All segments of poultry production were at least marginally profitable in 2000 due mainly to low feed prices. 2001 will likely be a rerun of 2000 with profits highly dependent on feed prices going even lower. Even this will not likely be enough to keep egg producers in the black....
One is not only in a new millennium, but also in a new era: the knowledge era. Sustainable competitive advantage is dependent on building and exploiting core competencies. The resource-based view RBV of the firm defines a strategic asset as one that is rare, valuable, imperfectly imitable and non-substitutable. Knowledge...
Drawing upon advances in the theory of relational contracts, a more advance nuanced theoretical conception of the impulse for contracting under the New Public Management. This analysis yields prescriptions for managing in networks. Primary among these is that managers must terminate some relationships while maintaining the credibility to begin and...
Many have heard the term networking and thought "This is only for the well connected." Networking is not: Only for the well-connected, influential, or extroverted types; Bothering people who are unwilling to help; and asking for a job. Networking does not require that you know lots of people or that...
There has been a dramatic upsurge of interest in mentoring in schools, post-secondary institutions, government agencies, civic organizations, and businesses across North America. Nowadays in the U.S., for example, it is estimated that in excess of five million youth are being served by school- or community-based mentoring programs (McLearn, Colasanto,...
This research used the hedonic price technique to focus on a housing characteristic that has been studied infrequently: whether a home is site-built or manufactured. Two hedonic price regression models were used to determine the predictive power of construction type on home price. The first, which controlled for factors found...
All small businesses must staff their operations. This involves bringing new people into the business and making sure they are productive additions to the enterprise. Effective human resource management matches and develops the abilities of job candidates and employees with the needs of the firm. Human resource management is a...
A territory analysis tool called Territorial Quantitative SWOT had been applied to a beach-dune field system in the North of Fuerteventura, Canary Islands; this tool includes the calculation of environmental quality, environmental vulnerability and human impacts, and the simulation of projects that can optimize the uses of the territory. A...
Marketers think of a product as a bundle of physical, service, and symbolic characteristics expected to yield benefits to the consumer. Products may range from goods tangible things to services intangible things, although most products will have some degree of both characteristics. A product item is a specific version of...
Copyright collectives are groups of individual copyright holders who join together in order to save on the important transactions costs that exist in the market for their individual rights. The objective of this paper is to analyze the risk sharing benefits that copyright collectives can offer, but currently do not....
Before conducting an evaluation of any training program, including a media training program, the researcher must make two very important decisions. The researcher must decide what to evaluate and the researcher must decide how to evaluate. Deciding what to evaluate often means differentiating the various levels of impact and differentiating...
Since 1985, when the FDA lifted the ban on Direct-To-Consumer DTC prescription drug advertising, advertising spending by the pharmaceutical industry has increased tremendously. The dramatic increase in DTC advertising has generated a great deal of debate about its potential benefits and risks to the public and the healthcare system. The...
This paper discusses that good communication skills are needed to effectively train new workers, provide constructive feedback, praise good performance, hold meetings, conduct performance evaluations, and listen to workers concerns. If managers and employees speak different languages, it is nearly impossible to accomplish these essential tasks. The paper emphasizes that...
Competitive advantage is the measure of a firm’s competencies and performance against the factors prevailing in the firm’s external environment. The Resource Based Theory of the firm relates the competitive advantage of the firm to its available resources. The resources also determine the factors responsible for making imitation of the...
This study outlines an Austrian approach to economic organization based on the entrepreneur and the Austrian idea of capital as heterogeneous and time-dimensioned, tow themes associated with Israel Kirzner's contributions. It provides a novel interpretation of capital heterogeneity based on the notion of attributes; argue that attributes are costly to...
TELECOMWORLDWIRE-16 July 2008-ADP to transform payroll processing and benefits administration operations for University System of GeorgiaC1994-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD http://www.m2.com Automatic Data Processing Inc (NYSE:ADP), a technology-based outsourcing solutions company, said on 15 July that it's ADP Employer Services has been selected by the governing body of the...
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Ultroid([R]) Technologies Inc. and Vascular Technologies, Inc., announce today that David J. Mulvaney, M.D. has joined the Company as Medical Affairs Director. Dr. Mulvaney will be responsible for overseeing medical research, data acquisition, and the medical publication process, in addition to facilitating training and education of...
ADP ®Employer Services, a leading provider of HR , payroll and benefits administrationservices, today announced a new publicsector client relationship with the governing body of the UniversitySystem of Georgia USG, who has selected ADP to provide payroll processingand benefits administration and related services to...
Superstar Entertainer Will Host 4th Annual Camp to Benefit At Risk Adolescents in Hometown of Atlanta ATLANTA, July 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Grammy Award winning entertainer and philanthropist Usher Raymond IV, in conjunction with his New Look Foundation, will welcome 126 underserved youths from throughout the country to...
'Rev. A' launch means faster access to Internet, video, music and more STATESBORO, Ga. -- Alltel Wireless today announced that it will continue expanding its wireless broadband network in 2008 with the launch of EVDO evolution data optimized Revision A technology in Statesboro, enabling customers to upload files...
