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Classifying Control Variables, Michael F. Van Breda
Classifying Control Variables, Michael F. Van Breda
Historical Working Papers
Interviews with 68 managers from 20 Fortune 500 firms were used to discern control variables that managers use to control production and evaluate management performance. It was concluded that financial accounting variables tend to be the most used and as a corollary, the control variables do not serve very well in evaluating progress toward long- term goals. Discussion suggests that accounting variables are most appealing because of their appearance of validity and legitimacy.
Organization Structure And Financial Market Performance: A Preliminary Test, Richard A. Bettis, Andrew Chen
Organization Structure And Financial Market Performance: A Preliminary Test, Richard A. Bettis, Andrew Chen
Historical Working Papers
Firms in the petroleum industry adopting a multidivisional structure arestudied to observe the impact of structural change on financial performance. The outcome did not clearly show divisional structure to be a determining factor in performance. There is some suggestion that this may have a great deal to do with the vertical integration inherent in the petroleum industry.
Linking Reward Systems And Organizational Cultures, Jeffrey Kerr, John W. Slocum, Jr.
Linking Reward Systems And Organizational Cultures, Jeffrey Kerr, John W. Slocum, Jr.
Historical Working Papers
A total of 14 companies of varying size were contacted and 75 managers selected by the human resources department were interviewed to obtain data about both reward systems and the organization's culture. Variables including salaries, promotions, andrecruitment, were investigated. Results were grouped into two types of culture, the clan culture and the market culture. Both are characterized with respect to organizational environment and values.
Simplified Assessment Of Single And Multi-Attribute Utility Functions, Gary Klein, Herbert Moskowitz, Sathiadev Mahesh, A. Ravindran
Simplified Assessment Of Single And Multi-Attribute Utility Functions, Gary Klein, Herbert Moskowitz, Sathiadev Mahesh, A. Ravindran
Historical Working Papers
Two mathematical programs are presented that support the gathering and analysis of data that could be applied in a decision-making software that would more accurately portray the decision-maker's values.
Perspectives On The Management Of Diversity: A Dynamic Viewpoint, William R. Bigler, Jr.
Perspectives On The Management Of Diversity: A Dynamic Viewpoint, William R. Bigler, Jr.
Historical Working Papers
An analysis of the literature of diversification leads to the suggestion thatconsideration of the organization should come from the perspective of systems analysis and that time should specifically be included as a factor in analysis.
Efficient Data Handling And Enefficient Market Structures, Marion G. Sobol, Albert Kagan
Efficient Data Handling And Enefficient Market Structures, Marion G. Sobol, Albert Kagan
Historical Working Papers
A logical analysis is presented of the problems arising in competition against IBM which has strong monopoly-oligopoly structure in the marketplace.
Slop: A Strategic Multiple Store Location Model For A Dynamic Environment, Dale D. Achabal, Vijay Mahajan, David A. Schilling
Slop: A Strategic Multiple Store Location Model For A Dynamic Environment, Dale D. Achabal, Vijay Mahajan, David A. Schilling
Historical Working Papers
A model is provided that allows optimum choice of store location in the present and in the future. Choice of location is based on optimum location that will work with the best present scenario and the best future scenario. Basis for the model is market demand data from consumer surveys and sales performance data.
A New Wrinkle In Corporate Finance: Leveraged Preferred Financing, Andrew H. Chen, John W. Kensinger
A New Wrinkle In Corporate Finance: Leveraged Preferred Financing, Andrew H. Chen, John W. Kensinger
Historical Working Papers
Leveraged preferred financing is briefly examined as an ideal way to accrue tax advantages.
Managing For Uniqueness: Some Distinctions For Strategy, William R. Bigler, Jr.
Managing For Uniqueness: Some Distinctions For Strategy, William R. Bigler, Jr.
Historical Working Papers
Five factors that define uniqueness for a firm are reduced to three: comparative advantage, key success criteria, and strategic group factors shared by the industry. This positions the management team to analyze those factors that they can control or influence to position the firm within the framework supplied by the shared industry factors.
Small Business Bank Lending: Both Sides Are Winners, Neil C. Churchill, Virginia L. Lewis
Small Business Bank Lending: Both Sides Are Winners, Neil C. Churchill, Virginia L. Lewis
Historical Working Papers
An examination is made of the conventional wisdom that small buiness loans are riskier and consequently bear a higher interest rate than large business. Results indicte that the conventional wisdom is accurate but also that small business loans are more profitable for the bank.
Assessing The Impact Of Market Interventions On Firm's Performance, Richard A. Bettis, Andrew Chen, Vijay Mahajan
Assessing The Impact Of Market Interventions On Firm's Performance, Richard A. Bettis, Andrew Chen, Vijay Mahajan
Historical Working Papers
Using the measureable impact of the American Dental Association endoresement of Crest, the impact on security prices of Procter and Gamble is assessed. Results indicate that the market intervention has impact both on market share and security prices.
Use Of Financial Planning Languages For The Optimization Of Generated Networks For Equipment Replacement, Jay E. Aronson, Julius S. Aronofsky
Use Of Financial Planning Languages For The Optimization Of Generated Networks For Equipment Replacement, Jay E. Aronson, Julius S. Aronofsky
Historical Working Papers
This is an exploration of using a financial planning language to model problems in contrast to using a computer programming language. A demonstration is done for analyzing equipment replacement cycles.
Standards Overload And Differential Reporting, N. C. Churchill, M. F. Van Breda
Standards Overload And Differential Reporting, N. C. Churchill, M. F. Van Breda
Historical Working Papers
This paper suggests that a framework based upon distance between producers and consumers or information plus relative importance of information to local and distance groups, may be used to devise multiple but unique reporting schemes that minimize the overall burder of reporting.
Analyzing The Language Of Finance: The Case Of Assessing Risk, Gail E. Farrelly, Michael F. Van Breda
Analyzing The Language Of Finance: The Case Of Assessing Risk, Gail E. Farrelly, Michael F. Van Breda
Historical Working Papers
Analysis of the finanacial reports of the 50 largest banks and comparison with data in Value Line Investment Survey was undertaken to determine the relationship between numerical data and textual data. Conclusions report that there is a relationship and one that may be useful in at least short range prediction of actual financial returns.
Understanding Synergy: A Conceptual And Empirical Research Proposal, William R. Bigler, Jr.
Understanding Synergy: A Conceptual And Empirical Research Proposal, William R. Bigler, Jr.
Historical Working Papers
Benefits of mergers and acquisitions can be understood as the result of synergy if the concept of synergy can be defined both theoretically and practically. Synergy has value in financial, marketing, and managerial terms and seems to best be understood from discerning how subsystems within one organization benefit from integration or association with similar components from another organization.
Reaching The Changing Woman Consumer: An Experiment In Advertising, Thomas E. Barry, Mary C. Gilly, Lindley E. Doran
Reaching The Changing Woman Consumer: An Experiment In Advertising, Thomas E. Barry, Mary C. Gilly, Lindley E. Doran
Historical Working Papers
Questioning whether women can be distinguished into different market segments based on their desire to work, the authors sample women who have different demographic characteristics. Results show that the desire to work sclae can effectively segment the market. Blurring between categories may be studied to further delineate factors that can contribute to segmentation.
Firm Performance Measurement Using Trend, Cyclical, And Stochastic Components, Richard A. Bettis, Vijay Mahajan
Firm Performance Measurement Using Trend, Cyclical, And Stochastic Components, Richard A. Bettis, Vijay Mahajan
Historical Working Papers
A "trend, cyclical, stochastic" approach or TCS is proposed as a means of factoring uncertainty into the measuring a firm's performance in comparison with others in the industry. The TCS process is able to analyze trends in environmental variables as an aid to analyzing the the relationships between environment and the organization.
Analyzing Dividend Policy: A Questionnaire Survey, Richard B. Edelman, Gail E. Farrelly
Analyzing Dividend Policy: A Questionnaire Survey, Richard B. Edelman, Gail E. Farrelly
Historical Working Papers
A survey of financial executives in three industry groups to ascertain the impact of dividends on stock value. Results reveal that there is a belief dividends are important to investors despite a widespread controversy over that very question. Dividends may serve as a signaling device to investors, regardless of economic impact. Some difference in dividend policy between the utility industry and other industries suggests that industry specific information is lacking.
Bonds Issued Between Interest Dates: What Your Textbook Didn't Tell You, Elbert B. Greynolds, Jr., Arthur L. Thomas
Bonds Issued Between Interest Dates: What Your Textbook Didn't Tell You, Elbert B. Greynolds, Jr., Arthur L. Thomas
Historical Working Papers
Inconsistencies in calculating the interest that accrues to bonds due to application of straight line allocation is investigate. The authors suggest that compound interest should be appropriately calculated to avoid paradoxical outcomes.
Teaching Software System Design: An Experiential Approach, Thomas E. Perkins
Teaching Software System Design: An Experiential Approach, Thomas E. Perkins
Historical Working Papers
A curriculum approach is presented that provides students with experience incorporating user input into the software design process.
An Interactive Approach To Pension Fund Asset Management, David A. Goodman, John W. Peavy, Iii
An Interactive Approach To Pension Fund Asset Management, David A. Goodman, John W. Peavy, Iii
Historical Working Papers
Pointing to anomalies that suggest the market is not entirely efficient, a new hybrid strategy is proposed that plays on the strengths of bothsecurity analysis for undervalued securities and risk return analysis in choosing investment targets.
Diversity And Performance: The Elusive Linkage, C. K. Prahalad, Richard A. Bettis
Diversity And Performance: The Elusive Linkage, C. K. Prahalad, Richard A. Bettis
Historical Working Papers
Studing diversified firms, the key element is revealed that the mindset of management and its ability to adapt to management of a new enterprise is a key element in the success of a diversified business.
Robust Regression: Method And Applications, Vijay Mahajan, Subhash Sharma, Jerry Wind
Robust Regression: Method And Applications, Vijay Mahajan, Subhash Sharma, Jerry Wind
Historical Working Papers
Four approaches to linear robust regression analysis are presented. In the presence of outliers or bad data points in marketing data, these procedures provide formal methods to identify outliers and to reduce their influence on the final estimates of the regression coefficients. Use of these procedures in regression models is considered in two typical marketing applications and superiority of these procedures, as compared to the traditional ordinary least squares procedure, in reducing the effect of influential observations is documented. The paper concludes with suggested guidelines for their use in marketing applications.
Strategy As Goals-Means Structure And Performance: An Empirical Examination, William R. Bigler, Jr., Banwari L. Kedia
Strategy As Goals-Means Structure And Performance: An Empirical Examination, William R. Bigler, Jr., Banwari L. Kedia
Historical Working Papers
Sampling of CEOs and top managers of 90 Louisiana banks is used to explore the relationship between goals and the means to accomplish those goals. Results indicate that a "main thrust" kind of goal may be identified for an organization but goals remain rather poorly related to performance. The relationship to performance may be strengthened by obtaining more precise goals and increasing the number of outcome criteria to encompass outcomes meaningful to more stakeholders.
Differences Between Futures And Forward Prices: An Empirical Investigation Of The Marking-To-Market Effects, Hun Y. Park, Andrew H. Chen
Differences Between Futures And Forward Prices: An Empirical Investigation Of The Marking-To-Market Effects, Hun Y. Park, Andrew H. Chen
Historical Working Papers
Using six commodities and four foreign currencies a comparison is made of the value of futures and forward contracts. Results indicate that the detected differences are attributable to the continual resettlement procedure embedded in futures contracts.
Small Business Evaluates Its Relationship With Commercial Banks, William C. Dunkelberg, Jonathan A. Scott
Small Business Evaluates Its Relationship With Commercial Banks, William C. Dunkelberg, Jonathan A. Scott
Historical Working Papers
Characteristics of banks that serve small business are studied within the scope of formal studies that have been completed. Apparently larger, primarily urban, banks are less able to provide the personal contacts that small business owners want in dealing with a banking institution.
Accounting Paradigms And Short-Term Decisions: A Preliminary Study, Michael Van Breda
Accounting Paradigms And Short-Term Decisions: A Preliminary Study, Michael Van Breda
Historical Working Papers
A survey was conducted of firms that were chosen based on the perception that it would be easiest to observe management and production variables. The study attempted to find what variable mattered most in measuring success within the firm. Results show that short term accounting variables are almost exclusively the measures used in American business to evaluate performance.
Job Turnover Versus Company Turnover: Reassessment Of The March And Simon Participation Model, Ellen F. Jackofsky, Lawrence H. Peters
Job Turnover Versus Company Turnover: Reassessment Of The March And Simon Participation Model, Ellen F. Jackofsky, Lawrence H. Peters
Historical Working Papers
This study is designed to test the proposition that both intraorganizational and inter-organizational mobility, as opposed to interorganizational mobility alone, may be a more appropriate criterion for testing conceptual propositions regarding the prediction of turnover. To this end, the March and Simon (1958) participation model was tested utilizing two different dependent measures, job turnover and organizational turnover, among a sample of 290 retail sales employees. Measures of job satisfaction and the expectation of finding alternatives were administered and eight months later turnover data were collected. Using moderated regression, it was found that with the criterion, job turnover, the ease x …
A Linguistic Analysis Of Accounting, Gail E. Farrelly
A Linguistic Analysis Of Accounting, Gail E. Farrelly
Historical Working Papers
Examples of crucial word meanings are given that tend to obfuscate issues and may diminish the professional role of accountants.
Reasons For Quitting: A Comparison Of Part-Time And Full-Time Employees, James R. Salter, Lawrence H. Peters, Ellen F. Jackofsky
Reasons For Quitting: A Comparison Of Part-Time And Full-Time Employees, James R. Salter, Lawrence H. Peters, Ellen F. Jackofsky
Historical Working Papers
Based on the construct of "partial inclusion", it was hypothesized that the turnover of full-time employees would be best explained by job-related reasons and that of part-time employees by non job-related reasons. To test these hypotheses, data were collected from 1558 part-time and 640 full-time persons who voluntarily quit their jobs. With the exception of three items dealing with work schedules, the results tended to support the hypotheses. These results were discussed with regard to the management of turnover within full-time and part-time employee groups and the importance of continued research aimed at identifying company controllable factors whih influence the …