Table of Contents
Accounting I (Cost/Managerial/AIS)
1 Strategic Performance
Measurement and Culture in the Multinational Corporations
7 The Impact of Strategic
Alliances on Earnings Predictability
11 A Note on the Implications of
Minimum Pay Requirement
13 Improved Financial Performance
Through Balanced Scorecard Integration in the Budgeting Process
Accounting II (Audit/Financial/Tax)
15 Shrinking Boomer Social
Security Benefits
17 Should Your Accounting Program
Now Have an Internal Audit Component
19 The Generosity of States'
R&D Tax Incentives: An Inter-State Comparison
23 The Impact of Mergers and
Acquisitions on Earnings Predictability
25 Analysts' Forecasts in
ÒGood-NewsÓ and ÒBad-NewsÓ Environments: Evidence of Economic
Significance of Differential
Variance
27 Do Financial AnalystsÕ Respond
to Regulatory Events? Evidence from the Tax Reform Act
31 Second-Partner Review in the
United States and Canada: A negotiation Process Perspective
35 The Establishment of A System
of Punitive Fines on the Basis of an Unbiased Estimator: Fair or
39 The Self-Employment Tax: An Unchanging Floor
43 The Impact of the Economic
Unit Concept on the Equity Accounting Method
45 Should a Federal Estate Tax
Return be Filed in Situations
49 Corporate Regulatory
Compliance and International Competition: Current Issues
51 Corporate Governance and
Accounting Reporting Practices
Business Law, Ethics, and Public Policy
53 Framing, Ethics and Governance
57 The Strategic Role of Wildlife
in MontanaÕs Economic Future
61 Food Rescue Program Will
Rescue Food Banks From Inadequate Food Supplies: RestaurantsÕ
65 TaxpayerÕs Legal and Ethical
Obligations to Amend Returns Containing Abusive Tax Shelter
67 WHAT'S FAIR IS FAIR, OR IS
IT? A Comparative Ethical Analysis
of the Flat Tax, the Modified Flat
69 The Impact of Urbanization
Level on Consumers' Moral Philosophy and Ethical Beliefs
Business Policy and Strategy
73 Faculty Motivation and
Effectiveness in Competitive Environment
75 A Review of the Impact of
Technology Characteristics on Innovation Activities
77 Impact of Strategic Planning
on Company Performance in a Strategic Management Simulation
81 The Biofuel Conundrum –
Towards Understanding the Systemic Influence of Agricultural and
Energy Policies on Energy and
Food Supplies
Cases, Workshops and Special Sessions
89 Red Robin Gourmet Burgers,
Inc.: A Case Analysis
91 The Preferred Stock Dilemma of
Appllo Technology: The Impact of
SFAS #150
93 Confounded Logic: A Skills Oriented Workshop on Group
Decision Making and Emotional
97 Green Manufacturing: An
Analysis of Sustainability Operations
101 Pleasing All The Faculty, All
The Time: The Allocation of Scarce
Faculty Raise Funding
103 Outcomes Assessment: IACBE Accreditation
105 T-Systems International: An
International Scheduling and Distribution Optimization Application
109 Multiple Regression Analyses
of Faculty Salaries
111 A Pay-for-Performance Awards
Model
113 Cleaning Up the Game –
Moral Governance and Athlete Behavior -Case A
119 A Game Theoretic
Interpretation of the ÒWin-WinÓ, ÒWin-LoseÓ, ÒLose-WinÓ, and ÒLose-LoseÓ
Decision Outcomes in a
CollegeÕs Budget Allocation
121 The Use of Finite Absorbing
Markov Chains in Capacity Planning in a Graduate School
123 The Implications of the AACSB
PreAccreditation Standards for Institutional Policies regarding
Faculty Qualifications and
Participation
125 Exploring a Successful Online
MBA Program
Entrepreneurship & Small Business Management
127 Impact of a Life-Changing
Event on the Family Business
131 From Banks to Bushfires:
Aggregating local capital for social and economic sustainability
133 The Dominant Areas of Social
Entrepreneurship
137 Knowledge Management Systems
for Technology Commercialization
141 Franchising Fee Structure for
Midscale Lodging Enterprises with F&B
Engineering Systems Management
143 Using Bayesian Belief Network
to Model Risk and Impact in Software Development
149 Project Management Under Risk
Control: A Monte Carlo Simulation Approach
153 Could Drivers' Behavior
Change: Implications for High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) Lanes
157 Interactive Computer Graphics
Using a Network of Commodity PCs
Finance I (Financial Institutions and
Investments)
161 Technical and Scale Efficiency
in the U.S. Property-Casualty Insurance Industry
165 Housing Prices Forecasts: An
Evaluation of Forecasting Models
169 Teaching Portfolio
Optimization Using Data From Yahoo!Finance, Excel and Qos-15
175 Bond Index Choice in the
Empirical Investigation of Interest Rate Risk
177 Traditional IRA vs. Roth IRA:
The Incentives of Tax Benefits and Consumer Choices
179 Expectation Error in Earnings
Forecasts: A Behavioral Perspective
Finance II (Corporate Finance)
183 Evidence on Board Size and Its
Impact on CEO Pay-performance Sensitivity
187 The Risk-Taking Effect of
Executive Stock Options on Firm Performance
191 Application of the Capital
Budgeting Techniques in the Decision Making Process of Croatian
197 Are Pre-IPO Accruals
Informative of IPO Initial Returns?
201 The Relationship Among
Management Quality, Value Driver And Economic Value Added
205 Analyzing Loan Alternative
Through Spreadsheet Modeling
207 On the Value of Two Stage
Dividend Growth Models for Improving the Elementary Pedagogy of
Cost of Equity Capital
Determination
209 Macroeconomic Factors Effects
on the Venture Capital Industry Returns
Global Business
213 An Examination of Effective
Performance Dimensions for Entry-Level Managers
217 Global Implications of the
Failed Doha Trade Talks
221 Global Advertising Exposed:
How J. Walter Thompson Conquered Western Europe?
223 The Family Firm Continues to
Dominate Mexico's Private Sector
225 Revealing Foreign Exposure of
Chinese Exporting Companies
227 Global Offshore Software
Development: Two Approaches to
Establishing Credibility and Quality
233 Panchayat Initiative in
Sanitation and Decentralized Governance System of Madhya Pradesh
Human Resource Management & Development
235 Refining the Measurement of
Self-Leadership: Incorporating Collectivist and Relationship Values
239 Developing Leadership
Competencies for the 21st Century
Innovative Education I (Curricular Content &
Design)
245 Can Podcasting and Vodcasting
Enhance Your Classroom Instruction?
249 Group Composition to Eliminate
Free Riders
251 Assemblios: Experiential
Learning for Operations Management
255 An Integrated Plan for
Experiential Education in Business
259 Assurance of Learning
Governance – A Systems Dynamic Approach to Assessment
263 Considerations for
Introductory Statistics Courses: A Model for Developing Statistical Reasoning
Using Interactive Excel
Worksheets
277 Making Assessment Accessible
for an Over-Worked Faculty
285 The Relationship Between
English Language Proficiency and Academic Achievement in
Postgraduate Business Programs
289 The Bologna Process Within the
EU: What it Might Mean to American Higher Education and the
295 Trends of E-Learning:
Effectiveness, Efficiency and Usability
297 Teaching the Black-Scholes
Option Pricing Model: An Incremental Approach
299 Blue Ocean Strategy: The
Search for Niche Markets in Higher Education: a Program in
301 Interpretation of Problem
Based Learning-A Systems Dynamic Approach
305 In Pursuit of Learning
Goals: A Clever Use of Multiple
Faculty Members in Collaborative Grading
309 Factors Contributing to
Student Success: Expanding the
Study
313 Experiences with the
Automation of Downward Spiral
Innovative Education II (Delivary and Distance
Learning)
319 Active Learning in an Advanced
Business Statistics Class
321 Global Skilled Labor Shortage
325 The Impact of Online Delivery
in IS Coursework on a StudentÕs Success on the Information
Systems Analyst National
Assessment Exam
327 Transferring a Graduate Course
On-Line Without Reduction In Quality
Internet and e-Business
329 A Framework of Mobile Banking
Adoption: An Empirical Study in Taiwan
333 Designing Effective Travel
Websites: Cultural Dimensions
335 Is Agile Appropriate? An
Investigation of Web Development
339 The Effect of Warning in
Debiasing the Framing Effect
341 Internet Users' Decision
Making: The Effect of Information Presentation Order and Response
343 Emperor's New Clothes: How
Much Information Do Corporate Web Sites Really Disclose?
347 Online Customers' Education:
Construction of Consumer-Electronics Commodity Index Futures--
Analogy of Short-Selling
Practices between Bonds Marketing and Internet Retailers' Provision
351 Diffusion of Mobile
Communications: A Taiwanese Case Study
355 Accessing the Quality of
Electronic Medical Records: An IS Integrated Perspective
361 Interoperability of Federal
Agencies and E-Businesses
365 Shipping Charges in Online
Auctions
367 Peer Ratings, Brand-Name
Effect and Willingness to Pay in E-Commerce
369 A Confirmatory Factor Analysis
of Customer Satisfaction with Internet Banking
Logistics & Supply Chain Management
375 Supply Chain Emancipation:
Developing a Winning Supply Chain Strategy for SMBs
377 RFID and Supply Chain
Management
379 Modeling Intratheater
Distribution Systems
381 Profit-Maximizing Service
System Design with Elastic Demand and Congestion
383 A Methodology for Design of
Robust Service Networks
Management Information Systems
385 Using Ontology to Define
Information Integration Architecture
389 PRL Case Studies
391 Computer Technology to Assist
Individuals with Disabilities: The Current State and Emerging
399 Security Threats, Measurers
and Policy Consideration: A Conceptual Model for Success
401 Measures of Business Digital
Divide: Comparative Study of US and European SMEs
403 A Methodology for Initial
Systems Analysis Using Constellation Diagrams
415 Effects of GSS Anonymity and
Group Member Status on Productivity and Satisfaction
429 Selecting ERP Software: A
Multiple-Criteria Decision Making Approach
433 Computer Ecosystems - Impact
on the Environment
435 The Associative Data Model
Versus the Relational Model: A Pedagogical Comparison
437 Exploring Theoretical
Foundations of Outsourcing: A
Knowledge-Management Perspective
441 A Conceptual Framework for
Business Analytics Success
445 Expectancy Theory and
Behavioral Intentions to Use Collaborative Software
449 Motivating and Managing IT
Professionals versus Bankers
453 Knowledge Management in
Support of Crisis Response
457 Criteria for Designing and
Developing a Successful Website
461 Software-as-a-Service for
Small Businesses
467 Forecasting the Nikkei
Average: A Comparison Between A Neural Network Model and Regression
471 Medical Data Mining and
Knowledge Discovery
Marketing
475 Knowledge as a Correlate of
Export Intensity: A Study of SMEs In a Southeastern State
479 Mediation and Moderation
effects in crowded service settings evaluation: The role of Emotions
483 The Non-Linear Relationship
Between Customer Satisfaction and Customer Loyalty In Retail
Banking: An Empirical
Investigation
487 The Determinants of Online
Information Trust in Hotel Services
491 Trust Appeals and the
Potential to Mislead: A Review of
Certifications and Seals of Approval on
495 Verbal and Nonverbal
Information: Cross-Cultural Comparison
497 The Effectiveness of Customer
Loyalty Programs: A Longitudinal Comparison of the Demographic
and Consumer Behavior Predictors of Share Of Wallet in the
Grocery Sector
Management and Organizational Behavior
503 Sustaining Service in the Very
Light Jet Market by Applying Change Management Principles
505 Strategic Planning Failure:
The Role of Cognitive Psychology
509 Analysis of Attention Deficit
Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in the Workplace
513 Organizational Crisis Response
Planning and 9/11
517 Anticipating Crises: Top-Level
Managers versus Employees
521 An Examination of
Organizational Predictors of Front-line Employee Service Attitude
523 Core Self-Evaluations of
Organization Members in the Military Context
527 Organizational Economics
Theories: Agency Theory, Agency and Transaction Costs
529 An Examination of the
Correlates of Organization Based Self- Esteem
533 What is the Preferred Method
of Communication in an Innovation-Driven Horizontal Network?
535 Analysis of the Correlation
Between Strengths of Leader/Follower Interpersonal Relationships
537 Psychological Contract and the
Effectiveness of Organizational Change - A Contract Breach
543 Managing Human Issues in
Offshore Projects: Communication,
Coordination, Culture and
545 Gender Differences in
Leadership Style
Management Science and Quantitative Methods
549 A New Dynamic Characterization
of the Completely Competitive Equilibria in N-firm Oligopolies
555 Overcoming the Tacit Knowledge
Problem in the Commercial Refrigeration Industry Using Mixed-
559 Technology Development Program
Performance Evaluation: A DEA Application
563 A Generalized Sequential
Imperfect Preventive Maintenance Policy with Age-Dependent Minimal
567 Teaching Utility Theory Using
Popular Game Show "Deal or No-Deal."
571 A Linear Programming Masking
Algorithm for Pattern Classification
575 How to do Structural Validity
of a System Dynamics Type Simulation Model?
579 Wasting Patient Time: Waiting
Variation in Two Cases of Clinical Practice
581 A Data Mining Approach for
Constructing a Reassign Credit Scoring Model
Production and Operations Management
585 An Investigation of Quality
Improvement Initiatives in Accounting Firms: Implementation and
589 Clarifying the Cost
Requirements of RFID and the Unit of Analysis Problem
593 Managing Operations for
Sustainable Wellbeing
595 On Event-Time Models for
Supply Chain Scheduling
599 Inventory Control Subject to
Random Stoppage in Supply and Non-Negligible Replenishment Lead
603 A Constraint Programming
Approach for a Conference Timetabling Problem
607 Constraint Programming and
Optimization - A Tutorial
Student Papers
609 An Empirical Assessment of a
Structural Equation Model of ResidentsÕ Attitudes for Sustainable
Tourism Development: A Case Study Of OÔAhu, HawaiÔi
613 Individual Attitude Towards
Change: A Predictor of Individual Risk Taking Behavior
617 Outsourcing Human Resources
Management: The Impact on Employee Satõsfactõon and Turnover