Akron Business and Economic Review articles from December 1990

Akron Business and Economic Review archives from December 1990

An Analysis of the Value-Added Tax as an Alternative Source of Federal Revenue
December 22, 1990... The reluctance of the Administration and Congress to respond to the continuing federal budget deficit by raising income tax rates and/or reducing spending, combined with the shrinking number of tax loopholes and base broadeners, has prompted the...

Reaction of Savings and Loan Share Prices to Increased Capital Requirements
December 22, 1990... On November 28, 1988, the Federal Home Loan Bank Board (FHLBB) announced proposed changes in capital requirements for thrifts. These requirements were designed to be phased in and to take full effect by January 1, 1993. According to a report...

Sustaining the Positive Effects of Goal Setting: The Positive Influence of Peer Competition
December 22, 1990... Goal setting is probably the most frequently discussed management practice over the past 30 years. Unfortunately, as with most management terminology, "goal" and "goal setting" take on different meanings depending on the context in which they...

Negative Appeals: The Neglected Side of Promotion -- a Comprehensive Examination
December 22, 1990... The people explaining the 1979 accident at Three Mile Island tried creatively to repackage and market their negative situation into something more positive. Their press releases, for example, described the fires as "rapid oxidation" and the...

An Analysis of the Economic Impact and the Anticipated Reactions of Clients to Management Consultants' Defections from Public Accounting Firms
December 22, 1990... Over the past few years, the issues of compensation and firm direction have become increasingly important to management consulting partners of major public accounting forms. While growth in the audit and tax practices has slowed, rapid...

Stock Market Recognition of Multinationality: An Empirical Study of U.S. Markets
December 22, 1990... To the extent that business cycles tend to behave independently across different countries and that there exist imperfections in international markets for products, capital, and other factors, foreign operations by firms should provide their...

CPE for CMAs: How Is It Acquired?
December 22, 1990... Continuing professional education (CPE), the cornerstone of a competent professional, is the key to maintaining professional competence in a rapidly changing world. Many professional associations, including doctors, lawyers, nurses, engineers,...

Portfolio Performance: Evaluation and Re-Evaluation
December 22, 1990... Since the groundbreaking efforts of Treynor [11], Sharpe [10], and Jensen [4], portfolios have been evaluated on the basis of how favorable they compare with an expected (or required) rate of return. In Sharpe's scheme, that return is an...

Awareness and Evaluation of Selected Marketing Journals Inside and outside the Discipline: An Empirical Study
December 22, 1990... It has been reported that research productivity is a dominant criterion for promotion and tenure decisions involving business school faculty and marketing faculty in particular [2, 3]. Such productivity is typically measured in terms of...