The Unified Modeling Language (UML) has received significant attention as the tool of the future for modeling information systems. However, prior to the development of the UML, IS modeling was done with tools such as Data Flow Diagrams (DFDs) and Entity-Relationship Diagrams (ERDs). These tools...

The Charon Response looks at how business firms should deal with the human and emotional consequences of a major work force reduction. Such reductions are a regular feature of the corporate landscape and can be handled in a caring manner if management so chooses. Due to the intense emotions...

Calls for corporate social responsibility are widespread, yet there is no consensus about what it means; this may be its charm. However, it is possible to distinguish the fiduciary obligations owed to shareholders, as expressed by Milton Friedman, from all other paradigms of corporate...

This article uses Geert HofstedeÕs taxonomy of workrelated cultural values to examine the relationship between international cultural diversity and the practice of management accounting. The discussion is presented in two parts. First, is a discussion of the relationship between international...

This paper investigates currency substitution along the U.S.-Canada border with specific reference to the use of the Canadian dollar in the United States. In our study sites of Bellingham, WA; Buffalo, NY; Burlington, VT; Houlton, ME; Minot, ND; Port Huron, MI; and Sault Ste. Marie, MI, we found...

This paper examines the effects of price and brand information on consumer risk in making purchase decisions. The introduction of non-monetary risk reinvigorates a promising research stream that has investigated the relationship of market cues and buying behavior. The research results strongly...