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Africa (business conditions in): Robert J. Rolfe Advertising: Satish Jayachandran Analyst forecasts: Marcus L. Caylor Asset pricing: Hong Yan Auditing: Scott Jackson, Scott Vandervelde Banking crises: Janice Boucher "Jan" Breuer Banking: Timothy W. Koch Bond-market interest rates: Steven V. Mann Bond valuation: Eric A. Powers Brand strategy: Satish Jayachandran Branding equity: Thomas J. Madden Budget deficit: James P. Bradley Jr. Business process improvement: Sanjay Ahire Capital markets: Hong Yan Central Europe: Tatiana Kostova China business issues: Chuck C.Y. Kwok Competitiveness: Alvaro Cuervo-Cazurra Consumer behavior: Alokparna "Sonia" Monga, Ashwani Monga Consumer behavior (sociological aspects of): David K. Crockett Consumer judgment and decision-making: Ashwani Monga Consumer research: William O. Bearden Consumption (social and cultural aspects): Randall L. Rose Consumption (time-related): Ashwani Monga Copyright infringement: William O. Bearden Corporate debt policy: Eric A. Powers Corporate finance: Gregory R. Niehaus, Eric A. Powers Corporate governance: Marcus L. Caylor Corporate tax policy: Richard White Cross-border teams: Elizabeth C. Ravlin Cross-cultural interpersonal behavior: Elizabeth C. Ravlin Cross-cultural issues: Tatiana Kostova Cultural frameworks and methods: Kendall J. Roth Currency crises: Janice Boucher "Jan" Breuer Customer relationship management: Satish Jayachandran Decision making: Scott Vandervelde Derivative securities: Hong Yan Developing countries: Hildy Teegen Earnings management: Marcus L. Caylor Eastern Europe: Tatiana Kostova Econometrics: McKinley Blackburn, Paulo Guimaraes Economic demography: McKinley Blackburn Economic development: Douglas P. Woodward, Paulo Guimaraes Economic growth worldwide: Janice Boucher "Jan" Breuer Economic modeling: Randolph C. Martin Economic policy: James P. Bradley Jr. Economics (regional and urban): Randolph C. Martin Emerging Markets: Gerald McDermott Employee benefits: Helen Doerpinghaus Employee relations: Brian S. Klaas Environmental economics: Jason Murray Entrepreneurship: Richard B. Robinson Jr. Europe (Central and Eastern): Tatiana Kostova, Gerald McDermott Exchange rates: Janice Boucher "Jan" Breuer Export markets (foreign): Randy Folks Jr. Financial accounting and reporting: Marcus L. Caylor, Timothy S. Doupnik, Scott Jackson Fixed-income securities: Timothy W. Koch, Steven Mann Forecasting: Paulo Guimaraes Foreign investment: Douglas P. Woodward Foreign exchange: William "Randy" Folks Jr. Foreign-market entry: Martin S. Roth Foundations of capitalism: Gerald McDermott Global strategic management: Kendall J. Roth, David M. Schweiger, Gerald McDermott Global strategy: Martin S. Roth Globalization: Andrew Spicer, Gerald McDermott Government finance: James P. Bradley Jr. Government-NGO nonprofit interaction: Hildy Teegen Healthcare: Helen Doerpinghaus Helping behavior: Bruce M. Meglino Human resources: Robert E. Ployhart Human-resources compensation: Brian S. Klaas Human-resources outsourcing: Brian S. Klaas Industrial economics: Paulo Guimaraes Industrial restructuring and international competitiveness: Gerald McDermott Individual tax policy: Richard White Industry location: Douglas P. Woodward Industrial psychology: Robert E. Ployhart Information systems: William J. Kettinger Innovation and clusters: Gerald McDermott Institutional change: Gerald McDermott Insurance: Gregory R. Niehaus Intercultural interactions: Elizabeth C. Ravlin International business ethics: Andrew Spicer International finance: William "Randy" Folks Jr., Chuck C.Y. Kwok International human resources: Julian C. Dalzell International management: Tatiana Kostova International marketing: Martin S. Roth International taxation: Robert J. Rolfe International-business theory: Kendall J. Roth Interpersonal dynamics: Audrey Korsgaard Investment management: Hong Yan Investments: Steven V. Mann Judgment: Scott Vandervelde Knowledge and technology: Alvaro Cuervo-Cazurra Knowledge management of multinational corporations: Tatiana Kostova Labor economics: McKinley Blackburn Latin America: Gerald McDermott Latin American/Caribbean business: Hildy Teegen Lean Six-Sigma: Sanjay Ahire Management (global strategic): Kendall J. Roth Management (international): Tatiana Kostova Management of multinational corporations: Tatiana Kostova Managerial accounting: Scott Jackson Manufacturing: Manoj K. Malhotra Marketing metrics (measures): Thomas J. Madden Marketing research: William O. Bearden, Thomas J. Madden, Randall L. Rose Marketing strategy: Satish Jayachandran Mergers and acquisitions: David M. Schweiger Money and capital markets: Timothy W. Koch Multinational enterprises: Hildy Teegen Natural resources (economics of): Jason Murray Negotiation: Hildy Teegen Operations: Manoj K. Malhotra Organizational behavior: Elizabeth C. Ravlin Organizational consulting and development: David M. Schweiger Organizational psychology: Robert E. Ployhart Partnership tax policy: Richard White Performance appraisal: Audrey Korsgaard Personnel selection: Robert E. Ployhart Personal values in the workplace: Elizabeth C. Ravlin Persuasion: Randall L. Rose Purchasing and logistics: Manoj K. Malhotra Pricing: James P. Bradley Jr. Psychology (industrial/organizational): Robert E. Ployhart Rationality: Bruce M. Meglino Real-estate finance: Ronald C. Rogers Real-estate investment: Ronald C. Rogers Recruiting: Robert E. Ployhart Regional economics: Paulo Guimaraes Resource development methods: Alvaro Cuervo-Cazurra Risk management: Gregory R. Niehaus Russia: Tatiana Kostova, Andrew Spicer Small-group dynamics: Audrey Korsgaard Social marketing: Randall L. Rose Social responsibility: Andrew Spicer Sourcing and logistics: Sanjay Ahire Staffing: Robert E. Ployhart Statistics: Robert E. Ployhart Subsidiary-headquarters relationships: Tatiana Kostova Supply-chain management: Manoj K. Malhotra Supply-chain optimization: Sanjay Ahire Tax policy: Caroline D. Strobel Tax policy (individual, partnership & corporate): Richard White Taxes: Caroline D. Strobel Taxation: Richard White Taxation (international): Robert J. Rolfe Teaching: Elizabeth C. Ravlin Teams: Elizabeth C. Ravlin Trademark infringement: William O. Bearden Values: Elizabeth C. Ravlin Work values: Bruce M. Meglino Workplace fairness: Audrey Korsgaard Workplace issues (family friendly environment): Helen Doerpinghaus Women in business: Helen Doerpinghaus