Breaking research from Virginia Tech sheds an alarming light on the impact of financial stresses on worker productivity--and the big bucks employers are losing each year due to the lack of investing in personal finance education for their employees.
A new study of the nonprofit sector worldwide, conducted by Johns Hopkins University, finds it is huge and growing, the equivalent of the eighth largest economy in the world. Other surprising findings: The U.S. is not the world leader in nonprofit activity, ranking behind countries such as the Netherlands, Ireland and Israel.
Research found strong evidence that workplace financial education is extremely effective because it results in better financial wellness for workers.
The stress of personal money problems and the failure to save for retirement is taking its toll on American workers. Research shows that one-half of all workers have money problems and providing personal financial education could save billions of dollars. These findings and others will be the focus of the third national Personal Finance Employee Education (PFEE) conference which will be held in Roanoke, Va., on Nov.10 -11 at the Hotel Roanoke.
New and improved food science graduates won't be the only product coming out of the new food science complex at Purdue University. The new $28 million facility, dedicated this fall, offers opportunities for food and fiber companies that wont to augment internal research and development efforts with expanded sponsored research projects.
In the wake of international pressure, the World Bank declared itself a leading force for "environmentally sustainable development." But has the World Bank really changed the way it does business? A new book looks at the bank's performance in the wake of its own reform efforts.
Stanford Business School finance professors have developed a model that would help assess the need for disclosure regulations for financial information firms. While their work reveals that there are good reasons for regulation, they find that the regulation must be finetuned to work effectively.
The rapid globalization of securities markets has forced regulators around the world to take a hard look at their accounting standards, which vary significantly from country to country, according to a professor of accounting at Stanford Business School.
Contrary to popular perception and government statistics on corporate bankruptcies, more large public companies are filing for bankruptcy this year than in any year in history, except the "boom" years of 1990 to 1993. Data culled from a Cornell Law School professor's Bankruptcy Research Database also show that large public companies are filing for bankruptcy this year at a rate 57 percent higher than in 1997.
The only sure thing about the future of electricity in Illinois is propulsive change, according to a UI study.
Many U.S. companies face possible legal troubles and disruption of their business overseas because of a tough new European privacy law, according to a new book co-authored by an Ohio State University law professor.
Leaders at various nonprofit agencies in three North Carolina areas will be eligible for free MBA education, thanks to scholarship agreements between Wake Forest's MBA school and three United Ways. Wake Forest's Babcock Graduate School of Management hopes to turn the concept into a national initiative.
Intelligent manufacturing requires more than just intelligent machinery. That's the message from the fall meeting of industry partners who help steer the 10-year-old Center for the Management of Manufacturing Enterprises at Purdue University.
The Babson School of Executive Education in Wellesley, Mass., drawing on its expertise in entrepreneurial curriculu, will premier The Babson Program on Corporate entrepreneurship . The open-enrollment program is designed to teach senior managers principles of entrepreneurship for use within their existing businesses to help spur revenue growth and identify7 new business oportunities.
Babson College in Wellesley, Mass., announces the dedication of The Arthur M. Blank Center for Entrepreneurship, a new facility designed for the support and advancement of entrepreneurship, on Saturday, October 24, 1998 at 4:00 p.m.
In the upcoming special issue on "The Unknown Internet" of Technology Review the lead story takes the first critical look at the World Wide Web Consortium, or theW3C and its founder, Tim Berners-Lee. TR reports on "little-known" or "little-understood" aspects of how the Internet works, and how it's run and what effect it has on individual lives.
Boston College has been selected by the Social Security Administration as one of two universities in the nation to establish a research center to help set the agenda for reform of the nation's retirement system. Boston College will receive a five-year, $5.25 million grant from the Social Security Administration to establish a retirement policy research center based at BC's Carroll School of Management.
One of the first studies of its kind shows bank deregulation, as predicted, decreased small-business loans from large interstate banks. However, small banks are filling the gap, increasing small-business loans by almost 40 percent. Big banks may follow, the authors say. The bottom line: there appears to be a plentiful supply of loans for small businesses.
Recent laws that can invoke penalties on nonprofit organizations for spending too much on executive salaries may actually impede an organization's ability to perform its mission, according to new study.
Chief executives' confidence in the nation's economy plummeted to its lowest reading in more than seven years in the third quarter of 1998, The Conference Board reports today.
There's an old rule: Where business goes, the law is sure to follow. The law should start catching up with the travel industry. The global travel industry is the fastest growing industry in the world but it is a neglected legal specialty in the US.
Choosing the right MBA program can be a lot like looking for a soul mate: there are a lot of attractive candidates, but it's critical for individuals to find the right match, says a University of Illinois at Chicago business school official.
Ohio State's Fisher College of Business dedicated the first two buildings Oct. 20 and 21 in what will be a new six-building, $120 million complex. The new complex will help the Fisher College become one of the few fully integrated business campuses in the country.
The scariest part of Halloween is finding Christmas decorations on department store shelves, says a Ball State University retail analyst.
Contrary to media reports and the perceptions of some medical students and even a few medical school advisors, practice opportunities for anesthesiologists are excellent, Norig Ellison, M.D., past president of the American Society of Anesthesiologists said at the society's annual meeting.
Nuclear energy's value in meeting climate change goals is increasingly being recognized due to the convergence of key energy and environmental imperatives.
Experts from industry, government, environmental groups and the research community will meet in McLean, Va., in December for a four-day international conference on air quality.
While you won't live forever, maybe you can do something about those taxes. "As people start to look at the end of their lives, they get the feeling that they want to have made some impact in living," says John Hatcher, Purdue University assistant professor of management. "My advice to them is: 'Give while you live.'"
Economic study of more than 46,000 employees finds stress and depression have the greatest impact on worker health care costs. These risk factors increased health care costs more than obesity, smoking or high blood pressure.
A Distinguished Research Scientist with Glaxo Wellcome Inc. and the inventor of combinatorial chemistry--a technique for rapidly creating and testing vast `libraries' of chemical compounds--will serve as honorary chairperson for an Oct. 22-23 conference at the University of Delaware.
Senior executives expect their companies to be significantly hit over the next year by the global economic crisis, according to a poll of top human resources executives released today by The Conference Board.
To honor the late Jean McKelvey, the first faculty member of Cornell University's School of Industrial and Labor Relations and the first woman to serve as president of the National Academy of Arbitrators, the United Auto Workers (UAW) awarded her posthumously the UAW Social Justice Award at their convention in June.
Employers should take heart, says Baylor University management professor Dr. Joe Cox. The average Generation Y worker could turn out to be a keeper, he predicts.
Nearly twice as many people with degrees in science and engineering (S&E) fields were employed in non-S&E occupations as were employed in S&E jobs in 1995, according to data collected by the National Science Foundation.
The William E. Simon Graduate School of Business Administration has announced the launch of the country's first M.B.A. brand management specialization.
In an effort to educate a new generation of health care leaders expert in both the medical and economic aspects of health care, the University of Rochester has announced its intention to establish an M.D./M.B.A. program.
A pig production operation is easier on the nose and the surrounding environment, thanks to timely assistance from researchers at the University of North Dakota Energy & Environmental Research Center (EERC).
Walton Family Charitable Support Foundation makes largest gift ever to a college of business administration: $50 million to the University of Arkansas.
Survey by UGA Professor shows that the job market has improved for mass communications and journalism graduates.
The Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (AHCPR) is presenting the Fourth National User Group Meeting for users of CAHPS (Consumer Assessment of Health Plans Study) October 14-16, 1998, at the Omni Inner Harbor Hotel, Baltimore, MD.
Outside company directors enjoyed an 11% increase in median total compensation this year, largely because companies are increasingly offering stock as well as basic pay, according to an advance report released today by The Conference Board.
What goes up comes down. After years of extraordinary growth sparked by the rising stock market, Illinois faces diminished tax revenues if the New York Stock Exchange continues its recent skid, a University of Illinois economist says.
Processing wrinkle-free and dye-colored cotton fabric with formaldehyde-free chemicals in one step -- saving money and reducing environmental hazards -- is potentially in the grasp of industry as a result of experiments at the University of Illinois.
The push by airlines to team up in global route alliances, which has raised the specter of higher fares in government circles, may be overall good news for consumers, according to a University of Illinois economist.
In the Oct. 12, 1998 issue of Applied Physics Letters, online Oct. 7, University of Delaware researchers--with scientists at the Naval Research Laboratory and Raytheon Systems Co.--describe the first tunnel diode that is compatible with a silicon integrated circuit process." The diodes may help chip makers boost silicon's speed while further shrinking chips.
A University of Iowa College of Law professor, has been asked to present his research on the status of the Americans with Disabilities Act to a U.S. House of Representatives subcommittee at its first major inquiry on the ADA in Washington D.C., Monday, Oct. 5.
On Nov. 2, 1998, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear a landmark bankruptcy case that may change the way small businesses recover after filing bankruptcy. To explain this complex case to the public, a University of Missouri-Columbia law school professor has established a web site for educators, students, the media, business owners and a general audience to use as a resource to help them comprehend the 203 N. LaSalle St. case.
"With Congress and the White House poised to enact a new law expanding the number of H1-B visas granted over the next 3 years, the bill will achieve little with respect to the fundamental problem of attracting enough young people to pursue careers in engineering," says American Association of Engineering Societies (AAES) Chair Martha Sloan.
A new study suggests that MBA students have clear ideas of which tactics are ethically proper and improper in the course of business negotiations. But the students' views are shaped by their gender, nationality, age, work experience, and other factors.
Despite an erratic stock market, political scandals at home and financial crises abroad, Orange County residents remain strongly optimistic about the nation's economic future, according to UC Irvine's 1998 Orange County Annual Survey.
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