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Interaction Of Social Skill And General Mental Ability On Job Performance And Salary Jan 2001

Interaction Of Social Skill And General Mental Ability On Job Performance And Salary

L. A. Witt

No abstract provided.

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Us Manufacturing Extension Partnerships: Technology Policy Reinvented, Philip Shapira Jan 2001

Us Manufacturing Extension Partnerships: Technology Policy Reinvented, Philip Shapira

Philip Shapira

The US manufacturing extension partnership (MEP) is examined as an example of the new partnership paradigm in US technology policy. The MEP provides technology assistance services, particularly for small and medium-sized enterprises. Influenced by aims to reinvent government and reorient technology policy, the MEP seeks to be comprehensive, collaborative, and demand-driven. However, the MEP’s partnered management style is constrained by political and industrial systems that continue to operate on traditional lines. After probing these tensions, the paper offers insights for the MEP’s future development and for other technology and innovation policies that seek to emulate the MEP’s partnership approach.

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Assessing Service Quality In Public And Private Fitness Centers In Greece, Yanni D. Afthinos, George Costa, Nikolas Theodorakis, Dimitrios Gargalianos Jan 2001

Assessing Service Quality In Public And Private Fitness Centers In Greece, Yanni D. Afthinos, George Costa, Nikolas Theodorakis, Dimitrios Gargalianos

Yanni D Afthinos

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Institutional Sources Of Practice Variation: Staffing College And University Recycling Programs, Michael Lounsbury Jan 2001

Institutional Sources Of Practice Variation: Staffing College And University Recycling Programs, Michael Lounsbury

michael lounsbury

In this paper, I examine how variation arises in the staffing of recycling programs at colleges and universities. Through initial fieldwork, I identified two basic recycling program forms. Some schools adopted recycling programs that entailed the creation of new, full-time recycling manager positions that were filled by ecological activists. Other schools adopted more minimalist programs that were staffed by current employees who were more ecologically ambivalent and assumed recycling management responsibilities as a part-time, additional duty. Results of a subsequent survey of a population of colleges and universities show that this variation in staffing was importantly shaped by the Student …

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Cultural Entrepreneurship: Stories, Legitimacy And The Acquisition Of Resources., Michael Lounsbury, Mary Ann Glynn Jan 2001

Cultural Entrepreneurship: Stories, Legitimacy And The Acquisition Of Resources., Michael Lounsbury, Mary Ann Glynn

michael lounsbury

We define cultural entrepreneurship as the process of storytelling that mediates between extant stocks of entrepreneurial resources and subsequent capital acquisition and wealth creation. We propose a framework that focuses on how entrepreneurial stories facilitate the crafting of a new venture identity that serves as a touchstone upon which legitimacy may be conferred by investors, competitors, and consumers, opening up access to new capital and market opportunities. Stories help create competitive advantage for entrepreneurs through focal content shaped by two key forms of entrepreneurial capital: firm-specific resource capital and industry-level institutional capital. We illustrate our ideas with anecdotal entrepreneurial stories …

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Vom Elektronischen Schaufenster Zum Prozessportal, Elgar Fleisch, Hubert Oesterle Jan 2001

Vom Elektronischen Schaufenster Zum Prozessportal, Elgar Fleisch, Hubert Oesterle

Hubert Oesterle

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The Federal Government's Use Of Interest Rate Swaps And Currency Swaps, John Kiff, Uri Ron, Safiq Ebrahim Jan 2001

The Federal Government's Use Of Interest Rate Swaps And Currency Swaps, John Kiff, Uri Ron, Safiq Ebrahim

John Kiff

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Agglomeration, Enterprise Size, And Productivity, Edward J. Feser Jan 2001

Agglomeration, Enterprise Size, And Productivity, Edward J. Feser

Edward J Feser

Much research on agglomeration economies, and particularly recent work that builds on Marshall's concept of the industrial district, postulates that benefits derived from proximity between businesses are strongest for small enterprises. This paper investigates this hypothesis, examining the degree to which local business externalities differ in magnitude and type among large and small enterprises in two U.S. manufacturing sectors. A four factor micro-level production function with oft-cited sources of agglomeration economies (local input supply, labor pools, knowledge spillovers) modeled as technology parameters and dummy variables representing varying definitions of plant size (and type, i.e., single or multi establishment unit) are …

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The Impact Of Fdicia And Prompt Corrective Action On Bank Capital And Risk: Estimates Using A Simultaneous Equations Model, Kevin T. Jacques, Raj Aggarwal Jan 2001

The Impact Of Fdicia And Prompt Corrective Action On Bank Capital And Risk: Estimates Using A Simultaneous Equations Model, Kevin T. Jacques, Raj Aggarwal

Kevin T Jacques

This paper develops and estimates a 3SLS model to examine the simultaneous impact of PCA on both bank capital and credit risk.

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Pricing In The California Power Exchange Electricity Market: Should California Switch From Uniform Pricing To Pay-As-Bid Pricing?, Peter Cramton, Alfred E. Kahn, Robert H. Porter, Richard D. Tabors Jan 2001

Pricing In The California Power Exchange Electricity Market: Should California Switch From Uniform Pricing To Pay-As-Bid Pricing?, Peter Cramton, Alfred E. Kahn, Robert H. Porter, Richard D. Tabors

Peter Cramton

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Transitory Determinants Of Values And Decisions: The Utility (Or Non-Utility) Of Individualism-Collectivism In Understanding Cultural Differences, Donnel A. Briley, Robert S. Wyer Jan 2001

Transitory Determinants Of Values And Decisions: The Utility (Or Non-Utility) Of Individualism-Collectivism In Understanding Cultural Differences, Donnel A. Briley, Robert S. Wyer

Donnel A Briley

The determinants and effects of cultural differences in the values described by individualism-collectivism were examined in a series of four experiments. Confirmatory factor analyses of a traditional measure of this construct yielded five independent factors rather than a bipolar structure. Moreover, differences between Hong Kong Chinese and European Americans in the values defined by these factors did not consistently coincide with traditional assumptions about the collectivistic vs. individualistic orientations. Observed differences in values were often increased when situational primes were used to activate (1) concepts associated with a participant’s own culture and (2) thoughts reflecting a self-orientation (i.e., self- vs. …

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Immigration's Impact On The Commonwealth, Robert A. Nakosteen, Andrew Sum Jan 2001

Immigration's Impact On The Commonwealth, Robert A. Nakosteen, Andrew Sum

Robert A Nakosteen

As the Commonwealth’s economic expansion continued nearly unabated during the late 1990s, the importance of immigration drew increasing attention. A loss of working-age residents through domestic out-migration was coincident with insignificant“natural” growth, leaving immigrants to provide virtually all of our labor-force increase. Examining the critical role of the state’s immigration trends and labor force characteristics sheds some light on the effect of these newcomers into our ranks.

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The Benefits, Challenges, And Implications Of Teleworking: A Literature Review, Susan R. Madsen Jan 2001

The Benefits, Challenges, And Implications Of Teleworking: A Literature Review, Susan R. Madsen

Susan R. Madsen

The purpose of this review was to explore the literature related to teleworking and formulate implications to HRD theory and practice. The following questions were investigated: 1) What are the theoretical frameworks for researching teleworking; 2)What are the researched benefits and challenges for employees and employers; and 3) What findings can assist an HRD practitioner in assessing, designing, developing, implementing, and evaluating telework interventions? This review is a content analysis of scholarly literature located in various business (e.g., ABI, General BusinessFile ASAP) and psychology databases (i.e., PsycINFO, Expanded Academic Index). The key words used for the search included: telework, teleworking, …

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From E-Business Into The O-Zone: Development Of Optical Networks, G. Kent Webb Jan 2001

From E-Business Into The O-Zone: Development Of Optical Networks, G. Kent Webb

G. Kent Webb

An increasing proportion of e-business and other network traffic moves over optical networks which provide higher capacity, speed, and security than electrical networks. An all optical network and even optical computing has been envisioned for 20 years, but technical characteristics of optical components have limited applications to the high end of networking, typically for speeds above 2.5 Gbps. While a fundamental advance in physics may be required for the implementation of an all-optical network, optics continues a steady advance into the network infrastructure. This paper describes the technical evolution of optical systems and examines the changing cost structure of optical …

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Chapter 10: Upper-Middle-Class Politics And Policy Outcomes: Does Class Identity Matter?, Herman L. Boschken Jan 2001

Chapter 10: Upper-Middle-Class Politics And Policy Outcomes: Does Class Identity Matter?, Herman L. Boschken

Herman L. Boschken

This chapter in Clark and lipset's book on class in American politics resulted from a multi-day workshop at the Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars in the summer of 1999. The piece reverses the normal causality of class politics. It does not analyze citizens in elections, but government officials creating policies. It asks why policies differ across localities (specifically public transit decisions in 42 U.S. metropolitan areas). It probes how some government officials work with an "upper-middle-class" citizenry in mind, while others do so less. The chapter then tests for differences across localities and finds quite distinct patterns. The chapter …

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Advantageous Cost Structure: A Strategic Costing Case Study, Arvinder S. Loomba, M. Buckingham Jan 2001

Advantageous Cost Structure: A Strategic Costing Case Study, Arvinder S. Loomba, M. Buckingham

Arvinder S. Loomba

Today' s increasingly competitive environment has prompted many fim1S to view organizational cost control as a strategic initiative through programs such as advantageous cost structure. Although strategic costing has been a concern of managers at the strategic level, finns are now trying to find ways to implement strategic initiatives at the operational level as well. These initiatives force organizations to address their major cost drivers and often result in improved processes, reduced number of non-value-added activities, improved supplier relations, and increased productivity. This article offers a case study of a large multinational manufacturing company that has successfully implemented advantageous cost …

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Flowers For The World: Developing A Business Game To Support The Teaching Of Is Concepts, Trevor T. Moores, Jerry Cha-Jan Chang Jan 2001

Flowers For The World: Developing A Business Game To Support The Teaching Of Is Concepts, Trevor T. Moores, Jerry Cha-Jan Chang

Management, Entrepreneurship and Technology Faculty Publications

One of the key problems in teaching fundamental concepts in information systems is how to ground the theory in experiences that the students can relate to. To overcome this problem, a business game called Flowers For The World has been developed and used across a wide variety of IS courses. This paper will describe the game and the result of using it for a 300-level course in analysis and design. The possibility exists that the game could be developed to provide a common business foundation across all business school curricula.

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Disney: Delights And Doubts, Nikhilesh Dholakia, Jonathan Schroeder Jan 2001

Disney: Delights And Doubts, Nikhilesh Dholakia, Jonathan Schroeder

College of Business Faculty Publications

Disney and its spectacularly successful theme parks are analyzed through the lens of its consumers. We focus on how Disney manages the consumption experience and discuss Disney strategies from several perspectives. Disney provides a paradigm for contemporary consumption. A framework is presented to understand consumption in Disney and Disneyesque settings. Finally, we offer cautions and critiques regarding such strategies-a guide for the informed consumer.

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Privacy And Consumer Agency In The Information Age: Between Prying Profilers And Preening Webcams, Nikhilesh Dholakia, Detlev Zwick Jan 2001

Privacy And Consumer Agency In The Information Age: Between Prying Profilers And Preening Webcams, Nikhilesh Dholakia, Detlev Zwick

College of Business Faculty Publications

This article is about the ability of the consumer to control his or her destiny in the new electronic marketspace. Two seemingly opposite phenomena – the need for privacy and the desire for exhibitionism and voyeurism – are vying for attention on the media landscape. We believe the simultaneous occurrence of privacy concerns and ultraexhibitionism is not coincidental. Indeed, exhibitionism and voyeurism seem to offer new tools for consumer resistance against the electronic surveillance systems in networked markets and are inextricably linked to consumers’ desire for control over their intimate personal information.

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Ohio’S Competitive Advantage: Manufacturing Productivity, Edward W. Hill Jan 2001

Ohio’S Competitive Advantage: Manufacturing Productivity, Edward W. Hill

All Maxine Goodman Levin School of Urban Affairs Publications

The underlying theme of Dr. Hill’s book is that manufacturing is the connective tissue of the state’s economy. This is true in two ways: The first is in terms of the distribution of employment, and the second connection is in locations of different parts of the manufacturing production process. The key to increasing incomes in all parts of Ohio is to ensure that the products made in manufacturing production platforms remain competitive, which means vigorously pursuing public policies that enhance productivity—investing in both labor and capital.

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Supply Chain Management In The Irish Clothing And Textile Sector, Edward Sweeney Jan 2001

Supply Chain Management In The Irish Clothing And Textile Sector, Edward Sweeney

Other Resources

No abstract provided.

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Development Of A Theoretical Model Based Upon Factors Influencing A Firm's Suitability For Organizational Evolution, Ronald T. Sones Jan 2001

Development Of A Theoretical Model Based Upon Factors Influencing A Firm's Suitability For Organizational Evolution, Ronald T. Sones

Theses and Dissertations

Early motion pictures resembled theatre productions on film. Decades would pass before the techniques of special effects and editing evolved to provide the type of movie often shown today. Similarly, early television looked like a radio show where the audience could observe the speakers. Ford's Model T, a "horse-less" carriage. seemed to be designed for a harness. In these examples, successful companies learned how to harness and exploit the power of new technologies--others companies became victims. Companies of the current economy must recognize they face a similar watershed. According to Tom Stewart, the economy effectively transitioned into the Information Age …

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Irish Marketing Review, Vol.14, No. 1, 2001, Unknown Jan 2001

Irish Marketing Review, Vol.14, No. 1, 2001, Unknown

Issues

The Irish Marketing Review deals with issues, developments, research and practice in marketing.

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Irish Marketing Review, Vol. 14, No. 2, 2001, Unknown Jan 2001

Irish Marketing Review, Vol. 14, No. 2, 2001, Unknown

Issues

The Irish Marketing Review deals with issues, developments, research and practice in marketing.

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Industrial Districts And Netwoks: Different Modes Of Development Of The Furniture In Ireland, David Jacobson, Kevin Heanue, Ziene Mottiar Jan 2001

Industrial Districts And Netwoks: Different Modes Of Development Of The Furniture In Ireland, David Jacobson, Kevin Heanue, Ziene Mottiar

Books / Book chapters

No abstract provided.

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A "New" Theory Of Management, Andrew Sikula Sr., Kurt Olmosk, Chong W. Kim, Stephen Cupps Jan 2001

A "New" Theory Of Management, Andrew Sikula Sr., Kurt Olmosk, Chong W. Kim, Stephen Cupps

Management Faculty Research

This article presents a "new" theory of management for the new millennium: "new" not because singularly the ideas are recent, but because the combination of these older ideas collectively is novel. To some extent, this article represents the reestablishment of previously existing employment ethics that for various and sundry reasons lapsed into disuse in the past several decades. This article discusses employee relations ethics (ERE) in terms of an ERE credo and a set of assumptions. The modern millennium mission states that all organizations (public and private) should primarily be employee centered, not owner or administrator controlled, customer or client …

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An Analysis Of The Methods Utilized In Business And Industrial Organizations By West Virginia Training Professionals To Identify Organizational Training Needs And Evaluate Training Effectiveness, Jody L. Christian Jan 2001

An Analysis Of The Methods Utilized In Business And Industrial Organizations By West Virginia Training Professionals To Identify Organizational Training Needs And Evaluate Training Effectiveness, Jody L. Christian

Theses, Dissertations and Capstones

As technology advances and job requirements change, how do business and industrial organizations know if the training they provide is actually the training their employees need? With limited training dollars, are organizations effectively targeting their training needs? How do organizations know that the training program is producing value to the organization? What methods do business and industrial organizations use to assess the training’s value? Additionally, are these organizations evaluating their training courses to determine whether they are effectively meeting the needs of their employees? This research project has addressed these types of issues and identified various methods used to conduct …

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Market Structure And Racial Earnings: Evidence From Job Changers, Richard U. Agesa, Jacqueline Agesa, Gary A. Hoover Jan 2001

Market Structure And Racial Earnings: Evidence From Job Changers, Richard U. Agesa, Jacqueline Agesa, Gary A. Hoover

Economics Faculty Research

In his seminal contribution, Gary Becker (1957) suggests that rents in noncompetitive industries provide employers with the latitude to engage in earnings discrimination. Implicit in this theory, is that white workers in noncompet­itive industries would capture a disproportion­ ate share of monopoly rents (excessive wages) relative to their minority counterparts. We utilize wage-change equations to exam­ine earnings shifts for whites and minorities stemming from a job switch to a different mar­ket structure. Additionally for each racial group, wage equations of workers before and after the job change are used to calculate difference­ in-differences estimates of wage change as a result …

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Using A Cognitive Prosthesis To Assist Foodservice Managerial Decision-Making, Andrew H. Feinstein, J. Martin, R. Ogawa Jan 2001

Using A Cognitive Prosthesis To Assist Foodservice Managerial Decision-Making, Andrew H. Feinstein, J. Martin, R. Ogawa

Office of the Provost Scholarship

No abstract provided.

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From E-Business Into The O-Zone: Development Of Optical Networks, G. Kent Webb Jan 2001

From E-Business Into The O-Zone: Development Of Optical Networks, G. Kent Webb

Faculty Publications, Information Systems & Technology

An increasing proportion of e-business and other network traffic moves over optical networks which provide higher capacity, speed, and security than electrical networks. An all optical network and even optical computing has been envisioned for 20 years, but technical characteristics of optical components have limited applications to the high end of networking, typically for speeds above 2.5 Gbps. While a fundamental advance in physics may be required for the implementation of an all-optical network, optics continues a steady advance into the network infrastructure. This paper describes the technical evolution of optical systems and examines the changing cost structure of optical …

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