College of Business & Technology

Business and Decision-making Letters

Published by the College of Business and Technology
Western Illinois University | Macomb, Illinois
ISSN: 1553-5347 (formerly: Journal of Contemporary Business Issues)

 

Journal Listing 2001 - 2005

Fall 2005 • Volume 13, Number 2

Perceived Control as a Moderator of Satisfaction among Public Service Customers: An Exploratory Study
Jungki Lee

Word-of-Mouth Advertising: A Comparison of Internet/Technology Channels Versus Face-to-Face Communication
Timothy P. Meyer, Kathryn A. Meyer, Thomas R. Donohue

An Exploratory Study of Sex Appeals in Television Advertising: A Cross-Cultural Comparison
Mark F. Toncar Tricia J. Wright, Jane S. Reid, Cynthia E. Anderson

The Determination of Overtime Pay in Services Marketing: Classifying The Sales Force in Response To the Fairpay Overtime Initiative
Andre L. Honoree, David C. Wyld

Dynamics of the Manufacturing Industry: Are We Losing to China? Where the Jobs Are Going and How U.S. Companies Can Remain Competitive
Wesley Carver

Organizational Commitment, Job Satisfaction, and Satisfaction With My Supervisor
Edward Jernigan, Joyce M. Beggs, Gerald E. Calvasina

A Multidimensional Approach to Understanding Cultural Landscapes for Global Business
Nanda R. Shrestha, Wilbur I. Smith, Kenneth R. Gray

Statistical Technical and Organizational Traps In Data Mining
John Wang, Qiyang Chen, Ruben Xing

How Corporations Considered the "Best" Represent Themselves When Ethics Is the Issue
Sara Bliss Kiser, Leslie Morris, Alexis Payne, Ashley Ray, Tammy Prater

Corporate Record Retention and E-documents: to Keep or Not to Keep? That Is the Question; Do You Know the Answer?
Vicki M. Luoma, Penny Herickhoff, Jane Baird

Spring 2005 • Volume 13, Number 1

Relearning the Ropes: The Socialization of New Managers
Laura L. Paglis

Building High Performance Teams: Identifying the Key Skill Sets and Knowledge Areas Necessary for High-Level Performance
Peter F. Jorgensen, Mark A. Callister

Challenges of Virtual Teams: The Business Editorial Board at MERLOT
Maureen Hannay, Ronald E. Purser, Cathy Swift

Fraud Prevention, the Corporate Cultural Way - A Singapore Case Study
Patrick Low Kim Cheng

Family Businesses: A Case Study for Polish Female and Male Entrepreneurs
Alina Zapalska, Magdalena Niewiadomska Bugaj, Dennis Rudd

Fall 2004 • Volume 12, Number 2

The Emerging Issues in Business and Technology Conference: History and Analysis
Fred J. Ebeid, Don T. Johnson, Honey M. Patterson

Reasons for Vigilance in Keeping Domain Names from Release to the Wild
Robert S. Owen

Enterprise Software to Manage Business as a Complex System: Organic Platforms
Cuneyt Karul

Managing Innovation: An Integrative Strategy for Organizational Change
Mary Han

Recipients of Change: The Overlooked Link in Change Management Programs
Anthony J. Mento, Raymond M. Jones

The Dot.Coming of Singapore Inc.: Strategies for the Development of Successful E-Commerce
Ramin Cooper Maysami, Mehdi Sagheb-Tehrani

Reporting the Progress on Internet Advertising Via Banners: Updating a Research Agenda
Julie M. Pharr

Comparisons of the Fortune-100 Best Companies to Work for, Fortune-Best Companies for Minorities, AARP-Best Companies for Over 50, and Working Mother-100 Best for Working Mothers Career Websites
Sara Bliss Kiser, Monica Benjamin, Katherine McCord, Ashley Ray, Tammy W. Prater

The Agency in Cyberspace: A Content Analysis of Ad Agency Homepages
R. Zachary Finney, Richard D. Parker, Angeline G. Close, Robert A. Orwig

Speculative Bubbles and the Fall of Internet Stocks
Mohammed G. Robbani, Sekhar Anantharaman, Rafiqul Bhuyan

Multicultural Teams: A Conceptual Model of Effectiveness
Erich B Bergiel, Blaise J. Bergiel, R. Charles Viosca, Jr.

Whistleblower Protection and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act
Gerald E. Calvasina, Joyce M. Beggs, I. E. Jernigan, III

Serving Many Masters: Who Should Set the Priorities for the United Way?
Jane S. Reid, Mark F. Toncar, Cynthia E. Anderson

Internationalisation at Home: Developing Business Education in a Foreign Language
Tuija Mainela, Jukka Pellinen, Jaana Tahtinen, Pauliina Ulkuniemi

Spring 2004 • Volume 12, Number 1

Ecolabeling and Green Market Strategy
Richard F. Hall, Richard D. Graham, Ronald L. Logan

Supersized Americans: The Fast Food Industry at Fault?
Sandra McKay, Jeffrey Totten

The Use of EBITDA by the S&P 500: A Survey
Cecilia Wagner Ricci

The Use of Mandatorily Redeemable Preferred Stock by the S&P 500
Cecilia Wagner Ricci

Cross-Border Harvesting of Foreign Market Intelligence: Federal Websites with Enhanced Investigation Functionalities
Ruth Lesher Taylor, Forrest B. Williams

Exploratory Study on Supply-Chain Distributors in the Food Industry
Cecilia Temponi, Melanie Nash

Long-Run Performance of Firms that Call Convertible Preferred Stocks: Common Stock Performance and Operating Performance
Hongbok Lee

Iron Silk Road: Linking Europe and Asia by Land
Jay Joong-Kun Cho, John Ozment

Harassment in the Electronic Workplace
Gerald E. Calvasina, Joyce M. Beggs, I. Edward Jernigan, III

A Framework for Assessing Student Learning in an MBA Program
Claude R. Superville, Johnnie Williams, Jacqueline K. Eastman, Ralph C. Allen

Solutions Marketing in Cash Management: A New Paradigm to Guide Decision-Making
William T. Chittenden, John R. Darling

Purchase Determinants for Pre-Loved Clothing and Stores that Sell Pre-Loved Clothing
Adee Athiyaman

The Influence of Explicit Weights on Balanced Scorecard Users' Decision Strategies
M. Elizabeth Haywood

Financial Privacy Statements: A Study of the Content of Privacy Statements and the Ease of Consumer Opt-Out
Donna K. Peeples, Leon Dube, Pamela Stokes

Fall 2003 • Volume 11, Number 2

The Corporate Response to International Terrorism: The Why and How of Geopolitical Evaluations
Saif alZahir, Brian J. Huffman

The Search for the Technology Muse: Quantifying Innovation
William Townsend

Combining Automatic Data Capture Systems: Smart Cards and Biometrics
Alan D. Smith, Daniel R. Rota, John Turchek

Data Implications of Introducing a RTO Structure
Leslie K. McNew, Michael A. Moore

e-HR Hiring: The New Process - Who Wins? Who Loses?
Leanne C. McGrath

Increasing the Perception of Auditor Independence through Non-Audit Service Fees
Winifred D. Scott

It's the People, Stupid: Change Management and the Implementation of ERP Systems
Paul Hawking, Susan Foster, David C. Wyld, Andrew Stein

Reflection for Knowledge Consolidation
Anthony Mento, Raymond M. Jones

AACSB Institutions Competing in an On-line Environment
Blaise J. Bergiel, R. Charles Viosca, Jr.

Benefits of Internships in Business: A Research Review
Lynne M. Scalia, Benjamin Sackmary

Linking Learning Styles with Business Ethical Decisions
Thomas A. Ulrich

Student Attitudes Toward Selected Career Attributes
Earl D. Honeycutt, Jr., Cassandra DiRienzo, Robert Pavlik

Are Business Students Kinder and Gentler than Students in Other Disciplines? Comparisons of Volunteering, Altruism, Empathy, And Perceptions of the Benefits of Service Learning
Jane S. Reid, David J. Burns, Mark F. Toncar, Cynthia E. Anderson

Film Versus Digital Imaging: A Comparison of Capabilities
Chris J. Lantz

Brand Bonding: What About Faith Communities?
Robert A. Orwig, Mark Mitchell, R. Zachary Finney

Spring 2003 • Volume 11, Number 1

Successful Exporting by the Small Business Firm: Keys for Strategic Decision-Making
John R. Darling, Rush Lesher Taylor

Fiduciary Responsibilities of Corporate Boards: A Review of Institutional Investor Recommendations
Kimball P. Marshall, Lyudmila Todorova, Lisa Micich

The Effect of Goodwill Write-Offs on Share Price
Donna Whitten, Tantatape Brahmasrene

Are Firms Wiping Their Goodwill Plates Clean? An Indication
Winifred D. Scott

An Empirical Investigation of CEO Compensation: Examining the Neoclassicist and Managerialist Viewpoints
Daniel P. Rutledge, Donna Whitten

Leaders Versus Managers: How Do 'Change Agents' Differ From Their Peers?
Laura L. Paglis, Stephen G. Green

Exploring Employee Perspectives on Company Support
Linda Gorchels, Timothy W. Aurand, Terrence R. Bishop

An Inquiry Into the Legal Implications of Selected Supply Chain Management Topics
Michael S. Spencer, Steven D. Abraham

Managing Conflict in a Sales Organization: Application of A New Paradigm for Success
John R. Darling, Alfred G. Hawkins, Jr.

A Measurement Approach to Assessing the Outcomes of University Education
Adee Athiyaman

A "Real World" Collaborative Learning Exercise: Using a Multi-Class, Multi-Disciplinary Project to Enhance Student Learning
Joe B. Hanna, J. Ford Laumer, Jr.

The Art of Writing Research Papers--With an Intelligent Agent at Your Side!
Steve Knode, James Kasprzak, Jon-David W. Knode

A Comparative Study of the Antecedents of Cheating Among Accounting, Finance, and Marketing/Management Majors108
Kenneth J. Smith, Jeanette A. Davy, Donald L. Rosenberg

Fall 2002 • Volume 10, Number 2

Survivor: When the Next Reality Show is You Teaching Your First Internet Course
M. Louise Ripley

Digital Armageddon: The Rise of Cyberwarfare
Daaim Shabazz

Brand-Building Versus Click-Through with Internet Banners: Lessons Learned from the Dot-Com Bust and Emerging Empirical Findings
Julie M Pharr

Internet Privacy Matters Matter
Leanna C. McGrath

Organizational Commitment Types: A Pilot Study of Police Officers
I. E. Jernigan, Joyce M. Beggs, Gerald E. Calvasina

Vendor Managed Inventory: A Manufacturing Case Study
June M. Freund, Brian C. Freund

Customer Service, Innovation and the Economics of Waiting
Scott Wallace, Barbara Mihm, Gary Mullins, C.R. Marshall

The E-Health Revolution: Competitive Options for the Local Health Care Organization
Kent E. Curran, Mary A. Curran

Hospital E-Marketing Strategy Life-Cycle
J. Roberta Minifie

Healthcare Consolidation Effects and Shifts in Bargaining Power: A Case Study
Jeanette Davy, Nancy Merritt, Elizabeth Doriott

Dimensionality of the Abusive Behavior in Organization's (ABO) Scale
Matthew Valle, Herbert L. Schuette, David J. Powell

Learning in Real Time: Educating Employed Managers Where They Work
Eugene Baten, David Fearon, Cheryl Harrison

The Technological Divide: The Power of Language Barriers
Beverly J. Davis

Spring/Summer 2002 • Volume 10, Number 1

Successful Competitive Market Positioning: a Contemporary Adaptation of the Market Offering Paradigm
John R. Darling, Richard D. Shaw

U.S./EU Merger Enforcement Analysis Matrix for the Business Executive
Richard F. Hall

Expectations, Training, and Safety: Corporate Commitment to the Expatriate Sales Force
Kathryn Dobie, James Grant, L. Milton Glisson,

Employer's Age-based Comments: a Silent Generation of Increased Costs and Risks
William J. Shirley, Kathleen M. Utecht

Some Management Lessons from The Ford-Firestone Tire Recall Crisis
Paulette K. Polley, Edgar L. Williams Jr.

Business Student and Faculty Views on Cheating
Ronald J. Bauerly, Joseph J Dobson

Putting Online Degrees Under the Microscope
Tammy Prater, Sara Bliss Kiser, Ava Honan

Teaching Entrepreneurial Skills in the International Business Course: Structuring an Active Learning Experience
Alina M. Zapalska, Dallas Brozik

Fall 2001 • Volume 9, Number 2

Staffing E-Business: Issues And Challenges
Margaret E. Mitchell

Technoism: Suppressed Skepticism and the Technology Revolution
Beverly Davis, Alexander Crispo

Global Piracy in Decline: The Role of Economic and Cultural Changes
Jayoti Das, Stephen B. DeLoach

Emerging Frameworks for Complex Software Application Development and Deployment: An Analysis Of J2EE and .Net
Mary G. Murray

Using an Online Database for Developing a Market Segmentation Scheme: a B2B Application
R. Dale Wilson

Understanding the "Business" Of Digital Signatures
Leanne C. McGrath

E-Marketing Strategies Within The Healthcare Industry
J. Roberta Minifie, Mark Lockhart, Vicki L. West

Digital Downsizing: The Death of Traditional Business Schools
Daaim Ahmad Shabazz

Humanised Virtual Presentation and Chat Using TTS
Ranjana Shukla, Hira Sathu, Zhong Tang

Some Key Models to Analyze Emerging Organizational Issues
H. William Vroman

Responding to Employee Complaints of Discrimination and Harassment: Policy and Practice Issues to Minimize Employer Liability in Litigation
Gerald E. Calvasina, Eugene J. Calvasina, Richard V. Calvasina

Attitudes Toward Product-based and Lifestyle-based Zonal Merchandising: Relationships with Mall Shopping Activity
David J Burns, Jane S. Reid, Cynthia E. Anderson

Spring 2001 • Volume 9, Number 1

Improving the Success of Mass Customization Efforts Using a Reengineering Model
Timothy W. Aurand, Carol W. DeMoranville, Denise D. Schoenbachler

Managers' Perceptions of an Responses to Environmental Factors: Evidence From the Private Club Industry
Marjorie L. Icenogle, Robert H. Bennett, III

Growth and Prospects in the Chinese Insurance Industry
Farhad F. Ghannadian, John C. Averill

Consumer Attitudes from 1975 Through 2000 Toward the Products of the European Union Versus the Products of the U.S.
James E. Puetz, John R. Darling

TQM Initiatives Among Small Businesses: Status and Managerial Concerns
Avinash Waikar, Josie Walker

The Retail Purchase Assimilation of Asian-Americans
Bruce Clark

Developing Business Travel-Study Tours in North America
Deborah B. Beyer, Fred J. Ebeid, George S. Peek, Larry C. Wall

Guide to the Development of Web Pages Using Front Page 2000
John Drea