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- Feel like you're running on an economic hamster wheel, powering an economy that benefits only a relative few? Jared Bernstein's "Crunch" is for you. So says reviewer Harry Hurt III in A Rock, A Hard Place and an Exit Strategy. Hurt walks through Bernstein's discussion...
- Blog posts 2008-05-19
- Do Markets Have Morals?
- I think markets have blind spots, along with a certain caustic wit. But the Templeton Foundation has been funding research into what you might call the two sides of Adam Smith, melding the free-market capitalism of "The Wealth of Nations" with the moral philosophy of its predecessor, "The Theory...
- Blog posts 2008-05-13
- Behavioral Economics and Health Economics
- The health sector is filled with institutions and decision-making circumstances that create friction in markets and cognitive errors by decision makers. This paper examines the potential contributions to health economics of the ideas of behavioral economics. The discussion presented here focuses on the economics of doctor-patient interactions and some aspects...
- White papers 2004-10-01
- Insights From Experimental Economics For Market Regulation
- The authors have presented selected results in experimental economics with relevance for market regulation and derive from them concrete insights that could be interesting for regulating authorities. For those readers that are new to experimental economics, the purposes and advantages of economic experiments are discussed and the experimental double-auction market...
- White papers 2004-05-26
- The Incentives to Preserve Digital Materials: Roles, Scenarios,and Economic Decision-Making
- Economic issues are a principal component of the research agenda for digital preservation. Economics is fundamentally about incentives, so a study of the economics of digital preservation should begin with an examination of the incentives to preserve. Securing the long-term viability and accessibility of digital materials requires an appropriate allocation...
- White papers 2003-04-01
- Economics’ Gift to Marketing- Understanding Demand Before It’s Too Late
- The article describes the fact that most new products fail and most high-volume marketing campaigns generate slim returns. Companies trip up when they try to estimate customer demand through weak market research, extrapolation from the past, or plain instinct. Fortunately, the science of discrete choice modeling is a powerful antidote...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- Arcario: 'The Economics Of Business Is Now Intrinsically International.'
- The economics of business is now intrinsically international. Not many organizations will be successful long-term if only operating within their country's borders. International assignment is more than a career move. It introduces a number of personal and professional issues that must be weighed and balanced. This paper discusses and explains...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- Economics’ Gift to Marketing: Understanding Demand Before It’s Too Late
- Most new products fail and most high-volume marketing campaigns generate slim returns. Companies trip up when they try to estimate customer demand through weak market research, extrapolation from the past, or plain instinct. Fortunately, the science of discrete choice modeling is a powerful antidote to ignorance. It allows companies to...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- Principles of Financial Economics
- The analytical framework in the classical finance models discussed in this paper is largely the same as in general equilibrium theory: agents, acting as price-takers, exchange claims on consumption to maximize their respective utilities. Because the focus in financial economics is somewhat different from that in mainstream economics, the paper...
- White papers 2002-01-30
- Labor Economics And Human Resource Management
- The intent of this article is to outline some of the important aspects of labor economics as they apply to human resources management. A single article will never do justice to a field of study as comprehensive as this topic, though it is important for us all to be exposed...
- White papers 2001-07-23
- Does Entrepreneurship Capital Matter?
- Economics has identified three types of capital as the drivers of economic growth-physical capital, human capital, and knowledge capital. This paper introduces the concept of entrepreneurship capital and suggests that it is also an important factor shaping the economic performance of an economy. The purpose of paper is to suggest...
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- Hidden Flaws in Strategy: Can Insights From Behavioral Economics Explain Why Good Executives Back Bad Strategies?
- Insights from behavioral economics have been used to explain bad decision making in the business world, 2 and bad investment decision making in particular. Some private equity firms have successfully remodeled their investment processes to counteract the biases predicted by behavioral economics. This article aims to help rectify the omission...
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- Park City Group Reports Pact with International Supermarket Retailer
- FOOD AND BEVERAGE CLOSE-UP-8 June 2009-Park City Group Reports Pact with International Supermarket RetailerC2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com Park City Group, a developer and marketer of patented computer software and consulting services for retailers, announced that as a result of its customer experiencing ongoing and...
- Articles 2009-06-08
- eFoodSafety Offers Report on OraPhyte
- FOOD AND BEVERAGE CLOSE-UP-8 June 2009-eFoodSafety Offers Report on OraPhyteC2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com eFoodSafety.com, a researcher, developer, and marketer of whole food and nutraceutical products, said that it is providing an update on OraPhyte, its product being tested by major universities for efficacy in...
- Articles 2009-06-08
- Hook & Ladder Brewing Touts Growth
- FOOD AND BEVERAGE CLOSE-UP-8 June 2009-Hook & Ladder Brewing Touts GrowthC2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com Hook & Ladder Brewing Company, a Washington, D.C.-area venture started by a volunteer firefighter and his business-minded brother, is bucking negative economic trends and experiencing tremendous growth this year, despite...
- Articles 2009-06-08
- Maui Wowi Hawaiian Inks New Master Franchise Pact with Dubai Enterprises
- FOOD AND BEVERAGE CLOSE-UP-8 June 2009-Maui Wowi Hawaiian Inks New Master Franchise Pact with Dubai EnterprisesC2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com Maui Wowi Hawaiian, a destination for authentic Hawaiian products on the mainland, announced it has expanded its worldwide corporate ohana to the...
- Articles 2009-06-08
- Nielsen Reports on Consumer Goods Categories That Are Most Immune, Most Vulnerable to Recession
- FOOD AND BEVERAGE CLOSE-UP-8 June 2009-Nielsen Reports on Consumer Goods Categories That Are Most Immune, Most Vulnerable to RecessionC2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com As the economic downturn causes consumers to reprioritize their spending habits and forces consumer packaged goods manufacturers and retailers to reevaluate their...
- Articles 2009-06-08
- Community outreach through corporate social responsibility: corporate social responsibility is the continuing commitment by business to behave ethically and contribute to economic development while improving the quality of life of their stakeholders and society at large. The Young Expedition Project may be one way for companies to achieve this
- [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] CORPORATE social responsibility CSR is a concept that frequently overlaps with similar approaches such as corporate sustainability, corporate sustainable development, corporate responsibility, and corporate citizenship. While CSR does not have a universal definition, many see it as the private sector's way of integrating the economic, social,...
- Articles 2008-12-01
- Delight customers with the magic experience: MAGIC stands for Make a Great Impression on Customer. To truly differentiate themselves, companies must focus on staging experiences that produce the moments of magic
- [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] IT IS becoming increasingly evident that organisations today are staging positive memorable experience as a new competitive edge to attract and retain customers. B Joseph Pine II and James H Gilmore, the authors of the book The Experience Economy reiterate that in the emerging experience economy,...
- Articles 2008-12-01
- Evaluation and enhancement of transport network reliability: network equilibrium based approach
- In our daily life, we generally expect the transport system to be efficient, safe, and reliable. However, there exist several sources of uncertainties in the transportation system both on demand and supply sides. With a constant growth in economic activities most urban transport networks currently operate at...
- Articles 2008-09-22
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