College of Business
Mission Statement:The College of Business at the University of South Florida, Sarasota-Manatee provides a high quality, diverse learning environment for business students at the upper-division undergraduate and graduate levels. The College strives to prepare students to become ethical decision makers and business and community leaders. The College faculty maintains a balanced emphasis on quality teaching, scholarly pursuits and service activities to benefit the community it serves.
National Accreditation:
College of Business is accredited by The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business, a national and world-wide
accrediting association. Please click on the AACSB seal where ever you see it on our web site for more information about AACSB.
Important College of Business Links
New: Academic Credentials Development Courses
New: Executive and Professional
Education (EPE) Courses - Continuing Ed
New: GEB 4905 : Independent Studies/Internship
Adjunct Teaching Requirements for the College of Business
Business
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Contact Christa Fowler, Reference and Instruction Librarian
for help with using these databases:
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College of Business Assessment Planning Record
College of Business Faculty Working Paper Series:
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College of Business News
Fall 2009 Faculty changes:
The College of Business welcomes the following new and continuing faculty members who will have position changes effective Fall 2009:
Dr. Anurag Agarwal, Associate Professor - Information Systems & Decision Sciences
Dr. Richard Borghesi, Assistant Professor - Finance, from Visiting Assistant Professor
Dr. Dorrie DeLuca, Assistant Professor - Information Systems & Decision Sciences,
from Visiting Assistant Professor
Dr. Arthur C. Joy, Visiting Instructor, School of Accountancy
Dr. Delaney Kirk, Associate Professor - Management, from Visiting Professor
Dr. Ron Lennon, Visiting Assistant Professor - Marketing
Dr. Douglas Peterson, Visiting Assistant Professor - Management
Faculty Research and Publication news:
Agarwal, A., Colak, S., and Deane, J., "NeuroGenetic Approach for Combinatorial Optimization: An Exploratory Analysis," Annals of Operations Research, forthcoming 2009.
Agarwal, A. and Jayaraman, V., "Scheduling to Minimize Penalties for Suppliers in Integrated Supply Chains," International Journal of Manufacturing Technology and Management, forthcoming, 2009
Agarwal, A., "Theoretical Insights into Augmented Neural Networks for Combinatorial Optimization," Annals of Operations Research, 168 (1), 101-117, 2009
Agarwal, A., Jayaraman, V. and Ross, A., "Role of Information Technology and Collaboration in Reverse Logistics Supply Chain," International Journal of Logistics: Research and Applications, 11(6), 409-425, 2008
Borghesi, Richard, 2009. "An Examination
of Prediction Market Efficiency: NBA Contracts on Tradesports", The Journal of
Prediction Markets 3(2), 65-77.
Borghesi, Richard and William Dare, 2009. "A Test
of Widespread-Point-Shaving Theory", Finance Research Letters 6(3),
115-121.
Paul, Rodney, Andrew Weinbach, Richard Borghesi, and
Mark Wilson, 2009. "Using Odds to Measure the Perceived Level of Competitive
Balance in Major League Baseball", International Journal of Sport Finance 4(4),
255-263.
Borghesi, Richard, Rodney Paul, and Andrew Weinbach,
2009. "Market Frictions and Overpriced Favorites: Evidence from Arena
Football", Applied Financial Economics Letters, 16(9).
903-906.
Cabán-García, M.T., 2009.“The Impact of Securities Regulation on the Earnings Properties of European Cross-Listed Firms”, The International Journal of Accounting, Volume 44 (3): 279-304.
Cockrum, R. B. and Quilliam, W., "Sec. 121 Planning Opportunities After the Housing Assistance Tax Act", The Tax Advisor, March 2009.
Kock, N., Verville, J., Danesh, A., and DeLuca, D. C.,
"Communication Flow Orientation in Business Process Modeling and its
Effect on Redesign Success: Results from a Field Study", Decision
Support Systems (DSS), January 2009, V46, I2, 562-575.
Michael J. Gombola, Amy Yueh-Fang Ho and Yi-Kai
Chen, “Earnings Management and Long-term Performance: Evidence from Reverse
Stock Splits", forthcoming at Corporate Ownership and Control, Volume 7, 2009.
Kirk, Delaney J. and T. L. Johnson, (2009, in press).
"The Use of Blogs as a Knowledge Management Tool", Academic Exchange Quarterly,
13(4).
Kirk, Delaney J. and Rita Durant, (2009, in press). "Crossing the Line:
Framing Appropriate Responses in the Diversity Classroom", Journal of Management
Education.
Kirk, Delaney J. and Rita Durant, (2009) "Hardening of the Categories: A Look at Why Diversity Training Programs Don't Work and What to do About it." Regional Business Review, 28, 73-91.
T.
Pencek, N. Hikmet and J. Lin, “Stock Market Performance of Health
Care Initial Public Offerings,” Journal of Economic and Business Studies,
Fall 2009