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Kathy A. Paulson Gjerde

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The Jec Revisited: Did Debt Undermine Stability?, Peter Grossman, Kathy Paulson Gjerde Apr 2010

The Jec Revisited: Did Debt Undermine Stability?, Peter Grossman, Kathy Paulson Gjerde

Kathy A. Paulson Gjerde

The Joint Executive Committee (JEC), one of the most studied cartels in all of economics, was at best partially successful at maintaining collusion. The railroad cartel faced frequent breakdowns and re-contracting efforts. This paper considers the effects that large capital debt may have had on the members of the JEC. The JEC is compared to the express cartel of the period in which all firms were creditors. The latter had no breakdowns during the same period. It is shown through a small modification in an oligopolistic supergame that debt-burdened firms are Jess likely to maintain a stable cartel agreement than …

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How Groups Produce Higher-Quality Balanced Scorecards Than Individuals, S. Hughes, Craig Caldwell, Kathy Paulson Gjerde, Pam Rouse Apr 2010

How Groups Produce Higher-Quality Balanced Scorecards Than Individuals, S. Hughes, Craig Caldwell, Kathy Paulson Gjerde, Pam Rouse

Kathy A. Paulson Gjerde

Many articles explain how to develop a balanced score card using groups, but the literature provides little insight about why groups are important. We gathered data from 12 groups involved in developing balanced score cards to determine how they use information suggested by their members. We found that the groups "filter" individual members' poor ideas and "carry through" their worthy ideas to the group score card--although not all poor ideas are filtered and not all good ideas are carried forward. We also found some evidence that groups create innovative ideas but to a lesser extent than filtering and carrying through …

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Racing To Success By Identifying Key Performance Drivers, Kathy Paulson Gjerde, S. Hughes Dec 2008

Racing To Success By Identifying Key Performance Drivers, Kathy Paulson Gjerde, S. Hughes

Kathy A. Paulson Gjerde

This article focuses on ways to identify key performance drivers (KPDs) and key performance indicators (KPIs). Unfortunately, lists of KPIs published in the past often focus on one industry and assume a generic business strategy. In addition, an overemphasis on financial measures will mean that KPIs will reflect past activities rather than signaling future performance. Managers need to develop meaningful metrics for their own businesses, not use generic KPIs. This is particularly important in small and medium-sized enterprises. How adept are you at this task? Do you know what drives net income for your organization?
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Tracking Performance: When Less Is More, Kathy Paulson Gjerde, Hughes S. Dec 2006

Tracking Performance: When Less Is More, Kathy Paulson Gjerde, Hughes S.

Kathy A. Paulson Gjerde

With or without a balanced scorecard, it is easy for managers to become inundated with metrics and measures. In this article, we first highlight the differences between lagging and leading measures. Second, we illustrate the importance of differentiating the strategic leading indicators-the key leading measures-from those that may improve operational efficiency without significant improvements in profitability. Third, we use a business simulation to demonstrate that focusing on and improving the key leading measures has the greatest impact on profitability, but getting lost in the secondary measures dilutes the effect. Combined, the results illustrate that less may be more when it …

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Promoting Investments In Intangible Organizational Assets Through Aligned Incentive Compensation Plans, Susan Hughes, Craig Caldwell, Kathy Paulson Gjerde Dec 2005

Promoting Investments In Intangible Organizational Assets Through Aligned Incentive Compensation Plans, Susan Hughes, Craig Caldwell, Kathy Paulson Gjerde

Kathy A. Paulson Gjerde

Strategic business unit managers are often evaluated based upon return on investment targets--targets that reward lower expenses and lower investments. This focus, however, may be at odds with the strategic objectives of the larger organization that require investment in organizational assets, generally large-scale intangible assets that form the basis for achieving the organization's strategic goals. Investments in these intangible assets have the potential to reduce profits in the short term but enhance profits in the long term. To encourage investment in organizational assets, organizations must align their compensation schemes with their long-term objectives. We examine the experiences of the Steak …

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The Contemporary Economics Of Transfusions, T. Hannon, Kathy Paulson Gjerde Dec 2004

The Contemporary Economics Of Transfusions, T. Hannon, Kathy Paulson Gjerde

Kathy A. Paulson Gjerde

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The Relationship Between Pre-Employment Expectations, Experiences, And The Length Of Stay In Public Accounting, M. Padgett, Kathy Paulson Gjerde, S. Hughes, C. Born Dec 2004

The Relationship Between Pre-Employment Expectations, Experiences, And The Length Of Stay In Public Accounting, M. Padgett, Kathy Paulson Gjerde, S. Hughes, C. Born

Kathy A. Paulson Gjerde

This study examines the relationship between work-family conflict, employment expectations, and length of stay in public accounting. Length of stay is modeled as a function of demographic factors and job characteristics associated with work-family balance, measured in terms of the extent to which the employees' expectations matched their actual employment experiences. Results indicated that gender, the presence of children in the household, flexible schedules, and the presence of mentors were related to length of stay in public accounting.

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Quality And Reputation: The Effects Of External And Internal Factors Over Time, Kathy Paulson Gjerde, Susan Slotnick Dec 2003

Quality And Reputation: The Effects Of External And Internal Factors Over Time, Kathy Paulson Gjerde, Susan Slotnick

Kathy A. Paulson Gjerde

Note: full-text not available due to publisher restrictions. Link takes you to an external site where you can purchase the article.

Full citation with DOI number is as follows:

Paulson Gjerde, K. A., & Slotnick, S. A. (May 2004). Quality and Reputation: The Effects of External and Internal Factors over Time. International Journal of Production Economics, 89(1), 1–20. doi:10.1016/S0925-5273(03)00190-7

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The Effects Of Interdisciplinary Instruction On Simulation Performance”. Simulation And Gaming, Kathy Paulson Gjerde, Deborah Skinner, Clark A. Dec 2002

The Effects Of Interdisciplinary Instruction On Simulation Performance”. Simulation And Gaming, Kathy Paulson Gjerde, Deborah Skinner, Clark A.

Kathy A. Paulson Gjerde

Simulations are often used in business courses to expose students to real-world decision making. This study examines the implications of specific subject matter intervention by faculty members in economics and marketing on the choices made by students and the consequences of those choices in an online finance simulation. The findings, although mixed, suggest that an interdisciplinary intervention in an online finance simulation has the potential to improve the quality of decisions made and, consequently, overall student performance, especially when intervention material is new to the students.
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The Existence Of Gender-Specific Promotion Standards In The U.S., Kathy Paulson Gjerde Nov 2002

The Existence Of Gender-Specific Promotion Standards In The U.S., Kathy Paulson Gjerde

Kathy A. Paulson Gjerde

This paper is motivated by the claim that promotion probabilities are lower for women than men. Using data from the 1984 and 1989 National Longitudinal Youth Surveys, this paper tests this claim and two related hypotheses concerning training and ability. It is found that females are less likely to be promoted than males, and females receive less training than males. The relationship between promotion and gender varies across occupations, however, suggesting that the alleged glass ceiling faced by women and other minorities in the workplace is not uniform across all labor markets.

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