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NMSU Business Outlook: November 2014
A Short Note to New Subscribers Welcome new subscribers! NMSU Business Outlook is a free, monthly online publication sponsored by NMSU’s College of Business. Its primary audience is business practitioners and laypersons. If you prefer not to receive these alert…
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NMSU Business Outlook: October 2013
Economic Development Through a Single Industry Driver: The Queretaro Mexico Example Michael G. Ellis, Department of Economics, New Mexico State University We would all like to speed up economic development. At least that’s the story told by development officers in…
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NMSU Business Outlook: August 2012
Small Business Employment of Older Personnel for Business Marketing Positions Sarah Fischbach, Ph.D. Student, and Robin Peterson, Professor, Marketing We outline an investigation of small business employment of seniors in Business-to-Business marketing jobs, the degree to which these firms in…
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NMSU Business Outlook: December 2011
Common decency requires businesses to lobby for regulation Christopher A. Erickson, NMSU The most famous article on business ethics is Milton Friedman’s 1970 New York Times Magazine piece called the “Social Responsibility of Business is to make a Profit.” Complete…
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NMSU Business Outlook: August 2011
Business Incubators Chris Penner, Arrowhead Technology Incubator, NMSU Idea are everywhere; chances are you have a few good ones that you have thought of developing into a business. But ideas themselves cannot get very far. They require development, planning, and…
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NMSU Business Outlook: July 2011
Behavioral Economics: Conflicts between the short run and long run self Christopher A. Erickson Behavioral economics is a branch of economics that questions the use of the rational agent in decision theory. Mainstream Neoclassical economics, as is taught in principles…
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NMSU Business Outlook: June 2011
Adjusting Prices for Externalities: Part 3 of 3 Suzenne Conner, PhD student, NMSU; Michael R. Hyman, Stan Fulton Professor of Marketing, NMSU A cradle-to-grave pricing approach would include “impacts along the entire continuum of a product’s life from raw material…
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NMSU Business Outlook: February 2011
Medical Malpractice Litigation: Critiquing the Reform Proposals Lizbeth G. Ellis, J.D., NMSU In my article last month, I explained the relative insignificance of medical malpractice as a driver of increasing health care costs in the U.S., asserting that direct medical…
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NMSU Business Outlook: January 2011
Increasing Sales Force Expectations Robin Peterson How do you inspire sales representatives to work harder and smarter? The many answers to this question include “Pay them more,” “Give them better training,” and “Show them how to do a better job…
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KRWG TV: Greater Las Cruces Chamber of Commerce Economic Forum
KRWG TV: Greater Las Cruces Chamber of Commerce Economic Forum September 17, 2009: KRWG-TV aired this economic forum in conjunction with the Las Cruces Area Chamber of Commerce. The program features these business professors from New Mexico State University: Jim…
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