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Perceptions of Truthfulness and Communication Anxiety in Online Employment Interviews
(Drake University, 2013-10)In organizations, the past decade has seen an increase in the popularity of Skype as a firstround employment interview tool. Due to Skype’s speed, quality, and transmittal of sound and video, it is sometimes thought of ... -
Uncertainty Avoidance and Consumer Perceptions of Global e-Commerce Sites: A Multi-Level Model
(Drake University, 2013-10)Online purchasing is a decision-making process that involves inherent uncertainty. Yet consumer tolerance for uncertainty differs across cultures, requiring e-vendors to decide whether to adapt websites to different ... -
Short Term Pain - Long Term Gain? Doing Business in Egypt After the Arab Spring
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Recent Volatility in U.S. Equity Markets: A Review of Key Contributing Factors and Relationships
(Drake Management Review, 2013-04)This paper is a review of volatility trends, factors, and relationships in U.S. equity markets, with emphasis on the period of time from 1980 to the present, when volatility has been at higher levels than what had been ... -
IASB & FASB Convergence Project: Revenue Recognition
(Drake Management Review, 2012-10)Accounting revenue recognition practices have a pervasive, profound impact on the financial statements of a business entity. As such, soon after committing to a plan for convergence of two major sets of accounting standards ... -
Plan, Inform, Act: Practical Solutions for Sexual Harassment Policy for Iowa Small Businesses
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Understanding Cheating: From the University Classroom to the Workplace
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Customized Pricing: Win-Win or End Run?
(Drake Management Review, 2012-04)Modern technology, particularly as associated with internet shopping, permits excellent estimations of individual consumer willingness to pay. Customized pricing is defined as a pricing strategy based upon such individualized ... -
Impairment: IASB - FASB Comparison
(Drake Management Review, 2011-10)This paper focuses on the accounting concept of impairment of long lived assets and goodwill. The objective is to identify the differences between the Financial Accounting Standards Board’s (FASB) and the International ... -
In China, Can Sex Appeal for a Low Involvement Product Increase the Chances of it Being Purchased?
(Drake Management Review, 2011-10)Globalization has helped mold China into the economic leader that it is today. Despite the country‘s growing economic ties, Chinese culture remains unique, making it difficult for foreign firms to effectively communicate ... -
Using Social Media to Build Brand Loyalty: Insights from the Designer Shoe Industry
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The Scored Plant Tour: Improve Performance and Lower Turnover
(Drake Management Review, 2011-10)Many job applicants, especially those applying for factory level jobs, take a tour of the facility. I characterize this commonly used recruiting device as an opportunity to gain useful selection information on the applicants. ... -
Creating Consumer Value through Physical and Digital Product Bundles: One Firm's Approach
(Drake Management Review, 2011-10)In recent years, firms have bundled digital products and physical products to create value and gain a competitive edge in the marketplace. In this commentary, we discuss one such approach to value creation. We present the ... -
"Why the US is not leaving Iraq"
(Counterpunch.org, 2007-01)Powerful beneficiaries of war dividends, who are often indistinguishable from the policy makers who pushed for the invasion of Iraq, have been pocketing hundreds of billions of dollars by virtue of war. More than anything ... -
"The pass-along effect: investigating word-of-mouth effects on online survey procedures"
(Hebrew University of Jerusalem, School of Business Administration, 2006-07)Email petitions to complete online surveys may be forwarded beyond the intended sample. We term this phenomenon the pass-along effect and investigate it as a factor that can influence the nature and size of survey samples ... -
"The consumption of television programming: development and validation of the connectedness scale"
(University of Chicago Press, 2004-06)The consumption of television programming is of particular interest to consumer researchers because of the potential influence of television characters as referent others. Connectedness characterizes the intensity of the ... -
"Islamic Fascism?"
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"Behind the Plan to Bomb Iran"
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"U.S. Iran Policy Irks Senior Commanders: the Military vs. Militaristic Civilian Leadership"
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"Construct validity and other issues pertaining to 'The impact of research designs on R_ in linear regression models: An exploratory meta-analysis'"
(University of South Australia, Mawson Lakes Campus, 1997)Introduction:I initially commented on Heribert Reisinger's (1997) paper, "The impact of research designs on R2 in linear regression models: An exploratory meta-analysis," in a double-blind review context. Some of my ...
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