The Lanham Act was a federal infrastructure bill passed by Congress in 1940 and eventually used to fund programs for the preschool and school-aged children of working women during WWII. It remains, to this day, the only example in US history of an (almost) universal, largely federally-supported...

Companies today must continuously improve their processes in order to meet the ever changing needs of the consumer. In the past, most utility providers (telephone, natural gas, etc.) paid little attention to improving processes in order to improve customer service, due to their monopolistic hold...

Andrew Smithers is a leading UK economist and pundit. This outline of a talk which he gave to the UK Asset and Liability Management Association earlier this year looks at the economic prognosis for both the Japanese and the US economies. Both are facing tough and almost impossible choices, he...

Purpose – This article aims to examine the dynamic nature of the sources of funding for not‐for‐profit (NPs) organizations with particular reference to NPs in the human service sector NPs in the US. Design/methodology/approach – The universe of NPs include government and so‐called...