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Fight, Flight, And Freeze: Human Responses In A Business Strategy Environment, Michael Nixon
Fight, Flight, And Freeze: Human Responses In A Business Strategy Environment, Michael Nixon
Student Works
Fight, flight, and freeze responses are a natural part of how we operate as humans. These responses permeate our lives and affect our decisions in major ways. This thesis first employs a case study to help the reader understand natural reaction processes, then analyzes case studies where businesses applied strategies that closely resembled these reaction processes. I then propose a framework to mimic physiological reaction processes to help companies arrive at the optimal solution.
The Economy Of You: Discover Your Inner Entrepreneur And Recession-Proof Your Life, Leticia Camacho
The Economy Of You: Discover Your Inner Entrepreneur And Recession-Proof Your Life, Leticia Camacho
Faculty Publications
Palmer, a senior editor and personal finance columnist for U.S. News & World Report, claims that, due to our uncertain economy, people need to find ways of earning income beyond their full-time jobs. The author believes that one of the biggest trends in business today is the microbusiness, and he posits that even small amounts of monthly earnings can make a huge impact on people's incomes over time.
Fraud Casebook: Lessons From The Bad Side Of Business. Wells, Joseph T. (Ed.).Hoboken, Nj: Wiley, 2007, 610 Pp., Us$68.00, Isbn 978-0-470-13468-9., Leticia Camacho
Fraud Casebook: Lessons From The Bad Side Of Business. Wells, Joseph T. (Ed.).Hoboken, Nj: Wiley, 2007, 610 Pp., Us$68.00, Isbn 978-0-470-13468-9., Leticia Camacho
Faculty Publications
Since the unveiling of corporate scandals such as Enron, the United State’s government has aggressively prosecuted fraud cases and has established tougher laws in an effort to prevent fraud. For the PricewaterhouseCoopers study titled Economic Crime: People, Culture and Controls,1representativesof 5,400 companies from 40 different countries were interviewed. Forty-three percent reported that their companies had been victims of economic crime within the past 2 years. The average loss from fraud per company increased nearly 40% in 2 years from roughly US$1.7 million in 2005 to approximatelyUS$2.4 million in 2007. Along with the increased government concern about corporate fraud has come …
Encyclopedia Of Business Ethics And Society, Leticia Camacho
Encyclopedia Of Business Ethics And Society, Leticia Camacho
Faculty Publications
Ethics has always been an important issue in business. However, due to the corporate scandals at Enron and WorldCom and the subsequent passing of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, there has been a resurgence of research interest in business ethics. This encyclopedia reflects this current research interest and emphasizes ethics in strategic management, corporate governance, and organizational culture.
Nations Of The World [Book Review], Leticia Camacho
Nations Of The World [Book Review], Leticia Camacho
Faculty Publications
Global learning is becoming an important topic in undergraduate courses. It is important for students to learn about other countries to prepare them for both globalization and life and work in a multicultural society. Libraries are experiencing demand for resources that contain international research and global issues information. This new edition of Nations of the World will provide undergraduate students with general political, economic, and business information.
World Economic Prospects [Book Review], Leticia Camacho
World Economic Prospects [Book Review], Leticia Camacho
Faculty Publications
Companies are entering the world market knowing that current global economic conditions are pivotal to their future success. Understanding internal conditions and existing challenges in a target country are as important as knowing whether a product has export potential. This publication explores global economic performance, major challenges, and other issues that could play a vital role in the success or failure of a company’s efforts at globalization.
Fair Enough: Ethics And Entrepreneurship, Robert G. Crawford
Fair Enough: Ethics And Entrepreneurship, Robert G. Crawford
Faculty Publications
The "new" is presumptively something that ought to be but isn't. On what grounds should that something be permitted? In business, why are some things legal for sale - deemed moral - while other similar things are deemed illegal - or immoral? Is the ground of this approval process rational? Or is the ground for making such decisions just competing moral perspectives?
Understanding Financial Management [Book Review], Leticia Camacho
Understanding Financial Management [Book Review], Leticia Camacho
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Financial education is essential not only for accounting and finance students and business managers, but also for individuals who do not have a financial planning and control processes. Companies understand the need of financial education and many of them offer introductory financial courses for their employees. Seminars such as "Accounting for Non-Accounting People" cover basic principles of both financial and management accounting and are becoming very popular in the corporate world. Although Understanding Financial Management was written for MBA students or business managers and not for the non-financial individual, some of the principles discussed in this book could be of …
Profiles Of Florida [Book Review], Leticia Camacho
Profiles Of Florida [Book Review], Leticia Camacho
Faculty Publications
Statistical questions are some of the most frequent questions at any reference desk; they are also some of the most complicated questions to answer. There is an overflow of statistical information. Researchers usually consult a variety of private and government resources in order to find the right statistical information. Researchers also face the challenge of decentralization where several government agencies collect and disseminate similar statistical information.