WORDS, like currency, are easily debased. They lose their value when used out of context, invoked as a talisman or, without attention to their precise meaning, pressed into…
Uric Dufrene, Frank H. Wadsworth, Chris Bjornson and Eldon Little
Criticizes the attitude of separatism used in evaluating management performance. Asserts that looking at narrow functional areas does not provide a holistic picture of an…
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Criticizes the attitude of separatism used in evaluating management performance. Asserts that looking at narrow functional areas does not provide a holistic picture of an organization, for example, production may reduce its costs by using inferior quality materials but marketing and sales may not be able to sell the product so their performance declines. Suggests that some organizations suffer from conflict between functional areas because they are evaluated on the outcomes from activities they control, affecting overall organizational performance. Indicates that asset investment decisions should be based on the interdependent relationship between accounting, finance and marketing departments, and that this can best be achieved if a cross‐functional team makes the asset investment decisions. Points out the inherent difficulties in evaluating intangible assets. Focuses on advertising and research and development (R&D) and how investments could be evaluated using functional and cross‐functional teams, based on financial data (on 126 firms) accessed from the Compustat PC Plus database. Takes a look at economic value‐added, which questions the differences between the accounting and economic models of a firm. Uses regression analysis to examine the impact of advertising, R&D and other explanatory variables on market value, accounting profitability and sales. Finds support for using cross‐functional teams in evaluating intangible asset investments. Recommends areas for further research.
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Morgan P. Miles and John B. White
This paper seeks to offer an alternative perspective to the quality of life (QOL) philosophy that has been embraced by the marketing discipline. It is proposed that firms which…
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This paper seeks to offer an alternative perspective to the quality of life (QOL) philosophy that has been embraced by the marketing discipline. It is proposed that firms which seek to maximize QOL may violate their responsibilities to their owners and other stakeholders.
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Morgan P. Miles, John B. White and Linda S. Munilla
Explores the adoption of strategic planning techniques by agribusiness, specifically agricultural co‐operatives. Offers implications for policy. A survey was sent to 345…
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Explores the adoption of strategic planning techniques by agribusiness, specifically agricultural co‐operatives. Offers implications for policy. A survey was sent to 345 co‐operatives listed in the US Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Cooperative Service’s Directory of Farmer Cooperatives. Co‐operatives have widely adopted many of the sophisticated strategic planning techniques such as environmental analysis, core competences and SWOT analysis.
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John B. White, Morgan P. Miles and William Levernier
The purpose of this paper is to explore how AACSB might better position itself through brand management.
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The purpose of this paper is to explore how AACSB might better position itself through brand management.
Design/methodology/approach
The paper attempts to offer suggestions on a different branding strategy for AACSB
Findings
The paper suggests that AACSB establishes different levels of accreditation, each having different standards and each having a different level of prestige. This repositioning of the AACSB brand would make the accreditation standards flexible, depending on the resources a school wanted to devote to business education, and the prestige that the school wished to achieve with accreditation.
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The paper contributes to the literature by proposing a solution that will enhance the value of AACSB accreditation to schools of different resource endowments.
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Library users expect to find an increasing array of information resources on the Web, and libraries have been using that medium. However, much of what they supply on the Web is…
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Library users expect to find an increasing array of information resources on the Web, and libraries have been using that medium. However, much of what they supply on the Web is static data such as bibliographies, pathfinders, instructions, and schedules. Providing dynamic data on the Web, especially from a relational database, can be a daunting task because HTML is a markup language that has little processing power. This paper will discuss the steps necessary to provide dynamic Web access to local databases using active server pages (ASP) technology. ASP is easier to use than other methods because it imbeds scripting statements directly into the Web page, rather than relying on separate, complicated programs. Software necessary to make it work resides on the server, and the end‐user does not have to worry about it. Several working examples will illustrate techniques for searching and displaying data from a Microsoft Access database using ASP.
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Finds that agricultural co‐operatives have not been as sophisticated in their utilization of capital budgeting as a planning and financial management tool as have traditional…
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Finds that agricultural co‐operatives have not been as sophisticated in their utilization of capital budgeting as a planning and financial management tool as have traditional corporations. Suggests that this may be due to the differences in the organizational objectives of the co‐operatives and the for‐profit corporations.
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Believes that a feature of most closed‐end automobile leases is the right to purchase the car for a specified price at the termination of the lease. This characteristic of a…
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Believes that a feature of most closed‐end automobile leases is the right to purchase the car for a specified price at the termination of the lease. This characteristic of a closed‐end autombile lease is similar to a European call option and is transferred to the lessee at no explicit charge. Develops a methodology to calculate the value of the call option feature embedded in closed‐end automobile leases. Concludes that the rational lessee should lease autos that generate low option values.
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When this Bill came before the House of Lords on March 30th for third reading, Lord Silkin and Lord Douglas of Barloch again voiced their opinions that, in the matter of…
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When this Bill came before the House of Lords on March 30th for third reading, Lord Silkin and Lord Douglas of Barloch again voiced their opinions that, in the matter of labelling, the Bill, even as amended, does not go far enough in the direction of giving the public information which they ought to have when chemicals and other undesirable commodities are added to food. Thus, Lord Douglas said :
Terrance Burgess and Felicia Moore Mensah
In this chapter, we present a case study that explicates the work that two Black boys undergo to write their narratives despite the low expectations of their academic abilities…
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In this chapter, we present a case study that explicates the work that two Black boys undergo to write their narratives despite the low expectations of their academic abilities espoused by their White teacher. Orienting ourselves within a critical race theory framework, we relied upon storytelling to tell the stories of John and Seth, two young Black boys whose science interests fueled their engagement across school subjects despite the semantic deficit-oriented positioning of their academic abilities by the White teachers and staff within their school. Throughout this chapter, we center their experiences to argue that understanding the inherent underrepresentation of Black men in science-based professions requires an examination of the pivotal educational moments preceding this disparity. Rich and culturally responsive science teaching may support equity for Black boys, but John and Seth's stories illustrate that these practices alone will only perpetuate the status quo unless teachers challenge their dispositions regarding who their students are and what they are capable of. We conclude by offering suggestions for practitioners to consider when designing and implementing equitable student-centered science instruction.