Is the purchase of U.S. companies by foreign firms good or bad for American stockholders? To examine the economic dynamics behind cross-border takeovers, a business professor at the University of Illinois, examined 100 acquisitions by foreign firms.
A bankruptcy "reform" bill before Congress could force women and children to compete with the credit industry to collect support payments from deadbeat dads, a University of Illinois expert says.
1. U.S. companies trail world in family friendly work policies; 2. Corporate scandals can affect competitors; 3. Consumers prefer state-of-the-art technology to a good software deal; 4. Mission statements serve vital role; 5. Stock options reconsidered.
Poverty could increase among older retirees--particularly widows--if policymakers change the way Social Security adjusts benefits for recipients who continue working, according to a new study released by Boston College.
Grain prices have sunk so low, Purdue University agricultural economists estimate that even record-breaking yields won't be enough for farmers to meet typical expenses this year.
Stanford University Graduate School of Business faculty members have developed hard evidence of venture capital's singular role in nurturing startups. But venture capital firms are in danger of becoming too institutionalized. The study serves as an indirect warning that venture capital's special purpose should be preserved.
A broad paper by a Stanford University Business School labor economist explains why the bargaining structure a country has is less important than it used to be.
A recent Stanford Business School study describes how Internet stocks are valued and details how analysts, retail investors, and the Internet companies themselves influence prices.
Some of the areas where courts of law continue to break new ground in business involve noncompete agreements, sexual harassment, disability discrimination, and the laws of cyberspace.
Recent research at Stanford University Graduate School of Business reveals that some top executives manage the timing of key company announcements, such as earnings projections, to increase the worth of their stock option awards.
A new nationwide research project led by archival information scholars at the University at Albany and UCLA will tackle the Information-Age dilemma of protecting records and data existing only in electronic form.
Forget the stories of average people becoming overnight stock-market millionaires. A new nationwide study found most young baby boomers are accumulating wealth the old-fashioned way: slowly and steadily.
Financial advisers tell people to spread their risk by investing in several types of mutual funds. But an Ohio State study revealed that volatile small-stock funds are best for people who make steady, periodic contributions in investments for a long period of time.
1. Internet Art Caveat Emptor 2. Avoid Small Business Pitfalls
Is the multi-trillion-dollar U.S. budget surplus for real? Should we spend it on tax cuts? Some surplus revenues can be expected in the future, UD expert Sheldon D. Pollack says, but estimates of trillions of extra dollars are grossly inflated. And, in light of the national debt and expected Social Security shortfalls, "It's absurd to even speak of budget surpluses."
A Lafayette company that has developed portable heart monitors is working alongside Purdue University researchers to deliver patient information directly to the doctor's office.
A new study shows that corporate ethics programs work as long as the company values moral conduct as much as the bottom line. "A firm's approach to ethics and legal compliance has an enormous impact on employees' attitudes and behaviors," says Linda Klebe Trevino, professor of management at Penn State.
Four leading engineering, technology and marketing organizations have signed an agreement to jointly support research and commercialize the results in a new generation of advanced FRP/engineered wood composite materials that combine wood and fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) composites.
On July 24, 54 University of Maryland liberal arts students will be among the first to take a new practical exam that will test computer literacy and information technology skills most desired by employers in today's competitive workforce.
In a three-year study of IPO companies, Theresa Welbourne, a professor at Cornell's School of Industrial and Labor Relations, showed that stock performance appears to improve when more women are part of the top management team.
Metropolitan regions with highly educated workforces fare significantly better in income growth than do regions with fewer educated workers, and the gap between the two is growing wider, according to a new study from Case Western Reserve University's Center for Regional Economic Issues.
As the earnings reporting season heats up, a new study of how companies announce earnings found that investment managers in the United States are more likely to surprise financial analysts with earnings announcements than managers in other countries.
According to a research report to be published in the journal, Industrial Relations, males who place a high priority on marriage and family before entering the labor market earn more than those who do not, and females with the same emphasis on family do not appear to suffer in terms of subsequent earnings, contrary to most previous research.
A new study of the way individuals respond to advertisements shows how advertisers, through careful use of the individuals pictured in their ads as well as other visual cues, can appeal to minorities and non-minorities in the same ad.
Taxing agricultural inputs such as pesticides and fertilizer is often mentioned as a way to control the amount that farmers use. But agricultural economists at Purdue University have found little correlation when they investigated how much taxation was needed to actually change farmers' habits.
A study has found that people usually are more honest, and distort bad news less, when delivering bad news via e-mail than through other methods, such as by telephone or in person.
Harrison A. (Skip) Hartman, Jr., vice president and managing director for Loews L'Enfant Plaza Hotel in Washington, D.C. and regional vice president of Loews Hotels, will receive the 1999 Hospitality Executive of the Year Award from Penn State.
Job satisfaction can change with the time of the day. That is one reason why typical measures of job satisfaction -- such as surveys and polls -- are not very useful, says a Purdue University expert on organizational psychology.
The first-ever analysis of biotechnology's impact on crop protection and benefits to farm production will be released Tuesday by the National Center for Food and Agricultural Policy (NCFAP).
While "leadership" has become a hot corporate issue, most U.S. and European companies can be considered novices in leadership development, according to a report released today by The Conference Board.
Chief executives' confidence in the nation's economy increased for the third consecutive quarter, The Conference Board reports today.
Computer science and engineering students at UC San Diego will study computer science, software engineering, multimedia Web design, and database design this Fall using a newly outfitted Microsoft Windows NT Laboratory.
Managers who are fired tend to overestimate their abilities. By contrast, self-objectivity could be essential to their success or recovery.
The decision by manufacturers to raise the price of cigarettes last year will have a significant impact on whether young people take up smoking and how much tobacco farmers grow in the future, according to a Virginia Tech study released this week.
The William E. Simon Graduate School of Business Administration will offer a new M.B.A. concentration in electronic commerce starting in Fall 1999.
Researchers at Texas Tech University are touting a longer staple cotton that could open new markets for the Texas crop. The new breed may allow cotton farmers to broaden their demand base and markets for the crops before they are ever produced.
Regardless of how you roll the dice, casino gambling is a loser when it comes to crime, a University of Illinois economist says.
Good managers intuitively know that different things motivate different employees, says a Purdue University human resource expert, but putting a tailored plan into action is not as easy as it sounds.
Women in midlife and older are finding help honing their financial knowledge and decision-making skills by taking a University of Illinois Extension program, according to a survey of those who completed the eight-week course in its first four years.
1. Steps Toward Web Regulation 2. U.S. and German Unions United Over Big Three Contracts 3. Addressing the Dress Code Without Getting Sued
Researchers at The Johns Hopkins University have worked with companies and community colleges across the country to help teach current and future workers the skills they will need and to document knowledge and skill in a "career transcript" that will follow the student throughout his or her working life.
Driven by robust consumer spending, the U.S. economy will grow even more strongly this year and into 2000 than previously projected, according to a Conference Board analysis.
The Conference Board's Consumer Confidence Index rose again in June, scoring its eighth consecutive monthly gain.
The vast majority of today's employers have benefited economically and employees have increased their skills through workplace education programs, according to a report released by The Conference Board and The Conference Board of Canada.
America's growing use of depression-treating drugs like Prozac, Zoloft and Paxil made antidepressants the biggest contributors to a record-setting pharmacy benefit cost increase of 16.8 percent last year, according to a study by the country's largest independent pharmacy benefit manager, Express Scripts, Inc.
As a federal commission begins discussing possibly taxing online commerce, a Texas A&M University marketing professor cautions against rushing to regulate Internet-based business.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced it is proposing to recognize regions in the European Union as free of hog cholera, foot-and-mouth disease, and swine vesicular disease.
A travel advice Web site designed by a company headquartered at the Purdue Research Park is now easily accessible to American On Line's 17 million customers.
Minimum wage hardly helps poor workers; instead, we should expand the Earned Income Tax Credits that targets workers with low family incomes, says a Cornell University professor who testified on minimum wage policy before a U.S. House of Representatives Committee.
Green watermelons--a serious economic threat to farmers and a disappointment for consumers--may be quickly and automatically rejected by a new machine invented by four University of Delaware engineering students. The computer-controlled ripeness sensor ultimately could result in huge savings for the global watermelon industry.
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