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A Comparative Framework: How Broadly Applicable Is A “Rigorous” Critical Junctures Framework?, John Hogan, David Doyle

Articles

The paper tests Hogan and Doyle’s (2007; 2008) framework for examining critical junctures. This framework sought to incorporate the concept of ideational change in understanding critical junctures. Until its development, frameworks utilised in identifying critical junctures were subjective, seeking only to identify crisis, and subsequent policy changes, arguing that one invariably led to the other, as both occurred around the same time. Hogan and Doyle (2007; 2008) hypothesised ideational change as an intermediating variable in their framework, determining if, and when, a crisis leads to radical policy change. Here we test this framework on cases similar to, but different from, …

Volume 7, Liberty University

Liberty Business Review

No abstract provided.

The Virtue Of Profit (Wheaton, Il - Second Revision), C. William Pollard

C. William Pollard Papers

In this second revision of a speech delivered at Wheaton College's Hastert Center (now the Center for Economy, Government, and Public Policy), Pollard contends that profit can be considered virtuous when it allows servant leaders to invest in employees, thereby contributing to the moral and spiritual formation of human beings.

June 2009, Inland Empire Business Journal

Inland Empire Business Journal

14 tips for small business to thrive in a down economy

Pomona valley Hospital Medical Centers Satellite Facilities

The Blessing in Adversity

Why California Must Save its Educational System

Is your Company Stuck in the Muck?

Columns

Commentary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....... · · · · · · · · .... 2 & 13

Management . . . . ............. · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 7 & 33

Sales . . . . . . . …

The Virtue Of Profit (Wheaton, Il - First Revision), C. William Pollard

C. William Pollard Papers

In this speech -- a revised version of one delivered at Wheaton College's Center for Economics, Government, and Public Policy -- Pollard contends that profit can be considered virtuous when it allows servant leaders to invest in employees, thereby contributing to the moral and spiritual formation of human beings.

May 2009, Inland Empire Business Journal

Inland Empire Business Journal

Columns

Management……………………………………………………… 7 & 16

Motivation…………………………………………………………8 & 15

Investment and Finance ……………………………………………9

The Lists

Environmental Companies Serving the Inland Empire…10

Independent Banks Serving the Inland Empire…………13

Employment Services/Agencies... ……………. . . . . . . . . . 14

Law Firms……………………………………....……….. . 19

Dental Plans ..... ............... …………………………………37

Commentary………………………………………………………12

Computer …………………………………………………………18

Inland Empire People and Events .......………………………… 26

Restaurant Closures ..... . ………………………………………31

Manager's Bookshelf …………………………………………….38

New Business Lists:

County of San Bernardino ……………………………... 40

County of Riverside ...............……………………………41

Executive Time Out. . . . . …

Paul M. Klekner (B), Roger R. Schnorbus

Robins School of Business White Paper Series, 1980-2022

This is a fictitious case study, including the name of the restaurant and the people involved.

Paul Klekner graduated first in his class from the Culinary Institute of America (CIA) in 1998; his fellow students named him the chef most likely to succeed in the future. After graduation, he and his wife, Sarah, moved back to his home in Richmond, Virginia where he was employed as a chef at several restaurants including Bottega and Old Original Bookbinders. In 2003, he decided to open his own restaurant, Rogerios, in the Tobacco Row section of Richmond. With an inheritance of $300,000 he …

The Banco Itau Business Communications Course, Cohen Summers

Undergraduate Honors Capstone Projects

In the ever changing business world, establishing a competitive advantage is essential in order to build and sustain the viability of a company. The global investment industry has developed dramatically over the past 20 years generating new opportunities for investors worldwide. One example is exhibited by the increasing global demand for Brazil securities ds well as others in various emerging markets. With this increasing demand by foreign investors in the Brazilian markets, firms are constantly attempting to identify the best, most efficient, cost-effective products and services. Because a majority of the products are relatively the same across the industry, companies …

April 2009, Inland Empire Business Journal

Inland Empire Business Journal

Columns

Executive Notes……………………………….. . . . 3

Commentary ……………………………………... 6 & 7

Close-Up ……………………………………………8

Investments and Finance………………………………9

The Lists:

Top Travel Agencies ......……………………12

Meeting Facilities……………………………16

Visitors and Convention Bureaus……………16

Indian Gaming Facilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Management. ..............…………………… . . . . . I 0 & 13

Executive Time Out... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Computer ........................………………………………17

Real Estate Notes. . . . . . …

March 2009, Inland Empire Business Journal

Inland Empire Business Journal

Columns

Sales and Marketing................................7

Executive Notes ......................................8

Investments and Finance..........................9

Real Estate Notes.................................10

Management............................................12 & 26

Commentary/Letters to Editor....................14

The Lists:

MBA/Executive Programs in the Inland Empire.......20

The Top HMOs ........................................25

The Top PPOs..........................................25

Residential Real Estate Brokers................11

Sales ........................................................28

Technology..............................................29

Restaurant Review. ..................................35

Inland Empire People and Events...........37

Manager's Bookshelf .............................38

New Business Lists:

Count) of San Bernardino..................... 40

Count) of Riverside................................41

Executive Time Out................................43

Customer care=cash…………………........7

Real Estate Experts Focus on Challenges in Tough Economy.......10

Rally Your Employees in tough times........12

A Thousand Resumes.................................26

Beyond the basics.......................................28

The Virtue Of Profit (Mclean, Va), C. William Pollard

C. William Pollard Papers

In this speech delivered to the Workforce Ministry Group of McLean Presbyterian Church (McLean, VA), Pollard contends that profit can be considered virtuous when it allows servant leaders to invest in employees, thereby contributing to the moral and spiritual formation of human beings.

February 2009, Inland Empire Business Journal

Inland Empire Business Journal

Columns

Investments and Finance ........................9

Real Estate Notes..............................10

Management. ....................................11 & 29

Computer...........................................15

Commentary......................................16

The Lists:

Architectural/Engineering Firms............17

Banks in the Inland Empire....................25

Top Commercial/industrial Contractors..............28

Residential Real Estate Builders Serving

the Inland Empire................................................27

Sales/Management .............................................27

Inland Emp1re Quarterly Economic Report.......11

Restaurant Review..............................................35

New Business Lists:

County of San Bernardino.............................40

County of Riverside. ....................................11

Inland empire People and bents….................41

Executive Time Out. ...................................44

A contrarian View........3

The small Business recession Plan “b” ........11

Computer........11

Struggling office Market for 2009........18

How Selfishness Eats Growth........27

Get Your Late-Paying Customers to pay on Time........29

Ethical Leadership, C. William Pollard

C. William Pollard Papers

Pollard based this speech on an afterword he had written for Scott A. Quatro and Ronald R. Sims, Eds., Executive Ethics: Ethical Dilemmas and Challenges for the C-Suite (Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing, 2008). In it Pollard contends that businesses can be moral communities if leaders understand themselves as moral entities, dedicated to the well-being of their employees.

Business Source Premier: Company Research, Jan Whitfield

BI Class Material

No abstract provided.

January 2009, Inland Empire Business Journal

Inland Empire Business Journal

Columns

The list:

Financial Brokerage Firms Serving the Inland Empire .............. 7

Top Colleges and Universities in the land in the Inland Empire ..............11

Hotel Suites m the Inland Empire ............... 25

Community Colleges in the Inland Empire.............. 28

Investments and Finance......................9

Computer .............................................14

Management .........................................16

Real Estate Notes................................. 17

Sales ...................................................... 27 & 33

Manager's Bookshelf..............................38

New Business Lists:

County of San Bernardino..................... 40

County of Riverside .............................. 41

Inland Empire People and Events .........43

Executive Time Out ...............................44

Increase Your Company’s Profits by becoming a Real-Time Organization..............8

Job Hunting in an economic Crisis......................................12

The Arrival of D-day........................................................14

Public …

Revisiting Doing Business In The Middle East, David Desplaces, Nancy K. Mcintyre

New England Journal of Entrepreneurship

This case engages students on a number of issues common to doing business in other countries, specifically in the Middle East. It is intended to be a basis for class discussion rather than to illustrate either effective or ineffective handling of the situation. The case seeks to integrate issues of international management and cross-cultural conflict and negotiation. Students are challenged to diagnose a cross-culturally sensitive situation and develop solutions in a team environment under limiting time restraints. This case is also designed to help students understand the cultural aspects of a situation and how different solutions could have major consequences …

Management As A Liberal Art: Putting People At The Center, C. William Pollard

C. William Pollard Papers

This article was published in the December 2008/January 2009 issue of the Christian Leadership Alliance's journal Outcomes. In it Pollard provides the broad contours of people-centered leadership, noting in particular how such leadership requires interaction with the humanities and social sciences as well as the ability to recognize the spiritual aspect of the human condition.

Review Article Of Dynamic Supply Chain Alignment:A New Business Model For Peak Performance In Enterprise Supply Chains Across All Geographies, Edward Sweeney, Daniel Park

Reviews

No abstract provided.

Katie Scarlett’S: A Contemporary Bakery Design, Melissa Orosco

Whittier Scholars Program

A Contemporary Bakery Design is a project which deals with the essential elements needed to design and open a bakery/ cafe. Through the conceptual theory of both interior and environmental design, a floor plan and design plan were mapped out. This narrative gives insight to how the design choices were developed, and the basic notions in which they must implement and consider.

Supreme Seafoods, Thomas Cooney

Case studies

Fintan Barrett’s four year old daughter would often turn to him while playing and exclaim “what to do, Daddy?” Indeed, this very question of what to do next had frequently swirled around his own head as he considered the options that were now available to him and his business Supreme Seafoods. Some commentators had described the recent economic crisis as ‘a perfect storm’ and that analogy was particularly apt for someone operating in the fish industry. Although Fintan’s family had worked in the fishing industry for many generations, whether out at sea or processing and selling fish on land, the …

Biztech Winter 2009, Southern Adventist University

BizTech – School of Business Newsletter (Retired)

The winter 2009 edition of BizTech features articles on ADRA, what the three keys to resiliency are, and a message welcoming Lisa Goolsby.

It Alignment With Business Strategies In Healthcare Organizations: An Empirical Analysis, Zach G. Zacharia, David S. Preston, Chad W. Autry, Charles W. Lamb

Journal of International Technology and Information Management

This paper describes a study that assessed the performance implications of aligning information technology (IT) strategy to overall business strategy across a variety of health care organization (HCO) structures. We obtained survey results from senior executives of 178 hospitals to identify key configurations of IT strategic practices, business strategy and HCO structures. Using K- means cluster analysis, we identified which business strategies correlate strongly with certain IT strategy types. Our results indicate that HCOs achieve superior performance through unique combinations of business and IT strategy, suggesting that correctly aligning these strategies is a critical decision for healthcare organizations.

Gender Differences In Communication:Implications For Salespeople, Daniel H. Mcquiston, Kathryn A. Morris

Scholarship and Professional Work - Business

As more women enter into the traditionally male-dominated occupations of sales and purchasing, an understanding of gender differences in communication can provide salespeople with added information to increase their effectiveness. 1his paper begins with a review of the research on gender differences in verbal and non-verbal communication and then applies these findings to the field of sales. The paper concludes with managerial implications and recommendations for how salespeople might account for gendered aspects of their communications and by so doing potentially increase the effectiveness of their sales process.

Three Stories And Their Morals, Robert B. Bennett

Scholarship and Professional Work - Business

Fundamentally, the common law tradition is a collection of stories. Stories also become the law professor's stock in trade. We tell students stories or have them read stories in the form of cases or hypothetical situations and help them discern the morals to the stories-i.e., what the stories mean in the context of business or in their business lives? In a sense, that is what the Socratic Method is all about: analyzing stories in the form of cases and discerning their greater meaning. In this paper I will relate three true stories within the context of just-in-time production management and …

Professional Women: The Continuing Struggle For Acceptance And Equality, Pearl Jacobs, Linda Schain

Criminal Justice Faculty Publications

During the past fifty years, the situation of professional women has changed dramatically. Women have expanded their career aspirations. They are no longer confined to traditional female fields such as education or nursing. We have seen the integration of women into previously male dominated fields such as accounting, medicine, law, etc. Integration; however, does not necessarily mean acceptance and equality nor does it mean that the stress created by work-family conflict has been resolved. This paper will examine some of the issues that continue to plague women as they attempt to progress in their professional fields.

Spanish Foreign Direct Investments In Latin America: Internationalization Strategies And Financial Management Practices, Roberto Curci, Guillermo Cardoza

Scholarship and Professional Work - Business

This study analyzes the internationalization strategies and the financial management practices of seven Spanish companies with the largest volume of investments in Latin America. The companies selected for an in-depth analysis represent approximately 80 percent of the total Spanish foreign investments during the period of analysis. Their investments have taken place mainly in service sectors such as banking, energy, and telecommunications. The study identifies the market conditions and the corporate strategies that have allowed these Spanish companies to successfully initiate and expand business activities into Latin America. The findings suggest Spanish investors have strengthened their global competitiveness and have accomplished …

Business Risks: When Is Fails To Detect Circumvention Activities, Stanley X. Lewis Jr., J. Scott Magruder, Eddy J. Burks, Carl Smolinski

Journal of International Technology and Information Management

A business must recognize and address various risk factors when establishing and maintaining its information system. The overall risk to management is that the control environment does not protect proprietary business data and the financial reporting system that produces financial statements and other information used by investors, creditors and regulatory agencies. These risks require that management implement efforts to ensure the integrity and effectiveness of control procedures over business activities while being aware of additional system issues such as failing to adequately consider other risks which are more business-oriented including the risk of failing to prevent or detect fraudulent or …

December 2008, Inland Empire Business Journal

Inland Empire Business Journal

Columns

Executive Time Out..................................2

Editorial....................................................6

Opinion ....................................................6,15

Motivation .................................................6

Investments and Finance ............................9

Management. .............................................10 & 27

Real Estate Notes........................................11

The Lists:

Inland Empire's Top Luxury Auto Dealers ............ 13

Business Brokerage Firms Serving the Inland Empire ... 26

Close-Up. .....................................................20

Commentary ................................................ 25

Corporate Profile........................................... 28

Restaurant Review.........................................34

Computers.......................................................36

Manager 's Bookshelf. .................................... 38

New Business Lists:

County of San Bernardino .............................. 40

County of Riverside..........................................41

Inland Empire People and Events......................43

The Un-comfort Zone..................6

Focus Like Tiger Woods..................7

From Hunting to Hired.....................16

Five Fatal Business Mistakes You Don’t Know You’re Making.........18

What is to Blame for the Mortgage Crisis..................30

Dayton Business Leader, Winter 2008-09, University Of Dayton

Dayton Business Leader

The Dayton Business Leader, published out of the Office of Public Relations, later University Communications, then University Marketing and Communications, provided news from the University of Dayton School of Business Administration to alumni and friends. It was published from the late 1990s to about 2010.

November 2008, Inland Empire Business Journal

Inland Empire Business Journal

Columns

Investments and Finance………........9

Real Estate Notes……………........12

Management…………………….......14 & 15

Commentary………………..........17

Close-Up ...........................................18

The Lists:

Inland Empire's Largest Office Projects ..............27

Mortgage Lenders Serving the Inland Empire.........29

Fastest Growing Companies in the Inland Empire.....32

Corporate Profile...............................34

Restaurant Review..............................35

Computers .......................................37

Manager's Bookshelf ...............................38

New Business Lists:

County of San Bernardino ..................40

County of Riverside..............................41

Inland Empire People and Events...........43

Executive Tune Out...............................44

“Get out of the Box” .................................................10

Staying Calm Amid the Tempest of Change............14

Business Etiquette for the Upcoming Holidays.........15

Bank Account Insurance is Temporary....................19

A Victorville Inland Port is “Inevitable”…...............25