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Outstanding Business Professors at WVU, Part 2
Stratford Douglas enrolled at the University of North Carolina in an economics graduate program in 1982. Five years later, he graduated with his Ph.D. in Econometrics. After taking three years to work for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, he joined the WVU College of Business and Economics as an Economics professor in 1990. �For a country like this to function well, we all need to understand the basic institutions,� Douglas said. � Read More... -
The Economics of Hurricanes
During the 2006 Atlantic tropical hurricane season the world will watch all of the awesome power of Mother Nature. We will watch the weather satellites and the weather Channel and listen to meteorologist experts and weather research scientists who will explain each and every move that the hurricane takes. Many will be forced through mandatory evacuation to leave their homes for safer regions. We understand the devastation and destruction that Read More... -
Big Box Stores and Local Economics
The Wal-Mart Phenomena is interesting. Wal-Mart today is the biggest supplier of goods to the American People, it is the biggest employer and could be said to be the distribution system for the Nation. No wonder all large corporations study its transportation and distribution models, Wal-Mart has won the game. Thanks in good part to a very wise man, who knew his business like the back of his hand. Many have been very critical of the advances of Read More...
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