Fall 2006

Association of Pennsylvania University
Business and Economics Faculty
APUBEF





Contents

October Meeting Program

Empirically-Based Rules and Extensions for Improving Business Process Reengineering Practice 
Best Faculty Paper Winner

Germaine H. Saad, Widener University

Aging of The Us Population And Its Effects On The Us Economy Best Student Paper Winner
Robert Sadowski, Gettysburg College, Undergraduate Student

Hey Senior! Who Decides What’s Gonna Happen To You? 
Gene R. Remoff, Lycoming College

Forging Financial Accounting Standards:  An Analysis Of Management’s Input
Claudia R. Tyska, Richard Stockton College of New Jersey

Can A Change In Dividend Policy Change Beta? The Case of Microsoft  
Karen L. Randall, Ursinus College
Henry F. Check, Jr., Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

Questioning the Impact of Organizational Memory on Organizational Performance:
A Case Study of Studebaker Corporation
 
Irwin H. Siegel, Pennsylvania College of Technology

Alternative Energy Tax Subsidies: An Examination of the Alternative Energy Tax Incentives of the 2005 Energy Act  
Jerry Belloit, Clarion University of Pennsylvania
Anthony Grenci, Clarion University of Pennsylvania

Color And The International Marketplace 
Paul Sable, Kutztown University of Pennsylvania
Okan Akcay, Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

Demographic Characteristics Of Rural Female Entrepreneurs
Dean Frear, Wilkes University

Getting to the Heart of the Human Resource Professional 
Diane D. Galbraith, Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania
Susan Kelley-Stamerra, Ed., Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania

Any Questions? Experiments in Getting Students to Ask Questions
Leon Markowicz, Lebanon Valley College

Values of Turkish University Students 
Donald Tompkins, Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania
Patricia Tompkins, Koç University, Istanbul

Critical Thinking in MIS And DSS: Using Bloom to Revise Course Materials 
W. R. Eddins, York College of Pennsylvania
 

Intra National Trade and Pollution: Evidence From The United States  
Martina Vidovic, Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania

The Transformation of theCommercial Banking Industry: The Movement Toward Savings and Loans 
Jerry Belloit, Clarion University of Pennsylvania
Sarah Bryant Bower, Shippensburg University  of Pennsylvania
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Climate Change, Science and Business Social Responsibility
Bruce Lindsley Rockwood, Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania

Dual-Class Capitalizations - For Whom, For What, And For How Much?
Karen L. Randall, Ursinus College Henry F. Check, Jr., Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

Which Network Determines Cell Phone Attitudes? 
Marlene E. Burkhardt, Juniata College
Jesse Leonard, Gerald Miceli, Tom Kimmel, Will Russell, Juniata College
 

Working title:  Women Get Lost on Wall Street
Laura M. Davis, Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania
Victoria Geyfman, Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania
 

Calculating Risk of Failure of Strategic IT Projects What Is Project Success And Failure? 
CJ Rhoads Kutztown Univeristy

Preliminary Results On Whistle Blowing Policy: 
A Content Analysis Of Codes Of Ethics In Global Fortune 500 Firms 

Barbara C. Garland, Clarion University of Pennsylvania
Thomas Oliver, Clarion University of Pennsylvania
Randon C. Otte, Clarion University of Pennsylvania
Brenda Ponsford, Clarion University of Pennsylvania
 

On the Process of Wage Adjustment in US And PA:  Using the Phillips-Type Model 
Jonathan Ohn, Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania
 

Integrating Information Technology in Undergraduate Tax Accounting Curriculum 
A. Blair Staley, Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania
Charles J. Russo, Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania

The PPD Series: An Integrated Leadership And Advising Curriculum 
Anne Heineman Batory, Wilkes University
Matthew Sowcik, Wilkes University
Stephen S. Batory, Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania
 

Corporate Accountability:  Is It Time To Change The Approach To Prospectus Liability? 
James J. Ravelle, Moravian College
 

Using Community Partners to Facilitate Learning  
Denise Ogden, Penn State University - Lehigh Valley
James R. “Doc” Ogden – Kutztown University of Pennsylvania
 

The Attitude - Behavior Gap in Environmental Consumerism  
Shruti Gupta, Pennsylvania State University-Abington
Denise T. Ogden, Pennsylvania State University-Lehigh Valley
 

A Brief History of the Capital Asset Pricing Model 
Edward Sullivan, Lebanon Valley College
 

An Exploration of Academic and Demographic Influences on Alumni Job Placement and Earnings in a Four-Year, Undergraduate Business Program 
John Eichlin, Clarion University of Pennsylvania
Barbara Garland, Clarion University of Pennsylvania
Randon Otte, Clarion University of Pennsylvania
Charnchai Tangpong., Clarion University of Pennsylvania
Paul Woodburne, Clarion University of Pennsylvania

 

 

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