Montgomery Alabama

 

Thursday, April 17, 2008

SESSION ONE:  9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.

 

 

1A. Policies and Mechanisms to Govern Productivity          

      (Capitol I)

 

Chair: Gene Pace, Claflin University

 

1.   The Goal and the Gold Mine: Constraints Management and the Dutch Herring Fishing Industry, 1400-1700, Michael Scott Martin, Central Michigan University

2.   Canada’s National Productivity Council: Political Gimickry or Anti-Socialist Strategy, Jamie Stitt, High Point University

 

 

 

1 B.  Meeting the Challenges of US Transportation and

         Associated Concerns (Capitol III)

 

 Chair: Ranjit Dighe, SUNY at Oswego

 

1.  When Firestone Entered Liberia: Constructing the American Tropical Capitalist of the 1920s, Suzanne Kathleen McCoskey, George Washington University

2.  Financial Institutions and Structural Change in the U.S. Transport Sector, 1850-1939, Prof. Jim Cohen, John Jay College of The City University of New York

3.  Chess Games in Steel: Railroads and the Regulation of Track Abandonments, Fidelis Ossom, College of Business and Technology Northeastern State University; Richard Stone, Shippensburg University; Michael Landry, Northeastern State University

 

 

SESSION TWO:  10:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

 

2A.   Business Practices and Industry Response in International Extractive Operations  (Capitol I)

  Chair:  Neil Forbes, Coventry University

1.  An Analysis of the Differentiation Strategies of Rural Foundries at the Beginning of the 20th Century in the Province of Quebec, Lisa Baillargeon, Université du Québec en Outaouais, Patrice Gélinas, York University

2.  Regional concentration and the shift in importance of the 'industrial triangle' in the European Coal and Steel Community (1952 - 1968), Eline Poelmans, Catholic University of Leuven

3.  Evolution of the Petrochemical Industry in Iran:  A Historical Perspective, Fatollah Salimian and Jerome DeRidder, Salisbury University

 

 

2B.  Post War Industrial Development:  World War I and II (Capitol III)

Chair:  Stephanie Crofton, High Point University

1.  Merchant Shipbuilding in the Golden Age of Post War Economic Growth - 1950 – 1980, Duncan Philip Connors, The University of Glasgow

 

2.  The Role of Net Exports in the Successful Reconversion Following World War II, Jason E. Taylor

    Central Michigan University, Steven McLean, Michigan Public Service Commission

 

 

 

SESSION THREE:  1:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.

 

3A. 19th Century Managerial Practices (Capitol I)

Chair:  Erik Benson, Cornerstone University

1.  His Word Is as Good as his Bond:  Commercial Honor, Southern Honor, and the National Economy, 1837-1860, Amanda Mushal, University of Virginia

2.  The Managerial Skills of Daniel Webster, the Farmer, Kelly M. Kilcrease, Franklin Pierce University

 

3B.  Touting their Successes: Product Advertisement and Promotion (Capitol III)

Chair:  Jamie Stitt, High Point University

1.  A Place in the Sun in Jackson Park and on the Midway: German Engineers and Businessmen at the World's Columbian Exposition, 1893, Gregory R. Zieren,

2.  Publicis and the French Advertising World, 1946-1968, Clark Hultquist, University of Montevallo

 

SESSION FOUR:  3:30 pm to 5:00 pm

 

 4A.   The Impact of Military Spending on the Larger Economy (Capitol I)

Chair:  Jason E. Taylor, Central Michigan University

1.  The Political Economy of Military Procurement in the West before the Second World War, Jari Eloranta, Appalachian State University , Mark Wilson, UNC-Charlotte

2.  Lister Hill: The economic impact of interwar military spending on the greater Maxwell Community, 1925-1935, Silvano Wueschner, Air University

 

 

4B. Fund Management and Economic Growth

Chair:  Jerome DeRyder, Salisbury University

1.  Government and Banks in a Economy: Britain in 1966, Mark Billings, Nottingham University

2.  Actively” Failing to Outshine the Benchmark:  An Emerging Secular Trend in Fund Management and Its Implications, William Gruver and Janice Traflet, Bucknell University

 

 

Friday, April 18, 2008

SESSION FIVE:  8:30 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.

5A. Adam Smith: A Re-examination (Capitol I)

Chair:  Randy Patton

1.  Interpreting Adam Smith’s Concept of Self-Interest, Levi N. Pace, University of Utah

2.  Adam Smith’s Capitalism and Income Inequalities: A Closer Reading of The Wealth of Nations, Rachel S. Siegel, CFA, Lyndon State College,

3. A New Ideology for German Artisans: How Catholic Social Thought Helped Their Reconciliation With Industrial Capitalism After World War II, Frederick L. McKitrick, Monmouth University

 

 

5B.   Business:  A Multidisciplinary Approach

Chair  Fatollah Salmian, Salisbury University

1.  Business Week and the Coming of Keynesianism to America, Ranjit Dighe, SUNY College at Oswego

2.  Hidden Disciplines: the Business History Role in a Multi-Disciplinary Framework, Dr. Shakila Yacob, University of Malaya

 

 

SESSION SIX:  10:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

6A. Perishable Goods

Chair:  Janice Traflet, Bucknell University

1.  The Business of Canning the Kaiser:  The Montgomery, Alabama, Cooperative Canning Club During World War I., Martin T. Olliff, Troy University

2.  American Cereals vs. Portuguese Goods: Commercial Trade driven by Instability (1796-1831), Maria Cristina Moreira, Universidade do Minho

 

 

6B.  The Airline Industry, 1934 - 1977

Chair:  Richard Byers, North Georgia College and State University

1.  Guano, Guardians, Gateways, and Getaways: the Development of Trans-Pacific Commercial Air Routes, 1934-41,  Erik Benson, Cornerstone University

2.  A Yen for the Dollar: Airlines and the Transformation of U.S.-Japanese Tourism, 1947-1977, Douglas Karsner, Bloomsburg University

 

 

 

SESSION SEVEN:  8:30 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.

7A. Corporations and Labor

Chair:  Greg Zieren,

1.  The History of Social Responsibility, J.J.  Asongu University of Phoenix and Institute for Research and Global Business

2.  Retirement Ceremonies: Manhood and the Last Days of Work in Post-World War II America, Gregory Wood, Frostburg State University

3.  Have Past Changes in Real Minimum Wages Affected High School Dropout Rates: Evidence from Maryland and Across Races, 1922-2004, William L. Anderson Frostburg State University, Stephanie Crofton High Point University, Emily C. Rawe University of Maryland-Baltimore County.

 

 

 

7B.  The Economics of German Social Consciousness

Chair:  Jari Eloranta, Appalachian State University

1.  From Hand to Mouth: The Finances of German Government Retirement Pension System in the Late 1960s, Alfred Mierzejewski, University of North Texas

2.  Ideas of Social Capital in Early German Historical Economics, Oli Turunen, University of Jyväskylä

 

 

SESSION EIGHT:  10:00 a.m. to 12:00 a.m.

8A. Industrial Evolution

Chair:  Erik Benson, Cornerstone University

1.  The Importance of a Profession as the Cornerstone of local networks during Nordic Industrial Evolution, Juuso Marttila, University of Jyväskylä

2.  A Tale of Two Monitorings, Der-Yuan Yang, National Kaohsiung First University of Science and Technology

 

 

8B.  Southern Enterprise, 1888-1970

Chair:  Duncan Philip Connors, The University of Glasgow

1.  A Brief History of Belk Department Stores: A Leading Southern Retailer Since 1888,  Mark Gardner, Piedmont College

2.  Mills B. Lane Jr. and Enterprise in a New South, Randall Patton, Kennesaw State University

 

 

 

 

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