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December 2001, Inland Empire Business Journal

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DECEMBER 2001

Is a Fee-Based Managed Money Account Right for You? ..... .. . .. .. I

Take Stock Losses Now to Lower Your 200 I Income Tax Bill!!!..... I

Track ways and Peccaries, A Giant Alligator Skull ... The

Raymond M. …

The Resource-Based View And Marketing: The Role Of Market-Based Assets In Gaining Competitive Advantage, Rajendra Kumar Srivastava, Liam Fahey, H. Kurt Christensen

Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business

This article posits a framework that shows how market-based assets and capabilities are leveraged via market-facing or core business processes to deliver superior customer value and competitive advantages. These value elements and competitive advantages can be leveraged to result in superior corporate performance and shareholder value and reinvested to nurture market-based assets and capabilities in the future. The article also illustrates how resource-based view (RBV) and marketing considerations in the context of generating and sustaining customer value can refine and extend each other's traditional frames of analysis. Finally, the article posits a set of research directions designed to enable scholars …

November 2001, Inland Empire Business Journal

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Leading Your Employees in Times of Crisis ....... . ........... . .. I

Executive Gift Giving....................... ... ..... ..... . I

Inter Valley HMO Changes. ...... .. .............. . ... .... . I

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October 2001, Inland Empire Business Journal

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CORPORATE PROFILE ................................................................................... 29

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COMPUTERS/SOFTWARE .............................................................................. 1 0

EMPLOYERS GROUP ..................................................................................... 27

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LAW ........................................................................................................... 44

LIST: LONG DISTANCE COMPANIES SERVING THE INLAND EMPIRE ................. 32

LIST: WIRELESS TELEPHONE COMPANIES IN THE INLAND EMPIRE ................ 32

LIST: COPIER, FAX, AND BUSINESS RETAILERS .............................................. 33

LIST: LARGEST PAGER VENDORS ................................................................... 34

LIST: INTERCONNECT/TELECOMMUNICATIONS FIRMS ................................... 35

LIST: INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDERS SERVING THE INLAND EMPIRE ............. 36

HIGH DESERT BRIEFS ................................................................................... 40

STATLER'S BEST BET ................................................................................... 46

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September 2001, Inland Empire Business Journal

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Tribal Gaming Revenues Help Local Communities.. .... . ..... .. .. I

Constellation Energy Group Sites Power Plant in Victorville... . .... I

Airport Supplement: SCAG Does Not Endorse

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August 2001, Inland Empire Business Journal

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The Business of Clean Air .............................................................. 4

Paris L.A. Catering ... Bringing European Charm to the I. E ............ 16

Caterers Cook up Festive Fare in the Inland Empire .................... 17

Community Bancorp Second Quarter Profits Up …

July 2001, Inland Empire Business Journal

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Technology Leaders Join Together to Fight Anti-Tech Legislation .IS

Credit Counseling Provides Genuine Reform for Bankruptcy ....... 16

Buy, Build or Lease -A Critical Small-Business Decision ............ 19 …

June 2001, Inland Empire Business Journal

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Interior Secretary Addresses Indian Affairs Committee................ .4

New Insectary a Tool in the Fight against Agricultural Pests ......... 5

Energy Crisis to Have Indirect Impact on Real Estate: Clients May

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Consumer Self-Confidence: Refinements In Conceptualization And Measurement, William O. Bearden, David M. Hardesty, Randall L. Rose

Faculty Publications

The development and validation of measures to assess multiple dimensions of consumer self-confidence are described in this article. Scale-development procedures resulted in a six-factor correlated model made up of the following dimensions: information acquisition, consideration-set formation, personal outcomes, social outcomes, persuasion knowledge, and marketplace interfaces. A series of studies demonstrate the psychometric properties of the measures, their discriminant validity with respect to related constructs, their construct validity, and their ability to moderate relationships among other important consumer behavior variables.

Western Australian Avocado Industry Survey - 2000, Alec Mccarthy

Horticulture research reports

Key components of the project: The avocado industry in Western Australia has been steadily growing over the past 15 years. During this time there has been no comprehensive survey of the industry to determine its size and production base. This survey aimed to collect information from as many commercial avocado growers as possible about tree numbers, age, yield, markets, growing methods and general industry knowledge.

Industry significance: This survey will provide comprehensive data on the avocado industry that will enable producers, packers, marketeers, investors, etc to have greater confidence in their various decision makings.

Key outcomes: Significant increases in annual …

April 2001, Inland Empire Business Journal

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New Merger Combines Corona America Financial and TotaiFunding.com .. 4

"Call Point" -a One-Stop Service Designed by Employers for Employers 4

D. Linn Wiley is Named to L.A. Fed Board .............................................. 14

Third Annual Unbounded Thinkers …

Information Acquisition And Investment Decisions On The Internet: An Empirical Investigation, Syed H. Akhter, Pervaiz Alam

Marketing Faculty Research and Publications

With intensifying competition, the significance of understanding customer characteristics related to information acquisition and decision making on the Internet has increased. An understanding of customer characteristics can become a crucial element in the development and implementation of marketing strategy. This paper examines the influence of some key demographic and psychological variables on information acquisition and investment decisions on the Internet, related to mutual funds. Findings indicate that product familiarity, age, and information breadth significantly influenced information acquisition. For investment decisions on the Internet, in addition to the above-mentioned variables, sex and overconfidence was also significant.

March 2001, Inland Empire Business Journal

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Japanese Non-Performing loans Represent the Latest Losses Due to the

Collapse of the Asset-Price Bubble ................................................... , ... 5

All Health Acquires Bower & Associates .................................................. 14

"AII Health Announces Strategic Affiliation With Healthcare Financial

Enterprises" ...................................................................................... 14

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Advertising Appeal And The New Woman, Santosh Dhar, Prashant Mishra, Upinder Dhar

IIMB Management Review

The study of the act reinforces the view clearly reinforces the view that while targetting customers, their psycho-social status as reflected by their employment and marital status, cannot be ignored. Women in today's market cannot be considered as a homogeneous group. Their diversity in terms of psycho-social status must be accepted and taken into consideration while making any segmentation and target decision. The present and previous researches suggest that increasing resources of women and an emerging social shift towards egalitarianism are producing more joint and independent decision-making in product service categories of high perceived risk. The increased importance of feminine …

Building Customer Loyalty By Ian Linton, Universities Press, 1993, Indian Edition 1997, Pp 208, Price: Rs 175., Shekhar Trivedi

IIMB Management Review

Today's consumer, better informed and more discerning, recognises and expects excellence, and successful companies are those that are taking steps to meet customer needs and expectations. Customer loyalty is of paramount importance in today's competitive world and building it should be an integral part of business strategy, and an activity involving all the departments of the company. This, in brief, is the message of Ian Linton's book.

February 2001, Inland Empire Business Journal

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Engineering News-Record (ENR) Calculates Worldwide Construction

Market at $3.41 Trillion; $190 Billion Increase From Q4 1998

Homeowners Have Money-Saving Opportunities as Mortgage

Interest Rates Near 21-Month Lows ................................................... 18

Nonprofit Housing Preservation Firm Prepares 24 Rental Properties ..... …

January 2001, Inland Empire Business Journal

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LIST: COMMUNITY COLLEGES 21

LIST: TOP COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES 22

LIST: CONTRACTORS HIT LIST 34 & 43

LIST: FINANCIAL BROKERAGE FIRMS 36

DESERT BUSINESS JOURNAL 41

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DUFF & PHELPS, LLC STOCK SHEET 55

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Tribal Cooperation Act of 2001 5

Education First Program Serves Children of Homeless Families 6

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Irish Marketing Review, Vol. 14, No. 2, 2001, Unknown

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Privacy And Consumer Agency In The Information Age: Between Prying Profilers And Preening Webcams, Nikhilesh Dholakia, Detlev Zwick

College of Business Faculty Publications

This article is about the ability of the consumer to control his or her destiny in the new electronic marketspace. Two seemingly opposite phenomena – the need for privacy and the desire for exhibitionism and voyeurism – are vying for attention on the media landscape. We believe the simultaneous occurrence of privacy concerns and ultraexhibitionism is not coincidental. Indeed, exhibitionism and voyeurism seem to offer new tools for consumer resistance against the electronic surveillance systems in networked markets and are inextricably linked to consumers’ desire for control over their intimate personal information.

Strategic Marketing Plan For San Antonio Urology Medical Group, Incorporated, Victor Choy Ching

Theses Digitization Project

San Antonio Urology Medical Group, Inc. (SAUMG) is a single speciality urologic practice in Southern California comprised of three urologists. The rapid changes occurring in healthcare must be analyzed and strategies developed to enhance the continued growth fo SAUMG and to shape its future.

Irish Marketing Review, Vol.14, No. 1, 2001, Unknown

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Disney: Delights And Doubts, Nikhilesh Dholakia, Jonathan Schroeder

College of Business Faculty Publications

Disney and its spectacularly successful theme parks are analyzed through the lens of its consumers. We focus on how Disney manages the consumption experience and discuss Disney strategies from several perspectives. Disney provides a paradigm for contemporary consumption. A framework is presented to understand consumption in Disney and Disneyesque settings. Finally, we offer cautions and critiques regarding such strategies-a guide for the informed consumer.

Facilitators And Inhibitors Of Supply Chain Innovation-Prospects For Supply Chain Managment In The Irish Grocery Sector, Joan Keegan, Edmund O'Callaghan, Mary Wilcox

Articles

Supply chain management is one of the most significant strategic challenges currently facing the Irish grocery sector. The UK grocery market with its emphasis on composite deliveries via regional distribution centres is extremely sophisticated; the Irish grocery sector, however, is in the embryonic stage of implementing central distribution. The potential to develop innovative supply chain systems is mediated by both national logistic-related variables and company characteristics. In addition to competitor activity and market forces, drivers and inhibitors such as economic growth, consumer preferences, the regulatory environment and physical and technological infrastructure influence the evolution of supply chain systems. This paper …

Marketing Sports To Women, Jennifer A. Sloan

Seton Hall University Dissertations and Theses (ETDs)

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December 2000, Inland Empire Business Journal

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Anniversary of Proton Treatment Center

MedUnite Unveils Plans for National Healthcare Network with Blue

Chip H~th Plan Technology Alliances

Fighting Cancer With Prevention for You and Your Family

DWC Proposes Changes to Inpatient Hospital Fee Schedule

This Woman is a Success!

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November 2000, Inland Empire Business Journal

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LIST: PROPERTY MANAGEMENT FIRMS 22

LIST: MAJOR OFFICE COMPLEX LEASING GUIDE 26, 27 I 28

LIST: MORTGAGE LENDERS30

LIST: COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE BROKERS 34 I 38

LIST: COMMERCIAL BUILDING DEVELOPERS 36 I 37

LIST: FASTEST-GROWING COMPANIES 38

WINE REVIEW 42

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DUFF I PHELPS, LLC STOCK SHEET 55

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CALIFORNIA SALARY INCREASES AT AN EIGHT-YEAR HIGH 15

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October 2000, Inland Empire Business Journal

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RESTAURANT REVIEW ............................................................................ 21

LIST: LONG DISTANCE COMPANIES .......................................................... 22

LIST: WIRELESS TELEPHONY COMPANIES ................................. , .............. 12

LIST: INTERCONNECT/TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMPANIES ...................... 30

LIST: COPIER, FAX AND BUSINESS EQUIPMENT RETAILERS ....................... 34

LIST: INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDERS .............................................. 36 & 38

LIST: LARGEST PAGER VENDORS ............................................................. 40

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September 2000, Inland Empire Business Journal

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Soybean Marketing Methods And Characteristics Of Arkansas Grain Handlers, Patricia A. Sauer, Nathan B. Smith, Andrew M. Mckenzie

AAES Research Reports and Research Bulletins

Arkansas producers should acquaint themselves with all marketing methods available to them. Of particular importance is the pervasiveness of price risk within the current economic climate. This bulletin provides insights into the current structure of the grain marketing industry, soybean handler characteristics, and the availability and use of marketing alternatives in Arkansas. Arkansas soybean handlers were surveyed in 1998 to determine the marketing practices of both handlers and producers for the 1996 crop year. Particular emphasis was placed on the types of contracting methods offered by these handlers. Both facility size and corporate structure were found to play a significant …

Marketing In The New Millennium: 36 Trends That Will Change Business Amj Marketing By M J Xavier, 1999, New Delhi, Vikas, Pp 264, Price: Rs 240., Prashant Mishra

IIMB Management Review

The decade of the 90s was termed the decade of transformation for Indian business and industry. As the liberalisation phenomenon engulfed Indian organisations they encountered unprecedented challenges, both from within and without the country, to remain afloat in the marketplace: With the global economic order becoming a reality, several firms entered the Indian market, along with innovative and imaginative marketing mechanisms to attract consumers. The Indian marketplace was transformed by the arrival of new marketing philosophies and mechanisms. While the changes took place rapidly, academic
and analytical effort at studying the factors guiding these transformations and the issues related to …