Ron Davis in a Junior Organ Recital

This is the program for the junior organ recital of Ron Davis. The recital took place in the Mabee Fine Arts Center Recital Hall on November 17, 1975

Volatility and Dispersion in Business Growth Rates: Publicly Traded versus Privately Held Firms

We study the variability of business growth rates in the U.S. private sector from 1976 onwards. To carry out our study, we exploit the recently developed Longitudinal Business Database (LBD), which contains annual observations on employment and payroll for all U.S. businesses. Our central finding is a large secular decline in the cross sectional dispersion of firm growth rates and in the average magnitude of firm level volatility. Measured the same way as in other recent research, the employment-weighted mean volatility of firm growth rates has declined by more than 40% since 1982. This result stands in sharp contrast to previous findings of rising volatility for publicly traded firms in COMPUSTAT data. We confirm the rise in volatility among publicly traded firms using the LBD, but we show that its impact is overwhelmed by declining volatility among privately held firms. This pattern holds in every major industry group. Employment shifts toward older businesses account for 27 percent or more of the volatility decline among privately held firms. Simple cohort effects that capture higher volatility among more recently listed firms account for most of the volatility rise among publicly traded firms.

The Power of the Group: foundations for lifelong learning

[Extract] The recent UNESCO report on Education for the Twenty-First Century (Delors 1998) indicates that education is fundamental to each individual's personal and social development through the four pillars: learning to know; learning to do; learning to live together; and learning to be. Recognition of the centrality of these pillars creates challenges for curriculum planners and teachers at all levels of education in a world which is increasingly dominated by more sophisicated technologies that require fundamental changes in teachers' roles. To a greater extent than ever before, educators are charged with creating permeable boundaries between the real world and classroom practices

Past, Present, and Future of Priced Managed Lanes

Using various maps and graphs, this presentation will detail the significant growth in the U.S. priced managed lane sector in terms of mileage, locations, and toll revenue. The location of priced managed lanes currently under construction will also be included to show anticipated growth over the next several years. Some emerging trends and considerations for the future will be discussed based on involve-ment in recent studies of priced managed lanes around the country

Interview with Kathleen Slimmer

An interview with Kathleen Slimmer regarding her experiences in a one-room school house.https://scholars.fhsu.edu/ors/1204/thumbnail.jp

Turmoil and Growth: Young Businesses, Economic Churning, and Productivity Gains

Summarizes research on how the establishment or failure of businesses contribute to job creation or destruction, how a young firm's contribution evolves as it matures, and how this process of new firms displacing old ones enhances productivity growth

Embarking on Information Systems\u27 Voyage to Self-Discovery: Identifying the Core of the Discipline

In an academically competitive environment where other disciplines research IS-related phenomena, survival of the IS field hinges upon its ability to distinguish itself and provide insights that other disciplines are not poised to provide. We have survived as a distinctive field partly because of our superior understanding and knowledge of information systems, and because we are often the first at the scene for a new information technology. Problems, however, are not waiting for IS to solve them exclusively. Other disciplines can step in and unravel them if we don’t. Discerning the core that defines the IS field, clarifying what makes the IS field unique, isolating the phenomena in which we have a competitive advantage vis-à-vis other disciplines, and identifying the areas where our understanding of a phenomenon is far superior to that of other disciplines would enhance the long-term viability and visibility of the IS discipline. The panelists explore various methods of identifying the core IS constructs and relationships that define their foundation of a theory of IS, argue why their starting point is an appropriate foundation for a theory of IS, discuss the next steps in elaboration of their theory,and identify critical studies to falsify or support their emerging theory