American Journal of Business: Volume 4 Issue 1

Communicating Strategy: The Best Investment a CEO Can Make

Marty W. Barrett, Thomas A. Carey

The development of a business strategy is widely believed to be one of the major responsibilities of the chief executive officer. Yet, an effective strategy can accomplish nothing…

Organizational Strategy for Successful People Management

Michael Busch

Strategic planning is essential for organizational success. A key function of strategic planning is helping the organization achieve its goals by effectively organizing its…

The Natural Planning Model: Making Things Happen in the Real World

David Allen

The simple but powerful model used by our brain to create, organize and execute all of our common activities of life represents the most effective way to approach the many more…

An Ethical Evolution of Interest

Thomas J. Stuhldreher, Thomas A. Ulrich

Charging interest on lonas is considered normal business practice. However, today consumers and regulators are taking a close look at interest rates and fees which at times seem…

Gender, Task Complexity and Risk Taking: Catch 22 for Women

Kenneth J. Dunegan, Dennis Duchon

Willingness to take risks is considered a quality of most successful managers (MacCrimmon and Wehrung 1986). There continues to be a societal stereotype, however, that women are…

Auditor Selection: Impact of Audit Committees

Philip G. Cottell, Larry J. Rankin

This article reports the results of a study designed to measure whether an SEC rule requiring audit committees might have an anticompetitive impact on auditor selection. Despite…

The Role of Medium of Exchange in Acquisitions

Asrat Tessema

This paper investigates the role of method of payment in explaining the differences in returns to a bidding firm during the announcement period. The results indicate that the…

Shift‐Share Analysis of Structural Change in the Local Economy: A Case Study

Wayne Bartholomew, John E. Peck

The economy today is characterized by the change in its structure from manufacturing to service production. In some communities, the process has been accelerated as existing firms…

Inventory Control Practices in Manufacturing Firms

Carol Lee Stamm, Damodar Y. Golhar, Wayland P. Smith

Inventory control practices in medium‐sized midwestern manufacturing firms (75 to 500 employees) were investigated. Items concerning inventory model used, shortages, number of…

Merchant Liability:Changing the Standards

Robert J. Walter

This paper examines the changing merchant liability standards for criminal attacks occurring on business premises. Customer lawsuits seeking to hold businesses responsible for the…