Management Research News: Volume 12 Issue 2

The Liquidation/Merger Alternative: Some New Evidence

M.J. Peel

Since the seminal work of Altman (1968), a large number of researchers have developed statistical models, derived from accounting data, with the aim of predicting corporate…

Introducing Technology in Four Businesses

John G. Veres, Ronald R. Sims

A striking feature of the U.S. economy is its constant change. One hundred years ago the country's biggest industry was agriculture; a few decades later, manufacturing engaged the…

A Novel Approach to Curriculum Development

D.F. Ball, P. Banks, T. McCann

There is now widespread recognition of some degree of mismatch between the needs of industry and much of the provision of management and business education. There appears to be a…

UK Chief Executives Move Up The Pay League

Keith Exall

UK Chief Executives now rank 11th in the international pay league in terms of total cash remuneration (pay and bonus) but rise to 4th when long term incentives and perquisites and…