The last major study of sales performance variance explained by salespeople attributes was by Churchill et al. (1985). They examined the effect of role, skills, motivation, personal factors, aptitude, and organizational/environmental factors on sales performance-factors that have dominated the...

Statistical regularities at the top end of the wealth distribution in the United States are examined using the Forbes 400 lists of richest Americans, published between 1988 and 2003. It is found that the wealths are distributed according to a power-law (Pareto) distribution. This result is...

The reversible reaction CH4 + CO2 = 2H2 + 2CO is under investigation as a chemical heat pipe for storage and transport of solar energy. In this paper, the study of the back exothermic reaction, the methanation of CO-rich synthesis gas, is reported. Three different methanators were constructed...