If you are what you eat, do you eat whatever's before you? Apparently so, at least when it comes to snack foods where size has become a major ingredient in marketing.
Global corporations are shrinking and reorganizing their headquarters operations to stay in front of the competition, according to a new report released by the Conference Board.
The European Monetary Union will increase price discipline among Union members, leading to wage moderation and a reduction of wage differentials among countries, according to a new report released today by The Conference Board.
St. John's University's 34th business conference, Global Competitiveness in the 21st Century, will be held Apr. 7, 1999, from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the New York Hilton in Manhattan.
New research at Ohio State suggests that businesses and others who write rejection letters are better off delivering the bad news up front rather than placing it lower in the letter.
The 12th Annual Burton D. Morgan Entrepreneurial Competition at Purdue University will pit student entrepreneurs against each other for a $20,000 first prize and the chance to get their business off the ground.
Credibility of the source is the most important factor when organizations select and distribute wellness materials to their employees, a survey conducted by Mayo Clinic HealthQuest reveals.
A new study by a Brigham Young University researcher reported in the current issue of the Harvard Business Review reveals that one out of four workers who completes an international assignment returns home only to leave and join a competing firm.
More than 400 securities firms will work with the securities markets and utilities to test, starting in early March, a full trading and settlement cycle using computers converted to simulate five days between 1999's end and 2000's beginning.
International business students represent real companies in new foreign markets. Generated $10 million in real sales in last two years. Expanding statewide (FL) other colleges want to take part.
While overt discrimination against female professors has diminished in U.S. colleges and universities, subtle forms of bias persist in promotion and tenure, causing a persistent gap in the proportion of male and female faculty members who reach senior rank, according to a University of Illinois study.
The Cornell University Work and Environment Initiative and the Town of Londonderry, N.H are conducting a national design competition for a site design of an eco-industrial park and its 25,000-square-foot flexible industrial building.
"My client's brother was about to commit suicide because of his financial troubles. That's what made me realize that my clients are real people dealing with serious issues and confirmed for me that I'm on the right career path," said Trisha Yancy, a consumer and family economics student at the University of Missouri-Columbia working as a phone counselor for the Consumer Credit Counseling Service Calling Center in Columbia, Mo.
The Terry College of Business has the most productive researchers in one of the hottest careers in business ñ management information systems. The MIS faculty at the University of Georgia ranked first in research productivity, according to an analysis of the two leading MIS research journals.
At Exhibitor Show 99, February 15, Research Triangle Institute (RTI) will debut virtual humans who perform as sales staff in trade show booths. This new product is an interactive kiosk that provides electronic staffing for tradeshows and other promotional events.
Corporations spend a lot of money on leadership training for their executives and middle managers, and University of Illinois research has proven the benefits.
Uneven growth is forecast for the Illinois economy in 1999, University of Illinois economists say in their annual outlook.
Advanced practice nurses are taking on new roles that put them on the front line of primary and preventative health care. Financial beneficiaries of the nurse-practitioner trend include the health care organization, and indirectly, consumers.
Before you get your sweetheart's name tattooed you-know-where this Valentine's Day, heed the studies of a University of Arkansas researcher who says you may be succumbing to a needle-friendly social fad.
Americans' preoccupation with present day concerns will always overshadow their need to save adequately or plan for retirement, according to an economist and visiting scholar at the Northwestern University/University of Chicago Joint Center for Poverty Research
An overwhelming majority of senior environmental, health and safety executives - nearly 80 percent - say their companies' global EH&S reputation among stakeholders will become more crucial to companies' bottom lines and future success in the next five years.
The University of Iowa announced today that it has received biotechnology patents valued at $35 million from DuPont. The gift puts Iowa at the forefront of a new trend in technology transfer in which industry donates intellectual property to universities.
A $23 million gift-in-kind announced by DuPont is the largest single donation ever received by Virginia Tech and will aid the university's researchers in developing recyclable automotive parts, low-cost aircraft parts, and composite bridge beams.
There is a significant correlation between the job satisfaction of psychiatrists and organizational commitment in a community mental-health system. That's one of the findings in a recent study which examines the high turnover in the profession.
The link between corporate citizenship activities and corporate financial performance is growing stronger, according to a report released today by the Conference Board's Global Corporate Citizenship research program.
Moviegoers these days may leave the theater with something more than a few smiles and a plot line to rehash. A Purdue University consumer behavior expert says advertising by product placement on the big screen is hotter than ever and can influence consumers without them even realizing it.
The Center for Research in Electronic Commmerce at the University of Texas at Austin today issued a report, "Research Priorities in Electronic Commerce," that examines economic and business implications of Internet- driven firms and markets, identifying areas of critical research need.
Raising the federal excise tax on cigarettes - as proposed by President Clinton - won't encourage young cigarette smokers to use marijuana instead, an economist from the University of Illinois at Chicago predicts in a new study.
For students wondering if they'll succeed in the working world, University of Virginia officials have a helpful piece of advice: UCAN. Students can gain tips on job searches, career paths or internships through the University Career Assistance Network, which offers 15,000 alumni nationwide willing to offer advice.
The Information Age is over and is being replaced by the Bio-Materials Age, says a professor at Vanderbilt University's Owen Graduate School of Management and a former telecommunications executive
Tight times in production agriculture have yet to affect job opportunities for agriculture students. A strong employment market for food, agricultural and natural resources students meant 82 percent of Purdue University's School of Agriculture May graduates had a job by October.
The Marketing Club, a student group at Cornell University's Johnson Graduate School of Management, and an associate professor of marketing at the school will meet the week after the SuperBowl to analyze the ads that aired the previous Sunday and try to decide if advertisers got their money's worth and made good marketing decisions.
An Ohio State study shows that homeowners with a high motivation to sell -- such as those who have already purchased another home -- had their houses on the market for up to 30 percent less time than other sellers, and sell their homes for about 10 to 11 percent less.
Contrary to expectations, a new Ohio State study has found that higher-income shoppers may be bigger bargain hunters for some products than are lower-income consumers.
A few of the more than 30,000 non-indigenous species in the United States cost $123 billion a year in economic losses, Cornell University ecologists estimate. Alien weeds (cost: $35.5 billion), introduced insects ($20 billion), human disease-causing organisms ($6.5 billion) and even the mongoose ($50 million ).
Fast-track, mid-level employees now can earn a combined master's degree in business management and information technology at U.Va.'s McIntire School of Commerce. This hot new program will be offered primarily over the Internet so people won't have to quit their day jobs to go back to school.
"Could stock car drivers sell hamburgers in Denver as well as Daytona?" is the question facing students in a marketing class at the University of Virginia's Darden Graduate School of Business Administration. Unlike past classes that pored over case studies in print, these students are logging onto the Internet to hone their marketing skills.
A University of Arkansas researcher and her colleague have found that when it comes to work incentives, money really does talk -- but the message depends upon the amount of cash. Their research refutes some business consultants' claims that financial incentives -- such as pay raises or bonuses -- will have no effect on employee performance.
When it comes to ethical standards, convicts and MBA students rate about even, says a Ball State University researcher.
A Q&A on the world economy in 1999 with Steve Hanke, an applied economist at The Johns Hopkins University, known for his advocacy of currency boards and his involvement last year in proposed currency reforms in Indonesia.
In a new research project at Resources for the Future (RFF), researchers are examining the extent of pollution generated by government at the federal, state, and local level. They are also looking at what happens when a government environmental agency regulates the activities of another government agency.
If you are an entrepreneur launching a small business, you are not alone. Companies with fewer than 500 employees account for 99.5 percent of all U.S. businesses and produce 50 percent of private sector output. Yet most law schools train law students to work in large, public corporations.
The bad news is 30 inches of snow has left you stranded at the airport. And there isn't any good news if you're expecting compensation for your canceled flight, says Robert M. Jarvis, professor of law at Nova Southeastern University in Fort Lauderdale.
Customers' confidence in their banks to manage potential problems associated with the year 2000 computer issue is "razor thin," according to two Vanderbilt University professors who urge banks to act aggressively to counter their customers' mistrust.
An alliance between Cornell, six other universities and a handful of professional organizations proposes to use high-tech distance learning tools to educate mediators in both Alternative Dispute Resolution, or ADR, techniques and in employment discrimination and health and safety laws.
Unethical behavior in the workplace is a fact of life today. Dishonesty is less of a problem at some colleges. Can corporations and government learn something from them? Yes, says the president of the New York Stock Exchange.
Increasingly, it takes more than a college degree to get the best jobs. New research by a Swarthmore College economist and a University of Wisconsin colleague shows that "functional literacy" separates the most successful college-educated workers from fellow graduates who take jobs for which a high school diploma used to be sufficient.
Responding to the growing need for executives able to bring sophisticated financial skills to the solution of global business problems, the Boston College Graduate School of Management has created a unique joint degree combining a globally oriented MBA program with an intensive graduate finance curriculum.
Two Johns Hopkins economists are available for comment on the Jan. 1 introduction of the euro, the European Union's new common currency.
The Texas Business School will begin testing of Office 2000 beta as part of the Microsoft Office 2000 Rapid Deployment Program. Students, staff, and faculty will put the software through the paces of typical office and educaitonal working environments.
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