Yet another potential reason could be that these programs keep executives up to speed on the latest management techniques, technology, etc. Most MBA programs, from what I understand, are less about lecturing and more about sharing various experiences and case study analysis amongst the participan
If it is not useful, then why do companies pay for Executive MBA programs?
I have known several high ranking executives here in the Northern Virginia
area --- for Mobil/Exxon and other companies --- who have gone on to earn
Executive MBA's from Georgetown, Virginia or William & Mary (alas GMU does
Why do older executives desire MBA's or B-school Ph.D.'s? They don't
need to signal brains because they have a track record, and they
won't learn much useful stuff. It can't terribly useful credential
when you are in mid or late career. Any takes? or is this just
consumption on the part of execs?
You might look for Berry, Rongquist, Fording, & Hanson, "Measuring citizen and
government ideology in the american states, " American Journal of Political Science,
42: Jan 1998, p. 327-348.
Dr. Noel D. Campbell
Asst. Prof. of Business Administration
North Georgia College & St. Univ.
Dahlonega,
There is great data on individual representatives going back decades
which, one presumes, represent their districts. Look into Poole and
Rosenthal's d-Nominate data here and see their book
http://voteview.uh.edu/default.htm
Alex
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Dr. Alexander Tabarrok
Vice President and Director of Research
Armchairs,
I know that most political surveys include some sort of ideological self-placement index. Is there any source of "ideology measures" at some disaggregated level for the US? (I am thinking of state, or regional levels for the last couple decades)
Any suggestion would be most welcome..
sorry, I forgot to replace the subject
- jacob
> Dear Armchair Economists,
>
> Does anyone know of any evaluations of the impact of state aid to
> coproratins / industries? Not so much the theory, but empirical
studies
> into the effect of giving state aid - or better yet: the empirical
>
Dear Armchair Economists,
Does anyone know of any evaluations of the impact of state aid to
coproratins / industries? Not so much the theory, but empirical studies
into the effect of giving state aid - or better yet: the empirical
results of ending / banning state aid.
It would be great if th
