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Ncr Personal Computer Forecast, Sharon Renee Clark

Masters Culminating Experiences (1993-2011)

Based on my forecasting model, NCR Corporation's domestic Personal Computer (PC) quarterly revenue can be expected to increase to between fifty-eight million dollars and seventy- three million. These quarterly forecasts may overestimate revenue during the expected coming recession since data was not available during such a similar time period in the past. All of the data is from 1984 to the present - a time in which the U.S. economy enjoyed continued slow growth. Although the quarterly forecasts are derived from a reliable econometric model, the uncertainty of the Gulf Crisis and coming recession are not represented in these statistical …

The Effects Of Political Instability On Economic Growth: A Case For Sub-Saharan Africa, Gregory Wayne Willis

Masters Culminating Experiences (1993-2011)

The countries of Sub-Saharan Africa have experienced both poor economic performance and substantial political instability since their independence. There have been numerous studies investigating the possible relationship between political instability and economic growth. The common approach to investigating this relationship is to measure the effect of economic growth on the probability of political instability. This paper takes the opposite approach by investigating the effects of political instability on economic growth. We believe that political instability disrupts the economic system causing a reduction in growth. We measure this effect using regression analysis to estimate two models we have developed. The first …

European Unemployment And Economic Trends: 1985-89, Ramez M. Fihani

Masters Culminating Experiences (1993-2011)

This report analyzes the macroeconomic conditions for 15 OECD European countries for the second half of the 1980's. The study methodology begins by comparing Europe's aggregate economic performance against that of the United States and Japan for the 1985-89 period. A concentrated effort is made to analyze and explain the factors causing the comparatively high European unemployment rates. The report also reviews various political and economic sources to document the recent trends of 1985, 1986, and three quarters of 1987 for each of the following 15 European countries: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, West Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, …

Export Opportunities In China For Ads Machinery Corporation, Guanghui Li

Masters Culminating Experiences (1993-2011)

From June to September 1989 , the author did an internship with ADS Machinery Corporation in Warren, Ohio. Under the direct supervision of the Vice President of Sales, the author's main task was to carry our an investigation of the company's export business. The investigation included export market analysis and business practice analysis. Based on the basis of this research and the author's own working experiences in Sino-American trade, a proposal for the company's export stragery was completed.

In the competitive international market, establishing and maintaining successful export markets in developing countries is a difficult task, especially for small firms. …

Mergers, Acquisitions And Their Relationship With Urban Hierarchy, Michael C. Carroll

Masters Culminating Experiences (1993-2011)

This report analyzes the effects of merger and acquisition activity on urban hierarchy. This paper shows that firms from larger metropolitan areas are more often the predator in a merger and acquisition transaction. The larger the metropolitan area the stronger these tendencies. The analytical tool of logistic regression is used to calculate the log likelihoods and odds ratios. The paper concludes with an examination of the possible adverse complications resulting from the M&A trend.

Shopping For Schools, Betty Paiewonsky Kirk

Masters Culminating Experiences (1993-2011)

This report contains information about the implications of Ohio Senate Bill 140 which will go into effect in 1993. It contains comparisons of ten center city schools in the form of articles specifically directed at each of those cities. Parental choice will produce profound changes in school finance and hopefully will improve the quality of educational outputs. Highlighted is the need for better information that the currently designed system will be unable to fulfill. The goal of this report is to delineate the issues for both parents and policy makers.

Labor-Management Cooperation: New Partnerships Or Going In Circles?, William N. Cooke

Upjohn Press

Cooke answers important questions about labor-management cooperative efforts and addresses the problems undermining these efforts. His analyses are based on a variety of secondary data sources plus primary data from three nationwide surveys of plant managers, union leaders, and industry executives. Also included are several prescriptions for the success of labor-management cooperative efforts.

Two-Tier Compensation Structures: Their Impact On Unions, Employers, And Employees, James Martin, Thomas D. Heetderks

Upjohn Press

Martin conducted a study at a large company where its various wage tier systems allowed assessment of the long-term impact of tiers. Part of this study included the development of a survey designed to explore eight research questions related to tiers and to test five hypotheses of low-tier v. high-tier employees.

The Rationality Of Egypt's Regional Development Policy, Nihal Fouad Fahmy

Archived Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Metropolitan Report - December 21, 1989, Division Of Business And Economic Research, College Of Business Administration, University Of New Orleans

UNO Metropolitan Report (1986-2017)

No abstract provided.

Planning: New Imperative, Abid Hussain

IIMB Management Review

Planning must take note of the fact that while the economy is integrating, the indian polity is fragmenting and society is becoming more divisive. The fragmentation of polity and assertion of separate group or community identities are perhaps a part of an inescapable process. How this fragmentation and divisive aspects of society are to be managed in a national perspective, is an
the emerging challenge for planning.

                                                      The need right now is to stimulate further growth. Without higher growth, we will end up only redistributing poverty. Taking into account the growth performance of the Indian economy since 1980. It is …

Linking Wages With Productivity By G. K. Suri & R. C. Mongra, New Delhi: National Productivity Council, 1989., B R Patil

IIMB Management Review

Improving employee productivity has been a problem in all economies - capitalist, socialist, and mixed on the one hand, and developed and developing on the other. The problem becomes quite complex when the issue of sharing the gains of improved productivity between industry and labor arises. The complex nature of this problem necessitates the exchange of views among all concerned to evolve guidelines for sharing the gains of productivity.

Tourist Hotel Food And Beverage Imports In Fiji And Vanuatu, Larry Dwyer

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.

Metropolitan Report - August 23, 1989, Division Of Business And Economic Research, College Of Business Administration, University Of New Orleans

UNO Metropolitan Report (1986-2017)

No abstract provided.

Metropolitan Report - August 1989, Division Of Business And Economic Research, College Of Business Administration, University Of New Orleans

UNO Metropolitan Report (1986-2017)

No abstract provided.

Privatize Deposit Insurance, Jeffrey Rogers Hummel

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Nigeria's Insurance Industry In 1987, Central Bank Of Nigeria Cbn

Economic and Financial Review

Important rughlights of the report include the fact that Insurance business was prosperous in 1987 as the income of insurers rose significantly faster than their expenditures. However, the prosperity affected the companies in the nonlife business more as the premium income of life insurance companies declined sharply in 1987 during which period their expenditure also increased. In terms of ownership, the prosperity accrued mainly to wholly indigenous non-life companies most, as these companies dominated the more lucrative aspects of insurance business in 1987. Another important point in the report is the fact that minimum paid-up capital stipulated in the Insurance …

Developments In The Industrial Sector In The Second Quarter Of 1989, Central Bank Of Nigeria Cbn

Economic and Financial Review

Aggregate industrial output improved during the second quarter of the year in spite of the problems of high production costs and liquidity constraints. The index of industrial production at 225.6 (1972 = 100) increased by 6.7 and 3.6. per cent over its levels 'in the corresponding quarter of 1988 and the first quarter of 1989, respectively (see table I). Compared with its level in the corresponding quarter of 1988, the rise in industrial output was accounted for by the respective increases of 20.6 and 2.4 per cent in mining and manufacturing output which outweighed the decline of 2.8 per cent …

Private Business In Developing Countries: Improved Prospects By Guy P. Pfeffermann, M. Ajayi

Economic and Financial Review

The paper is divided into five sections as follows: Background. Growth prospects, Prospects for the Private sector in Developing countries. Privatisation, and Foreign Direct Investment. The background section appraised some of the economic policies pursued and developments in developing countries in the last 2 decades. The section emphasised the existence of interdependence of the effect of economic policies and conditions of the developed and developing countries. For instance, the author stressed that the recent slow-down of growth in IJie developing countries has been one of the factors holding back the growth of output in the OECD countries.

Developments In The Financial System During The Second Quarter Of 1989, Central Bank Of Nigeria Cbn

Economic and Financial Review

The financial system was under intense pressure in the second quarter of 1989 following the measures adopted by the monetary authorities to reduce the liquidity of the banking system and thereby combat the inflationary pressure in the economy and continued depreciation of the Naira exchange rate. The gradual strengthening of the squeeze on liquidity was accompanied by liquidity crisis among some banks towards the end of the quarter.

Developments In The Retail Prices Of Selected Consumer Items In Lagos Area During The Second Quarter Of 1989, Central Bank Of Nigeria Cbn

Economic and Financial Review

The results obtained from the price surveys of selected consumer items in the Lagos Area during the second quarter of 1989, indicated an upward movement in the prices of most of the items sampled. While some items recorded modest price declines below the level in the first quarter of 1989, these declines were not enough to offset the increases noticed in all the component price indices. Most of the traders interviewed during the surveys attributed the increase in prices mainly to rising costs of production inputs, and transportation as well as excess demand pressures on agricultural commodities.

The Evolution Of The Nigerian Financial System: Problems, Challenges And Prospects, Ben A. Oke

Economic and Financial Review

The paper reviews the evolution of the Nigerian financial system and articulates some of its current problems and challenges for the future, especially in the light of the liberalised trade and exchange regime initiated under the Structural Adjustment Programme (SAP). The paper examines the evolution of the major institutions in the financial system in the context of the changing pattern of economic and regulatory environment in which they operate. It observes that the financial system has undergone substantial changes since 1960 in terms of number and variety of financial intermediaries, the depth and breadth of instruments, as well as the …

Nigeria's External Debt Problems: A Review Of Management Efforts And The Prospects, M. O. Ojo

Economic and Financial Review

This article provided the most recent information on efforts being made to reduce Nigeria's huge external debt burden. In order to evaluate such efforts, it discussed both theoretical and practical issues on the international management of the debt crisis. It was observed that the wide gulf between the debtor countries and the creditors, especially the commercial banks has been significantly bridged in the last three years. The article noted that while Nigeria has made commendable progress in reducing her debt burden, a lot more still needs to be done to make the efforts to have the desirable positive impact. More …

Towards A Single Monetary Zone In The Ecowas Sub-Region: A Progress Report, S. E. Omoruyi

Economic and Financial Review

The call for a common currency for the West African sub-region has been considered generally as a veritable vehicle for achieving the primary objective of establishing exchange arrangements for free intra-regional payments. Such arrangements are deemed necessary to promote faster growth of intra-regional trade, and thereby foster economic development in the ECOWAS sub-region. Pursuant to this objective, the Authority of the Heads of State and Government of ECOWAS took a decision that studies be commissioned on the possibility of creating a single monetary zone in ECOWAS sub-region. Following that decision, the Committee of Governors of Central Banks of ECOWAS at …

Africa's Adjustment And Growth In The 1980s: The World Bank And The Undp; Charles Humphreys And Williams Jaeger & C0., 31pp., March 1989, H. N. Okonta

Economic and Financial Review

The paper, "'Africa's Adjustment and Growth in the 1980s" was written by a team led by Charles Humphreys and William Jaeger of the World Bank. They reviewed on Sub-Saharan Africa's economic experience in the 1980s from a new perspective as against that which was generally perceived as one of crisis and decline caused largely by hostile external factors. The paper was divided into six parts. Part one is an overview of the causes that led to the region's current problems. Sections 2, 3 and 4 analytically dis,:uss the developments in trade and commodity prices, the international community's response with more …

Statistics (June 1989), Central Bank Of Nigeria Cbn

Economic and Financial Review

This a statistical representation of the economic activities in Nigeria in June 1989

Metropolitan Report - May 18, 1989, Division Of Business And Economic Research, College Of Business Administration, University Of New Orleans

UNO Metropolitan Report (1986-2017)

No abstract provided.

Metropolitan Report - May 1989, Division Of Business And Economic Research, College Of Business Administration, University Of New Orleans

UNO Metropolitan Report (1986-2017)

No abstract provided.

Quicksand Craft Center: Documentation & Analysis Of A Handweaving Program In Vest, Kentucky, Deborah Champion

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

Data on the handweaving program at the Quicksand Craft Center in the Appalachian Mountains of Eastern Kentucky were compiled and analyzed. Four areas--history of the craft program, business organization and financial structure, weave patterns of goods woven and sold by the craft center, and weavers employed in the program --were examined to assess the success of the program in the local community. Factors in the four areas examined contributed to the success of the program. The benevolence, perseverance, and co-operation of the founders, directors and community members involved with the craft center have been largely responsible for the continued success …

The Effect Of Government Deficits On Consumption And Interest Rates: A Two Equation Approach, Dean D. Croushore

Economics Faculty Publications

Single-equation estimation of the consumption function often is used in testing the Ricardian equivalence theorem. This approach may be misleading, as effects on interest rates usually are ignored. This paper proposes simultaneous estimation of consumption and investment equations, with the interest rate serving to equilibrate the market. Five existing studies are replicated and subjected to sensitivity tests. The results show that the interest rate is important in the consumption function. The Ricardian equivalence theorem is tested, but the results are mixed.