JOURNAL OF BUSINESS AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES VOLUME 21, NUMBER 1 ISSN 1946-8113 FALL 2009 IN THIS ISSUE Ecological Market Exchange for Current Green Policy: The Parallel-Political Marketplace Approach ………………….……...………………………………………. Tom Suraphol Apaiwongse The Impact of Stock Split Announcements on Stock Price: A Test of Market Efficiency …………..…..………………………Carlos Garcia de Andoain Hidalgo and Frank Bacon Discounted Payback Period-Some Extensions …..……...……...……….………. Shyam B. Bhandari Multi-Crop Acreage Response - The Impact of the 1996 Farm Bill ………….……………….……..…………………………… Deborah Bridges and Frank Tenkorang Perceptions of Solar Technology as a Viable Source of Energy..……..….. Z. S. Andrew Demirdjian Barriers to Adoption of Hybrid Cars in the Midwest: Focusing on Generation Y …..….……………………….… Bela Florenthal and Peter Z. Grossman Identifying Training Needs of Hispanic Foodservice Employees: A Qualitative Inquiry Approach ……….……….… Mehmet Erdem, Jean Hertzman, Seonghee Cho and Miranda Kitterlin Identity Theft and Identity Fraud ..……………………....... Saul S. Le Vine and Arthur M. Magaldi Central Bank Announcements and the U.S. Dollar/Euro Bid-Ask Currency Spread …....……………..…………………………………………………..……… Paul McGrath Can Agency Costs of Debt be Reduced Without Explicit Protective Covenants? The Case of Restriction on the Sale and Lease-back Arrangement ………………………………..…………Minje Jung, R. Barry Ellis and Maryellen Epplin An Analysis of Offshoring Manufacturing to Reduce Costs ……………………… Peter Leibl, Roger Morefield, Christiane Nischler and Rolf Pfeiffer Vicarious Learning, Development Networks and Sales Force Behavioral Performance in Uganda‘s Commercial Banks…… Joseph Mpeera Ntayi, John. C. Munene, Sarah Eyaa and Irene Namugenyi Using Hedonic Pricing Analysis to Assess ―Under-priced‖ and ―Over-priced‖ Long Term Care Insurance Policies……………………………………………...…………………….. Lynn Paringer Effects of Family Structure and Socialization on Materialism: A Life Course Study in Malaysia …………..…………………………. George . P. Moschis, Peter Hosie and Prakash Vel Eminent Asian Contributors to Finance Literature …………………………...…… Rose M. Prasad ‗Tangled Webs and Tightropes‘: Faculty Roles in Globalized 21st Century …………………………..……………..… Bijayananda Naik and Kumoli Ramakrishnan Assessing Success in Achieving Critical Thinking in Graduate Business Courses: Applying an Adaptation of Bloom‘s Taxonomy ……………………………………………….… Richard Weaver World Trade and Anti-Globalization: Ethical Implications…...………………….Anthony J. Daboub A REFEREED PUBLICATION OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF BUSINESS AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES