Journal of the
Academy of Business Education
VOL. 5                           CONTENTS                            PROCEEDINGS 2004

 Academy of Business Education 

 

► Adding Animation and Interactivity to Finance Courses with Learning Objects by Ernest N. Biktimirov, Brock University and Linda B. Nelson, Clemson University

The Pedagogy of Financial Leverage: Caveats and Current Practice by Robert B. Burney, John G. Marcis and Gerald V. Boyles, Coastal Carolina University

► A Study of S&P COMPUSTAT on Finance Students' Learning Efficacy in Taiwan: A National Survey by Bryan H. Chen, National Changhua University of Education and Mei-hua Chen, National Changhua University of Education

► Using Self-Assessment Corporate Governance Project to Motivate and Engage Finance Students into Financial Financial Service Industry by Mei-hua Chen, National Changhua University of Education and Bryan H. Chen, National Changhua University of Education

► Financial Literacy for an Underserved Market: A Service-Learning Project for the Introductory Finance Course by Patricia Clarke, Simmons College

► A Real-Life Case Approach: Diagnosis and Recommendations for Companies Currently at the Crossroads by Patricia Clarke, Simmons College

► Real GPA and Nominal GPA: A Simple Adjustment that Compensates for Grade Inflation by James Felton, Central Michigan U. and Peter T. Koper, Central Michigan U.

► The Course Graphic in Finance by Sharyn Hardy Gallagher, UMass at Lowell

► Practice Makes Perfect: Integrating Business Practice in Business Education by Roderic Hewlett, Minot State University

► Market Segmentation Theory: A Pedagogical Model for Explaining the Term Structure of Interest Rates by R. Stafford Johnson, Xavier U., Richard A. Zuber, U. of North Carolina at Charlotte and John M. Gandar, U. of North Carolina at Charlotte

► Cases Versus Lectures: Undergraduate Student Perspectives by George W. Kester, Scott A. Hoover and Elton G. McGoun

► Professors and Practitioners: Report from the Trenta Conference on the Future of Financial Research by Elton G. McGoun and George W. Kester

► Case Analysis: Emily Pinchbeck, Financial Analyst at Novak Toolworks by David C. Ketcham, Bryant College and Elizabeth J. Yobaccio, Bryant College

► Where is My Business Adviser? The Challenge of Advising Business Students in a Liberal Arts Setting by Thomas J. Kopp, Siena College and Joseph L. Rosetti, Siena College

► The Cost of Class Absenteeism in a Cooperative Learning Environment by G. D. Koppenhaver, Iowa State U.

► IGI Incorporated: Opportunity Cost Rate Consideration by Bennie H. Nunnally, U. of North Carolina at Charlotte, Dan Ervin Salisbury U. and Amit Shah, U. of North Carolina at Charlotte

► Designing Distance Delivery for Finance by Arlyn R. Rubash, Bradley University

► A Comparison of Peer Evaluation Systems in Team-Based Learning by Thomas L. Ruble, Rider U., Sigfredo A. Hernandez, Rider U. and William J. Amadio, Rider U.

► Stakeholder-Based Decision-Making: Development and Implementation of a Project-Management (PM) module for a Graduate Managerial Accounting Course by David E. Stout, Youngstown State U. and Robert N. West, Villanova U.

► Dakota Power and Light: The Price of Pollution by Susan White, U. of Maryland, College Park and Ramesh K. S. Rao, U. of Texas, Austin

► Evaluating Credit Sales in a Financial Framework by John B. White, Georgia Southern U.

► Techniques in Effective Finance Research Presentation by Norris J. Larrymore, Quinnipiac University

► Metallgesellschaft's Heding Debacle by Anand Shetty, Iona College and John Manley, Iona College

► A Financial Analysis of Protein Design Labs,inc (1993-2002) by Chiaku Chukwuogor Ndu, Eastern Connecticut State University

► Using Corporate Valuation as a Teaching Technique to Emphasize Value Based Management by Ralph Sandler, Spring Hill College and Andrew Sharp, Spring Hill College

► Cultural Differences in Student Evaluations of Professors by James Felton, Central Michigan University, John Mitchell, Central Michigan University and Michael Stinson, Central Michigan University

► Teaching Financial Statement Analysis by Ralph Lim, Sacred Heart University

► Rivera Custom Cabinetry: A Case Study on Financial Statement Analysis Using Excel by Benoit Boyer, Sacred Heart University and Bridget Lyons, Sacred Heart University

► Internet MBA: The Managerial Finance Course Online Best Practices and Student Performance by Richard C. Burgess, University of Tulsa and J. Markham Collins, University of Tulsa

The Benefits of Service Learning in a Down-Turning Economy by Theodore Peters, Merrimack College, Mary McHugh Merrimack College and Patricia Sendall, Merrimack College

Curriculum Redesign Update: On Integrating Six Business Disciplines in the Undergraduate Business Core Curriculum by Patricia Sendall, Merrimack College and Susan E. Pariseau, Merrimack College