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ADVANCES IN BUSINESS RESEARCH
Volume 1   Number 1 2010

Mohamed Zainuba, Editor

Review Board Members

Rebecca Abraham, Nova Southeastern University

Lynn Adams, Utah Valley University

Lorraine Anderson, Marshall University

Amelia Baldwin, University of Arkansas - Fort Smith

Jim Beard, University of Arkansas-Fort Smith

Isaac Bonaparte, Morgan State University

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Aaron Buchko, Bradley University

William Donoher, Missouri State University

Larry Faulk, University of Arkansas - Fort Smith

Martha Fowler, Northeast Missouri State University

Steve Frankforter, Winthrop University

Yoshi Fukasawa, Midwestern State University

Susan Gaffney, Governors State University

David Gay, University of Arkansas at Fayetteville

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Tom Hayes, University of Arkansas - Fort Smith

Lewis Hershey, Fayetteville State University

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Joel Jolayemi, Tennessee State University

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Gundars Kaupins, Boise State University

Robert Kitahara, Troy University

Kermit Kuehn, University of Arkansas - Fort Smith

Anna Lampe, Rockhurst University

Maria Leach-Lopez, Auburn University Montgomery

Jennifer Leonard, Montana State University, Billings

Erika Marsillac, Old Dominion University

Bobby Medlin, University of Arkansas - Fort Smith

Melissa Melancon, University of Louisiana at Monroe

Yasuo Nishiyama, Woodbury University

Lolita Paff, Penn State University – Berks

David Palmer, University of Nebraska at Kearney

David Pan, Northeastern State University

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Susan Park, Boise State University

Zhuoming Peng, University of Arkansas - Fort Smith

Ahmad Rahal, University of Arkansas - Fort Smith

Masha Rahnama, Texas Tech University

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Dennis Rittle, Kansas Board of Regents

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Donna Schaeffer, Marymount University

George Schmidt, University of Arkansas - Fort Smith

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Raj Selladurai, Indiana University Northwest

Daniel Settlage, University of Arkansas - Fort Smith

Latisha Settlage, University of Arkansas - Fort Smith

Jon Shapiro, Northeastern State University

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Daniel Talley, Dakota State University

Margaret Tanner, University of Arkansas - Fort Smith

Ruth Taylor, Texas State University

Andrew Tiger, Southeastern Oklahoma State University

Norman White, Warner University

Turner White, Rockhurst University

Tom Tworoger, Nova Southeastern University

Kenneth Wiant, Tennessee Tech University

Jim Wollscheid, University of Arkansas - Fort Smith

Frank Wyrostek, University of St. Francis 

Advances in Business Research is published annually by the College of Business, University of Arkansas - Fort Smith,  
Fort Smith, Arkansas 72913.

Views and opinions expressed in the Journal are those of the authors and do not necessarily re�ect the views of sta� of 
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