Business Collection Development Policy: LSU Libraries

Business

Collection Development Policy Statement

Library's Collection Development Objectives

The Middleton Library collection supports the curriculum of the E. J. Ourso College of Business Administration and the Department of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness, located in the College of Agriculture. The Library's resources assist the teaching, research, and reference needs of both areas at the undergraduate and graduate levels.

Description of the Collection

The business collection is located primarily in the Middleton Library. The business collection includes monographs, journals, reference materials, government publications, taxation, electronic databases (Lexis/Nexis, Vista, and the LOUIS indexes), and the Internet. Resources in taxation and business law are also located in the Hebert Law Center Library. A small collection of business monographs and journals are also maintained by the Finance Department in the College of Business Reading Room.

Curriculum Program Descriptions

The E. J. Ourso College of Business Administration comprises the following departments: Accounting, Economics, Finance, Information Systems and Decision Sciences, Management, Marketing, and the Public Administration Institute.

The Public Administration Institute provides an interdepartmental administrative framework for the study of public administration, public management, and public policy at LSU. Academic programs, research activities, and public service endeavors are included in the mission of this Institute. The Master of Public Administration (M.P.A.) has research activities that include organizing major studies of importance to state and local governments. Public service activities are organized and implemented through the Public Management Program.

Also, an affiliated research center, the Louisiana Real Estate Research Institute, exists to encourage, support, and conduct applied and basic research in real estate, with particular focus on real estate and related economic activity in Louisiana.

Both the E. J. Ourso College of Business Administration and Department of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness offer graduate courses at the Master's and Dissertation levels.

E -> Empty String

2001-02 Faculty	Professors	Professor Adjunct	Associate Professors	Visiting Associate Professors	Assistant Professors	Adjunct Visiting Processors	Research Associate	Instructors
Accounting	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E
Economics	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E
Finance	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E
Information Systems & Decision Sciences (ISDS)	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E
Management	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E
Marketing	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E
Public Administration Institute	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E
Agricultural Economics & Agribusiness (AgEcon)	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E

2000-01 Faculty	Professors	Professor Adjunct	Associate Professors	Visiting Associate Professors	Assistant Professors	Adjunct Visiting Processors	Research Associate	Instructors
Accounting	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E
Economics	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E
Finance	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E
Information Systems & Decision Sciences (ISDS)	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E
Management	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E
Marketing	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E
Public Administration Institute	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E
Agricultural Economics & Agribusiness (AgEcon)	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E

1999-00 Faculty	Professors	Professor Adjunct	Associate Professors	Visiting Associate Professors	Assistant Professors	Adjunct Visiting Processors	Research Associate	Instructors
Accounting	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E
Economics	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E
Finance	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E
Information Systems & Decision Sciences (ISDS)	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E
Management	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E
Marketing	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E
Public Administration Institute	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E
Agricultural Economics & Agribusiness (AgEcon)	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E

1998-99 Faculty	Professors	Professor Adjunct	Associate Professors	Visiting Associate Professors	Assistant Professors	Adjunct Visiting Processors	Research Associate	Instructors
Accounting	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E
Economics	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E
Finance	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E
Information Systems & Decision Sciences (ISDS)	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E
Management	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E
Marketing	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E
Public Administration Institute	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E
Agricultural Economics & Agribusiness (AgEcon)	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E

1997-98 Faculty	Professors	Professor Adjunct	Associate Professors	Visiting Associate Professors	Assistant Professors	Adjunct Visiting Processors	Research Associate	Instructors
Accounting	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E
Economics	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E
Finance	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E
Information Systems & Decision Sciences (ISDS)	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E
Management	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E
Marketing	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E
Public Administration Institute	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E
Agricultural Economics & Agribusiness (AgEcon)	E	E	E	E	E	E	E	E

1996-97 Faculty	Professors	Professor Adjunct	Associate Professors	Visiting Associate Professors	Assistant Professors	Adjunct Visiting Processors	Research Associate	Instructors
Accounting	4		3		2			8
Economics	13	1	3		2			3
Finance	6		2	2	2	2	1	6
Information Systems & Decision Sciences (ISDS)	3		7		4			2
Management	3		4		3			3
Marketing	3		4		3			3
Public Administration Institute	3
Agricultural Economics & Agribusiness (AgEcon)	3		4		3			3

Listed below are the number of degrees awarded to students for the past five years:

Degrees Awarded

Years	1995-96			1994-95			1993-94			1992-93			1991-92
Degrees	BS	MS	PhD	BS	MS	PhD	BS	MS	PhD	BS	MS	PhD	BS	MS	PhD
Accounting	167	11	4	136	10	2	178	8	2	189	5	1	191	4	2
Economics	41	8	0	59	4	0	43	9	2	46	6	1	34	2	3
Finance	74	9	3	78	13	5	88	12	6	102	12	1	112	10	4
Information Systems & Decision Sciences (ISDS)	40	16	0	44	11	5	49	15	4	58	5	0	48	6	1
Management	54	1	2	69	0	2	69	0	1	64	1	2	70	0	4
Marketing	70	10	2	86	6	0	83	3	3	87	6	3	86	4	4
Public Administration Institute		31			23			25			15			18
Agricultural Economics & Agribusiness (AgEcon)	24	3	1	31	7	0	16	6	0	17	9	1	20	4	1

The following degree programs are offered which the Library collection supports:

Bachelor Degree--B.S.	Master Degree--M.S.	Doctoral Degree--Ph.D.
Accounting	Accounting	Accounting
Economics International Trade & Finance	Economics	Economics
Finance Commercial Banking Real Estate	Finance	Business Administration-Finance
Management Information Systems Operations Management	ISDS	Business Administration-ISDS
Management Management Human Resource Management Entrepreneurship	Management	Business Administration-Management
Marketing	Marketing	Business Administration-Marketing
	Master's of Public Administration (M.P.A.)
Agricultural Business Food & Resource Economics	Agricultural Economics	Business Administration- Management Agricultural Economics

Areas of Specialization/Major Faculty Research Interests:

Accounting

Analytic hierarchy process
Audits of government
Behavioral accounting research
Business combinations
Business cycles
Econometrics
Empirical financial accounting research
Environmental accounting
Forensic accounting
Governmental accounting
Internal auditing
International accounting
Reengineering
Statistical methods
Value-added accounting

Economics

Antitrust
Applied time series
Debt management
Capital theory
Econometrics: Forecasting, Model building
Economic history
Economic philosophy
Economics: Energy, Health, International, Labor, Law, Managerial, Monetary
History of thought
Income distribution
Industrial organization
Input-Output models
International exchange markets
International finance
International trade
Louisiana economy
Macroeconomics
Mathematical economics
Microeconomic theory
Monetary and fiscal policy
Monetary theory
Public decision making
Public finance
Regulation
State and local finance

Finance

Commercial bank management
Corporate control
Corporate finance
Derivative securities
Dividend policy
Financial institutions
Financial management
Financial markets
Financial theory
International finance
Investments
Market microstructure
Market structure and regulation
Portfolio theory
Real estate
Securities law

Information Systems and Decision Sciences (ISDS)

Applied probability
Artificial intelligence
Business process reengineering
Censored data
Conceptual marketing
Database design
Decision analysis
Decision support and expert systems
Economics of higher education
Economics of information systems
Managerial statistics
Mathematical programming
Model-based management systems
Multi-objective optimization
Network optimization
Operations research/management science
Operations strategy
Production and inventory control
Production/operations management
Quality assurance
Quality control
Quality of information systems
Regression and econometric models
Simulation modeling and analysis techniques
Software engineering
Statistical forecasting
Stochastic optimization and its applications
Stochastic process
Temporal databases
Time-series forecasting
Usage-sensitive information systems design
Vendor selection
Warranty analysis

Management

Business communication and media relations
Cognitive psychology
Decision making
Employer turnover
Entrepreneurship/small business ownership
Evolution of management history
Hierarchical linear modeling
Human motivation
Human resource management
Individual differences
Institutional theory: Institutions, legitimation
Interorganizational relations
Job-life satisfaction
Organization development
Organizational justice
Performance appraisal and improvement
Person-environment interactions
Public-private partnerships
Research methods
Role theory
Strategic alliances
Structural equations modeling
Strategic positioning

Marketing

Business-to-Business marketing
Buyer-Supplier relationships
Consumer behavior
Customer/Market Orientation
Family purchase decision making
Green marketing
Human resource issues
Information technology and marketing
International marketing
Marketing management
Patronage and retailing strategy
Public policy implications
Relationship marketing
Sales and sales management
Scale development
Services marketing
Simulations in marketing (Pedagogical)
Spatial choice models
Structural equation marketing

Public Administration Institute

Arts administration
Discrimination in public projects
Discrimination in the work force
Disparities studies--public projects
Employment opportunities
Financial management
Health care administration
Health care policy
Program evaluation
Public administration and management
Public budgeting
Public ethics
Public training
State and local: budgeting, forecasting, and government review
Taxation: Federal, state, and local

Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness (AgEcon)

Agricultural finance, policy, and trade
Bioeconomic modelling
Changes in consumer preferences (demand and consumption)
Changes in market structure, conduct, and performance of various commodities
Competitiveness in agricultural trade
Costs and returns associated with livestock enterprises
Dairy policy
Diffusion of innovations
Economic valuation of non-market amenities
Economics of biodiversity
Economics of land valuation
Environmental attitudes
Evolutionary economics
Factors influencing structural changes in U.S. livestock industries
Futures markets
Gender and the environment
Hermeneutical economics
Impact of risk and uncertainty of farmer decision-making
Industrialization of agriculture
Industries currently under study: crawfish, hogs, poultry, and ratite.
Market opportunities for alternative meats
Ontological design
Spatial analysis
Strategies for establishing prices, especially for grains (rice, soybeans, and corn)
Technical futures trading
Technological change
Trade and the environment

New and Expanding Areas of Interest

Information Systems and Decision Sciences (ISDS)

Data mining/knowledge discovery in databases
Data warehousing
Electronic commerce
Electronic payment systems
Electronic scholarship
Group support systems
Heterogeneous databases
Information technology and customer service
Information technology for competitive advantage
Marketing on the Internet
Supply chain management

Management

Characteristics of "future focused" organizations
Corporate reputations and organizational impression management
Evolution of the financial services industry
Evolution of the telecom/media/cable industries
Public-private partnerships
Role played by cooperative strategies

Marketing

Changes in consumers due to the Internet
Customer satisfaction from a longitudinal perspective
Entrepreneurship
Family business studies
Impact of the Internet on marketing principles
Marketing Ethics

Business and Economics

CD ROMs, Electronic Books, Remotely Accessed Texts

LSU Libraries will purchase CD ROM works on a case by case basis when requested by faculty members or graduate students in need of enhanced capabilities afforded by CD ROMs. The LSU Libraries recognizes that electronic information, e-books, electronic paper, etc. merit attention. The purchase of access to remote data and texts, such as J-STOR and others, will be pursued when the ownership of remote products will benefit the greatest number of students, staff, and faculty at the best possible price. Purchase of remotely accessed texts must follow the policy and procedures set forth in Procedures for Acquiring and Processing Electronic Resources.

Classed Analysis

LC Classification	Descriptor	Collecting Level		Comments
LC Classification	Descriptor	Existing Strength	Current Intensity	Comments
H	History, biography, theory, methodology	3	2
HA	Statistical theory and methodology	3	2
HB	Economic theory, value, price, wealth, capital, interest, profit, consumption, population, demography, crises, business cycles	3	3
HC	Economic history and conditions, national production, developmental economics, environmental policy, natural resources	3	3
HD 1-100	Production, industrial management	3	3
HD 101-1395	Land use, real estate business	2	2
HD 1401-2210	Agricultural economics	3	3	Economic aspects of agriculture covered in LC class S
HD 2321-4730	Industry, corporations	3	3
HD 4801-8943	Labor (e.g. wages, unions, strikes, unemployment)	3	3
HD 9000-9999	Special industries and trades	3	2
HE	Transportation and communications (e.g. urban, telephone, satellites, air)	3	2	Telecommunica-tions also covered in LC class TK 5101
HF 1-1186	General (commerce), history	3	3
HF 1401-4050	Commercial policy, tariff	3	2
HF 5001-5392	General business, vocational guidance, business ethics	2	2
HF 5401-5541	Marketing, distribution, sales	3	3
HF 5546-5549	Office and personnel management	3	2	Computers also covered in LC class QA 76
HF 5601-5716	Accounting, business mathematics	3	2
HF 5717-5746	Business communication	2	2
HF 5761-5780	Shipping of merchandise	2	1
HF 5801-6182	Advertising	3	2
HG	Money, banking, credit, international finance, financial management, stock exchanges	3	3	Embezzlement and financial crime covered in LC class HV6675
HJ	Budgeting, taxation, administration and procedure, public credit, debts, loans, local finance, public accounting	3	2

Prepared: January 15, 1998
Updated: March 15, 2003

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