Making U.S. industry more competitive: myths and
realities.(Symposium: Preparing for the Future)
Can America compete? Can U.S. manufacturing come back? Is America
deindustrializing? These are the headlines which are frequently seen in
major newspapers and business journals. American companies in . . .
Facing West: Americans and the Opening of the Pacific.
In the Age of Discovery, European explorers tried to reach China and
the East Indies by sailing westward across the Atlantic Ocean. The dream
of reaching the fabled East survived the brusque . . .
The seductive danger of craft ethics for business
organizations.
Moral rules for both absolutists and relativists are certain, once
discovered. Human contingency, social history, institutional diversity,
power relationships, self-concepts formed via reflection and . . .
Just-In-Time Systems for Computing Environment.
This is a relatively small book with a large number of objectives,
including the explanation of reuse, purchased products, sizing, cost,
and information systems related to JITs. The authors . . .
Reverse mortgage: an alternative to the assumption
option.
A low-cost residential mortgage in a high-cost mortgage market can
be a marketable asset. The owner's gain is reflected in the
favorable price differential he or she commands in the market for . . .
New risk-management strategies for the 21st century: insurance
futures.(Symposium: Preparing for the Future)
The Chicago Board of Trade recently introduced a new class of
risk-management products never before available to the business
community. Insurance futures - futures contracts on . . .
Measurements for the future: the vital role of federal
statistics.(Symposium: Preparing for the Future)
Good information is vital for good decision making - this is a truism
repeated in all management, business, economics and information science
texts. It is also a truism to repeat that the volume of . . .
A pragmatic approach to business ethics: panel discussion and
author's response.(Panel Discussion)
I. Business Ethics in the (Theology) Classroom
We cannot help beginning our lives in a world made by others, but
with some effort and good luck, we might make it better than we found
it. From a moral . . .
Vincentian dynamic: common ground for the common
good.(Transcript)
It seems significant that, as Vincentian universities, we are meeting
here in New York just after the 50th anniversary of the UN and after
Pope John Paul II's visit to our city. When two-thirds of . . .
How to integrate and refine global operations.
Today's expansive world market offers organizations a rich
environment conducive to global development. Since World War II, growth
in worldwide trade has escalated greatly as independent . . .
Managing innovation: the role of the general manager.(Symposium:
Preparing for the Future)
Innovation is both creative and destructive as well as inevitable.
Thousands of articles have been written about innovation, yet the
general manager concerned with managing innovation in his or her . . .
The information content of infomercials. (survey)
Advertising has often been criticized for its failure to inform the
consumer adequately. Consumer advocates and consumer educators believe
that the economic justification for advertisements is that . . .
The nature of a moral business person.
There is tremendous pressure on businesses these days to develop
policies on environmental protection, workplace drug testing, equal
employment opportunities, sexual harassment, conflict of interest . . .
Just-in-time inventory management: implementation of a successful
program.
In the early 1980's a new concept, known as zero
inventories" was introduced to the American manufacturing industry.
The "zero inventories" concept called for the transportation
of materials from . . .
Implications of the savings and loan debacle: lessons for the
banking industry.
Congress and the White House enacted the Federal Deposit Insurance
Company (FDIC) Improvement Act of 1991 to overhaul the banking industry.
Key provisions of this Act include having federal . . .
The new independent inventor: implications for corporate
policy.(Symposium: Preparing for the Future)
The independent inventor often has been portrayed as something of a
mad scientist-type individual or an uneducated dreamer in search of the
Holy Grail. The result of these perceptions is that the . . .
Reverse resume viewing: An overlooked aspect of realistic job
previews.
The concept of a realistic job preview is not a new one. Many
organizations currently provide job candidates with a wide variety of
information regarding the specific job for which they are . . .
Virtue and corporate culture: The ethical formation of baby
wolverines.
"This ethics stuff. Either the students at this school have
learned right from wrong by this stage in their lives, which I tend to
doubt, or they haven't learned right from wrong, and what the . . .
An evaluation of the financial structure policies of European
affiliates.
In recent years, much of Western Europe has gone through some
remarkable changes in its efforts to achieve European unity. Companies
worldwide are well aware of the investment opportunities that . . .
The quality orientation: an emerging business
philosophy?(Symposium: Quality in Business)
"Quality is all pervading and its use is inexhaustible!
Fathomless! Like the fountainhead of all things...Yet crystal clear like
water it seems to remain" (Persig [5])
"Because in America, you . . .
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