Panel A 1: Up, Up, and Away.
Moderator: Silvano Wueschner, Air University, USAF, Maxwell AFB

Downfall of an Entrepreneur: Eddie Rickenbacker’s Departure from Eastern Airlines
David Lewis, Auburn University

Deserving Pioneers or Conniving Monopolists? Considering the Wright Brothers’ Business Acumen
Erik Benson, Ouachita Baptist University

Airports and Economic Development: One Dimension of the 1920s Air Craze
Michael Landry, Northeastern State University
Sandy Edwards, Northeastern State University

Panel A 2: Banking and Business in 19th Century United States and Nation Building.
Moderator: Christopher Oakley, East Carolina University

Andrew Jackson, the Bank War, and the Elimination of the National Debt
Carl Lane, Felician College

Business as Adventure: Samuel Merwin, Henry Kitchell Webster, and the Creation of an American Literary Genre
Scott Dalrymple, Hartwick College

The Wisconsin Winnebagos, 1963-2000: A Problem in Decolonization
Douglas Steeples, Mercer University, Emeritus

Panel A 3: Reality and Understanding.
Moderator: Ken Weiher, University of Texas at San Antonio

The Central Place of the Company Store: Industry, Commerce and Community in Eighteenth-Century Pennsylvania and New Jersey
Michael Kennedy, High Point University

Smith v. Bentham: Character, the Commons, and the Parliamentary move to Limited Liability in England, 1825-1856
Wade Shilts, Luther College

The Dismal Science as Science
Vikas Sharma, Punjabi University

Panel B 1: Business and Community.
Moderator: Richard Keehn, University of Wisconsin-Parkside

No Longer a Good Place to Make Paper?: Erie, Pennsylvania and the Founding and Closing of the Hammermill Lake Front Park
John Paul Rossi, Pennsylvania State University, The Behrend College

Creativity, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship in the Former Shaker Communities
James W. Hooper, Marshall University, Emeritus

Thomas Hughes and the Rugby Colony
Bruce Throckmorton , Tennessee Technological University

Panel B 2: Technology and India.
Moderator: Daniel Giedeman, Grand Valley State University

When strong partnership became hindrance to growth: An example from Indian Software Industry, 1984-2004
Rakesh Ranjam Mishra, Indian Institute of Management

The Indian Technological Trajectory in the Nehru Era: 1947-64
Nir Kshetri, UNC-Greensboro

Panel B 3: Formulation and Execution of Government Budgeting Policy.
Moderator: Frederick B. Gates, Southwestern Oklahoma State University

Judson C. Welliver & President Harding’s 1920 Presidential Campaign
Gene Pace, Claflin College
Greg Phelps, Lindsey College

Unintended Outcomes: The impact of New Deal Acreage Restriction Programs on Kansas Wheat Farmers
Peter Fearon, University of Leicester

The USAF-Civil Air Patrol Controversy: Conflicting Visions of Administration and Budgetary Control, 1998-2001
Silvano Wueschner, Air University, USAF, Maxwell AFB

Panel C 1: Government Spending and Taxation in History.
Chair: Gene Smiley.
Commentator: Robert Whaples, Wake Forest University

The Importance of Democratization in Determining Central Government Spending, 1870-1938
Jari Eloranta, Appalachian State University
Svetlozar Andreev, Centre for the Study of Democracy, University of Westminster

“The Great Arsenal of Democracy”: The Political Economy of the County-Level Allocation of World War Two Military Spending
Paul Rhode, UNC-Chapel Hill
James Snyder, MIT
Koleman Strumpf, UNC-Chapel Hill

State Building without Taxation – The Case of Eighteenth-Century Bern
Stefan Altorfer, London School of Economics

Panel C 2: US & Canada, 1920s & 1930s.
Moderator: Erik Benson, Ouachita Baptist University

Budget Deficits, Confidence, and the Revenue Act of 1932
David A. Zalewski, Providence College

Business Support for Prohibition and its Repeal: The Rockefellers and the Du Ponts
Ranjit S. Dighe, SUNY-Oswego

Panel C 3: Education and Teaching.
Moderator: Charles Mitchimer, Independent Scholar

Higher Education Cost Containment Literature: Defense, Deflections and Dancing on the Edge
W. Patrick Leonard, College of the Southwest

From Lewis & Clark to (Thomas) Watson, Sr., (Herb) Kelleher, and (Michael) Dell: Teaching History and Leadership to Business Students
Jeffrey J. Matthews, University of Puget Sound

“Hedge Schools” and Pre-Professional Business Education in Eighteenth Century Ireland
Ciaran O hOgartaigh , Dublin City University Business School
Margaret O hOgartaigh, St. Patrick's College

Friday, April 29

Session D (8:30-10:00)

Panel D 1: Burials and Trade Around the World.
Moderator: John Paul Rossi, Pennsylvania State University, The Behrend College

The Chinese Renminbi/US Dollar Exchange Rate and the US Furniture Industry: 1981-2004
Stephanie O. Crofton, High Point University
Luis Dopico, Macrometrix

The Rise, Expansion, and Relative Decline of US Trade with the Middle East in the Late Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries
Malcolm Russell, Union College

A Brave New World of Burials: The Business of Idiosyncratic Body Disposal in the Twenty-First Century
David O. Whitten, Auburn University

Panel D 2: British Topics.
Moderator:  Wade Shilts, Luther College

The Factory System in the British Industrial Revolution: A Complementarity Thesis
Thomas M. Geraghty, UNC-Chapel Hill

Product Innovation, Advertising and Corporate Failure: Cyril Lord in UK Textiles 1945-69
Philip Ollerenshaw , University of West of England

From Woolen Goods, Pottery, Coal, and Iron to Finance, Law, Higher Education and Tourism: The Economic Renaissance in Leeds, UK
Thomas R. Winpenny, Elizabethtown College

Panel D 3: Developing Economics/Economic Development.
Moderator: Peng Deng, High Point University

Complementarities between Foreign Official Inflows and Inward Foreign Direct Investment: An Empirical Study
O G. Dayaratna Banda, National University of Singapore

Chuxing: A private enterprise growing out of the state-owned, 1892-1922
Juanjuan Peng, The Johns Hopkins University

Science and Technology in China during the Cultural Revolution Decade: 1966-1976
Nir Kshetri, UNC-Greensboro

Session E ( 10:30-12:00)

Panel E 1: Financial Markets.
Moderator: Philip Ollerenshaw, University of West of England

Waging War on Wall Street: Sun Tzu, Clausewitz, and Wall Street's Ware with Washington in the Depression Years
Janice Traflet, Bucknell University

Rise and Decline of the Irish Stock Market, 1863-1913
Charles R. Hickson, The Queen’s University, Belfast
John Turner, The Queen's University, Belfast

Corporate Images – Image of the Corporation
Ninel Kiosseva, New Bulgarian University

Panel E 2: Civil Rights and Affirmative Action.
Moderator: Mark Setzler, High Point University  

New Evidence on Race Discrimination under "Separate but Equal"
Bradley A. Hansen, Mary Washington College
Mary Eschelbach Hansen, American University

Giving Civil Rights the Business: Analyzing Fundraising Strategies for the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), 1957-1964
Rhonda Jones, Duke University

Plans for Progress: The Business Community and the Origins of Affirmative Action, 1951-1968
Randall L. Patton, Kennesaw State University

Panel E 3: How Can Business Archivists Better Serve Historians?
Moderator:  Larry Malone, Hartwick College

Lane Company Archives
Mary Virginia Currie, Virginia Historical Society

Richardson-Vicks Inc Archives
Glencoe Mills Archives
The Research Triangle Foundation Archives
Lynn Eaton, Duke University
Linda Sellars, UNC-Chapel Hill

Session F ( 8:30-10:00)

Panel F 1. Mother’s and Children’s Issues.
Moderator: Harold Livesay, Texas A&M University

The Economics of Child Welfare in Mississippi
Michael V. Namorato, University of Mississippi

Methamphetamine Use among Native American Youth: An Ethnographic Study
Adam Murry, California State University, Northridge
Victor N. Shaw, California State University, Northridge

Across Regional Boundaries: Mother’s Economic Condition and Motherhood in 19th Century Spain
Pau Baizan, Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Enriqueta Camps, Universitat Pompeu Fabra

Panel F 2. Technology and Change.
Moderator: John Blake, Appalachian State University  

From the American System to Scientific Management: Taylor’s German Disciples Adolf Wallichs and George Schlesinger, 1900-1917
Gregory Zieren, Austin Peay State University

The Contribution of the Escola de Minas to the Development of Brazil’s Iron Industry, 1876-1930
Roberto Mazzoleni, Hofstra University

The Economic Growth: The Antitrust Legislation and the Politics of Economic Regulation in Brazil
Jose Matias Pereira, University of Brasilia

Panel F 3. Taxation and Finance through History.
Moderator: Sara Absoch, SUNY Buffalo

Origin and Evolution of Capitalism and Capital Formation During the Middle Ages – The pervasive Influence of the Church on Commerce and Trade
Alvaro Martinelli, Appalachian State University

Tracing the Tax-Exemption Tradition from Time of the Ancient Pharohs into Modern Times
Jerome J. DeRidder, Salisbury University

Financing Napoleon’s Wars
Frederick C. Schneid, High Point University

Session G (10:30-12:00)

Panel G 1. US Civil War.
Moderator: Jeff Kinard, Guilford Technical Community College

From Yankee to Planter: Joseph H. Polley in Texas
Richard B. McCaslin, North Texas University

Slavery and Civil Law in the Antebellum South – Two Case Studies
Harvey G. Hudspeth, Mississippi Valley State Unversity

The Start of a Government Monopoly: Civil War Finance, the Rise of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, and the Decline of the Bank Note Companies, 1863
Franklin Noll, US Bureau of Engraving and Printing

Panel G 2. Wives as Social Capital – Across Continents and Centuries.
Moderator: Jocelyn Wills, Brooklyn College

Capital Lies: Women’s Business and Familial Roles in Eighteen-Century England’s Court of Chancery
Sharlene Sayegh, California State University

The “Fair Sex”: Working Women at London’s Fairs during the Long Eighteen Century
Anne Wohlcke, Eastern Kentucky University

The Ideal But Reluctant Helpmate: Mary Mehagan Hill as Corporate Wife
Christiane Diehl Taylor, Eastern Kentucky University

Panel G 3. Decadence, Deliverance, and Denial.
Moderator: Michael V. Namorato, University of Mississippi

What is In a Name? – A Brief History of Saks Fifth Avenue
Mark L. Gardner, Piedmont College

Making NASCAR a Viable Concern
Harry E. Carpenter III, Western Piedmont Community College

The Role of Female Munitions Workers to Postwar Industrial Reform
James W. Stitt, High Point University