Business process improvement tools can help an equipment financing company to work smarter and more efficiently and to drive down its costs of doing business. Interviews with executives in 30 firms show how these tools ...

The current financial crisis has created serious repercussions for accounting education. Public universities have lost funding and initiated huge budget cuts. These drastic cutbacks have resulted in the losses of courses, ...

Corporate social responsibility (CSR) has emerged as an effective way for firms to create favorable attitudes among consumers. Although prior research has addressed the direct influence of proactive and reactive CSR ...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine sales manager training approaches, methods, and instructors (as well as their perceived effectiveness, frequency, and assessment). Design/methodology/approach – Utilizing ...

The implementation of social media technology in a firm’s marketing strategy has been adopted by some forward-thinking sales forces. Sharing content and building a network of contacts are the principles behind social ...

Teaching concepts in direct marketing and distribution can be interesting and rewarding. Using a case that highlights advances in direct marketing technology and offers significant customer value can help overcome lack ...

The purpose of this study is to investigate whether the availability of financial bounties and anonymous reporting channels impact individuals’ general reporting intentions of questionable acts and whether the availability ...

The Building Ethical Leaders using an Integrated Ethics Framework (BELIEF) Program was introduced in 2006 at the Northern Illinois University College of Business. The Program was developed to support two learning ...