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Collusive Bidding In The Fcc Spectrum Auctions, Peter Cramton, Jesse Schwartz

Jesse A. Schwartz

This paper describes the bid signaling that occurred in many of the FCC spectrum auctions. Bidders in these auctions bid on numerous spectrum licenses simultaneously, with bidding remaining open on all licenses until no bidder is willing to raise the bid on any license. Simultaneous open bidding allows bidders to send messages to their rivals, telling them on which licenses to bid and which to avoid. This “code bidding” occurs when one bidder tags the last few digits of its bid with the market number of a related license. We examine how extensively bidders signaled each other with retaliating bids …

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Technical Communicators Beware: The Next Generation Of High-Tech Recruiting Methods, Roger Munger

Roger Munger

This article presents an overview of how the internet has changed the way employers advertise vacancies and the way technical communicators search and apply for these openings. First, I explore the evolution of how employers have used the internet as a tool for identifying the best candidate for the job. Next, I review seven specific online recruiting strategies used by employers today. Finally, I describe major mistakes made by online job seekers and offer advice on how best to avoid or minimize these blunders. Included is a list of useful job search resources for technical communicators.

The Existence Of Gender-Specific Promotion Standards In The U.S., Kathy Paulson Gjerde

Kathy A. Paulson Gjerde

This paper is motivated by the claim that promotion probabilities are lower for women than men. Using data from the 1984 and 1989 National Longitudinal Youth Surveys, this paper tests this claim and two related hypotheses concerning training and ability. It is found that females are less likely to be promoted than males, and females receive less training than males. The relationship between promotion and gender varies across occupations, however, suggesting that the alleged glass ceiling faced by women and other minorities in the workplace is not uniform across all labor markets.

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Mergers And Acquisitions - The Directors' View, Mark E. Pickering

Mark E Pickering

Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) can be an extremely valuable tool to transform organisations and to accelerate growth strategies. However, poorly conceived and implemented acquisitions can result in significant distraction, substantial financial write-offs and, in extreme cases, put the acquirer’s future in jeopardy. Directors play an important role in the M&A decision process and should delve into key components of proposed acquisitions to improve M&A outcomes.

Clean Break - Divestitures And Demergers, Mark E. Pickering

Mark E Pickering

Over recent years there have been some high profile demergers and divestments with this trend likely to continue. Implementing a demerger requires significant effort and resources with the tasks required dependent on the mode of divestment and the current integration across businesses. There are actions management can take to smooth what can be a very disruptive process.

Collapse Of Accounting: Causes And Cures, Shyam Sunder

Shyam Sunder

No abstract provided.

Collapse Of Accounting: Causes And Cures, Shyam Sunder

Shyam Sunder

No abstract provided.

Nigeria’S Transformation Agenda: The Management And Leadership Challenges, Prof Ben C Osisioma

Prof Ben Chuka Osisioma

Nigeria’s President won the 2011 Federal Government elections on the grounds well of popular support, and the promise of a transformation agenda. Transformation is a strong word that portends a radical, structural and fundamental reappraisal of the basic assumptions that underlie our reforms and developmental efforts. The challenge before government is how to move the nation away from an oil-dominated economy, institute the basics for a private-sector driven economy, build the local economy on international best practices, transform a passive oil industry to a more proactive one, and restructure the country along the lines of a more decentralized federalism. But …

A Coverage Model For Topology Design In Wireless Mesh Networks, Kevin P. Scheibe

Kevin P. Scheibe

During the last five years, mesh networks have emerged as a promising new technology for fixed wireless radio data networks. Mesh networks differ from traditional wireless radio networks in that customer nodes serve as part of the network backbone by relaying messages from other customers. However, given the high frequency of mesh radio transmitters necessary to provide sufficient data rates, these systems operate by line-of-sight. Thus, the ability to connect random subscriber locations is a major issue. While a few companies have developed systems using mesh technology, all algorithms for topology design appear to be proprietary leaving little if anything …

Irish Civil Service: Progress To Date, Patrick Butler

Patrick Butler

No abstract provided.

Attribute-Based Differentiation Of Alternatives, Jeffrey Keisler

Jeffrey Keisler

An intermediate step is introduced to the decision dialogue process for decision analysis. Alternatives are refined after they have been generated within a strategy table but before they are subject to more detailed evaluation. Two or more judges create a subjective mapping from alternatives to attributes that will later be mapped to criteria. In strategy tables, each of the alternative strategies consists of a coherent set of choices made across several decisions that are to be coordinated. These strategic alternatives are modified so as to increase their differentiation in the attribute space, rather than in the decision space alone. When …

A Fitting Strategy, Carol Gill

Carol Gill

Take advantage of the tools available to check the fit between HRM and business strategy

Real-Time Management: Unternehmen In Der Vernetzten Wirtschaft, Hubert Oesterle

Hubert Oesterle

No abstract provided.

Community Participation In Tourism Development: A Social Representations Approach, William Feighery

William Feighery

No abstract provided.

(Dis)United Nation: Representing England Through Tourism Discourse, William Feighery

William Feighery

No abstract provided.

Methode Zur Entwicklung Von Prozessportalen, Rainer Alt, Marc A. Caesar, Florian Leser, Thomas Puschmann, Christian Reichmayr, Hubert Oesterle

Hubert Oesterle

No abstract provided.

An Analysis Of Auction Volume And Market Competition For The Coastal Forest Regions In British Columbia, Peter Cramton, Susan Athey, Allan Ingraham

Peter Cramton

US-Canada Softwood Lumber Trade Dispute, On behalf of British Columbia Ministry of Forests.

Reserve Prices, Stumpage Fees, And Efficiency, Peter Cramton, Susan Athey, Allan Ingraham

Peter Cramton

US-Canada Softwood Lumber Trade Dispute, On behalf of British Columbia Ministry of Forests.

Setting The Upset Price In British Columbia Timber Auctions, Peter Cramton, Susan Athey, Allan Ingraham

Peter Cramton

US-Canada Softwood Lumber Trade Dispute, On behalf of British Columbia Ministry of Forests.

The National Action Learning Programme: An Experiment In Learning For Business Development, Patrick Butler

Patrick Butler

No abstract provided.

The National Action Learning Programme: Management Development In Ireland, Patrick Butler

Patrick Butler

No abstract provided.

Irish Experiences In Management Development: The National Action Learning Programme, Patrick Butler

Patrick Butler

No abstract provided.

Keynes's Treatise: Aggregate Price Theory For Modern Analysis?, Max Gillman

Max Gillman

No abstract provided.

Collapse Of Accounting: Causes And Cures., Shyam Sunder

Shyam Sunder

No abstract provided.

Structue Of Organizations For Production Of Public And Private Goods, Shyam Sunder

Shyam Sunder

No abstract provided.

Unions, Bargaining And Strikes, Peter Cramton, Joseph Tracy

Peter Cramton

Labor disputes are an intriguing feature of the landscape of industrialized economies. Economists have had a long-standing interest in formulating a framework for understanding and analyzing labor disputes. The development of noncooperative bargaining theory provided the tools for a theory of collective bargaining and labor disputes. A general aim of this theoretical development is to inform policy makers of the efficiency and equity effects associated with different labor laws and institutions that govern and shape the collective bargaining process. While this new literature is still evolving, it can already offer many insights into the interplay between policy and the bargaining …

Regional Technology Assets And Opportunities: The Geographic Clustering Of High-Tech Industry, Science And Innovation In Appalachia, Edward Feser, Harvey Goldstein, Henry Renski, Catherine Renault

Edward J Feser

This study constitutes a systematic location analysis of the technology assets of Appalachia. The report identifies and documents sub-regional concentrations of technology-related employment, R&D, and applied innovation within and immediately adjacent to the 406-county service area of the Appalachian Regional Commission. By assembling and analyzing an extensive set of data at high levels of functional and spatial detail, the study reveals localized technology strengths that might be nurtured through focused economic development policy.

An Investigation Of Personal Learning In Mentoring Relationships: Content, Antecedents, And Consequences, Terri Scandura, Melanie Lankau

Terri A. Scandura

No abstract provided.

Hrm As Chameleon: Is Soft Hrm Rhetoric Used To Disguise An Increase In Managment Control?, Carol Gill

Carol Gill

The Critical Perspective proposes that HRM is ineffective, suggesting that only a name change differentiates HRM and its precursor Personnel. Simultaneously, it presents HRM as a predator that uses rhetoric to disguise an increase in management control. This research examines these propositions from the Critical Perspective through a survey sent to Human Resource Managers in 896 large, Australian organizations. The results challenge the propositions of the Critical Perspective indicating that HRM has been implemented in rhetoric and reality. The results also show that HRM does not manipulate the workforce to increase management control by using soft rhetoric to obscure hard …