Business & Economics Society International Conference

 

2006 Program

 

 

Florence, Italy, July 15-19

Hotel Croce di Malta

VIA DELLA SCALA 7,  50123 – FIRENZE, ITALY

Telephone: + 390 552 61870, Fax: + 390 552 87121

 

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DEADLINES & INSTRUCTIONS TO PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS

 

 

 

Deadlines:

Abstract Submission: no later than March 15, 2006;

Paper Submission: no later than April 30, 2006;

Notification for date and time restrictions: no later than May 30, 2006;

Hotel block of rooms reserved, at special rate: no later than June 30, 2006.

 

Session Time Allocations: Most sessions are 120 minutes long (with four presenters); many are 90 minutes long (with three presenters); a few are 140 minutes long (with five presenters.) 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 questions from the audience.

 

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 of 20 minutes 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 ten or more copies of your manuscript.

Every presentation rooms will be equipped with overhead projectors, screens and flipcharts. For Power Point presentations, please feel free to bring your own equipment and all necessary cables and transformers required by Italian standards. Power point equipment will be available on first-come first-served basis (please reserve with Helen Kantarelis at <hkan@besiweb.com> prior to the Event.)

 

Discussants: Be prepared to offer your "positive" remarks first. Then offer any "negative" remarks in a constructive way. Stay within the allotted time of 10 minutes. 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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2006 Business & Economics Society International Conference

Florence, Italy, Hotel Croce di Malta, July 15-19

 

 

SCHEDULE & DAILY ACTIVITIES

 

 

 

Friday, July 14, 2006

 

Registration: 2:30 PM – 5:30 PM, please follow signs.

Orientation: 4:30 PM – 5 PM, please follow signs.

 

Planned Activity (subject to minimum quota):

 

Pre-Conference Day-Long Excursion: Montepulciano & Pienza

Depart at 8:30 AM from hotel lobby, by bus with English-speaking guide, return 5:30 PM.

Book with Helen Kantarelis via email <hkan@besiweb.com> or at the Registration Desk the day before.

Price: €60 per person without meals.

 

Other Planned Activities:

 

(a) Reception:  5:30 PM – 6:30 PM (please follow signs.)

 

(b) Let’s go for a walk!

6:30 PM on (depart from hotel lobby, walk around Florence.)

 

 

Saturday, July 15, 2006

 

Registration: 8 AM – 1 PM, 2 PM – 4 PM, please follow signs.

Concurrent Sessions: 8:30 AM – 4 PM, Rooms (please see below.)

 

Planned Activity (subject to minimum quota):

 

Excursion: Lucca

Depart at 4:30 PM from hotel lobby, by bus with English-speaking guide, return 8:30 PM.

Book with Helen Kantarelis at the Registration Desk (first bus already full.)

Price:  €25 per person without meal.

 

 

Sunday, July 16, 2006

 

Registration: 8 AM – 1 PM, 2 PM – 4 PM, please follow signs.

Concurrent Sessions: 8:30 AM – 4 PM, Rooms (please see below.)

 

No Planned Activities:

 

Recommended Activities: Take the train to Pisa or visit the Uffizi Gallery in Florence (for Uffizi reserve in advance.)

 

 

Monday, July 17, 2006

 

Editorial Board ‘Breakfast’ Meeting (Global Business & Economics Review): 7:15 AM – 8:15 AM.

Registration: 8 AM – 10:30 AM, please follow signs.

Concurrent Sessions: 8:30 AM – 10:30 AM, Rooms (please see below.)

 

Planned Activity (subject to minimum quota):

 

Excursion: Chianti, Siena & San Gimignano

Depart at 11 AM from hotel lobby, by bus with English-speaking guide, return 8 PM.

Book with Helen Kantarelis at the Registration Desk (first bus already full.)

Price: €45 per person without meals.

 

 

Tuesday, July 18, 2006

 

Registration: 8 AM – 1 PM, please follow signs.

Concurrent Sessions: 8:30 AM – 1 PM, Rooms (please see below.)

Luncheon: 1:30 PM – 3:30 PM, room to be announced.

 

No Planned Activities:

 

Recommended Activities: Take an entertaining Walking Tour of Florence or visit the Academia Gallery.

 

 

Wednesday, July 19, 2006

 

Registration: 8 AM – 1 PM, 2 PM – 4 PM, please follow signs.

Concurrent Sessions: 8:30 AM – 4 PM, Rooms (please see below.)

 

Planned Activity (subject to minimum quota):

 

Excursion: Fiesole & Surroundings

Depart at 4:30 PM from hotel lobby, by bus with English-speaking guide, return 7:30 PM.

Book with Helen Kantarelis at the Registration Desk.

Price:  €25 per person without meal.

 

 

Thursday, July 20, 2006

 

Planned Activity (subject to minimum quota):

 

Post - Conference Day-Long Excursion: Arezzo Monterchi & Sansepolcro

Depart at 8:30 AM from hotel lobby, by bus with English-speaking guide, return 5:30 PM.

Book with Helen Kantarelis via email <hkan@besiweb.com> or at the Registration Desk the day before.

Price: €60 per person without meals.

 

 

 

 

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SESSIONS, PANELS & ROUNDTABLES

 

 

Saturday, July 15, 2006, 8:30 AM – 10:30 AM, Romana Room

Session [1]: Global Business & Economics Review – Special Issue

Behavioral Economics, Business Decision Making And Applied Policy Analysis

Moderator: Nathan Berg, University Of Texas At Dallas, USA.

 

Participants:

 

Nathan Berg, University Of Texas At Dallas, USA.

 

Yasumi Matsumoto, Charles University, Czech Republic & Waseda University, Japan.

 

W. Kathy Tannous, Macquarie University, Australia.

 

Marc Ohana, Champagne School of Management, France.

 

Reciprocity in the Labor Market: The Limits of The Laboratory.

Marc Ohana, Champagne School of Management, France.

(POSTER)

 

 

Saturday, July 15, 2006, 8:30 AM – 10:30 AM, Veranda Room

Session [2]: Marketing & Management: Theoretical & Empirical Extensions.

Chair: Bindu Vyas, King’s College, USA.

 

Titles & Authors:

 

A Conceptual Framework Of Interactive Marketing: Characteristics And Processes Of Interactive Media In

Integrated Marketing Communication. 1

Boonchai Hongcharu, Graduate School Of Business Administration National Institute Of Development

Administration (Nida), Thailand; &

Somkiat Eiamkanchanalai, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand.

 

A Multimethod Approach For Measuring Customer Service Quality In The Banking Sector Of Cyprus. 2

Antonis L. Theocharous  & Louis Hadjiyiannis, The Cyprus College, Cyprus.

 

A Rapid Flow Of Emerging Business Technologies And Their Effects On Modern Companies Through BBM

With Reference To Changing Business Patterns. 3

Nadir Ali Kolachi, Bahria University, Karachi, Pakistan &

Abu Zar Wajidi, Karachi University, Karachi, Pakistan.

 

Antecedents Of Firm Level Governance: Empirical Evidence From Malaysian Market. 4

Akmaliah Mohamad Ariff, Muhd Kamil Ibrahim & Radiah Othman

Universiti Teknologi Mara, Malaysia.

 

Discussants:

 

1 Sandy De Mel, University Of Greenwich, UK.

 

2 Denise Jarratt, Charles Sturt University, Australia.

 

3 Therese A. Joiner, La Trobe University, Australia.

               

4  Julie Margret, La Trobe University, Australia.

 

 

Saturday, July 15, 2006, 8:30 AM – 10:30 AM, Piano Room

Session [3]: White Collar Crime, Ethics & Regulation.

Chair: Dolores Anon Higon, Aston University, UK.

 

Titles & Authors:

 

Trends In White Collar Crime In South Africa Since 1994. 1

Gerrit Radder, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, South Africa.

 

Ethics In International Business: It Is Actually More Beneficial For Companies To Be Good Corporate Citizens In Our Global Economy. 2

Mary L. Sims, Esquire, Arcadia University, USA.

 

New Regulations And Trade Diversion In The Securities Industry. 3

Anastassios Gentzoglanis, University Of  Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada.

 

Tax Consolidation: An Investigation Of Regulatory Compliance. 4

Victoria Wise, Victoria University, Australia.

 

Discussants:

 

1 Brajaraj Mohanty, Xavier Institute, India.  

               

2 Sanford L. Moskowitz, Saint John’s University, USA.

 

3 Jörg Borrmann, University Of Vienna, Austria.        

 

4 Mark S. Teachout, University Of The Incarnate Word, USA.

 

 

Saturday, July 15, 2006, 8:30 AM – 10:30 AM, Maria Room / Rivoli

Session [4]: Macroeconomic & Monetary Issues I.

Chair:. Mohamed A. Ramady, King Fahd University Of Petroleum And Minerals, Saudi Arabia.

 

Titles & Authors:

 

Are US State And Local Governments Consumption Smoothers? 1

Maria Cornachione Kula, Roger Williams University, USA.

 

The Role of Interest Rate in Investment Decisions: A Fuzzy Logic Framework. 2

    David Han-Min Wang & Tiffany Hui-Kuang Yu, Feng Chia University, Taiwan.

 

A Political-Economy Approach To Exchange Rate Misalignments. 3

Marcus Marktanner & Joanna Nasr, American University Of Beirut, Lebanon.

 

Implications Of The ECB’s Monetary Policy For The Money Market Interest Rates: The Case Of Bulgaria. 4

Silvia Trifonova, University Of National And World Economy, Sofia, Bulgaria &

Visiting Researcher, Kiel Institute For World Economics, Germany.

 

Discussants:

 

1 Alicia M. Gazely, Nottingham Trent Univ., UK.

 

2 Marcus Marktanner American Univ. Of Beirut, Lebanon.

 

3 John M. Cooper, Minnesota State Univ., USA.

 

4 Maria Cornachione Kula, Roger Williams Univ., USA.

 

 

Saturday, July 15, 2006, 8:30 AM – 10:30 AM, Novella Room / Rivoli

Session [5]: International Business & Economics I

Chair:. Ho-Don Yan, Feng Chia University, Taiwan.

 

Titles & Authors:

 

The South African Hunting Industry: Challenges, Opportunities And Pitfalls. 1

Laetitia Radder, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, South Africa.

 

The J-Curve Dynamics Of Turkish Bilateral Trade: A Cointegration Approach. 2

Ferda Halicioglu, The University Of Greenwich, UK.

 

2004 Oil Shock: What If Expensive Oil Was Good For Global Growth? 3

Jean-Louis Bertrand & Stéphane Justeau, Ecole Supérieure Des Sciences, France.

 

Cross-Border Mergers And Acquisitions – A Cause For Growing Economic Nationalism? 4

Rasto Ovin & Anita Macek, University Of Maribor, Slovenia.

 

Discussants:

 

1 Gwendolyn Yvonne Alexis, Monmouth University, USA.

 

2 Roberto Bergami, Victoria University, Australia.

 

3 Ho-Don Yan, Feng Chia University, Taiwan & Charbel M. Macdissi, University of French Antilles and French Guyana.

                               

4 Sarath Divisekera, Victoria University, Australia.

 

 

Saturday, July 15, 2006, 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM, Romana Room

Session [6]: Accounting, Entrepreneurship & Organizational Behavior.

Chair:. Nadir Ali Kolachi, Bahria University, Karachi, Pakistan.

 

Titles & Authors:

 

What Do “Big Bosses” Say? Ceos’ Letters On Annual Reports For ISE 100. 1

Saime Once & Nuray Tokgoz, Anadolu University, Turkey.

 

Theory And Practice In Reporting On Organisational Value. 2

Peter Demediuk, Victoria University, Australia.

 

Family-Owned Firms And Trade Association Membership: Family  Business Collaboration Outside The Inner Circle. 3

Linda W. Ross, Rowan University, USA.

 

An Application Of Organizational Behavior Management Interventions To Increase Medical Claims Billing. 4

Mark S. Teachout, University Of The Incarnate Word, USA &

Marla Henegar, The Scooter Store, USA.

 

Discussants:

 

1 Madeleine Stiglingh, U. Of Pretoria, South Africa.

     

2 Ming Ling Lai, U. Technology Mara, Malaysia.

 

3 Peter Demediuk, Victoria U., Australia.

                           

4 Simon Mowatt, Aucklanad U. Of Technology, New Zealand.

 

 

Saturday, July 15, 2006, 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM, Veranda Room

Session [7]: Firms & Industries.

Chair:. Sanford L. Moskowitz, Saint John’s University, USA.

 

 

Titles & Authors:

 

Process Innovations And Firm Productivity Growth: Does Firm Size Matter? 1

Juan A. Máñez-Castillejo, María E. Rochina-Barrachina & Juan A. Sanchis-Llopis,

Universitat De Valencia And Lineex, Spain.

 

The Sensitivity Of Productivity Growth In UK Manufacturing. 2

Dolores Anon Higon,

Aston Business School, Aston University, UK.

 

Enterprise Demography In Croatia: Analyzing Economic Activity. 3

Dominik Pripuzic & Ivan Cipin, University Of Zagreb, Croatia.

 

Does Size Matter In Determining The Performance Of The Manufacturing Industries? 4

Nurhani Aba Ibrahim, University Of Leicester, UK.

 

Discussants:

 

1 Nathan Berg, University Of Texas At Dallas, USA.

          

2 Muhd Kamil Ibrahim, Universiti Teknologi Mara, Malaysia.

 

3 Shan-Yu Chen, Feng Chia University, Taiwan.

                           

4 Kenny Crossan, Napier University, Edinburgh, UK.

 

 

Saturday, July 15, 2006, 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM, Piano Room

Session [8]: Dealing with Human Resources.

Chair:. Steve Carter, The University Of Derby, UK.

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Titles & Authors:

 

Educational Mismatches Among Older Workers: Impact On Wages And Early Retirement Decisions.

Stephen Rubb, Sacred Heart University, USA. 1

 

Negative Income Tax And Technological Choices In A Matching Model With Differentiation Of Skills.

Samir Amine & Pedro Lages Dos Santos, Cerene, University Of Le Havre, France. 2

 

Defined-Contribution Japanese Corporate Pension Plans And Their Adoption. 3

Yutaka Horiba, Tulane University, USA.