The Re-Forming Army: Some Suggestions

Some Suggestions.........

I wish to bring a few issues to the attention of our fellow professionals for their consideration and further action through our professional body (of IPS) as may be deemed fit. The first three issues are about functional aspects of our Indian Psychiatric Society , which I consider have acquired unhealthy flavour; and, the fourth issue is about a policy that should actively and urgently be purs...

Some Methodological Suggestions

Rather than providing a big picture about monetary policy, I appoint myself as a discussant of the two papers presented in this session, one on inflationary expectations by Galati, Poelhekke, and Zhou, and the other on the recent commodity boom by Erceg, Guerrieri, and Kamin. For each of the two papers, which I take to be the best industry practice, I will suggest an alternative methodology. My...

Stakeholder theory: Some revisionist suggestions

The article argues for the use of a narrow stakeholder definition. It also adds one group –managers – that generally is not considered as being a stakeholder group. Here it is suggested that control of this stakeholder group holding the executive power should be a central topic for stakeholder theory. The article supports the common idea that the business discourse and the moral discourse shoul...

Re-forming Acquisition Reform

Jackson is a branch chief in Headquarters Air Force Materiel Command. He teaches economics and management at the University of Phoenix Cincinnati campus. Silence falls upon the audience as the houselights dim. Three figures appear center stage. Demanding greater accountability, an aggravated politician lambastes bureaucrats for operating in a maze of outdated policy. A baron of business extols ...

The Domain of Entrepreneurship Research: Some Suggestions