College of Business & Technology
Business and Decision-making Letters
Published by the College of Business and Technology
Western Illinois University | Macomb, Illinois
ISSN: 1553-5347 (formerly: Journal of Contemporary Business Issues)
Journal Listing 2001 - 2005
Fall 2005 • Volume 13, Number 2
Perceived Control as a Moderator of Satisfaction among Public Service Customers: An Exploratory Study
Word-of-Mouth Advertising: A Comparison of Internet/Technology Channels Versus Face-to-Face Communication
An Exploratory Study of Sex Appeals in Television Advertising: A Cross-Cultural Comparison
The Determination of Overtime Pay in Services Marketing: Classifying The Sales Force in Response To the Fairpay Overtime Initiative
Dynamics of the Manufacturing Industry: Are We Losing to China? Where the Jobs Are Going and How U.S. Companies Can Remain Competitive
Organizational Commitment, Job Satisfaction, and Satisfaction With My Supervisor
A Multidimensional Approach to Understanding Cultural Landscapes for Global Business
Statistical Technical and Organizational Traps In Data Mining
How Corporations Considered the "Best" Represent Themselves When Ethics Is the Issue
Corporate Record Retention and E-documents: to Keep or Not to Keep? That Is the Question; Do You Know the Answer?
Spring 2005 • Volume 13, Number 1
Relearning the Ropes: The Socialization of New Managers
Building High Performance Teams: Identifying the Key Skill Sets and Knowledge Areas Necessary for High-Level Performance
Challenges of Virtual Teams: The Business Editorial Board at MERLOT
Fraud Prevention, the Corporate Cultural Way - A Singapore Case Study
Family Businesses: A Case Study for Polish Female and Male Entrepreneurs
Fall 2004 • Volume 12, Number 2
The Emerging Issues in Business and Technology Conference: History and Analysis
Reasons for Vigilance in Keeping Domain Names from Release to the Wild
Enterprise Software to Manage Business as a Complex System: Organic Platforms
Managing Innovation: An Integrative Strategy for Organizational Change
Recipients of Change: The Overlooked Link in Change Management Programs
The Dot.Coming of Singapore Inc.: Strategies for the Development of Successful E-Commerce
Reporting the Progress on Internet Advertising Via Banners: Updating a Research Agenda
Comparisons of the Fortune-100 Best Companies to Work for, Fortune-Best Companies for Minorities, AARP-Best Companies for Over 50, and Working Mother-100 Best for Working Mothers Career Websites
The Agency in Cyberspace: A Content Analysis of Ad Agency Homepages
Speculative Bubbles and the Fall of Internet Stocks
Multicultural Teams: A Conceptual Model of Effectiveness
Whistleblower Protection and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act
Serving Many Masters: Who Should Set the Priorities for the United Way?
Internationalisation at Home: Developing Business Education in a Foreign Language
Spring 2004 • Volume 12, Number 1
Ecolabeling and Green Market Strategy
Supersized Americans: The Fast Food Industry at Fault?
The Use of EBITDA by the S&P 500: A Survey
The Use of Mandatorily Redeemable Preferred Stock by the S&P 500
Cross-Border Harvesting of Foreign Market Intelligence: Federal Websites with Enhanced Investigation Functionalities
Exploratory Study on Supply-Chain Distributors in the Food Industry
Long-Run Performance of Firms that Call Convertible Preferred Stocks: Common Stock Performance and Operating Performance
Iron Silk Road: Linking Europe and Asia by Land
Harassment in the Electronic Workplace
A Framework for Assessing Student Learning in an MBA Program
Solutions Marketing in Cash Management: A New Paradigm to Guide Decision-Making
Purchase Determinants for Pre-Loved Clothing and Stores that Sell Pre-Loved Clothing
The Influence of Explicit Weights on Balanced Scorecard Users' Decision Strategies
Financial Privacy Statements: A Study of the Content of Privacy Statements and the Ease of Consumer Opt-Out
Fall 2003 • Volume 11, Number 2
The Corporate Response to International Terrorism: The Why and How of Geopolitical Evaluations
The Search for the Technology Muse: Quantifying Innovation
Combining Automatic Data Capture Systems: Smart Cards and Biometrics
Data Implications of Introducing a RTO Structure
e-HR Hiring: The New Process - Who Wins? Who Loses?
Increasing the Perception of Auditor Independence through Non-Audit Service Fees
It's the People, Stupid: Change Management and the Implementation of ERP Systems
Reflection for Knowledge Consolidation
AACSB Institutions Competing in an On-line Environment
Benefits of Internships in Business: A Research Review
Linking Learning Styles with Business Ethical Decisions
Student Attitudes Toward Selected Career Attributes
Are Business Students Kinder and Gentler than Students in Other Disciplines? Comparisons of Volunteering, Altruism, Empathy, And Perceptions of the Benefits of Service Learning
Film Versus Digital Imaging: A Comparison of Capabilities
Brand Bonding: What About Faith Communities?
Spring 2003 • Volume 11, Number 1
Successful Exporting by the Small Business Firm: Keys for Strategic Decision-Making
Fiduciary Responsibilities of Corporate Boards: A Review of Institutional Investor Recommendations
The Effect of Goodwill Write-Offs on Share Price
Are Firms Wiping Their Goodwill Plates Clean? An Indication
An Empirical Investigation of CEO Compensation: Examining the Neoclassicist and Managerialist Viewpoints
Leaders Versus Managers: How Do 'Change Agents' Differ From Their Peers?
Exploring Employee Perspectives on Company Support
An Inquiry Into the Legal Implications of Selected Supply Chain Management Topics
Managing Conflict in a Sales Organization: Application of A New Paradigm for Success
A Measurement Approach to Assessing the Outcomes of University Education
A "Real World" Collaborative Learning Exercise: Using a Multi-Class, Multi-Disciplinary Project to Enhance Student Learning
The Art of Writing Research Papers--With an Intelligent Agent at Your Side!
A Comparative Study of the Antecedents of Cheating Among Accounting, Finance, and Marketing/Management Majors108
Fall 2002 • Volume 10, Number 2
Survivor: When the Next Reality Show is You Teaching Your First Internet Course
Digital Armageddon: The Rise of Cyberwarfare
Brand-Building Versus Click-Through with Internet Banners: Lessons Learned from the Dot-Com Bust and Emerging Empirical Findings
Internet Privacy Matters Matter
Organizational Commitment Types: A Pilot Study of Police Officers
Vendor Managed Inventory: A Manufacturing Case Study
Customer Service, Innovation and the Economics of Waiting
The E-Health Revolution: Competitive Options for the Local Health Care Organization
Hospital E-Marketing Strategy Life-Cycle
Healthcare Consolidation Effects and Shifts in Bargaining Power: A Case Study
Dimensionality of the Abusive Behavior in Organization's (ABO) Scale
Learning in Real Time: Educating Employed Managers Where They Work
The Technological Divide: The Power of Language Barriers
Spring/Summer 2002 • Volume 10, Number 1
Successful Competitive Market Positioning: a Contemporary Adaptation of the Market Offering Paradigm
U.S./EU Merger Enforcement Analysis Matrix for the Business Executive
Expectations, Training, and Safety: Corporate Commitment to the Expatriate Sales Force
Employer's Age-based Comments: a Silent Generation of Increased Costs and Risks
Some Management Lessons from The Ford-Firestone Tire Recall Crisis
Business Student and Faculty Views on Cheating
Putting Online Degrees Under the Microscope
Teaching Entrepreneurial Skills in the International Business Course: Structuring an Active Learning Experience
Fall 2001 • Volume 9, Number 2
Staffing E-Business: Issues And Challenges
Technoism: Suppressed Skepticism and the Technology Revolution
Global Piracy in Decline: The Role of Economic and Cultural Changes
Emerging Frameworks for Complex Software Application Development and Deployment: An Analysis Of J2EE and .Net
Using an Online Database for Developing a Market Segmentation Scheme: a B2B Application
Understanding the "Business" Of Digital Signatures
E-Marketing Strategies Within The Healthcare Industry
Digital Downsizing: The Death of Traditional Business Schools
Humanised Virtual Presentation and Chat Using TTS
Some Key Models to Analyze Emerging Organizational Issues
Responding to Employee Complaints of Discrimination and Harassment: Policy and Practice Issues to Minimize Employer Liability in Litigation
Attitudes Toward Product-based and Lifestyle-based Zonal Merchandising: Relationships with Mall Shopping Activity
Spring 2001 • Volume 9, Number 1
Improving the Success of Mass Customization Efforts Using a Reengineering Model
Managers' Perceptions of an Responses to Environmental Factors: Evidence From the Private Club Industry
Growth and Prospects in the Chinese Insurance Industry
Consumer Attitudes from 1975 Through 2000 Toward the Products of the European Union Versus the Products of the U.S.
TQM Initiatives Among Small Businesses: Status and Managerial Concerns
The Retail Purchase Assimilation of Asian-Americans
Developing Business Travel-Study Tours in North America
Guide to the Development of Web Pages Using Front Page 2000
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