This paper deals with the sales of commercial advertisements in the cable television industry. It describes the dynamics of the process, and develops the notion of an audience loss function, the minimization of which is equally desirable to both networks as well as advertisers. A simple, yet...

To increase the number of African Americans in the accounting profession in the 21st century, more accounting majors must be recruited into graduate programs so that they will meet the 150 hour education requirement of the AICPA and a large number of states. Effective graduate program...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers, with particular focus on its use of Repo 105 transactions. Design/methodology/approach – The use of the Lehman's bankruptcy report produced in part by Anton R. Valukas was used as a basis to explain how...

A review of the literature was conducted for the period of 1976 through 1989 in an effort to identify the most effective outside services that small business consultants could use to assist their clients. Results of the review showed that small business consultants provide services that are very...

We examine the role of past litigation in the selection of independent auditors. Using a sample of persons typically involved in auditor selection, we find that any litigation announcement alleging audit improprieties greatly reduces the auditorÕs likelihood of hire regardless of the type of...

This paper examines self-directed work teams (SDWT) from a social psychological perspective. It is asserted that SDWTs, and other types of work teams, are part of a continuum of teamwork and member autonomy. Also, SDWT development is related to social psychological concepts of group formation....

Industrial trade shows are the second most widely used promotional tool in the marketing mix for industrial firms, ranking after personal selling but well ahead of advertising and direct mail. Use of this medium continues to grow in number of shows, number of companies exhibiting, and dollars...

Existing models of decline and turnaround assume an automatic initiation of a turnaround strategy when decline occurs. However, extended decline over time suggests that the turnaround strategy did not match the causality and severity of the situation. Borrowing from the crisis management...

Past research recognizes the important influence of individual beliefs on technology acceptance and use. This line of research has also identified a variety of factors that drive the formation of these beliefs. One category of variables that has received less attention in this research stream...

The Year 2000 represents a significant challenge for many organizations. Financial report users, which include investors, creditors, suppliers, customers, employees, as well as others, have an interest in knowing how organizations are dealing with the Year 2000 issue. There could be significant...