College of Business News

Don B. Bradley, III, professor of marketing, Justin E. Brown, a sales representative with Hewlett-Packard and former MBA student, and Michael J. Rubach, professor of management, recently had an article entitled “Iraqi Business Culture: An Expatriate’s View” published in the Journal of International Business Research. The paper reflects Justin’s experiences while working in Iraq and analyzes the effects of imposing a very diverse Western business culture on the religious culture of Iraq.
Michael J. Rubach, professor of Management, Don B. Bradley, III, Ppofessor of Marketing, and Justin E. Brown, a sales representative with Hewlett-Packard and former MBA student, recently had an article entitled “The Determinants of the Success of Microlending: A Comparison of Iraq and the United States” published in the International Journal of Entrepreneurship. The paper analyzes how the development of microlendiing in the US and Iraq have differed and analyzes how these differences have impacted the success of microfinance institutions (MFIs) in those countries.
Doug Voss, assistant professor and director of the UCA Center for Cooperative Logistics Education, Advancement, and Research (CLEAR) recently presented a paper entitled “Key Success Factors for Small Motor Carriers:  Benchmarking Performance and Best Practices,” at the National Association of Small Trucking Companies annual conference in Nashville.
Alex Fayman, assistant professor of finance, recently had a paper entitled “Dividends, Maturity, and Acquisitions: Evidence from a Sample of Bank IPOs,” accepted for publication in Review of Financial Economics. Marcia Millon Cornett, Alan J. Marcus and Hassan Tehranian coauthored the paper.
Alex Fayman, assistant professor of finance, and Ling He, professor of finance, recently had a paper entitled  “Prepayment Risk and Bank Performance” accepted for publication in Journal of Risk Finance.
Alex Fayman, assistant professor of finance, Noel Campbell, associate professor of economics, and Kirk Heriot recently had a paper entitled “Prepayment Risk and Bank Performance” accepted for publication in Journal of Risk Finance.