Research and Projects 2011
Journals, Book Chapters
Carson, Nancy & Peter Tsigaris (2011) “Illustrating Environmental Issues using the Production Possibility Frontier: A Classroom Experiment,” Journal of Economic Education, Summer.
Dewan, Hasnat (2011) “Does the primary condition for a sustainable human development meet the feasibility condition of cost-benefit analysis?” Journal of Sustainable Development, Vol. 4, No. 2, pp. 3-15.
Khan, A, and Hasnat Dewan (2010) “Deposit insurance scheme and banking crises: a special focus on less developed countries,” Empirical Economics, Online First, December 18.
Latif, Ehsan (2011) “The impact of retirement on psychological well-being in Canada,” The Journal of Socio-Economics, 40 (4) 373–380.
Flanagan, Tom, Christopher Alcantara & André Le Dressay, foreword by C.T. (Manny) Jules (2011) Beyond the Indian Act: Restoring Aboriginal Property Rights, Montreal, McGill-Queen’s University Press. -- Runner up for the Donner Prize, for excellence & innovation in Canadian public policy writing.
Park, Chansoo (2011) “Relational Capital, Knowledge Transfer and Performance in International Joint Ventures (IJVs)” in Korean Science and Technology in an International Perspective. Springer, (Eds.) Pascha & Mahlich, Vienna, Austria, May.
Syed, Ahsan and Peter Tsigaris (2011) “The Effects of a Utility Compensated Wage tax on Human Capital and Consumption Decisions,” Public Finance Review, July, 39(4), 571 593.
Pyne, Derek (2010) “When is it Efficient to Treat Juvenile Offenders More Leniently than Adult Offenders?”, Economics of Governance 11(4): 351-371.
Song, Wei (2011) “An Investigation of the Motivating Factors behind the Development of Chinese Own Brands,” JIBS, Vol. 16 (2),16-23, March (USA).
Song, Wei (2011) “The Emergence and Growth of Chinese Own Brands: The Contributing Factors,” 13-23, IJBM, Vol. 6 (2), 13-23, February (Canada).
Song, Wei (2010) “An Empirical Investigation of Manufacturing Chinese Private Labels,” Journal of Management and Marketing Research, Vol.7, 1-12, October (USA).
Song, Wei (2010) “The Factors Associated with Chinese Own Brand Purchase Decisions: A Case of Shanghai Grocery Sector, ,” A.T. Business Review, Vol. 6 (1), 50-59, April (France).
Tomkins, David and Peter Tsigaris (2011) “Bomb Threats, Global Warming and Decision Making: An Educational Experience,” Journal of Sustainability Education.
Conferences and Proceedings
Dewan, Hasnat (2011) “Sustainable human development index: theory and applications,” Curtin Business School Seminar Series, Perth, Australia, June 9.
Dewan, Hasnat (2010) “Sustainable human development: a cost-benefit approach,” 4th Asian Business Research Conference, Dhaka, Bangladesh, December 23–24. - Awarded best paper at the conference.
Fergus, Andrew (2011) “Discourse Theory and Sustainable Development,” Western Academy of Management, Victoria, BC, March 23-27.
Gill, Avninder, S.S. Appadoo, & C.R. Bector (2011) “Warehouse Economic Order Quantity Model Under Cross Docking, JIT, and Transportation Considerations,” Administrative Sciences Association of Canada (ASAC) Conference, Montreal.
Gill, Avninder (2011) “Third party logistics outsourcing versus leasing decision in supply chain management,” Proceedings and presentation at International Conference-India Emerging: Opportunities and Challenges, Noida (Delhi), February.
Gill, Avninder (2011) “Warehouse order quantity in supply chain management”, Western Business Management Association Conference, Honolulu, Hawaii, Jan 8th.
Gill, Avinder (2011) “A Framework To Evaluate Private Versus Public Warehouse Space,” Maui International Business & Economics Conference, January.
Appadoo, S.S., Avninder Gill, & C.R. Bector (2011) “On Possibility Theory and Its Application to a Transportation Model”, Administrative Sciences Association of Canada (ASAC) Conference, Montreal.
Hossain, Belayet and Peter Tsigaris (2011) “Student’s Grade Expectations: Are they Rational?”, BC Economics Articulation Meetings, Camosun College, Victoria, BC, May 3.
Lamb, Laura (2011) “The Effectiveness of Tax Incentives on the Decision to Give to Charity in Canada” (joint research with Belayet Hossain), International Journal of Arts and Sciences Conference, June, Aix-En-Provence, France.
Lamb, Laura (2011) “The Effectiveness of Tax Incentives on Green Giving in Canada” (joint research with Belayet Hossain), Pacific Northwest Regional Economic Conference, May.
Lamb, Laura and Peter Tsigaris (2011) “Climate Account Contributions under Changing Risk Scenarios: A Classroom Experiment” Session Presentation, Teaching Practices Colloquium, Thompson Rivers University.
Latif Ehsan and Stan Miles (2011) “Factors Influencing Academic Performance of TRU Students,” Poster Presentation, Teaching Practices Colloquium, Thompson Rivers University, Feb 21.
Latif Ehsan and Stan Miles (2011) “Students’ Perception of Effective Teaching,” Poster Presentation, Teaching Practices Colloquium, Thompson Rivers University, Feb 21.
Lien Che-hui, Wei Song (2010) “The Effect of Online Brand Image on Brand Loyalty,” MTMI-TRU International Conference on Emerging Paradigms and Practices in Business Management & Technology, June 12-13.
Mahbobi, Mohammad (2011) “What Factors Influence First-Year Student’s Success and Failure at TRU: A Case of Introductory Economics Courses” Poster Presentation, Teaching Practices Colloquium, Thompson Rivers University, Feb 21.
Park, Chansoo & C. Lee (2011) “Influence of Behavioral Attributes on Tacit Knowledge Acquisition and its Effect on the Performance of International Joint Ventures: The Case of Korea,” Academy of International Business (AIB) Conference, Nagoya, Japan, June 24-28.
Park, Chansoo & I. Vertinsky (2011) “The impact of disseminative capacities of foreign partners on tacit and explicit knowledge transfers and innovation in International Joint Ventures,” Academy of International Business (AIB) Conference, Nagoya, Japan, June 24-28.
Song, Wei (2010) “The Determinants of Chinese Own Brand Purchase Decision” (extended abstract), International Academy of Management and Business, Las Vegas, January 23-25.
Song, Wei and Lien Che-hui (2010) “The Evolution of Chinese Supermarkets: A Case of China,” MTMI-TRU 2010 International Conference- Emerging Paradigms and Practices in Business Management & Technology, Kamloops, BC, June 12-13.
Tucker, Amy and Heather Wisla (2011) “Effective Practices in E-Learning: A Learner and Instructor’s Perspective,” WizIQ. Virtual Conference.
Tucker, Amy and Heather Wisla (2011) Poster Session: “Effective Practices in E-Learning: A Learner and Instructor’s Perspective,” TRU Teaching Practices Colloquium.
Tucker, Amy (2011) “Effective Practices in E-Learning: An Instructor’s Perspective,” Hawaii International Conference on Education, Honolulu.