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EDITOR: Demetri
Kantarelis, Assumption College, USA |
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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 |
BUSINESS ETHICS & MANAGEMENT
A Value-Based Approach to
Recognizing CEOs With Ethical Leadership. 1
Yi-Jung Chen
National Kaohsiung University of Applied Sciences, Taiwan.
Modernity
& Tradition: Critical Success Factors in Small Italian Wineries. 9
Peter Demediuk
CTSR,
Victoria University, Australia.
Succession
Planning: A Strategic Tool for Human Resource Planning in Small 21
and
Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Ghana.
James Kennedy Turkson
Kwame
Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana.
Trust,
Ethnic Lineages and Collective Action in the Management of Mau South 32
Water
Towers, Kenya.
Tom Mongare Ndege
Moi
University, Kenya.
Integrated Briefing Room Activity for the
Enhancement of 44
On-Time Delivery: A Case Study of L Company’s
War-Room Activity.
Jong Mun Choi, Chan Kwan Park, Sung Heon Lee & Chae Bogk Kim
Kyungpook
National University, Korea.
Economics
for Managing Nuclear Science in Japan. 54
Kazuaki Yanagisawa
Japan
Atomic Energy Agency, Japan.
MARKETING
A Fuzzy AHP-Based Analysis of
Customer’s Selection of Small Package 64
Express Services in Korea.
Tae-Hoon
Kim, Ji Hye Lee & Pansoo Kim
Kyungpook
National University, South Korea.
Developing
an Instrument for Measuring Buyer Perceived Value Toward 72
Auction
Websites.
Hsin-Hui Lin
National
Taichung Institute of Technology, Taiwan.
The Effects of Education Quality on School Brand Image: A Focus
on
79
the Creation of High Schools in Korea.
Hwan Leep Yeo, Tae Hoon Kim & Pan Soo
Kim
Kyungpook National University, Korea.
INNOVATION
& ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Wii:
A Disruptive Innovation? 91
Michael A. Novak
University
of Massachusetts Boston, USA.
Challenges
of Innovation in Local Development 103
Maria Cristina
Ortigăo Sampaio Schiller
IBMEC/ Brazil.
Managerial
Creativity and Innovation: A Panacea for Organizational Change 117
and
Development.
James Kennedy Turkson & Kingsley
Opoku Appiah
Nkrumah
University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana.
THE
MACROECONOMY, FINANCE & INVESTEMENTS
An
Evaluation of the European Community Support Framework. 127
Silvia Trifonova
University of National and World Economy (UNWE) Sofia, Bulgaria
&
Angel Ivanov
Sofia Municipality, “Culture” Directorate,
Sofia,
Bulgaria.
Financial
Risk Management in Southeastern European Economies: 142
The Case of Bulgaria.
Trifon Blagoev Trifonov &
Venelina Georgieva Trifonova
Economic University, Sofia,
Bulgaria.
The
Role of Micro Financial Institutions in Ghana: The Small and Medium 156
Enterprise
Perspective.
Kingsley Opoku Appiah, James Kennedy
Turkson
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and
Technology, Ghana, &
Phaustina Hagan
Bank
of Ghana, Ghana.
Money,
Liquidity and Financial Cycles. 164
Marijana Ivanov
University of Zagreb,
Croatia.
Interrelationship
between Select Indian and US Stock Indexes: 175
A
Cointegration Approach.
Gunjan Malhotra & Ankit Goyal
Institute
of Management Technology, IMT Raj Nagar, India.
Equity Pricing Determinants; Effects on Monetary
Policy Formulation 184
in Inflationary Markets (A Case Study of Zimbabwe).
Job
Dubihlela
Vaal University of Technology, South Africa.
BANKING
AND THE FINANCIAL CRISIS
Banking
System Structure Influence on Performance and Fragility in Financial 197
Crisis:
Case Study of Croatia.
Ana Kundid
University
of Split, Croatia;
Roberto Ercegovac
University
of Split, Croatia: Societe Generale Splitska banka d.d, Croatia; &
Ivica
Klinac
Hypo Alpe Adria Bank d.d, Croatia.
Bank
Liquidity Distress Transfer toward Real Economy ahead of Financial Crisis. 210
Ana Kundid
University
of Split, Croatia;
Roberto Ercegovac
University
of Split, Croatia: Societe Generale Splitska banka d.d, Croatia;
Ivica
Klinac
Hypo Alpe Adria Bank d.d, Croatia.
LABOR
SUPPLY & LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Study the Effect of Tax (Income-Wage) on Labor
Supply (Special Jobs). 221
Mohsen
Zayanderoody
Islamic Azad University-Yazd Branch, IRAN.
Recipes
for Community Engagement in Swedish Local Government. 226
Peter Demediuk
CTSR,
Victoria University, Australia.
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