Reading List:

 

Journal Articles:

Journal of Business And Economics:  A Two Country Comparison of Online Shopping Behavior
Journal of Business and Economics: Cyber-Shopping Levels the Playing Field in Global Retailing


Magazine Article

Business Week:  CEO Losses in Bear Market (use slideshow)
Fortune:  Walk Softly and Carry a Big Checkbook
Business Week:  The Short Life of CMOs
Fortune:  Meet the PayPal Mafia
Business Week:  Taking The Pulse of Marketing
Business Week:  The Sales/Marketing Dance
Business Week:  Dell's Marketing Makeover
Business Week:  Marketing to Teens Online
Business Week:  Retail Sales Sag
Business Week:  Haggling Disappearing
St. Louis Business Journal:  Life of a Salesman
Business First:  Occupational Fraud is Expensive
Sales & Mktg. Management:  The Best Sales Force
Sales & Mktg. Management:  Why Prospecting Gets No Respect
Forbes:  The Trendsetters
Forbes:  Trendsurfing:  Microtrends
Forbes:  Open Sponsors, Open Wallets
Business Week:  Scientific Management Is Past Its Peak
Business Week:  Jumpstart Your Business
Business Week:  Google, SalesForce Strengthen Ties
Forbes:  Marketing to the Reptilian Brain
Business Week:  Which Ads Don't Get Skipped?
Business Week:  JetBlue Customer Service
Business Week:  Totota's September Sales Rally
Forbes:  Lincoln's Leadership Lessons
Forbes:  Where Have All the Leaders Gone?
Journal of Accountancy:  The Padding That Hurts:  Expense Account Cheating
Workforce Management:  Recognition That Resonates
Workforce Management:  Throwing Out Work Rules At Best Buy
Guerrilla Marketing:  Can Guerrillas Compete With Big Corporations on the Web?
Harvard Business Review:  The Birth of a Salesman
Fortune:  How To Manage Salespeople
CRM Magazine:  Using CRM to Bolster Customer Loyalty
Business Week:  Coke's Latest Headache
Business Week:  Sony Cuts Price of PlayStation3 by 20%
US News:  The World Is Not Flat
Fortune:  Patently Unfair (Indian generic competition)
Business Week:  Disney Facing Competition in Hong Kong (culture)
Business Week:  Speed Dating For Suits
Business Week:  Wal-Mart's German Retreat
Business Week:  Behind the Coke/Pepsi Pesticide Scare in India
The Economist:  The Battle for the Older Voter (Britain pension crisis)
Economist:  Windows Shopping (Online Retailing Going Crazy in Europe)
Financial Times:  Global Thirst For US Brands Unabated
 

Newspapers/Other:

U.S. State Department: Current Travel Warnings

USA Today:  Cyber Monday Sales Up 21%
NY Times:  Airbus Deal Set
Bloomberg:  Sarkozy Says Falling Dollar Risks Trade War
NY Times:  House Passes Gay Protections
NY Times:  Bayer Withdraws Heart Surgery Drug
About.Com:  The 5 Biggest Sales Management Blunders
NY Times:  Everyone Pays, In Dollars
NY Times:  Songs at Starbucks
NY Times:  House Panel Approves Trade Pact with Peru
NY Times:  Sales of Existing Homes Falls 4.3% in August
USA Today:  Wal-Mart Stops "Always the Low Price" Slogan
ABC News:  AMD To Launch 4Core Server Chip
ABC News:  L'Oreal Sues Ebay Over Fakes
NY Times:  Hyundai Revamping US Marketing
NY Times:  iPhone Users Crying Foul
ABC News:  Apple Cuts Prices, Introduces New Ipod
USA Today:  Apparel Sales Show Teens Fickelness
NY Times:  Pfizer To Cut Sales Force 20%
NY Times:  Tools Can Catch Expense Account Padders
NY Times:  GM Applying Sales Skills For Comeback
NY Times:  GM To Market Cars With Hannity
NY Times:  Zune Will Compete With IPod
NY Times:  Wal-Mart To Offer $4 Generic Drugs
NY Times:  Apple To Marry TV to PC?
Bloomberg:  US To Push China on Yuan
BBC:  Fed Chief Warns On Protectionism
NY Times:  The Ugly Side of Free Trade
NY Times:  Labor Shortage in China
Reuters:  Daimler Sells Mitsubishi Motors
NY Times:  Mountains of Corn, and a Sea of Farm Subsidies
NY Times:  China, US To Reach Agreement on Textiles
London Times:  Mandelson Defies French on Subsidies
Reuters:  McDonalds Improves in Europe, Loses Overall
Reuters:  International Sales Boost Coke
Washington Post:  The Fate of "Made in the USA"
LA Times:  US Labor in Retreat from Global Forces
NY Times:  Farm Subsidies Weigh on Trade Talks
NY Times:  iPod vs. Walkman:  Sony Out To Kill Competition
USA Today:  Foreign Markets Leave US in Dust
ABC News:  McDonald's Ad Pulled From Chinese TV
Reuters:  US Textile Industry Alarmed Over Chinese Imports