News & Events ~ Business Information Systems

King, Case analyze mission statements of largest firms in 10 countries

Darwin L. King, professor of accounting, and Dr. Carl J. Case, professor of management, presented a paper at the Allied Academies International Conference held in Las Vegas, Nev., Oct. 10-13, 2012. The paper was titled “2012 Mission Statements: A Ten Country Global Analysis.” The paper was selected for publication in the Allied Academies Strategic Management Journal. A maximum of 25 percent of accepted papers are selected for publication in the journal. The paper discussed similarities and differences in the mission statements of the largest 25 firms in 10 countries. The mission statement content was studied with emphasis on the stakeholders and goals/objectives mentioned in the statements. 

Journal accepts professors paper on AACSB accredited schools

Dr. Carl J. Case, professor of business information systems, and Darwin L. King, professor of accounting had their paper "Web 2.0 Implementation: An Analysis of AACSB Accredited Schools of Business From An International Perspective" accepted to be published in the Academy of Educational Leadership Journal. The paper was also presented at the Allied Academies 2012 Fall International Conference held in Las Vegas, Nev., on Oct. 11, 2012. The paper was also published in the Summer 2012 edition of Journal of Business and Behavioral Sciences. 

BIS Club Networks with Executives in Boston

Members of the Business Information Systems (BIS) Club traveled to Boston March 23 for their annual education trip. Thanks to a number of helpful alumni, the students met with executives from Clough Capital Partners and Merrill Lynch. Jim Canty, ’84, arranged a meeting with Clough Capital Director of Information Technology Andrew Hickey. The students also spoke with Michael Palmer, ’84, who is the Senior Vice President of Commercial Banking at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, and Merrill Lynch staff members Kelsi Maher and Matt Sands.

 E-Journal publishes paper by Case and King

Dr. Carl J. Case, professor of business information systems, and Darwin L. King, professor of accounting, and  had a paper titled “Early United States Income Tax Legislation and Its Influence on Current Practices” published in the American Society of Business and Behavioral Sciences (ASBBS) E-Journal. The paper was presented at the 19th Annual ASBBS Conference that was held in Las Vegas on Feb. 23-26, 2012. This paper was selected as best paper in the Accounting History Track.

 

SBU alumnus offers advice to young job-seekers in SIFE magazine article

Andrew Mantilia credits Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE) for helping him land a position as senior associate in the Global Grants Program with KPMG, one of the world's largest professional services networks and one of the Big Four auditors. In the "Alumni Insights" column in the Fall 2011 issue of Career Connections, a SIFE publication, Mantilia says his opportunity with KPMG was the result of attending a career fair during a SIFE regional competition right after his junior year at SBU. In the article, Mantilia offers advice on getting a good job and growing in it. Mantilia earned his BBA, with a concentration in business information systems, in 2008, and his MBA, with a concentration in finance and accounting, in 2009. Read complete article  

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Journal publishes paper on social networking implementation by Case and King

Dr. Carl J. Case, professor of business information systems, and Darwin L. King, professor of accounting, had a paper titled "AACSB Accredited Institutions and The Web 2.0: Lagging Behind Businesses In Social Networking Implementation" published in the journal Issues in Information Systems. The paper was also presented at International Association for Computer Information Systems 2011 Conference in Mobile, Ala., on Oct. 6, and earned the honorable mention award for the best pedagogy paper.

-- October 2011