According to a new report from The Conference Board, companies whose stock price outperforms that of their competitors are more likely to have a formal strategic performance measurement system.
Washington and Lee University has received a $1.5 million endowment from the Donald W. Reynolds Foundation to establish a chair and program in business journalism.
The U.S./China trade accord and the prospect of China's accession to the World Trade Organization will likely lift global growth and accelerate the pace of domestic investment in China.
Following a thorough evaluation of 200 different vehicles for the AAA New Car & Truck Buying Guide, the nation's largest organization for motorists selected 12 Top Cars for 2000.
Cost, not quality, is Americans' top healthcare concern for the next century. A complementary survey shows medical students understand the economic realities of America's healthcare, but still strive to improve the quality of healthcare delivery.
Dr. Henry Samueli and his wife, Susan, have personally donated $50 million to the schools of engineering at UCLA and UC Irvine.
The Conference Board's Study Group on the Consumer Price Index today recommended substantial improvements in methods used to compile the index to keep pace with the ever changing U.S. economy.
As business schools rush to institute e-business courses, programs, and majors, the David Eccles School of Business at the University of Utah is working hard to buck this trend by incorporating electronic business into every aspect of business education.
A new law that will allow millions of disabled people to work without losing health benefits has made a new book by a University at Buffalo career planning expert an especially valuable -- and timely -- resource for those with disabilities.
Global policy makers, ambassadors, trade negotiators, scholars, and business leaders recently convened at the inaugural World Business Forum, hosted by the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth. The forum's agenda was to create a list of issues for inclusion on the agenda at the World Trade Organization Ministerial meeting.
A new study of credit card use in Ohio provides the best evidence to date that some consumers are involved in a risky pyramid scheme: getting new credit cards to pay off old cards. The Ohio State study found troubled credit-card users had more cards than others.
Some ideas being touted by the experts to control traffic include "congestion pricing", intelligent transportation systems, and "traffic calming", as reported in Planning magazine.
Boston University's Metropolitan College is launching a new Master of Science degree in Electronic Commerce in January 2000.
A study by a University of Illinois marketing professor suggests that last-minute shoppers may find this year's best bargains in the service industries.
On Tuesday, Dec. 14, the American Heart Association, the American Cancer Society and the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids held a press conference to release a new report examining the causes of the economic crisis facing American tobacco farmers.
Charles Schwab & Co., General Atlantic Partners, LLC, and eBay have become founding partners of the Center for Electronic Business and Commerce at Stanford Graduate School of Business.
In a recent survey of B-school faculty and MBA students, telemarketing was rated as one of the worst business innovations of the 20th Century. The computer led all others as the best invention of the last 100 years.
African nations stand to become more prosperous and politically stable by developing regional electric power grids and pooling their energy resources, according to models developed by Purdue University industrial engineers.
It will take more than a modest one-quarter of a percent hike in interest rates by the Federal Reserve Board to cool the 8 1/2-year U.S. economic expansion, according to a Wake Forest University professor.
In the midst of the holiday shopping frenzy, toy buyers are wondering if this will be the year when they finally win their bet on which toys will be the hot must-haves and if they will stock enough to satisfy demand.
In the year since its birth, a $10 million venture capital fund started by North Carolina State University has helped launch 10 research start-ups associated with the university.
Nothing can stop consumers from breaking new holiday sales records this year, says a Ball State University retail analyst.
In the business world, work teams are often called upon to accomplish complex tasks under crisis conditions. However, new research shows that such groups function less effectively under stress, and stress may lead to team members barely acknowledging one another.
The American Association of Engineering Societies released its annual salary survey, which shows that engineers' compensation grew a robust 3.4 percent in 1999 to a median income of $41,790 for an entry-level engineer.
Physicians will be able to chart patient information and access trusted clinical reference materials within the same online application, due to a new alliance between Elixis Corp. and MD Consult.
For carmakers that compete globally like DaimlerChrysler and Honda, a merger makes sense, because combining research and development expenditures would make them more profitable, said a UAB marketing professor and auto industry expert.
The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL), Laurel, Md., has created its first start-up company, Syntonics LLC, under an initiative to commercialize some of its inventions and space research and test facilities.
Trade barriers are a major drag on the Middle East's economy, which is falling behind other emerging regions, according to an analysis released by The Conference Board.
As protestors and police clash in Seattle outside the World Trade Organization meeting, legitimate labor union concerns about safety, environmental, and worker rights standards among WTO nations will continue to be heard, said a labor expert at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
1- teenagers grow as a shopping force, 2- Indiana must increase labor force pool, 3- directing volunteer staff difficult.
For the nation's grocers, gasoline retailers and banks, business could be heavy for the next few weeks as a growing number of Americans begin taking precautions against possible Y2K problems
A new book touting the business benefits of environmental management systems features the story of how the University of Missouri-Rolla implemented a management process known as ISO 14001 to keep better track of its chemical inventories.
1- change-of-control incentives drive majority of management buyouts; 2- key factors for fast product development.
A comprehensive study at Ohio State of employee recruitment found that new hires were more likely to stay at least a year if they were recruited through inside sources, rather than through ads or employment agencies.
Proposed federal standards for ergonomics may cost businesses money in the short run, but will benefit them in the long run, says a certified ergonomist at the University of Missouri-Rolla.
American families will spend an average of nearly $500 on Christmas gifts during the upcoming holiday season - about the same as they did last year. But because of a rise in the number of households, consumers will push retail sales over $50 billion, an improvement of about 1.5% from last season, The Conference Board reports today.
A new survey by the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America found 348 medicines in development for diseases that disproportionately afflict women -- a 75 percent increase in research on women's health since an earlier survey in 1991.
The American Public Health Association praised the Clinton administration for releasing new workplace rules that would protect an estimated 27 million U.S. workers whose jobs put their health at risk from activities such as repetitive motion or heavy lifting.
Nearly a quarter of all U.S. households bought something over the Internet during the past year, with the majority of single purchases averaging less than $100.00, according to a new survey released by The Conference Board.
The Combination of a still-strong U.S. economy, strengthening economies abroad, and the gathering evidence that tight labor and tightening materials markets are tipping the balance toward increasing inflationary pressures.
Al Johnson, a driving force in urban entrepreneurship development for many decades, has been named "Man of the Millennium" by the University of Illinois at Chicago's Center for Urban Business.
The popularity of online investing is skyrocketing, with over 570,000 transactions occurring through 120 online brokerages every day. Why are more people turning to their keyboards instead of dialing their brokers when they are ready to trade?
If casino gambling can spark economic development in Gary, Indiana, it can probably work anywhere, says the author of this story about the depressed steel town at the tip of Lake Michigan.
As the millennium nears, the hype surrounding Y2K seems to have died down. But Lewis Mandell, dean of the University at Buffalo School of Management, says it may be that we're already in the eye of the Y2K storm, and the damage won't be apparent until the arrival of the new millennium has blown over.
The rail freight industry is back after years of decline, but the booming freight business has also created problems for those who live near the tracks. Too much traffic, too many trains, too much noise and vibration.--Planning magazine
Fraud costs businesses billions of dollars, but that estimate reflects only the cases that are detected - a mere 10-15 percent of all fraud committed in businesses across the country.
A comprehensive study recently released by Centre College economist David Anderson shows that crime is now costing U.S. citizens, businesses, and the government more than one trillion dollars per year. Lost property and wages, as well as personal anguish, are diminishing the nation's productivity.
ESPS, Inc. will host two free seminars on Electronic Compliance Management for executives in the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, medical device, and animal health industries to be held in Boston on Dec. 3, 1999 and in Seattle on Dec. 10, 1999.
A study by AHCPR and the National Business Coalition for Health suggests that most business coalitions have processes in place that could be tapped to promote quality, just as their market power helped contain health care costs earlier this decade by encouraging the growth of managed care.
While the number of Americans on welfare has dropped significantly since Congress passed the 1996 welfare reform law, many former recipients still live in poverty.
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