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Thursday, April 17, 2008
SESSION ONE: 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.
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1A. Policies and Mechanisms to
Govern Productivity
(Capitol I)
Chair: Gene Pace, Claflin University
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1. The
Goal and the Gold Mine: Constraints Management and the Dutch
Herring Fishing Industry, 1400-1700,
Michael Scott Martin, Central
Michigan University |
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2. Canada’s
National Productivity Council: Political Gimickry or
Anti-Socialist Strategy,
Jamie Stitt, High Point University
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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
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SESSION TWO: 10:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
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2A. Business Practices
and Industry Response in International Extractive Operations
(Capitol I)
Chair:
Neil Forbes, Coventry University
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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 |
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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 |
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3.
Evolution of the Petrochemical Industry in Iran: A
Historical Perspective,
Fatollah Salimian and Jerome
DeRidder, Salisbury University |
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2B. Post
War Industrial Development: World War I and II (Capitol III)
Chair:
Stephanie Crofton, High Point University
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1.
Merchant Shipbuilding in the Golden Age of Post War Economic
Growth - 1950 – 1980,
Duncan Philip Connors, The University of Glasgow
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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 |
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SESSION THREE: 1:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
3A.
19th
Century Managerial Practices (Capitol I)
Chair:
Erik Benson, Cornerstone University
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1. His
Word Is as Good as his Bond: Commercial Honor, Southern
Honor, and the National Economy, 1837-1860,
Amanda Mushal, University of
Virginia |
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2. The
Managerial Skills of Daniel Webster, the Farmer,
Kelly M. Kilcrease, Franklin Pierce University |
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3B.
Touting their Successes: Product Advertisement and Promotion
(Capitol III)
Chair:
Jamie Stitt, High Point University
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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, |
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2.
Publicis and the French Advertising World, 1946-1968,
Clark Hultquist, University of Montevallo |
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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
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1. The
Political Economy of Military Procurement in the West before
the Second World War,
Jari Eloranta, Appalachian State University , Mark Wilson,
UNC-Charlotte |
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2. Lister Hill: The economic impact of interwar military
spending on the greater Maxwell Community, 1925-1935,
Silvano Wueschner, Air University |
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4B. Fund
Management and Economic Growth
Chair:
Jerome DeRyder, Salisbury University
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1.
Government and Banks in a Economy: Britain in 1966, Mark
Billings, Nottingham University |
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2.
Actively” Failing to Outshine the Benchmark: An Emerging
Secular Trend in Fund Management and Its Implications,
William Gruver and
Janice Traflet, Bucknell University |
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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
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1.
Interpreting Adam Smith’s Concept of Self-Interest,
Levi N. Pace, University of Utah |
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2.
Adam
Smith’s Capitalism and Income Inequalities: A Closer Reading
of The Wealth of Nations,
Rachel S. Siegel, CFA, Lyndon State College, |
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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 |
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5B.
Business: A Multidisciplinary Approach
Chair
Fatollah Salmian, Salisbury University
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1.
Business
Week and the Coming of Keynesianism to America,
Ranjit Dighe, SUNY College at Oswego |
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2.
Hidden
Disciplines: the Business History Role in a
Multi-Disciplinary Framework,
Dr. Shakila Yacob, University of Malaya |
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SESSION SIX: 10:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
6A.
Perishable Goods
Chair:
Janice Traflet, Bucknell University
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1.
The
Business of Canning the Kaiser: The Montgomery,
Alabama, Cooperative Canning Club During World War I.,
Martin T. Olliff, Troy
University |
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2.
American
Cereals vs. Portuguese Goods: Commercial Trade driven by
Instability (1796-1831),
Maria Cristina Moreira, Universidade do Minho |
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6B. The
Airline Industry, 1934 - 1977
Chair:
Richard Byers, North Georgia College and State University
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1.
Guano,
Guardians, Gateways, and Getaways: the Development of
Trans-Pacific Commercial Air Routes, 1934-41,
Erik Benson, Cornerstone
University |
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2.
A Yen
for the Dollar: Airlines and the Transformation of
U.S.-Japanese Tourism, 1947-1977,
Douglas Karsner, Bloomsburg
University |
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SESSION SEVEN: 8:30 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.
7A.
Corporations and Labor
Chair:
Greg Zieren,
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1.
The History of Social
Responsibility, J.J. Asongu University of
Phoenix and Institute for Research and Global Business |
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2. Retirement
Ceremonies: Manhood and the Last Days of Work in Post-World
War II America, Gregory Wood, Frostburg State
University |
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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. |
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7B.
The Economics of German Social Consciousness
Chair:
Jari Eloranta, Appalachian State University
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1.
From Hand to Mouth: The
Finances of German Government Retirement Pension System in
the Late 1960s, Alfred Mierzejewski, University of
North Texas |
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2.
Ideas of Social Capital in
Early German Historical Economics,
Oli Turunen, University of
Jyväskylä |
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SESSION EIGHT: 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 a.m.
8A.
Industrial Evolution
Chair:
Erik Benson, Cornerstone University
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1.
The
Importance of a Profession as the Cornerstone of local
networks during Nordic Industrial Evolution,
Juuso Marttila, University
of Jyväskylä |
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2.
A Tale of Two Monitorings,
Der-Yuan Yang, National Kaohsiung First University of
Science and Technology |
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8B.
Southern Enterprise, 1888-1970
Chair:
Duncan Philip Connors, The University of Glasgow
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1.
A Brief
History of Belk Department Stores: A Leading Southern
Retailer Since 1888, Mark Gardner,
Piedmont College |
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2.
Mills B.
Lane Jr. and Enterprise in a New South,
Randall Patton, Kennesaw
State University |
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