Racial Disparity and the Death Penalty

McAdams examines the rhetoric and data supporting the mass market version of the racial disparity thesis. The system is racist in that it punishes those who kill whites more severely than those who kill blacks

Fat Cats and Thin Kittens: Are People Who Make Large Campaign Contributions Different?

Critics of campaign finance in the United States often direct their fire toward contributors who make large donations. Critics charge that large contributions are unfair, unrepresentative, and undemocratic. Accordingly, they push for "reforms" that would favor small contributions over large, and public money over private donations. Survey data on contributors contradict that stereotype of contributors of large amounts and their effects on American politics. Overall, "fat cats" differ less from contributors of smaller amounts than critics have alleged. The differences that do exist are mostly unsurprising and generally small in magnitude. Survey results show that both policy liberalism and Democratic partisanship are well represented among contributors of large sums.The supporters of McCain-Feingold argue that new restrictions on large contributions will profoundly alter American politics for the better. Their claims have no basis in fact. New laws aimed at restricting large donations in favor of smaller ones will have little effect on practical politics

Teaching Case Study: The ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) Conundrum

This case highlights a predicament that is common in corporations. A large multinational company, which in fictitiously named Dunder Mifflin, Inc. (DMI), chose to embark on an ERP strategy with the hope that it would modernize their back office and position them for future growth. The ERP project, which is still not fully implemented, endured a series of disruptions and disappointments, which caused a number of issues

Socialist Democracy and Software Development: The Case of Software Development in India

This study examines the situation that produced a high-tech industry (software development) despite the generally deprived conditions in the country. The authors examine the legacy of colonialism, the ensuing democracy with a socialist bent, and how the global software industry emerged. Clearly the education system and the prevailing infrastructure in a small southern region of the country were contributory factors. There are some warning signs of dangers ahead

Knowledge Work and IT Outsourcing: Is Some Work Returning to the United States?

This paper explores the relationship between Knowledge Work and IT outsourcing which gained visibility during the 2004 US Presidential election campaign. The outsourcing phenomenon is maturing and companies have learned what is appropriate to outsource and for what reasons. That is causing some tasks to return to the US. Understanding Knowledge Work will help companies make decisions regarding effective outsourcing

Dynamic Knowledge Management

Arthur McAdams' and Philip Maymin's poster about a dynamic alternative model for knowledge management

Gambel’S Quail: A History of Research and Management at the Oracle Junction Study Area in Arizona

We analyzed current as well as historic call-count survey data, check station harvest data, season length, winter precipitation, and daily bag limits in the Oracle Junction Study Area, Arizona to verify factors affecting annual Gambel’s quail (Callipepla gambelii) harvest. Gambel’s quail is the only one of the 9 species of wild gallinaceous game birds found in Arizona endemic to the Sonoran Desert. Oracle Junction has been of particular importance to quail hunters, scientists, researchers, and managers because it has a consistent history of call-count surveys, open hunting seasons, hunter-harvest check stations, and available precipitation data. Oracle Junction provides a valuable ‘experiment’ of Gambel quail harvest management in Arizona