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Features Of Born-Global Processing Plants Under The Global Economy, Helen G. Zhao, Vistor H.Y. Lo, Domenic Sculli

Journal of International Technology and Information Management

A Born-Global Processing Plant (BGPP) is the formation of a new manufacturing plant specifically for the world-wide outsourcing industry and is a unique product of the global economy. The concept of a Born-Global entity has been mainly associated with high-tech industries and high-tech products. In this paper we extend the term BGPP to cover the concept of Born-Global to mature/low-tech and labor intensive processing plants that produce many of the traditional manufactured products. Such processing plants form the backbone of Southern China’s economic development. The conventional view regards a BGPP as playing a minor role in a traditional multinational enterprise …

December 2004, Inland Empire Business Journal

Inland Empire Business Journal

At Deadline l

Close-Up 6

Corporate Profile 7

Investments and Finance 9

Corner on the Market 16

Getting Organized 17

Inland Empire People 18

I Executive Time Out 19

Inland Empire Bank Results 32

Top Ten Southern California Resorts 33, 34

Executive Notes 37

Chambers of Commerce 38

Manager's Bookshelf 40

Automotive Dealers 43,44,45

Restaurant Review 46

Business Brokerage Firms 47

November 2004, Inland Empire Business Journal

Inland Empire Business Journal

News and Features

Cut Workers Comp Costs 2

Understanding Commercial Leases 8

How to Read and Respond to Your Audience’s Body Language 13

How to Develop a Winning Competitive Strategy 15

An Interview with John P. Calverley 17

Bakersfield’s Business Conference 19

Reduce Sales Resistance 31

Columns

At Deadline 1

Close-Up 6

Corporate Profile 7

Law 8

Investments & Finance 9

Computers/Technology 12

Marketing 13

Managing 14

Corner on the Market 15

Getting Organized 16

Executive Time Out 18

Resource Directory 22

Second Page One 29

Wine 30

Sales 31

Manager’s Bookshelf 36

Employer s Page 37

Human Resource Guide …

October 2004, Inland Empire Business Journal

Inland Empire Business Journal

News and Features

21st Century Medicine Receives Grant of $150,000 1

Community- Bancorp and Cuyamaca Bank Approve Merger 1

Ontario Convention Center 1

Karen Dil Bowerman, Ph.D. 6

Yamamotoyama of America 7

Mistakes Today’s Executives Make 10

How to Build Your Own Championship Team 15

A Review of Oaks of Ojai 16

California Chamber of Commerce 38

Columns

Close-Up 6

Corporate Profile 7

Stocks 8

Letter to the Editor/Commentary . 9

Computers/Technology 12.13

Managing 14

Championship Team Building l5

Executi'e Time Out 16

People in Profile 17

Economic Development 18

Office Technology 20

Resource Directory 23

Marketing and Sales 26 …

September 2004, Inland Empire Business Journal

Inland Empire Business Journal

News and Features

Got Golf? 1

Politics and Your Portfolio 1

First Laparoscopicc Donor Nephrectomy Is Performed at ARMC 1

Pomona Host Lions Club Vision Center 3

Survey: U.S. Business Leaders Hiring Expectations on the Rise 3

Mortgage Association Defines Predatory Lending 23

AAF National President Speaks to the Inland Empire Ad Club 31

Columns

Close-Up 6

Corporate Profile 7

Law 8

Investments & Finance 9

Opinions/Commentary 10

Computer/Technology 13

Managing 15

Corner on the Market 16

Getting Organized 17

Inland Empire People 18

Executive Time Out19

SBA Lending 20-21

Resource Directory 24

Financial Institutions 25-29, 32

Second Page 1 …

August 2004, Inland Empire Business Journal

Inland Empire Business Journal

Columns

Close-Up ......................................................... 6

Corporate Profile ................................................ 7

Law ............................................................... 8

Investments & Finance....................................... 9

Opinions/Commentary.................................... 1 0

Environmental. ............................................ 11-15

Corner on the Market ......................................... J6

Getting Organized ............................................. 17

Inland Empire People ........................................ 18

Managing...................................................... 19

Education...................................................... 23

MBA Programs.......................................... 24-26

Financial Institutions .................................... 27-28

Banking ......................................................... 29

Second Page One............................................. 31

Health...................................................... 32-34

Manager's Bookshelf.. ........................................ 44

Computers Technology ....................................... 45

Expansion and Relocation................................. 46

Restaurant Review.......................................... 48

Calendar ......................................................... 50

July 2004, Inland Empire Business Journal

Inland Empire Business Journal

It's Not your Daddy's Desert Anymore 1

Retail Development Hits Decade High .. . Market Expected to Stay Healthy 1

Inland Empire: Private Sector Doing Fine, Govt. Sector Hurting 1

California Chamber Applauds Signing 3

Be Responsible for Your Own Financial Security 29

Take a Hike! ... at the Aerial Tramway 31

A Walk Through Victoria Gardens 31

Age-related Eye Disease: A Silent Epidemic 32

May 2004, Inland Empire Business Journal

Inland Empire Business Journal

News and Features

Lennar Partners Introduces Meridian at the Former March AFB 1

An Eclectic Collection of Historic Memorabilia 1

More than $1,000,000 Distributed at Tribal Donation Ceremony 1

What to do when the media calls 3

Reach Communications Group Wins Four Polaris Awards 11

Morongo Tribe Topping-Out Ceremony Marks Major Milestone 21

Nature Is Nurtured at Flowers for You in Riverside 22

Columns

Close-Up 7

Corporate Profile 8

Commentary 10

Local News 11

Human Resource Guide Supplement 12-13

Computers/Technology 14

Getting Organized 15

Marketing 16

Inland Empire Innovators 17

Education 18

Managing l9-20

In the Interest of Women 22 …

April 2004, Inland Empire Business Journal

Inland Empire Business Journal

News and Features

Indio Desert Circuit Horse Show 1

Southern California Logistics Airport 1

Economic Forecast Conference 1

Jobs Held Hostage; Action on Worker's Comp Reform 3

Fashion Is Not Just for Your Wardrobe 18

Independent Breed of Businessmen Emerge as Unemployment Lingers 21

Murrieta and Temecula Residents Open UBuildlt's 21

Columns

Close-Up 7

Corporate Profile 8

Law 9

Opinion/Commentary 10

Local News 11

Computers/Technology13

Getting Organized 15

Corner on the Market 16

Education 17

Inland Empire Innovators 18

Managing l9

Faces in Business 20

Small Business Handbook 22-23

Insurance 24

Investments & Finance 25-30

Health 31-32

Commercial Real Estate …

March 2004, Inland Empire Business Journal

Inland Empire Business Journal

News and Features

Greek Orthodox Folk Dance and Choral Festival 1

China's Two Faces (Part 2) 1

Tribal Myths and Facts 1

Small Business Owners Optimistic 3

Meetings Resume at City Hall 12

Top Performing Local Printing Company18

California-Nevada Maglev Project 21

Columns

Environmental Focus 6

Close-Up 7

Corporate Profile 8

Law 9

Opinion/Commentary 10

Local News 11-12

Computers/Tfechnology13

Getting Organized .................................................. 1 5

Comer on the Market 16

Education 17-18

Managing 19

City Economics/Demographics .20

Inland Empire Innovators 22

Investments and Finance 23, 27-29

Financial Institutions 24-25

Health 30-31

Desert Business Journal 35

Employer's Page 36

Manager's Bookshelf 43 …

February 2004, Inland Empire Business Journal

Inland Empire Business Journal

Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright 1

China’s Two Faces 1

CSUSB Hosts Conference with King Saud University 1

5 Tips for Getting Your Merchant Account Approved 11

U.S. Business Leaders Optimistic Regarding Growth 11

Chic-fil-A Spreads Its Wings 21

Vietnam Veteran Day 4th Annual War Dog Remembrance 21

January 2004, Inland Empire Business Journal

Inland Empire Business Journal

Outsourcing and Offshoring 1

Restoring and Improving- Instead of Replacing 1

Former Chief of Staff Pressured by Outgoing Supervisor 1

Claremont Charity Event Builds Picnic Tables 11

CALHFA and Habitat for Humanity 11

P&AB Provides Guide to Japanese PrivaC) Issues 21

HIM to Deal With Harsh Criticism Ways 32

A Conceptual Framework For E-Branding Strategies In The Non-Profit Sector, Horst Treiblmaier, Irene Pollach, Arne Floh, Marcin Kotlowski

Journal of International Information Management

Despite the economic significance non-profit organizations (NPOs) have acquired in recent years, the implications of the Internet for NPO marketing seem to have received only little attention from both researchers and practi tioners. Although NPO marketing has been the subject of academic research for more than 30 years, NPO brand'ing has been studied for just about 10 years (cf. Hankinson, 2001). Recent research on branding in the nonprofit s«:ctor includes, for example, an assessment of the impact of brand orientation on non-profit performance (Hanldnson, 2001; Hankinson, 2002) and the development of a non-profit brand orientation scale (Ewing and Napoli 200^1). …

Empirical Evidence Of Diminishing Payoff From Successive Generations Of Information Systems, Gerald E. Evans, Neil Morton

Journal of International Information Management

Previous research has focused on a number of important variables that can influence the observed payoffs from information systems investments. In the current investigation conducted in the spring of 2002, personal, on-site interviews were conducted in 138 small and medium sized businesses. Vendor involvement in systems development was less related to systems cost than previously. Unfortunately, vendor involvement was unrelated to any of the four measures of systems success in the entire sample. Further analysis revealed a strong relationship between information system generation and payoffs. Specifically, there appeared to be a point of diminishing return with subsequent generations of information …

Deciding On The Appropriateness Of B2b Reverse Auction Technology Adoption: An Ahp Approach Combined With Integer Programming, Tobias Schoenherr

Journal of International Information Management

Although Business-to-Business online reverse auctions have emerged as a promising purchasing tool, no research has been found that provides a model to assess the reverse auction decision in a systematic way. This paper fills this gap by presenting an integrated approach, utilizing Analytic Hierarchy Process techniques and an Integer Programming Formulation, to decide whether Reverse Auction Technology (RAT) adoption is cost-effective and appropriate. The model developed is a practical decision support tool that allows for the consideration of both qualitative and quantitative decision factors, and for the adoption of multiple modes of RATs, which are contrasted to traditional purchasing.

Building Relationships That Last: Integrating Public Relations Into Web Design, Richard V. Mccarthy, Jay E. Aronson, Robert Petrausch

Journal of International Information Management

This paper explores the relationship between web site design, public relations strategy, and a consumer's intention to return to a web site. This relationship is defined through a model that explores the influence of information satisfaction, particularly when the web site design is congruent with the consumer's expectations. The public relations dimension extends the consumer web site design model by interjecting a long-term focus on relationship building that organizations will need to make electronic commerce a viable investment in information technology resources. This is significant because it recognizes the importance of developing loyalty and trust online.

Measuring Online Students' Ability To Apply Programming Theory: Are Web Courses Really Working?, Kathryn A. Marold, Wayne Haga

Journal of International Information Management

As a response to troubling doubts about the success of Web-delivered courses that include problem solving and critical thinking skills, the authors gathered data from two online sections of the CIS Application Programming with Visual Basic course at Metropolitan State College of Denver over two semesters and compared it with the data from classroom sections. T-tests showed a significant difference in the means of student projects and tests that required application of theory learned. All sections of the course used, the same syllabus and assignments and were taught by the same instructor. Internet students scored signifcantly lower in theory portions …

Studying The Value Of Information Sharing In E-Business Supply Chain Management, Aryya Gangopadhyay, Zhensen Huang

Journal of International Information Management

The supply chain management of goods and services involves multiple trading partners such as raw-material suppliers, manufacturers, distributors, and retailers. Every one of these trading partners need to determine their requirements, in terms of merchandise, and match them against availability, pricing, and cost of transportation. At every step of the supply chain economics information retrieval is a crucial and recurring process. In this paper we study information sharing as a strategy for improved decision making that can increase the profitability of the entire supply chain. We describe various different models for information sharing and illustrate the benefits of information sharing …

Building Data Warehouses Using The Enterprise Modeling Framework, Joseph O. Chan

Journal of International Information Management

Tlds paper proposes an enterprise modeling framework for the deployment of data warehouses. The framework provides the information roadmap coordinating source data and different data warehouses across the business enterprise. The paper introduces a solution to address data warehousing issues at the enterprise level while avoiding the pitfalls of creating enterprise data warehouses and universal data marts. It further proposes a change of paradigm from point solutions focus to a methodology driven by enterprise requirements to meet the challenges of the new economy. The proposed framework emphasizes the separation of the conceptual construct from the physical and operational constructs of …

Web-Services - The Next Evolutionary Stage Of E-Business, Santosh S. Venkatraman

Journal of International Information Management

Web-Services are a set of new technologies that promise to take "service-oriented" distributed computing to a whole new level, and eventually take e-business to the next evolutionary stage. Web-Services, in a nutshell, let organizations bridge communication gaps among their information systems, and build new software applications by "stitching" together existing ones. It is capable of integrating applications written in different programming languages, developed by different vendors, and running on different servers with dissimilar operating systems. Web- Services would enable companies to seamlessly connect their information systems and business processes with those of their partners and customers - thus ushering in …

Fee-Based Online Services: Exploring Consumers' Willingness To Pay, L. Richard Ye, Yue Jeff Zhang, Dat-Dao Nguyen, James Chiu

Journal of International Information Management

Many online service businesses are beginning to charge fees for services that they used to provide for free. It is unclear whether consumers are ready to embrace this practice. This study explores consumer attitudes toward fee-based online services. The results of the study indicate that consumers' willingness to pay for online services is likely to be influenced by their perceived value of convenience these services provide, and by the extent to which they utilize these services. While consumers appear more willing to pay for services that are qualitatively better than free services, there is also indication that the belief remains …

An Investigation Of Internet Auction Markets: Evidence From Ebay, Kevin Bracker

Journal of International Information Management

The purpose of this paper was to examine a market with different characteristics than a typical "financial" market using high frequency continuous transactions data. The market selected for this purpose was an Internet auction market for collectibles, specifically Ty Glory Bears™ sold on the eBay, Inc. web site. This market was chosen for its relatively high activity and homogeneity. The results indicated evidence of signaling related to seller's reputation and product information, seasonality based on day-of-the-week, and limited market depth.

Online Reverse Auctions: An Overview, Ching-Chung Kuo, Pamela Rogers, Richard E. White

Journal of International Information Management

Electronic commerce (e-commerce) is the fastest growing area in the U.S. economy with electronic procurement (e-procurement) being a major component, and online reverse auctions (ORAs) have emerged as a key e-procurement tool. Since the mid-1990s, ORAs have been gaining in popularity because of their potentially significant positive impact on the profitability of both the buyers and the sellers. Much has been written about the new purchasing paradigm and numerous stories have been reported recently. This paper is aimed at providing a critical review of ORAs by examining their historical developments, different forms, advantages, and disadvantages. In addition, 10 important factors …

Review Of The Opnet It Guru Software, Jen-Chung Victor Chen

Journal of International Information Management

The OPNET IT GURU has been in existence for years and designed to be used for the industry and the academics. The simulation software is now in version 10.0 and equipped with abundant features such as: modeling networlc topology and traffic, application impact assessment, and server capacity planning.

Two Developing Countries With Two Different Economic Results: A Comparative Study Of Thailand & Morocco, Debora J. Gilliard

Journal of International Information Management

After visiting Thailand in 1996 and Morocco in 2001, it was very evident that these two countries had many similarities. Both countries are ruled by monarchs, both are developing countries, and both have overcome many adversities. However, today we find these two countries are very different in their involvement in the global community and in their local economic development. This paper is a study of similarities and differences in the development of Thailand and Morocco which has resulted in the current economic status.

The Ideal Asset/Liability Model For Credit Unions (With Assets Between $100 - $500 Million), David Alan Kennedy

Theses Digitization Project

This project focused on developing the ideal Asset / Liability Model for credit unions with assets between one hundred million and five hundred million dollars. Ideally the model should be closely aligned with that of a successful credit union at the high end of this range. SELCO Community Credit Union of Eugene Oregon was used in creating the model.

The Effects Of Higher Education On Law Enforcement, Harrison Tolbert

Theses Digitization Project

This paper focused on many aspects of higher education, and how this complex topic is affeccting law enforcement today and will continue to affect it in the future. The role of police officers has changed over the preceding two hundred years from watchman to professional peacekeeper. Experts attribute this change to increases in societal awareness of crime, the implementation of civil service protection, and educational advances.

An Analysis Of The Federal And California False Claims Acts And The Implications For The California Department Of Transportation, Henry Eugene Stultz

Theses Digitization Project

The construction of state highway projects is bid out each year at approximately three billion dollars. Claims from contractors for additional compensation are common. This paper investigates the policies and procedures for handling claims and explores the False Claims Act case law and its implications for the Department of Transportation's contract administration.

China And The Usa: An Analysis Of Intercultural Training Methods In The Corporate Environment, Paula Kay Krueger

Theses Digitization Project

This project presents the cultural significance of establishing and maintaining business relationships with Chinese counterparts. It includes sample training modules to provide intercultural training for all firms engaged in business with China.

Business-To-Business E-Markets In Textile Industry: An Empirical Perspective, Wei-Wen Wu

Theses Digitization Project

This research investigates the attitudes and perceptions of the E-Markets as members of their value chain in the textile industry. The study began by formulating a basic understanding of the nature of buyer-to-buyer (B2B)s well as electronic marketplaces. Fundamentally, E-markets change the relationship dynamics between buyers and sellers from "one-to-one" to "many-to-many."