Recently added articles from Journal of Global Business Issues:
Action Learning for Global Business: The Power of Practicum Projects
Jul 01, 2008; ... ABSTRACT Action learning is a powerful tool for developing in business students the skills needed in today's dynamic, complex global business environment. This paper describes the use of real client, global practician projects as an action learning approach that successfully expands the ...
Ethical Judgments in Accounting: An Examination on the Ethics of Managed Earnings
Jul 01, 2008; ... ABSTRACT The ethics of earnings management was examined in prior studies (Merchant and Rockness 1994; Kaplan 2001a, 2001b; Bruns and Merchant 1990) with mixed results. The current study extends this work by further examining individuals' judgments of ethical acceptability related to ...
The Analysis of Technological Intra-Industrial Trade and Trade Specialization
Jul 01, 2008; ... ABSTRACT This study analyzed the international technological competition in Information Communication Industry (ICI) to explore the phenomena of infra-industrial trade effects. Owing to the high growth rate in ICI industry, but with no guarantee of increasing profit from greater ...
Managing the Psychological Contract in Competitive Labor-Market Conditions
Jul 01, 2008; ... ABSTRACT This paper presents a reconceptualization of the PC by incorporating the marketing concepts of 'value' and 'cost' into its tenets. We illustrate the manner in which marketing language may be incorporated into our understanding of the PC by drawing a parallel between ...
Alternative Perspectives on Trade, Productivity and Global Competition
Jul 01, 2008; ... ABSTRACT This paper offers a comparative analysis of three alternative theories of trade. The primary concentration of the paper is the Ricardian theory of comparative advantage. However, due to shortcomings, many attempts have been made to modify and/or redefine it. For Ricardo (2006), ...
Sense and Respond Supply Chain: A Prescription for Mitigating Vulnerability in the U.S. Pharmaceutical Value Chain
Jul 01, 2008; ... ABSTRACT Faced with a rising tide of counterfeit drugs, U.S. pharmaceutical firms must turn to S&R supply chain to better track and trace prescription drugs. Today's global PVC networks are more than ever exposed to great risk/vulnerability due outsourcing, counterfeit and drug ...
A Method for Promoting Vision in Secondary Schools: A Novel Hybrid Model based on Fuzzy AHP and TOPSIS
Jul 01, 2008; ... The aim of this study is to provide the most workable vision promotion method for secondary schools in Taiwan. In accordance with a body of literature and related research, in the measuring indices dimension, the study develops two related dimensions-vision perception and organizational ...
Housing Prices in the Savannah Historic Landmark District: Preliminary Analysis
Jul 01, 2008; ... ABSTRACT This preliminary study applies a hedonic pricing model to the housing market in the Savannah Historic Landmark District. The study finds that the natural log of the real sales price of a house in this particular context was positively affected by the number of bathrooms, ...
The Efficient Market Hypothesis in Personal Finance: Choosing an Adjustable or a Fixed Rate Mortgage
Jul 01, 2008; ... ABSTRACT Homebuyers and commercial real estate investors who obtain funds using mortgages face the choice of a fixed or an adjustable rate mortgage. Fixed rate mortgages have constant payments, but a high initial rate: adjustable rate, interest-only or hybrid mortgages begin with lower ...
The Impact of ISO 9000 Certification on the Financial Performance of Organizations
Jul 01, 2008; ... ABSTRACT ISO 9000 has emerged as a universally accepted quality management system. This study examined whether ISO 9000 certification results in significant financial improvement for organizations. Our results indicate that there is evidence that revenues and operating income improve ...
Honoring Accounts of Top Sales Performers and Poor Sales Performers Who Have Engaged in Unethical Selling Behavior
Jul 01, 2008; ... ABSTRACT Accounts are devices employed when transgressions are subjected to evaluative inquiry. They are used to defend questionable behavior and reduce potential sanctions. Accounts which are honored lead to condoning positions on the part of supervisors. This study examines accounts ...
FMCG Distribution Channels in India: Challenges and Opportunities for Manufacturers and Retailers
Jul 01, 2008; ... ABSTRACT India's economy is projected to grow at a fast clip over the next few years. With increasing purchasing power and a rising middle class, the fast moving consumer goods (FMCG) industry is posed to grow dramatically. To leverage opportunities, FMCG manufacturers and retailers will ...
A Theoretical Framework and Research Agenda for Understanding the Detection of Errors in Conceptual Data Models
Jul 01, 2008; ... ABSTRACT This paper develops a theoretical framework and research agenda for understanding the detection of errors in conceptual data models. Conceptual data modeling is a difficult task which is prone to error. If errors are not detected before systems are implemented, business ...
Rethinking Organizational Vulnerability to the Threat of Terrorism
Jul 01, 2008; ... ABSTRACT The contemporary business organization faces many unprecedented environmental challenges that can significantly impact the organization's survival and success. The threat of domestic and international terrorism is an ever-present reality that cannot be disregarded in ...
To Integrate Green Marketing into Software Development Company's Marketing Plan as a Case Studying of FBIC
Jul 01, 2008; ... ABSTRACT This case study illustrates FBIC Computers Services SDN BHD (FBIC) how to adopt the practice of green marketing to integrate into the company's marketing strategy that does not conduct any green marketing activities at the present as a proposal. The studying also shows how ...
Do Corporate Social Responsibility Leaders Perform Better Financially?
Jul 01, 2008; ... ABSTRACT Although the field of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is relatively young and constantly evolving, there is evidence that well-managed CSR efforts, specifically among leaders in the field, can lead to an increase in financial performance. The increased interest in CSR ...
Employee Empowerment: A Conceptual Analysis
Jul 01, 2008; ... ABSTRACT Empowerment is one of the critical issues confronting the managers in the process of transforming organizations. Theoretically it is accepted as democratizing function with the employee involvement and commitment as key factors. However, lack of a universally accepted definition ...
Corporate Downsizing: An Examination of the Survivors
Jul 01, 2008; ... ABSTRACT This study investigates the effects of downsizing on the survivors of layoffs at a large insurance company. In-depth interviews with four managers were conducted to determine survivor's attitudes relating to the layoffs. All participants have been present for the company's ...
Making the Best of the Inevitable: Change
Jul 01, 2008; ... ABSTRACT In today's organizations there is a continuous mode of alertness on change, instigated by a multiplicity of environmental and evolutionary transitions that occur in the world of business. While there are many theories in existence about dealing with organizational change, a ...
Asean's Progression Towards Common Market Status: Pitfalls and Policy Prescriptions
Jul 01, 2008; ... ABSTRACT As the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) moves closer towards economic common market status, having moved the target date up from 2020 to 2015, it appears that the region is headed towards economic liberalization. Economic ministers from the region talk about free ...