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Usage Bibliometrics
Scholarly usage data provides unique opportunities to address the known
shortcomings of citation analysis. However, the collection, processing and
analysis of usage data remains an area of active research. This article
provides a review of the state-of-the-art in usage-based informetric, i.e. the
use of usage data to study the scholarly process.Comment: Publisher's PDF (by permission). Publisher web site:
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Downsizing implementation and financial performance
In the present study we explore the relationship between downsizing decisions and corporate financial
performance after top management has decided to downsize. Our focus is on the financial consequences
arising from the amount of downsizing and the use of disengagement incentives. For this purpose, we use
a sample of downsizing announcements in the Spanish press from 1995 up to 2001. Although the results
show that the amount of downsizing is not significantly related to post-downsizing profitability, the
evidence provided supports the finding that the use of disengagement incentives (which motivate workers
to leave the organization) is negatively related to firm performance. Our analysis helps to understand the
role that strategic downsizing decisions play in explaining observed variance in the performance of
downsized firms. Thus, it advances scholarly organizational research by reinforcing the concept that
corporate performance is not only contingent on strategies, but also influenced by the means through
which these strategies are implemented
As the Cursor Blinks: Electronic Scholarship and Undergraduates in the Library
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Investing in Knowledge: Insights on the Funding Landscape for Research on Inequality Among Young People in the United States
This report maps the current funding environment for research on understanding and addressing social and economic inequality among young people in the U.S. To situate the existing funding landscape, I begin with a broad articulation of what is meant by inequality. Next, I characterize the structure of the funding landscape before turning to a description of three primary approaches used by funders to support research on inequality among young people in the U.S. These characterizations emerged from a set of informant interviews with social science researchers and foundation and government funders and a document scan of funder's websites. The report concludes with a brief discussion of potential strategies funding organizations could use to improve efforts to understand and address inequality among young people in the U.S
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