Awards

The academy wishes to congratulate those who have distinguished themselves through research excellence. Those featured on this page of the IAABD website have won awards in the past. To help the Academy keep accurate records, attention is drawn to the following points:

(a) Details required. We may not have accurate details in the list below. We request that all those affected provide us with the following items: complete names, passport-size photos (sent electronically), title and rank, mailing address, e-mail address, telephone and fax number, title of paper or award, and the year in which such an award was presented.

(b) Joint awards. If it is a joint award (for example, a co-authored winning paper), please provide details of all your co-authors.

(c) Contact details. Send the above details to the Vice President in charge of Publicity and Communications, Binta Abubakar, at the address below:

Ms. Binta Abubakar

IAABD Vice President for Communications
Lecturer, Department of Marketing
Swinburne University
Australia
E-mail: Babubaka@groupwise.swin.edu.au
Tel: (613) 9214 5869

2003 Best Papers:
IAABD Conference in London, United Kingdom:
Westminster Business School

The Academy is grateful to the following for sponsoring Best Paper Awards at the 2003 London Conference. We are eager to maintain this relationship, and hope that future support will be forthcoming from these and additional sponsors.

Emerald/MCB University Press

www.emeraldinsight.com

Multimedia Marketing.Com
Global Learning, Better Marketing

www.MultimediaMarketing.Com

John Peters at Emerald/MCB, and Alan Pulford at MultiMedia Marketing.Com, both from the United Kingdom, sponsored awards for the following best papers

• Small Firms Internationalization in Tanzania: Exploring the network Phenomenon Lettice Rutashobya, University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Jan-Erik Jaensson, Umeå School of Business and Economics, Sweden Anita Masenge, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
• Residents’ Perceptions of the Impacts of Tourism: A Case Study of Nairobi National Park, Kenya Jacquelyne Muhati, University of Greenwich, UK
• Could False Performers Also Be Committed? A Cursory Look at Organizational Charlatan and Organizational Commitment Gbolahan Gbadamosi, University of Botswana, Botswana
• Transparency and Information Technology: Toward an Empirical Relationship Peter W. Schroth, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA James P. Stodder, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA Preeti Sharma, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA
• Advance Fee Fraud and the Risks of doing business in Corporate Africa Nnamdi O Madichie, Sheffield Hallam University, UK.
• Paradoxes in Africa’s Tourism Development and Future Prospects Peter U. C. Dieke, at the time teaching at The Emirates Academy of Hospitality Management, United Arab Emirates (UAE)
• Strategy Implementation: Some South African Realities Patrick N Palmer, University of South Africa, South Africa
• Empowering Disadvantaged Business through Procurement: Justification for and Problems Experienced in South Africa J.A. Badenhorst-Weiss, University of South Africa, South Africa W. M. J Hugo,University of South Africa, South Africa I Fourie, University of South Africa, South Africa
• An Exploratory Study of the Planning Behavior of Corporate Managers in Uganda: Implications for Management Consultancy Geoffrey Bakunda, Makerere University, Uganda
• Batswana Travel Patterns and their Economic Impact on Domestic Tourism in Botswana Naomi N. Moswete ,University Of Botswana, Botswana Rebana N. Mmereki,University Of Botswana, Botswana
• The South African Tobacco Industry –Contemplating Marketing Strategy In a Restrictive Legislative Environment Johan de Jager, Technikon Pretoria, South Africa Leon de Wet Fourie,Technikon Pretoria, South Africa
• Portfolio Selection Models in the Nigerian Capital Market: Lessons for the Emerging Markets Emeka J. Okereke, University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria
• An Evaluation of the Financial Management Strategies of Nigerian Companies Linus Osuagwu,Federal University of Technology, Lagos, Nigeria

2004 Best Papers:
IAABD Conference in Atlanta, USA:
Georgia State University

Acknowledgements

The Academy is grateful to the following for sponsoring Best Paper Awards at the 2004 Atlanta Conference. We are eager to maintain this relationship, and hope that future support will be forthcoming from these and additional sponsors.

Emerald/MCB University Press

www.emeraldinsight.com

John Peters at Emerald/MCB, in the United Kingdom, sponsored awards for the following best papers.

• IAABD Five Years After: Looking Back to the Future Gbolahan Gbadamosi, University of Botswana, Botswana Olukunle Iyanda, University of Botswana, Botswana
• Organizational Capabilities as Antecedents for Agility Felix T. Mavondo, Monash University, Australia Su Kiat Lim, Monash University, Australia
• Money, Ethics, and Moral Conduct in the Public Sector: A Preliminary Investigation in Swaziland Gbolahan Gbadamosi, University of Botswana, Botswana