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EDITOR
Demetri Kantarelis
EDITORIAL BOARD
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David E. Allen Edith Cowan
University, Australia Zeljana Aljinovic
Barac University of Split,
Croatia Nathan Berg University of Texas
at Dallas, USA Roberto Bergami Victoria University,
Australia Helen Berry University of
Brighton, UK Jörg Borrmann University of
Vienna, Austria Lisa Bradley University of
Ulster, Austria Steve Carter Leeds Business
School, UK Sofia Daskou Hellenic American
University, Greece Juan J. DelaCruz Lehman
College, CUNY, USA Nathalie De
Marcellis-Warin Ecole Polytechnique
de Montréal, Canada Peter Demediuk Victoria University,
Australia Andreas Efstathiades European University
Cyprus, Cyprus Katalin Eibel-Spanyi Eastern Connecticut
State University, USA Graham Elkin University of Otago, New Zealand |
Anastassios
Gentzoglanis Université de
Sherbrooke, Canada Pedro J. Gutierrez Universidad de
Valladolid, Spain Ferda Halicioglu Yeditepe University,
Turkey Neil Hart University of
Western Sydney, Australia Marko Kolakovic University of
Zagreb, Croatia László Kónya La Trobe University,
Australia Anthony B. Lumby University of the
Witwatersrand, South Africa Yasumi Matsumoto Waseda University,
Japan Sam Mirmirani Bryant University,
USA Guilherme D. Pires University of
Newcastle, Australia Rolf Solli Göteborg University,
Sweden Mark S. Teachout University of the
Incarnate Word, USA Nilüfer Tetik Akdeniz University,
Turkey S. Ram Vemuri Charles Darwin
University, Australia School of Law and
Business Thierry Warin Middlebury College, USA |
Photographs in Annual Reports: A Longitudinal
Case Study 1
Patricia Stanton & Janise White
University of Newcastle, Australia
Cultural Impact on Management
Styles: A Cross-Cultural Study between 14
Managers of Puerto Rico and
Dominican Republic
Antonio Lebrón,Turabo University, Puerto Rico
&
Juan Carlos Sosa Varela, Puerto Rico
FINANCE, BANKING AND THE MACROECONOMY
Major
Financing Channels and U.S. Economic Growth Empirics 32
Prashanta K. Banerjee, King Faisal University,
Saudi Arabia &
Matiur Rahman, McNeese State University, USA
A Test of two Open-Economy
Theories: The Case of Oil Price Rise and Japan 45
Kavous Ardalan,
Marist College, USA
Exchange
Rate Policy and Trade Balance in Croatia 57
Jurica Šimurina, University of Zagreb,
Croatia
Sandra
Belčić, Zagrebačka
Stvarnost, Croatia
Pensions
Reform In The Republic of Croatia: Open Questions and Dilemmas 65
Nika
Sokol, Maja Mihelja & Dajana Cvrlje
University of Zagreb, Croatia
Asset Size Distribution of U.S. Banks Since
Riegle-Neal 74
Joseph N. Heiney,
Elmhurst College, USA
ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Hi-Tech Venturing Preparedness Education:
Evidence of Lost Opportunities 80
Teresa V. Menzies, Brock University,
Canada
An
Entrepreneurship Perspective to Postgraduate Research and Practice 88
Alex Maritz, Swinburne
University of Technology, Australia
Venture
Catalyst or Vulture Capitalist? 97
Keith C.K. Cheung, University of Windsor, Canada
Yunbi An, University of Windsor, Canada
Strategic Cost Management in Croatian
Lean Companies 106
Mihaela Mikić, University of Zagreb,
Croatia
EDUCATION ISSUES
The
E-Learning Experience - Its Impact on Student Engagement 115
and
Learning Outcomes
Lily Wong, Centre for Strategic Economic Studies,
Victoria University, Australia
Relationship Quality and Continuous Education: A
Study of Fee-Paying 127
Students in Hong Kong.
Sangeeta Narwani, Hong Kong &
Guilherme Pires, University of
Newcastle, Australia
Active
Teaching Techniques and Students’ Creative Potential 146
Victoria Nikolayevna Ostrovskaya, Stavropol State
University, Russia
TRADE, MICROECONOMICS & THE STATE
Global
Views of US Image And Trust: The Impact on US Exports and Market Share 149
Michael J. Harrison, Framingham State
College, USA.
A Simple Model to Test the Role of Sentiments in
Expected Wealth 162
Pedro J. Gutiérrez, Universidad de Valladolid,
Spain
Implications of Tax Incremental Financing on Disadvantaged
Families 179
Robert J. Eger III &
Jan Haavard Maridal, Florida State University, USA
Do
High School Examination Results Impact Residential Property 188
Prices
- A Tale of two UK Cities.
John Glen & Joseph G Nellis
School of Management, Cranfield
University, UK
Influences
on Macao’s E-Government Portal Adoption 201
Cora Sio Kuan Lai - Macao Polytechnic
Institute, Macao PRC
Guilherme Pires, University of
Newcastle, Australia
Critical
Factors in Regulation and Competition for Mexico’s 213
Telecommunications
Connections.
Marcela C. Revilla E.
Monterey Institute of Technology and Higher
Education, Mexico
Efficiency
of State Social Policy in Russia 217
Galina Timofeyeva & Yuriy Timofeyev
Volgograd State University, Russia
HUMAN RESOURCES
The Importance of Managing Intellectual Capital in Retaining
Officer- Seafarers 225
Ruanthi De Silva, Patricia Stanton, University of Newcastle, Australia &
John Stanton, University
of Western Sydney, Australia
The
Connection between Well-Being and Stress of Employees in Organizations 234
Sonja Treven, Simona Šarotar
Žižek & Matjaž Mulej
University of Maribor,
Slovenia
Measuring Social Spending Efficiency in Reducing
Poverty in the European 246
Union: Parametric and Non Parametric Frontier Methods
Kosta
Josifidis, Novica Supic & Emilija Beker Pucar
University of Novi Sad, Serbia
Employment
Protection Legislation and Labour Market Outcomes 258
Yoshihiko Fukushima, Waseda
University, Japan
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT & HEALTHCARE ISSUES
Human
Prosperity 268
Jan
H. Maridal & Robert J. Eger III,
Florida
State University, USA
Remittances
in El Salvador and Ecuador: A Comparative Analysis of 281
Household
Surveys
Jessica Audrey Clayton, Middlebury College,
USA
Thierry Warin, Middlebury College, USA & CIRANO,
Canada
Real-World Diabetes Adherence: An
Analysis of German Pharmacy Records 291
Sonja
Geisel-Marbaise & Harald Stummer
UMIT, Austria
“Underdevelopment Whirlpools” As Instrument
of World Economy 304
Polarization
Measurement
Elena Gennadjevna Popkova,
Larisa Semenovna Shakhovskaya &
Tatiana Nikolayevna Mitrakhovich
Volgograd State Technical University, Russia
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