We would like to thank those of you who participated in the IGBR 2020 Fall Internet Conference. Though we were supposed to hold the conference in Las Vegas, that wasn’t meant to be. However, we have already signed a contract with the Linq in Las Vegas to return there in October of 2021. We will send out those dates in the near future.
As for the conference submissions, the papers were all very timely and well-received by conference participants. The awards committee selected the top papers to receive Distinguished Research awards and we would like to acknowledge and congratulate the following winners:
Associate Editor Awards
Ying-Chou Lin, Southeastern Oklahoma State University
Lawrence Murphy Smith, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi
Distinguished Research Award Winners
IMPACTS OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SPENDING ON FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE AND QUALITY OF PATIENT CARE IN THE U.S. HOSPITALS
C. Christopher Lee, Central Connecticut State University
Robert Marfia, Central Connecticut State University
Christopher Chagnon, Central Connecticut State University
Youngseon Kim, Central Connecticut State University
PREDICTION OF ASIAN COUNTRIES FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATE – A TIME DELAY NEURAL NETWORK APPROACH
Hari Sharma, Virginia State University
Dinesh K. Sharma, University of Maryland Eastern Shore
H.S. Hota, Atal Bihari Vajpayee University
THE EVERCHANGING DOMAIN OF SOCIAL MEDIA MARKETING: AN INVESTIGATION OF INFLUENCER, DIGITAL AND BRAND MARKETING FROM ADOLESCENTS’ PERSPECTIVE
Morgan Alexandra George, Missouri State University
Ismet Anitsal, Missouri State University
Melek Meral Anitsal, Tennessee Tech University
ECONOMIC IMPACTS OF A GENERAL AVIATION AIRPORT: MURFREESBORO MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (MBT)
Murat Arik, Middle Tennessee State University
Bronwyn Graves, Middle Tennessee State University
A FIVE CAMPUS STUDY ON CREDIT CARDS AND BUDGETS OF AMERICAN COLLEGE STUDENTS
Marty Ludlum, University of Central Oklahoma
Sue Lynn Sasser, University of Central Oklahoma
Vijayan Ramachandran, Oklahoma City Community College
Weichu Xu, East Stroudsburg University
RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN STOCK PRICE, TRADING VOLUME, AND BID-ASK SPREAD ON THE US STOCK EXCHANGE: AN EMPIRICAL INVESTIGATION
Mosheda Hassan, Grambling State University
Raja Nassar, Louisiana Tech University