North American urban areas have changed dramatically over the last four decades. While downtowns were thought to be in long-term decline 40 years ago, central business districts are today the most vibrant residential and commercial centers throughout a largely suburban continent. This paper...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to cover the inaugural UK employment candidate experience awards (The C&Es). It aims to include details of the program, best practice case studies and some of the 2012 C&Es winner success stories. Design/methodology/approach – This paper draws on...

The effective use of information technology (IT) is increasingly important to remain competitive in modern manufacturing. In general, wood products industries are slower in adopting IT, which may erode their long-term competitiveness. Using cluster analysis, this study evaluates the...

This study maps out the degree of services trade liberalization by the APEC members toward achieving a Free Trade Area of the Asia-Pacific (FTAAP) and makes some comparative analyses. The study finds that the commitment level differs greatly between sensitive and less sensitive sectors, and that...

It should come as no surprise that the ancient Greek word for drug, pharmakon, meant remedy. But this same word also meant poison as well as magical charm. We speak of heart attacks and of a long road to recovery. These meanings and phrases are reflective of how society conceives of illness and...

This paper examines the responses of North American academics to the recent wave of accounting and audit scandals, pointing out that the main response has either been to appeal to a moralistic concept of ethics or to portray them as isolated incidents or indicative of problems elsewhere (e.g....