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Current And Potential Application Of Microcomputers In Banking -- Survey Results, Chun H. Lam, Geogre H. Hempel
Current And Potential Application Of Microcomputers In Banking -- Survey Results, Chun H. Lam, Geogre H. Hempel
Historical Working Papers
A survey of 57 bankers attending a continuing education program is used to assess the areas in which microcomputers are being used in banks. Results show microcomputers being used by all types of bank staff and in all departments.
Analyzing Dividend Policy: A Questionnaire Survey, Richard B. Edelman, Gail E. Farrelly
Analyzing Dividend Policy: A Questionnaire Survey, Richard B. Edelman, Gail E. Farrelly
Historical Working Papers
A survey of financial executives in three industry groups to ascertain the impact of dividends on stock value. Results reveal that there is a belief dividends are important to investors despite a widespread controversy over that very question. Dividends may serve as a signaling device to investors, regardless of economic impact. Some difference in dividend policy between the utility industry and other industries suggests that industry specific information is lacking.
Small Businesses, The Economy, And High Interest Rates: Impacts And Actions Taken In Response, Neil C. Churchill, Virginia L. Lewis
Small Businesses, The Economy, And High Interest Rates: Impacts And Actions Taken In Response, Neil C. Churchill, Virginia L. Lewis
Historical Working Papers
A survey was conducted under the auspices of Inc. Magazine to find out how the economy and interest rates affected companies of various sizes and in various sectors.
Bonds Issued Between Interest Dates: What Your Textbook Didn't Tell You, Elbert B. Greynolds, Jr., Arthur L. Thomas
Bonds Issued Between Interest Dates: What Your Textbook Didn't Tell You, Elbert B. Greynolds, Jr., Arthur L. Thomas
Historical Working Papers
Inconsistencies in calculating the interest that accrues to bonds due to application of straight line allocation is investigate. The authors suggest that compound interest should be appropriately calculated to avoid paradoxical outcomes.
Predicting Salesforce Reactions To New Territory Design According To Equity Theory Propositions, William L. Cron
Predicting Salesforce Reactions To New Territory Design According To Equity Theory Propositions, William L. Cron
Historical Working Papers
This paper analyzes the various parameters that affect the design of fair sales territories. Among these parameters are the effects of age, seniority, compensation schemes, and market structure. Since human motivation plays a part, there is considerable complexity in modeling the parameters.
Advertising, Pricing And Stability In Oligopolistic Markets For New Products, Chaim Fershtman, Vijay Mahajan, Eitan Muller
Advertising, Pricing And Stability In Oligopolistic Markets For New Products, Chaim Fershtman, Vijay Mahajan, Eitan Muller
Historical Working Papers
Models of market strategy are examined to determine the effect a firm's goodwill might have on the introduction of new products. Modeling is based on assumptions that products are essentially non-durable, that goodwill is generated by advertising, and production costs are the same, and that firms are generally equal in discounting profits and have similar objectives.
What Attributes Of An Internal Auditing Department Significantly Increase The Probability Of External Auditors Relying On The Internal Audit Department, Wanda A. Wallace
What Attributes Of An Internal Auditing Department Significantly Increase The Probability Of External Auditors Relying On The Internal Audit Department, Wanda A. Wallace
Historical Working Papers
Utilizing data from 117 companies, it was possible to ascertain that external auditor reliance on internal auditing outcomes is influenced greatly by the allocation of man-hours to internal audit activities and to a lesser extent by the magnitude of the firm's investment in the internal audit function.
Building Bridges In Rotary, Michael Van Breda
Building Bridges In Rotary, Michael Van Breda
Historical Working Papers
The author demonstrates,through organizational changes in a not-for-profit organization, how matrix organization practices can change the perspective and operational efficiency of an organization.
Taxes, Insurance, And Corporate Pension Policy, Andrew H. Chen
Taxes, Insurance, And Corporate Pension Policy, Andrew H. Chen
Historical Working Papers
ERISA connects retirement plan value to general corporate financial decision making and outcomes. The complex interaction between retirement plan regulations, taxation, and corporate finance is not well understood by stakeholders and particularly by beneficiaries.
Network Generating Models For Equipment Replacement, Jay E. Aronson, Julius S. Aronofsky
Network Generating Models For Equipment Replacement, Jay E. Aronson, Julius S. Aronofsky
Historical Working Papers
Optimum timing for replacement of equipment is modeled to provide decision makers with data that can be coupled to critical path decision making.
Teaching Software System Design: An Experiential Approach, Thomas E. Perkins
Teaching Software System Design: An Experiential Approach, Thomas E. Perkins
Historical Working Papers
A curriculum approach is presented that provides students with experience incorporating user input into the software design process.
Rural Versus Urban Bank Performance: An Analysis Of Market Competition For Small Business Loans, Jonathan A. Scott, William C. Dunkelberg
Rural Versus Urban Bank Performance: An Analysis Of Market Competition For Small Business Loans, Jonathan A. Scott, William C. Dunkelberg
Historical Working Papers
Using data from surveys of the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB), an analysis is made to determine the competitiveness of rural versus urban banking markets. Looking at interest rates and credit availability there appears to be no less of a competitive position among rural banks. Service performance, which is subjectively derived, seems to be greater among rural banks.
An Interactive Approach To Pension Fund Asset Management, David A. Goodman, John W. Peavy, Iii
An Interactive Approach To Pension Fund Asset Management, David A. Goodman, John W. Peavy, Iii
Historical Working Papers
Pointing to anomalies that suggest the market is not entirely efficient, a new hybrid strategy is proposed that plays on the strengths of bothsecurity analysis for undervalued securities and risk return analysis in choosing investment targets.
Diversity And Performance: The Elusive Linkage, C. K. Prahalad, Richard A. Bettis
Diversity And Performance: The Elusive Linkage, C. K. Prahalad, Richard A. Bettis
Historical Working Papers
Studing diversified firms, the key element is revealed that the mindset of management and its ability to adapt to management of a new enterprise is a key element in the success of a diversified business.
Robust Regression: Method And Applications, Vijay Mahajan, Subhash Sharma, Jerry Wind
Robust Regression: Method And Applications, Vijay Mahajan, Subhash Sharma, Jerry Wind
Historical Working Papers
Four approaches to linear robust regression analysis are presented. In the presence of outliers or bad data points in marketing data, these procedures provide formal methods to identify outliers and to reduce their influence on the final estimates of the regression coefficients. Use of these procedures in regression models is considered in two typical marketing applications and superiority of these procedures, as compared to the traditional ordinary least squares procedure, in reducing the effect of influential observations is documented. The paper concludes with suggested guidelines for their use in marketing applications.
Strategy As Goals-Means Structure And Performance: An Empirical Examination, William R. Bigler, Jr., Banwari L. Kedia
Strategy As Goals-Means Structure And Performance: An Empirical Examination, William R. Bigler, Jr., Banwari L. Kedia
Historical Working Papers
Sampling of CEOs and top managers of 90 Louisiana banks is used to explore the relationship between goals and the means to accomplish those goals. Results indicate that a "main thrust" kind of goal may be identified for an organization but goals remain rather poorly related to performance. The relationship to performance may be strengthened by obtaining more precise goals and increasing the number of outcome criteria to encompass outcomes meaningful to more stakeholders.
Differences Between Futures And Forward Prices: An Empirical Investigation Of The Marking-To-Market Effects, Hun Y. Park, Andrew H. Chen
Differences Between Futures And Forward Prices: An Empirical Investigation Of The Marking-To-Market Effects, Hun Y. Park, Andrew H. Chen
Historical Working Papers
Using six commodities and four foreign currencies a comparison is made of the value of futures and forward contracts. Results indicate that the detected differences are attributable to the continual resettlement procedure embedded in futures contracts.
Environment,Strategy And Performance: An Empirical Analysis In Two Service Industries, William R. Bigler, Jr., Banwari L. Kedia
Environment,Strategy And Performance: An Empirical Analysis In Two Service Industries, William R. Bigler, Jr., Banwari L. Kedia
Historical Working Papers
This paper conceptually and empirically examines the Environment, Strategy and Performance linkage in two service industries. The paper's primary objective is to show that viewing these constructs as an insoluble system provides us knowledge that perhaps would not be forthcoming otherwise. The authors argue that delving into these constructs as a system within and between the two industries highlights certain disparities in conventional OT/Strategic Management thinking.
Small Business Evaluates Its Relationship With Commercial Banks, William C. Dunkelberg, Jonathan A. Scott
Small Business Evaluates Its Relationship With Commercial Banks, William C. Dunkelberg, Jonathan A. Scott
Historical Working Papers
Characteristics of banks that serve small business are studied within the scope of formal studies that have been completed. Apparently larger, primarily urban, banks are less able to provide the personal contacts that small business owners want in dealing with a banking institution.
Accounting Paradigms And Short-Term Decisions: A Preliminary Study, Michael Van Breda
Accounting Paradigms And Short-Term Decisions: A Preliminary Study, Michael Van Breda
Historical Working Papers
A survey was conducted of firms that were chosen based on the perception that it would be easiest to observe management and production variables. The study attempted to find what variable mattered most in measuring success within the firm. Results show that short term accounting variables are almost exclusively the measures used in American business to evaluate performance.
How Have The Professional Standards Influenced Practice?, Wanda A. Wallace
How Have The Professional Standards Influenced Practice?, Wanda A. Wallace
Historical Working Papers
Audit performance has improved steadily, largely attributable to the new standards, although definite room for improvement exists. Areas for improvement include exchanging audit reports between internal and external auditors, the use of audit programs and the use of statistical sampling.
Multiple Key Informants' Perceptions Of Business Environments, William L. Cron, John W. Slocum, Jr.
Multiple Key Informants' Perceptions Of Business Environments, William L. Cron, John W. Slocum, Jr.
Historical Working Papers
The study validates the need for multiple informants from the breadth of the organizational structure to obtain valid information about the business environment.
A New Approach To Variance Analysis, Michael Van Breda
A New Approach To Variance Analysis, Michael Van Breda
Historical Working Papers
Use of indexes is demonstrated as a tool for analyzing the effects of cost changes. Indexes provide the ability to compare costs for different product lines and with other firms.
Bank Performance In The Emerging Recovery: A Changing Risk-Return Environment, Jonathan A. Scott, George H. Hempel
Bank Performance In The Emerging Recovery: A Changing Risk-Return Environment, Jonathan A. Scott, George H. Hempel
Historical Working Papers
The authors argue that loan rates lag behind prime rate during economic recovery and never reach the low limits that might otherwise occur due to changes in the regulatory and market environment. The changes referred to specifically include competition between market components, changes in bankruptcy law, and the introduction of new financial instruments such as money market deposit accounts.