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Msu Today, 2000 (September-October), Office Of Communications & Marketing, Morehead State University. Sep 2000

Msu Today, 2000 (September-October), Office Of Communications & Marketing, Morehead State University.

Communications and Marketing Publications Archive

The MSU Today magazine of Morehead State University for September and October of 2000.


Replication: Regressive Reproduction Or Progressive Evolution?, Graham Wright Sep 2000

Replication: Regressive Reproduction Or Progressive Evolution?, Graham Wright

Journal of Microfinance / ESR Review

Increasing numbers of organizations are "replicating" the programs of successful microfinance institutions (MFIs). This approach allows rapid start-up using tested models and systems. These strengths are also weaknesses, though, since the models being replicated usually require substantial modifications to make them appropriate for local conditions. Furthermore, close adherence to "blueprints" is likely to substitute for careful research into the needs and opportunities for the provision of financial services to the poor--and thus the design of appropriate systems. Replication also risks the suppression of innovative ways of providing still better financial services--particularly when promoted by powerful apex funding organizations, as is …


Impact Assessment Of Microfinance And Organizational Learning: Who Will Survive?, James G. Copestake Sep 2000

Impact Assessment Of Microfinance And Organizational Learning: Who Will Survive?, James G. Copestake

Journal of Microfinance / ESR Review

To what extent is it possible for organizations to reflect honestly on their own performance, draw appropriate conclusions, and then act on them? For many microfinance organizations this is now a question of survival. This paper argues that formal impact assessment can assist in the transition from donor-controlled replication projects to autonomous and adaptable organizations--but it often fails to do so. Pitfalls include inadequate attention to methodological detail and to the links between impact assessment and wider aspects of organizational change. The paper starts by highlighting the complexity of the overall task to which impact assessment is expected to contribute. …


Members In Business And Industry, September 2000, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants (Aicpa) Sep 2000

Members In Business And Industry, September 2000, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants (Aicpa)

Newsletters

No abstract provided.


Members In Government, September 2000, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants (Aicpa) Sep 2000

Members In Government, September 2000, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants (Aicpa)

Newsletters

No abstract provided.


Infotech Update, Volume 9, Number 5, September/October 2000, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Information Technology Section Sep 2000

Infotech Update, Volume 9, Number 5, September/October 2000, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Information Technology Section

Newsletters

No abstract provided.


Members In Large Public Accounting Firms, September 2000, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants (Aicpa) Sep 2000

Members In Large Public Accounting Firms, September 2000, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants (Aicpa)

Newsletters

No abstract provided.


Vol. 02 No. 2 Journal Of Microfinance, Journal Of Microfinance Sep 2000

Vol. 02 No. 2 Journal Of Microfinance, Journal Of Microfinance

Journal of Microfinance / ESR Review

No abstract provided.


Copyrights And Beyond In The Digital Age, Thomas G. Field Jr. Sep 2000

Copyrights And Beyond In The Digital Age, Thomas G. Field Jr.

Law Faculty Scholarship

At one time, only works visible to the naked eye were copyrightable, but that has long since changed. Now, works capable of perception only by use of VCRs or computers, for example, enjoy the same protection as books, paintings and sculpture. In 1994, William S. Strong reported that he had "heard Chicken Littles say that the sky is falling in on copyright owners" in the digital age and predicted to the contrary. He was right; publishers' problems may have changed in degree but not in kind. For important, if not critical, internet needs to be met, providers must recoup costs.


Front Matter, Journal Of Microfinance Sep 2000

Front Matter, Journal Of Microfinance

Journal of Microfinance / ESR Review

No abstract provided.


Banking On Customer Loyalty, Craig Churchill Sep 2000

Banking On Customer Loyalty, Craig Churchill

Journal of Microfinance / ESR Review

Enhancing customer loyalty is a microfinance institution's most important business strategy. Every critical element involved in managing microfinance operations--from product pricing to staff incentives, from marketing to eligibility requirements, from client screening to the menu of available services--can (and should) be formulated to promote loyalty. While most MFIs recognize the importance of client retention, few have designed business strategies to maximize customer loyalty. Hopefully that will change. This article details the economic impact that customer loyalty has on a microfinance institution (and the negative effect of desertion).


Members In Education, September 2000, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants (Aicpa) Sep 2000

Members In Education, September 2000, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants (Aicpa)

Newsletters

No abstract provided.


Planner, Volume 15, Number 3, September October 2000, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants (Aicpa) Sep 2000

Planner, Volume 15, Number 3, September October 2000, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants (Aicpa)

Newsletters

No abstract provided.


Soybean Marketing Methods And Characteristics Of Arkansas Grain Handlers, Patricia A. Sauer, Nathan B. Smith, Andrew M. Mckenzie Sep 2000

Soybean Marketing Methods And Characteristics Of Arkansas Grain Handlers, Patricia A. Sauer, Nathan B. Smith, Andrew M. Mckenzie

AAES Research Reports and Research Bulletins

Arkansas producers should acquaint themselves with all marketing methods available to them. Of particular importance is the pervasiveness of price risk within the current economic climate. This bulletin provides insights into the current structure of the grain marketing industry, soybean handler characteristics, and the availability and use of marketing alternatives in Arkansas. Arkansas soybean handlers were surveyed in 1998 to determine the marketing practices of both handlers and producers for the 1996 crop year. Particular emphasis was placed on the types of contracting methods offered by these handlers. Both facility size and corporate structure were found to play a significant …


Moving Microenterprises Beyond A Subsistence Plateau, Beth C. Haynes, Kristie K. Seawright, William C. Giauque Sep 2000

Moving Microenterprises Beyond A Subsistence Plateau, Beth C. Haynes, Kristie K. Seawright, William C. Giauque

Journal of Microfinance / ESR Review

Enthusiasm for microcredit programs has increased during the past decade. The attention these programs have drawn stems philosophically from progress in cultivating self-sufficiency among those in abject poverty, and practically from the viability and high loan repayment rates of many microfinance institutions. The programs assume that lack of capital is the main barrier to the economic progress of the poor. The lack of entrepreneur business management experience and training, however, may create a barrier equally powerful and limit the growth potential of microenterprises. Microcredit programs could foster even greater economic progress by ensuring that clients receive appropriate human capital development. …


Book Review- Microfinance And Poverty: Questioning The Conventional Wisdom By Hege Gulli, Lisa M. Jones Sep 2000

Book Review- Microfinance And Poverty: Questioning The Conventional Wisdom By Hege Gulli, Lisa M. Jones

Journal of Microfinance / ESR Review

No abstract provided.


Microfinance In The United States: The Working Capital Experience— Ten Years Of Lending And Learning, Jeffrey Ashe Sep 2000

Microfinance In The United States: The Working Capital Experience— Ten Years Of Lending And Learning, Jeffrey Ashe

Journal of Microfinance / ESR Review

Working Capital is the United States' largest peer-group lending program. This article reviews what Working Capital has learned about the market, its customers, program impact, and service delivery over its ten year history. It presents a model for understanding how participating in peer lending groups develops “social and economic capital” in poor communities. The article then discusses how participants judge the group model as they identify the characteristics of successful groups and the impact of the group on their businesses, on themselves personally, and on the larger community. The rest of the article discusses how Working Capital evolved from a …


Capital Enhancement Guarantees And Risk Management By Capital-Constrained Lenders, J.D. Von-Pischke Sep 2000

Capital Enhancement Guarantees And Risk Management By Capital-Constrained Lenders, J.D. Von-Pischke

Journal of Microfinance / ESR Review

Commercial lenders require capital to bear risk. The capital enhancement guarantee (CEG) encourages lenders to make loans they would not otherwise make, such as microenterprise loans. The CEG is auctioned and awarded to bidders who promise the greatest amount of new lending for a given increment of permanent capital. Whether the incremental lending causes losses or gains for the lender, the incremental capital is free. The CEG subsidizes innovation in risk management. It places the analytical focus on risk and its cost, supports the key party to the lending decision, promotes skill in managing risk, is transparent, minimizes moral hazard, …


Members In Large Public Accounting Firms, October 2000, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants (Aicpa) Sep 2000

Members In Large Public Accounting Firms, October 2000, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants (Aicpa)

Newsletters

No abstract provided.


Members In Internal Audit, September 2000, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants (Aicpa) Sep 2000

Members In Internal Audit, September 2000, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants (Aicpa)

Newsletters

No abstract provided.


Practice Alert 2000-3: Auditing Construction Contractors; Members In Public Accounting Firms, September 2000, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Professional Issues Task Force Sep 2000

Practice Alert 2000-3: Auditing Construction Contractors; Members In Public Accounting Firms, September 2000, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Professional Issues Task Force

Newsletters

No abstract provided.


Members In Medium Public Accounting Firms, September 2000, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants (Aicpa) Sep 2000

Members In Medium Public Accounting Firms, September 2000, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants (Aicpa)

Newsletters

No abstract provided.


Members In Small Local Public Accounting Firms, September 2000, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants (Aicpa) Sep 2000

Members In Small Local Public Accounting Firms, September 2000, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants (Aicpa)

Newsletters

No abstract provided.


Newsletter Vol.25 No.1 2000, National Center For The Study Of Collective Bargaining In Higher Education And The Professions Sep 2000

Newsletter Vol.25 No.1 2000, National Center For The Study Of Collective Bargaining In Higher Education And The Professions

National Center Newsletters

No abstract provided.


Diversity Of Behaviour During Novel Object Tests Is Reduced In Pigs Housed In Substrate-Impoverished Conditions, Françoise Wemelsfelder, Marie Haskell, Michael T. Mendl, Sheena Calvert, Alistair B. Lawrence Sep 2000

Diversity Of Behaviour During Novel Object Tests Is Reduced In Pigs Housed In Substrate-Impoverished Conditions, Françoise Wemelsfelder, Marie Haskell, Michael T. Mendl, Sheena Calvert, Alistair B. Lawrence

Sentience Collection

Modern intensive farming conditions lack the diversity of substrates present in more natural environments and offer young animals fewer opportunities for interaction. Evidence exists that this may affect the organization of interactive patterns of behaviour, but shifts in behavioural diversity have not been measured directly. We investigated the effect of the substrate in the home pen on the diversity of behaviour in young growing pigs, Sus scrofa. Over 5 months, 26 pigs were housed singly in either substrate-impoverished (SI) or substrate-enriched (SE) conditions. Once every month we recorded the behaviour of these pigs in detail both in the home pens …


Monitoring Cattle Behavior And Pasture Use With Gps And Gis, L. W. Turner, M. C. Udal, B. T. Larson, S. A. Shearer Sep 2000

Monitoring Cattle Behavior And Pasture Use With Gps And Gis, L. W. Turner, M. C. Udal, B. T. Larson, S. A. Shearer

Management and Monitoring of Farm Animals Collection

Precision agriculture is already being used commercially to improve variability management in row crop agriculture. In the same way, understanding how spatial and temporal variability of animal, forage, soil and landscape features affect grazing behavior and forage utilization provides potential to modify pasture management, improve efficiency of utilization, and maximize profits. Recent advances in global positioning system (GPS) technology have allowed the development of lightweight GPS collar receivers suitable for monitoring animal position at 5-min intervals. The GPS data can be imported into a geographic information system (GIS) to assess animal behavior characteristics and pasture utilization. This paper describes application …


Practicing Cpa, Vol. 24 No. 7, September 2000, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants (Aicpa) Sep 2000

Practicing Cpa, Vol. 24 No. 7, September 2000, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants (Aicpa)

Newsletters

No abstract provided.


From Basement Operation To $80 Million, Barry Blau Sep 2000

From Basement Operation To $80 Million, Barry Blau

New England Journal of Entrepreneurship

NEJE Editors interview Barry Blau, entrepreneur from Westport, Connecticut


Factors Influencing General Practitioners In The Prescription Of Homeopathic Medicines, Russell Abratt, Julie Lanteigne Sep 2000

Factors Influencing General Practitioners In The Prescription Of Homeopathic Medicines, Russell Abratt, Julie Lanteigne

HCBE Faculty Articles

This study examines the factors influencing general practitioners' prescription behaviour. It differs from previous studies in that the subject is homeopathic medicines and not pharmaceutical drugs. The literature indicates very particular behaviour patterns of doctors prescription behaviour. The present study provides evidence which contradicts the previous studies. There is thus evidence that what applies to the prescription of ethical pharmaceutical drugs does not apply to the prescription of alternative homeopathic medicines. It follows that marketing practices for alternative medicines should differ from those used by pharmaceutical companies.


현대백화점의 고객만족경영에 관한 사례연구, Suk Baum Pahng, Cheol Seon Lee Sep 2000

현대백화점의 고객만족경영에 관한 사례연구, Suk Baum Pahng, Cheol Seon Lee

Asia Marketing Journal

No abstract provided.