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How Can America Compete?
To effectively compete America should refocus on the fundamentals that made it a great nation—insatiable desire for innovation, courage for risk taking, openness for new ideas and talent, and excellence in higher education in science, math, and engineering.
Career Is Not a Four Letter Word
The author offers reflections on what can be learned from the boom/bust cycle of the last decade.
Business Ethics: It’s All Inside
Is business ethics an oxymoron or a necessity? The author believes it really comes down to the integrity of the individual business leader.
Homeland Security: America’s Most Critical Public-Private Joint Venture
Public-private interdependence, collaboration and communication are the key to protection of our employees, facilities, and our country.
Global Account Management: A Literature Based Conceptual Model
Attempts to integrate various insights and understandings of Global Account Management have been rare. The authors propose a conceptual model of GAM to provide a foundation for future academic research and to assist practitioners wishing to either start or refine their GAM program.
Management Motive, Shareholder Returns, and the Choice of Payment: Evidence from the UK
This study separates and identifies the primary motives for acquisitions and determines if the market reacts as implied by the motive.
The Informational Content of Consumer Expectations on the Direction of Exchange Rate Movements
The University of Michigan’s Survey of Consumers is used to predict the direction of the US dollar exchange rate. The University of Michigan Survey was found more useful when making distant currency forecasts than for making near term predictions.
A Cross-industry Analysis of Large Firm Transactional Public Web Sites
Innovation diffusion theory is used to explain differences in the adoption rates of Transactional Public Web Sites (TPWS) among Fortune 500 companies. The findings identify environmental characteristics that drive varying rates of TPWS adoption among large firms across different industries.
Family Business Management Activities, Styles and Characteristics: A Correlational Study
Based on survey data from 149 family businesses, relationships between family business variables are examined. Family businesses consistently use professional management practices. However, using non-family members does not significantly increase the professionalism of management.
The Gender Equity Gap in Top Corporate Executive Positions
In a sample matched by job title, company size, and industry, it was found that male executives earn significantly higher salaries and bonuses, though total compensation is not significantly different. The gender equity gap at top positions may be due more to lack of opportunity than to wage discrimination.
A Study of Computer Anxiety Among Business Students
Significant differences in computer anxiety levels were found among undergraduate business students with different majors, prior experience with computer usage, and their ACT scores.
