Ask a successful entrepreneur what question they are most often asked at a dinner party, and they'll most likely tell you that people want to know how to decide if their business idea is one that can be the basis for a successful business?
In the latest report from the Georgia Tech Financial Analysis Lab, located in the College of Management, Professor Charles Mulford warns of increased tax payment risks to capital-intensive companies. He identifies companies that may be facing increased taxes from a reduction in capital spending that may arise from the slowing economy.
The recent severe downturn in the stock market may further reduce stock ownership by African American and other minority investors, new research suggests. Minorities, who had long trailed whites in stock ownership had begun to catch up between 1992 and 2001. But a new study found that those gains largely disappeared around the time of the major stock market downturn in 2002.
Nationally recognized UC San Diego macroeconomist Valerie A. Ramey has offered objective analysis on the major issue dividing Democrats and Republicans on how best to get the economy moving again. Her estimates show that a $1 increase in government spending raises GDP by about $1.40.
How do accountants and tax people consider the pennies sitting in those take a penny, leave a penny jars on store counters? If they wind up in the till, they're taxable income, says Cristi Gleason, an accounting professor at the University of Iowa's Tippie College of Business.
Stacey VanWaldick worked with the Syracuse University Community Test Kitchen (COMTEK), located in Syracuse University's South Side Innovation Center (SSIC) on South Salina Street in Syracuse, to turn her dream of making jewelry from chocolate into reality. Today, she is founder and sole proprietress of Promise Me Chocolate, which sells premium artisan chocolate gems, rings, and bonbons crafted from custom molds and using only the finest chocolate and fillings by Meyers Chocolates of Oneida, New York.
The typical American consumer is accustomed to unwrapping a hamburger from their favorite fast food establishment and finding "the works": lettuce, tomatoes, pickles and a few packets of ketchup on the side. However, according to John Stanton, Ph.D., chair of food marketing at Saint Joseph's University in Philadelphia, the "frills" that come with fast food or restaurant meals could become a thing of the past.
Super Bowl ads are a good buy at $3 million for 30 seconds, says marketing professor John Antil. General Motors and FedEx have chosen not to advertise this year, and that could cost them.
UC Berkeley marketing professors find that even when gamblers predetermine a spending budget, all bets are off after the first loss.
A study by University of Iowa finance professor Ashish Tiwari suggests that mutual fund performance could be improved if managers were allowed to collect performance-based performances, something restricted under current federal law.
In addition to spending $825 billion on an economic stimulus package, President A A finance professor at The University of Alabama in Huntsville said President Obama and the new Congress should consider "importing" taxpayers as a quick, low-cost way to boost the economy.
Despite the general perception that biomedical research funding decisions are apolitical, Congressional members steer billions of dollars in research money from the National Institute of Health (NIH) to researchers and institutions in their home states, according to a University of California, Berkeley study.
Those fortunate enough to have held onto their jobs during the economic downturn may experience Post Downsizing Stress Syndrome, a psychological response to a combination of widespread layoffs and high levels of job stress, according to a business professor at the University of New Hampshire.
As resources become tighter, managers in the retail service sector are searching for ways to be more efficient and one place they should look is their hiring practices. University of South Carolina study provides hard evidence that hiring better people contributes to better store effectiveness in terms of store sales figures.
The nation has been mesmerized by the miraculous outcome of U.S. Airways Flight 1549. According to a decision sciences professor, the split-second decisions made by the pilot and other rescuers that resulted in no loss of life after the plane ditched in the Hudson River provide a critical lesson to top management at companies and organizations everywhere.
A University of Alberta study shows that the Structural Adjustment Program that was implemented in developing countries has changed the relationship between foreign mining companies and the communities they in which they mine, at times resulting in strife.
A University of Utah study indicates the U.S. bankruptcy system has a silver lining: it works. The study found 80 percent of fundamentally sound firms emerge with most of their assets, compared with 37 percent of firms with bad business models. The study suggests Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization may be better for U.S. automakers than a federal bailout.
A Babson College team of students, faculty and staff are spending winter break in Ghana teaching entrepreneurship and business to high school students and adult learners.
The Wall Street Journal reports U.S. retailers are already cutting prices on early spring merchandise in order to move inventory out the door. New research from the University of California, Berkeley's Haas School of Business shows that retailers can forecast demand more accurately when manufacturers offer a variety of rebate/return incentives upfront.
A University of Mississippi pharmacy graduate, who gained national attention by predicting the 2004 flu vaccine shortage two years before it hit, is running his own successful business, with international implications in pharmacy pricing. Medical Marketing Economics, which deals with research and pricing strategies in the pharmaceutical industry, is enjoying phenomenal growth from its headquarters in Oxford, Miss.
The Baldrige Criteria for Performance Excellence"”described by one industry CEO as "probably the single most influential document in the modern history of American business""”have now been updated.
The Rosenberg Center Franchise 50 Index weathered the brutal correction under way in the financial markets far better than the S&P 500 in the third quarter of 2008, dipping a mere .4 percent compared with a 9 percent drop in the S&P 500. Buffalo Wild Wings led the Franchise 50 Index with a 62.3 percent increase in market value.
A division of the bond trading firm Cantor Fitzgerald has announced a plan to start a real-money movie box office futures exchange. The University of Iowa's Iowa Electronic Markets has been operating a similar real-money box office market since 1995, and its coordinator thinks traders on Cantor's proposed market will have their work cut out in finding a way to make money.
Weekly YouTube videos posted by President-elect Obama are missing their mark if change is the goal according to Jackson Nickerson, a professor at Washington University in St. Louis. Nickerson, a professor of organization and strategy at the Olin Business School, has developed a set of web-based techniques that allow executives to lead and accelerate change within their organizations.
Burger King's marketing campaign of a new men's fragrance "Flame" that has a partially clad "King" looking seductively while laying on a fur rug in front of a fireplace may be a bit on the creepy side but it shows that the hamburger chain is at the forefront of viral marketing, according to a University of New Hampshire communication professor.
Should U.S. taxpayers' dollars be used to bailout General Motors, Ford and Chrysler (80.1 percent owned by Cerberus Capital Management, a private equity firm)? My answer is NO. The bankruptcy system (Chapter 11) administered by the courts is designed to preside over financial situations like those being experienced by these auto makers. Let the bankruptcy courts handle the reorganization, not the politicians.
Indiana University Kelley School of Business faculty members are available to comment on Tuesday's reduction of the benchmark federal funds rate to historic low levels.
The impact of a Big-3 bankruptcy and restructuring would be severe, but frequently-quoted job loss figures are misleading and overstated, according to a new projection by the University of Maryland's Inforum economic research unit. In the worse case scenario, peak job dislocation from restructuring would be half of the 3 million commonly cited in the media.
Congress's failure to pass a $14 billion emergency bailout proposal for the U.S. auto industry could mean the end of manufacturing in America, according to Dr. Kenneth Ragsdell, a professor of engineering management at Missouri University of Science and Technology who has worked with U.S. and foreign car companies for 40 years.
In tough economic times, Massachusetts women CEOs rely on solid business basics and strong leadership skills to steer their companies through turbulent times, a new survey by The Center for Women's Leadership at Babson College in collaboration with The Commonwealth Institute has found.
Five unusual practices that organizations can employ to maximize employee effectiveness.
Terry Baker, associate professor of accounting at Wake Forest, asked graduate students in his class, "Accounting for Derivatives," to examine the 1998 collapse of the hedge fund, Long-Term Capital Management (LTCM). As they prepare to embark on careers in finance and accounting, the students gained valuable insight into the lessons learned, and especially those not learned.
The fallout on the Big Three's proposed bailout will have immediate and lasting implications for Michigan and the nation. The University of Michigan has experts who can lend insights on these issues.
Some 10 million Americas borrow money through payday loans each year, and payday lenders now have more storefronts than McDonald's and Starbucks combined. New research by Vanderbilt Law School Assistant Professor Paige Marta Skiba found payday loan applicants who received the quick cash after their first application were significantly more likely to file for Chapter 13 bankruptcy than those whose initial application was denied.
"The unrelenting, month-by-month loss of American jobs throughout 2008 provides a revealing snapshot of our path into this recession," says University of Maryland economist Peter Morici, who predicted the recession early on "“ late last year when holiday sales proved disappointing. He expects the trend to continue this Friday when November figures come out.
A 199-year-old economic theory may provide the theoretical framework needed to "” for the first time "” effectively align strategic personnel policies with organization and management strategies, according to new research from The University of Alabama in Huntsville.
Christmas holiday sales online are expected to total about $32 billion this year. Online shoppers need to be as savvy about safety while shopping as their "bricks and mortar" counterparts are. Indiana University School of Law-Indianapolis Professor James P. Nehf offers this "Top Five Ways to Safely Shop Online" list.
Widespread layoffs that stem corporate financial losses but leave workers out in the cold would deepen the looming recession that sparked them, a University of Illinois labor expert warns.
Auto industry rescue plan or not, Michigan's economy will continue to be stuck in reverse, say University of Michigan economists.
Nearly 1.7 million Canadian consumers were victims of identity fraud in the past year, a survey conducted by researchers at the DeGroote School of Business at McMaster University has found. Victims spent more than 20 million hours and more than $150 million of their own money to resolve the fraud.
Creighton University Economics Professor Ernie Goss says a bailout won't help ailing American auto companies General Motors or Chrysler.
Ludwig Bstieler, associate professor of marketing at the University of New Hampshire Whittemore School of Business and Economics, is available to discuss the return of layaway programs, a popular method of purchasing created during the Great Depression.
With more companies struggling during the economic downturn, employees may be more prone to blame someone else for problems they have caused, according to a management professor who studies behavior in the workplace.
The profitability gap between companies that compete on the basis of innovative products or processes and firms that compete with a low-price advantage has more than doubled over the past three years, a new survey of Georgia manufacturers has found.
As 2008 draws to an end, economists at Indiana University and its Kelley School of Business hope that the nation and Indiana can escape 2009 with only a moderate recession -- similar in severity to those in 1990 and in 2001.
As credit markets have tightened, the issue of credit scores has been in the news. And for many people, credit scores measure more than creditworthiness "“ they represent whether someone is trustworthy and responsible in other aspects of their lives. In essence, a credit score reflects personal morality, according to Josh Lauer, assistant professor of communication at the University of New Hampshire.
Increasing the tax on capital gains is not the way to go, says a finance professor at Rowan University, who explains why in detail.
Google and a group of publishers announce a $125 million settlement of the publishers' suit, which sought compensation for Google's digitization of copyrighted material without permission of the authors.
The USC Marshall School of Business Center for Global Innovation announced today a new study that shows that nations can be ranked on innovativeness based on the time it takes for new products to take off.
Based on past elections and economic factors, two professors at the University of Oregon predict that Senator Barack Obama will win the presidential election by a 52 to 48 margin. State income levels will tell the story.
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