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CONTENTS


Perspectives on Business & Economics

Gavin C. Reid, University of St. Andrews, Scotland. p.1
NEW BUSINESS, NEW LIFE: A PERSPECTIVE ON BUSINESS
AND ECONOMICS, WITH ILLUSTRATIONS FROM SMALL
BUSINESS INCEPTION.
Strategic Alliances

S. Safioleas, George Washington Univ., DC, USA; p.17
V. Katsikiotis, George Washington Univ., DC, USA;
G. Michailidis, Stanford University, California, USA.
STRATEGIC ALLIANCES IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

Marketing

Antony Cantarella, Baruch College, NY, USA. p.29
THE ENTREPRENEUR'S BACKGROUND FACTORS AS DETERMINANTS
OF THE DECISION ESTABLISH A WEB-BASED NEW BUSINESS VENTURE
Gianluigi Guido, Università "La Sapienza", Rome, Italy. p.39
CONSUMERS AS PRODUCTS: AN ALTERNATIVE APPROACH TO THE
CUSTOMER-ORIENTATION CONCEPT

Ian Phau, Henley Management College, UK; p.46
Gerard Prendergast, Baptist Univ., Hong Kong.
CONTEMPORARY PERSPECTIVES OF THE ASIAN CONSPICUOUS
CONSUMER AN AGENDA OF RESEARCH PROPOSITIONS
Robert A. Hartley, De Montfort Univ., Leicester, UK; p.53
Dave Pickton, De Montfort Univ., Leicester, UK.
TELEBUSINESS, SALES & MARKETING IN THE 21ST CENTURY
Denise Jarratt, Charles Sturt Univ., Australia. p.65
RELATIONSHIPS EXPLAINING NON-METROPOLITAN OUTSHOPPING
BEHAVIOUR IDENTIFIED THROUGH STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELLING
Management

C.A. van Dorp, Wageningen Agricultural Univ., The Netherlands; p.77
I.A.M.A. Jahae, Agricultural Economics Research Institute, The Netherlands.
TOWARD A FRAMEWORK FOR MANAGING THE KNOWLEDGE-INTENSIVE
AGRICULTURAL ORGANIZATION
Rao Korukonda, St. Bonaventure Univ., New York, USA. p.86
TOWARD CREATING AND ENHANCING AN INTERNATIONAL VISION:
AN EXPLORATION OF THE HINDU MODEL OF MANAGEMENT
Labor Issues

B. J. Erasmus, Univ. of South Africa, South Africa; p.95
M. Brink, Univ. of South Africa, South Africa.
WORKER PARTICIPATION IN SOUTH AFRICA:
THE INFLUENCE OF LEGISLATION
B. J. Erasmus, Univ. of South Africa, South Africa; p.111
E. Sadler, Univ. of South Africa, South Africa.
SURVEY FINDINGS OF THE PERCEPTIONS OF FOUR OCCUPATIONAL
GROUPINGS OF WOMEN WORKERS IN SOUTH AFRICAN WORPLACES

Joel D. Nicholson, San Francisco State Univ., USA; p.125
Maura Toro-Morn, Illinois State Univ., USA;
Masoud Hemmasi, Illinois State Univ., USA.
WORK-PLACE GENDER TYPING ACROSS THE AMERICAS

John Burgess, Univ. of Newcastle, Australia. p.135
WORKING-TIME DEREGULATION IN AUSTRALIA:
HOW? WHY? IMPLICATIONS?

Manuel Wälti, Swiss Institute for Business Cycle Research, Zurich, Switzerland; p.146
Stefan C. Wolter, Federal Office for Economic Development and
Labour, Berne, Switzerland.
EXPLAINING PROCYCLICAL LABOR PRODUCTIVITY
EVIDENCE FROM SWITZERLAND

Clive Collis, Coventry Univ., UK; p.159
Tony Mallier, Coventry Univ., UK.
THE TRANSITION FROM EMPLOYMENT: GRADUAL RETIREMENT
Ethics and Philanthropy
John F. Quinn, Univ. of Dayton, Ohio, USA; p.170
Priscilla R. Reis, Idaho State Univ., USA.
VIRTUE ETHICS AND QUALITY MEETINGS: A MODEL FOR EXCELLENCE
Nita Parekh & Donald Sutherland, The Institute for SocioEconomic Studies, p.180
White Plains, New York, USA.
A NEW FRAMEWORK FOR CORPORATE PHILANTHROPY
Louis M. Seagull, Pace Univ., New York, USA. p.188
MEDICAL ETHICS UNDER MANAGED CARE
Stock and Exchange Markets

Pedro J. Gutierrez, Univ. de Valladolid, Spain. p.195
MODELING EQUITY PRICES AND EQUITY PREMIA
WITH SPECIFIC SHOCKS
Nesrin Okay, Bogazici University, Istanbul,Turkey. p.207
ASYMMETRIC VOLATILITY DYNAMICS: EVIDENCE FROM THE
ISTANBUL STOCK EXCHANGE
Nikiforos T. Laopodis, Villa Julie College, USA; p.217
Salah Abosedra, Goldey-Beacom College, USA.
SPOT AND FORWARD EURODRACHMA MARKET INTERACTIONS
Arav Ouandlous, Savannah State Univ., Georgia, USA. p.229
ASYMMETRIES AND NON-LINEARITIES IN EMS EXCHANGE RATES
Risk and Investment

Ciaran Driver, Imperial College, London, UK. p.239
INVESTMENT AND BUSINESS RISK IN IRISH MANUFACTURING
Dick Bryan, Univ. Of Sydney, Australia; p.245
Michael Rafferty, Univ. of Western Sydney, Australia &
Univ. of Dalarna, Sweden.
THE GLOBAL ECONOMY IN THE NATION: UNITED STATES AND
AUSTRALIAN DIRECT INVESTMENT AND TRADE IN THE 1980s AND 1990s
Money Issues

Gabriele Camera, Purdue Univ., Indiana, USA. p.258
CURRENCY AND ILLEGITIMATE ACTIVITIES

Mehdi S. Monadjemi, Univ. of New South Wales, Sydney Australia; p.270
Hyeon-Seung Huh, The Univ. of Melbourne, Australia.
MONEY AND ECONOMIC ACTIVITY: SOME INTERNATIONAL EVIDENCE
Various Sectors / Industries
Stefan Szymanski, Imperial College Management School, UK. p.278
THE EUROPEAN SOCCER BUSINESS IN THE 21ST CENTURY

Stefan C. Wolter, Federal Office for Economic Development and p.288
Labour, Berne, Switzerland;
Bernhard A. Weber, Univ. of Berne, Switzerland.
FINANCING UNIVERSITIES

Jerry G. Thursby, Purdue Univ., Indiana, USA; p.303
Sukanya Kemp, Purdue Univ., Indiana, USA.
UNIVERSITY TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER: A DEA ANALYSIS
Zeynep Sozen, Istanbul Technical University, Turkey; p.312
Salih Saginda, Istanbul Technical University, Turkey.
INTERORGANIZATIONAL NETWORKS AND THE DEFINITION OF SIZE:
WHAT HAVE WE LEARNT FROM THE CONSTRUCTION SECTOR?
Grace Sharkey, Napier University, Edinburgh, Scotland; p.319
Janet Lauchlan, Napier University, Edinburgh, Scotland.
THE UK LOCAL BUS INDUSTRY - THE DELINEATION OF STRATEGIC GROUPS,
THEIR RELATIONSHIP TO COMPANY PERFORMANCE AND
MOBILITY BARRIERS ANALYSIS

Forecasting

Robert P. Sherman, California Institute of Technology, USA; p.338
Siddhartha R. Dalal & Yu-Yun K. Ho, Bell Communications Research,
New Jersey, USA.
LEARNING FROM EXPERIENCE TO IMPROVE EARLY FORECASTS:
A POSTERIOR MODE APPROACH
H. C. Li, Bryant College, Rhode Island, USA; p.354
Sam Mirmirani, Bryant College, Rhode Island, USA;
Alan Olinsky, Bryant College, Rhode Island, USA;
N. Pehlivanis, Bryant College, Rhode Island, USA.
ANALYSIS OF GOLD PRICE MOVEMENT USING NEURAL NETWORKS
Law / Regulation / Value of Life

Penny-Anne Cullen, Univ. of Warwick, Coventry, UK. p.365
LEGAL OBLIGATIONS OF MEMBERS OF SUPPLIERS PARTNERSHIPS:
SHOULD ENGLISH LAW CHANGE?
Paul Comolli, Univ. of Kansas, Kansas, USA. p.378
PROPERTY RIGHTS, IMPERFECT INFORMATION, AND
THE COASE THEOREM

Adrian Carr, Univ. of Western Sydney , Australia. p.390
MECHANISMS FOR REGULATING A MARKET ECONOMY:
THE AUSTRALIAN EXPERIENCE WITH AN ACCORD
Gary Baker, Washburn Univ., Topeka, Kansas, USA. p.401
ESTIMATING ECONOMIC DAMAGE AND THE
TREASURY INFLATION PROTECTION SECURITY
Transition Economics

Bansi L. Sawhney, Univ. of Baltimore, USA; p.406
William R. DiPietro, Daemon College, NY, USA.
ECONOMIC POLICIES AND ECONOMIC INSTITUTIONS:
THE CASE OF TRANSITION ECONOMIES
Darko Tipuric, University of Zagreb, Croatia; p.421
Lovorka Galetic, University of Zagreb, Croatia.
STRATEGIC AND ORGANIZATIONAL DIFFERENCES BETWEEN
INDUSTRIAL AND NON-INDUSTRIAL FIRMS IN TRANSITIONAL COUNTRIES
John Marangos, Monash University, Australia. p.430
WHY DID THE GORBACHEV REFORMS FAILED?
Author Index p.438