The Economic Crisis, Employees, and Executives: Who Wins? Who Loses?

Gambling, Who Wins

Gambling, Who Wins? Who loses?, edited by Gerda Reith, Ph.D, examines several wide-ranging yet important topics related to gambling. This multidisciplinary compilation of essays, some written by prominent scholars in their fields, examines such questions as: How can the alluring economic benefits of gambling be balanced against the potential harm caused to a significant minority? Is problem or ...

Procurement Information Systems: Collaboration to Fight against Crisis

The length and sheer scale of the current economic crisis has surprised managers, who were completely unprepared to deal with such an unanticipated situation. Standing at the heart of their businesses and providing a link between executives and employees, these managers need to limit the impact of the crisis in an environment in which various constraints, unexpected events and social tensions a...

Disputes over frozen embryos: who wins, who loses, and how do we decide?--An analysis of Davis v. Davis, York v. Jones, and state statutes affecting reproductive choices.

President Perot or fundamentals of voting theory illustrated with the 1992 election

Different voting systems can lead to different election outcomes even when voter preferences are held constant. Using the 1992 election as an example, it is shown how the outcome of every positional vote system can be found. Similarly, every possible cumulative and approval vote outcome is shown. Multiple vote systems, like approval and cumulative voting, have disturbing properties. Using the 1...

Crisis communication. Lessons from 9/11.

The sheer enormity of last year's terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon gave new meaning to the term "crisis management." Suddenly, companies near Ground Zero, as well as those more than a thousand miles away, needed a plan. Because the disasters disrupted established channels not only between businesses and customers but between businesses and employees, internal crisis-...