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Towards a market oriented approach: employer requirements

The decline in enrolments in economics degrees and majors has been the focus of much concern in recent times. In 2001, two of the current researchers published a paper outlining a framework with which future investigation into the issue could be conducted (Keneley and Hellier 2001).

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Why study economics? The private rate of return to an

This paper considers the implications of the major changes in the labour market for economists over the past twenty years with respect to the private rate of return to investment in an Economics degree. The paper presents estimates based on Census data for 1986, 1991, 1996, and 2001,

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Essays on economics

Few students of economics have managed to avoid the question of whether their chosen field qualifies as a true science. In this thought-provoking collection of essays, David Colander, a professor of economics at Middlebury College in Vermont, addresses this question with well-written, and often entertaining prose.

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Paint by number: by following a reliable business plan,

Ask most artists how they plan to make a living at what they do and you'll find them lamenting the need to leave their studios to undertake the down-and-dirty work of selling themselves. Instead, they have their spouses pitch in or sign with a publisher. They hire agents. They wait for divine intervention.

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Cream of the crop: summer sessions give top teens a peek

A high school experience 20 years ago changed Gail Covington's life. In 1983, when Covington was a high school junior in Oakland, Calif., she was singled out to participate in the Leadership Education and Development Program in Business Inc. (LEAD).

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INFORMATION

Business situation: Preliminary

PRODUCTION in the United States surged in the first quarter of 2002, while final sales slowed, according to the "preliminary" estimates of the national income and product accounts (NIPA's).

EBR: the next step: enhanced

ENHANCED BUSINESS REPORTING (EBR) WILL IMPROVE the quality of information companies provide so investors can make better decisions about a company's situation and prospects.

Information technology in the

Information Technology (IT) can be defined as a collection of individual technology components that are typically organized into computer-based information systems. Information technology has changed the way the world does business.

Consultant's registry - an

For those of who regularly check NABE's web site, this is old news, but for everyone else you need to know that NABE has an offer priced right for you. NABE is waiving the annual set-up fee for including your company in the NABE's Registry until June 2000.

The business; Adam Smith's

The Home Office really should scrap the emergency services number, 999. It's a disgrace that a government intent on introducing choice into every area of life from hospitals to schools has left the British public with no other option in a crisis but dreary, familiar, old-fashioned 999.