Previous research on organizational mergers has found that such a business activity bears an effect upon the structural and cultural foundations of organizations. Whether combining intellectual resources or capital, mergers combine workforces that...
New firms face financial constraints that could hinder firm performance. Yet founders exhibit persistence and resourcefulness in building their new ventures and finding solutions to their financial constraints. The use of financial theories that...
This dissertation is composed of three essays in which I examine the influence of formal institutions on entrepreneurs and new firms. In the first essay, "The Influence of Institutions on the Likelihood of Self-Employment: A Multilevel...
Recent advances in high throughput methodologies offer researchers the ability to understand complex systems via high dimensional and multi-relational data. One example is the realm of molecular biology where disparate data (such as gene sequence,...
Schiller, Friedrich, 1759-1805. Über die ästhetische Erziehung des Menschen in einer Reihe von Briefen; Schiller, Friedrich, 1759-1805--Philosophy; Play (Philosophy)
Friedrich Schiller's psychological theory of play, his hypothesis about human nature, is embedded in the Aesthetic Letters . Its trans-historical value owes much to the committed interest in life in the late Enlightenment, and the theory itself is...
Multiple exterior view of the Lincoln Income Life Insurance Company building, now called Kaden Tower, designed by the architectural firm of Taliesin Associates.
This photograph is one in a series ordered by the law firm of Batson, Cary & Welch of this property. The image shows a partially constructed home or garage. At the top of the driveway, piles of lumber stand. The property includes some mature...
Houses; Dwellings; Building construction; Refuse; Refuse disposal
This photograph is one in a series ordered by the law firm of Batson, Cary & Welch of this property. The image shows an outbuilding, or possibly an unfinished house. In the background, a home with a brick front porch and matching columns can be...
This photograph is one in a series ordered by the law firm of Batson, Cary & Welch of this property. The image shows an outbuilding, probably the back entrance of a garage. Neighboring houses can be seen over shrubbery.
This photograph is one in a series ordered by the law firm of Batson, Cary & Welch of this property. An alley is shown, as is a garage and yard with a white picket fence. Sitting on a pallet outside the garage are baskets and cans of garbage.
This is likely an insurance photograph as it was ordered by lawyers at an insurance firm. The image depicts Baxter Avenue where it intersects with Castlewood Avenue and shows a section of road with what looks like tire skid marks. Along the left...
Address: 1412 Willow Avenue, Louisville, Kentucky. Designed by the Joseph & Joseph architecture firm, this luxury apartment building consists of a brick building with two symmetrical wings. A car is parked by the long sidewalk leading up to the...
Address: 112 S. Fifth Street, Louisville, Kentucky. A horse and carriage and three cars are parked in front of the Kenyon building which is announced by a sign painted on the side of the building. The stone and brick building has large plate glass...
This was the scene of an accident between a Jameson car and a Louisville Water Co. truck. The firm of Caufield & Shook often did photographic work for insurance companies. Beyond the intersection, stoplights, and utility poles, the Confederate...
Dwellings; Houses; Apartment houses; Building construction; Refuse; Refuse disposal
This photograph is one in a series ordered by the law firm of Batson, Cary & Welch of this property. A ten-story building is shown next to two houses. Next to the tall building is a shorter one with piles of wood and garbage indicating that it...
This photograph is one in a series ordered by the law firm of Batson, Cary & Welch of this property. The image shows an alley with shrubs lining the fences and small baskets of garbage or recyclables.
Building construction; Apartment houses; Automobiles; Refuse; Refuse disposal
This photograph is one in a series ordered by the law firm of Batson, Cary & Welch of this property. A low brick building has rubble in front of it. On the street, a car is parked next to a utility poles.
This photograph is one in a series ordered by the law firm of Batson, Cary & Welch of this property. Two trucks are parked in an alleyway near several outbuildings including garages. One outbuilding has horseshoe pointing up (for good luck)....
East Washington Street side of building located at 122 Adams Street, Louisville, Kentucky. The building houses the E.S. Tichenor Company interior design firm. Ghost sign has been painted over, with the only distinguishable word being...
East Washington Street side of building located at 122 Adams Street, Louisville, Kentucky. The building houses the E.S. Tichenor Company interior design firm. Ghost sign has been painted over, with the only distinguishable word being...
