The efficiency of educational choices is studied in a search-matching model where individuals face a tradeoff: acquiring formal education or learning while on the job. When their education effort is successful, newcomers directly obtain a high-skill job; otherwise, they begin with a low-skill...

Without education, development will not occur, only an educated people can command the skills necessary for sustainable economic growth and for a better quality of life. Recognizing this fact, African governments have placed heavy emphasis on expanding educational opportunities from primary...

In this paper, we propose to replace quot;corporate social responsibilityquot; with quot;company stakeholder responsibility.quot; This is not just semantics, but a new interpretation of the very purpose of CSR. quot;Companyquot; signals that all forms of value creation and trade and all...

Learning, an important element in terms of affecting the change of individual, organizational and social structures, will occur more effectively when the institutions in social structure turn into learning organizations. Senge (1993) concept of learning organization, constantly changing,...

En el presente estudio se analizan las competencias profesionales genéricas más valoradas, tanto por las empresas, como por los graduados universitarios españoles, así como la relación existente entre la probabilidad de tener un empleo y el nivel adquirido en dichas competencias. Esta...

Research to date which has analyzed attrition at universities and community colleges has tended to focus on clusters of factors which may or may not impact attrition. This paper extends the current literature and develops a model to evaluate attrition. Three core groups of factors which impact...

Der Beitrag diskutiert die gegenwaertige Bedeutung und zukuenftige Entwicklung der Wirtschafts- und Unternehmensethik im wirtschaftswissenschaftlichen Curriculum. Ausgangspunkt der ueberlegung ist die Beobachtung, dass einer wachsenden Zahl von Lehrstuehlen sowie verschiedenen Kursen zu...

In recent years universities have undergone structural changes, with the objective of harmonizing the European Higher Education System. This process has culminated with the entry into the European Higher Education Area (EHEA). This study makes two key contributions. First, it provides an...

Una parte importante de la salud de una economía se refleja en la evolución de su mercado de trabajo. Conocer las características de sus principales variables es fundamental para realizar un diagnóstico de la inserción laboral. Pese al amplio uso en la investigación de los rendimientos de...

Management education has been criticized for its limited contribution to both students and business. Yet, the traditional education approach has not undergone fundamental changes in decades. A number of new educational models have been proposed, but challenges seem insurmountable when it comes...