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EDITOR:
Demetri Kantarelis
REVIEWERS:
(In
Alphabetical Order)
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Al-Hoory, Mothanna T.I. Allen, David Angresano, James Anon Higon, Dolores Ashford, Robert Ayadi,
Mohamed Barac,
Zeljana Basar,
Banu Berg, Nathan Bertrand, Jean-Louis Bhaskar, Vashishta Bildirici, Melike Borrmann, Jorg Boustras, George Bragues, George Bruna, Karel Bubic, Jasenka Burgess, Stephen Cailleau, Thierry Cantarella, Anthony Clinton, Ide Costa,
Roberta Daly,
Shawn Das,
Kshiti B. Daskou,
Sofia de
Marcellis-Warin, Nathalie De
Mel, Sandy Demediuk,
Peter Desmarais,
Fabrice Desmarais,
Melanie Didehvar,
Fatemeh Efstathiades,
Andreas Elger,
Thomas El-Wassa,
Kamal A. Evangelista,
Felicitas Ewang, Fritz Faux, Jeffrey Gentzoglanis, Anastasios |
Gikas,
Grigorios Godinho, Pedro Gripaios, Peter Harman, Keith Hart,
Neil Harun,
Azhar Hoffman,
Sabine Hogan,
Warren Holman,
Robert Hongcharu,
Boonchai Hyz,
Alina Islam,
Mazharul Joiner,
Therese Kolakovic,
Marko Konya, Lazlo Kosmidou,
Kyriaki Koufopoulos,
Dimitrios Kuenzel,
Sven Kurihara,
Yutaka Lai,
Ming Ling Leitao, Nuno,
C. Leveson, Lynne Li, Jiatao Llorca, Matthieu Lo, Hing-Po Makris, Ilias Mamudi, Mohit Maniatis,
Paraschos Manolopoulos,
Christos Margret,
Julie Marks,
Andrew McKenzie,
Brent Moloney,
Richard Mowatt,
Simon O’Donovan,
O’Neil,
Charles Oktay,
Sadiye Panday,
Priniti |
Papadopoulos,
Theo Paul,
Sanjay Petrochilos,.George Petsas,
Iordanis Pires,
Guilherme Potocan, Vojko Pranicevic, Daniela Radder, Gerrit. Rafferty, Michael Rajagopal Raju, V. Rodgers, Timothy Rose, Graeme Roslak, Thomas Salavrakos, Ioannis-Dionysios Sell, Friedrich L. Sellitto, Carmine Springler, Elisabeth Stanton, John Stanton, Patricia Stilwell, Frank Tangas, Pericles Tannous, Kathy Tao, Yu-Hui Teachout, Mark Tetik, Nilufer Topyan, Kudret Umutlu, Mehmet Van der Bank, Riana C.M. Vemuri,
Ram S. Viswanathan,
G Vo,
Xuan Vinh Vuco,
Tina Wan, Allan Weston, Rae Whitefield, Despina Wise, Victoria Yan, Ho-don Yeh, Rosa |
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS (Page
Number)
Intra Industry Trade In The Australian Manufacturing Sector: An Industry Approach.
1
Andrew Marks, University
Of Western Sydney, Australia.
An Evaluation Of Monetary Policy Responses To Capital Flows. 13
Yutaka Kurihara, Aichi
University, Japan.
Local Versus
Network Embeddedness And Its Influence Within Different Roles 25
Of
Subsidiaries.
Harald
Stummer, Victoria Hoess & Roland Staudinger,
University For Health Sciences,
Medical Informatics And Technology,
Tirol,
Austria.
FINANCE
Predicting International Banks’ Ratings With
Financial Ratios 34
Roman
Matousek & Chris Stewart, London Metropolitan
University, UK.
Abdelhafid
Benamraoui, University Of Westminster, UK.
The Influence Of Transition And Financial
Liberalization On Transfer Of Knowledge 54
In Croatia.
Ana
Rimac Smiljanić, Domagoja Buljan Barbača & Damir Baran,
University Of Split, Croatia.
ACCOUNTING
Flexible Manufacturing Strategies, Performance
Measurement Systems 63
And Organizational Performance: Evidence From
Australia.
X.
Sarah Yang Spencer, Therese A Joiner, La Trobe University,
Australia, &
Steve
Bakalis, Victoria University, Australia.
Accounting
Information Systems For Management Decisions: Empirical Research 74
In Croatia.
Vlasta
Roska, Total Balance LTD, Croatia; &
Jasenka Bubic, University Of Split, Croatia.
Financial
Reporting Standards In Function On Business Continuity - Empirical 86
Research In
Croatia.
Jasenka Bubic, University
Of Split, Croatia &
Vlasta Roska, Total
Balance LTD, Croatia.
MANAGEMENT
Global Supply Chains As Dynamic,
Complex Adaptive Systems. 100
M.
B. Neace, Mercer University, USA.
E-Participation In Local Government Decision Making: Case Study Of Slow 112
Thinking And Big Action.
Peter
Demediuk, Victoria University, Australia; &
Rolf Solli, Goteborg
Research Institute, Sweden.
The Role Of
Citizens In Local Government Decision Making. 119
Peter Demediuk, Victoria
University, Australia.
Logistics
Industry: Global And Indian Perspectives. 130
Subrata Mitra,
Indian Institute Of Management Calcutta, India.
Keiretsu: The
Ubiquitous Power Of Supply Chain. 139
M. Reza Vaghefi & Louis A. Woods,
Coggin
College Of Business University Of
North Florida, USA.
MARKETING
What Do
Personal Goals And Values Tell Marketers? 153
Katalin Eibel-Spanyi, Eastern
Connecticut State University, USA
Agnes Hofmeister Toth, Corvinus University of Budapest, Hungary
The
Relevance Of Minority Ethnic Groups For Marketing: A Research Framework. 161
Guilherme Pires, University
Of Newcastle, Australia;
John Stanton, University
Of Western Sydney, Australia; &
Patricia
Stanton, University Of Newcastle Australia.
HUMAN RESOURCES
An Economic Analysis
Of Training For The High Technology Industry In Austin, 170
Texas In The 1990s.
Dan
Dabney, St. Edward’s University In Texas, USA; &
Hasnat
Dewan, Thompson Rivers University, Canada.
An Analysis Of
Dual Commitment Among Contract Workers In The 182
Australian
Construction Industry.
Lynne Leveson & Terri Joiner, La Trobe University,
Australia.
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT & CAPITALISM
Economic Growth, Equity And Race In Sri Lanka. 192
Sarath Divisekera, Victoria University, Australia.
R&D And Innovation In Brazil. 203
Maria
Cristina Ortigão Sampaio Schiller, IBMEC/ RJ, Brazil.
The Effects Of Global Warming
On The Agricultural Yield. 215
Hasan Durucasu,
Şenay Lezki & Duygu Çoşkun
Anadolu University, Turkey.
Impact Of Consumption Models’ Change On
Sustainable Development In Romania. 223
Cristina Coculescu, Ovidiu
Solomon, & Adam Altar-Samuel
Romanian-American
University, Bucharest, Romania.
Poverty Level In Russia. 229
Galina
P. Litvintseva, Elena A. Stukalenko & Olga V. Voronkova
Novosibirsk State Technical University, Russia.
The
Transformation Of Political Economy As An Intellectual Tool Of 237
Analyzing
Capitalistic Crisis Across Time.
Ioannis-Dionysios Salavrakos, University
Of Ioannina, Greece.
MACROECONOMIC & MONETARY ISSUES
Foreign Banks
And Credit Stability: Evidence From Malaysia. 257
Roza
Hazli Bt Zakaria, University Of Malaya, Malaysia.
Conceptualizing
The Shadow Financial System In A Stock-Flow Consistent 268
Accounting
Framework.
Marc
Pilkington, University Of Nice Sophia Antipolis, France.
Bulgaria - On
The Road To The EMU With A Currency Board System. 280
Silvia Trifonova, University of National and World Economy
– Sofia, Bulgaria.
INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATION & REGIONAL ISSUES
Factors
Affecting Firms’ Performance:
An Empirical Analysis On Greek Industry. 296
Ilias Makris, Kalamata’s
Technological Institute & University Of Patras, Greece.
Access To Finance Of Croatian SMES. 304
Marko Kolakovic, Bojan Moric Milovanovic
& Mladen Turuk
University
Of Zagreb, Croatia.
Influence Of
Corporate Entrepreneurship On The Performance Of Croatian 312
Large
Companies.
Marko Kolakovic, Boris Sisek & Bojan
Moric Milovanovic
University
of Zagreb, Croatia.
Modelling
Regional Demand For Tourism Services: An Analysis Of Regional 318
Demand For
Domestic Tourism In Australia.
Sarath
Divisekera, Victoria
University, Australia.
Reducing Disparities As One Of The European
Union Goals – Example Of Latvia. 327
Elita Jermolajeva, Daugavpils University, Latvia.
EDUCATION ISSUES
Returns
To Education: New Evidence Of Instrumental Variable Using 334
Malaysian
Data.
Ramlee Ismail, UPSI,
Malaysia, David N.F. Bell, Sterling,
University, UK.
Character Cultivation In Higher-Education Institution—A Case Study Of 345
Tatung University.
Ya-Wen Hsueh, Tatung University, Taiwan, R.O.C.
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