From 1985 to 1996, the number of leased workers in the U.S. increased from 10,000 to more than two million, but this cost-cutting measure may not make for good human resource management, says Dr. Carol Harvey, who is an associate professor of management and marketing at Assumption College (Worcester, MA).
Managers seldom view the maintenance function as a competitive factor in their firm's business strategy. Nevertheless, as the U.S. moves towards just-in-time (JIT) and computer integrated manufacturing (CIM) an effective maintenance management program becomes crucial to a firm's competitiveness. So says Tracy D. Rishel, associate professor of production and operations management at Susquehanna University in Selinsgrove, PA. She researches the impact of incorporating scheduled maintenance policies into manufacturing.
The use of on-board satellite communications systems in the trucking industry has grown in the last decade. Tracy D. Rishel, associate professor of production and operations management at Susquehanna University, is researching the benefits these systems may provide for both careeris and shippers. She co-authored a presentation on the topic.
Small manufacturing firms investing in advanced manufacturing technology will require signficantly more highly-skilled employees than their traditional technology counterparts. That's according to research by Tracy D. Rishel, associate professor of production and operations management at Susquehanna University in Selinsgrove PA.
While the percentage of women in job training doubled between 1970 to 1991, a greater proportion of white women were engaged in managerial or professional training than black women. That's according to a new study co-authored by Mary Cianni, associate professor of management at Susquehanna University in Selinsgrove, PA. It investigates the training patterns of white and black women across two decades
Employed wives are not automatically defined as "breadwinners," even when family finances are their primary motivation for employment and their jobs account for a substantial portion of the family income. That's according to a study by Jean L. Potuchek, which has been turned into a book, "Who Supports the Family? Gender and Breadwinning in Dual-Earner Marriages."
Leaders of U.S., Canadian and Japanese corporations and universities, the twin engines of economic growth in technologically advanced nations, will meet at Lehigh University Oct. 23-24 to focus on creative and collaborative strategies for infusing entrepreneurial spirit in these systems.
Long before recycling and the greening of corporate America became politically correct, there was Sea Worl, the theme park where the wonders of nature are performed, marketed, and sold.
Emerging management technologies such as data warehouses, call centers, and specialized web sites are converging with the increased globalization of business to revolutionize customer relationships, finds UT Austin and businesspartner Andersen Consulting. Businesses in great need of leaders who understand the trends and can deploy the right technologies to identify, build, and maintain profitable customer relationships can now look to the first ever Center for Customer Insight, located at the Texas Business School.
What do landscape architects, zookeepers, food technologists and forest rangers have in common? Chances are it's a degree in agriculture. A strong and varied job market is getting some of the credit for the increasing number of students signing up for classes in Purdue University's School of Agriculture.
The Abrams Curve--discovered by University of Delaware economist Burton A. Abrams and disclosed Oct. 15--provides direct evidence of a relationship between the size of a country's government and its unemployment rate, according to a forthcoming article in the journal, Public Choice. The curve suggests that "at least some of the increases in jobless rates in the United States since 1949 have resulted from increases in government outlays," says Abrams. Reducing the size of the U.S. government would, therefore, probably reduce the unemployment rate, he says.
A global climate change policy that includes stringent carbon emission reductions could harm the economic well-being of Wyoming's coal industry, according to a University of Wyoming professor who recently completed a term on the President's Council of Economic Advisers.
If workers aren't prepared for the workplace responses to climate change, there's stormy economic weather ahead, a report from the Cornell University Work and Environment Initiative predicts.
As the 10-year anniversary of the 1987 Stock Market crash approaches, Baylor University investment professor Dr. William Reichenstein says its unlikely "Black Monday" could happen again. On Monday, Oct. 19, 1987, the worst financial day in U.S. history occurred.
Students in Professor Dave Raphael's MBA 670 Global Trends class at the University of San Francisco McLaren School of Business predict the U.S. GDP will rise faster in 1997 than it did in 1996, and they believe Hong Kong's stock market will stumble by the end of the year.
Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago have incorporated virtual reality technology into a manufacturing design tool that allows the user to visualize and plan a factory while it is still in the design phase. The tool, a computer simulation, is proving its usefulness at Searle, a pharmaceutical company based in Skokie, Ill.
A new study released by the Simon Graduate School of Business reveals that the primary issue hampering diversity in the workplace is its economic impact to a company's bottom line. In other words, diversity costs. These findings sharply contrast previous studies that identify discrimination, favoritism and legislative mandates such as affirmative action as the factors that motivate hiring practices.
Two professors in the Purdue Krannert Graduate School of Management have teamed up with a computer science professor to develop a business "war game" that can help answer strategic- management questions. The game creates a synthetic environment where people are free to make mistakes and learn from them. It was inspired by Pentagon war game exercises.
Do your Christmas shopping early this year because retailers throughout the country will be hit with a deluge of consumers greater than in any year since 1992. So predicts Anthony Liuzzo, associate professor of business and economics at Wilkes University in Wilkes-Barre, PA. He analyzes retail trends and issues annual forecasts for the holiday shopping season. Liuzzo says every sector of the reatil economy should experience solid sales and profit growth.
Mass. educators who specialize in media literacy--critical thinking about television, newspapers, radio, magazines, movies. and the Internet--are the recent recipients of a $50,000 grant from the Felton Media Literacy Scholars Program. Renee Hobbs, associate professor, communication, Babson College will direct the program scheduled to begin this spring for 15 Boston-area educators and media professionals.
Tobacco and pharmaceutical drug companies to compete for the hearts and lungs of nicotine-dependent consumers in emerging, multi-billion dollar, nicotine maintenance market, says U-M health policy researcher.
Latin American markets are accurately characterized as being among the riskiest capital markets in the world, but Latin American markets have outperformed the Standard & Poor's over the last 20 years. That's according to research by two professors at Texas Christian University who have researched Latin American market's performance as compared with the S&P 500 over the last 20 years.
A Purdue University study sheds new light on the old practice of marrying for money. "Marriage has a lot to do with wealth accumulation," says Janet Wilmoth, assistant professor of sociology. "Getting and staying married appears to provide institutional benefits that greatly impact long- term economic well-being."
Some managing directors and financial analysts on Wall Street learned their jobs as undergraduate and MBA students at Texas Christian University while overseeing one of the largest student-managed funds in the U.S. The $1.5 million student-managed Educational Investment Fund at TCU is the second oldest student-managed fund in the U.S. and among the top 5 in portfolio size. It has been in existence for 25 years.
The business school environment has never been more competitive and students have higher expections of their schools that must be met, said former Wall Street executive and academic leader Leo I. Highdon, Jr., during his inauguration as tenth president of Babson College in Wellesley, Massachusetts, USA. Babson is recognized internationally for its strength in entrepreneurial management education.
Purdue University has doubled the number of instructors teaching American Sign Language on its West Lafayette campus this year, but for every student enrolled in a class, two to three more are turned away. The classes have always been a popular option for future educators and health care professionals, but now business majors are starting to jump on the bandwagon.
The beauty of the Internet is also a beast. The Internet is a global network of networks -- mostly private, and often competing among themselves. While the diffuse structure of the Internet is one of its strengths, the competitive environment has made collaboration on operational and engineering requirements difficult, and has made research on the metrics of the Internet virtually impossible.
"Unemployment has become less relevant to inflation," says economist Gary Shoesmith, director of the Center for Economic Studies at Wake Forest University's Babcock Graduate School of Management. "Unemployment has now been below 6 percent for three years, but inflation has continued to ease downward, plainly opposite the pattern seen in the business cycles of the 1960s, '70s and '80s. The old business cycle has changed."
A minority-owned small business in New York and the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory are uniting to harness the power of knowledge through the innovative Community of the Future Initiative.
A new course in electronic commerce at Purdue University's Krannert Graduate School of Management is preparing students to do business in the 21st century.
The University of Evansville in Indiana as being cited as a case study of how a university on the brink of disaster 10 years ago has turned itself into an academically and financially sound institution. Educational Securities, Inc., is using the University of Evansville's successful 10-year turnaround as the first document in its just-released Best Practices briefing series, designed to help other educational institutions overcome similar problems.
Johns Hopkins sociologist John Holland has been working since the 1950s on the theory of career choices, why people choose the jobs they choose.
Some good news is out this week for the fast food industry. A comparison of data on fast-food consumption and rising obesity has found a surprising wrinkle: There doesn't appear to be much of a link, at least in terms of large populations.
Consumers can expect "unimagined innovation" as electric utility deregulation brings competitive suppliers to local distribution companies, Cornell University economist Richard E. Schuler is predicting. New technologies, materials and the packaging of all telecommunications and energy services in one super cable are possible outcomes of healthy competition among rival utility providers, he says.
State Street Global Advisors (SSgA), the third largest investment manager in the country, has announced a strategic partnership with the Boston College Graduate School of Management. Graduate business and finance students will get career training, and SSgA can seek high-potential investment professionals through this partnership.
Managers and professionals re-employed after losing their job often don't replace the expected income of their previous job with their new earnings. For women and older workers, the income losses were even greater.
The wrong kind of shoes could spike that big deal you hope to close on the links this afternoon. Golfers wearing metal golf spikes are banned from 1,600 golf courses nationwide, according to Kelly Elbin, vice president of marketing for Softspikes, the leading manufacturer of alternative spikes.
What do entrepreneurs do in running their own businesses? And how does this differ from what business managers do? These questions are answered in an ongoing study by Brooke Envick, professor in free enterprise at St. Mary's University in San Antonio, Texas.
Everybody says she would quit her job if she won the lottery. But you also hear stories about people who keep their jobs and enjoy their wealth on weekends. What's the reality? A recent survey of nearly 900 mangement professionals found that 39 percent would stop working completely if they had enough money, 35 percent would continue working--if they could change jobs--and only 26 percent would keep the jobs they have.
(San Diego) -- For the second year, The College of Business Administration at San Diego State University has been named one of the "25 Best Business Schools for Entrepreneurs," according to the September issue of SUCCESS magazine.
Small businesses are more likely than large employers to be guilty of discriminatory hiring practices where black job seekers are concerned, according to a study by a Michigan State University economist. The study of some 3,000 employers in four major U.S. cities indicates that small businesses are much less likely to hire blacks than are larger businesses.
Wider acceptance of computer technology is revolutionizing the business of food manufacturing. A Purdue University professor says the results are safer, more consistent products that save money for companies and make consumers happy.
Businesses are discovering hidden markets for their products through a new market research technique called Customer Case Research. The new technique borrows methods used by detectives and investigative reporters to discover what drives customer purchases, according to a Chicago marketing consultant and a DePaul University professor who have co-written a marketing journal article on CCR.
The guidelines used to evaluate on-the-job injury prevention programs often use the weakest available measurement criteria, according to published research led or co-led by Dr. Craig Zwerling, University of Iowa associate professor of preventive medicine and environmental health.
Secretary of Energy Federico PeÃ’a and senior executives from the Big Three automakers, the IBM Corporation and Northwest aluminum, transportation and electric utility companies will gather for a summit in Seattle later this month to discuss the development of technologies needed to create motor vehicles of the future, including cars that get 70 to 80 miles to the gallon.
What started as an effort to make laboratory experiments more interesting and meaningful for undergraduate mechanical engineering students has blossomed into a productive partnership between Purdue University and a growing list of national industries. Students have worked on design problems with the Ford Motor Co., General Electric, General Motors, Michelin Tire Corp., Procter & Gamble, and Lockheed-Martin Missiles and Space.
Robert Jarrow, professor of finance, economics and investment management at Cornell University's Johnson Graduate School of Management, has been named the IAFE/SunGard Financial Engineer of the Year by the International Association of Financial Engineers (IAFE). He was cited not only for his cutting edge research, but for his work as an educator.
Parents can add credit cards to the list of grades, peer pressure and other things they worry about when their son or daughter leaves for college. A Purdue University professor says parents need to discuss credit management with their children before the students head off to school, even if the children don't have credit cards. She says chances are good they'll get one at school.
Twenty-six Vietnamese senior executives are in the U.S. to experience capitalism in action, thanks to a partnership with the world's oldest graduate school of business. The program participants include senior level executives from both state-owned and private Vietnamese corporations. The Amos Tuck School of Business partnered with the Hanoi School of Business so Vietnamese executives can learn U.S. management styles and market-based business skills.
A study done at the University of North Texas shows that a large percentage of bed and breakfast proprietors are unaware of current regulations, particularly those at the county and municipal level, where most of the regulations involving health, fire codes and zoning are enacted.
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