Volume 13, Number 1             Print ISSN: 1544-1458 
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                       ACADEMY OF 
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                       SHAWN CARRAHER 
            OXFORD JOURNAL DISTINGUISHED RESEARCH PROFESSOR 
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                                          EDITORIAL REVIEW BOARD 
                                                                       
                   Peter Antoniou                                      Stephanie Huneycutt Bardwell 
                   California State University San Marcos              Christopher Newport University 
                   James Bishop                                        ThomasBox 
                   New Mexico State University                         Pittsburg State University 
                   Marty Bressler                                      Steve Brown 
                   Southeast Oklahoma State University                 Eastern Kentucky University 
                   Richard Caldarola                                   Eugene Calvasina 
                   Troy State University                               Southern University 
                   Shawn Carraher                                      Robert Carton 
                   Minot State University                              Western Carolina University 
                   Beth Castiglia                                      John James Cater 
                   Felician College                                    Louisiana State University 
                   Ronald Cheek                                        Iain Clelland 
                   University of Louisiana at Lafayette                Radford University 
                   Meredith Downes                                     Thomas Garsombke 
                   Illinois State University                           Claflin University 
                   Edward Haberek                                      Paul Jacques 
                   Briarwood College                                   Western Carolina University 
                   Raghu Korrapati                                     Rick Koza 
                   Walden University                                   Chadron State College 
                   Catherine Levitt                                    Chris Lockwood 
                   California State University at Los Angeles          Northern Arizona University 
                   Lee Makamson                                        Terry Maris 
                   Hampton University                                  Ohio Northern University 
                   James Maxwell                                       David McCalman 
                   Indiana State University                            University of Central Arkansas 
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                                         EDITORIAL REVIEW BOARD 
                                                                     
                   James McLaurin                                    Mohsen Modarres 
                   American University of Sharjah                    Humboldt State University 
                   Chynette Nealy                                    John Kalu Osir 
                   University of Houston-Downtown                    Washington State University 
                   Mildred Golden Pryor                              Oswald Richards 
                   Texas A&M University-Commerce                     Lincoln University 
                   Stanley Ross                                      Robert Scully 
                   Bridgewater State College                         Barry University 
                   Claire Simmers                                    Prasanna Timothy 
                   Saint Joseph's University                         Karunya Institute of Technology & Sciences 
                   Jennifer Villa                                     
                   New Mexico State University 
                     
                 
                 
                 
                 
                  
                Academy of Strategic Management Journal, Volume 13, Number 1, 2014