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• Structure, Behavior And Performance In For-Profit, Nonprofit And Government Organizations

  BNET - 2006-12-30

  In this paper we examine empirically the association between organization type on the one hand and organization structure, organizational behavior, and organizational performance on the other hand, focusing on different types of organization that coexist in the same industry. We consider for-profit, nonprofit and government nursing homes (of the skilled...

  Tags: Performance, University Of Minnesota, Nonprofit, Organization, Performance Management, Government, Tools & Techniques, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Management

• Product Market Competition and Human Resource Practices: An Analysis of the Retail Food Sector

  BNET - 2005-11-01

  The rise of super-centers and the entry of Wal-Mart into food retailing have dramatically altered the competitive environment in the industry. This paper explores the impact of such changes on the labor market practices of traditional food retailers. Longitudinal data is used on workers and firms to construct new measures...

  Tags: Analysis, Food, Food & Beverage, Human Resources, Manufacturing, University Of Minnesota

• Human Resource Leadership Development Project

  BNET - 2005-06-21

  The President and Board of Regents Regents of the University of Minnesota University have identified employee development as a strategic priority. A number of barriers have prevented, and if left unresolved will continue to prevent, the University from achieving a culture of excellence in employee development. The strategic planning goals...

  Tags: Human Resources, University Of Minnesota, Strategic Planning, Strategy, Leadership, Management

• Fertility And Social Security

  BNET - 2005-01-01

  The data show that an increase in government provided old-age pensions is strongly correlated with a reduction in fertility. What type of model is consistent with this finding? We explore this question using two models of fertility, the one by Barro and Becker (1989), and the one inspired by Caldwell...

  Tags: Children, University Of Minnesota, Pension, Government, Benefits, Payroll Solutions, Social Security, Vertical Industries, Human Resources, Enterprise Software, Software

• High Performance Spatial Visualization of Traffic Data

  BNET - 2004-07-01

  The latest visualizations techniques for identifying performance bottlenecks with loop-detector traffic data are not sufficient for large data sets to create interactive visualization and analysis of possible scenarios. This study seeks to develop a more effective means of processing data obtained at the Traffic Management Center TMC to identify recurring...

  Tags: Visualization, High-performance, University Of Minnesota, Traffic Data, Performance Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management

• Profitability, Productivity And Price Recovery Patterns In The U.S. Telecommunications Industry

  BNET - 2004-06-29

  The authors have undertaken a study where they examine changes in the profitability, productivity and price recovery of firms in the U.S. telecommunications industry over a sixteen-year period. The performance of thirty-three major companies was assessed in the local-exchange sector over six time periods 1975, 1978, 1981, 1984, 1987 and...

  Tags: Recovery, Performance, University Of Minnesota, Performance Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management

• When Little Things Mean a Lot: On the Inefficiency of Item Pricing Laws

  BNET - 2004-05-09

  This paper studies Item Pricing Laws IPLs which require that each item in a store be individually marked with a price sticker and examine and quantify their costs and benefits. On the cost side, the paper argues that item-pricing laws increase the retailers' costs, forcing them to raise prices. This...

  Tags: Law, University Of Minnesota, Pricing Strategy, Retail, Pricing, Marketing Research, Benefits, Marketing, Human Resources

• The Rational Locator Reexamined: Are Travel Times Still Stable?

  BNET - 2004-04-06

  This paper concentrates on the rational locator hypothesis, which posits that individuals can maintain approximately steady journey-to-work travel times by adjusting their home and workplace. This hypothesis was coupled with the observation of long-term stability in drive alone journey-to-work times in metropolitan Washington (those times were unchanged from 1957 through...

  Tags: Hypothesis, University Of Minnesota, IBM Corp., Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management

• Diet Quality and Calories Consumed: The Impact of Being Hungrier, Busier and Eating Out

  BNET - 2004-03-01

  While Americans claim to be eating better and improving their understanding of diet and health, they are getting heavier and increasing their risk of suffering from diet related illnesses. The cause of this inconsistency is unclear. Using theoretical models of preference reversal and econometric empirical analysis, this study finds that...

  Tags: University Of Minnesota, Food & Beverage, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Strategy, Manufacturing, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Management

• Low Temperature Cracking of Asphalt Concrete Pavement

  BNET - 2004-03-01

  This report investigates the low temperature behavior of asphalt pavements based on experimental results obtained for three mixtures used in the construction of cells 33, 34, and 35 at Mn/ROAD facility as well as field information acquired over the years at Mn/ROAD. Because of this research, a new test method...

  Tags: University Of Minnesota, Performance Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management