geopolitical uncertainty into concrete strategic action.
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Managing Healthy Organizations in the Age of AI: The Insight–Action Nexus (IAN) Model as a Framework for Human–AI Collaboration – SAMIBC2026 Presentation
This accepted scholarly research presentation introduces the Insight–Action Nexus Model as a framework for managing organizational health in AI-mediated environments, emphasizing mindful trust, human judgment, and ethical stewardship as central to sustainable human–AI collaboration.
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Transforming the Emergency Department to Strengthen Organizational Performance: A Data-Driven Management Model for Optimizing Patient Flow and Decision-Making – SAMIBC2026 Presentation
Emergency Departments shape hospital performance in real time, yet operational bottlenecks in intake, triage, transfers, and bed assignment often limit throughput and strain staff. This SAMIBC 2026 accepted poster introduces a data-driven management model for an Adult Emergency Department in Asunción, Paraguay, combining flow data analysis, frontline insight, and early digital tools such as real-time bed visualization and machine-learning-assisted triage support. The work reframes the ED as a strategic operational system and highlights scalable approaches to reduce waiting time variability, improve coordination, and strengthen organizational resilience without major infrastructure expansion.
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Professional Self-Care: Building a Workflow That Works – SAMIBC2026 Presentation
This interactive workshop reframes professional self care as a career readiness skill rooted in workflow design, clarity, and sustainable work habits. Participants explore human centered systems that reduce cognitive load, improve follow through, and strengthen professional credibility through better self management and communication.
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Sustainable Digital Transformation Leadership, Readiness, and Organizational Resilience – SAMIBC2026 Presentation
This accepted scholarly research presentation examines Sustainable Digital Transformation as a leadership-driven process that integrates digital innovation with long-term organizational sustainability. Focusing on readiness, leadership behavior, and sociotechnical alignment, the session offers a framework to help organizations build resilience while aligning digital initiatives with Environmental, Social, and Governance objectives.
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Closing the Loop: PDCA Accountability in Operational Strategy for Sustainable Operational Excellence – SAMIBC2026 Presentation
This presentation introduces an accountability-enhanced PDCA framework that embeds financial and operational metrics directly into continuous improvement cycles, helping organizations close the gap between strategic initiatives and sustainable EBITDA generation.
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Beyond Life Skills: Reframing Science Access for Learners with Extensive Cognitive Support Needs – SAMIBC2026 Presentation
This presentation reframes science education for learners with extensive cognitive support needs, demonstrating how concept-centered, standards-aligned instruction and assessment can be both accessible and rigorous. Grounded in UDL and Evidence-Centered Design, the research offers practical frameworks and exemplars that expand meaningful scientific engagement beyond traditional life-skills models.