U.S. Universities’ Net Returns from Patenting and Licensing: A Quantile Regression Analysis, September 2006

In line with the rights and incentives provided by the Bayh-Dole Act of 1980, U.S. universities have increased their involvement in patenting and licensing activities through their own technology transfer offices. Only a few U.S. universities are obtaining large returns, however, whereas others are continuing with these activities despite negligible or negative returns. We assess the U.S. universities’ potential to generate returns from licensing activities by modeling and estimating quantiles of the distribution of net licensing returns conditional on some of their structural characteristics. We find limited prospects for public universities without a medical school everywhere in their distribution. Other groups of universities (private, and public with a medical school) can expect significant but still fairly modest returns only beyond the 0.9th quantile. These findings call into question the appropriateness of the revenue-generating motive for the aggressive rate of patenting and licensing by U.S. universities.

Management information systems: The balanced scorecard in Spanish public universities

Organisations are becoming increasingly aware of the need for management information systems, due largely to the changing environment and a continuous process of globalisation. All of this means that managers need to adapt the structures of their organisations to the changes and, therefore, to plan, control and manage better. The Spanish public university cannot avoid this changing (demographic, economic and social changes) and globalising (among them the convergence of European qualifications) environment, to which we must add the complex organisation structure, characterised by a high dispersion of authority for decision making in different collegiate and unipersonal organs. It seems obvious that these changes must have repercussions on the direction, organisation and management structures of those public higher education institutions, and it seems natural that, given this environment, the universities must adapt their present management systems to the demand by society for the quality and suitability of the services they provide.

General Aviation Security for Airport Personnel, Pilots, and Tenants December 28, 2004

The following general aviation security guidelines have been adapted from the National Working Group on General Aviation Security. This group consisted of members from the nation’s major aviation associations. In 2003the group submitted a report on general aviation security to the Transportation Security Administration (TSA). The following guidelines from the report affect airport personnel, pilots and tenants. Additional guidelines on airport security have been shared with airport managers and sponsors. The most up-to-date general aviation security guidelines are posted on the Iowa Department of Transportation’s Office ofAviation Web site: iawings.com

Agency Fact Sheet, Department of Personnel, FY2003

This document produced by the Iowa Department of Administrative Services has been developed to provide a multitude of information about executive branch agencies/department on a single sheet of paper. The facts provides general information, contact information, workforce data, leave and benefits information and affirmative action data.

L'hôpital public sous l'ère de la nouvelle gouvernance : une "camisole de force" pour le personnel soignant ?

Les réformes du système de la santé, introduisant des objectifs d'efficience et de rentabilité inspirés de la doctrine de la Nouvelle gouvernance publique (NGOP), impactent l'organisation des hôpitaux et ses acteurs. Cette recherche étudie les conséquences de l'implémentation de la logique et des outils managériaux sur la profession d'infirmière en termes de contenu du travail et d'identité professionnelle. La reconfiguration des tâches au sein des structures hospitalières semble réduire l'autonomie de ces acteurs de terrain et affecter le sens que les infirmières donnent à leur travail. Par le prisme du pouvoir discrétionnaire, l'étude montre comment le personnel infirmier, principalement selon ses critères moraux, use de stratégies d'ajustement pour faire coïncider ses valeurs avec l'environnement professionnel. Toutefois, la disjonction entre les impératifs managériaux et les valeurs des infirmières engendre de la souffrance au travail. Dans une approche psychosociale, ce mémoire relie le mal-être des infirmières au concept de la « qualité empêchée » qui dévoile le mécanisme par lequel l'action des infirmières est privée en partie de son contenu.

Issue review : Regents universities and the 2008 summer floods.

This issue review examines the flooding experienced by the University of Iowa and, to a much lesser degree, by Iowa State University and the University of Northern Iowa.

Issue review : Regents employees, fiscal year 2001 through fiscal 2010.

An examination of the changes in employment at the three Regents universities and two special schools since fiscal year 2001.

Issue review : tuition at Iowa Regents universities.

Examination of the growth in tuition at Iowa Regents universities with comparisons to inflation, funding sources, peer institutions, and relative to household income.

Issue review : state of Iowa full-time-equivalent positions and personnel costs.

This issue review provides background on the establishment of full-time-equivalent, or FTE, positions and examines how FTE positions are used in the state's budgeting process. This issue review also provides historical information regarding FTE positions and personnel costs and the current status and outlook of FTE positions and salary expenditures for fiscal year 2011. In addition, this issue review outlines the new requirements included in Senate File 2088, Government Reorganization Efficiency Act, that will impact FTE levels and expenditure of salary dollars for fiscal 2011.