The Center for Retailing Excellence is privileged to support research that addresses the issues within the retailing industry.  The arena of retailing is a multi-disciplined field, providing opportunity for a diverse approach to the research.  The Center provided funding for summer 2007-2008 for the following topics conducted by faculty of the University of Arkansas, Sam M. Walton College of Business.

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Completed Research 2007

Understanding the Interplay Among Health and Nutrition Knowledge, Motivation, and the Information Environment: Implications for Childhood Obesity Prevention
Elizabeth Creyer, Professor, Department of Marketing and Logistics, University of Arkansas

Supervision of Retail Sales People that Maximizes Sales and Retention
Daniel C. Ganster, Professor and Charles C. Fichtner Chair, Department of Management, University of Arkansas

Retail Pricing and Promotion Utilizing Information on Consumer Behavior
Cary Deck, Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, University of Arkansas

Audit Quality Factors
Gary Peters, Associate Professor, Department of Accounting, University of Arkansas

Globalization and Growth: A Network Approach to Trade and Growth
Raja Kali, Associate Professor, Department of Economics, University of Arkansas

Alternative Ways of Bonding with U.S. Regulations: Cross-listing vs. Merging with
U.S. Bidders
Tomas Jandik, Assistant Professor, Department of Finance, University of Arkansas

Funded Research 2008

The Consumer Implications of Carbon Neutral Labeling
Elizabeth Howlett, Professor, Department of Marketing and Logistics, University of Arkansas

Long Term Performance of Privatized Firms in Transition Economies
Tomas Jandik, Assistant Professor, Department of Finance, University of Arkansas

Risk Taking in Groups:  How Risk Tolerance Changes When Choices Impact Others
Cary Deck, Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, University of Arkansas

Making Decisions: When Do Managers Use Instinct Rather Than Data… And Should They?
John Aloysius, Associate Professor, Department of Information Systems, University of Arkansas

The Economic Geography of Product Space
Raja Kali, Associate Professor, Department of Economics, University of Arkansas

An Axiomatic Approach to the Measurement of Corruption
Fabio Mendez, Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, University of Arkansas

Protecting Retail Trade Dress with the Lanham Act:  Public Policy and Managerial Implications
Steven Kopp, Associate Professor, Department of Marketing and Logistics, University of Arkansas