Note: Paper titles shown in blue are links to the respective papers. Those shown in black are papers that appear in the conference Program, but were not submitted for publication in the Proceedings. In the case of a panel, tutorial or workshop which has a Proceedings write-up, the session title is the link to the text.
| [AC1] MANAGERIAL ACCOUNTING AND TAXES | |||
| "Export Tax Incentives and the Production Activities Deduction" | Page 2 | ||
| by John L. Stancil | |||
| "Today's Cost Accounting Systems - Problem or Solution?" | Page 15 | ||
| by Richard E. Crandall, Oliver M. Julien | |||
| "Human Resource Accounting from an International Perspective" | Page 36 | ||
| by Maria L. Bullen | |||
| [AC2] PANEL: SPECIAL PANEL ON SARBANNES-OXLEY DEVELOPMENTS | |||
| Moderator: Douglas E. Ziegenfuss | |||
| Panelists: Randall R. Spurrier, Otto B. Martinson | |||
| [AC3] LEADING EDGE ACCOUNTING ISSUES | |||
| "Elected or Appointed School Boards: Is One More Accountable Than the Other?" | Page 55 | ||
| by Catherine L. Staples, George S. Lowry | |||
| "Early Adopters of Fair Value Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation: A Case for Signaling" | Page 61 | ||
| by Jerry Thorne, Robert L. Howard, Emmanuel O. Onifade | |||
| "Assessing Control Risk in Small Business" | Page 74 | ||
| by Adel M. Novin | |||
| [AC4] ACCOUNTING EDUCATION | |||
| "On-Line Methods for Improving Learning in the First Course of Financial Accounting" | Page 77 | ||
| by Sally W. Gilfillan | |||
| "Linking Classroom-Prepared Financial Statements to Real-World Events" | Page 86 | ||
| by W. Joseph Pollard, William B. Pollard | |||
| "Teaching to the AICPA's Model Tax Curriculum" | Page 91 | ||
| by Gail D. Moore, Lara A. Degenhart-Cassidy, Paul V. Degenhart | |||
| [AC5] INTERNATIONAL ACCOUNTING | |||
| "China's Foreign Direct Investment Accounting: Fluffed Up Stories or True Financial Reporting?" | Page 98 | ||
| by Sean Chen | |||
| "International Financial Reporting Standards: An Update for Academicians" | |||
| by Robert B. Burney, Linda R. Henderson | |||
| "A Comparative Study of Corporate Accounting Malfeasance and Restatements for 100 Companies with Resulting Financial and Market Impact and Monitoring Characteristics." | Page 105 | ||
| by Liz Washington Arnold | |||
Educational Innovation (EI) | |||
| [EI1] EDUCATIONAL INNOVATION POTPOURRI | |||
| "A Quality Management Paradigm in Higher Education" | |||
| by David P. Cook | |||
| "Energize Your Classroom: Service Learning" | Page 134 | ||
| by Michelle Hagadorn, Sharon C. Gibbs, Charles M. Smith | |||
| "Challenges in Teaching Economic Finance and Marketing Online and Suggested Solutions" | |||
| by Ramin Cooper Maysami, Christopher Ziemnowicz | |||
| [EI2] WORKSHOP: USING RUBRICS FOR COURSE LEARNING GOALS, FEEDBACK, AND EVALUATION | |||
| Coordinators: Thomas F. Hawk, Amit J. Shah | |||
| [EI3] WORKSHOP: CLASSROOM EXPERIMENTS IN ECONOMICS | Page 157 | ||
| Coordinator: Reza Kheirandish | |||
| Leaders: Shabnam Mousavi, Lari H. Arjomand | |||
Educational Practice (EP) | |||
| [EP1] ETHICS IN BUSINESS EDUCATION | |||
| "Ethics in Business Education: Progress Report" | Page 160 | ||
| by Susan B. Shurden, Michael C. Shurden, Juan R. Santandreu | |||
| "Fighting Plagiarism in the Business Communications Classroom: One Professor's Arsenal" | Page 168 | ||
| by Abigail H. O'Connor | |||
| [EP2] WORKSHOP: COURSE EMBEDDED ASSESSMENT: CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT AND ACCREDITATION STANDARDS | |||
| Coordinators: Paul Lyons, Randall Bandura | |||
| [EP3] TECHNOLOGY AND LEARNING | |||
| "Assistive Technology Availability in Libraries and Media Centers" | |||
| by Mel D. Krohn, Jerry Neal, Dennis Ehlert | |||
| "Bridging the Gap Between Traditional and Online Educations with Technology and Creativity" | Page 182 | ||
| by Susan S. Light | |||
| "Blended Learning in Academia: Suggestions for Key Stakeholders" | Page 189 | ||
| by Jeff Rooks, Thomas W. Gainey | |||
| [EP4] WORKSHOP: FACULTY CREDENTIALS: HOW TO DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN AN EFFECTIVE FACULTY | |||
| Coordinator: Morgan P. Miles | |||
| Leaders: Linda S. Munilla, Mark A. Mitchell, Mary F. Hazeldine, Danny R. Arnold | |||
| [EP5] EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING AND TEACHING | |||
| "The Ups and Downs of Teaching Abroad" | |||
| by James A. Pope | |||
| "Want a Win, Win, Win? Try Management Internships." | Page 197 | ||
| by Rick Weible | |||
| "Engaging Students in the Classroom: Thirteen Experiential Learning Activities for Business Courses" | |||
| by Michael L. Monahan, Amit J. Shah | |||
| [EP6] EDUCATIONAL PRACTICE IN INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND MANAGEMENT SCIENCE | |||
| "Evolution of the Undergraduate Management Science Course" | Page 206 | ||
| by Ina S. Markham, Susan W. Palocsay | |||
| "An Inquiry-based Approach for Teaching Students to Formulate Linear Programming Models" | Page 208 | ||
| by Emma Jane Riddle | |||
| [EP7] EDUCATIONAL POTPOURRI | |||
| "Improving Performance with Skill Charting" | Page 220 | ||
| by Paul Lyons | |||
| "Revisiting Relationship Between Machiavellianism and Academic Achievement" | Page 234 | ||
| by Abdul Aziz | |||
| [EP8] OUTCOMES AND EXPECTATIONS: EXPECTATIONS, PRODUCTION, SUCCESS AND SATISFACTION | |||
| "Understanding Business Student Success and Satisfaction in Higher Education - An Exploratory Study" | Page 236 | ||
| by Khushwant K. Pittenger, Kristine K. Parsons, J. David Lifer | |||
| "You Need to Get a Job - But You Better Keep Your Grades Up: Conflicting Expectations in Today's Academic Environment" | Page 245 | ||
| by C. Michael Ritchie, Kathleen W. Wates | |||
| "Production and Capacity of US Doctoral Programs" | Page 251 | ||
| by Rick Weible | |||
| [EP9] WORKSHOP: REMAINING ENERGETIC AND ENGAGED IN THE CLASSROOM: THE SENIOR FACULTY CONSORTIUM | Page 254 | ||
| Coordinator: Marilyn Smith | |||
| [EP10] EVALUATIONS AND EXAMS | |||
| "Student Perceptions of Teaching Evaluations" | Page 256 | ||
| by Linda Ann Carson, Meredith J. Uttley, Yvonne Combs | |||
| "Assessment of Course Learning Outcomes Using End-of-semester Instructor-Course Evaluation Process: Benefits and Drawbacks" | Page 268 | ||
| by Adel M. Novin, Michael H. Deis | |||
| "A Study of Troy's E-Campus Test Strategies: Comparison of Proctored and Non Proctored Exams" | Page 272 | ||
| by Diane J. Prince, Richard A. Fulton, Thomas W. Garsombke | |||
| [EP11] ACCOUNTING ISSUES IN EDUCATIONAL PRACTICE | |||
| "Teaching the Concept of Free Cash Flow to Non-business Students" | Page 288 | ||
| by Robert L. Howard | |||
| "Creating a Problem Format That Captures the Interconnections of Managerial Accounting Terminology" | Page 297 | ||
| by William B. Pollard | |||
| "Performance Differences in Intermediate Accounting I Class Between Transfer and Matriculating Students Using Four Years of Data" | |||
| by Douglas E. Ziegenfuss, Randall R. Spurrier | |||
Faculty-Sponsored Undergraduate Research (UR) | |||
| [UR1] UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS RESEARCH PAPERS | |||
| "Program Merchant" | Page 302 | ||
| by Charles R. West, Matthew M. Haentschke | |||
| "Privacy in a Genetic Age" | Page 303 | ||
| by Catherine Noyes | |||
| "Krispy Kreme: A Strategic Analysis" | Page 318 | ||
| by Michael Justin Ivie, Steven Douglas Gabel, Heather Crumbley | |||
| "Predicting Success in College Math Courses" | |||
| by Casey N. Gearheart | |||
Finance and Economics (FI) | |||
| [FI1] SPECIAL TOPICS IN ECONOMICS | |||
| "Non-Expected Utility Theory and Behavioral Findings" | Page 323 | ||
| by Shabnam Mousavi, Reza Kheirandish | |||
| "When Did Inflation Become More Volatile and Why?" | Page 328 | ||
| by Charles B. Pfitzner, Steven D. Lang | |||
| [FI2] EDUCATION IN FINANCE AND ECONOMICS | |||
| "Educational Attainment and Economic Growth Across Countries" | Page 335 | ||
| by David A. Brat | |||
| "Navigating the Maze: Understanding the Financial Implications of Common Business Structures" | Page 342 | ||
| by Michelle Hagadorn, Norma Clifton | |||
| "Measuring Improvements in Understanding of Basic Economic Terms, Principles, and Concepts Resulting From Taking a College General Education Economics Course" | Page 351 | ||
| by Timothy A. DuPont, Deborah A. Natvig | |||
| [FI3] OBSERVATIONS IN THE STOCK MARKET | |||
| "Does the Observation of Bond Price Change Lead to an Ability to Pick Winning Stocks?" | |||
| by Jeff C. Hobbs, Terrill R. Keasler, Chris R. McNeil | |||
| "Large Daily Price Changes & Subsequent Responses: The Case of the S&P 500" | Page 363 | ||
| by Robert J. Angell, George W. Stone | |||
| "Looking for a Change: Using Financial Ratios to Predict Distressed Stocks" | Page 370 | ||
| by Victor Bahhouth, Christopher Ziemnowicz | |||
| [FI4] ECONOMIC GROWTH, AND POVERTY | |||
| "Poverty and Economic Conditions in Virginia" | |||
| by Steven D. Lang | |||
| "Determinants of State Economic Growth" | Page 378 | ||
| by David A. Brat | |||
| "No State Left Behind" | Page 384 | ||
| by David A. Brat | |||
| [FI5] THREE TOPICS IN ECONOMICS AND FINANCE: RISK, INSURANCE AND VIRTUAL WORLD | |||
| "Pricing Policies: Understanding Insurers Use of Credit Scoring" | |||
| by Billie A. Brotman | |||
| "Transaction Exposure and Value at Risk: A Practical Application for MNCs" | Page 397 | ||
| by Kashi Khazeh, Robert C. Winder | |||
| "Real Financial Reporting Issues in the Virtual World" | |||
| by Robert B. Burney | |||
| [FI6] RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN THE HOUSING MARKET | |||
| "Risk, Moral Hazard and the Bailout of Bear Stearns" | Page 405 | ||
| by Uma V. Sridharan | |||
| "The Sub-Prime Mortgage Debacle : Lessons for the Future" | Page 408 | ||
| by Clyde L. Posey | |||
| [FI7] ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE AND PEER TO PEER MICROFINANCE | |||
| "Does Eva Really Help Long Term Stock Performance?" | Page 417 | ||
| by Wesley M. Jones, George S. Lowry | |||
| "Kiva : Peer to Peer Microfinance and the Stimulus of Entrepreneurship" | |||
| by Morgan P. Miles, Jacqueline K. Eastman, Kevin L. Eastman | |||
| "Evaluating Forecasts of Rates of Return: Geometric and Arithmetic Means Dual It Out" | Page 422 | ||
| by George S. Lowry, Wesley M. Jones | |||
Information Technology, Expert Systems, AI and DSS (IT) | |||
| [IT1] CURRICULUM DESIGNS AND STRATEGIES FOR INFORMATION SYSTEMS | |||
| "Critical Success Factors in the Management of a Service-Oriented Architecture Strategy" | Page 426 | ||
| by James P. Lawler | |||
| "Curriculum Recommendations for Information Technology Related Degrees" | Page 441 | ||
| by Cheryl Aasheim, Lixin Li | |||
| "An Undergraduate Course in Data Warehousing" | Page 448 | ||
| by Jeff Pittges | |||
| [IT2] TECHNOLOGY TECHNIQUES AND TOOLS | |||
| "Data Validation" | Page 461 | ||
| by Ramesh M. Choudhari, Shobha R. Choudhari | |||
| "Modeling Access Rights Using the Crud Security Cube: A Database Proof-of-concept Example" | Page 468 | ||
| by Michael Collins, Dale L. Lunsford | |||
| "Social Networking and Privacy: The Dichotomy" | Page 477 | ||
| by Leanne C. McGrath | |||
| [IT3] PANEL: TIPS AND TRICKS FOR USING OFFICE 2007 | Page 483 | ||
| Moderators: Robert L. Andrews, Wilma Andrews | |||
| Panelist: Goran Trajkovski | |||
| [IT4] CONSUMER AND HEALTH CARE TECHNOLOGIES | |||
| "A Cross-Cultural Investigation of Consumer-Media Choice" | Page 484 | ||
| by Hua Dai, Prashant Palvia, Cindi Khanlarian | |||
| "Healthcare Technologies: Evaluation and Use of Computerized Patient Medical Records and Other Technology" | Page 494 | ||
| by Allen E. Smith, Kerry D. Swinehart | |||
| "Reducing the Information Technology Security Risk in Medical Supply Chains" | Page 502 | ||
| by Christopher L. Rees, Jason K. Deane | |||
Management, Strategy and International Issues (MG) | |||
| [MG1] INTERNATIONAL MANAGEMENT TOPICS | |||
| "Comparing Job Expectations of Chinese and American College Students" | Page 508 | ||
| by Joseph Tomkiewicz, Mariusz Sagan, Robert Frankel, Chunfang Wang | |||
| "An Examination of Entrepreneurial Personality Factors in a Brazilian Student Population" | Page 515 | ||
| by Shanan G. Gibson, Michael Harris | |||
| "Does Procedural Justice Research Explain China's Civil Unrest?" | Page 526 | ||
| by Joan Donohue, Jinpei Wu, Jeremy B. Fox | |||
| [MG2] MANAGEMENT POTPOURRI | |||
| "Perceptions of Knowledge Areas in Project Management" | |||
| by Manouchehr Tababaei | |||
| "A Comparative Analysis of Ethnocentricity in the Middle East: Consumer Behavior in Lebanon and Kuwait" | Page 530 | ||
| by Christopher Ziemnowicz, Victor Bahhouth | |||
| "When Will the Housing Market Slump Be Over? Forecast New One-Family Houses Sold in the U.S." | |||
| by Andrew T. Light | |||
| [MG3] STRATEGIC PLANNING | |||
| "The Reality of Strategic Planning: Epiphany or Evolution?" | Page 540 | ||
| by Richard E. Crandall, William R. Crandall | |||
| "The Challenge of Crafting Strategies for Effective Crisis Management" | Page 560 | ||
| by John E. Spillan | |||
| "Long-range Planning Techniques in the United Kingdom" | Page 571 | ||
| by Nabil A. Ibrahim, Faramarz Parsa, John P. Angelidis | |||
| [MG4] LEADERSHIP AND ENTREPRENEURS | |||
| "Substitutes for Leadership and Job Satisfaction Revisited" | Page 581 | ||
| by I. Edward Jernigan III, Joyce M. Beggs | |||
| "Elements of Entrepreneurial Success" | Page 588 | ||
| by Daniel E. Fox, Richard T. Symons, Raymond A. Jacobs | |||
| "Learning More About the Project Manager's Job" | |||
| by John W. Stamey, Jr. | |||
| [MG5] HUMAN RESOURCES | |||
| "The Use of Formalized Rating Systems in Early-Stage Angel Investment Screening" | Page 596 | ||
| by Craig S. Galbraith, Leeanne Zeznock | |||
| "Employee-Manager Fit on the Dimension of Customer Service Climate and Employee Outcomes" | Page 605 | ||
| by Kim K. Mckeage, Cheryl L. Adkins | |||
| "Organizational Commitment Scale Revisited: Dimensionality and Internal Consistency: A Research Note" | |||
| by Kurt Schimmel, Jeff Guiler, Kara Rutowski | |||
| "Compa-ratio: Do Distributions Within a Pay Range Make a Difference in Determining Internal Pay Equity?" | Page 612 | ||
| by R. Eugene Hughes | |||
Marketing and Logistics (MK) | |||
| [MK1] MARKETING & LOGISTICS | |||
| "A Framework for Managing the Strategic Sourcing Process" | Page 623 | ||
| by Paul R. Martin, J. Edward Holsenback | |||
| "University Students' Perceptions of Two Countries: Turkey and U.S.A." | Page 635 | ||
| by Norman Schnurr | |||
| "Transforming US Army Supply Chains : An Analytical Architecture for Management Innovation" | Page 636 | ||
| by Greg Parlier | |||
Production/Operations Management and ERP (PO) | |||
| [PO1] THE IMPACT OF TECHNOLOGY IN OPERATIONS | |||
| "Utilizing Algorithm Visualizations to Teach, Understand and Master Classic Algorithms" | |||
| by Chuck Leska | |||
| "Technological Forecasting: A Strategic Imperative" | Page 677 | ||
| by Kerry D. Swinehart, Phillip E. Miller | |||
| [PO2] ADVANCES IN SUPPLY CHAIN PERFORMANCE | |||
| "Production Planning and Scheduling in Remanufacturing Operations: A Literature Review" | Page 687 | ||
| by Shona D. Morgan, Roger Gagnon | |||
| "Lean, Agile and Demand Driven Strategies for Enhanced Supply Chain Performance" | Page 718 | ||
| by Richard W. Monroe | |||
Public Sector, Social and Ethical Issues (PS) | |||
| [PS1] ETHICS POTPOURRI | |||
| "Current Trends in Business Ethics Research" | Page 735 | ||
| by Igor Tomic, John P. Angelidis, Nabil A. Ibrahim | |||
| "Cyberstalking at a Mid-Atlantic University: A Proposal" | Page 743 | ||
| by Karen L. Paullet, Daniel R. Rota, Tom Swan, John C. Turchek | |||
| "Consumer Perspectives of Implanted Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Devices for Medical Information Retrieval" | Page 760 | ||
| by Andrew S. Jensen, Joseph A. Cazier, Dinesh S. Dave | |||
| [PS2] ISSUES IN THE FIELD OF MEDICINE | |||
| "Examining Nurses Perceptions of Rewards Structure" | Page 765 | ||
| by Sudhir K. Chawla, Dinesh S. Dave, Michael J. Dotson, Joseph A. Cazier, Tom F. Badgett | |||
| "A Statistical Control Technique for Assuring Just-In-Time Patient Flow in an Outpatient Surgery Setting: A Conceptual Framework" | Page 768 | ||
| by Stacy R. Barnes | |||
| "Some Issues in Medical Tourism" | Page 778 | ||
| by Ajay K. Aggarwal | |||
| [PS3] ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ISSUES | |||
| "Economic Development of South Carolina's I-95 Counties: Infrastructure Development and Project Possibilities" | Page 789 | ||
| by Robert T. Barrett, Robert E. Pugh | |||
| "Hurricane Katrina: How the Business Recovery of New Orleans is Progressing" | Page 796 | ||
| by Louis C. Mancuso | |||
| "Sustainable Business Development" | Page 807 | ||
| by Elisabeth Gilster Velazquez | |||
| [PS4] LEGAL AND SAFETY ISSUES | |||
| "Commercial Contracts in an Electronic Medium" | |||
| by John P. Geary, Dinesh S. Dave | |||
| "Comparing Attitudes on Victim Compensation and Disaster Relief: Are There Regional Differences?" | Page 811 | ||
| by Michele T. Cole, Norman A. Dolch, Jeff Guiler, Beth A. Kampsen | |||
| "Best Practice Solution to Reduce Patient Falls and Increase Patient Satisfaction" | Page 828 | ||
| by Dennis Ehlert, Marilyn Ehlert | |||
| [PS5] ISSUES IN SOCIETY AND SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY | |||
| "Importance-Performance Analysis: Helping Your Community Partners Walk Their Talk" | Page 837 | ||
| by Robert D. Nale, Dennis A. Rauch, Samuel A. Wathen, Mark A. Mitchell | |||
| "Privacy Policies: An Investigation Into Best Practices for Information Security and Data Protection." | Page 845 | ||
| by Edward D. Showalter | |||
| "Enrolling the Student with Disabilities: A Content Analysis of Pennsylvania Higher Education Websites" | Page 853 | ||
| by Shirley H. Gold, Michele T. Cole | |||
Quantitative Theory and Methods (QT) | |||
| [QT1] QUANTITATIVE THEORY AND FORECASTING ANALYSIS | |||
| "Forecast the New One-Family Housing Market in the U.S." | Page 869 | ||
| by Andrew T. Light | |||
| "Forecasting Attendance at Historic Kenmore Plantation" | |||
| by Galen F. deGraff, Kenneth D. Machande | |||
| [QT2] QUANTITATIVE THEORY AND ANALYSIS METHODS | |||
| "Is a Process Bayesian? Does IT Make a Difference?" | Page 875 | ||
| by Robert L. Andrews, Jonathan Allan Andrews, Steve Custer | |||
| "Minimizing the Normalized Sum of Square for Workload Deviations on Identical Parallel Machines" | Page 882 | ||
| by Johnny C. Ho, Tzu-Liang Tseng, Alex J. Ruiz-Torres, Francisco J. Lopez | |||
Special Sessions (SP) | |||
| [SP1] PANEL: IS THE QUALITY OF THE AMERICAN UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION DECLINING?: WHAT RESPONSIBILITY DO FACULTY HAVE FOR MAINTAINING QUALITY? | Page 893 | ||
| Moderators: Robert L. Andrews, Wilma Andrews | |||
| Panelists: Jonathan Allan Andrews, William B. Carper | |||
| [SP2] WORKSHOP: STUDENT MANAGED FUND : HOW TO DEVELOP AND TEACH A SMF COURSE | Page 895 | ||
| Coordinator: Larry A. Lynch | |||
| [SP3] TUTORIAL: MAKING YOURSELF A MORE VALUABLE EMPLOYEE | |||
| Presenter: Danny R. Arnold | |||
| [SP4] TUTORIAL: CONFERENCE MANAGEMENT USING THE WEB-CMS | Page 903 | ||
| Presenter: Albert E. Avery | |||
| [SP5] PANEL: MANAGING CHANGE IN INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING | |||
| Moderator: Ramin Cooper Maysami | |||
| Panelists: Christopher Ziemnowicz, William R. Crandall | |||
Sports and Recreation (SR) | |||
| [SR1] MEGA RESORTS AND SKI INDUSTRY | |||
| "Mega Resorts" | Page 905 | ||
| by Denis P. Rudd, Patrick J. Litzinger, Alina M. Zapalska, Richard J. Mills, Jr. | |||
| "A History of the Ski Industry in the United States and Switzerland: An Examination of Industry Success and Failure" | Page 925 | ||
| by Richard J. Mills, Jr., Frank R. Flanegin | |||
| [SR2] SPORTS AND RECREATION POTPOURRI | |||
| "Dogs No Longer Mans Best Friend : A Test of Football Market Efficiency" | |||
| by Ladd M. Kochman | |||
| "Walking-Your-Talk: Gap Analysis for Student Attendance at Collegiate Athletic Events" | Page 946 | ||
| by Michael Latta, Mark A. Mitchell | |||
| "Factors Affected by Self Esteem" | Page 956 | ||
| by Serena Reese | |||
Student Paper Competition (Ph.D. & MBA) (PC) | |||
| [PC1] GRADUATE STUDENT PAPER COMPETITION | |||
| "ExxonMobil Goes Green" | Page 963 | ||
| by Jennifer T. Free, Barbara B. Bukowska, Artrice Love-Collins | |||