Management Research News: Volume 28 Issue 6

Futures Markets: Speculator Participation and Risk Premiums

Jeong W. Lee, Nancy Beneda

This study seeks to determine whether changes in future prices are determined by the shifting of price risk and the presence of risk premiums in transactions between hedgers and…

Vice Chancellors for the 21st Century? A Study of Contemporary Recruitment and Selection Practices in Australian Universities

Bernard O’Meara, Stanley Petzall

This article is based on recent Ph.D research. The practices for appointing Vice Chancellors (VC’s) in Australian Universities were examined, together with the changing role of…

Styles of Managing Team Conflict in Professional Sports: The Case of Greece

Athanasios Laios, George Tzetzis

Coaches as leaders of sports teams should identify the causes of conflict between the athletes and handle conflict effectively. The aim of this study was to examine the methods…

Effectively Managing Korean‐American Businesses

Peter Hargittay, Brian H. Kleiner

Korean‐American firms are becoming powerful business units, yet some questions arise as to how to manage them in the most effective manner. In order to avoid confusion, a…

Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) System: An Effective Tool for Production Management

A. P. Kakouris, G. Polychronopoulos

Independent of the size of the company, an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system can either boost or doom a company, if implemented successfully or unsuccessfully. There is a…