VOLUME 3(2) • 2008
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND MANAGERIAL BEHAVIOR
ABSTRACT. Kvassov studies the relationship between information technology (IT) and managerial productivity (temporal dimensions constitute an important part of the individual perception of productivity). Hill and Hillier examine the extent to which investment constraints impact upon the ability of m..
ASSESSING ORGANIZATIONAL EFFECTIVENESS AND CORPORATE CULTURE
ABSTRACT. To find a more objective relationship between organizational culture and organizational effectiveness, Lee and Tseng adopt a multi-organizational culture and multi-organizational effectiveness variables to do a pairwise comparison. Willmott asserts that ideas of autonomy, individuality and..
HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS OUTSOURCING
ABSTRACT. Biesalski presents the concept of e-HRM as an integral KM part, describes several use cases for technological e-HRM support, and sketches the integration of these use cases into a holistic e-HRM approach. Seo claims that management efforts are focused on securing proper IT assets through I..
INFLATION - THE MAIN TARGET VARIABLE OF MONETARY POLICY
ABSTRACT. Wagner holds that the many structural changes, which are associated with the globalization process, cause an increase in uncertainty surrounding monetary policy. Rogoff speculates that lower macroeconomic volatility has rationalized sharply higher prices for risky assets. Gavin claims that..
FINANCIAL CRISES AND RISK-TAKING IN BANKING
ABSTRACT. Hänsel and Krahnen analyze whether the use of credit risk transfer instruments affects the risk taking of large, international banks. Gruben et al. maintain that some financial crises are creatures of bad macroeconomic or fiscal outcomes whose links to risky lending in the traditional sens..
OUTPUT AND INFLATION GAPS, AND THE MONETARY TRANSMISSION MECHANISM
ABSTRACT. Davig notices that short-run inflation dynamics have an important impact on the appropriate conduct of monetary policy. Wagner explains that, transitorily, the structural changes associated with the globalization process increase the uncertainty about the current state of the economy and a..
E-GOVERNMENT AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR
ABSTRACT. Scherlis and Eisenberg remark that there are significant IT areas where government research investment has an impact on the creation of advanced e-Government capability in the long-term. García-Arribas and López-Crespo note that for many public authorities the Internet meant a great step f..
THE LOGIC OF MARKET INTEGRATION
ABSTRACT. Cafaggi claims that the role of private autonomy may differ in highly structured markets that have existed for centuries and in newly-built markets that have replaced other economic and political systems. Joerges remarks that Europe's legal systems must respond to processes of economic and..
AGGREGATE INFLATION RATES AND PRICE-SETTING DECISIONS OF FIRMS
ABSTRACT. Davig derives a "switching" Phillips curve from the optimal pricing decision of a monopolistic firm that faces a changing cost of price adjustment. Gnan and Valderrama argue that, in recent years, inflation rates remained at low levels, despite massive increases in the prices of energy and..
COST ACCOUNTING AND MANAGEMENT DECISION MAKING
ABSTRACT. Sharman remarks that sincere efforts by operational and financial managers to improve organization measurement and management over the past 15 years have often missed the mark. Heubach et al. hold that the increasing consumption of non-renewable resources and the disposal of waste make it ..
LIFE LONG LEARNING AS A LEAVER OF ECONOMIC GROWTH: A THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVE
ABSTRACT. During the last decades life long learning has received a great deal of attention from regulators, businesses and citizens due to its positive impact on the economic and social growth through the evolvement of human capital. Additionally, it is widespread that life long learning remains a ..
THE ANALYSIS OF ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE UTILIZING MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS
ABSTRACT. Multivariate analysis is essentially a device for communicating a holistic set of economic information in both a concise and a readable form. By analyzing the various categories of financial information simultaneously, rather than individually the synergistic principle of the whole being g..