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What Makes a Good Journal?
We believe a good journal captures and disseminates
ideas with impact–ideas that our academic readers
and practicing managers find helpful in improving
business education and solving business problems.
Strengths and Challenges for Regional Schools
Regional schools and colleges of business provide
“value for money” by carving out a successful niche in
the highly competitive higher-education market.
Facing the Future: Coping with Times of Change
Those who do not learn to live with the forces of change in
the food industry, just like in any other industry, will lose
their fortune in two ways: “gradually, then suddenly.”
Best Practice Customer Value and Satisfaction Cultures
This article discusses the components of corporate
culture that facilitates the use of customer value and
satisfaction data by examining what best practices
companies do.
Advanced Manufacturing Technology Investment Patterns
Based on longitudinal analysis of patterns of investment
in 50 metal working companies, the study finds that there
is a two-year time lag between investments in ATM and
improvement in a plant’s financial performance.
Strategies Used by Small Business Entrepreneurs
The “realities” of strategic planning in small business
and entrepreneurial firms using the Entrepreneurial
Strategy Matrix are presented.
People, Prose, and Processors: The Haworth College of Business Electronic Portfolio Project
A curricular innovation–Electronic Portfolio Project
is described. Experience based suggestions are
provided for effective implementation of a Portfolio
approach on a large scale.
Student and Employer Perceptions of Desirable Entry-level Operations Management Skills
The study found significant differences between
employers and students in their perceptions of the
importance of general skills, technical skills, and
personality characteristics: employers value general
skills significantly higher than technical skills.
The Impact of Nonbusiness Majors in a Business Core Course
Strategies are presented for managing classroom
diversity for greatest benefit to both business and
nonbusiness majors.
Personality Differences and Computer Related Stress in Business Students
Human-computer interaction is more stressful for
MIS students than other business students.
Recommendations for coping with computer related
stress are presented.
