16 texts on economic topics. Economy, Human Needs, Money, Human Labour, Entepreneurs, Small Business, Market, Credit System, Chinese Economy, Economic Activity, Views of the World, Management, Forecasting, Management Revolution, What is Management, Knowledge.
16 texts on economic topics. Economy, Human Needs, Money, Human Labor, Entepreneurs, Small Business, Market, Credit System, Chinese Economy, Economic Activity, Views of the World, Management, Forecasting, Management Revolution, What is Management, Knowledge.
Describes how the North Carolina Community College System (NCCCS) used a task force to begin addressing the challenges and opportunities associated with distance-learning technology. Creation of the Distance Learning Task Force; Key issues associated with distance learning which were addressed by task force's study; Suggestions for future research (34,600 characters)
Russian Accounting. Taxes. Tax Rates. Profit Tax. Value Added Tax (VAT). Unified Social Tax. Group Accident Insurance. Personal Income Tax. Property Tax. Simplified Taxation System. Penalties and Fines. Cash Payments. Tax problems in connection with the foundation of a company. Financing through shareholder loans. Loss carry forward. Start-up Cost. VAT Refund Claims. Foreign...
Focuses on the quality movement in education in the United States. Assumptions; All students can learn and succeed; educational initiatives; grades should be eliminated; Excellence as defined and actively pursued; Educational system as independent. (20,500 characters)
Antipoverty movements have generated many little or near basic income guarantee (BIG) proposals. Most theorists discussing BIG posit a full-fledged universal grant that entirely satisfies the core value guiding their theory. Debates are conducted about feasibility, desirability and rival values. This article looks into particular considerations that need to be made when...
The previous forecast of the Center for Macroeconomic Research (CMR) for 2010-2012 was prepared in August 2009 and captured generally correct dynamics of the main macroeconomic indices for the current year.
Presents an overview of the educational voucher system in the United States. how the program provides families with public funds to be used at the public or private school of their choice; How the program gives parents better control over the education that their child receives; Details of the voucher program in Cleveland, Ohio and Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (46,500 characters)
Discusses the lawsuit filed by the Campaign for Fiscal Equity (CFE) against the State of New York on the legality of the state's school finance system. History of CFE; Details on the finance system; Considerations for an effective educational system. (16,900 characters)
Presents a description of the historical method of research and demonstrates its usefulness for generating knowledge about marketing phenomena. Stages of the historical method; Analysis of long-term market share-stability. (49,600 characters)
Provides insights on labor market strategies and adult education i Europe. trends in education and training needs; Strategies and policies; Implications of adult education developments in Italy (20,500 characters)
1 Globalization (what do globalization do more harm or good? ). № 2 Brands (what is branding and why do we need brands? ). № 3 Travel (travelling as a lifestyle of every modern person; + and -). № 4 Advertising (the role of advertisements in our life; main types). № 5 Employment (how to select the best candidates — and avoid the worst? ). № 6 Trade (trade and negotiations...
States that the authors synthesize extant knowledge on the subject of market orientation and provide a foundation for the future research by clarifying the construct's domain. methods; profitability; customer focus; Coordination of marketing (63,200 characters)
Market relations in Latvian economy increasingly develop in the field of education. Education becomes a special product and people must know how to sell and how to buy it. Graduates’ ability to fit labour market requirements is an important indicator of education quality. Consequently, the education product should meet labour market requirements. Market research data show that...
Comments on Harvard Business School professor Raymond R. Burke's paper `The Virtual Store: A New Tool for Consumer Research'. Impact of point-of-purchase factors on consumer behavior; Changes in product categories; Impact of price promotions on choice. (6,000 characters)
Presents market information firms that offer beverage clients product specific category-based data. Beverage companies' reliance on market research to identify consumer buying trends, track sales and measure category growth; Efficient Market Services' New Product Tracking Service; FIND/SVP consulting and research firm; more. (6,000 characters)
Compares the different market research services offered by various providers. Alliance Research Inc. ; Barry Leeds & Associates Inc. ; Financial Shares Corp. ; The Melior Group; Meyers Research Center; Questar Data Systems; Retail Planning Associates L.P. ; Smartline; The Whittle Group Incorporated. (17,700 characters)
Opinion. Discusses the advantages and disadvantages of market research on business enterprises. Impact of results of market surveys on marketing decision of business; Ability to produce accurate results. (6,350 characters)
Marketing (the rule of 4 P-s (product, price, promotion and place) which forms the bases of market in mix; keys to successful marketing; marketing campaigns). Organisation of good working environments (people's motivation; rules of organising of good working conditions for employeers). Planning (rules of planning for successful business). Strategy (what a company should do to...
Marketing is the cornerstone discipline of some of the most successful companies in America and a discipline of growing interest to companies and nonprofit organizations throughout the world. All organizations face the problem of how to increase value for target markets that are undergoing continuously changing needs and wants. Organizations must thoughtfully define their...
Over the last decades the quantitative research based on Operations Research and Management Science (OR/MS) approaches has become one of the leading research paradigms in marketing. The aim of this article is, to give the reader of this special issue an overview of recent publications in OR/MS based marketing research. Its basis is a literature review of quantitative marketing...
Highlights a study which examined the influence of `process-focused' predictor variables associated with marketing a marriage education (ME) workshop experience on the criterion variable of participants' overall satisfaction with the workshop experience. How the study was conducted; Result of descriptive and comparisons of mean analyses; Correlation and stepwise regression...
Discusses the requirements for marketing research. Integrated Motivational Dissonance Concretization (IMDC) analytic technique; Trend towards the use of computer multivariate analysis programs; Reliance of technology on the quality of data inputs and the validity of its internal assumptions. (4,700 characters)
Presents information on computer telephony and interactive voice (IVR) strategies. Definition of computer telephony; Brief information on Interactive Voice Response (IVR); Prerequisites of IVR implementation; Integrated marketing with IVR for retailers; Retail benefits of IVR; Rules in telemarketing while using any IVR application; Purchase orders and customer service;...
I investigate the effects of differences in market context and governance arrangements on undergraduate education and separately budgeted research at both public and private universities. Public universities faced with little competition and universities that rely heavily on government subsidies relative to tuition tend to have larger undergraduate enrollments, fewer small...
Discusses the uses of scores from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) in the United States. Difference in educational resources provided by states; Adjustment of scores for demographic factors; Obtaining equitable distribution of funding; Based on report by Glen Robinson and David Brandon entitled `NAEP Test Scores: Should They Be Used to Compare and Rank...
Under what I call Near-Universal Basic Income, or NUBI, everyone receives a high level of basic income, except for the rich. NUBI is therefore only nearuniversal and it requires means-testing. It is an economic hybrid: a cross between Universal Basic Income (UBI) and conservative social relief. My thesis is that if standard considerations that are often advanced to support UBI...
Evaluates the arguments that have led relativists, social constructionists, subjectivists, and humanists to deny the possibility of objectivity in marketing research. Subjectivity of social science; Logical empiricist and historical relativist views; Linguistic relativism; paradigm incommensurability; Theories as undetermined by facts; psychology of perception; epistemically...
This book is an excellent introduction and guide to derivatives. It's also a good reference - there's enough information so that you probably won't feel you need to buy another, deeper book. The emphasis is on a description of the various products, as well as how to price them. The emphasis stays on the theory of pricing, rather than delving right down into computer algorithms,...
Argues that because of the reciprocal interrelationships between identity and image, organizational identity is better viewed as a relatively fluid and unstable concept. Overview on several studies on identity and image; Definition of identity according to Albert and Whetten; Durability of identity contained in the stability of the labels used by organization members. (61,500...
This article presents the author's comments on a work about employee ownership and the changing employment relationship. Professors Rousseau and Shperling argue that the increase in labor mobility and the changing nature of jobs have rendered traditional worker-employer relationships less effective. Specifically, seniority-based rewards have become less effective owing to the...
Details the findings of a study that used factor analysis to identify key factors specifically related to quality in higher education from the viewpoint of students. Gronroos' conceptual model of service quality; students as key consumers of institutions of higher education; Diversity of the educational experience; Ease of access and use of facilities; personalized interaction;...
Presents discussions on quality education. Details on the perspectives which emerged during the discussions; Reference of examination-oriented education; Comparison of basic education and the production of raw steel. (6,700 characters)
This paper explores the link between quality, cost and concentration. Using concentration and cost data and product quality indicators for 2,244 products in over eighty industries in 1997 and 2002 in the US, a two-stage, ordered probit, random effects estimation explores the impact of concentration and cost on quality. The results demonstrate that overall market concentration...
Article. The Journal of Marketing, Vol. 58, No. 2, 1994, pp. 45-55 Outlines a conceptual framework for analyzing differences in competitive marketing behavior of businesses in established industrial markets. Distinction between retaliatory and cooperative marketing behavior; Structural characteristics of the served markets and the cooperative positions of businesses; Models to...
Discusses six myths of market research and their corresponding realities. Determination of successful products and services; efficiency and cost-effectiveness as a management tool; Statistical and methodological tool; Neutrality in scientific process and results; closeness to customer; Way for breakthrough products and services; alternative options. (12,600 characters)
Focuses on the concept of social capital in management practices in the United States. Definition of social capital; Benefits and risks of social capital; Discussion on the contingencies of the concept. (68,700 characters)
The current crisis has triggered significant debate concerning economic theory and policy. Largely absent from this debate is an informed discussion of the methods used by economists in analyzing the economy and formulating their proposals. But method matters. Here I argue that current academic research practices need to be transformed before real insight can be achieved....
Editorial. Focuses on the future of research in marketing. nature of science as related to marketing; empirical generalizations; marketing science; Diffusion of new products; response models; strategy studies. (21,800 characters)
The topic of employee motivation plays a central role in the field of management-both practically and theoretically. Managers see motivation as an integral part of the performance equation at all levels, while organizational researchers see it as a fundamental building block in the development of useful theories of effective management practice. Indeed, the topic of motivation...
The paper examines the development of central bank policy prior to and during the recent financial crisis. The argument is made that it contained multiple failures that not only generated constraints on adequately identifying and addressing the crisis but also contributed to that crisis. Those failures are derived from a combination of theory and institutional practice....
The emergence of service offshoring places competitiveness at the centre of the discussion on international trade and business. Service competitiveness factors remain a field that is largely unexplored. This paper addresses the role of cost related factors explaining service competitiveness. It empirically tests trade performance of 15 European countries in 8 service markets in...
Reviews the development of the relativist views on truth and discusses a philosophy of science and scientific relativism that retains truth as the overriding objective of theory and research. Marketing's crisis literature; more. (58,900 characters)
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