American Journal of Business: Volume 8 Issue 1

Computer Usage Patterns in the Construction Industry: An Empirical Investigation

Marwan A. Wafa, J. Michael McDonald, Mahmoud M. Yasin

This study examines computer usage patterns in the U.S. construction industry. One hundred and seven subjects, consisting of managers at different managerial levels and…

Alliances and Networks: Cooperative Strategies for Small Businesses

Inga S. Baird, Marjorie A. Lyles, J.B. Orris

Research on large firms shows that cooperative strategies have the potential to improve performance by helping firms gain access to necessary resources, enter new markets, and…

Accounting for Nonpension Postretirement Benefits: Analysis of Lobbying Activities

Jerry G. Kreuze, Sheldon A. Langsam, Gale E. Newell

The objective of this paper is to analyze the lobbying activities of the Financial Accounting Standards Board’s (FASB) constituents to the Exposure Draft of Statement 106…

Gender Roles in Transition: Career and Family Expectations of Accounting Students

Rebekah J. Maupin

Quantitative data from a study of gender differentiation among accounting students are analyzed to discover if male and female accounting students have different attitudes…

Housing Finance Agency Allocations

Gerald E. Smolen, Michael T. Bond, James R. Webb

At the height of the recession in the early 1980s, a multitude of state and locally sponsored housing finance agency programs were legislatively introduced in response to populist…

Stock Returns, Inflation,and the Business Cycle

Gary S. Moore, Sue L. Visscher

This study examines the effect of inflation on stock returns in the context of the policy reaction function theory. This theory contends that the nature and extent of the…

Product Differentiation And Positioning: Confused Concepts

Shaheen Borna, Joseph Chapman

This article examines two common marketing terms: product positioning and product differentiation. Many authors use these terms interchangeably, yet most marketing texts treat…

The Stock Market Reaction to Plant Closings

Raymond A. K. Cox, Robert T. Kleiman, John B. Mitchell

This paper is an event time study of the valuation effects of a sample of eighty‐two permanent plant closings. The traditional approach to project termination decisions suggests…

Characteristics of Career Achievement: Perceptions of African‐American Corporate Executives

Carl Remus Bridges, Valerie S. Perotti

African American corporate business executives employed in black owned and operated businesses were studied with the purpose of developing profiles and identifying their…