There is now a way to increase marketing sales by 239 percent, an amount which should have all sales executives and representatives paying attention. New research has unearthed a key to increased sales compliance, a key neither expensive nor time consuming...
Working fathers involved in child care tend to do more of the low-stress, pre-arranged activities and less of the unpredictable situations such as staying home when a child suddenly gets sick, according to a University of Tulsa professor.
Despite the world-wide investment of trillions of dollars (and other world currencies) in more than 20 years, technology still falls short of providing the information we most need and want, finds Thomas H. Davenport, director of the information management program at The University of Texas at Austin and a regular columnist for CIO magazine.
Students at universities around the country are learning money management and investment skills by making real-life stock market investments with donated money.
Donations of leftovers by restaurants to food pantries and other human service agencies are declining marketdly as restaurants become better managed, according to a study by Cornell University's School of Hotel Administration.
Cornell University researchers have found that pay hikes, not promotions, are critical in retaining high-performing employees. Looking at more than 5,000 petroleum company employees showed that high salary growth proved critical in retaining high performers. promotions, on the other hand, had no effect on turnover of those high performers.
Trade and environment experts from the United States and Japan today (July 2) issued a joint statement offering recommendations for better management of environmental issues by international organizations such as the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum (APEC) and the World Trade Organization (WTO). Recommendations included a more focused mandate for the WTO's Committee on Trade and Environment, and closer attention by policy makers to the idea of forming a global environmental organization that would operate in tandem with the WTO.
In business, too much of a good thing can be hazardous to your health, says Stanford Business School's William Barnett, who took a close look at the volatile semiconductor industry to see why certain companies survive the industry's notorious shakeouts and others do not. He found that when a company introduces more than one product at a time, the firm benefits from its larger size, but also suffers a higher risk of failure. In other words, while growth is good, growing all at once is not.
Entrepreneurs think differently than corporate managers when it comes to making business decisions -- and not in ways that seem favorable at first glance. A new study of 219 entrepreneurs and managers found that entrepreneurs were more likely to be overconfident about the correctness of their decisions and were more prone to make broad generalizations based on limited experience.
Workaholics have a bad reputation as people whose obsession with work is often harmful to themselves and possibly even bad for their companies. But a new analysis of previous research suggests that there may be "good" workaholics: people who work a lot because they enjoy their jobs, have strong career identities and a desire for upward mobility.
We're all supposed to learn from the success and failures of others. It's far less painful than making our own mistakes. But do corporations really learn from the experiences of other firms? Stanford Business School's Pamela Haunschild finds that they do.
Innovation is always necessary if a firm is to become a leader in the high-technology area, say Stanford Business School's Evan Porteus and Glen Schmidt. But while the ability to innovate can get a firm to the top, it alone is unlikely to keep it there as new technologies and the generations of products that accompany them arise.
The securities research analysts who advise your broker on the best stock market picks may not be trying to mislead you deliberately, but beware of their rosy attitudes.
A Purdue University effort to create a more positive environment for female engineering and science students is attracting the attention of colleges, universities and the corporate world.
Robert J. Eng, associate professor of marketing at Babson College, was selected by the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board to receive a Fulbright Scholar award to the People's Republic of China. His research will center on two emerging business issues for China: finding, attracting, and retaining qualified personnel; and examining the country's distribution and transportation networks.
LURE OF BOARD SERVICE CAN POSITIVELY IMPACT PERFORMANCE OF SOON-TO-RETIRE CEOs Study Explores New Evidence That Continued Board Service Offsets Horizon Problems in CEO's Final Years of Employment
In the insurance industry, reporting loss reserves presents a dilemma: when an insurer incurs a claim it won't have to pay for many years, such as benefit claims tied up in litigation, current accounting standards require that the loss be recorded at "nominal value," the actual dollar amount. However, insurers would prefer reporting it as a discounted "present value" loss, thereby reducing its liability. One Stanford researcher suggests that discounting loss reserves to present value is well worth considering.
The National Science Foundation (NSF) announced today an action that moves the Internet toward privatization. Internet Protocol number assignments will soon be handled by a non-profit organization.
Former U.S. Representative to United Nations Tells Graduates: "Business Is an Essential Institution."
Filing income taxes biennially would have great advantages for both the government and the taxpayers, according to Professor Jay Soled, who teaches courses in tax practice at Rutgers Graduate School of Management.
Stock markets can save billions of dollars for investors by quoting stock prices in decimals instead of eighths, says Rutgers' David Whitcomb, who recently testified before Congress on stock market reform.
Russia, India, and China are using different approaches in their efforts to replace centrally controlled economies with market-driven economies, says Rutgers Professor Allan Roth.
Emphasis on quality and efficiency is not enough. Companies must ensure that they are also effective. When viewed together, these considerations are complementary, not competing, says Rutgers Professor Ephraim Sudit in his new book EFFECTIVENESS, QUALITY, AND EFFICIENCY: A MANAGEMENT ORIENTED APPROACH.
Rising personal incomes and increased leisure time for Americans are giving college graduates an entree to the executive suite in the hotel and restaurant industry. "Moving up the ladder is quick in this business, especially for young people who are motivated and enthusiastic," says Professor Lee Kreul, head of Purdue University's Department of Restaurant, Hotel, Institutional and Tourism Management.
As the Swedish parliament moves closer to phasing out nuclear power, a new book published by Resources for the Future suggests that Sweden has much to lose--economically, environmentally, and in terms of health and safety--and little to gain from an early retirement of its nuclear power industry.
Affirmative action does not lead to the hiring of minorities or women with substantially lower qualifications or who exhibit weaker job performances, according to a recent Michigan State Univerity study.
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awards Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grants to stimulate technological innovation that meets federal research and development needs. NSFÃs SBIR budget for 1997 is $50 million. The program makes it financially possible for small firms to undertake high risk, cutting-edge research with strong potential for commercial results. The following are a few of the many SBIR success stories.
If you borrow as much as a lender will give you to purchase a home, you may be spending more than you can afford, says a Purdue University expert on family budgeting. "The mortgage payment is only 60 percent of total housing costs," says Flora Williams, associate professor of family and consumer economics. "People underestimate the cost of owning a home, and rules on affordability need to be changed in light of a growing number of personal bankruptcies."
Compulsive buying could be "a real problem" in Mexico, say two researchers who have been studying consumer behavior in that country.
Businesses are getting caught in the squeeze between wage and price inflation, says the director of the Center for Economic Studies at Babcock Graduate School of Management, Wake Forest University. Gary Shoesmith, director of the center, says " If interest rates increase this summer, businesses will feel the full brunt. But consumers, receiving higher and higher wage gains, are not nearly as affected."
As the United States Congress debates revisions to Superfund, a new report published by Resources for the Future suggests that, if the Environmental Protection Agency is required to base cleanup decisions on the expected future land use at a Superfund site, it will have to devise effective land use controls to prevent future exposure and more effectively involve the public in cleanup and reuse decisions.
Good news for graduates -- downsizing hasn't worked.
The picture of a pocket-protector-equipped computer nerd toiling quietly in a cubicle may someday become obsolete, according to research conducted by Temple University computer and information sciences professor John T. Nosek.
The African-American middle class, especially workers holding well-paying private-sector jobs, is in danger of disappearing -- and the political and social forces that helped create it may help hasten its demise, concludes a University of Illinois at Chicago sociologist in a new book.
The University of Rochester's William E. Simon Graduate School of Business Administration was honored at a ceremony in Washington, D.C. on May 21 by the Templeton Honor Rolls for Education in a Free Scoiety with their prestigious award celebrating excellence in American higher education.
Study Explores New Evidence That Continued Board Service Offsets Horizon Problems in CEO's Final Years of Employment
Climate change polices that seek to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases are likely to aggravate distortions in the economy created by the tax system. However, most of this added cost can be offset if the policy raises revenue for the government and the revenues are then used to cut other taxes, according to a new issues brief published by Resources for the Future.
Despite continuing student unrest, officials of Temple University and Hanyang University signed a historic agreement today (Wednesday, June 4) that establishes a Temple Executive MBA program and sets the stage for a broad range of cooperative educational efforts
Older job applicants may lose when todayÃs busy managers receive diversity training. Organizations offering diversity training to employees should proceed with caution, say researchers at the University of Illinois.
Researchers at Resources for the Future have found that nearly half of Southern Californians polled support congestion tolls on freeways and emissions fees on motor vehicles. They further find that public support can be substantially enhanced by returning some of the revenues raised from the tolls and fees as reductions in transportation-related taxes.
Thanks to two big-bird specialists from Purdue University, ostrich meat is gaining more recognition as the "other red meat" for populations around the world. Chef Hubert Schmieder and Professor William Stadelman presented a proposal for an international ostrich meat identification guide, based on the American Ostrich Association Meat Guide, this spring at a meat congress in Oustdoorn, South Africa.
Signing bonsues paid to graduating MBA students at Cornell's Johnson Graduate School of management are 33 percent higher, on average, than last year. The average 1997 bonus is $12,500. That's on top of starting salaries, which averaged more than $70,000, and other benefits such as guaranteed year-end bonuses.
The number of hours that people work is definitely influenced by the number of hours that other workers work. Women, however, seem less influenced by this peer pressure than men do, according to Rutgers Professor Wayne Eastman.
Globalization has potential downsides, along with its benefits, says Rutgers' John Dunning. It creates more competition, more nationalism, and more government, and in brings temporary disbenefits on the individual level. Businesses and governments must be aware of both sides.
Don't be too quick to throw away those credit card offers that flood the daily mail, says a Purdue University business professor. "These 'affinity' or specialty cards like a Visa or Mastercard from your favorite magazine or grocery store may offer consumers low interest rates and meaningful perks."
Teens with a preference for a particular brand of cigarette or beer are using those substances more and are more likely to use them in the future, according to a study of more than 4,000 ninth- and 11th-grade students.
A summer program is helping minority students make their way into the business environment where 90 percent of U.S. managers are currently white. Now in its 17th year of operation, the Leadership Education and Development program, or LEAD, will soon begin teaching high school minority students how to become America's future executives.
Colleges and universities measure loyalty by alumni giving. Using that yardstick, alumni of the Amos Tuck School of Business Administration at Dartmouth College are the most faithful of the nation's graduate business school degree recipients.
ASME International (American Society of Mechanical Engineers) announces an online service for employers, recruiters and executive search firms seeking candidates to fill engineering positions.
University of Rochester 's Simon School Dean Charles Plosser Visits East Asia To Strengthen Relationships With Business, Economic And Government Leaders And School's Growing Alumni Population.
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