2009 FBD Distinguished Paper Awards

Distinguished Paper Awards are being sponsored by McGraw-Hill/Irwin to recognize the outstanding papers submitted for presentation at the FBD meeting. Authors of these papers will receive plaques at a special FBD awards and recognition dinner.

The Federation of Business Disciplines is pleased to recognize the recipients of the
2009 McGraw-Hill/Irwin Distinguished Paper Awards

Academy of International Business U.S. Southwest Chapter

Rational Speculative Bubbles in the Frontier Emerging Stock Markets
Jung-Suk Yu, Samsung Economic Research Institute, Korea
M. Kabir Hassan, University of New Orleans

American Accounting Association Southwest Chapter

Impact of Cash Holdings on Investment Value
Zane L. Swanson, University of Central Oklahoma

Association for Business Communication Southwestern U.S.

Is Email Out and Text Messaging In? Communication Trends in Secondary and Post Secondary Students
Susan Evans Jennings, Stephen F. Austin State University
S. Ann Wilson, Stephen F. Austin State University
Judith Biss, Stephen F. Austin State University

Association of Business Information Systems

Using Experiential Learning to Develop Communication Skill and Increase User Satisfaction with Student Developed Projects
Kimberly L. Merritt, Oklahoma Christian University
K. David Smith, Cameron University

Association of Collegiate Marketing Educators

A Note on Modeling Service Capacity Allocation under Varying Intensities of Competition
Hongkai Zhang, East Central University
Jim Rauch, East Central University

Decision Sciences Institute Southwest Region

Validating Determinants of Information Systems Development Maturity Model
Brian Salmans, University of North Texas
Leon Kappelman, University of North Texas

Southwest Academy of Management

Are We Really So Different? An Empirical Study of Generational Differences and Careers
Sherry Sullivan, Bowling Green State University
Monica Forret, St. Ambrose University
Shawn Carraher, Cameron University
Lisa Mainiero, Fairfield University

Southwest Case Research Association

Case: Austin Electronics
Daniel F. Jennings, Texas A&M University

Southwestern Finance Association

Organizational Structure and Managerial Turnover
John Adams, University of North Florida

Southwestern Society of Economists

Sustainable Development: Model and Test
Joshua J. Lewer, Bradley University
Michael Hangartner, Bradley University