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EDITOR
Demetri Kantarelis
REVIEWERS
(In
Alphabetical Order)
Abu-Rashed, Jamal
Alfonso, Jose L.
Andersen, T.J.
Babic, Zoran
Bhaskar, Vashishta
Bitzenis, Aris
Bradley, Lisa
Brathwaite, T.
Budihardjo, Andreas
Cantarella,
Anthony
Cantarella,
Anthony
Caporale,
G. Maria
Cebula,
Richard
Celik, Adnan
Chan, Alex
Chan, Derek
Daskou, Sophia
Dulcic, Zelimir
Efstathiades,
Andreas
Elkin, Graham
Erickson,
Scott
Ferrante,
Francesco
Golden, Lonnie
Guido,
Gianluigi
Halicioglu,
Ferda
Harman, Keith
Hartlrey,
Robert
Hundal, S. Singh
Inoue, Tadashi
Jegasothy,
Kandiah
Jones, Philip
Kizil, Cevdet
Kurihara,
Yutaka
Letza, Steve
Lyons, Paul
Manfra, Pellegrino
Marangos, John
Marktanner,
Marcus
McAleese, D.
Mehanna, Rock
Meissner, Gunter
Misra, S.B.
Mowatt, Simon
Nicolaidis, C. S.
Oladipo, O. S
Pecaric, Mario
Petrochilos, George
Pillarisetti, Ram
Pinto, Heleder
Pires, Guilherme D.
Portougal, Victor
Potocan, Vojko
Radder, Gerrit
Rowley, J.
Rubb, Stephen
Salavrakos, I.D.
Smith, William R., Jr.
Springler, Elisabeth
Stanton, John
Sumpikova, Marketa
Szamosi, L.T.
Szenberg, Michael
Takeda, Fumiko
Takeda, Koichi
Tannous, W. Kathy
Tchiang, Theresa
Thompson, Earl
Tsionas, Mike
Ugur, Mehmet
Veloutsou, Cleopatra
Vequist IV, David G.
Verrier, Julieta
Voola, Jo
Wang, Guanz-Zhen
Webster, Cynthia M.
Widgren, Mika
Williams, Leighton Vaughan
Wise, Victoria
Yan, Ho-don
Yu, Tyler
Zain, M.
MACROECONOMIC & MONETARY ISSUES
Earl A. Thompson, UCLA, USA; & 1
Charles R. Hickson, Queens University at Belfast, Northern Ireland.
PREDICTING
BUBBLES AND BUBBLE-SUBSTITUTES.
Yutaka
Kurihara, Aichi University, Japan. 25
MONETARY
EASING IN JAPAN: POLICY INFLUENCES AND
TRANSITION
PROBLEMS.
Rock-Antoine Mehanna, Lebanese American
University, Lebanon. 33
EXAMINING WAGNER’S LAW: A CO-INTEGRATION ANALYSIS.
Tadashi Inoue, Hiroshima Shudo
University, Japan. 42
THE
DYNAMIC CHARACTERISTICS OF CASH IN ADVANCE
(CIA)
MODEL.
Cathyann D. Tully, Kean University, USA. 59
SOCIAL
SECURITY ISSUES.
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT & REFORM
Elisabeth Springler, Vienna
University, Austria. 62
HOUSING SUBSIDIES
BETWEEN MAASTRICHT FISCAL
REQUIREMENTS AND SOCIAL
AIMS: CAN THE AUSTRIAN
SYSTEM BE MODEL FOR
THE NEW MEMBER STATES?
John Marangos, Colorado State
University, USA. 74
A
POLITICAL ECONOMY APPROACH TO THE CHINESE
MODEL
OF TRANSITION.
David
Floyd, University of Lincoln, UK; 84
Wyn
Jenkins & Sophia Wang, Staffordshire University, UK.
NETWORKING IN EMERGING MARKETS, SOME ADVISE
FOR PERSPECTIVE FIRMS.
Jan Pavel & Marketa
Sumpikova,
University of Economics, Prague, Czech Republic. 90
MEASUREMENT OF SIZE OF GLOBAL PUBLIC PROCUREMENT
MARKET IN CENTRAL EUROPEAN ECONOMIES.
Niksa Nikolic & Mario
Pecaric, University of Split, Croatia. 102
NEW REFORM APPROACH
IN TRANSITION COUNTRIES AND
THE ROLE OF IFIs.
Marcus Marktanner, American University of Beirut, Lebanon. 112
INCOME
INEQUALITY AND DEMOCRATIZATION.
Marcus Marktanner, American University of Beirut, Lebanon. 120
DETERMINANTS
OF INVESTMENT CLIMATES.
FINANCE, INVESTMENTS & DEBT
Leighton Vaughan -Williams, Nottingham Trent University, UK. 128
TAX
POLICY IN THE UK: AN EXAMINATION OF THE IMPLICATIONS
OF
BETTING TAX REFORMS FOR THE TAXATION OF UK EQUITY MARKETS.
PUBLISHED
FINANCIAL REPORTS OF GOVERNMENT – USERS AND USES.
Fumiko Takeda, University of Tokyo, Japan; & 146
Koichi Takeda, Hosei University, Japan.
THE
PRICE OF DEBT AND THE ROLE OF LARGE CREDITORS IN
CREDITOR
COORDINATION.
Kandiah Jegasothy, J. Tippet, Victoria University, Australia; & 158
T. Satjawathee, Payap University, Thailand.
IMPACT FROM THE END-OF-DAY EFFECT OF UNDERLYING STOCK
ON
THE OPTION TRADING BEHAVIOR.
John T. Finley, Columbus State University, USA. 176
ADVENT
OF THE BANKCARD: UBIQUITOUS REVOLVING CREDIT
AND
THE INTERNATIONAL CONSUMER.
RISK MANAGEMENT, CAPITAL STRUCTURE, AND PERFORMANCE:
A
REAL OPTIONS PERSPECTIVE.
Vashishta Bhaskar, Philip Baird & Jennifer
Milcarek, Duquesne University, USA. 200
IS
SMART MONEY INVESTING IN COMMODITIES? A STUDY OF
RETURNS
TO SPECULATORS IN COFFEE, CRUDE OIL AND
SOYBEAN
FUTURES CONTRACTS.
INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATION &
INDUSTRY STUDIES
Maria Cristina Ortigăo
Sampaio Schiller, State University of
Rio of 207
Rio de Janeiro & Candido
Mendes University & ENCE/IBGE, Brazil.
THE
NATURE AND DYNAMICS OF KNOWLEDGE ABILITIES.
Samir Gupta, Monash Univeristy, Australia; & 220
Cynthia M. Webster, University of Newcastle, Australia.
DIAMOND
INDUSTRY: IMPACT OF ECONOMIC AND ORGANIZATIONAL
CHANGES
ON NETWORK STRATEGY DEVELOPMENT.
Lisa Bradley, University of Ulster Coleraine, Northern Ireland; & 228
Charles
Hickson, Queens University, Belfast, Northern Ireland.
MANAGEMENT VERSUS SHAREHOLDER COMPENSATION IN
UK ACQUISITIONS.
Lubin School of Business, Pace University,
USA.
THE CHANGING STRUCTURAL CONDITIONS OF THE AMERICAN
COMMERCIAL BANKING INDUSTRY.
Steve Letza, James
Kirkbride, Liverpool John Moores
University, UK; 243
Ma Zhong, Beijing Jiaotong University China; &
Sun Xiuping, Leeds Metropolitan University, UK.
AN ALTERNATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE FAILURE OF RAILTRACK,
UK.
INTERNATIONAL TRADE & FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT
Subarna K. Samanta, College of New Jersey, USA; & 263
Jamal A. Abu-Rashed, Xavier
University, USA.
FOREIGN
DIRECT INVESTMENT IN LABOR SHORT ECONOMIES.
Mika Widgren, Turku School of
Economics and Business Administration, Finland; & 270
Pekka Sulamaa, Government Institute for Economic Research (VATT),
Finland.
ASIAN REGIONALISM VERSUS GLOBAL FREE TRADE: A
SIMULATION
STUDY ON ECONOMIC EFFECTS.
THE EFFECT OF ‘DIRTY’
TRADE ON THE ENVIRONMENT: A PANEL
COINTEGRATION ANALYSIS OF
CO2 EMISSIONS IN LATIN AMERICA.
Lorena Skuflic, University of Zagreb, Croatia. 289
THE PATTERN OF THE INTRA-INDUSTRY TRADE BETWEEN
CROATIA AND EUROPEAN UNION.
BUSINESS ETHICS
Donald E. English, Edgar Manton & Janet Walker, 302
Texas A & M
University-Commerce, USA.
BUSINESS
ETHICS: HAVE HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGERS CHANGED
THEIR
PERCEPTION?
Tamika Chambers, Capella University, USA.
311
FACTORS
THAT CONTRIBUTE TO THE NEED TO ADDRESS
E-COMMERCE’S
GROWING REGULATORY AND ETHICAL DILEMMAS.
Vojko Potocan & Matjaz
Mulej, University of Maribor,
Slovenia. 323
ETHICS
OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN CORPORATE GOVERNANCE.
HUMAN RESOURCES
S.B. Misra,
BITS – Pilani, Rajasthan, India. 335
CONSULTANCY
CONTOURS IN TRAINING & DEVELOPMENT (T&D)
INTERVENTIONS
IN ENTREPRENEURSHIP: MODELS FOR ORISSA, INDIA.
W. Kathy Tannous, Macquarie University, Australia. 350
NATIONAL STUDY OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY IN
AUSTRALIAN RESIDENTIAL AGED CARE SERVICES.
Julieta Verrier, Martin
Haley & Chris Dunn, Coventry
University, UK. 365
THE
GEMS THAT CAN BECOME DIAMONDS: SERVICE PROVIDER'S
EMPLOYEES;
A CASE STUDY ON INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL QUALITY,
SATISFACTION
AND LOYALTY.
David G. Vequist IV &
Mark Teachout, University of the
Incarnate Word, USA. 376
THE
DEVELOPMENT OF A NOMOLOGICAL NETWORK TO DESCRIBE
NEW
AND EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES IN TRAINING AND
DEVELOPMENT
(T&D).
MANAGEMENT & FIRM PERFORMANCE
Wen-Kuei Liang &
Ya-Wen Hsueh, Graduate
Institute of Business Administration, 385
Taiwan, R.O.C.
AN EXAMINATION IN KNOWLEDGE CREATION AND
INNOVATION
IN INTERNATIONAL JOINT VENTURES.
G. Scott Erickson, Ithaca College, USA & 393
Helen N. Rothberg, Marist College, USA.
INTELLECTUAL
CAPITAL AND NATIONAL COMPETITIVENESS.
Chu-May Amy Yeo, Tunku Abdul Rahman College, Malaysia; & 408
Steve Carter, The Derbyshire Business School, University of Derby,
UK.
LINKING CULTURE STRENGTH AND MANAGERIAL COMPETENCIES
TO
CORPORATE PERFORMANCE: THE CASE OF MALAYSIA.
Michael Novak, University of Massachusetts-Boston, USA. 429
THE
DYNASTY THAT SHOULDN’T BE: INNOVATION AS THE
COMPETITIVE
EDGE.
Andreas Budihardjo Surijah, 440
Prasetiya Mulya Business School, Jakarta, Indonesia.
BUILDING
AN EFFECTIVE PLANNING MODEL: A THEORETICAL REVIEW.
Van Kam Tchiang, University of Macau, Macao, China. 449
THE EFFECT OF BOARD INDEPENDENCE AND FINANCIAL
PERFORMANCE IN HONG KONG.
G. Scott Erickson,
Ithaca College, USA. 456
REVISITING
THE PORTER HYPOTHESIS IN THE WAKE OF KYOTO.
Ivica Veza, Bozenko Bilic
& Vinko Belak, University of
Split, Croatia. 467
CORE
COMPETENCES FOR A SHIPYARD COMPANY.
Zoran Babić, University of Split, Croatia. 476
PRODUCTION PLANNING VIA DE NOVO PROGRAMMING.
Cynthia M. Webster & Civilai Terawatanavong, 485
The University of Newcastle,
Australia.
THE ROLE OF PROFESSIONAL
ASSOCIATIONS IN BUSINESS NETWORKS.
Keith Harman, Northcentral University, USA & 492
DOCTORAL
DISSERTATIONS ON KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT: 1994-2004.
MARKETING
Guilherme D. Pires, University of Newcastle, Australia; 502
John Stanton, University of Western Sydney, Australia &
Patricia Stanton, University of Newcastle, Australia.
MARKET ORIENTED SERVICE DELIVERY DESIGN:
INCORPORATING
CUSTOMER PERSPECTIVES OF CUSTOMER EXPERIENCES.
Hiral Chavda,
Martin Haley & Chris Dunn, 511
Coventry Business School, Coventry
University, UK.
A UK
STUDY - ADOLESCENTS’ AND PARENTS’ PERCEPTIONS OF
MASCULINE
AND FEMININE PRODUCTS.
Guilherme D. Pires, University of Newcastle, Australia; & 520
John Stanton, University Of Western Sydney, Australia.
CULTURAL DIVERSITY AND
THE EXPATRIATE ADJUSTMENT PROCESS.
EDUCATION & BUSINESS TRAINING
University of Otago, New
Zealand.
MAKING
SENSE OF THE INTERNATIONALIZATION OF BUSINESS SCHOOLS.
Paul Lyons, Frostburg State University, USA. 538
INFLUENCE
OF THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS OF THE CASE-BASED
MODEL.
Lily Wong & John Breen,
Victoria University, Australia. 545
EXPANDING
INTERACTIVE LEARNING.
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