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University of Arkansas, Fayetteville

Inquiry: The University of Arkansas Undergraduate Research Journal

2004

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Musical Copyright Infringement And Policy Implementation At Higher Education Institutions, Henry Haruaki Wendel Jan 2004

Musical Copyright Infringement And Policy Implementation At Higher Education Institutions, Henry Haruaki Wendel

Inquiry: The University of Arkansas Undergraduate Research Journal

Copyright infringement through campus networks has become an increasingly troubling problem for higher education institutions across the nation for two reasons. First, the network infrastructure is being abused to the extent that high percentages of the traffic to and from the university are of illegal material. Second, much of these materials are illegal, so administrators must follow procedures and implement policies, which will identify the university when a member of the university violates the law. Throughout the nation, university administrators are taking different approaches to combat this new issue on campuses. In this study, the policies of the one hundred …


Does The Adoption Of "Economic Value Added" Improve Corporate Performance?, Matthew Louis Bell Jan 2004

Does The Adoption Of "Economic Value Added" Improve Corporate Performance?, Matthew Louis Bell

Inquiry: The University of Arkansas Undergraduate Research Journal

Determining how to properly measure corporate performance is one of the most important problems in contemporary corporate finance. Without a sound mechanism to evaluate managerial performance, a corporation's management has no adequate standard to be judged by. This can destroy the firm's value very quickly through poor managerial decisions. For this reason, managers need to be evaluated and compensated based on a performance measure that truly demonstrates the changes in a company's value. The interests of executives and shareholders do not always coincide, as can be seen through many of the current corporate scandals. Thus, it is almost universally argued …