Due to its refreshing taste, smooth consistency, and fat-free content, cantaloupe sorbet could easily become a popular new dessert item in restaurants. It would generate special appeal for Americans, who have become increasingly aware of health and weight issues. Determining shelf life of cantaloupe puree is of utmost importance in...
Senior executives used to be concerned with whether or not to outsource Information Technology IT resources. Now they are more concerned with figuring out how to efficiently manage the portfolio of IT resources that they have outsourced. From hardware to software, and from help desk to temporary help, organizations today...
This paper shows how operations researchers can effectively manage the production costs of computing services. We derive the conditions under which this privileged information allows the partner firm to construct superior incentives for its employees, resulting in superior IT management. Further, we detail the circumstances under which outsourcing will not...
This study utilizes a system of seemingly unrelated structural time series equations to model the dynamics of cotton, wool, rayon, and polyester prices in the international market. The results show that the price fluctuations in the international fiber market are stochastic. The stochastic process that governs these fluctuations has transitory...
This paper reports a comprehensive survey that describes the impact of The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 the Act from the perspective of CFOs who are members of the Financial Executives Institute FEI. Congress passed the Act in response to a wave of corporate scandals. It is the major legislation of...
This study develops a partial equilibrium model of Chinese fiber markets to analyze the effects of Multifiber Arrangement MFA elimination. The structural model incorporates regional supply response for cotton, substitutability between cotton, wool and man-made fibers at the mill level and appropriate linkage between cotton and textile sectors. The simulation...
This study incorporates alternatives of the impact of the Agreement on Textiles and Clothing implementation in an analysis of China's textile industry, and its impact in turn on China's cotton sector. The study finds that, assuming equilibrium levels of income and exchange rates, alternative ATC scenarios are expected to increase...
The purpose of this paper is to identify and test a set of variables that were related to the longevity of small family firms. The paper identifies a number of potentially relevant variables for inclusion in the predictive model. The final model included a total of 13 variables. These ranged...
The historical GATT-Uruguay Round Agreement was signed in April 1994 after years of difficult negotiations. Although the Textile and Clothing sector was not included, a separate agreement, the Agreement on Textiles and Clothing ATC was also signed with the specific purpose to dismantle the complex quota system in place and...
This paper explains in detail the venture capital investment process. This paper notes that venture capital financings allow VCs to separately allocate cash flow rights, board rights, voting rights, liquidation rights, and other control rights, often contingent on measures of performance. In general, board rights, voting rights, and liquidation rights...
The growth in the importance of IT outsourcing arrangements combined with the rate of failure of such arrangements makes it imperative to address issues of contracting in the IS literature. This paper examines the contract directly and shows how the costs stipulated in the contract affect the nature of the...
The concept of emotional intelligence is not new, but over the past 20 years has gone through major development and refinement. Almost daily there are new additions to the expanding body of knowledge that suggests that a person's EI profile provides a foundation for developing social and emotional competencies necessary...
The paper examines the price dynamics in the U.S. fiber market using error correction version of Granger causality test. Monthly prices are used to examine short-run and long run price relationships simultaneously. Before specifying causal equations, time series properties of the prices are tested and are found to be first...
Different individuals have different preferences, needs, and wants. Accordingly, they require different kinds of products for their consumption. The process of segmentation enables a company to divide the market into different groups having similar characteristics. The same can be done based on different factors that includes demographics and psychographics. The...
Decision-making is the process of identifying alternative courses of action to a given problem and choosing the most suitable alternative from amongst them. Managers in an organization are involved in decision-making on a wide variety of issues. The ‘product-product’ decision appears in an organization producing multiple products from a given...
Mission statement is a company specific statement that spells out the area of business of the company and conveys the methodology through which the long term goals and objectives of the company would be met. The organizational strategy is the roadmap towards the fulfillment of the organizational mission. The paper...
Electronic business (e-business) involves business transactions done through electronic channels and includes the activities of customer servicing, collaborating with partners, and conducting electronic transactions within the organization. Consolidating an e-business involves formulation of an effective e-strategy. Several elements are involved in the same. The paper examines the concept of strategy...
The paper discusses the road to strategic planning using the Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats SWOT Analysis. At all times, an organization is subjected to an internal environment as well as an external environment. A SWOT Analysis is required in context of both the environments to ascertain the exact position...
Retirement plans are financial incentive schemes for ex-employees of an organization. They seek to provide tax favored incentives to ex-employees of an organization. It is an effective instrument for boosting the motivation level of the employees. This, in turn, ensures enhanced productivity levels in the organization. The paper discusses different...
Leadership involves getting work done through others through delegation and sharing responsibilities. The prime responsibility of a leader is the optimal allocation of resources towards attainment of certain pre-defined objectives. The same facilitates in enhancing the productivity levels of the organization. The paper examines the contingency models of leadership towards...
