This paper explores the determinants of preference for contingent employment using a national probability sample of temporary workers and independent contractors. A multi-level model of preference and multivariate analyses indicate that the opportunity cost of contract work, number of job opportunities, prior experience, human and financial capital, access to health...
This paper examines the investment decision problem of a group whose members have heterogeneous time preferences. In particular, they have different discount factors for utility, possibly not exponential. It characterizes the properties of efficient allocations of resources and of shadow prices that would decentralize such allocations. The paper shows in...
This paper shows how surveys can be used to generate a measure of the amount of information and/or heterogeneity of preferences within a market. This measure can be employed as a regressor in empirical work where variance in the dependent variable (e.g., auction prices, retail price dispersion, or investment choices...
The brain is the fount of the preferences - and a person's preferences cause to develop and act differently from each other. These preferences dominate the behaviour, the effectiveness and efficiency at work and influence literally every area of the person's activity. Understanding how the preferences shape the decisions one...
Analysis of survey results from 21 large organizations in the last seven years shows employees' preferred use of electronic channels may vary from commonly believed assumptions. As additional electronic choices become available, preference for electronic channels overall increases; the new electronic options do not replace other existing electronic channels in...
This paper examines how citizens form preferences about compliance with international agreements. The paper argues that compliance creates domestic winners and losers through two channels, adjustment and reputation. It then shows that the preferences of citizens vary systematically with their exposure to the adjustment costs and reputation benefits of compliance....
The developments have created an increased interest among companies in developing formalized Enterprise Risk Management ERM policies. Implicit in such an ERM policy is some statement of acceptable and unacceptable tradeoffs, or risk preferences. Since risk preferences will be a central part of the ERM policy, they should be explicitly...
Generation Y consumers want vehicles that stand out and reflect their individuality. This was among the findings of a new study documented in this paper that examines the automotive preferences of young adults - the car buyers of today and tomorrow - as well as the factors that influence their...
This study explores some of the less cyclical characteristics of the office investment market. Offices comprise more than one-third of investable commercial real estate by value among the major property types. Private institutional investors allocate about this proportion of offices to their real estate portfolios, but REITs own a somewhat...
As the apparel market becomes progressively more competitive and market driven, manufacturing firms must cultivate the ability to design and develop products responsive to the changing wants and needs of their customers. Product attribute analysis of consumer purchases provides insight into product preferences and changing preferences over time. This study...
This paper describes experiments comparing traditional computer administered stated preference with virtual experience stated preference to ascertain how people value stopped delay compared with stop-and-go or free-flow traffic. The virtual experience stated preference experiments were conducted using a wrap around driving simulator. The two methods produced two different results, with...
A preference or preferential transfer under Section 547b of the federal bankruptcy code is: A payment or transfer of an interest in property received by a creditor within a defined period prior to the payor debtor filing bankruptcy. The purpose of the law is to discourage disparate treatment of creditors...
"There has been a great deal of interest in recent months among direct marketers to incorporate online technology into their marketing programs--particularly for fulfillment purposes. Effective direct marketers pay close attention to their customers' communications preferences and develop a plan accordingly. Marketers that use both an offline and...
Many models of capital market equilibrium are derived from assumptions about the preferences of a so-called representative investor. In essence, security prices are assumed to be set in a manner that would lead to the equality of demand and supply if every investor had such preferences. Some approaches simply assume...
Ascendant Consulting works with such clients as Kodak and ITT Industries on better focusing business efforts. Managing Director David Fields is currently working on a book about how top CEOs have turned major problems into winning situations. We chatted about what companies can do to fortify their positions and decision-making....
FOOD AND BEVERAGE CLOSE-UP-8 June 2009-Qponix Unveils Combo WidgetC2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com Qponix launched its widget-based network that connects brands, promotions and coupons directly with consumers as they shop online. The new solution offers retailers and manufacturers the opportunity to engage consumers more directly during...
[ILLUSTRATIONS OMITTED] The carbine turned out to be the ace weapon of this war ... It was light and handy, powerful, and reasonably accurate ... The cartridge was powerful enough to penetrate several thicknesses of helmet and to perforate the plates of the Japanese bullet proof vests ......
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] FROM GREG LIGHTFOOT Here is a knife where form and function fuse together perfectly. With a blade length of 4-1/8" and an overall length of 9". the Woodsman is a knife any outdoorsman would treasure. The blade has a coating of DuraTech 20V which...
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The EAA Elite Match has earned a reputation for being an affordable giant killer on the match circuit. Produced in the Tanfoglio custom shop, the Match incorporates many features of Tanfoglio's competition guns but morphed into a streamlined, no nonsense practical pistol. The Match serves equally...
Q: The article on the Ruger Charger in the September issue by John Taffin was very good until he stated the Charger comes without sights. That is my reason for not getting one. If they were to put peep sights on the little Ruger, sales would go out...
