Recently added articles from Management Quarterly:

From the editor's desk.

Dec 22, 2006; Johnson, Susan M. ... Welcome to the Winter 2006 issue of Management Quarterly. Over the past year we have introduced a few changes to this publication--from its look to our range of contributing authors. I wish to thank all of you who participated in our recent e-mail reader survey. Your responses provided ...

A new rural economy: a new role for public policy.

Dec 22, 2006; Drabenstott, Mark ... There is good news and bad news for the rural economy. Over the past couple of years, fortunes have turned up as the rural economy has outpaced the metro economy. Looking deeper, though, reveals long-term structural shifts which underscore ongoing concerns whether rural regions will be ...

Vital signs: NRECA's summary of distribution cooperative data.(National Rural Electric Cooperatives Association)(Report)

Dec 22, 2006; Ganley, Mike ... Vital Signs, first produced in 1985, is an annual analysis of the data reported by rural electric systems from the end of the previous calendar year. This year's report is based upon 2005 data from 846 distribution systems. All data is treated confidentially and no individual system data ...

Education as a rural development strategy.

Dec 22, 2006; Gibbs, Robert ... US Educational attainment in rural America reached a historic high in 2000, with nearly one in six rural adults holding a 4-year college degree, and more than three in four completing high school. As the demand for workers with higher educational qualifications rises, many rural ...

Calendar of key events.(Calendar)

Dec 22, 2006 ... NRECA 2007 CALENDAR (Current as of December 2006) JANUARY 2007 CEO Close-UP January 24-27 Marco Island, FL FEBRUARY 2007 Touchstone Energy@ NET 2007 February 7-8 Tampa, FL Directors' ...