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EDITOR
Demetri Kantarelis
REVIEWERS
(In
Alphabetical Order)
Abid,
Fathi
Alfranca,
Oscar
Asadoorian,
Malcolm
Aziz,
H.A
Baker, Gary
Balkaransigh, Radha
Barros,
Alexandre Rands
Bell,
Peter
Binner,
Jane
Bogdan,
Nina
Brink,
Nicola
Bruce,
Kyle
Budihardjo,
Andrea
Buys,
Micheal
Cantarella,
Anthony
Christner,
Ron
Clark,
Robert
Clarke,
William A.
Cloninger,
Peggy-Ann
Cockfield,
S.
Coetzee,
Karina
Cregan,Christine
de
Kervenoael, R.
de
Souza, Nali de Jesus
Dimelis,
Sophia
Elger,
Thomas
Elias,
S.
Engelen,
Peter-Jan
Fontoura,
Maria Paula
Godinho,
Pedro
Gonuguntla,
Satya
Gonzalez-Rivera,
Gloria
Greer,
Mark
Guido,
L.
Gutierrez,
Pedro
Han,
Pyuang
Haque,
A.
Hargrave,
Andy
Hueng,
James
Jallili,
Ali Reza
Johnson,
Victoria
Kehal,
H.S.
Kim,
Youn H.
Kirkbride,
James
Kiuila,
Olga
Ko,
Roger
Ko,
Roger
Koutmos,
Gregory
Kueh,
Y.Y.
Laopodis,
Nikiforos
Lee,
Hahn Shik
Loeb,
Peter
Lynn,
Stuart
Machan,
Tibor
Mancuso,
Paolo
Mangani,
Andrea
Marangos,
John
Marin,
Carmen
Marktanner,
Marcus
Metghalchi,
Massoud
Milhomme,
Albert
Moolman,
Leon
Nicholson,
Joel
Onwuka,
Kevin
Ott,
Ursula
Owen,
Anthony
Parker,
Abdul Rauf
Parsa,
Sapideh
Petrick,
Joseph
Petrochilos, George
Reis, Priscilla
Rimmer,
Russell
Rowley,
Jennifer
Seagull,
Louis
Shin,
Kyung-Hwan
Tanna,
Sailesh
Tsionas,
Efthymios
Vambery,
Robert G.
Veendorp,
E.C.H.
Wattam,
Stuart
Weymann,
Elizabeth A.
Whalen,
Charles
Wirth,
I.
Wolter,
Stefan
Worner,
William
Yu,
Tyler
Zukoswski,
Ryszar
MANAGEMENT & MARKETING
The Virtuous Organization: A Neo-Aristotelian Foundation.
David Ardagh
Charles Sturt University, Australia. 1
A Model of the Virtual Organisation and Implications for Effective
Management:
An Empirical Analysis.
H. R. Seddighi, M. Sandhu, University of Sunderland, UK &
M. Bagher, Dearne Valley Business School, UK. 16
Managing Across Borders: Culture and Control Systems Design.
Priscilla R. Reis & Robert R. Picard
Idaho State University, USA. 28
Targeting Ethnic Groups in Developed, Culturally Diverse Countries:
Reconsidering the Acculturation Process.
Guilherme D. Pires & John Stanton
University of Newcastle, Australia. 36
Quantitative Integration of the Event Tree Analysis [ETA] and the Fault Tree
Analysis [FTA] for
Predicting and Reducing Chances of Failure in Organizational Management
Systems.
Maged Sedky Morcos
University for Modern Sciences and Arts, Egypt. 46
Asian Business Practice and Corporate Strategy: A Socio-Cultural
Perspective.
John Saee
Visiting, Universite De Paris-Pantheon Sorbonne, France. 58
Moving from What to How in Management Education: A Teaching Tool.
Elizabeth A. Weymann & Caroline M. Fisher
Loyola University, USA. 65
Buying Anxiety: The Dark Side of Shopping.
R. Parker, Rowan University, USA;
G. R. Funkhouser, Consultant, Ft. Washington PA, USA ; &
A. Chatterjee, Slippery Rock University, USA. 72
Customer Banking Experiences: The Case of Private and Public Sector Banks in
Greece.
Cleopatra Veloutsou, University of Glasgow, UK;
Sofia Daskou, University of Strathclyde, UK; &
Antonia Daskou, Export Brand Manager Rilken S.A., UK. 78
HUMAN RESOURCES
The Dynamics of Equity, Conflict and Remuneration.
L.C. Hunter, University of Glasgow, Scotland;
D.J. McCormack, LaTrobe University, Australia; &
Russell J. Rimmer, University of Paisley, Scotland. 90
Efficiency versus Fairness from Labour Training Targeting Strategies.
Alexandre Rands Barros
Federal University of Pernambuco, Brazil. 109
Labor Turnover, Transaction Costs and Asset Specificity.
Kyle Bruce
Griffith University, Australia. 121
MACROENOMICS
Time-Scale Analysis of Consumption-Income Relationships via Wavelets.
Hahn S. Lee & Yong Hun Jung
Sogang University, Korea. 130
A Var Analysis of Cross-Country Monetary Spillover Effects: The Case of the
US and the Caribbean.
Ann-Marie Warner & Kevin Greenidge
Central Bank of Barbados, Barbados. 142
The Asian Currency Crisis and the Lao Economy: External Shock, Economic
Structure and Domestic Macroeconomic Policy, 1997-1999.
William E. Worner
University of Western Sydney, Australia. 155
Asymmetric Effects of Money on Price and Income.
Hahn S. Lee & Sung M. Ahn
Sogang University, Korea. 174
Saving, Growth and Imperfect Financial Markets.
Eun Young Chah
University of California, San Diego, USA & Ewha University, Korea. 185
The Role of Institutional Factors on the Transmission Mechanism of
Monetary Policy in Emerging Economies.
Noemí Levy & Guadalupe Mántey
National Autonomous University, Mexico. 193
A Bivariate Causality Between Financial Development and Economic Growth:
the Malaysian Case.
Hassanuddeen Abdul Aziz, International Islamic University, Malaysia;
Salim Rashid, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA. 205
Local Productive Systems: a Case Study in the State of Rio de Janeiro.
Maria Cristina Ortigão Sampaio Schiller
State Univ. of Rio de Janeiro, Candido Mendes University and ENCE/IBGE, Brazil.
212
FINANCE INVESTMENTS & BANKING
World Equity Markets: 1970-2000.
Massoud Metghalchi & Yung-Ho Chang
University of Houston, USA. 226
International Mergers and Acquisitions: A Statistical Analysis of Financial
Performance.
Tyler T. Yu, Miranda M. Zhang & Victoria Johnson
Mercer University, USA. 231
Zero Inflation and Interest Credit Opportunity (ZICO): A New Financial
Instrument.
Fathi Abid
University of Sfax, Tunisia. 242
The Integration of Southern Africa into Global Financial Markets: Obstacles
and Risks.
Nicola Brink
South African Reserve Bank, South Africa. 254
An Examination of the Relationship Between Stock Splits & and
Institutional Investors.
Jacqueline R. Griffith
Kean University, USA. 267
Assessing Active Funds Management: The Australian Case.
Kim Hawtrey
Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia. 287
Is the Australian Financial System Prepared for the Third Millennium? An
Analysis of Changes
in Regulatory Models Governing the Australian Financial System.
Carolyn Currie
University of Technology, Sydney, Australia. 298
Self-insurance, Self-protection and the Regulation of Minimum Insurance.
Chu-Shiu Li & Chwen-Chi Liu Feng
Chia University, Taiwan. 323
Real Exchange Rate Stability: Evidence from Five OECD Countries.
Mehdi Monadjemi
University of New South Wales, Australia. 334
Commercial Bank Interest Margins and Profitability: Evidence for Some EU
Countries.
Margarida Abreu Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão - CISEP, Portugal &
Victor Mendes Faculdade de Economia do Porto - CEMPRE, Portugal. 343
MICROECONOMICS
Microeconomic Reform and Competition Policy in Australia: the Nationwide
Response.
Anne Ardagh
Charles Sturt University, Australia. 349
Teaching Consumer Equilibrium as Rational Behavior.
Barbara Brown
Pace University, USA. 360
The Use of Cost and Maximum Time to Completion in Project Analysis under
Uncertainty.
Pedro C. Godinho & João Paulo
Costa University of Coimbra and INESC, Portugal. 366
An Interactive Procedure for the Identification of Non-Dominated Strategies
in Bicriteria
Project Decision Trees.
Pedro C. Godinho & João Paulo
Costa University of Coimbra and INESC, Portugal. 379
Forward Induction and Stability in a R-D and Specialization Game.
Mahamed Adel Dhif
Ecole Polytechnique de Tunisie, Tunisia. 395
INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATION
Vertical Product Differentiation with Complementarities.
Andrea Mangani
Università di Siena, Italy. 403
To Compete or not to Compete: Multi-Market Duopoly.
Keith C.K. Cheung, University of Windsor, Canada; &
Desmond C.Y. Yuen, University of Macau, China. 411
Industrial Clustering: A Theoretical Model with Special Reference to the
Garment Manufacturing Industry.
C. L. Lackenby & H. R. Seddighi
University of Sunderland, UK. 421
Enterprise Performance and Innovation: Empirical Findings on Italian
Manufacturing Industries.
Eleonora Bartoloni, Istituto Nazionale di Statistica, Milano, Italy; &
Maurizio Baussola, Catholic University, Piacenza, Italy. 432
Cumulative Innovation in Food and Beverage Multinationals.
Oscar Alfranca, Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, ESAB, Spain;
Ruth Rama, Spanish Council for Scientific Research (CSIC), Spain; &
Nicholas von Tunzelmann, University of Sussex, UK. 446
Disclosure of Social Information by UK Companies- A Case of Legitimacy
Theory.
Sepideh Parsa, Middlessex University, UK &
Reza Kouhy, Dundee University, UK. 460
Do the Characteristics of Tourist Destinations Matter? An Empirical Economic
Analysis.
H.R. Seddighi, A.L. Theocharous &
M.W. Nuttall University of Sunderland, UK. 474
The Economic Impact vs Marketing Spend of Different, International Tourism
Markets to South Africa.
Melville Saayman & Andrea Saayman
Potchefstroom University for CHE, S. Africa. 492
Takeovers, Profits and Growth: A Case Study of the Royal Bank of Scotland
and Natwest (2000.)
Jenny Kwok, Durham University, UK &
Kevin Anthony Lawler, Sunderland Business School, UK. 502
Regulation, Competition and Meta-Regulation - Reflections on the UK
Experience.
James Kirkbride, Leeds Metropolitan University, UK. 513
The Determinants of Railroad Fatalities in the U.S.: An Econometric Model
Integrating the
Effect of Deregulation on Safety.
Peter D. Loeb, Rutgers University, USA &
William A. Clarke, Bentley College, USA. 525
The Feasibility of Strategic Alliances in Tertiary Education? - A Case Study
of Australian Universities.
Carolyn Currie
University of Technology, Sydney, Australia. 539
Angst in Aotearoa: The Marketisation of Business Education in New
Zealand.
Wayne Dreyer
Manukau Institute of Technology, New Zealand. 555
FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT, INTERNATIONAL TRADE & IMMIGRATION
Determinants of the Pattern of Horizontal and Vertical Intra-Industry Trade:
What Can we Learn from Portuguese Data?
Nuno Crespo, ISEG/UTL, Portugal & Maria Paula Fontoura, ISEG/CEDIN-UTL,
Portugal. 563
China and the WTO: Outlook and Prospects.
Michael Thorpe
Curtin University, Western Australia. 581
An Analysis of the Mode of Entry of Greek Outward Foreign Investment in the
Balkans and the
Black Sea Economic Co-Operation Area (BSECA.)
George A. Petrochilos, Coventry University, England; &
Ioannis - Dionysios Salavrakos, North London University, England. 594
Modeling International Trade Flows of the Baltic Sea Region Countries.
Tiiu Paas
University of Tartu, Estonia. 607
The Spirit of the Emperor into the 21st Century: Japan's Perpetual Trade
Surplus with the U.S.
Robert G. Vambery & James W. Gabberty
Pace University, USA. 618
The Effects of Foreign Trade Liberalization upon the Brazilian Level of
Employment and upon
Industrial Structure: 1980/2000.
Nali de Jesus de Souza
Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS) Brazil. 625
Self-enforcing Agreement on Transboundary Pollution and International Trade:
A Differential Game.
F. Cabo, E. Escudero, & G. Martín-Herrán
Universidad de Valladolid Spain. 637
The Optimal Enforcement of Immigration Law: Reconsideration.
Chisato Yoshida
University of Sydney-Australia & Okayama University-Japan. 647
Import and Export Demand Elasticities Between the U.S. and the European
Union Euro Currency Zone.
Albert J. Milhomme
Southwest Texas State University, USA. 657
Tax Cut, National Debt, Balance of Trade, and Dollar Rate of Exchange.
Albert J. Milhomme & Eric Blankmeyer
Southwest Texas State University, USA. 663
E-COMMERCE
An Empirical Exploration Demographic Factors that Influence Consumer
Demand for International E-commerce.
Tyler T. Yu, Miranda M. Zhang & John Miller
Mercer University, USA. 668
E-Commerce Characteristics that Influence company Structure and Strategies.
Yildiz Y. Guzey
Kadir Has University, Istanbul, Turkey. 676
PRIVATAZION & TRANSITION ECONOMIES
Privatisation, De-regulation and Economic Growth - The Case of Ireland's
Celtic Tiger.
Eoin Reeves
University of Limerick, Ireland. 686
Privatization in Southern European Economies: Success or Failure?
Sam Mirmirani & H.C. Li
Bryant College, USA. 696
Contract Enforcement: Mexico versus Postsocialist Countries.
Ryszard Zukowski
Universidad de las Americas, Puebla, Mexico. 706
Is Cuba's New Business Investment Policy a Success or Failure?: A
Comparative Analysis of Economies in Transition.
Demetrios Giannaros
University of Hartford, USA. 719
Investment Decisions in Eastern Europe Analysing the Main Options: The
Case of Poland.
David Floyd
Sunderland University, UK. 728
INNOVATION, ENTREPRENEURSHIP & INTELLECTUAL CAPITAL
Creating Corporate Entrepreneurship: Associations of Process Elements
Obstacles to Innovation, and
Strategy with Organization-Wide Commitment to Innovation.
Theodore T. Herbert
Rollins College, Florida, USA. 738
A Preliminary Study Estimating an Intra-National Economy Diffusion Equation
for Automated
Teller Machines Using Panel Data.
Mark A. Nadler, Ashland University, USA;
John Kristoff, Diebold Incorporated, USA; &
Laura Fortney, Ashbrook Scholar, Ashland University, USA. 750
Women Entrepreneurs during Poland's Transition.
Bozena Leven
The College of New Jersey, USA. 762
Intellectual Capital as a base for Designing a Virtual Organization - The
Case of Croatia
Vinko Belak, University of Split, Croatia; Branko Kovacevic, University of
Zagreb, Croatia &
Marko Kolakovic, University of Zagreb, Croatia. 770
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ISSUES
Information Technology and Less Developed Countries.
Nancy Bertaux & Jamal Abu-Rashed
Xavier University, USA. 778
Reaching for Sustainability: A Critique.
Louis M. Seagull
Pace University, USA. 791
EDUCATION ISSUES
Globalisation and Higher Education: Development of the High Skills
Trajectory.
Trefor Lewis & Tom Cockburn
University of Wales Institute Cardiff, UK. 795
The Experience Economy: a Role for Interactive Online Business Education.
Val Clulow, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia; &
Jan Brace-Govan, Monash University, Australia. 804
Author Index 813