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EDITOR:
Demetri Kantarelis
REVIEWERS:
(In
Alphabetical Order)
|
Aba
Ibrahim, Nurhani Abdou, Amin I. Abu-Rashed,
Jamal Alexis,
Gwendolyn Yvonne Alhadeff,
Peter Allen,
David Anon
Higon, Dolores Ardalan,
Kavous Aurelio,
Jeanne M. Bangert,
David C. Benamraoui,
Abdelhafid Berg,
Nathan Bergami,
Roberto Bhaskar,
Vashishta Bianchi,
Robert J. Bilas, Vlatka Bitzenis,
Aris Borrmann,
Jörg Bruna,
Karel Buckvald,
Evgeny Budihardjo,
Andreas Byrd,
Kimble A. Carter,
Steve Cenan,
Danijela Chen,
Shan-Yu Cho,
Joo Hyun Cichello,
Micahel S. Clark,
Robert Clayton,
Bruce Collier,
Joel C. Costa, Roberta Damjanic, Zdenka Daskou, Sofia de Kervenoael, R. J. De Mel, Sandy Decker, David R. Delsen,
Lei Dion,
Michel Divisekera,
Sarath Djavanshir,
Reza Efstathiades,
Andreas Eiamkanchanalai,
Somkiat Eibel-Spanyi,
Katalin Elger,
Thomas ElKelish,
Walaa Wahid Elkin,
Graham Erickson,
Scott Ettlie,
John E. Figueira, Catarina Fourie,
Helena |
Gazely,
Alicia M. Godinho, Pedro Manuel Cortesao Gomez-Del Valle , M. Lourdes Halicioglu,
Ferda Hart,
Neil Herbert,
Theodore Hongcharu, Boonchai Horiba, Yutaka Hu, Mei-Chih Hunjak,
Tihomir Iooty,
Marina Joiner,
Therese A. Jones,
Philip Kabbani,
Nader Kamil
Ibrahim, Muhd Kondoh,
Kenji Koufopoulos, Dimitrios N. Koumanakos, Evangelos P. Krivogorsky, Victoria Kuenzel,
Sven Kula,
Maria Cornachione La
Van, Helen Lai,
Ming-Ling Lazaridis,
Ioannis Liang,
Wen-Kuei Ligthelm,
Andre A. Macdissi,
Charbel Macek,
Anita Maiksteniene,
Kristina Mamudi,
Mohit Marchante,
Andres J. Marks,
Andrew Marktanner, Marcus Martinez-Rodriguez, Julia Martinez-Serrano, J. A. Mehanna, Rock Mirmirani, Sam Mohd Kassim, Norizan Moskowitz,
Sanford L. Nigohosian,
Robert. H. Novak,
Michael O’Neill,
Charles Ohana,
Marc Once, Saime Ozturk, M. Canan Pena Cerezo, Miguel Angel Petrick, Joseph A. Petrochilos, George Petsas, Iordanis Pires, Guilherme D. |
Pok,
Wee Ching Radder,
Gerrit Radder,
Laetitia Rajagopal Ramady,
Mohamed A. Reedman,
Evan M. Rochina-Barrachina, Maria E. Roney,
Jennifer Ross,
Linda W. Rowley,
Jennifer Saee,
John Salavrakos, Ioannis-Dionysios Shahkovskaya, Larisa S. Sherman,
Robert Simpson,
Wayne Sims,
Mary L. Singh,
Hari Sintim-Aboagye,
Herman Skuflic,
Lorena Springler,
Elisabeth Staber,
Udo Stewart,
Chris Stiglingh,
Madeleine Sun,
Chia-Hung Taghavi,
Mehdi Teachout,
Mark S. Tenker,
Nejat Tetik,
Nilufer Theocharous,
Antonis L. Tipuric,
Darko Topyan,
Kudret Trifonova,
Silvia van
Der Bank, Riana van
Der Merwe, Alex Vaughan
Williams, Leighton Veloutsou, Cleopatra Voola, Jo Vranes, Sanja Vu,
Jo Chau Vyas,
Bindu Whitefield,
Despina Wolter,
Stefan C. Yan,
Ho-Don Yu,
Tiffany Yuan,
Kuo-Chih Yuce,
Ayse Zhao,
Zhong Zoricic, Davor |
Management
Succesful TQM Implementation:
Don’t Forget the Human Factors. 1
Theresa A
Joiner, School of Business, La Trobe
University, Australia.
Organisational Demography and
Board Configuration: Empirical Findings
from the Greek Service
Sector. 10
Dimitrios N. Koufopoulos, Brunel Business School, Brunel University, UK.
The Effect Of Management Strategies On Firm Value: The Case Of The
Online
Advertising Industry In Japan. 25
Tomoyuki Murata & Fumiko Takeda, University Of Tokyo, Japan.
Marketing
Preferred Service Suppliers
To The Portuguese Community In Sydney: Understanding
Their Success. 37
Guilherme D. Pires, University Of
Newcastle, Australia; &
John Stanton, University Of Western
Sydney, Australia.
Positioning: A Review. 46
Sandy De
Mel, University Of Greenwich, UK.
Accounting
Theory And Practice In
Reporting On Organisational Value. 55
Peter
Demediuk, Victoria University, Australia.
Indigenous Australian Accountants: Why So Few? A Historical And
Cultural Perspective. 63
Luisa
Lombardi & Bruce Clayton, Deakin University,
Australia.
Towards Goods And Services
Tax In Malaysia: A Preliminary Study. 75
Choong
Kwai Fatt, University of Malaya, Malaysia;
&
Ming Ling
Lai, University Technology Mara,
Malaysia.
Tax Incentives And Financial Reporting
Of Greek Firms: An Empirical Inquiry. 87
Panagiota Boura, Doctorate Candidate, University Of Patras, Greece;
Evangelos P. Koumanakos, National Bank Of Greece, Patra Greece;
&
Antonis
Georgopoulos, University Of Patras, Greece.
What Do “Big Bosses” Say?
CEOS’ Messages On Annual Reports For ISE 100 Index. 95
Saime Önce
& Nuray Tokgöz, Anadolu University, Turkey.
Finance
Stock Options As Executive
Compensation: A Changing European Strategy. 106
Lawrence
Nowicki, University Of Maine, USA.
An Alternative Approach To
Estimate The Coefficients Of The Term Structure Equation:
A Two
Factor Model. 117
Lourdes
Gómez-Del Valle & Julia Martínez-Rodríguez,
University Of Valladolid, Spain.
Gender Effect On Investment Preferences And Risk Aversion. 126
Ayse Yuce
& Margaret Yap, Ryerson University, Canada.
Deterministic Elements Of The
Japanese Stock Prices During Quantitative Easing
Policy In Japan. 137
Yutaka
Kurihara, Aichi University, Japan.
Quantifying Stock Price
Reactions To Announcements Of Mergers And
Acquisitions In Japan. 144
Yusuke
Kakuda, Link Consulting Associates Japan
Corporation, Japan; &
Fumiko
Takeda, University Of Tokyo, Japan.
Elements Of China’s Banking
Internal Rating System. 155
Yiling
Xing, The University Of Leeds, Leeds,
UK.
Human Resources
Distributional Effects Of
Reducing The Gender Based Wage Gap. 172
Pearl
Steinbuch, Mount Ida College, USA.
The Impact Of Health On
Labour Supply In Panel Data. 185
Derek Hum,
Wayne Simpson & Eyob Fissuh Ghebretsadik,
University
Of Manitoba, Canada.
The Frequency Of Migration And
Optimal Restriction Policies. 197
Kenji Kondoh, Chukyo University, Japan.
Macroeconomics & Monetary
Economics
Corporate
Governance and Basel II: Banking Stabilization within Post-Keynesian –
Institutionalist
Framework. 210
Elisabeth Springler, Vienna University Of Economics And
Business Administration, Austria.
Implications Of The ECB’s
Monetary Policy For The Money Market Interest Rates:
The Case Of Bulgaria. 222
Silvia Trifonova, University
Of National And World Economy,
Sofia,
Bulgaria & Kiel Institute For World Economics, Germany.
Monetary Transmission
Mechanism And Evaluation Of The Credit Channel’s Effects
On The Real Economy In
Turkey. 239
Nilgun
Caglarirmak Uslu, Anadolu University, Eskisehir,
Turkey.
Industrial Organization &
Regulation
The Value Of Music And The
Trappings Of The Marketplace, 1990-2005. 248
Peter
Alhadeff, Berklee College Of Music, USA.
Music Industry
Mentoring: Tracking Vocational and Educational
Outcomes. 257
Theo
Papadopoulos & Adrian Ramp, Victoria
University, Australia.
Sound Recording Pricing:
Collusion or Response to Uncertain Demand? 263
Theo
Papadopoulos, Victoria University, Australia.
New Regulations And Trade
Diversion In The Securities Industry. 270
Anastassios
Gentzoglanis, University Of Sherbrooke, Canada.
Tax Consolidation: An
Investigation Of Regulatory Compliance. 282
Victoria
Wise,Victoria University, Australia.
The
Measurement Of Intangible Assets: A Method To Assess Knowledge Productivity. 288
Domenico Campisi & Roberta Costa, University Of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy.
Outsourcing Implications On
Companies’ Competitiveness: The Case Of The Cypriot
Manufacturing Industry. 300
Andreas
Efstathiades & Christos Rousis, Cyprus
College, Cyprus.
Twentieth Century Management
Theory In Today’s Organisations – How Relevant
Is A Forty-Year-Old Model In
The Contemporary Context Of A Call Centre? 314
Ray Hingst, University Of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, Australia.
Banking
The
Effects Of Financial Innovations And The Internet. 323
Abdelhafid Benamraoui, Harrow
Business School, UK.
Turkish Banking Sector As An Important
Aspect Of Financial Sector
And Its State Against EU. 337
Muharrem
Afsar, Anadulu University, Turkey.
International Economics &
Globalization
Towards a General Theory of
Tourism Taxation: A Model of Optimum Tourism Taxes. 354
Sarath Divisekera,
Victoria University, Australia &
Visiting Professor, National Centre For Tourism
Policy Studies,
University
Of Limerick, Ireland.
The South African Hunting
Industry: Opportunities And Challenges. 362
Laetitia Radder, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, South Africa.
The Globalisation Of The Wine
Industry: New World, Old World And China. 367
Michael
Thorpe, Curtin University Of Technology,
Australia.
Shift-Share Analysis of
International Tourist Arrivals Between Asia
And America: 1990-2003. 377
Jo Chau Vu & Lindsay Turner, Victoria University,
Australia.
Politically-Centered Clusters
and the Management of Advanced Technology
in a
Multi-Environment Context: A Study
of Regional Competitive Advantage - The US vs. The EU. 385
Sanford L.
Moskowitz, Saint John’s University, USA.
Foreign Direct Investment
The Effects Of The Foreign
Direct Investments On The Banking Sector:
A Case Analysis For Turkey. 399
Asli Afsar
& Muharrem Afsar, Anadulu University,
Eskisehir, Turkey.
The Role Of FDI In The
Resolving Unemployment Problem Of The SEECS. 414
Lorena
Skuflic, University Of Zagreb, Croatia
&
Igor
Stokovic, University Of Rijeka, Coatia.
Economic Development &
Growth
New Prospects Of Economic
Growth: Modern Vision Paradigm. 428
Larisa S. Shakhovskaya & Yelena G. Popkova,
Volgograd State Technical University, Russia.
Urban Economics & the
Impact of Tourism
The Center For Design And
Business And Creative Economy in Rhode Island:
An Assessment. 440
Sam
Mirmirani, Bryant University, USA.
A Comparison Of Tourism
Output And Employment In Ireland, And The
UK: Some TSA-Based Results. 445
Jim Deegan, National Centre For Tourism Policy Studies,
University
Of Limerick, Ireland;
Martin
Kenneally, & Richard Moloney, Centre
For Policy Studies,
University
College, Cork, Ireland &
Stephen
Wanhill, National Centre For Tourism Policy
Studies,
University
Of Limerick, Ireland.
Legal Issues
Consumer Protection
Legislations In SAARC Countries: The Emerging Trend. 461
Basant
Kumar, Utkal University, India; &
Brajaraj
Mohanty, Xavier Institute Of Management,
India.
Trends
In White Collar Crime In South Africa Since 1994. 473
Gerrit Radder,
Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University,
Port Elizabeth, South Africa.
Empirical & Quantitative
Methods
Income Inequality And Growth Volatility: An Empirical Analysis.
480
Laszlo Konya, La Trobe University, Australia; &
Chris Mouratidis, Victorian Department Of Treasury And
Finance, Australia.
Optimal System Design With
Multi-Criteria Approach. 493
Zoran
Babic, University Of Split, Croatia;
Tihomir
Hunjak, University Of Zagreb, Croatia;
&
Ivica Veza, University Of Split, Croatia.
Environmental Issues
Project Management As A New
Strategic Management Paradigm. 503
Simon
Mowatt, Auckland University Of Technology,
New Zealand.
What Makes Them Tick? -
Critical Success Factors In Small South Australian Wineries. 515
Peter Demediuk, Victoria
University, Australia.
Taiwan's Economic
Development: The Role of Entrepreneurship and Its Incubating Factors. 525
Fu-Lai Tony
Yu, Ho-Don Yan & Shan-Yu Chen,
Feng Chia
University, Taiwan.
Education Issues
Environmental Influences On
Teaching And Learning In The Context
Of University Business
Education. 535
Lynne Leveson, La Trobe
University, Australia.
The Deep Dive: A Primer on
Creativity for Innovation. 543
Michael Novak,
University Of Massachusetts Boston, USA.
Financial Planning Education:
Turning Intention Into Action. 555
Bruce
Clayton, Mike Kerry, & Marc Olynyk,
Deakin University,
Australia.
The Forecast Model For
China’s Higher Education Investment Scale. 560
Yifu Lang, Tianhong
Dai,
Harbin Broadcasting And Television
University
& Northeast Forestry University, China; &
Zhihua Liu, Harbin Broadcasting
And Television University, China.
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