Corporate Web sites range from single-page company descriptions to multilayered sites that promote products and services and contain company histories, employment opportunities, news, and company philosophy. This article describes the information typically found in corporate Web sites, recommends business-related Web directories, and offers tips…

Discusses competition and profit in higher education and the effect of the profit motive on educational quality. Describes the impact of the lucrative executive education field, extension education, the Internet, and the hidden curriculum of advertising and corporate dollars in universities. (SK)

Examined training programs in four large companies designed to turn managers into corporate entrepreneurs. Results indicated that many managers can be trained to act like entrepreneurs and that their actions can lead to new value creation. Problems may arise when newly trained entrepreneurs reenter the corporation. (Conains 16 references.) (JOW)

Employs a case study method, using in-depth interviews of 29 corporate managers and experts, to understand the current state of mobilization in the life insurance industry. Suggests a conceptual framework and formulates possible research propositions incorporating several variables. Suggests 10 key success factors for implementing mobilization in…

Notes defensive actions and routines undermine core competencies and inhibit organizational learning. Discusses a solution of management development "in action," which integrates process and content and facilitates development of a learning organization that is able to engage in double-loop learning. (SK)

Representatives from 17 of 24 "best companies for women" identified preferred career supports for women in management (supervisors, mentors, role models), policies for women's development (sexual harassment, maternity leave, flexible opportunities), and selection and training policies (competence in functional areas, identification of…

Provides some sources of corporate financial information on the Internet and illustrates how to use these resources in teaching international business and, more specifically, financial reporting and analysis of multinational enterprises. Points out some of the advantages and limitations of these resources. (EV)

Discusses the creation of an asset management firm by the University of North Carolina, a wholly owned subsidiary to manage the university's cash, endowment fund, and planned giving assets. (EV)

Identifies and examines four information science core competencies of the Du Pont Corporation's information science services: ability to conceptualize information; knowledge of internal and external information resources; understanding of information resource management; and ability to synthesize and tailor information. Describes the…

Discussion of performance support focuses on Canada's Bell-Northern Research's views of embedded performance support systems. The establishment of a corporate center of excellence for performance support system (PSS) development is explained; a pilot project is described; and a business case showing the benefits of implementing a PSS is presented.…

Discusses research with neural networks in the area of finance. Highlights include bond pricing, theoretical exposition of primary bond pricing, bond pricing regression model, and an example that created networks with corporate bonds and NeuralWare Neuralworks Professional H software using the back-propagation technique. (LRW)

Examines developments among public record information providers, including a shift from file acquisition to entire company acquisition. Highlights include a table of remote access to public records by state; pricing information; privacy issues; and information about the three main companies offering access to public records: LEXIS, CDB Infotek,…

Examples from road construction, mining, and other Australian industries show that the corporate sector has responded slowly to the introduction of a national framework for competency-based training. As industry bears more of the costs of training, it has yet to see returns in terms of productivity gains. (SK)

Describes the Web presence in print advertisements to determine how marketers are creating bridges between traditional advertising and the Internet. Content analysis showed Web addresses in print ads; categories of advertisers most likely to link print ads with Web sites; and whether the Web site attempts to develop a database of potential…

Burt Huber and his team from Ariel Performance Centered Systems won a performance support design award at last year's Online Learning Conference for their system at Payless shoes. Huber discusses some details of his organization's designs; how he approaches a client; how he assesses organizational readiness for performance support; role of…