College of Business Administration

 

From the COBA Faculty


The College of Business Administration Insights are monthly columns and book reviews written by our faculty and published in the Business Report and Journal. Our faculty also write leading textbooks, reference books and research articles. It is part of our mission to provide information to improve business practices.

Year 2008

Month
Title
Type
Reviewer
December The Economic Downturn and Venture Capital
Column
Dr. Luke Pittaway
December The Leadership Pill by Ken Blanchard and Marc Muchnick
Book Review
Dr. Chuck Harter
December Six Steps to Get Main Street Moving
Column
Dr. Tom Noland
December Local Retailers Negative about Economy and Holiday Shopping
Column
Mr. Ben McKay
December Holiday Tax Planning
Column
Mr. James E. Davis, Jr.
December Lessons In Leadership:
“Gentlemen, Include Me Out”

Column
Dr. William W. McCartney
December Augustus: The Life of Rome’s First Emperor by Anthony Everitt
Book Review
Dr. Michael L. Thomas
November Consumer Anxiety: This Year’s Holiday Shopping Will Be a Slow Season
Column
Mr. Ben McKay
November Slavery by Another Name
by Douglas A. Blackmon
Book Review
Dr. Gregory Brock
November Bail-Out or Opt-Out?
Column
Mr. Jim Davis
November The Age of Turbulence: Adventures in a New World by Alan Greenspan
Book Review
Mr. W. Ronald Focht
October A Demon of Our Own Design: Markets, Hedge Funds and the Perils of Innovation
by Richard Bookstaber

Book Review
Dr. Gerard Burke
October China - Hope For The Global Financial Crisis?
Column
Mr. Edward J. Trizzino
October The Secret Language of Business: How to Read Anyone in 3 Seconds or Less
by Kevin Hogan
Book Review
Ms. Jan Grimes
October Beyond the Bailout/Rescue Plan
What’s Next…

Column
Mr. Edward H. Sibbald
October

Fraud 101

Column
Dr. Thomas A. Buckhoff
October Bo’s Lasting Lessons
by Bo Schembechler and John U. Bacon
Book Review
Dr. Tom Noland
September Coping With Difficult People by Robert M. Bramson
Book Review
Ms. Abbie Gail Parham
September Younger Next Year by Chris Crowley and Henry S. Lodge
Book Review
Dr. Russell Kent
September Safeguarding Cash
Column
Dr. Thomas A. Buckhoff
September The Three Steps of Fraud
Column
Dr. Thomas A. Buckhoff
September What the Customer Wants You to Know by Ram Charan
Book Review
Dr. Dena H. Hale
September Live a Thousand Years: Have the Time of Your Life by Giovanni Livera
Book Review
Dr. Debra T. Sinclair
September Lessons In Leadership: “The Easy Button”
Column
Dr. William W. McCartney
September
Community Bank Performance Earnings Drop off the Cliff…with no Parachute at Hand
Column
Mr. Edward H. Sibbald
September
The New Rules of Marketing and PR: How to Use News Releases, Blogs, Podcasting, Viral
Marketing & Online Media to Reach Buyers Directly
Book Review
Dr. Luther (Trey) Denton
August
The Jerk with the Cell Phone: A Survival Guide for the Rest of Us by Barbara Pachter and Susan Magee
Book Review
Dr. Eddie Metrejean
August
Stumbling on Happiness by Daniel Gilbert
Book Review
Dr. Godfrey Gibbison
August
Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions
by Dan Ariely
Book Review
Dr. Jacqueline Eastman
August
What is the Real Problem with Your Information System?
Column
Dr. Kevin Lee Elder
August
Do the Right Thing: How Dedicated Employees Create Loyal Customers and Large Profits
by James F. Parker

Book Review
Mrs. Ann Kelly
August
Making Time, Making Change: Avoiding Overload in College Teaching by Douglas Reimondo Robertson
Book Review
Dr. Linda G. Mullen
August
Economic Insights
Column
Dr. John Howard Brown
August
Dress Like the Big Fish by Dick Lerner
Book Review
Dr. Leslie B. Fletcher
July
Federal Reserve Policy
Its Impact on Banks and Their Customers (Part 1)
Column
Mr. Edward H. Sibbald
July
Federal Reserve Bank Policy
What’s Next? (Part 2)
Column
Mr. Edward H. Sibbald
July
Federal Reserve Policy
Its Impact on Banks and Their Customers (Part 3)

Column
Mr. Edward H. Sibbald
July
The Best Service Is No Service: How to Liberate Your Customers from Customer Service, Keep Them Happy & Control Costs
Book Review
Ms. J. Ann Kelly
July
Team of Rivals
Column
Dr. Jake Simons
July
Women & Money: Owning the Power to Control Your Destiny
Book Review
Dr. Donna Fisher
July
The Wal-Mart Revolution. How Big-Box Stores Benefit Consumers, Workers,and the Economy
Book Review
Dr. Tracyann Henry
July
Work Like You’re Showing Off!: The Joy, Jazz, and Kick of Being Better Tomorrow Than You Were Today
Book Review
Mrs. Mildred Wilson
July
Lessons In Leadership: “Counseling Employees”
Column
Dr. William McCartney
June
The Detective and the Investor
Book Review
Dr. Chris Paul
June
How Fast is Your Web Site? Usability in Action
Column
Dr. Kevin Lee Elder
June
Gilligan Unbound: Pop Culture in the Age of Globalization
Book Review
Dr. Mark Yanochik
June
10 FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions) about Globalization
Column
Dr. John Brown
June
Re-imagine! Business Excellence in a Disruptive Age by Tom Peters
Book Review
Dr. Robert Verhey
June
House Lust: America’s Obsession with Our Homes by Daniel McGinn
Book Review
Dr. William Levernier
June
Season of Life: A Football Star, a Boy, a Journey to Manhood by Jeffrey Marx
Book Review
Dr. Jerry Burke
June
Charleston Fraud Conference
Column
Dr. Thomas A. Buckhoff
June
Assessing Bare-Footed Education
Column
Dr. Manouchehr Tabatabaei