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Publication date: 1 June 1995

Jay J. Zajas and Harold Cates

In the business world, adversities come in all shapes, colours andsizes. An example of such adversity is referred to as“rightsizing”, which is another term for…

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In the business world, adversities come in all shapes, colours and sizes. An example of such adversity is referred to as “rightsizing”, which is another term for corporate downsizing. In the 1990s, more white collar employees are being laid off, retired early, or otherwise terminated so that firms can reduce labour costs, downsize, and become “leaner”. With such changes taking place in the workforce, the need for effective training and outplacement is paramount. Discusses how a strategic career marketing plan can be developed by an executive so as to target strengths and weaknesses or minimize threats in the job market. Offers suggestions to job seekers on overcoming the trauma of career or job changes, on establishing a strategic marketing plan for their career, and on reaching out for assistance via the development of a network and support system.

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Executive Development, vol. 8 no. 3
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0953-3230

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Publication date: 1 September 1998

Tom W. Miller, Bernell Stone and Harold R. Silver

Discusses arbitrage pricing theory as a multifactor model for explaining rates of return on securities; and the use of principal components analysis to reduce the number of…

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Discusses arbitrage pricing theory as a multifactor model for explaining rates of return on securities; and the use of principal components analysis to reduce the number of variables studies. Applies these ideas to returns on treasury bills and government bonds for 1,000 business days ending in March 1997 to obtain a set of three endogenous factors for the term structure of interest rates, forecasts returns for one‐day and 30‐day horizons and produces a time series of the forecast errors for eight short‐term interest rates. Compares the results with those from a single factor autoregessive forecasting model and finds that although their accuracy is similar for short horizons, the multifactor model is superior for longer horizons and shorter time to maturity.

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Managerial Finance, vol. 24 no. 9/10
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0307-4358

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Publication date: 1 January 1980

Harold Klein and William Newman

Companies have been predicting marketing and economic conditions for years, but they lag behind in forecasting environmental changes that can have dramatic impact on their…

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Companies have been predicting marketing and economic conditions for years, but they lag behind in forecasting environmental changes that can have dramatic impact on their operations. SPIRE is a systematic approach to spotting coming problems, as a look at how one company put it to work indicates.

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Journal of Business Strategy, vol. 1 no. 1
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0275-6668

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Publication date: 1 November 1978

SAID Sir Harold Wilson when he was Prime Minister, “One man's wage increase is another worker on the dole.” It seems as if that axiom has been forgotten. Members of this Labour…

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SAID Sir Harold Wilson when he was Prime Minister, “One man's wage increase is another worker on the dole.” It seems as if that axiom has been forgotten. Members of this Labour Government which, it must be admitted, has striven manfully and successfully to bring inflation down, are now speaking with hopeless fatalism of any army of workless likely to reach over three million in a heartbreaking short space of time.

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Work Study, vol. 27 no. 11
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0043-8022

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Publication date: 1 April 2003

Georgios I. Zekos

Aim of the present monograph is the economic analysis of the role of MNEs regarding globalisation and digital economy and in parallel there is a reference and examination of some…

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Aim of the present monograph is the economic analysis of the role of MNEs regarding globalisation and digital economy and in parallel there is a reference and examination of some legal aspects concerning MNEs, cyberspace and e‐commerce as the means of expression of the digital economy. The whole effort of the author is focused on the examination of various aspects of MNEs and their impact upon globalisation and vice versa and how and if we are moving towards a global digital economy.

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Managerial Law, vol. 45 no. 1/2
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0309-0558

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Publication date: 1 February 2000

Gregory A. Kuhlemeyer, M. Cary Collins and Harold A. Black

Refers to previous research on the effects of poor external audits on agency costs to shareholders and takes the 1991 disciplinary action by the US Securities and Exchange…

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Refers to previous research on the effects of poor external audits on agency costs to shareholders and takes the 1991 disciplinary action by the US Securities and Exchange Commission against Ernst and Young (re the Republic Bank) as an example to examine the effect on its other audit clients and on financial institutions. Uses event study methods to show that there were no statistically abnormal returns for financial institutions or for Ernst and Young’s audit clients; but significant negative returns for firms audited by non‐big six auditors.

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Managerial Finance, vol. 26 no. 2
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0307-4358

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Publication date: 1 April 1973

PHILIP HEPWORTH, NORMAN TOMLINSON, DON LOCKETT, JON FINNEY, MICHAEL DARVELL, AP RIDLER‐INNES and BRENDA WILLIAMS‐WYNN

NLW is to be congratulated on its promptly‐secured interview with Harold Hookway in a sparkling March number which compares very favourably indeed with the January LAR that I…

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NLW is to be congratulated on its promptly‐secured interview with Harold Hookway in a sparkling March number which compares very favourably indeed with the January LAR that I happened to be reading at the same time. Generous though it was of NLW in an earlier issue to lament Edward Dudley's passing (temporary no doubt) from the LA Council, surely here was a massive vote of no‐confidence in an editorial job universally admitted to be badly done. How can the head of a great and successful library school find time to edit his profession's official journal? I have previously suggested that the LA should try to establish some business relationship with the only current English library publication for all staff levels in all types of library that comes close to what the membership wants. Let the LA stick to those publications that it does very well and that enhance its reputation—Library history, and the Journal of librarianship, and pass the buck for a newsy popular magazine elsewhere.

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New Library World, vol. 74 no. 4
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0307-4803

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Publication date: 1 March 1982

BOB LAMB, CHARLES HOFER and Harold W. Henry

The strategic planning consulting industry has grown very rapidly during the 1970s and is expected to continue to grow in the coming years. In order to determine the nature and…

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The strategic planning consulting industry has grown very rapidly during the 1970s and is expected to continue to grow in the coming years. In order to determine the nature and growth rate of the strategic planning consulting industry and the variety of services, approaches, and impacts of such consulting firms, I recently conducted a field study.

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Journal of Business Strategy, vol. 3 no. 2
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0275-6668

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Publication date: 1 March 1974

Tom Schultheiss, Lorraine Hartline, Jean Mandeberg, Pam Petrich and Sue Stern

The following classified, annotated list of titles is intended to provide reference librarians with a current checklist of new reference books, and is designed to supplement the…

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The following classified, annotated list of titles is intended to provide reference librarians with a current checklist of new reference books, and is designed to supplement the RSR review column, “Recent Reference Books,” by Frances Neel Cheney. “Reference Books in Print” includes all additional books received prior to the inclusion deadline established for this issue. Appearance in this column does not preclude a later review in RSR. Publishers are urged to send a copy of all new reference books directly to RSR as soon as published, for immediate listing in “Reference Books in Print.” Reference books with imprints older than two years will not be included (with the exception of current reprints or older books newly acquired for distribution by another publisher). The column shall also occasionally include library science or other library related publications of other than a reference character.

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Reference Services Review, vol. 2 no. 3
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0090-7324

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Publication date: 1 February 1984

Harold E. Klein and Robert E. Linneman

Corporate commitment to environmental assessment with its kit of forecasting tools is expected to grow rapidly in the years ahead. This growth will be partly due to corporate…

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Corporate commitment to environmental assessment with its kit of forecasting tools is expected to grow rapidly in the years ahead. This growth will be partly due to corporate willingness to confront turbulent environmental changes explicitly within a formal planning process.

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Journal of Business Strategy, vol. 5 no. 1
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0275-6668

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