With this issue we are delighted to introduce you to our new name, the Graziadio Business Review, and bring you our new design, which we think you will find much more user-friendly. Within the GBR you will still find great articles based on academically sound research with applications for business practitioners.
First we want to congratulate the 2010 GBR-GSBM Student Paper Competition winners Areg Bagdasarian, a 2010 MBA graduate, and Steffanie Tamehiro, a current MBA student, who wrote the winning article “Using Social Media to Grow Your Business.” Their article discusses various forms of social media and strategies for businesses to take better advantage of these new communication tools.
We are fortunate to have returning Graziadio faculty authors in this issue writing on very timely topics in law, diversification, and paying out special dividends in 2010 before the law changes, as well as the changing role of the real estate broker. We also have several authors new to the GBR, who will bring insights on social media, innovation, and leaders as decision makers.
“Lessons from the New Financial Regulatory Reform Law” is written by Associate Professor of Business Law Larry Bumgardner, who has written several articles for the GBR including one of the GBR’s most popular articles on Sarbanes-Oxley from 2003, “Reforming Corporate America: How does the Sarbanes-Oxley Act impact American business?” This current article discusses the new Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, what can be learned from Sarbanes-Oxley and this new law, and some of the scandals that prompted them.
Practitioner Faculty of Decision Sciences James DiLellio has written “What to Do When Traditional Diversification Strategies Fail-Revisited,” a follow-up to his 2009 article. The current article is an update on the benefit of using ETFs as portfolio building blocks, when you understand the cost of the bid-ask spread.
Assistant Professor of Accounting John Briginshaw has included an article about the anticipated change in the dividends law and why companies should act now, before the end of 2010 in his article, “Attn: The Corner Office – Why U.S. Firms Should Pay Special Dividends Before Year-End 2010.” In 2008 Briginshaw wrote about another timely topic “What Will the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) Mean to Businesses and Investors?“
“The Changing Role of the Residential Real Estate Broker,” by Alexis Lieb, Tracey Nicholson, and Nelson Granados, who is assistant professor of information systems, explores how the Internet is changing the real estate market for brokers, buyers, and sellers. Granados previously published “IT-Enabled Information Transparency: A Strategic Approach” in the GBR.
Author Larina Kase, who holds a PsyD and an MBA, wrote the article “Great Leaders are Great Decision-Makers.” Kase has written a number of articles and is the author or co-author of seven books. In this article she discusses balancing emotion with reason to make timely decisions.
“The Charisma of Twitter,” written by Shirley Black, assistant professor of business administration at South Carolina State University, brings a unique perspective on how Twitter has evolved and changed the way charisma attracts followers.
Kris Miner, who holds an MBA from Pepperdine, has written on “The Four Levels of Innovation” and the way each level must address how companies should best approach innovation in a global market.
As always, we have several great book reviews included in this issue. Check out the reviews to see why these reviewers rated these books with 1 to 5 STARS.
- Transforming Toxic Leaders, by Alan Goldman, reviewed by Sam Farry, 4 STARS
- Living in More than One World, How Peter Drucker’s Wisdom Can Inspire and Transform Your Life, by Bruce Rosenstein, reviewed by David W. Crain, 3 STARS
- Strategy for Sustainability: A Business Manifesto, by Adam Werbach, reviewed by Ann Feyerherm, 3 STARS
- Leading in Turbulent Times, by Kevin Kelly and Gary E. Hayes, reviewed by Jeffrey Schieberl, 1 STAR
- Leading Culture Change: What Every CEO Needs to Know, by Christopher S. Dawson, reviewed by Mark Mallinger, 4 STARS
- The Trouble with HR: An Insider’s Guide to Finding and Keeping the Best People, by Johnny C., Taylor, Jr. and Gary M. Stern, reviewed by Jeffrey Schieberl, 4 STARS
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