Employing the conceptual framework of play themes, this study examined and reported the product categories that presented branded entertainment the most, the different types and features of branded entertainment, and how various play themes were incorporated in branded entertainment in the...

One of the most complex and controversial issues confronting the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) over the last several years has been the accounting and financial reporting of stock options. In December 2004, the FASB issued Statement 123R, Share-Based Payment, in the hope that the...

Process capability is the ability of a process to consistently meet specified customer-driven requirements, and is often reported in terms of capability indices and ratios. In this paper we briefly discuss these indices and ratios, as well as their managerial implications. We then introduce a...

Ever since passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, employers have complained that nondiscrimination laws constitute an additional regulatory burden on business, while civil rights advocates have argued that compliance requires nothing more than the sorts of sound personnel practices that...

Faculty internships in family business offer potential benefits to faculty, students, and the community by blending academics with real world business. The purpose of the paper is to report how faculty internship experiences in family businesses enhance the goals of continuous improvement of...

Accurate forecasting is one of the most critical issues for business planning. Knowing how best to generate forecasts and how others are performing this function is important information for managers. This study reports on forecasting practices in US firms based on a survey of 500 companies. In...

This exploratory study examines how promotional effectiveness is determined in small firms and examines decision-makers attitudes toward promotional performance and measurement. Although it is commonly believed that small business managers rely upon intuitive methods, this study suggests that...

Clients in an accounting firm were surveyed to identify factors relating to client satisfaction in service organizations. Four independent variablesÑcommunication, responsiveness, service quality, and effectivenessÑ correlated with, and explained the variance in client satisfaction....

The purpose of this paper is to compare the implementation of short-run (i.e., small lot-size) statistical process control (SPC) techniques for manufacturing between the U.S. and Japan. Using U.S. and Japanese questionnaires, this research focuses on the use of several manufacturing management...

This research examines the ability of firms to utilize the existing primary U.S. metal futures markets in decreasing variability of spot metal positions. The focus of the analysis is on those twenty-one U.S. cash metals listed in the Wall Street Journal which have an intrinsic relation with (at...