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Collusive Bidding In The Fcc Spectrum Auctions, Peter Cramton, Jesse Schwartz

Jesse A. Schwartz

This paper describes the bid signaling that occurred in many of the FCC spectrum auctions. Bidders in these auctions bid on numerous spectrum licenses simultaneously, with bidding remaining open on all licenses until no bidder is willing to raise the bid on any license. Simultaneous open bidding allows bidders to send messages to their rivals, telling them on which licenses to bid and which to avoid. This “code bidding” occurs when one bidder tags the last few digits of its bid with the market number of a related license. We examine how extensively bidders signaled each other with retaliating bids …

Kondom Sambung Jumabo Wa.082133676003 Alat Kontrasepsi Terbaik, Clinic Perkasa

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Technical Communicators Beware: The Next Generation Of High-Tech Recruiting Methods, Roger Munger

Roger Munger

This article presents an overview of how the internet has changed the way employers advertise vacancies and the way technical communicators search and apply for these openings. First, I explore the evolution of how employers have used the internet as a tool for identifying the best candidate for the job. Next, I review seven specific online recruiting strategies used by employers today. Finally, I describe major mistakes made by online job seekers and offer advice on how best to avoid or minimize these blunders. Included is a list of useful job search resources for technical communicators.

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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Mergers And Acquisitions - The Directors' View, Mark E. Pickering

Mark E Pickering

Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) can be an extremely valuable tool to transform organisations and to accelerate growth strategies. However, poorly conceived and implemented acquisitions can result in significant distraction, substantial financial write-offs and, in extreme cases, put the acquirer’s future in jeopardy. Directors play an important role in the M&A decision process and should delve into key components of proposed acquisitions to improve M&A outcomes.

Clean Break - Divestitures And Demergers, Mark E. Pickering

Mark E Pickering

Over recent years there have been some high profile demergers and divestments with this trend likely to continue. Implementing a demerger requires significant effort and resources with the tasks required dependent on the mode of divestment and the current integration across businesses. There are actions management can take to smooth what can be a very disruptive process.

Collapse Of Accounting: Causes And Cures, Shyam Sunder

Shyam Sunder

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Collapse Of Accounting: Causes And Cures, Shyam Sunder

Shyam Sunder

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Irish Civil Service: Progress To Date, Patrick Butler

Patrick Butler

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Attribute-Based Differentiation Of Alternatives, Jeffrey Keisler

Jeffrey Keisler

An intermediate step is introduced to the decision dialogue process for decision analysis. Alternatives are refined after they have been generated within a strategy table but before they are subject to more detailed evaluation. Two or more judges create a subjective mapping from alternatives to attributes that will later be mapped to criteria. In strategy tables, each of the alternative strategies consists of a coherent set of choices made across several decisions that are to be coordinated. These strategic alternatives are modified so as to increase their differentiation in the attribute space, rather than in the decision space alone. When …

A Fitting Strategy, Carol Gill

Carol Gill

Take advantage of the tools available to check the fit between HRM and business strategy

Community Participation In Tourism Development: A Social Representations Approach, William Feighery

William Feighery

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(Dis)United Nation: Representing England Through Tourism Discourse, William Feighery

William Feighery

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The National Action Learning Programme: An Experiment In Learning For Business Development, Patrick Butler

Patrick Butler

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The National Action Learning Programme: Management Development In Ireland, Patrick Butler

Patrick Butler

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Irish Experiences In Management Development: The National Action Learning Programme, Patrick Butler

Patrick Butler

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Keynes's Treatise: Aggregate Price Theory For Modern Analysis?, Max Gillman

Max Gillman

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Collapse Of Accounting: Causes And Cures., Shyam Sunder

Shyam Sunder

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Structue Of Organizations For Production Of Public And Private Goods, Shyam Sunder

Shyam Sunder

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An Investigation Of Personal Learning In Mentoring Relationships: Content, Antecedents, And Consequences, Terri Scandura, Melanie Lankau

Terri A. Scandura

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Hrm As Chameleon: Is Soft Hrm Rhetoric Used To Disguise An Increase In Managment Control?, Carol Gill

Carol Gill

The Critical Perspective proposes that HRM is ineffective, suggesting that only a name change differentiates HRM and its precursor Personnel. Simultaneously, it presents HRM as a predator that uses rhetoric to disguise an increase in management control. This research examines these propositions from the Critical Perspective through a survey sent to Human Resource Managers in 896 large, Australian organizations. The results challenge the propositions of the Critical Perspective indicating that HRM has been implemented in rhetoric and reality. The results also show that HRM does not manipulate the workforce to increase management control by using soft rhetoric to obscure hard …

Two Sides To The Story : Women's And Men's Views On The Difficulties Women Face In Accessing Directorships, Alison Sheridan, Gina Milgate

Gina C Milgate

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Sweepstakes: Are They A Viable Marketing Option To Promote Turkish Tourism, Musa Pinar, John Beisel

Musa Pinar

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Mutual Fund Standard Deviations: Confusion, Ladd Kochman

Ladd Kochman

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Innovation And The Economy, Mario Pianta, J. Michie, C. Oughton

Mario Pianta

Unemployment has remained at relatively high levels across most European countries for a generation now. There have been a number of suggested explanations for this, with correspondingly different policy implications. Two of the major hypotheses relate, first, to the impact on the European economies from increased international competition, and `globalisation’ more generally, and, secondly, to the effects of new technology and innovation. The effects of both globalisation and technology on growth and employment in Europe have been researched over the past two years through an EU-funded project, the results of which, relating in particular to innovation, are reported in this …

The Defensive Expansion Approach To Multinational Banking: Evidence To Date, Barry Williams

Barry Williams

This paper integrates the defensive expansion hypothesis in multinational banking with the internalisation approach to the multinational enterprise. This framework is then used to structure a review of the literature to date regarding the proposition that multinational banks follow their clients abroad, otherwise called the defensive expansion hypothesis. Both theoretical and empirical issues relevant to the study of the defensive expansion hypothesis are canvassed. The paper concludes that the defensive expansion hypothesis is best modelled using firm level data, and that investment measures are a preferred proxy for following clients. Furthermore, studies considering the defensive expansion hypothesis should control for …

A Comparison Of High Vs. Low Market Orientation Companies: A Case Of Turkey, Musa Pinar, Jerry Rogers, Donald Baack

Musa Pinar

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Management Controls In E-Business: Expectations, Common Knowledge And Culture, Shyam Sunder

Shyam Sunder

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Regulatory Competition Among Accounting Standards Within And Across International Boundaries, Shyam Sunder

Shyam Sunder

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Does Competition Offer A Way To Resolve The Gaap V. Ias Controversy, Shyam Sunder

Shyam Sunder

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