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University Of South Florida Fact Book, 1984, University Of South Florida. Office Of Institutional Research, Administration And Finance

USF Fact Book

A statistical fact book for the University of Florida for 1984-1985. The book is broken into five sections: USF Milieu; Students/Programs; Staff; Fiscal Resources; and Physical Resources. A table of contents lists all the tables within each section.

Technology Diffusion And The Performance Of American Manufacturing: A Propsal For An Industrial Extension Service, Frank Ostroff

Michigan Journal of International Law

The purpose of this article is to propose an Industrial Extension Service modeled upon the Agricultural Extension Service, and suggest how it might effectively address certain fundamental problems hindering the performance of the American manufacturing sector. Part I highlights some probable causes of American manufacturing's declining relative performance. Part II discusses why firms may adopt new technology more slowly than would be optimal. Part III considers the model of the Agricultural Extension Service, pointing out those features that make it attractive and those features that would have to be changed in applying it to the industrial sector. Part III also …

Selected Survey Of Educational Law And Policy Literature

The Journal of Law and Education

No abstract provided.

Hidden Opportunities For Faculty Development And Curricular Change, Russell Lee, Michael Field

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development

Introduction

Development Benefits of Team-Teaching

Research and Curricular Development

Conclusions

References

The Outcomes Of A Quality Circle Program In An Electronics Manufacturing Firm, Martin L. Abbott

Dissertations and Theses

The literature on worker participation generally assumes that worker participation programs lead to positive work outcomes (e.g., job satisfaction) in more or less direct fashion. The current study challenges this assumption and posits that "desire for participation," and "attitudes toward participation," may affect the participation-satisfaction relationship. Data were gathered from a quality circle (QC) program at a large electronics manufacturing firm, using both quantitative (survey questionnaire), and qualitative (interviews, observation, meeting attendance) means. QC members and non members were compared on all attitude measures, and on general job satisfaction. The results indicated the following: (a) the participation-satisfaction thesis was not …

A New Paradigm For Financial Regulation: Getting From Here To There, Stephen J. Friedman, Connie M. Friesen

Maryland Law Review

No abstract provided.

Bank Performance As The Economy Rebounds, Jonathan A. Scott, George H. Hempel

Historical Working Papers

A new bank environment caused by changing government regulation and newly introduced financial instruments causes bank return rates to be substantially lower than in previous economic recoveries. Bank strategy may involve assuming increased risk.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

Sulphur Fractions Of Selected Soils In Louisiana As Related To Yield Of Sudangrass-Sorghum Hybrid, William Patrick Bonner

LSU Agricultural Experiment Station Reports

No abstract provided.

A New Paradigm For Financial Regulation: Getting From Here To There, Stephen J. Friedman

Elisabeth Haub School of Law Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Employee Involvement In Decision-Making: European Attempts At Harmonization, Ruth A. Harvey

Michigan Journal of International Law

Part I of this note examines the sources of Community power over employment policy. Part II analyzes two Community directives approximating laws regarding employee involvement in dismissal procedures. It also examines the impact of these Community directives on two Member States, the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG or West Germany) and the United Kingdom. The note focuses on the FRG because its statutes have served as the model for Community directives, and because the harmonization of laws throughout the Community will provide unique benefits to the FRG. The note examines the United Kingdom because its government has historically had a …

Crummer Graduate School, Rollins College

Text Materials of Central Florida

Rollins College catalogue with list of faculty and students and courses by department.

Book Reviews

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.

Bulletin Of Yale University School Of Nursing 1984-1985, Yale School Of Nursing

Yale School of Nursing Bulletins and Catalogues

Series 80, Number 13

September 1, 1984

Acer 1983-1984 Annual Report, Australian Council For Educational Research (Acer)

ACER Annual Reports

No abstract provided.

Suing Government, Michigan Law Review

Michigan Law Review

A Review of Suing Government by Peter H. Schuck

The Characteristics And Experiences Black Administrators Perceive As Being Relevant In Acquiring Their Position In Predominantly White Public Four-Year Institutions Of Higher Education In The State Of Illinois, Charles A. Taylor

Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Worker Participation And American Unions: Threat Or Opportunity, Thomas A. Kochan, Harry Charles Katz, Nancy R. Mower

Upjohn Press

A comprehensive analysis of the effects of QWL and other forms of worker participation on the collective bargaining process.

Union-Management Cooperation: Structure, Process, Impact, Michael H. Schuster

Upjohn Press

Presents the findings of a five-year study of the structure, process and impact of six forms of union-management programs aimed at improving productivity.

University Of Central Florida 1985 Self Study Southern Association Of Colleges And Schools: College Of Engineering Self Study Report, University Of Central Florida. College Of Engineering

Self-Studies

University of Central Florida College of Engineering 1985 Self Study for Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. The study covers philosophy of the university and the college, organizational structure, educational program, financial resources, faculty, physical facilities, special activities, graduate programs, research and computers.