American Journal of Business: Volume 19 Issue 1

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Table of contents

Global Account Management: A Literature Based Conceptual Model

Kevin Wilson, Dan Weilbaker

Global Account Management (GAM) is not a recent phenomenon. Xerox first appointed global account managers in 1988 and Citicorp has a history of using GAM processes that go back…

Management Motive, Shareholder Returns, and the Choice of Payment: Evidence from the UK

Mahendra Raj, Michael Forsyth

Prior studies have reported mixed findings regarding bidder shareholder returns. There are many theories regarding the motivation towards the initiation of a takeover. This study…

The Informational Content of Consumer Expectations on the Direction of Exchange Rate Movements

Marc W. Simpson, Sanjay Ramchander

This paper shows that the University of Michigan’s ”Survey of Consumers“ can be useful in predicting the direction of change in five U.S. dollar exchange rates. The explanatory…

A Cross‐industry Analysis of Large Firm Transactional Public Web Sites

Dale Young, John Benamati

This study examines how the Fortune 500 use transactional public Web sites (TPWS). It applies innovation diffusion theory to identify variables and construct a model to explain…

Family Business Management Activities, Styles and Characteristics: A Correlational Study

Robert N. Lussier, Matthew C. Sonfield

In the literature of family business, certain management activities, styles and characteristics have been most frequently examined. Yet no prior research focusing on the…

The Gender Equity Gap in Top Corporate Executive Positions

Joanne Healy Burress, Linda J. Zucca

Although Corporate America has expended great efforts to shrink the gender equity gap at all levels, there is persistent evidence in the financial press that the gap still exists…

A Study of Computer Anxiety Among Business Students

Douglas Havelka, Fred Beasley, Travis Broome

An empirical study was conducted to investigate predictors of computer anxiety among undergraduate college business students. The effects of academic major, computer‐related…

Cover of American Journal of Business

ISSN:

1935-5181

Online date, start – end:

1986

Copyright Holder:

Emerald Publishing Limited

Open Access:

hybrid

Editor:

  • Dr David Burnie