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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 & Ethics
Towards a Universal Platform
for CSR: The Role Of Communication In
Global Corporate Social
Responsibility. 1
Mohit
Mamudi, CEO Amacom UK Ltd, UK.
Directors’
Accountability On Issues Of Financial Literacy And Governance. 8
Julie Margret, La Trobe University, Bundoora Victoria,
Australia.
Managerial Cognitive State Of
Cultural Diversity And Its Managerial Application:
An Empirical Study With
International Implications. 18
John Saee, Swinburne University Of Technology, Australia.
The Complexity Of Networked
Supply Chain. 26
Weiqi Li, University Of Michigan-Flint, U.S.A.
Information
As A Tool For Management Decision Making - Empirical Evidence
From
Croatia. 38
Darko
Tipuric, Domagoj Hruska & Ana Aleksic,
University
Of Zagreb, Croatia.
Human Capital As Source Of
Croatian Competitiveness. 48
Nina Poloski Vokic, Dubravka Sincic, & Ana Tkalac Vercic,
University Of Zagreb,
Croatia.
Organizational Learning And
Its Effects Through Launching
International Joint Ventures. 55
Wen-Kuei Liang, Tatung
University, Taiwan.
Marketing
A Conceptual Framework Of
Interactive Marketing: Characteristics And Processes Of
Interactive Media In
Integrated Marketing Communication. 64
Boonchai
Hongcharu, Graduate School Of Business
Administration
National Institute
Of Development Administration (Nida), Thailand; &
Somkiat
Eiamkanchanalai, Chulalongkorn University,
Thailand.
Innovation: Principal
Challenges For The New EU. 73
Katalin
Eibel-Spanyi, Eastern Connecticut State University, USA.
Accounting
The Extent Of Compliance With
Income Tax Presentation and Disclosure
Requirements In
Financial Statements Of Companies In
South Africa. 83
Christelle
Meyer, Madeleine Stiglingh & Elmar Venter,
University
Of Pretoria, South Africa.
Interaction Effects Of Labor
Co-Determination and Internal Corporate
Governance Mechanisms On
Profitability. 96
Victoria
Krivogorsky & Sharon Lightner,
San Diego
State University, USA.
Finance
Use Of Copulas For Risk Measurement:
Dependence, Correlation and
Nonnormality. 110
Kudret
Topyan & Natalia Boliari,
Manhattan College, USA.
Monetary Policy And Yield
Curve Volatility: The Case Of The Swap Market
In The Czech Republic In 1999
Through To 2005. 116
Karel Bruna, University Of Economics In Prague, Czech Republic.
A Simple Chi-Square Method
For The Analysis Of Time Dependence In Security
Rates Of Return. 129
Pedro Manuel Cortesao Godinho, GEMF and
University
Of Coimbra, Portugal.
EU Accession Decisions As A
Major Driver Of Croatia's Equity Market. 141
Vlatka
Bilas, Hrvoje Josic & Mislav Josic
University
Of Zagreb, Croatia.
Do
Asset Prices Contain Information About Future Economic Performance? 149
Ana Rimac, University Of Split, Croatia.
Entrepreneurship
Social
Capital In Entrepreneurial Clusters: A Review And Research Agenda.
Udo Staber, University Of Canterbury, New Zealand. 159
Disaggregating The Unrecorded
Economy of South Africa: Methodological
Considerations and
Measurement. 171
Andre A. Ligthelm,
University Of South Africa, South Africa.
Corporate
Entrepreneurship In Croatia. 182
Marko
Kolakovic & Bojan Moric Milovanovic,
University
of Zagreb, Croatia.
Human Resources
Organisation Change, Miracle
Or Nemesis? 193
A Case Study Of A Midlands
College, UK And Its Sixth Form Centre.
Sue Bowen, Adult Learning Co-ordinator, a Midlands College, UK; &
Steve
Carter, University of Derby, UK.
Significance Of Ownership Of
Aged Care Facilities In Australia. 211
W. Kathy
Tannous & Kehui
Luo, Macquarie University, Australia.
Cultural Impact on Access to Elder Care. 225
W. Kathy
Tannous, Macquarie University, Australia.
Youth
Unemployment And Employment Subsidy Programmes. 236
Yoshihiko
Fukushima, Nagoya University of Commerce &
Business, Japan.
Macroeconomics & Monetary
Economics
Fiscal
Policy And The Macroeconomy: Some Common Misconceptions
And
A Reassessment. 248
Neil Hart, University Of Western Sydney, Australia.
Reducing External
Indebtedness In the Croatian Economy. 257
Marijana Ivanov, Tomislav Coric & Davor Zoricic,
University
Of Zagreb, Croatia.
Fiscal Decentralization:
Raising Issue In Croatia. 270
Hrvoje
Šimović & Ana Andabaka,
University Of Zagreb, Croatia.
Microeconomics &
Industrial Organization
Emerging Social And Economic
Networks In Evolving Agent Societies. 283
Chris
Manolopoulos, Research Academic Computer
Technology
Institute, Greece.
On The Actual Standard And
Logic Of Individual Preference Behaviors. 296
Yasumi
Matsumoto, Waseda University, Japan.
Financing New
Technology-Based Firms: A Study In Greek Banking Sector. 308
Ilias Makris, University of Patras &
Kalamatas’
Technological Institute, Greece.
Do Agency Costs Inhibit
Foreign Collaborations By Family Firms?
An Empirical Investigation. 319
Hari Singh, Grand Valley State University, USA.
The Analysis Of Corporate
Social Responsibility Applications. 326
M. Canan
Ozturk & Mine Ayman
Anadolu
University, Eskisehir, Turkey.
Banking
Decision Making
Characteristics Of Board Members – An Empirical Study
In Croatian Banks. 337
Darko
Tipuric, University Of Zagreb, Croatia;
Vedrana Carevic, Hvb Splitska Banka, Croatia; &
Mirna
Korican, Zagreb School Of Economics &
Management, Croatia.
International Economics &
Globalization
Ethics In International Business: It Is Actually More Beneficial For
Companies
To Be Good Corporate Citizens
In Our Global Economy. 351
Mary L.
Sims, Esquire, Arcadia University, USA.
Risk Management For
Exporters: The Case Of Incoterms 2000. 361
Roberto
Bergami, Victoria University, Australia.
The Intra-Industry Trade
Performance Of The Australian Manufacturing Sector:
A Disaggregated Study. 371
Andrew
Marks, University Of Western Sydney,
Australia.
Survival In The Global
Textile Industry: The South African Experience. 382
Maliga Moodley, Department Of Agriculture, Pretoria,
South Africa; &
Charles O’Neill, University Of KwaZulu-Natal, South
Africa.
Efficiency
In The EU Banking System: An Assessment Of The Impact Of M&A Activity. 392
Catarina Figueira & Joseph Nellis
Cranfield University, United Kingdom.
The Effects of Country of
Origin on Chinese Consumers’ Purchasing Behaviour:
A Case Study on Wine. 403
Leeva Li, Guang Zhou Bai Hao Pharmaceutical Ltd., PR China; &
Xiaoling
Hu, Business School, University Of
Gloucestershire, Britain.
Cross-Border Mergers And
Acquisitions – A Cause For Growing Economic Nationalism? 415
Anita
Macek & Rasto Ovin, University Of Maribor,
Slovenia.
Typology of Oil Shocks: Why
2004 is Different? 425
J.-L.
Bertrand, Banking and Finance Department;
&
S. Justeau, Department of Economics.
Ecole Supérieure des Sciences Commerciales
d’ Angers, France.
The Role And Significance Of
FDI In Croatia With Special Emphasis On International
Joint Ventures. 436
Vlatka Bilas & Danijela Cenan,
University Of Zagreb, Croatia.
Foreign Direct Investment
Control Mechanisms And Firm
Performance In Joint Ventures: Evidence From
Greek Joint Ventures In
Eastern Europe. 446
Ioannis-Dionysios
Salavrakos & Chris Stewart
London
Metropolitan University, UK.
Where To, Odysseus? The Quest
Of Greek Firms To Expand Abroad. 463
Fragkiskos
Filippaios; & Carmen Stoian, Kent
Business School, UK.
Economic Development &
Growth
On The Role Of Government
Expenditure In A Growing Economy With
Endogenous Labor Supply. 481
Tadashi
Inoue, Hiroshima Shudo University, Japan.
Transition & Legal Issues
Technology Transfer In
Eastern Europe And China: How Can This Impact
On The Growth Of These
Nations? 503
David
Floyd, University Of Lincoln, UK.
The Influence Of The South
African Constitution On The Common Law Of Contracts. 507
Riana Van Der Bank, Vaal University Of Technology,
Vanderbijlpark, South Africa.
Environmental Issues
The Sustainable Business Of
Production And Consumption: Rethinking Our
Relationship To The Natural
Environment. 515
Dick
Skeen, Robert Di Carlo & Kooros Mahmoudi,
Northern
Arizona University, USA.
Optimal
Investments In Physical And Abatement Capital: The Effect Of An
Emission
Trading Mechanism. 521
Francisco Cabo, María Jesús Jiménez-Herrero, &
Guiomar Martín-Herrán, University of Valladolid, Spain.
Thinking About the Natural
Environment In Brazil. 533
Maria
Cristina Ortigão Sampaio Schiller,
UERJ, ENCE/IBGE, IBMEC, Brazil.
Education Issues
Enhanced Personal And
Interpersonal Skills Development: The Alignment Of Curriculum
Objectives And Graduate
Perceptions In The Training Of Accountants. 545
Despina
Whitefield, Centre for Strategic Economic
Studies,
Victoria
University, Australia.
Assessing The Research
Performance Of Australian Universities. 557
Abbas
Valadkhani & Andrew Worthington,
University
Of Wollongong, NSW, Australia.
Postmodernism
Postmodern And Modern
Economic Thought: Exploring The
Constructive Tensions
And The 'In-Between'. 567
Adrian N.
Carr, University Of Western Sydney,
Australia &
Cheryl A.
Lapp, Labyrinth Consulting, Canada.
Binding Economics: Giving
Organisations The Right To Coerce. 575
Cheryl A.
Lapp, Labyrinth Consulting, Canada &
Adrian N.
Carr, University Of Western Sydney,
Australia.
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