12/01/2021

10/07/2022

Jorgensen, J. J., Zuiker, V. S., Manikowske, L., & LeHew, M. (2022). Impact of communication technologies on small business success. Journal of Small Business Strategy, 32(3), 142-157.

Katare, B., M.I. Marshall, C.B. Valdivia. 2021. Bend or Break? Small Business Strategies and the CARES Act during the COVID-19 Shock. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction JIF 4.32 SNIP 1.756 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2021.102332

Katare, B., S. Zhao, J. Cuffey, M.I. Marshall, C. Valdivia. 2022. Preferences toward COVID-19 Diagnostic Testing Features: Results from a National Cross-Sectional Survey. American Journal of Health Promotion, 36(1): 185-189. JIF 2.87  https://doi.org/10.1177%2F08901171211034093

Torres, A.B., M.S. Delgado, and M.I. Marshall. 2021 The Economic Implications of Social Capital on Hispanic Entrepreneurship. Journal of Small Business Strategy, 31(3): 72-87.

Edobor, E.W. and M.I. Marshall. 2021. Earth, Wind, Water, Fire, and Man: How Disasters Impact Firm Births in the USA. Natural Hazards, 107 (1): 395-421. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-021-04588-x   JIF 3.656 SNIP 1.31

Edobor, E.W., R. Wiatt, and M.I. Marshall. 2021. Keeping the Farm Business in the Family: The Case of Farm and Non-Farm Family Businesses in the Midwestern United States. International Food and Agribusiness Management Review. DOI: 10.22434/IFAMR2020.0138

Day, J. S. Sydnor, M.I. Marshall, and S. Noakes. 2021. Ecotourism, Regenerative Tourism, and the Circular Economy: Emerging Trends and Ecotourism, Handbook for Ecotourism. Ed David Fennell. Routledge.

Wiatt, R.D., M.I. Marshall, and R. Musselman. 2022. Management and Ownership Transfer in Small and Medium Family Farms. Agricultural Finance Review, 82(3): 505-521.

Marshall, M.I., Katare, B., and Valdivia, C.B. Small Business Recovery: Lessons from Hurricane Katrina and the Coronavirus Pandemic. Handbook on the Economics of Disasters. Book Chapter.

Norton, A., Kim, H-Y., & Zuiker, V. S. (Accepted). Consumer embeddedness and motivations for farmers market patronage: A qualitative exploration in Minnesota, USA. Journal of Human Sciences and Extension.

Book Chapters

Marshall, M.I., B. Katare, and C.B. Valdivia. (2022). Small Business Recovery: Lessons from Hurricane Katrina and the Coronavirus Pandemic. In. M. Skidmore (Ed), Handbook on the Economics of Disasters. Routledge.

Manuscripts Submitted (under review)

Lee, Y., H. Kelley, R. Wiatt, and M.I. Marshall. Work-Family Balance and Perceived Business Outcomes Among Copreneurial and Noncopreneurial Small Business Owners. Journal of Family and Economic Issues. September 2022.

Valdivia, A., A. Morales, O. F. Rojas Perez, L. Y. Flores, V. Zuiker. (under review) Latinos and Latinas Subjective wellbeing in Midwestern Non-Metro Towns. Submitted to Journal of Human Sciences and Extension, April, 2022

Sorensen, K.  & Johnson Jorgensen, J. (In Revision).  Millennial Perceptions of Private Label and National Brand Clothing: An Exploration of Clothing Preferences Using Q Methodology. Journal of Fashion Marketing and Management.

Spilinek, M. & Johnson Jorgensen, J. (In Review).  Creepy or Convenient?: Consumer Perceptions of Privacy and Ad Exposure on Social Media. Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services.

Johnson Jorgensen, J., & Sorensen, K. (In Review). Millennial Perceptions of Augmented Reality in Retail: A Q Methodology Study.  International Journal of Retail and Distribution Management.

Lee, J. M., & Zuiker, V. S. (In Review). Exploring financial capability and the self-employed: Focusing on financial education.

Manuscripts Under Development

Cheang, M., Valdivia, C. B., Zuiker, V. S., Bhagryashree, K., & Martinez Palomares, J. C. (Manuscript in Preparation). Resilience and coping strategies during COVID-19 for small business owners and non-small business owners.

Sydnor, S. B., Marshall, M. I., Haynes, G. W., Valdivia, C. B., Jasper, C., Zuiker, V. S. (in process). The Impact of Family Business Culture and Wellbeing (or Balance or Self-Care) on Functioning and Profitability.

Sydnor, S., Zuiker, V.S., Jorgensen, J.J., Jasper, C., and Visser, M.A.  Wealth & well-being: Perceptions from family-owned and diverse businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Wiatt, R. D., Marshall, M. I., Haynes, G., Zuiker, V. S., & Lee, Y. (Manuscript in Preparation). In the depths of despair: Lost income and recovery for small businesses during COVID-19.

Grants Awarded

Clare, G., Johnson Jorgensen, J., Lee, J., Manikowske, L., LeHew, M., & Lyons, N. (2021). Merchandising Program Industry Advisory Board.  Great Plains Interactive Distance Alliance.  Funded: $5,860.00

Clare, G., Johnson Jorgensen, J., Lee, J., Manikowske, L., LeHew, M., & Lyons, N. (2021). Synchronous Online Recruiting Event Proposal.  Great Plains Interactive Distance Alliance.  Funded: $7,595.00

 Johnson Jorgensen, J. (2021).  Diversity and Equity in Merchandising the Omnichannel Product Assortment and Retail Workspace.  Center for Transformative Teaching Incubation Fund.  Funded: $975.60

 Marshall, M., Katare, B. and Valdivia, C. (6/2019-5/2022). USDA-NIFA-AFRI: Rural Small Business Recovery and Resilience to Natural Hazards: A Focus on Women and Minority Owned Small Businesses. Funded: $499,999.84

Feng, B. Langenhoven, P., Shoaf, N. and Wiatt, R. (2022). USDA-NIFA-AFRI: Taking the Next Step as a Small and Medium Sized Farm: Understanding the Integration of Production, Food Safety, and Profitability. Funded: $500,000

Wiatt, R., Torres, A., Marshall, M., Langemeier, M., Nees, J., Farris, E., Heckaman, K., and Mandeville, K. (2021-2022).  North Central Extension Risk Management Education. “The Pillars of Contingency Planning: An Integrated Approach to Managing Risk for Farms and Agribusinesses”. Funded: $50,000.

INDIANA AUTHORS? USDA-NIFA-AFRI: Workplace Stressors, Conflict Resolution, Worker Productivity: A Field Experiment on Employee Wellness Training Program in Rural Small Businesses, $500,000, Co-PI.

Diddi, S., LeHew, M. L. A., Hiller Connell, K. Y., & Yan, L. (2022). Preparing Fiber, Textiles, and Clothing Educators for the Industry’s Transformation to Circular Economy: Expanding Discipline Competencies to Enhance Workforce Preparedness. Submitted to USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) Higher Education Challenge grant (CG2) program. Funded: ?

Grants submitted

Diddi, S., LeHew, M. L. A., Hiller Connell, K. Y., & Yan, L. (2022). Preparing Fiber, Textiles, and Clothing Educators for the Industry’s Transformation to Circular Economy: Expanding Discipline Competencies to Enhance Workforce Preparedness. Submitted to USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) Higher Education Challenge grant (CG2) program.

Bednarikova, Z. & Sydnor, S. (2021). Corporate community development initiatives of small businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic. Submitted to AgSEED — Agricultural Research and Extension Leading to Economic Development in Indiana Agriculture and Rural Communities.

Conference Presentations

Martinez Palomares, J., C. Valdivia and M. Marshall. 2022. Finding resilience: How small businesses and people survive and succeed during the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Ordered Probit

Model Approach. Cambio de Colores Annual Conference Floreciendo-Resilience and Changing Communities in Uncertain Times. June 22-24, Saint Louis, MO. June 22.

Marshall, M.I., R.D. Wiatt, and Y. Lee. SEW and Exit Intentions. Small Business Institute Conference, February 2022.

Wiatt, R.D., M.I. Marshall, Y. Lee. Love of Work or Love and Work? Predicting Workaholism among Small Business Owners in the United States. Work Family Researchers Network Conference, June 2022.

Archila-Godínez, J.C., Marshall, M.I., Wiatt, R., Deering, A., and Feng, Y. (2022). “Consumers’ food safety perception of fresh produce from small- and medium-sized farms”. Abstract at International Association of Food Protection (IAFP) Annual Meeting.

LeHew, M. L. A., Hiller, K. Y., & Doty, K. (2021, November). Exploring barriers to a sustainable and regional fibershed in the Central Plains of the United States. Poster presented at the International Textile and Apparel Association Annual Conference, November 3-6.

Doty, K., LeHew, M. L. A., Hiller, K., & Haar, S. (2021, November). Advancing the fibershed movement: Building relationships among scholars and community organizers. Salon session presented at the International Textile and Apparel Association Annual Conference, November 3-6.

Zimbroff, A., & Johnson Jorgensen, J. (2022, January). A Mixed Methods Instrument to Assess Entrepreneurship Ecosystems. United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship, Raleigh, NC.

Johnson Jorgensen, J., & Sorensen, K. (2021, November).  Should A Retailer Take a Political Stance on Social Media? A Case Study of A Small Retailers’ Struggle Over Time.  International Textile and Apparel Association, Virtual Conference

Extension Publications

Johnson Jorgensen, J., Zuiker, V. S., Manikowske, L., & LeHew, M.  (July 2022). The use of communication technologies in small businesses.  Purdue Agricultural Economics Report. Available at: https://ag.purdue.edu/department/agecon/fambiz/2022_pifb_summer_newsletter11.pdf

Lee, Y.G., Kelley, H.H., Wiatt, R., and Marshall, M.I. (2022). “Social Media Use and Business Profitability among Small Businesses”. Purdue Institute for Family Business Quarterly Newsletter, Summer Special Edition on Research 2022. Available at: https://ag.purdue.edu/department/agecon/fambiz/2022_pifb_summer_newsletter11.pdf.

Wiatt, R. and Marshall, M.I. (2022). “Retirement or Training the Next Generation? Framing Succession in the Family Business”. Purdue Institute for Family Business Quarterly Newsletter, Spring Edition 2022. Available at: https://ag.purdue.edu/agecon/fambiz/Documents/2022_PIFB_Spring_Newsletter.pdf.

Pullen, K., Wiatt, R., and Marshall, M.I. (2022). “First Steps in Succession Planning”. Purdue Institute for Family BusinessQuarterly Newsletter, 2022 Winter Succession Special Edition. Available at: https://ag.purdue.edu/agecon/fambiz/Documents/2022_PIFB_Winter_Newsletter.pdf.

Wiatt, R. and Marshall, M. (2021). “Maintaining Family Bonds: Different Approaches to Conflict”. Purdue Institute for Family Business Quarterly Newsletter, Fall Edition 2021. Available at: https://ag.purdue.edu/agecon/fambiz/Pages/newsletters.aspx.

Wiatt, R. and Marshall, M. (2021). “Special Questions on COVID-19”. Purdue Institute for Family Business Quarterly Newsletter, Fall Edition 2021. Available at: https://ag.purdue.edu/agecon/fambiz/Pages/newsletters.aspx.

Extension Presentations

Wiatt, R. and Marshall, M.I. (August 2, 2022). Taking the First Steps in Succession Planning. Morgan County Beef Cattle Association Annual Producer Meeting.

 Marshall, M.I. and Wiatt, R.D. (November 3, 2021). Marketing and Sales: Communicating Value and Making the Sale. Gary Urban Farmer Initiative Presentation.

Wiatt, R. and Marshall, M.I. (October 5, 2021). Management Transfer in Farm and Family Businesses. Purdue Women in Ag Lunch ‘n Learn Presentation Series. 

Johnson Jorgensen, J. (2021, December). Sustainability + Fashion. Joslyn Institutes for Sustainable Communities Sustainable Leadership Presentation Series.  (Invited Presentation)

Johnson Jorgensen, J. (2021, September). Using Q Methodology to Measure Rural Entrepreneurial Perceptions. North Central Regional Center for Rural Development Webinar Series. (Invited Presentation)

Presentations (Non-refereed)

Haynes, G. W. (2022). Managing Risk, Fort Peck Community College Webinar, 3/21/22.

Haynes, G. W. (2022). Montana Innovation Hub for Agricultural Technology, Montana Agricultural Business Association, 3/22/22.

Haynes, G. W. (2022). Bridging the Gap: Financial Reports to Enterprise Livestock Budgets, Stone Child Community College, 4/5/22.

Haynes, G. W. (2022). Agricultural Programs for Socially Disadvantaged Ranchers and Farmers, 4/6/22.

Haynes, G. W. (2022). Financial Planning and Management, Certified Farm Startup Program, virtual meeting, 5/25/22.

Haynes, G. W. (2022). Financial Planning and Management, Fort Peck Community College, 6/8/22.

Haynes, G. W. (2022). Agricultural Subsidies for Agricultural Producers, Little Big Horn Community College, 9/13/22.

 

10/06/2023

Publications

Lee, Y., H. Kelley, R. Wiatt, and M.I. Marshall. 2023. Work-Family Balance and Perceived Business Outcomes Among Copreneurial and Noncopreneurial Small Business Owners. Journal of Family and Economic Issues.

Manuscripts Submitted/ In Review/Under Revision

Edobor, Edeoba W, Maria I. Marshall, Bhagyashree Katare, and Corinne Valdivia. Insuring for Cyclone Events: What Matters Most to Small Business Owners? International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction.

Marshall, M.I., Y.G. Lee, and R.D. Wiatt. Does socioemotional wealth impact owner exit intention? The case of small businesses in the U.S. under revision.

Valdivia, C., Morales, A., Perez, O. F. R., Flores, L. Y., & Zuiker, V. S. (Revise and Resubmit). Latinos and Latinas subjective wellbeing in Midwestern non-metro towns.

Wiatt, R., M.I. Marshall, and Y.G. Lee. Love of Work or Love and Work: Does Small Business Owners Compulsion to Work Payoff? Journal of Family and Economic Issues.

Wiatt, R., M.I. Marshall, Y.G. Lee, and G. Haynes. In the Depths of Despair: Lost Income and Recovery for Small Businesses During COVID-19. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction.

Sorensen, K.  & Johnson Jorgensen, J. (In Press).  Millennial Perceptions of Private Label and National Brand Clothing: An Exploration of Clothing Preferences Using Q Methodology.

Johnson Jorgensen, J., Sorensen, K. & Spilinek, M.  (Under Revision).  Motivations to Collect: How Consumers are Socialized to Build Product Collections. 

Spilinek, M. & Johnson Jorgensen, J. (In Review).  Creepy or Convenient?: Consumer Perceptions of Privacy and Ad Exposure on Social Media.

Johnson Jorgensen, J., & Sorensen, K. (In Review).  Millennial Perceptions of Augmented Reality in Retail: A Q Methodology Study. 

Johnson Jorgensen, J. (In Review).  The Socialization of Baby Boomer Consumers through Visual Social Media. 

Peer Reviewed Extension Publications

Fitzgerald, M. and Muske, G. (2023, August). “Couples in Business Together”. Purdue Institute for Family Business Newsletter. Newsletter 2: https://ag.purdue.edu/department/agecon/fambiz/newsletters.html.

Grants:

USDA-NIFA-AFRI: Rural Small Business Recovery and Resilience to Natural Hazards: A Focus on Women and Minority Owned Small Businesses, 6/2019-5/2022, $499,999.84, PI and Project Director M.I. Marshall, Co-PIs: B. Katare (Purdue) and C. Valdivia (University of Missouri).

Jung, N. Y., & Johnson Jorgensen, J. (2023).  The Effects of Human Inclusive SSRT (Self Service

Retail Technology) on Consumers’ Patronage.  Layman Award. Funded: $9,907.50.

 

Johnson Jorgensen, J. (2022).  Constructing the Fabric of a Sustainability-Focused Future

Fashion Workforce.  Grants-In-Aid.  Funded: $7,465.72.

Submitted/Not funded

LeHew, M., Doty, K., Niehm, L., Johnson Jorgensen, J., Zuiker, V., Jasper, C., Sydnor, S., Diddi, S., Lee, Y., Das, D., & Manchiraju, S. (2022).  Resilient Communities and Economies Supported by Sustainable and Regenerative Fiber Systems.  North Central Regional Center for Rural Development Thematic Workgroups Grant.  Unfunded: $48,050.00.

Conference Presentations

Diddi, S., LeHew, M. L. A., Hiller Connell, K. Y., & Li, Y. (2022, October). Educator preparedness to incorporate Circular Economy principles in undergraduate fiber, textiles, and clothing curricula. Poster presented at the International Textile and Apparel Association Annual Conference, October 27-30.

Diddi, S., Hiller Connell, K. Y., LeHew, M. L. A., & Li, Y. (2022, October). Knowledge and skills required to advance Circular Economy in the fashion industry: Perspectives from industry professionals. Poster presented at the International Textile and Apparel Association Annual Conference, October 27-30.

Doty, K., LeHew, M. L. A., Hiller, K. Y., & Crane, A. (2022, October). Farm  to Fashion Camp: Educating students on animal fiber production for the fashion supply chain. Poster presented at the International Textile and Apparel Association Annual Conference, October 27-30.

Doty, K., LeHew, M. L. A., Hiller Connell, K., & Crane , A. (2023, April 14). Engaged Scholarship through the Flint Hills Farm to Fashion Camp. Presented at the Fashion and Circular Economy Symposium, Ft. Collins, CO.

LeHew, M. L. A., & Diddi, S. (2023, April 14). Exploring consumers as supply chain partners within a circular system and the need for a paradigm shift in consumer behavior education. Visioning Session at the Fashion and Circular Economy Symposium, Ft. Collins, CO.

Marshall, M., Lee, Y., Haynes, G., Valdiva, C., Doty, K., Cheang, M., and Wiatt, R. (2023). Use of family business adjustment strategies during COVID: A comparison between homebased and non-homebased businesses, United States Association of Small Business and Entrepreneurship Annual Meeting, January, 2023.

Marshall, M., Lee, Y., Haynes, G., and Wiatt, R. (2023). Small Businesses during COVID-19: Funding strategies to expedite recovery and minimize Income Loss, United States Association of Small Business and Entrepreneurship, January, 2023.

Martinez-Palomares, Jorge, Corinne Valdivia, and Maria Marshall. 2023. Who got it worse? The implications of decreasing income on mental health by gender and race during the Covid-19 pandemic. Cambio de Colores Conference, June 18, Columbia, MO.

Niehm, L. S., Das, D., Manchiraju, S., Wiatt, R., LeHew, M. L. A., & Diddi, S. (2023, January). Work-life balance and perceived economic success of small US businesses: Exploring the moderating effect of family adjustment strategies. Research paper presented at USASBE Annual Conference, January 18-22.

Sydnor, S., Jorgensen, J. J., Jasper, C., Zuiker, V. S., & Visser, M. A. (2023). Wealth & well-being: Perceptions from diverse family-owned businesses. Presentation presented at the United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (USASBE) annual conference, Orlando, Florida.

Sydnor, S., Jorgensen, J. J., Jasper, C., Zuiker, V. S., & Visser, M. A. (2023). The role gender and family play in businesses’ perceptions of wealth & wellbeing under sudden shocks. Poster presented at the 2023 Annual International Council on Hotel, Restaurant, and Institutional Education (ICHRIE) Summer Global Conference, Phoenix, AZ.

Wiatt et al. Depths of Despair USASBE, January 2023

Manuscripts- Work in Progress

Cheang, M., Palomares, J. C. M., Valdivia, C., Katare, B., & Zuiker, V. S. (Submitted, Rejected, Manuscript in Preparation). Families' and small businesses' efforts to cope with income reduction or loss in times of a public health crisis.

Sydnor, S., Jorgensen, J. J., Jasper, C., Zuiker, V. S., & Visser, M. A.   Perceptions of Wealth and Well-being Of (Diverse) Family-Owned Businesses. (Manuscript in Preparation).

Wiatt, R. D., Marshall, M. I., Zuiker, V. S., Haynes, G., Jasper, C. R., Sydnor, S., & Valdivia, C. (Manuscript in Preparation). The Impact of Family Business Culture and Wellbeing (or Balance or Self-Care) on Functioning and Profitability.

Extension Presentations

Haynes, G. (2022). Fibershed presentation on small business, Montana Fibershed, Bozeman, Montana.  October, 2022

Haynes, G. (2022).  Economic Impact of Covid-19 and Stimulus Programs, Agricultural Economics Conference, Montana State University, October, 2022.

Haynes, G. (2022).  Local rural development - financial planning and management and agricultural subsidies. Hamilton, Montana, October, 2022

Haynes, G. (2023).  More Agricultural Price and Production Uncertainty and Volatility in 2022. Bureau of Business and Economic Research. January through March, 2023.

Haynes, G. (2023). Agricultural policy:  Stimulus, IRA, and farm Bill, Stone Child workshop, webinar, April, 2023.

Haynes, G. (2023). Finance, Tax and Asset Protection (FTAP), Stone Child workshop, webinar, April, 2023.

Haynes, G. (2023). Agricultural Economics of Montana Hutterites.  MSU, June, 2023

Haynes, G. (2023).  Financial Stimulus Update:  Past, Present, and Future, Montana Farmer’s Union, webinar, June, 2023

Engagement/Outreach

Hiller Connell, K. Y., LeHew, M. L. A., Doty, K., & Crane, A. (2022, June). Flint Hills Farm to Fashion Camp. Youth summer camp at Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS.

 

 

12/16/2024

Publications

(Theme 4) Wiatt, R., Marshall, M.I., and Lee, Y.G. (2024 March). “Love of Work or Love and Work: Does Business Owner Compulsion to Work Pay Off?”. Journal of Family and Economic Issues. DOI: https://doi-org.ezproxy.lib.purdue.edu/10.1007/s10834-024-09949-9.

(Theme 4) Lee, Y.G., Kelley, H.H., Wiatt, R., and Marshall, M.I. (2023, March 25). “Work-Family Balance and Perceived Business Outcomes Among Copreneurial and Noncopreneurial Small Business Owners”. Journal of Family and Economic Issues, 45, 200-211. DOI: https://doi-org.ezproxy.lib.purdue.edu/10.1007/s10834-023-09897-w 

Manuscripts Submitted/ In Review/Under Revision

Lee, Y., Cheang, M., Jasper, C., Wiatt, R., (manuscript under review) Work-Family Boundary Interaction and Business performance: How Do Women and Men Business Owners Differ? Community, Work and Family.

(Theme 3) Feng, Y., Stoll, A., Marshall, M., and Wiatt, R. “Exploring Consumer Willingness to Pay for Food Safety in Produce: A Focus on Small vs. Large Farms”. Food Control.

(Theme 5) Marshall, M.I., Y.G. Lee, and R.D. Wiatt. The ‘silver tsunami’: community embeddedness and small business owner exit strategies. Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy.

(Theme 1) Edobor, E.W, M.I. Marshall, B. Katare, and C. Valdivia. Insuring for Cyclone Events: What Matters Most to Small Business Owners? Journal of the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.

Lee, Y., Cheang, M., Jasper, C., Wiatt, R. Work-Family Boundary Interaction and Business Performance: How Do Women and Men Business Owners Differ?” Community, Work & Family.

Martinez-Palomares, J., Valdivia, C., Cheang, M., Zuiker, V. & Katare, B. (2024),  Families’ and Small Businesses’ Efforts to Cope with Income Reduction or Loss in Times of a Public Health Crisis.  Journal of Family and Economic Issues.

Peer Reviewed Extension Publications

Grants:

Diddi, S., LeHew, M. L. A., Hiller, K. Y., Morris, K., & Burgess, R. (2024) Building circular economy competencies in fiber, textiles, and clothing curriculum to enhance workforce preparedness. Funded by USDA NIFA Higher Education Challenge (CG2) Grant program.

(Themes 1 and 2) USDA-NIFA-SAS: Building Resilience to Shocks and Disruptions: Creating Sustainable and Equitable Local and Regional Food Systems in the US Midwest Region and Beyond, 2023-2028, $10 million, Michigan State University.

1. Co-PI, subaward to Marshall (AGEC) is $527,506 (Wiatt, collaborator)

(Theme 5) AgSEED Grant. (2022-2024). “A Farm Succession Toolkit: Defining Successful Strategies for Exit and Entry”. $50,000. Marshall, M., Wiatt, R. (Co-PI), Curley, L., Langemeier, M., Pullen, K., and Weaver, K.

(Theme 3) Small Business Administration & Northeast Indiana Innovation Center: Northeast Indiana Adaptive Community Navigator, 2021-2023, $98,835. Marshall, M.I., Wilcox, M., Wiatt, R.W.

(Theme 1) USDA-NIFA-AFRI: Taking the Next Step as a Small and Medium Sized Farm: Understanding the Integration of Production, Food Safety, and Profitability, 2021-2025, $500,000, PI and Project Director: M.I. Marshall, Co-PIs: B. Feng (FS), P. Langenhoven (HLA), N. Shoaf (Urban Ag), and R. Wiatt (AGEC).

Submitted/Not funded

Doty, K., LeHew, M. L. A., Irick, E., Jorgensen, J., Das, D., Manchiraju, S., & Diddi, S. (2024). Shepherding Change: Cultivating Sustainable Wool Industry In the North Central Region. Submitted to North Central Regional Center for Rural Development (NCRCRD) Small Research Grant program.

Conference Presentations

LeHew, M.L.A, Doty, K., Irick, E., Das, D., Diddi, S., & Manchiraju, S.  (2024). Charting the Future of Fashion: Identifying Transformative Education Approaches. Presented at the International Federation of Home Economics World Congress, Galway, Ireland, June 2024.

(Theme 4) June 2024: Copreneurs and Their Use of Adjustment Strategies: A Comparison to Other Forms of Family Businesses. Fitzgerald, M., Lee, Y., Marshall, M.I., Wiatt, R., Cheang, M., Mukembo, S. Work and Family Research Network Conference (Symposium on Copreneurial Ventures: Making Business and Family Work), Montreal, Canada.

(Theme 4) June 2024: Mixing Business and Pleasure: Socioemotional Wealth and Income Levels Among Copreneurs and Business-Owning Couples. Marshall, M.I., Wiatt, R., Lee, Y., Fitzgerald, M., Cheang, M., Mukembo, S. Work and Family Research Network Conference (Symposium on Copreneurial Ventures: Making Business and Family Work), Montreal, Canada.

(Theme 3) (abstract submission) Kontor-Manu, E., Marshall, M.I., Wiatt, R.D., and Feng, Y. (2024). Implications of consumer expectations and produce safety regulations to the small size farmer in Indiana. International Association of Food Protection Conference.

(Theme 4) Marshall, M.I., Fitzgerald, M., Lee, Y., Wiatt, R., Cheang, M., and Mukembo, S. (January 2024). Socioemotional Wealth among Business Owning Couples. Presentation at the United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Birmingham, Alabama.

(Theme 4) January 2024: Marshall, M.I., Fitzgerald, M., Lee, Y., Wiatt, R., Cheang, M., and Mukembo, S. Socioemotional Wealth among Business Owning Couples. Presentation at the United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Birmingham, Alabama.

Sydnor, S., Jorgensen, J., Zuiler, V., Jasper, C. & Visser, A. (2024, July 24-26). The role gender and family play in businesses’ perceptions of wealth & well-being under sudden shocks. Presented at the International Council on Hotel, Restaurant, and Institutional Education. Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Researchers from the University of Wyoming and Kansas State University, with contributions from researchers from West Virginia University, Florida State University, and Colorado State University submitted and presented a “round-table” symposium at the International Federation of Home Economics (IFHE) World Congress in Galway, Ireland in June 2024. The purpose of this symposium was for scholars to brainstorm and share innovative educational approaches to assisting the shift of the fashion industry toward a circular, regenerative system.

Manuscripts- Work in Progress

New research led by Dr. Niehm, Dr. Machiraju, and graduate student researchers focuses on social-emotional well-being and small business success. The research explores variables from the NCR-Stat Small Business Survey (Wiatt et al., 2024). It focuses on the performance and sustainability of small rural businesses that invest in employee well-being by offering a variety of benefits, job flexibility, and other factors centered on work-life balance. This new data set offers a rich opportunity to examine a large sample of small businesses (N=1,287) from the North Central Region concerning small businesses, employer benefits, and rural health. Based on this research, an emerging research submission is being developed for the 2025 US Association of Small Business and Entrepreneurship (USASBE) Conference. A manuscript for submission to an academic journal is also planned for 2025.

Dr. Niehm, the Iowa representative, has engaged in collaboration with a multidisciplinary group of scholars (Manchiraju, Niehm, Diddi, LeHew, and Das) from the NC 1030 project group focused on Theme 4: Contributions of Socioemotional Wealth, Rurality, Collaboration and Race on Resilience and Success of Family-Owned SMEs. The team used data from the Small Business Values Survey (2019) to submit an abstract to the US Association of Small Business and Entrepreneurship (USASBE) in 2023 under the Emerging Research track. This research addresses Theme 4, objectives 1, 2, and 3, and the emerging paper is now being developed into a full manuscript for publication.

Lee, Y., Marshall, M., & Wiatt, R. Giving, Selling, or Liquidating: Exit Strategies of BIPOC Small Business Owners. Preliminary regression results show that BIPOC business owners were more likely to choose stewardship exit strategies rather than liquidate. This finding is consistent with previous findings. BIPOC business owners were also more likely to give or sell their businesses to familiar successors than to liquidate their businesses.

Extension Presentations

(Theme 5) February 22, 2024: Succession Planning for Farm Businesses: Management Transfer and Farm Family Meetings. Presented by Renee Wiatt at the 2024 Midwest Mint Growers Conference, South Bend, Indiana.

(Theme 5) February 21, 2024: Handling the Inevitable: Dealing with Conflict in Succession. Presented by Renee Wiatt at the Ag Women Engage Pre-Conference, Transferring the Farm’s Legacy Program. Grand Wayne Convention Center, Fort Wayne, Indiana

(Theme 5) February 15, 2024: Transitioning the Family Farm: Management Transfer and Farm Family Meetings. Presented by Renee Wiatt at Peterson Ag Services, Pioneer Annual Meeting. Remington, Indiana.

(Theme 5) January 30, 2024: Mind Your Farm Business – Ep. 93: Don’t Wait for the Grave for Farm Transition. Interview on RealAg Radio, Sirius XM by Shaun Haney of Renee Wiatt: https://www.realagriculture.com/2024/01/mind-your-farm-business-ep-93-dont-wait-for-the-grave-for-farm-transition/.

(Theme 5) January 23, 2024: Management Transfer, Buy-Sell Agreements, and Job Descriptions. Presented by Renee Wiatt and Ed Farris. Indiana Horticultural Conference and Expo, Danville, Indiana.

Engagement/Outreach

LeHew, M. L. A., Doty, K., Irick, E., Das, D., Diddi, S., & Manchiraju, S. (2024, June). Charting the future of fashion: Identifying transformative education approaches. Presented at the XXV IFHE World Congress 2024, June 23-28, Galway, Ireland.

Doty, K., Greder, K., Cobb, K., & Griffin L. (2024, April). Dancing with systems: A solutions-focused philosophy for integrating circular economy principles into design education and practice. [Oral presentation]. Fashion and Play Symposium Proceedings. University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN.

Abstracts:

Doty, K., LeHew, M. L. A., Irick, E., Jorgensen, J., Das, D., Manchiraju, S., & Diddi, S. (2024). ​​A sustainable fashion industry is imperative and a transition to a circular economy (CE) will assist in reaching that goal. CE replaces the linear take-make-waste model with one where all products, post-use, undergo decomposition or are reprocessed into new items. The realization of a circular fashion system demands the re-localization of fiber, fabric, and apparel production to reduce the production of carbon through shipping. Unfortunately, the U.S faces a challenge in a circular economy transition due to the insufficient infrastructure resulting from the loss of production capacity through globalization. The proposed project explores challenges and opportunities confronting the development of a sustainable wool industry in the North Central region and identifies avenues for economic development fostering entrepreneurial activities throughout the supply chain, and long-term success of small wool fiber-based businesses, while enhancing rural community vitality. The project aligns with NCRCRD priority to create resilient communities and economies.

LeHew, M. L. A., Doty, K., Irick, E., Das, D., Diddi, S., & Manchiraju, S. (2024, June). This concept paper presents a philosophy of the design process for the practice and teaching of design and the circular economy that focuses on solutions and reduces the anxiety associated with contemplating climate change. The researchers guided the audience through a collaborative exploration of the gamification of the design process. Specifically, they examined a dynamic tool that aids designers in creating solutions grounded in circular economy principles. This tool assists designers and circular economy collaborators in articulating and navigating the complexities of designing for a broader system scope with multiple layers of goals (environmental, social, economic), scales (size, time, geographic), stakeholders, material flows, and design elements.

Love of Work or Love and Work: Does a Business Owner’s Compulsion to Work Pay Off?

A business owner’s compulsion to work is a condition that can have jarring effects on business-owning families. A compulsion to work has been defined as a component of workaholism. A random sample of 478 small business owners in the United States were classified as “compulsive” and “non-compulsive” owners using cluster analysis. A probit regression was used to determine the characteristics associated with being a compulsive owner. The probability of being a compulsive owner was lower for female owners, was higher as the number of children in the house increased, and was inversely related to family-business functioning. Further analysis found that compulsive owners did not have higher business incomes than non-compulsive owners. Thus, a compulsion to work did not appear to pay off for small business owners. We contribute to the literature by identifying factors associated with compulsive owner tendencies and if those tendencies lead to higher business income. 

The ‘silver tsunami’: community embeddedness and small business owner exit strategies

Over 50% of small businesses in the U.S. have business owners over the age of 55 and the majority do not have a planned exit strategy. Trillions of dollars in wealth will be transferred in the next decade. Business owner exit is associated with financial and non-financial factors. For rural business owners, in particular, non-financial factors or socioemotional wealth may play a key role in the exit strategy they choose. Business owners have many different paths to exit their businesses such as giving, selling, or liquidating their businesses. A multinomial logit model was used to determine the association of socioemotional wealth (SEW) with the choice of four common exit strategies employed by rural small business owners. The data were from a national survey of U.S. small business owners. Business owners with high SEW were more likely choose stewardship strategies rather than liquidate. Rural business owners compared to their urban counterparts were less likely to choose to sell their businesses to non-family members which may have implications for rural main street over the next decade.

Yoon, L., Cheang, M., Jasper, V. & Wiatt, R. (2024).  Work-Family Boundary Interaction and Business Performance: How Do Women and Men Business Owners Differ? Community, Work & Family.

Abstract:  In this study, we examined the factors associated with business performance among small businesses in the United States, while comparing differences in work-family interface issues between women (n = 266) and men (n = 232) business owners (N=498). Using data from the 2019 Small Business Values Survey (SBVS), regression results indicated that all else being equal, women business owners reported significantly lower business income than their men counterparts. Regression results also revealed that work-family boundary disruption was positively associated with perceived business profitability and successful family-business functioning was positively associated with both perceived profitability and business income. On the other hand, operating businesses from home was negatively associated with both perceived profitability and business income.

Martinez-Palomares, J., Valdivia, C., Cheang, M., Zuiker, V. & Katare, B. (2024).  Coping Strategies of Families and Small Businesses in Times of Significant Income Reduction or Loss During the COVID-19 Pandemic.  Journal of Family and Economic Issues.

Abstract:  What strategies do families and small businesses across the United States use to cope with a drastic reduction or loss of income because of the COVID-19 pandemic?  Hierarchical regression analyses were conducted using a nationally representative sample to examine the association between coping strategies used to deal with income reduction or loss, and health and subjective well-being. Findings suggest that while families and small businesses are resourceful in normal times, during periods of non-normative shocks of such magnitude and extended period of time as the COVID-19 pandemic, without systems and structural supports from the government, the conventional ways of coping (e.g., use of savings, reaching out to family and friends, and getting assistance from food pantries) may not be sufficient to help families and small businesses to recover from such unexpected life events.