SECTION 1. Macroeconomic processes and regional economies management

Ting-jui Chou, Bill Jie, Laubie Li
Market entry timing and company performance: a study of listed companies in the People's Republic of China

Ülle Übius, Ruth Alas, Sinikka Vanhala
Corporate social responsibility and its influencing factors in Estonian and Japanese enterprises

Richard J. Cebula
Recent evidence on the impact of federal budget deficits on the nominal cost of long term borrowing for private enterprise in the U.S.

Didar Erdinç
From credit crunch to credit boom: transitional challenges in Bulgarian banking (1999-2006)

Burcu Kiran, Burak Guris
Relationship between electricity consumption and GDP in Turkey

SECTION 2. Management in firms and organizations

Sally Riad
Acculturation in mergers: a bicultural perspective

Paolo Malighetti, Stefano Paleari, Renato Redondi
Airport classification and functionality within the European network

Murat Kocsoy, Kadir Gurdal, Mehmet Emin Karabayir
Target costing in Turkish manufacturing enterprises

Timurs Umans
Research angles on cultural diversity in top management teams

Sofyan Rais, Robert V. Goedegebuure
Corporate social performance and financial performance. The case of Indonesian firms in the manufacturing industry

Werner Soontiens, Adrian Lacroix
Personality traits of Franchisees - McDonalds restaurants in Australia

SECTION 3. General issues in management

Ergün Yildirim, Hüsamettin İnaç, Ahmet Uysal
Symbolic construction of the Turkish national identity as a factor of international management

SECTION 4. Practitioner's corner

Franklin Ramsoomair, Axel Noriega
Cross-cultural specifics from a Northern American perspective