10 Question’s...on Franchising for Ernie Klinger
In a 2005 study, the International Franchise Association found that 75 percent of five-year-old franchisees were still operating in comparison to 25 percent of all other small businesses. The obvious benefit is the support system that the parent company provides. Yet, with their hefty upfront investment, becoming a franchisee is no small business to jump into recklessly. As executive vice president and chief financial officer of It’s A Grind, a franchisor with 300 franchised coffee houses in 17 states, Ernie Klinger delivers the essentials on understanding the business model and what you should consider before taking your own franchise plunge. Full story

Iris Baxter, assistant professor and chair of public administration, was awarded the 2006 Faculty Advisor of Excellence at the National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration (NASPAA) Annual Conference in Minneapolis, Oct. 19-21, for her role as the advisor of the Pi Alpha Alpha honors society.

Senior Leroy Cardenas, public administration, received the Best Research Presenter Award at the annual Student Research Day on campus for his presentation, “How Do Local Public Libraries Respond to Cultural Diversity in Communities?” Cardenas will go on to a CSU-wide conference and competition in the spring. Sang Choi, assistant professor of public administration, served as his faculty sponsor.

Bear Chang, professor of accounting and finance, presented a paper, titled “Developing Activity-Based Teaching and Learning in Accounting,” at the International Society of Business Disciplines Conference in Las Vegas on Nov. 6. Chang also served as a manuscripts reviewer for the Western Decision Sciences Institute’s Online Papers Management Team in November.

Sang Choi, assistant professor of public administration, received the annual Best Dissertation Award at the 2006 Academy of Management Conference Meeting, which was held in Atlanta in August. His dissertation was titled, “Network Analysis of Workforce Development Programs.” Choi also had a chapter in Elites in the Middle-Sized Cities of Korea, which was published this year. His chapter, “Elites Network Analysis in the Policy-Implementation Process in Korea,” analyzed the structures of local elites networks in the policy implementation process in mid-sized Korean cities.

Raoul Freeman, professor and chair of information systems and operations management, was appointed to the editorial board of the Journal of Information Technology and Politics. He was also recently reelected as the chair of the Information Systems Commission of Los Angeles County. The commission advises the Board of Supervisors on the $700 million annual IT budget for the County.

Steve Jenner, professor of management, presented an article, “How to Improve NAFTA,” at the Pacific Coast Council on Latin American Studies Conference, which was held at CSUDH on Nov. 3-4.

David Karber, emeritus professor of public administration, received the 2006 Will Baughman Chapter Development Award at the 2006 L.A. Metro Annual Awards Dinner for the American Society for Public Administration. Karber was recognized for his continued and sustained contributions to the ASPA chapter, particularly for introducing scores of CSUDH students to various networking, professional development, and career opportunities with ASPA.

Richard Malamud, professor of accounting and finance, published an article, “Equalizing Pre- and Post-Retirement Income: An After Tax Approach,” in the Fall 2006 Journal of Taxation of Investments. The article compared pre-retirement salary income to post-retirement pensions and social security income based on the after-tax cash flow, finding that the post-retirement sources are taxed at a lower combined rate. Also this fall, Malamud co-authored an article, “Mad Cows and Angry Plaintiffs – Why Compliance with Governmental Regulations Will Not Protect Business from Lawsuits by Individuals that Contract Mad Cow Disease,” in the Drake Journal of Agricultural Law.

Hamoud Salhi, assistant professor of political science, presented a paper, titled “Can States Win the Fight Against Terrorism? An Analysis of the Algerian Model,” at the International Security Studies/International Security and Arms Control Conference, a combined section conference of the American Political Science Association. The conference was held Oct. 26-28 at the University of Arizona. He also presented “A Comparative Assessment of State and Nation Building Models in Nigeria, Algeria, Iran, India and Pakistan” at the First African Alternative Dispute Resolution Summit in Nigeria on Nov. 1-2. 

Tayyeb Shabbir, associate professor of finance, co-authored a paper, titled “Gender Earnings in Differentials in Academia: An Update and Some New Findings,” in the Fall/Winter 2006 issue of the Journal of Business and Economic Perspectives. Using newer data, the paper reconfirmed modest but still significant gender discrimination issues in academia.

Frank Strier, professor of accounting and finance, and Donald Barnett, professor of accounting and finance, co-authored an article, titled “Stealth Compensation,” which Strier presented at the International Society of Business Disciplines Conference in Las Vegas, Nov. 5-8. The article dealt with the widespread practice of disguising large amounts of top executive compensation and how new SEC regulations have been passed to ensure greater disclosure.

Burhan Yavas, professor of accounting and finance, recently co-authored two articles with fellow CBAPP faculty members. Yavas and Dorothy Fisher, professor of information systems and operations management, recently published “Performance Evaluation of Commercial Bank Branches Using Data Envelopment Analysis,” in the Journal of Business Management. Fahimeh Rezayat, professor of information systems and operations management, and Yavas published “International Portfolio in Diversification: A Study in Linkages Among the U.S., European and Japanese Equity Markets” in the Journal of Multinational Financial Management.  Yavas and Rezayat also presented a paper, titled “An Investigation of U.S. and Emerging Equity Markets Co-movements Using Exchange Traded Funds,” at the 2006 International Conference of the Academy of Business Administration in Munich, Germany in August.

Meng Zhao, professor of marketing, recently co-authored an article, “Adding Interpersonal Learning and Tacit Knowledge to March’s Exploration-Exploitation Model,” in the Academy of Management Journal.

Xia Zhao, assistant professor of management, co-authored a paper, titled “Organizational Design and Restructuring in Response to Crises: Lessons from Computational Modeling and Real World Cases,” in the September-October issue of Organization Science. The paper addresses how to design an organization for better performance during crises, using both empirical data from real organization cases and a comprehensive computer simulation model.

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