Scholarship (Last Five Years)
Book Chapters (Peer-Reviewed)
“A Comparison of Finnish and United States Franchisee Satisfaction,” (2004) with Mika Tuunanen, University of Jyväskylä, Finland, and Douglas C. Haines, University of Idaho, chapter in Economics and Management of Franchising Networks, ed. by G. Cliquet, G. Hendrikse, M. Tuunanen, and J. Windsperger, Physica/Springer, Heidelberg.
“Perceptions of Corruption in Central Asian Countries,” with Brenda Swartz and Jerry Wheat. International Business & Economics Research Journal, (forthcoming).
“An Investigation of Selected Dimensions of Retail Store Image: Bricks and Mortar versus Online,” (2006) with Eldon Little and Jerry Wheat. Journal of Business and Economics Research, Vol. 4, No. 8, (August).
“Comparison of Finnish, American, and New Zealand Franchisee Satisfaction,” (2006) with Doug Haines, John Paynter, Andrew Terry, and Mika Tuunanen. International Business & Economics Journal, Vol. 5, No. 6 (June).
“A Comparison of Corruption Perceptions: The Czech Republic and Slovakia,” (2004) with Jerry Wheat and Brenda Swartz, International Business & Economics Research Journal. Vol. 3, No. 8, (August).
Editor Reviewed Journals
“Second-Generation Franchisees,” (2004) with Walt Jackson, Franchising World, (June).
Peer Reviewed Conference Proceedings
“Perceptions of Corruption in Central Asian Countries,” (2007) with Brenda Swartz and Jerry Wheat, in Proceedings of the 2007 European Applied Business Research Conference, Ljubljana, Slovenia. Voted Best Session Paper.
“Interpreting Earnings Claims Information: A Second Trial,” (2007) with William Slater Vincent and Mathew Mattingly, 21st Annual International Society of Franchising Conference, Las Vegas, NV.
“Economic Transition and Market Structure in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Poland,” (2006) with Jerry Wheat and Brenda Swartz, in Proceedings of the International Trade and Finance International Conference, Lodz, Poland.
“Interpreting Earnings Claims Information: An Empirical Investigation,” (2006) with William Slater Vincent, 20th Annual International Society of Franchising Conference, Palm Springs, CA.
“Financial Systems and Business Activity in Poland, Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia,” (2005) with Jerry Wheat and Brenda Swartz, Development and Convergence of Financial Sectors of New EU Members, a scientific conference hosted by Tallinn University of Technology and the University of Tartu, Estonia
“Earnings Claims: To Be or Not to Be, That Is the Question!” (2005) with William Slater Vincent, 19th Annual International Society of Franchising Conference, University of Westminster, London, United Kingdom.
“Do Business Periodicals Enhance Student Learning in the Classroom: An Exploratory Investigation,” (2004) with Eldon Little and David Strupeck, American Society of Business and Behavioral Sciences Conference, Las Vegas, NV.
“A Comparison of Finnish and United States Franchisee Satisfaction,” (2003) with Mika Tuunanen, University of Jyväskylä, Finland, and Douglas C. Haines, University of Idaho, International Conference on Economics and Networks – 2003 Special Topic: Franchising Networks, Vienna, Austria.
“Multi-Unit Franchisee Ownership Study,” (2003) with Kathryn Boe Morgan, IFA Educational Foundation, 17th Annual International Society of Franchising Conference, San Antonio, TX.
“Second Generation Franchisee Study,” (2003) with Kathryn Boe Morgan, IFA Educational Foundation, 17th Annual International Society of Franchising Conference, San Antonio, TX.
“Comparing Response Rates for Franchisee Survey Methods,” (2003) with Doug Haines, 17th Annual International Society of Franchising Conference, San Antonio, TX.
Invited Paper Presentations
“Management Skills and Techniques for Highly Effective Organizations,” (2006), 1st Annual Global Franchise Summit, International Center, Beijing Normal University, Zhuhai Campus, Zhuhai, Guangdong Province, China. One of twelve international franchising researchers invited to present a paper at this inaugural conference.
Presentations
“Leadership Theories and Applications,” with Dr. Jerry Wheat and Brenda Swartz, for Young Leaders Business Development workshop arranged by World Affairs Council of Kentucky and Southern Indiana for the U.S. State Department, January 28, 2008. Iraqi participants.
“Entrepreneurship for NGO’s” (2007) with Brenda Swartz, Open World Program, Social Services, World Affairs Council of Kentucky and Southern Indiana, Louisville, KY. Russian participants.
“Do Business Periodicals Enhance Student Learning in the Classroom: An Exploratory Investigation,” (2004) with Eldon Little and David Strupeck, American Society of Business and Behavioral Sciences Conference, Las Vegas, NV.
“Being Entrepreneurial in Social Service Organizations,” United States Agency for International Development, Macedonia faculty members, 2003.
“Management Development Programs,” (2003) Indiana University Southeast, School of Science, New Albany, IN.
Do Business Periodicals Enhance Student Learning, with Eldon Little and Joe Little. An extension to the conference paper above. Under review at the Journal of Education for Business.
Transparency of U.S. Franchise System Earnings Claims, with Maree Chetwin, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand. Conference paper submitted for review for June 2008 conference in France. Journal article to be prepared after conference feedback.
Perspective Franchisees Ability to Interpret Earnings Claims, with William Vincent. Experiment designed to assess the completeness and accuracy of earnings claim knowledge by perspective franchisees. Conference paper submitted for review for June 2008 conference in France. Journal article to be prepared after conference feedback.
Financial Systems in Central Asia, with Brenda Swartz and Jerry Wheat. Paper about financial systems and financial markets in Central Asian countries. Data analysis completed. Paper to be prepared after conference presentaion feedback in Hanoi, Vietnam, March 2008.
Ethics study with Eldon Little, Joe Little, and David Strupeck. Study the impact of scenario descriptive characteristics on perceptions of the ethics of the behavior. Article being prepared for submission to a journal in 2008.
Developing a Risk-Based Assessment Model for Enforcement and Education. Sabbatical proposal with Federal Trade Commission, Mr. Steven Toporoff, project supervisor. Currently collecting and inputting data. Approximately 300 hours of data entry and 10-12 days of data collection. Completed thirteen days of data collection and 250 hours of data entry. Data analysis in Spring 2008.
Classroom Climate study. Study the effect of instructor gender and sex-role orientation on classroom climate. Data entry completed December 2006. Data analysis in early 2008.