This paper documents the role of geographic dispersion on corporate decision-making. First, it is found that geographically dispersed firms are less employee-friendly. Second, using division-level data, employee dismissals are less common in divisions located close to corporate headquarters. Third, firms are reluctant to divest in-state divisions. To explain these findings...
Sun Chemical's performance pigments group has introduced the Surpass line of easily dispersible products for universal solvent systems. This line of dry dispersions combines ease of dispersion with excellent strength development, according to the com Sun Chemical's performance pigments group has introduced the Surpass line...
Do bidders behave as auction theory predicts they should? How do bidders (and thus, prices) react to different types of information? This paper derives implications of auction theory with respect to the dispersion of private information signals in an auction. The author conducts a survey of non-bidders to construct a...
The initiation of re-entrant cardiac arrhythmias is associated with increased dispersion of repolarisation, but the details are difficult to investigate either experimentally or clinically. The paper uses a computational model of cardiac tissue to study systematically the association between action potential duration APD dispersion and susceptibility to re-entry. The paper...
Ti- Pure[R] R-902+ is said to be an advanced titanium dioxide product that provides great dispersion and excellent hiding power over a range of coatings systems. Ease of dispersion, improved hiding power and consistent performance are important to Ti- Pure[R] R-902+ is said...
Behavioral finance models imply that an increase in shares outstanding leads to a lower stock price for firms with greater diversity in opinion among investors. Information asymmetry models imply that share issues by firms with greater information asymmetries are accompanied by larger share price decreases. Valuation models predict a negative...
NASA and mechanical engineers at the University of' Maryland College Park say they have achieved "nearly perfect" dispersion of alumina micro-particles and uniform dispersion of carbon nanotubes in polystyrene on a twin-screw extruder. Th NASA and mechanical engineers at the University of' Maryland College Park...
DUPONT CHEMICAL Solutions Enterprise has released DryFilm RA and LXE dispersions. The company says that the product's polytetrafluoroethylene PTFE base further improves the lubricity, thermal and chemical stability, nonflammability, and antistick DUPONT CHEMICAL Solutions Enterprise has released DryFilm RA and LXE dispersions. The...
Bayer MaterialScience has developed new aliphatic polyurethane dispersions for coating wood. Bayhydrol XP 2557, Bayhydrol XP 2558 and Bayhydrol XP 2593 equal or exceed the high property levels of their predecessor, but are free of solvents, according Bayer MaterialScience has developed new aliphatic polyurethane dispersions...
Despite claims that electronic commerce lowers search costs dramatically, and therefore makes it easy for consumers to spot the best buy, empirical studies have found a substantial degree of price dispersion in electronic markets for consumer goods. This study investigates the consumer welfare implications of observed price levels and price...
It has been hypothesized that the online medium and the Internet lower search costs and that electronic markets are more competitive than conventional markets. This suggests that price dispersion--the distribution of prices of an item indicated by measures such as range and standard deviation—of an item with the same measured...
Several studies show that online price dispersion among e-tailers is persistent. Not much, however, is known about whether prices of pure play internet e-tailers are lower or higher than prices of bricks-and-clicks retailers.
There is relatively little research explaining observed differences in dispersion across organizations and whether those observed differences have consequences for employee behaviors. Using data from two managerial compensation samples, this article finds that an organization's context-its environment and diversification strategy-is related to differences in pay dispersion across firms. It also...
A. Schulman Inc. will discontinue manufacturing operations at its dispersion plant in Orange, Tex., and will completely close the site by the end of August. The company estimates the plant closing will generate roughly $5 million in annual savings A. Schulman Inc. will...
BASF PLANS to build a massive paper coating dispersions plant in Finland that will have a capacity of 140,000 tons per year, specifically for styrene butadiene and styrene acrylate. The company will select a precise location for the plant soon. Con BASF PLANS to...
Syntegra polyurethane dispersions are manufactured without the use of solvents and are said to contribute to coating manufacturers' ability to reduce volatile organic compound VOC emissions. Syntegra polyurethane dispersions for ... Syntegra polyurethane dispersions are manufactured without the use of solvents and are said to...
AKRON, Ohio--BUSINESS WIRE--July 2, 1998--A. Schulman Inc. (The Nasdaq Stock Market:SHLM) announced today that it is reducing production at its dispersion plant in Orange, Texas, by cutting back its seven-day-a-week operations to five days.
3M's Pulse Compressor is a passive optical component used to correct for chromatic dispersion in giga- and terabit communications systems, and to maintain optimal broadband performance. A high level of mechanical reliability in grating-based dispersi 3M's Pulse Compressor is a passive optical component used to ...
AKRON, Ohio--BUSINESS WIRE--July 2, 1998--A. Schulman Inc. (The Nasdaq Stock Market:SHLM) announced today that it is reducing production at its dispersion plant in Orange, Texas, by cutting back its seven-day-a-week operations to five days.
The new "Acronal" dispersions plant in Monaca, PA, from BASF Corporation, Charlotte, NC, began operations last month. The plant, which manufactures acrylic and styrene butadiene dispersions, is ... The new "Acronal" dispersions plant in Monaca, PA, from BASF Corporation, Charlotte, NC, began operations last month. The...
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