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December 1994, Inland Empire Business Journal

Inland Empire Business Journal

Insurance Fraud

Drug Rehab

On Common Ground

Banking

2nd Quarter

Marriott Earns

Award

The EDA Named in Loan Discrepancies

U.s Bankruptcy court to move

Banking 3rd Quarter

Views on Economy and Succession

Issues On Macro-Economic Management In Nigeria., Gianni Zanini

Bullion

This paper examines the main source of inflationary pressures, and established the source of destabilization of the exchange and interest rates as the Budget deficit which has been increasing at an unsustainable pace since 1990. It also ascertain that stabilizing the economy will require a significant and sustained budget surplus with no additional domestic bank borrowing. It states that economy stabilization will also require a liberalization of foreign exchange and credit markets.

November 1994, Inland Empire Business Journal

Inland Empire Business Journal

Ask the California Executive Time Out 70 – 71

Venture Forum 21

IEBJ Profile:

At Deadline 3 Steven H. Dukett 55

Bankruptcies 78 Lists of the Month:

SBA Lenders 18

Chamber of Commerce Commercial R.E.DEV. 40

Happenings 77 Commercial R.E. Brokers 67

Classifieds 76 New Business Listings 79 – 81

Close-Up: People, Places

Steven R. Sensenbach 7 and Events 74

Commentary 6 Real Estate Focus 75

Corporate Profile: Restaurant and

Ciluzo Winery 58 Entertainment Guide 68 – 69

Editorial 6

October 1994, Inland Empire Business Journal

Inland Empire Business Journal

New Indian Gaming Pastime

Decision on Land Due Soon

New Businesses and the City of San Bernardino

Businesses Share Ideas

Go to Work without Leaving Home

Local Long Distance

Selecting the right Phone system

Voice Mail Jail

What to consider When Planning Office Space.

September 1994, Inland Empire Business Journal

Inland Empire Business Journal

Advertising/Marketing Entre. Corner 11

& Public Relations 13

Executive Profile:

Ask the California Dr. Michael Riewe 30

Venture Forum 29

Executive Time Out 47

At Deadline 3

I.E. Profile:

Bankruptcies 58 Meredyth R. Watkins 55

Chamber of Commerce Lists of the Month:

Happenings 57 Medical Clinics 24/26

Banks 37/38

Classifieds 56

New Business

Close-Up: Listings 59-61

Lois Ziegler- O’Donnell 7

People, Places

Commentary 6 and Events 55

Corporate Profile: Real Estate Focus 54

Visual Impact 10

Restaurant and

Editorial 6 Entertainment Guide 48 - 49

August 1994, Inland Empire Business Journal

Inland Empire Business Journal

Downtown

Revitalization 3

Red Teams

and BHP Steel 5

Funding to Clean

Up Motor Oil 18

California

Competitiveness 21

Economics-

America 25

Investment Errors 26

Census Bureau and Children 32

Land owners, are you liable? 37

New Target in Chino Hills 45

Forecasted Characteristics Of The Grocery Industry In America: Factors To Enhance Viability In The Marketplace Of The Twenty-First Century, Terence F. O'Brien

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to forecast what the competitive retail environment will resemble in the grocery industry in the year 2010, what measures a company must take to prepare to compete in the predicted environment, and what internal organizational structure will help to facilitate a company's competitive strategy in 2010. The study was conducted using the Delphi Technique. It is a forecasting mechanism designed to build consensus using an expert Delphi Committee. The committee consisted of 55 professionals representing many fields closely associated with the grocery industry: retailing, wholesaling, manufacturing, labor, academe, fresh meat and produce, labor, relations, …

July 1994, Inland Empire Business Journal

Inland Empire Business Journal

Advertising/Marketing

Editorial 6

& Public Relation 33

Executive Time Out 48

Ask the California

Venture Forum 38

IEBJ Profile:

At Deadline 3

List of the Month:

Bankruptcies 60

Largest Employers 12'36

Environmental Cos. 26/45

Chamber of Commerce

Happenings 58

New Business Listings 61

Classifieds 57

People, Places and Events 56

Close-Up: Hal l.azareff 7

Real Estate Focus 54

Commentary 6

Restaurant and

Corporate Profile:

Entertainment Guide 46/47

Cadiz Land Co. Inc. 10

June 1994, Inland Empire Business Journal

Inland Empire Business Journal

Earthquake-Resistant Hospital Now Under Construction

New Figures Show Recession Recovery

Can your Company Survive a Disaster

Where Do we Go from Here?

SCAQMD’s Rideshare a proven success

Edison’s Solar Power to Customers

Recycler Turns to UCMEP for Research Assistance

Principles For Examining Predictive Validity: The Case Of Information Systems Spending Forecasts, Fred Collopy, Monica Adya, J. Scott Armstrong

Management Faculty Research and Publications

Research over two decades has advanced the knowledge of how to assess predictive validity. We believe this has value to information systems (IS) researchers. To demonstrate, we used a widely cited study of IS spending. In that study, price-adjusted diffusion models were proposed to explain and to forecast aggregate U.S. information systems spending. That study concluded that such models would produce more accurate forecasts than would simple linear trend extrapolation. However, one can argue that the validation procedure provided an advantage to the diffusion models. We reexamined the results using an alternative validation procedure based on three principles extracted from …

May 1994, Inland Empire Business Journal

Inland Empire Business Journal

Answers 8 Lists of the Month:

Ask the California Law Finns 18

Venture Forum 10 CPAs 59

AI Deadline 3 Employment Services 63

Bankruptcies 74 New Business Listings 75-78

Chamber of Commerce People, Places and Events 69

Happing’s 72 Real Estate Focus 64

Commentary 6 Restaurant &

Edit tonal 6 Entertainment Guide 54-55

Close-up: Valerie Romero 7 Executive Time Out 56

IE Profile 45 Software Review 15

Hardware Review 15

More Than Words Can Say: Different Communication Styles Between Males And Females In Management, Kimberly Coates

Undergraduate Honors Capstone Projects

In order for managers to communicate with their employees effectively, they must understand that gender is a major factor in whether or not the intended message is transmitted and received correctly.

April 1994, Inland Empire Business Journal

Inland Empire Business Journal

Answers 8 Closeup: John J. Peila 7

Ask the California IE Prof1lc 51

Venture Forum 23 Lists of the Month:

Advertising/Marketing Meeting Facilities 25

& Public Relations 18 Travel Agencies 26

At Deadline 3 New Business Listings 59-62

Bankruptcies 58 People, Places, and Events 54

Chamber of Commerce Real Estate Focus 42

Happenings 57 Restaurant &

Commentary 6 Entertaining Guide 44-45

Corporate Profile: Executive Time Out 46

Printing Resources 40 Software Review 16

Editorial 6 Hardware Review 15

February 1992, Inland Empire Business Journal

Inland Empire Business Journal

Going Public Pays-off

For Corona Company 5

Computer Mar1cetplace Inc.,

Records 181% increase in

Revenues

Now Is the Perfect Time

for a Fiscal Diet 6

State Senator Bill Leonard

has ideas for trimming

fiscal fat

Region, State Face

Uncertain Construction

Future 9

Predictions hazy for IE

construction mar1cet in 1994

IE Building on Ruined

Real Estate Market 12

Outlook may be turning

around for real estate

New Trends In

Residential

Construction 15

Nation sees a surge in

residential home building

Discouragement Is a

Two-Way Main

Street 21

Taking stock of America's

unemployed, but looking

Who's Liable for the

Big One …

Formalized Planning In Small Business: Increasing Strategic Choices, L. S. Baird, M. A. Lyles, J. Burdeane Orris

Scholarship and Professional Work - Business

A study of 188 small businesses was conducted to examine three distinct relationships in the planning process planning formality in relation to strategic decision processes, planning formality in relation to the strategies adopted, and planning formality in relation to firm performance. The results demonstrated that firms with formal planning emphasized more aspects of the strategic choice process, adopted a wider range of competitive and cooperative strategies, and grew more rapidly than did non-formal planners.

January 1994, Inland Empire Business Journal

Inland Empire Business Journal

Answer’s 89 PAUL KARDOS 7

Ask the California Inland Empire

Venture Forum 23 Calendar 99

Advertising/Marketing IE Profile 21

& Public Relations Z4 Lists or tbe Month:

At Deadline 3 I.E. Charities 97

Bankruptcies 108 Colleges/

Chamber of Commerce MBA Programs 49

Happenings 105 New Business Listings 109

Classified Advertising 106 People, Places

Commentary 6 and Events 100

Corporate Profile: Real Estate Focus 102

Safari land 90 Restaurant &

Default Notices & Entertainment Guide 92

Trustee Sales 101 Executive Time Out 94

Editorial 6 World Class Marketing

IEBJ Close-Up: Notebook 20

Hotel Front Desk Management And The Role Of Information Technologies, Michael A. Jarzewiak

Theses

This thesis will focus on Hotel Front Desk Management and the role of Information Technologies.

Recently, with the advancement of information systems, the hotel industry is changing as necessary. Property Management Systems--known in the hospitality field as PMS--have changed the way hotels operate.

Other technologies discussed are keyless lock systems, and computerized time card systems, along with other high-tech systems.

The major concern of this thesis is to research various Property Management Systems and to see what is the most important criteria hotel executives or operators seek before implementation.