Life Styles and Psychographic Characteristics of Elderly Consumers as Determinants of Perceptions on Health Care

It appears that in today’s United States, the burden of disease prevention is assigned to the consumer. This study examines perceptions, health related information, and demographic data of a sample of elderly Arkansas consumers, with respect to preventive health care. The 226 respondents of the survey are members of the Arkansas Household Research Panel and over fifty-five years of age. The data gathered were subjected to standard parametric and nonparametric statistical tests, factor analysis, cluster analysis, and discriminant analysis. The analysis identified two major segments. One, with seventy percent of the total, consists of respondents having a predominantly positive attitude in favor of health prevention and against the existing health care practices. The second one with twenty-five percent of the total, consists of respondents having negative positions on these issues. Additionally, it was found, that although there is no significant demographic difference between the two segments, there is a significant health difference. Respondents belonging to the second cluster are in a better health than the other respondents. The findings, with respect to the predominant segment, indicate that its respondents: (a) are ready for and needful of complete disease diagnostic/prevention services, (b) are ready to pay a reasonable price for them, (c) will travel in order to find suitable health care services, (d) are affected by word-of-mouth publicity, (e) demand more respect as customers, (f) ask for more substantiated explanations related to the treatment of symptoms by health organizations, and (g) are not necessarily loyal to their present health care institutions

International Business Education in the AACSB Schools

The study analyzes the responses of 411 AACSB member schools with respect to their offerings in international business. The findings of this study are that international business material is often incorporated into functional courses, and that among AACSB schools the accredited ones are not significantly different from the non-accredited ones in terms of curricula composition

Systemics, Excellence, Global Enterprising and Business Ethics

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Global Business and Corporate Governance Environment, Structure, and Challenges

This book presents a new era where the main force for social change, research, education, economic betterment, and even employee happiness is the global enterprise. So many businesses today are “global,” though often with conflicting priorities and potential civilization clashes. Companies may operate in a practically borderless world, seeking ideas and talents globally, but without proper knowledge and preparation, it is one endless struggle. Inside, you’ll learn many global business-related issues ranging from historical matters to the realities of the 21st century—from local cultures to global organizations and from political, legal, and economic topics to accounting, finance, marketing, and management perspectives. This book directs your attention to critical business challenges in addition to the need of corporate governance at all levels. These issues include how it all relates to the environment and the structure of the corporation. Whether you’re already out in the CEO world, or a student in upper-level undergraduate or graduate study, or executive education, this book gives you numerous combinations of how-to-do projects with philosophical perspectives of a new and challenging era

WP 2016-340

This study analyzes the relative performance in terms of welfare of the current U.S. PAYG system compared to an array of cost equivalent alternative specifications of means-tested pension programs. We conduct our analysis under two different settings. While in the first setting, individuals have standard preferences, in the second setting individuals have self-control preferences. We show that the implications of the reform substantially differs across the two settings.Social Security Administrationhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/121939/1/wp340.pdfDescription of wp340.pdf : Working pape

International Business Education in the AACSB Schools

The study analyzes the responses of 411 AACSB member schools with respect to their offerings in international business. The findings of this study are that international business material is often incorporated into functional courses, and that among AACSB schools the accredited ones are not significantly different from the non-accredited ones in terms of curricula composition

International Business Education in the AACSB Schools

The study analyzes the responses of 411 AACSB member schools with respect to their offerings in international business. The findings of this study are that international business material is often incorporated into functional courses, and that among AACSB schools the accredited ones are not significantly different from the non accredited ones in terms of curricula composition.© 1987 JIBS. Journal of International Business Studies (1987) 18, 91–98