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A Publication of News and Current Events from the Albers School of Business and Economics Fall 2015 Dean’s Message lobalization — it can sneak up on you. As I write this, I have just returned from the World Forum of the International Association of Jesuit Business Schools in Montevideo, Uruguay. I am also worrying about my trip to India later this month to visit the Xavier Institute of Labor Relations Gin Jamshedpur. And the development office wants me to go to China and Hong Kong in October. What’s one result of all this international travel? I went out and got my Global Entry pass — no one wants to wait in those immigration lines! We’re working harder to expand global experiences for our students. Study tours organized by our faculty members are one way. This edition of the Brief has an article by Barb Hauke describing our recent trip to Guatemala, organized by Adjunct Professor Aaron Thornburg and Economics Professor Meena Rishi. Although study tours are relatively short in duration, they have a powerful and lasting impact on students. Since returning from Montevideo, I have been besieging our Global Engagement Office about possibilities for more semester abroad exchange agreements with other Jesuit universities around the world. They are getting sick of hearing from me. The reality is, the university will launch a huge expansion of semester-abroad opportunities for our students in fall, 2016. It’s part of Goal One in the university’s strategic plan! Editor It’s not just about how globalization impacts the student experience. Barb Hauke [email protected] You can see it in our faculty research. Nearly half of the faculty publications highlighted in this Brief have an explicit global orientation to them! Dean Joseph Phillips You can’t miss globalization in the Albers Executive Speaker Series. When leaders from PACCAR, Amazon, Blue Nile, and Holland America are A publication of the Albers School of Business on stage, the context and comments get very global very quickly! (If you and Economics are not from Seattle, you may not know that PACCAR makes trucks — like Seattle University DAF — or Kenworth!) 901 12th Ave. Then there is the small matter that 30% or our undergraduate students P.O. Box 222000 Seattle, WA 98122-1090 are international students, and our graduate programs are close to that www.seattleu.edu/albers at 27%. And it’s not just about the university strategic plan — what about On the cover Learning to make tortillas the Albers School strategic plan? Its initiatives include expanding global in Guatemala. experiences for students and engaging our international alumni. Photo by Stephen Wong. Yes, globalization is here. It’s become part of everything we do. There is no avoiding it.
Joseph M. Phillips What’s Inside Dean, Albers School of Business and Economics Unsung Leadership / 3 Albers Faculty Research News / 4 We’re on the Move / 4 Alumni Profile: Annie Lee / 5 Albers Executive Speaker Series / 6 Inside an Albers Study Tour / 8 Faculty Profile: Carl Obermiller / 9 Business Insights Speaker Series / 10 Your Albers Alumni Association / 11
Mark Your Calendars / 12 page 2 I albers school of business and economics albers Brief I page 3 Unsung Leadership By Maria Bauermeister, Jon Greer, Angelina Kalinovich, Megan Pahl, Lauren Rochholz, and Barry Wilson
eeting Seattle CEOs and employs, and serves persons with business leaders who model disabilities Mthe kind of leadership to Along with identifying the honor- which Seattle University MBA students ees, students also must decide on and aspire is a powerful experience and complete a project that will recognize 2015 GLFC Cohort, left to goal of the Leadership Formation them. This year’s cohort decided to right: Back row: Jon Greer, Certificate. Not only did the students write an academic paper featuring the Barry Wilson, Front row: meet and interview leaders, they were honorees for publication in a scholarly Megan Pahl, Lauren Rochholz, Maria Bauermeister, also responsible for selecting their top journal and raise funds to attend the Angelina Kalinovich three choices to be honored, which Association of Leadership Educators provided excellent practical learning conference in Washington, D.C., in July. opportunities. That’s the concept The student-driven nature of the behind Leadership Formation, a two- course allows for a diverse selection of The student-driven quarter, two-course elective that has leaders and recognition projects; for nature of the been offered in the MBA program at example, previous cohorts have raised Seattle University’s Albers School of funds for awards presentation ceremo- course allows for a Business and Economics since 2010. nies and made videos about their diverse selection Taught by Associate Professor of leaders. The Leadership Formation Management Dr. Jennifer Marrone, experience offers students a threefold of leaders… Leadership Formation asks students to view of leadership: Assigned readings identify and recognize unsung leaders and class discussions introduce leader that I did not previously feel in the Seattle area who are working to students to different leadership styles. were as important as leadership and make a positive social impact on the Meetings and interviews with local business acumen in today’s business greater Seattle community. The professionals allow students to hear world.” curriculum was inspired by the similar stories of leadership styles and The students were able to apply mission of the national Opus Prize, development. Finally, the recognition the leadership theories learned in organized by 11 U.S. Catholic universi- portion of the course challenges class to the project as they worked ties, including Seattle University. This students to put into action what they’ve in self-designed and -directed teams year, students selected the following learned about leadership. practicing and experimenting with honorees: The Leadership Formation students their leadership. This enabled them m Sally Bergesen, CEO of Oiselle, a learned many important lessons to develop an effective team, where women’s athletic apparel company during their time in the program. each member was accountable and that has set out to change limiting While interviewing her leader, Maria engaged. As Jon Greer put it, “Being stereotypes about female athletes Bauermeister realized that it is “impor- presented with leadership theory m Steve Butcher, founder of the tant to not only identify the strengths and the opportunity to practice and Not-Just-For-Profit business model you have at the table but to also reflect on it has been tremendously and CEO of Brown Paper Tickets, a identify what strengths are missing… educational…the diversity of responses ticketing service that offers transpar- you want to set people up for success to leadership styles and my teammates’ ent fees for ticket buyers, donates by giving them tasks that they feel candidness with it has helped me gain 5 percent of its profits to charity, and comfortable doing and recognize what perspective on how others would like provides each of its employees one strengths you are missing, so you can to be led.” Lauren Rochholz confirmed paid week off to volunteer with find the resources you need in order to that this exercise was “a trigger charities of their choice make your plan successful.” Barry for [my] leadership development, m Todd Dunnington, CEO of Skills, Wilson’s leader “inspired me to work especially in the context of working in a large nonprofit aerospace supplier towards being aware of the social a self-designing team where everyone with 620 employees that trains, impact and humility aspects of being a has a turn to lead.”
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Matt Isaac’s (Assistant Professor of of Ethics: The Impact of Psychological Gareth Green (Associate Professor Marketing) paper, “The Sleeper Framing Proximity on Moral Reasoning,” of Economics) and Stacey Jones’s Effect: The Influence of Frame Valence co-authored with Cristina De Mello-e- (Instructor of Economics) article, on Immediate and Retrospective Souza Wildermuth (Drake University), “Teaching Real-World Applications Judgments,” co-authored with Morgan has been accepted for publication in of Business Statistics Using Communi- Poor (University of San Diego), has the Journal of Business Ethics. cation to Scaffold Learning,” co- been accepted for publication in the Colette Hoption’s (Associate Professor authored with John Bean (Department Journal of Consumer Psychology. of Management) paper, “It Doesn’t Add of English), has been accepted for Vladimir Bejan’s (Assistant Professor Up: Comparing Daily and General publication in Business and Professional of Economics) paper, “Examining the Leadership Ratings,” has been accepted Communication Quarterly. Effect of Repressive and Conciliatory for publication in Leadership. Quan Le (Associate Professor of Government Actions on Terrorism Peter Raven (Professor of Marketing) Economics) and Peter Raven’s (Profes- Activity in Israel,” co-authored with and Quan Le’s (Associate Professor of sor of Marketing) paper, “An Assess- William Parkin (Department of Criminal Economics) paper, “Teaching Business ment of Experiential Learning of Global Justice), has been accepted for Skills to Women: Impact of Business Poverty Issues through International publication in Economic Letters. Training on Women’s Microenterprise Service Projects,” has been accepted Bonnie Buchanan’s (Associate Profes- Owners in Vietnam,” has been accepted for publication by the Journal of sor of Finance) article, “Securitization: for publication in the International Teaching in International Business. A Financing Vehicle for All Seasons?” Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Suzanne De Janasz’s (Thomas F. Gleed has been accepted for publication in Research. Chair of Business Administration) the Journal of Business Ethics. Chips Chipalkatti (Professor of chapter that will appear in The Oxford Eric Wehrly’s (Instructor of Finance) Accounting) and Meena Rishi’s Handbook of Work and Family, “Commu- paper, “The Market Value and Reputa- (Professor of Economics) article, nicating Work–Family Research beyond tional Effects from Lost Confidential “Sustainable Development in India: Academia for Thought Leadership and Information,” has been accepted for Balancing Poverty Alleviation, Economic Impact,” co-authored with Monique publication by the International Journal Growth and Reduced Carbon Emis- Valcour (EDHEC), has also been of Financial Management. sions,” has been accepted for publica- published on Oxford Handbooks Online. Carlos De Mello-e-Souza’s (Associate tion in the International Journal of Professor of Accounting) paper, “Circles Social Entrepreneurship and Innovation.
Strengthen Your Connections The Albers Alumni Board meets six times a year We’re on to develop and organize the alumni programming you enjoy at Albers. Deepen your commitment to the Move Albers in service of your fellow alumni and you will soon experience the value of being connected at Actually, it’s our Eastside this level. If you would like to serve on the Board, campus that’s on the contact Rob Bourke at [email protected]. move. Beginning in Stay Connected September, Bellevue Join AlumniWeb—your source for alumni events, classes will be held at online directory, and more! http://alumniweb. 200 112th Ave. NE in seattleu.edu. downtown Bellevue. Connect With Us A much more central Follow us on our social media sites for updates location, the new building on speakers, events, and news. Engage in offers free parking and discussions and networking opportunities. If you is close to the Bellevue have ideas on what you would like to see on one Transit Center. or more of these sites, please email Barb Hauke at [email protected].
page 4 I albers school of business and economics albers Brief I page 5 hat major would you pursue Alumni Profile: in college if you wanted Annie lee W to do something creative in your career? Many people would immediately think of something in the arts. Albers alumna Annie Lee initially Living took that path, majoring first in Fine Arts with a focus in Digital Design. “It took me a few majors,” she said, “to Her discover marketing as a true passion.” She finds marketing to be the perfect Dream balance of art and science. “I love thinking about consumer behavior and relevant ways to communicate, while using data to inform decisions and improve our work.” After graduating from Seattle University in 2005 with a BA in Business Administration (Marketing), Lee worked at Microsoft for a few years “ I love thinking about helping brands advertise on MSN.com consumer behavior and relevant and Bing before deciding she was more interested in the consumer side of ways to communicate…” marketing than B2B. She was intrigued with the newly emerging digital advertising channels as a way to “influence the way we communicate,” Lee said. She decided to get a Master of Communication in Digital Media degree at the University of Washington. Lee then joined Amazon “to channels. Her career goal has always who don’t know her very well would be experience the world of e-commerce,” been to love what she does and look that “English is my second language!” she said. Among the many things forward to getting up every morning she said. She moved back to the Pacific she learned there were “the value of for work. Even though she realizes that Northwest for college and ended up content and merchandising and, most not every day is perfect in any situation, living here for 11 years until her move importantly, putting the customer she is now working in her “dream job.” to San Francisco in 2012. Lee chose first.” All these experiences laid the While a student, Lee was very Seattle U for school because she was foundation for her move to Pinterest active on campus. In fact, she describes looking for a college that was small which, according to its website, is “a herself as “kind of addicted to campus enough for “meaningful classroom visual discovery tool that you can use activities during my time at SU.” She interactions,” in a city she wanted to to find ideas for all your projects and was an Orientation Advisor, worked thoroughly explore. interests.” Lee joined when Pinterest on “Search for Meaning,” went on a Not surprising, Lee is very active. was still a fairly small company, so service trip to Belize, and volunteered She loves running outdoors, traveling she’s had the opportunity to work with a couple of multicultural clubs. She internationally, rooting for the in a number of different positions was also a member of the chapel choir Seahawks, and cooking for friends and and directly impact the growth and before relocating to San Francisco for family. In her next career, she plans marketing efforts. Now, as Marketing her opportunity at Pinterest. to open a restaurant. “Everyone is Manager, she’s leading the Content Although she was born in Seattle, invited!” she said. Marketing team and overseeing Lee grew up in Seoul, Korea; Georgia; editorial efforts across consumer and Hawaii. Most surprising for those
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Value Creation and the Internet Economy hen Bill Ruckelshaus, President & CEO of Blucora, was appointed into his current position in 2010, his father told him good luck. He then went on to Wtell him that most CEOs do not last more than four or five years and usually end up leaving for health reasons. On top of that, he said that everybody in the company would grow sick of him. Five years later, Ruckelshaus is going strong and is overseeing a company that has grown from one business, InfoSpace, into three businesses after acquiring TaxAct and Monoprice. Though the businesses are in three discreet industries, Can’t attend a speaker they all center on a common theme. Ruckelshaus describes this as, “They leverage the event? Podcasts are web to bring information and solutions to confident, value-seeking customers.” available at: The technology marketplace is changing rapidly, fueled by innovation and market http://www.seattleu.edu/ disruption in mobility, cloud-based software, and global connectivity. The challenge is albers/news-events/ to create a product or service that can take advantage of what is going on in this area speaker-series/ and create value for customers while remaining relevant in its offerings. Ruckelshaus defines value creation as “something that is sustainable and important for your stakeholders.” He describes success as “getting things right over and over again while at the same time organizing for success.” The three major questions that Blucora asks when evaluating its products are: below left: Bill Ruckelshaus m What are the market opportunities we face? President & CEO, m Blucora Do our products represent step-function improvements over the alternative? m Center: Are we managing dependencies the way we bring our solutions to market? ADrian Hanauer Culture and leadership are most important in positioning a company to compete. co-founder & General Manager, At Blucora, the leaders promote two key values: Seattle Sounders FC m Clarity of objective: Regularly communicate your objectives clearly. Right: m Distributive leadership: Allow business unit teams reasonable autonomy. jeff Wilke Senior Vice Ruckelshaus closed his talk with advice to the students. “I want to emphasize the President of Consumer Business, critical importance of having fun in what you do,” he said. Amazon.com
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page 6 I albers school of business and economics albers Brief I page 7 The Story Behind Amazon.com: Our Peculiar Seattle Sounders FC Leadership Principles ccording to Adrian Hanauer, co-founder and former he “frantic, chaotic growth” that occurred during the General Manager of Seattle Sounders FC, “a ton early stages at Amazon.com “would not yield robust Aof things had to come together” to make it the Tscale but did give us the first sequences of our DNA,” successful organization it is today. The management team said Jeff Wilke, Senior Vice President of Consumer Business. was able to “knock it out of the park” across 20 critical areas. “Today,” he went on, “I would argue that our leadership Some of these things were in its control, some were not, but principles really codify our DNA.” Those leadership principles luck and timing also played an important role in its ultimate are outlined very clearly and concisely from the start with success. High on the list of successes were: new employees. Timing: At the time the founders were first discussing Among the 14 principles of leadership Amazon uses that have bringing a professional soccer team to Seattle, there was made the company the powerhouse it is today are: already a fan base for soccer here through the success of Customer Obsession: Leaders work vigorously to earn and Seattle’s North American Soccer League team. In addition, keep customer trust. “We expect leaders to start at the the other sports teams in the area were not doing well, and customer and work backwards,” said Wilke. “Although leaders the Sonics were about to leave town. pay attention to competitors, they obsess over customers.” Diverse Ownership Team: The ownership group had a great Long-term Thinking & Ownership: Leaders think long-term deal of diversity and each one brought something special to and “don’t sacrifice long-term value for short-term results,” the organization. according to Wilke. They work for the entire company, not Strong Management: Fortunately, Paul Allen provided just their team. They never say “that’s not my job.” his Seahawks senior management to the Sounders. The Invent & Simplify: Leaders expect and require innovation Seahawks were very well managed and had the bandwidth to and invention from their teams and always look for ways to take on a new project, so the management team that started simplify. They look outside as well as inside for ideas; “not the Sounders was very strong and deep. invented here” is not a limitation. “Democracy in Sports”: Fan engagement and stakeholder Bias for Action: In contrast to many large companies, leaders status, not just ticket holders, is an important goal to the at Amazon are encouraged to take calculated risks. Speed ownership team. Unique in the United States, Sounders fans matters in business and many decisions and actions are are included in major decision-making in the organization. reversible, so the leaders are encouraged to act quickly, Unique Targeting: Instead of primarily going after the many times without extensive study. youth soccer kids and their parents, as was the norm with Vocally Self-Critical: Wilke’s favorite line in the leadership other teams, the Sounders successfully targeted “a younger principles is, “Leaders do not believe their or their team’s demographic of sports fans who were the people out in the body odor smells of perfume.” Leaders identify problems pubs, people playing adult sports, people with first or second or information, even if it is embarrassing or awkward. They jobs who wanted and had the available emotional energy benchmark themselves and their teams against the best. and, quite frankly, the time to become season ticket holders,” Have Backbone, Disagree, & Commit: Amazon is not a Hanauer said. company of “yes-men.” It expects its leaders to respectfully Good Recruiting: The Sounders were able to build a good challenge and disagree, even if that is an uncomfortable team and have been investing in youth. stand to take. Leaders in Technology: True to their Seattle roots, the Are Right, A Lot: Leaders are expected to have strong Sounders have led other sports teams in technology, business judgement and good instincts, and to exercise them including having launched one of the first apps in major every day. “In fact,” said Wilke, “at one point we stopped to league soccer and implementing MatchPass, which allows for ask if there should be just one leadership principle. Leaders paperless entry to the stadium and a better fan experience. Are Right, A Lot.”
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Inside an albers study tour By Barb Hauke
An erupting volcano; a visit to the fields of a coffee cooperative; a home-stay with a Mayan family. These are not common experiences in an economics or international business class. But they were some of the highlights of GuateAbroad Summer 2015, the Albers Study Tour to Guatemala June 27-July 6, 2015.
class on Cultural Intelligence and Global From Guatemala City, we took an hour bus ride to Business Communications was led by Adjunct Antigua, a charming UNESCO World Heritage Centre Professor Aaron Thornburg. Central American founded in the early 16th century. The look and feel of this Development Economics was led by Meena former capital of Guatemala (before it was destroyed by a Rishi, Professor of Economics. They joined devastating earthquake in 1773) is 180° from Guatemala City, Aforces to make their classes hands-on and memorable. The with its cobblestone streets amid ruins preserved after program was designed to offer three distinct types of numerous earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and floods. experiences: introduction to a rich and diverse culture, Antigua is also a city of contrasts. We visited the shop of an interaction with organizations and businesses operating out American ex-pat (from Seattle, no less!) who established a of Guatemala, and exposure to the juxtaposition of life business making women’s shoes and accessories using only between the affluent and the extremely poor. handmade materials. Her goal is to provide jobs to “talented The trip started in Guatemala City, a large, anonymous and deserving individuals and promote economic growth in Latin American city with a very high crime rate. During a city the developing world,” according to the website. tour by bus, we were exposed to the extremes of Guatemala, We had the opportunity to visit a cooperative of Mayan from the poorest of poor in an area called La Limonada, to women who are working together to preserve the weaving the “mall” featuring high-end stores targeted at the wealthy techniques of their ancestors and contrast that with a tour of and tourist population. While the contrasts would have been one of the largest textile makers in the country. A hike into stunning to hear about in a classroom in the U.S., seeing them the growing fields of a coffee cooperative to learn about how first-hand was an unsettling experience. Fortunately, we had coffee is grown and processed was a real eye-opener into the the opportunity to reflect and process this experience in small complexity of the business of coffee and the pros and cons of discussion groups later, a daily activity throughout the trip. free trade. Continued on page 10
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lthough not particularly scientific questions,” he said. According to interested in studying He developed the course Obermiller, he has business per se, Carl Marketing and Social been “fortunate Obermiller, professor Issues to encourage enough my entire of marketing and chair students to examine life rarely to be Aof the Department of Marketing, is various ways in which required to do fascinated by the role of business in marketing can other than as I society and in consumer psychology. contribute positively or like.” He likes his He considers himself a social scientist negatively to social work, but also has who wants to know the “how and why problems. One aspect of other interests. He of people” and “how we know things.” this is the effect of is an accomplished Obermiller’s areas of expertise are marketing on happiness and tennis player and was a information processing, consumer materialism. Explains Obermiller, teaching pro for a few years. responses to advertising, scale “Does marketing make people buy In addition to biking, reading, watching development, and research design. “I things they don’t need and, ultimately, TV, baseball, and skeet shooting, like to figure things out,” he said. contribute to an unending spiral of Obermiller has an interest in restoring Obermiller did not start out to be a wanting, buying, wanting more that is 17th-century Georgian troikas. (Google marketer. He began working on a PhD the worst form of materialism? Or, does them and you will learn something in English and taught high school, but marketing respond to consumer needs, about Carl’s sense of humor!) While was not finding that to be his calling. A raise the standard of living, and make claiming not to have passions, he does friend of his was in a marketing doctoral people happy?” have strong feelings about “beer, wine,
He considers himself a social scientist who wants to know the “how and why of people” and “how we know things.”
program and suggested that Obermiller Curiosity about those questions in chocolate, topspin backhands, throwing try that route. He enrolled at Ohio turn led to Obermiller’s keen interest to the right base, the difference State University, but almost quit after in sustainability. As a result of his work between ‘that’ and ‘which,’ Elmore two quarters of MBA core courses. in that area, he co-chaired Seattle Leonard, Lucinda Williams, Starbucks, Fortunately, he said, “I was saved by my University’s first President’s Committee and Albers.” And what are those strong eventual thesis advisor,” who put him to on Sustainability, which was created to feelings about the Albers School? work on some experimental research oversee the teaching of sustainability “When I interviewed at Albers, I was he was doing in the psychology to students across campus. He helped struck with the sense that it was a department. develop a measuring tool to assess the welcoming, supportive, place. People Obermiller soon developed an progress on this and, as a result, the here care about other people. I’ve appreciation for the practice of committee has assessed sustainability never thought I was the best person marketing. His favorite courses to teach literacy of incoming freshmen, as well for Albers, but I’ve always thought that are Buyer Behavior, Marketing as faculty and staff, for the last three Albers was the best place for me.” Research, and Marketing and Social years. “I was pleased to observe,” he Issues. He considers the first two “the wryly noted, “that faculty score higher closest marketing gets to science and than students.”
page 8 I albers school of business and economics albers Brief I page 9 Did you know that alumni are welcome to participate in Study Tours when space is available? For information on upcoming Study Tours, go to http://www.seattleu.edu/albers/programs/study-abroad/.
Inside an Albers Study Tour (Continued from page 8) As in any country, there are varying opinions on how to operated by Orcas Island ex-pats, we were able to interact approach the problems in Guatemala. This was highlighted by with the locals on a deeper level. We brought Frisbees to an two visits. The first one was to a university in Guatemala City elementary school, where we taught the students how to where we listened to the dean of the business school tell us throw them and then played Frisbee with them. We were also that, in his opinion, “The only solution for Guatemala is a fortunate enough to meet with a cooperative of women revolution.” He believes that outside aid, including NGOs, is weavers who are using microfinance loans from the Grameen harmful to the economy because it takes the responsibilities Bank to fund their businesses. Finally, we met with the local of change and improvement off the government. The other head of an organic farming micro-enterprise who is trying to visit was to Eco Filtro, an entrepreneurial business that makes restart its business after failing to convince the local farmers water filters and is trying to impress upon the people of that the time-intensive labor required to grow produce Guatemala the importance of clean water to the lives of their organically was necessary for the health of their children and children. The owner saw an important need in the country families. In smaller groups, we brainstormed ways to help him and is trying to provide a solution to it in the absence of establish and grow his business into a sustainable enterprise. governmental action. Then it was off to the fields, literally, where we weeded, The final leg of our journey was by bus and then boat to watered, made growing beds, mixed fertilizer, and more as the beautiful little Mayan town of San Juan la Laguna on Lake part of our service learning experience. Atitlán. There, we stayed with local families who welcomed us This was an experience of a lifetime. For the students, into their homes with warmth and graciousness. There is no it was an amazing way to round out their education. For a way to duplicate an experience like this in a classroom, and “guest” on the trip (me), it was a fulfilling way to learn about a with the help of Magic Carpet Rides, an NGO owned and new country from a totally different perspective.
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