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Are Business Academics Responsible for Creating Enrons?
Business school faculty should realize their role and responsibility in creating Enrons by the management theories they have developed and taught to students and executives.
Outreach and Engagement: Afterthought or Strategic Priority?
Investing in strong partnerships between business schools and the business community is necessary when responding to the complex demands of the global knowledge economy.
What It Takes to Become a World-Class Fulfillment Provider and Why It Matters : Learning from the Budco Experience
No marketing initiative is successful, regardless of sophisticated strategy, creative design or optimistic ROI, if the product does not reach the customer.
Valuation of Stock Options of Non-Publicly Traded Companies
Recent developments in accounting for stock options have increased interest in the analytical techniques used to value them. Techniques used to value the options of publicly traded companies have been extensively discussed. In contrast, there has been almost no discussion of the valuation procedures of the options for non-publicly traded companies. This […]
Valuation of Stock Options of Non-Publicly Traded Companies
The lack of discussion in literature on the valuation procedures of the options for non-publicly traded companies is addressed by the authors who suggest that a straightforward income capitalization model can be used to develop reasonable surrogates for the variables in the Black-Scholes option pricing model.
Do Investors Benefit from 12b-1 Fees?
Under rule 12b-1, mutual funds are allowed to charge a fee of up to 100 basis points per year to cover marketing and distribution costs. Under NASD rules, a fund may charge a 12b-1 fee of up to 25 basis points per year and still advertise itself as a no load fund. This fee is […]
Do Investors Benefit from 12b-1 Fees?
This paper examines the question: Are investors in no load funds well served by investing in those funds that charge 12b-1 fee? The results indicate that the no-load funds that charge 12b-1 fees do not perform as well as the funds that do not charge the fee; however, they attract greater cash inflows.
B2B E-Marketing Strategies of Multinational Corporations: Empirical Evidence from the United States and Australia
This study empirically examines the role of the Internet in global business-to-business (B2B) marketing strategies of Multinational Corporations (MNCs) based in the United States and Australia. The results demonstrate that uses of the Internet in a global B2B setting often parallel its domestic uses but that variables that facilitate or inhibit its implementation for […]
B2B E-Marketing Strategies of Multinational Corporations: Empirical Evidence from the United States and Australia
This study empirically examines the role of the Internet in global business-to-business (B2B) marketing strategies of Multinational Corporations (MNCs) based in the United States and Australia. The results demonstrate that uses of the Internet in a global B2B setting often parallel its domestic uses but the variables that facilitate or inhibit its implementation for global operations are somewhat different in global markets.
Consumer Grudgeholding: Does Age Make a Difference?
Bad service experiences potentially leading to long-standing grudges can be quite costly for an organization. In many cases, corporate actions and policies cause grudges as consumers grow more and more frustrated about their interactions with large, impersonal companies. The primary objectives of this study were to examine through empirical research the causes of consumer grudgeholding, […]
Consumer Grudgeholding: Does Age Make a Difference?
This article examines consumer grugeholding behaviors against bad service experience and its impact on businesses suggest that older consumers are more likely to discuss their concerns with the businesses and they tell more people outside of the firm than the younger consumers.
Influence of Gender and Social Networks on Organizational Learning within Technology Incubators
New technology-based ventures (NTBVs) gain access to beneficial social capital through their affiliation with technology incubators, organizations created to facilitate learning leading to the successful development of nascent firms. Scillitoe and Chakrabarti (2005, 2) identified three sources of beneficial social capital within human networks, “historical ties, organizational facilitation, and trust-based shared pursuit of common goals”, […]
Influence of Gender and Social Networks on Organizational Learning within Technology Incubators
The article reports the development of social capital within technology incubators, focusing on the influence of female founders of member firms. Results are based on survey data from fifty-four technology-based firms affiliated with technology incubators in the United States and Finland.
