In the past, engineers have typically focused on product design and innovation through newer technologies, while marketers have focused on market and competitor intelligence and customer preferences. The time has come for an effective integration of these two focal areas for the successful...

As in past years, the conference will provide a multi-topical forum for scholarly presentations, discussions, and collaborations on consumer behavior. In addition, a theme for the 2005 conference has been established to encourage some attendees to focus on a set of issues that the conference...

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Network industries-telecommunications, electricity, gas, water, etc.-are currently undergoing major changes, the most significant being the entry of competitors. These conferences aim to be at the cutting edge of these developments by providing the opportunity to discuss the research of...

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Network industries-telecommunications, electricity, gas, water, etc.-are currently undergoing major changes, the most significant being the entry of competitors. This conference aims to be at the cutting edge of these developments by providing the opportunity to discuss the research of...

Adequacy, equity, and school accountability Links between education finance and policy Comparative issues in education finance Alternative approaches to school funding Resource re-allocation at state, district, and school levels School choice (e.g., charters, vouchers, public school...

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The meetings will cover most any topic in economics and finance as well as most interrelated subject matter. As in the past years, The Academy will again offer a Teacher Training Program (TTP). This unique program explores and encourages different teaching methodologies and techniques. All...

There will be three sessions on gender-related topics: p.e. aspects of women's acitvities in the economics profession, on the economics of spousal relationships and on issues of child care and the will also be three sessions on non-gender-related topics: areas of information technology and...