2008 Fall Seminar Series
in Business and Economics

Date

Time/Location

Presenter

Topic

August 22

2.00 pm – 3.30 pm
in 401 SSB (DCR)

Dr. Corwin Hsu,
Associate Professor of Business Administration,
National Changhua University of Education, Taiwan.

“An empirical study on the effects of computer self-efficacy and organizational factors on knowledge sharing.”

August 29

11.00 am – 12.30 pm
in 401 SSB (DCR)

Dr. Steve Moehrle,
Associate Professor of Accounting, University of Missouri – St. Louis.

“How Informative is Standard & Poor’s ‘Core Earnings’ Measure?”

September 12

2.00 pm – 3.30 pm
in 212 CCB

Kyootai Lee, Ph.D. student in IS, University of Missouri – St. Louis.

“An Investigation on The Institutionalization of Firms’ Web Sites Based on the Customer Centric View”

September 19

11.00 am – 12.30 pm
in 401 SSB (DCR)

Dr. Natalya Mintchik,
Assistant Professor of Accounting, University of Missouri – St. Louis.

 “The Role of Politics and Institutional Isomorphism in the Decision to Outsource in the Post-SOX Environment”

September 26

11.00 am – 12.30 pm
in 401 SSB (DCR)

Dr. Gaiyan Zhang, Assistant Professor of Finance, University of Missouri – St. Louis.

“Credit Contagion from Counterparty Risk”

October 3

11.00 am – 12.30 pm
in 401 SSB (DCR)

Dr. David Ronen,
Professor of LOM,
University of Missouri – St. Louis.

“The Effect of Oil Price on Containership Fleet Size”

Are Satisfied Customer More Loyal: An Examination of the Moderating Roles of Consideration Set Size and Price Consciousness in Consumer Markets

October 10

11.00 am – 12.30 pm
in 401 SSB (DCR)

Dr. James Hesford,
Assistant Professor of Accounting,
Cornell University.

“Give & Take: Incentive Framing in Compensation Contracts”

October 17

11.00 am – 12.30 pm
in 401 SSB (DCR)

Dr. Gerald Gao, Assistant Professor of Marketing,
University of Missouri – St. Louis.

Ownership Change of Equity Joint Ventures to Wholly Owned Subsidiaries: A Real Options Perspective

October 24

11.00 am – 12.30 pm
in 401 SSB (DCR)

Dr. Carol Saunders,
Professor of MIS,
University of Central Florida.

Why Organizations Backsource Information Systems? The Role of Network Organizations

October 31

11.00 am – 12.30 pm
in 401 SSB (DCR)

Dr. Anne Winkler,
Professor of Economics & Public Policy Administration,
University of Missouri-St. Louis

“The Diffusion of IT in Higher Education: Publishing Productivity of Academic Life Scientists”

November 7

2.00 pm – 3.30 pm in 401 SSB (DCR)

Dr. Frank Fu, Assistant Professor of Marketing, University of Missouri – St. Louis.

“Salespeople' trait competitiveness, perceived organizational competitive climate and sales performance”

November 21

11.00 am – 12.30 pm
in 401 SSB (DCR)

Shaji Khan, Ph.D. student in IS, University of Missouri – St. Louis.

“The Moderating Effect of Top Management’s Collective Mindfulness on the Relationship between Top Management Support and IS Function Performance”

December 5

11.00 am – 12.30 pm in 401 SSB (DCR)

Dr. Hong Sheng, Assistant Professor of Business & IT, Missouri University of S&T, Rolla.

“RFID Application in Health Care Industry: A Case Study Using Grounded-Theory Approach”