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How To Expense Stock Options
A simple accounting system based on 90-day option prices may be the
answer to the current debate over expensing stock options.
Economists Jeremy Bulow and John Shoven say their proposal gives
firms flexibility and produces objective, transparent, and
decision-relevant information.
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Broadcasting Your Opinion: Is It Noise or
News?
The key to culling information from the Web is in sorting useful
nuggets from background noise. Researchers say we may be most likely
to hear from overconfident senders—people who for instance rate a
book on Amazon as four stars—and that is probably not a bad thing. [Details]
Keying Good News to Stock Option Pricing
Some top executives manage the timing of key company announcements,
such as earnings projections, to increase the worth of stock options
they receive. Researchers used data from 571 firms to test stock
price movements. [Details]
Taking Measure of Nonprofits
Many donors don't care about the performance metrics held so dear by
foundations and nonprofits, say researchers. Rather, individual
donors think that virtually all nonprofits do social good and give
primarily because they know someone connected to the organization. [Details]
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Fighting Poverty Disarms Terrorism
"Poverty feeds conflict and breeds terrorism," says Indian
industrialist Mukesh Ambani, and ignoring the poor will lead
to "an unmanageable social crisis."
[Details]
Try these websites Jackson Library has identified for
business users:
ISI Emerging Markets
Internet Securities, Inc. is the pioneering provider of
electronically delivered emerging markets business
information. The New York company has offices in 19
countries. [Details]
Department of Transportation: Libraries
Transportation-related news and statistics, safety
information, and legislation, regulation, certification, and
policy links.
[Details]
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CD-ROM series features leading professors. [Details]
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Avoid Hubris: Lessons For Reformers
No one has the answers to solve global poverty, says
economist John McMillan. Be willing to experiment because:
"If we could plan reforms, we would have planned the economy
in the beginning." [Details]
Executive Women at Link.Com
This case outlines the experiences of seven high ranking
women in a large multinational Silicon Valley computer
company. (Case must be purchased.)
[Details]
EXECUTIVE EDUCATION
Negotiation and Influence Strategies
October 17-22
Stanford Campus
Executive Management Program:
Leading Change and Organizational Renewal
October 31-November 5
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