This study examined the results of a flipped classroom trial conducted for Business 1112, an introductory business course at Mount Saint Vincent University in the fall semester of 2012. Dr. Findlay-Thompson taught three sections of Business 1112 and used the flipped classroom style for one of...

The presence of international students on college campuses has been a significant source of cultural diversity and globalization of college campuses. Therefore, determining factors for successful learning experiences of international students on American campuses could result in better...

In a recent article, Thaver (2013) makes the case for including in intermediate microeconomics textbooks analysis of the substitution and output effects of a firm’s response to a change in the price of an input. In her analysis, Thaver assumes that the firm is constrained by a fixed...

This study sought to examine students’ perceptions of their learning experience in the introductory accounting courses at three colleges and universities in the United States. Questionnaire responses were collected from 375 students at the end of the second introductory course. The...

The 2011 QS Global Employer Survey of over 10,000 recruiters worldwide indicates that employers actively seek and give preference to college graduates who had studied abroad. Six out of ten employers said they give "extra credit" for a student's international experience and more than 80 percent...

Recently, globalization of world economies has increased rapidly and a large number of multinational companies have emerged. Population growth, technological advancements in communication systems, hyper-commercialization, interdependent financial networks, near constant transportation...

Este livro é um guia de apoio a Microeconomia contendo dois pontos programáticos. No 1.º capítulo, apresento o mercado desagregado em três Leis da Natureza: i) que as pretensões dos vendedores se agregam na função de oferta; ii) que as pretensões dos compradores se agregam na função de...

This paper clarifies some misinterpretations of three foundational concepts in mainstream economics from Islamic viewpoint. These are scarcity of resources, pursuit of self-interest and maximizing behavior of economic agents. It argues that stocks of resources that God has provided are...

Blogs provide a dynamic interactive medium for online discussion, consistent with communal constructivist pedagogy. This paper explores the use of blogs in the teaching and assessment of a small (40-60 students) introductory economics paper. The role of blogs as a teaching, learning and...

Las universidades son uno de los agentes más activos en la generación de capital humano en las sociedades actuales y, por tanto, contribuyen por esta vía al crecimiento económico de su entorno. Asimismo, en la medida en que el capital humano generado en las universidades permite a los...