California State University, East Bay is known for award-winning programs, expert instruction, small classes, a highly personalized learning environment, and a choice of more than 100 career-focused fields of study. There are two scenic campuses?one in the Hayward Hills overlooking San Francisco Bay and the other in the Concord foothills...
The intent of this paper is to develop a framework for industries to analyze their Information Technology Deployment efforts base on operational activities along the life-cycle of their supply chains. In particular, industries that is mature and with low profit margin will find this framework pertinent. It is an accepted...
Many companies have customers of which they are only minimally aware, people who started using given product while seeking a solution for an apparently unrelated need. These atypical customers represent an untapped opportunity to grow the business a new direction at minimal risk and cost, thereby achieving competitive advantage. This...
Personal integrity and ethical behavior from people who occupy leadership positions throughout government agencies and other civil service entities has been in question for many years. The stereotype of the typical civil service worker is that of a lazy and un-motivated type who shows up to work only to obtain...
Since the early 1970s, the federal government has undertaken extensive efforts to stem the loss of wetlands by regulating the use of land. This paper investigates the extent to which residential property owners are affected by federal wetlands regulation, by presenting an empirical investigation of such economic consequences. Results suggest...
This paper investigates the possible main effect of legal environment and explores the potential interactive effect of the legal environment on auditor-client relationships and client business risks when decisions are made about whether to accept clients' aggressive reporting methods. Sixty-three U.S. and eighty-four Hong Kong audit professionals from Big 4...
In 1994, a multi-national diversified corporation charged one of its subsidiaries, a private country club in Southern California, with increasing memberships to cover the cost of opening a second 18-hole golf course. The club had been successful for years and the break-even point had been 400 golf members with one...
Technological developments provide important opportunities to advertisers and marketers can reach large masses of people efficiently through a variety of media. Web advertising has become widely known as an efficient and effective communication tool, and it is fast becoming the medium for mass communication in the advertising industry. Thousands of...
The Internet has attracted companies in different industries to market products and services. However, many companies have become disenchanted with the Internet, as they have not achieved the commercial potential anticipated. Some suggested the Internet is better suited for interpersonal communication and personal sites rather than for marketing products. However,...
To sustain growth, a firm must continually redefine current products as well as introduce new ones in advance of a market need. By generating and implementing new product ideas faster than its competition, a firm is likely to increase its current market share or even establish a new market. The...
In 1995, Mexico introduced a price-level-adjusting unit of account called the Unidad de Inversion UDI. Loans denominated in UDIs maintain their purchasing power and provide a real rate of return in pesos. This study examines the real rate of return earned by dollar investors in UDI mortgages and the extent...
The paper examines a recent Act seeking widespread reforms in the corporate governance and auditing sector. Several irregularities in the past called for passing of such an Act. A part of this act affects the human resources function in the organization. The paper discusses this part and looks into the...
Leading is an important management function. It is the art of influencing others towards attainment of organizational goals. Leading involves inspiring and motivating individuals to perform their best. It communicates the vision of the management to the individuals. The paper examines different aspects of leadership and discusses different leadership theories....
Organizations undergo change for their betterment. Either they change to adapt themselves to the varying external conditions or they change to overhaul their internal processes and systems. The success of the organization lies in effectively managing the change. Organizational Change Management OCM is an approach towards managing change using the...
Decision-making is the process of evaluating different alternative solutions to a given problem and choosing the most appropriate solution from amongst them. Managerial Economics is the branch of Economics that applied economic theory and principles to business and administrative decision-making. Managers in an organization have to make decision on a...
A product is referred to a physical good, service, or idea. It is the entity that is exchanged for a sum of money by the consumer at the market. Product management entails supervising the production and the distribution processes of an organization’s offering. A product is transformed into a brand...
This article re-examines the issue of international diversification in real estate securities and attempts to address the problem of estimation error in the inputted parameters through the use of alternative techniques. The results see an increased stability in calculated portfolio allocations in comparison to the classical mean-variance tangency approach, and...
