Business & Economics Society International Conference
2004 Program
Island of Rhodes / Greece, July 19-22
Rodos Palace Hotel
Trianton Avenue, Ixia, P.O. Box 121,
Rhodes, Greece
Tel: +30-22410-25222, Fax:
+30-22410-25350
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2004 B&ESI CONFERENCE SCHEDULE
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Sunday July 18, ‘04 |
Registration 4:00PM–6:00PM. Orientation 6:15PM-6:45PM (Alpha Room.) Cash Bar Reception 7:00PM on (Amphitrion Bar.) |
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Monday July 19, ‘04 |
Registration 8:00AM-3:00PM Orientation (repeat) 8:15AM–8:45AM (Alpha Room.) Concurrent Sessions 9:00AM–12:30PM,
1:30PM–3:00PM. Let’s go for a walk! 5:00
PM on (return on your own.) |
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Tuesday July 20, ‘04 |
Registration 7:30AM-3:00PM. Editorial Board Meeting 7:30AM- 8:30AM Concurrent Sessions 9:00AM–12:30AM, 1:30PM–3:00 PM. East Coast Excursion 4:00
PM on (64 Euros per person; the fee includes: AC coach and guiding, entrance tickets
to Filerimos & Valley of Butterflies, dinner and Greek party show, taxes)* |
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Wednesday July 21, ‘04
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Registration 7:30AM-12:30PM. Concurrent Sessions 8:30AM–12:30PM. Luncheon 1:00PM–3:00PM. Lindos Excursion 4:00PM on (65
Euros per person; the fee includes: AC coach and guiding, entrance tickets to
Lindos, dinner at beach tavern, taxes.)* |
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Thursday July 22, ‘04 |
Registration 7:30AM-1:00PM. Concurrent Sessions 9:00AM–1:00PM, 2:00PM–3:00PM. Medieval Town of Rhodes Excursion
4:00PM on (52 Euros per person; the fee includes: AC coach and guiding,
entrance tickets, dinner at Romeo with live Greek music.)* |
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Friday July 23, ‘04 |
Recommended after Conference Day-long Excursion! Day-long trip (8:00AM-5:00PM)
by boat to Marmaris Turkey; 50 minutes one way. Ticket plus taxes 55 Euros,
Passport may be required, Sticker-type visa fees may apply; for US citizens
sticker-type visa would cost about 100 Euros. |
(*) Minimum number of participants required =
20.
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INSTRUCTIONS TO PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS
Session Time Allocations: Most sessions are 90 minutes
long; some are 120 minutes long. Each presenter should take no more than 20
minutes. Each Discussant should take no more than 10 minutes. Any remaining
time should be devoted to open discussion.
Session Chairs: Assume overall responsibility
for your session. Make an effort to contact the session participants before the
meeting. Inform them that each presentation room will be equipped with an
overhead projector and flipchart. Ask them if they have any special needs
relating to their presentation and/or discussion and, in collaboration with the
registration desk, try to satisfy those needs. Arrive at the session room 10
minutes in advance and make sure that it is properly equipped. Welcome and
introduce the participants. Start the session on time and adhere to the time
schedule. Discussants should follow presenters. Moderate the open discussion to
the best of your ability.
Presenters: Stay within the allotted
time even though it may not be enough! Be well prepared. Please do not just
read your paper. Your presentation of main points, methods, and conclusions
should lead to a fruitful discussion during and after the session. Bring
with you and make available several copies of your manuscript. Only
overhead projectors and flipcharts will be provided in the meeting rooms. If
you decide to use your own electronic equipment please carry appropriate
conversion transformers required by local electricity constraints.
Discussants: Be prepared to offer your
"positive" remarks first. Then offer any "negative" remarks
in a constructive way. Stay within the allotted time. If you cannot meet your
commitment, please make an effort to find a substitute discussant, and contact
the registration desk as well as the session chair immediately. Please contribute
as much as you can to the discussion of all papers. If the session's chair
is absent, the last discussant listed should take on the role of the chair.
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SESSIONS, PANELS & ROUNDTABLES
Monday, July 19, 2004
9:00 AM – 10:30 AM
Alpha Room
Session [1]:
Government Finance &
The Petroleum
Industry.
CHAIR: Venkareddy Chennareddy,
U.S. General Accounting Office, USA.
AUTHORS & TITLES:
Nika
Sokol-Knjaz & Ana Andabaka, University of Zagreb,
Croatia.
Reform of the Fiscal System in the
Republic of Croatia. 1
Mohamed A. Ramady, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia.
Government Finances: A Case Study
of Saudi Arabian Budgetary Structural Reforms. 2
Jo Voola, University of Western Australia, Australia
Competitive Behaviour and Industry Structure:
A Case Study of the Petroleum Industry. 3
1. Venkareddy Chennareddy, U.S. General Accounting Office, USA.
2. Nika
Sokol-Knjaz, University
of Zagreb, Croatia.
3. Anastassios Gentzoglanis, University of Sherbrook, Canada.
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Monday, July 19,
2004
9:00 AM – 10:30 AM
Beta Room
Session [2]:
Transition Issues I.
CHAIR: Olga Kiuila, University of Warsaw, Poland.
AUTHORS & TITLES:
John Marangos, Colorado State University, USA
Alternative Perspectives to Social Policy
during Transition. 1
Robert H. Nigohosian, Salt Lake Community College, USA.
From Market to Plan: An Update on
the Transition from State Owned Enterprises (SOEs) to Privately Owned Corporations
in China. 2
Pellegrino Manfra, City University of New York, USA
An
Econometric Analysis of Foreign Direct Investment to Eastern European
Countries. 3
1. Jamal A. Rashed, Xavier University, USA.
2. Pellegrino Manfra, City University of New York, USA.
3. Olga Kiuila, University of Warsaw, Poland.
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Monday, July 19,
2004
9:00 AM – 10:30 AM
Gamma Room
Session [3]: Strategic Planning, Work Organization & Corporate Responsibility.
CHAIR: Eucario Gasca-Leyva,
Cordemex, Merida, Mexico.
AUTHORS & TITLES:
Tomislav Rados, AutoZubak, Zagreb,
Croatia.
Strategic Planning and the New Market
Paradigm.1
Ylva Faltholm, Lulea University of Technology,
Sweden.
Challenging
Boundaries: Evaluation of Work Organization at Sunderby Hospital from a Process
and Patient Oriented Perspective. 2
Darko Tipuric, Mislav Ante Omazic &
Domagoj Hruska, University of Zagreb, Croatia.
Corporate Social Responsibility and Croatian
Managers – Empirical Study. 3
1. Lena Rantakyro, Lulea University of Technology,
Sweden.
2. M. R. Esfidani, University
of Tehran, Iran; &
Ioannis-Dionysios Salavrakos,
London Metropolitan
University, England.
3. Peter- Jan Engelen, Utrecht University, The Netherlands.
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Monday, July 19,
2004
9:00 AM – 10:30 AM
Delta Room
Session [4]:
Economic Models,
Tax Incidence
& Efficiency.
CHAIR: Kyle Bruce, Bristol University, UWE, UK
AUTHORS & TITLES:
David Floyd, University of Lincoln, UK.
Does the UK Government have an
Effective Economic Model? 1
John Ablett &
Neil Hart, University of Western
Sydney, Australia.
Corporate Income Tax Reform: The Neglected Issue of Tax Incidence.
2
Katerina Lyroudi, University of Macedonia, Greece;
Athanasios Koulakiotis, Dimitrios Angelidis,
University of Wales, Bangor, UK; &
Niki Glaveli, University of Macedonia, Greece.
The Efficiency of Hospital
Operations in Hellas: Regular Versus University Clinics. 3
1. Ioannis Lazaridis,, University of Macedonia, Greece.
2. Maria
Italia, Victoria
University, Australia.
3. Jorg Borrmann,
Vienna University, Austria.
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Monday, July 19, 2004
11:00 AM – 12:30
PM
Alpha Room
Session
[5]: Inflation, Taxation & Ownership/Control in the EU.
CHAIR: Mohamed A. Ramady,
King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia.
AUTHORS
& TITLES:
Jane
M. Binner,
Aston University, UK;
Alicia
M. Gazely,
Nottingham Trent University, UK; &
Thomas
Elger, Lund
University, Sweden.
Dynamic Neural Network Based Inflation Forecasts for
the UK. 1
Maria
Italia,
Victoria University, Australia.
Enhancing Client Privilege
for Taxpayers - An Australian Setting. 2
Mikael Olsson, (BFMG)
& (BEEGS), University College of South Stockholm, Sweden; &
Michael Rafferty, University
of Western Sydney, Australia and BFMG.
Transparency of Ownership and Control in the
New Member States of the EU. 3
1.
Elizabeth Springler, Vienna University, Austria.
2. Mohamed
A. Ramady, King Fahd University of
Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia;
&
David Floyd,University of Lincoln, UK.
3. Dermot
McAleese, The University of Dublin, Ireland.
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Monday, July 19,
2004
11:00 AM – 12:30
PM
Beta Room
Session [6]: Ethics, Consumption & Competitiveness.
CHAIR: Peter-Jan Engelen,
Utrecht University, The Netherlands.
AUTHORS & TITLES:
Peter- Jan Engelen,
Utrecht University, The Netherlands; &
L. Van Liedekerke,
University of Leuven, Belgium.
An Ethical Analysis of Regulating
Insider Trading.1
Allan Ward,
Plymouth University, UK.
Having Being and Consumption; A
Critical Realist's Response. 2
Josip Tica, Vlatka Bilas & Danijela Ćenan,
University of Zagreb, Croatia.
Competitiveness of Croatia and its
Strategy. 3
1. Penny Ciancanelli, Strathclyde University, UK.
2. Peter F.
Bell, State University of
New York, USA.
3. Allan Ward, Plymouth University, UK.
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Monday, July 19,
2004
11:00 AM – 12:30
PM
Gamma Room
Session [7]: Franchise Bidding, Strategic Sourcing
& Industry Competitiveness.
CHAIR: Perez Yannick, University of Paris, France.
AUTHORS & TITLES:
University of Vienna, Austria.
Franchise Bidding with Differences in Demand.1
Strategic Sourcing in the UK Mobile
Telephony Market. 2
Venkareddy Chennareddy, U.S. General Accounting Office, USA.
An Innovative Measure of Industry
Competitiveness and its Relevance to Industry Performance. 3
1. Jo Voola, University of Western Australia,
Australia.
2. Perez
Yannick, University of
Paris, France.
3. Elsa Michailidou, University of Macedonia, Greece.
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Monday, July 19,
2004
11:00 AM – 12:30
PM
Session [8]: Stock & Exchange Markets.
CHAIR: Ho-don Yan, Feng Chia University, Taiwan.
AUTHORS & TITLES:
Edith Cowan University, Western Australia.
The Present Value of Pacific Basin Stock Markets: Some Time-Series tests applying long-run structural modelling.1
A Test of Momentum Trading
Strategies in Foreign Exchange Markets: Evidence from the G7. 2
Evangelos Giouvris,
University of Durham, UK.
Trading
Mechanisms and Value Effects: Evidence from the London Stock Exchange. 3
1. Ioannis Papanastasiou, University of Macedonia, Greece.
2. Koichi
Takeda, Hosei University,
Japan.
3. Ho-don Yan, Feng Chia University, Taiwan.
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Monday, July 19,
2004
1:30 PM – 3:00 PM
Session [9]: Education Issues & Counterfeit
Markets.
CHAIR: John Marangos,
Colorado State University, USA.
AUTHORS & TITLES:
Nasr Saleh, Al-Zaytoonah
University of Jordan, Jordan.
Quality Assurance as reflected in the Criteria for General
Accreditation of Private Universities in Jordan. 1
Timothy Rodgers, Coventry Business School, UK.
Developing a Measure of Value Added
for U.K. Higher Education: What Lessons Can be Learnt from the Recently
Published Measures of Value Added in the U.K. Secondary Education.2
Theo Papadopoulos, Victoria University, Australia.
Black Markets for Counterfeit and
Pirate Products.3
1. Jennifer Rowley, University of Wales, Bangor, UK.
2. John Marangos, Colorado State University, USA.
3. Terence
Wendell Brathwaite, Coventry University, UK.
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Monday, July 19, 2004
1:30 PM – 3:00 PM
Beta Room
Session [10]: Accounting Issues.
CHAIR: Patricia Stanton, University
of Newcastle, Australia.
AUTHORS
& TITLES:
Jeffrey Faux & Victoria
Wise, Victoria University, Australia
Implications for Small Business upon the Adoption of
International Accounting Standards: The Case of Differential Reporting In
Australia. 1
Evangelos
Koumanakos, Costas Siriopoulos &
Antonios
Georgopoulos,
University of Patras, Greece.
A
Survey of the Approaches used in Detecting Earnings Management. 2
International Islamic University, Malaysia.
Tax Practitioners’
Acceptance of the Electronic Filing System: An Empirical Test Using Structural
Equation Modeling.3
1.
Yiota Pastra, ALBA, Greece.
2. Victoria Wise, Victoria University, Australia.
3. Dimitrios
Ginoglou,
University
of Macedonia, Greece.
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Monday, July 19,
2004
1:30 PM – 3:00 PM
Session [11]: Demographics & Human Resources.
CHAIR: Thomas Fent,
Vienna
Institute of Demography, Austria.
AUTHORS
& TITLES:
Thomas
Fent,
Vienna Institute of Demography, Austria
Economic Growth and the Second Demographic
Transition. 1
Benchmarking the Use of Motivating Language During Organizational
Change in South-Eastern Europe: A Case Study. 2
Alka
Obadic & Oliver Kesar, University of Zagreb, Croatia
Tourism Employment Profile and Trends – Empirical
Evidence from Croatia.3
1.
Alka Obadic, University of Zagreb, Croatia.
2. Ylva Faltholm, Lulea
University of Technology, Sweden.
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Monday, July 19,
2004
1:30 PM – 3:00 PM
Session [12]: Transition & EU.
CHAIR: Robert H. Nigohosian,
Salt Lake Community College, USA.
AUTHORS & TITLES:
Jamal A. Rashed, Xavier University, USA;
Subarna K. Samanta,
The College of New Jersey, USA; &
Nasr Saleh, Al-Zaytoonah University of Jordan,
Jordan.
Michailidou Elsa, Stammenou Ioanna
& Kariofillidou Gesthimani, University of Macedonia, Greece.
Direct Foreign Investments in the
Countries Entering the E.U.: The Case of Bulgaria and Romania.3
1. Robert H. Nigohosian, Salt Lake Comm. College, USA.
2. Davor Zoricic, University
of Zagreb, Croatia.
3. Peter von
Staden, Bristol University, AWE,
UK.
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Tuesday, July 20,
2004
9:00 AM – 10:30 AM
Alpha Room
Session [13]: Empirical & Quantitative Studies.
CHAIR: Victor Portougal,
University of Auckland, New Zealand.
AUTHORS & TITLES:
Eirini Lykouropoulou & Panagiotis Lazaridis, Agricultural University of Athens, Greece.
Consumer Willingness to Pay for
Organic products in Greece: The Case of Organic Fruits and Vegetables. 1
Anita Ghatak, The University of Greenwich, UK.
Stationarity and Structural Breaks: The Case
of Italy in the Twentieth Century.2
Eucario
Gasca-Leyva, Center of
Research and Advanced Studies Mérida, Mexico;
Juan Hernandez
& Alejandro Flores-Nava, Spain.
Management Strategies for Bullfrog Production in Inundated System. 3
1. Eucario
Gasca-Leyva, Center of Research and
Advanced Studies Mérida, Mexico; &
Marie-Louise Fry, University of Newcastle, Australia.
2. Jane Binner, Aston University, UK.
3. Victor Portougal, University of Auckland, New Zealand.
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Tuesday, July 20,
2004
9:00 AM – 10:30 AM
Beta Room
Session [14]: Debt Contracts, Corporate Performance
& Leveraged Buy-Outs.
CHAIR: Jamal A. Rashed,
Xavier
University, USA.
AUTHORS
& TITLES:
Ghaleb Awad El-Refae,
Al- Zaytoonah University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan; &
Jamal A. Rashed,
Xavier University, USA.
Optimal Investment under
Standard Debt Contract: Knowledge Management Approach. 1
Jordan Shan,
Victoria University, Australia and Peking
University, China; &
Shengping Zhang, Peking
University, China.
Independent Directorship and Corporate Performance:
The Empirical Evidence from China.2
Apostolos Dasilas, University
of Macedonia, Greece;
Athanasios Koulakiotis, University of Wales, UK;
Panagiota Chroni & Ioanna Kantarou,
City
University Business School, UK.
Nature and Techniques of Leveraged Buy-Outs: The
Case of RJR Nabisco. 3
1. Jordan Shan, Victoria University,
Australia and Peking
2. Lai M. M., Multimedia University, Malaysia.
3. Aristeidis G. Samitas, University of the Aegean, Greece.
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Tuesday, July 20,
2004
9:00 AM – 10:30 AM
Gamma Room
Session [15]: Legal Environment & Remedies.
CHAIR: Andrew Marks,
University of Western Sydney, Australia.
AUTHORS & TITLES:
Gerrit Radder, University of Port Elizabeth, South Africa.
Developments
in Forensic Auditing and Accounting in South Africa since 1994.1
Peter von Staden, Bristol Business School, UWE, UK.
Government and Business Relations: Independent Actors in Negotiating the
Iron and Steel Business Promotion Law (1917). 2
Globalisation, Morality and Legal
Remedies: An African-Diasporic Perspective. 3
1. Thomas
Fent, Vienna Institute of
Demography, Austria.
3. Andrew Marks, Univ. of Western Sydney, Australia.
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Tuesday, July 20,
2004
9:00 AM – 10:30 AM
Delta Room
Session [16]:
MNCs, Tourism & Monopoly Franchise.
CHAIR: Marcus Marktanner,
American University of Beirut, Lebanon.
AUTHORS & TITLES:
Mohd Zain
Mohamed,
UAE University, United Arab Emirates; &
Raja Nerina Raja
Yusof, University Putra, Malaysia.
Relationship between Controlled Mechanisms and Nationality, Level of
Ownership, and Type of International Strategies of MNCs. 1
Ferda Halicioglu , The University of Greenwich, UK.
Jorg Borrmann, University of Vienna, Austria.
Awarding Monopoly Franchises
Repeatedly: Are Second-Best Block-Rate Tariffs Attainable Without Regulation? 3
1. Ioannis-Dionysios Salavrakos, London Metropolitan
University, England.
2. Sam Mirmirani, Bryant College, USA.
3. Venkareddy Chennareddy, U.S. General Accounting
Office, USA.
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11:00 AM – 12:30
PM
Alpha Room
Session [17]: Marketing: Bank Retention,
Road Safety & Humour.
CHAIR: Jennifer Rowley,
University
of Wales, Bangor, UK.
AUTHORS
& TITLES:
Nizar
Souiden,
University of Sharjah, U.A.E.
Investigating Determinants of Bank Retention: A
Confirmatory Study. 1
Marie-Louise Fry,
University of Newcastle, Australia
Persuasive
Strategies: The Effect of Advertisement Orientation in Road Safety Advertising.
2
Sofia
Daskou, Konstantinos Liakos,
University
of Strathclyde, UK; &
The Effect of Humour on Audiences Levels of
Attention and Persuasion: A Comparative study between Greece and the UK. 3
1.
Ajit Nayak, Bristol University, UK.
2. Norizam Mohd Kassim, United Arab Emirates
University, U.A.E.
3.
Jennifer Rowley, University of Wales, Bangor, UK.
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11:00 AM – 12:30
PM
Beta Room
Session [18]:
Mergers & Finance.
CHAIR: William Worner,
University of Western Sydney, Australia.
AUTHORS & TITLES:
Results of Mergers and Acquisitions