Programs
Mission
SOBIE (Society of Business, Industry, and Economics) is a national academic conference
dedicated to the promotion and publication of peer-reviewed research. SOBIE's mission is
to encourage business faculty members to respond to current economic and market issues
and interact with industrial practitioners. Once a year, SOBIE publishes its journal,
JOBIE
(Journal of Business, Industry, and Economics) , which is listed in Cabell's directory.
History
SOBIE was founded in 1999 by Dr. Jim Couch and Dr. Doug Barrett, both from the
University of North Alabama with about 30 participants from 5 schools. SOBIE has grown
rapidly to become the premier academic conference for small and regional universities,
attracting participants from many research universities, businesses, and government
agencies.
Student Research
SOBIE is committed to advancing the academic and career opportunities for both graduate
and undergraduate students through research. SOBIE provides a good foundation for the
next generation of scholars. Many small liberal arts colleges and honors programs
encourage their students to attend SOBIE to present their senior theses.
Research
SOBIE was founded on the idea that viable, peer-reviewed research at small colleges and
regional universities needed to be recognized. Research areas include, but are not
limited to:
| Advertising and Promotion | Business administration |
| Business communications | Business education |
| Business ethics | Business information systems (CIS or MIS) |
| Business law | Case studies |
| E-commerce | Economics |
| Entrepreneurship | Family and small business enterprises |
| Finance | Governmental accounting |
| Health care administration | Health care administration |
| History of Economic Thought | Human resource management |
| Interdisciplinary research | International business |
| Leadership | Management |
| Marketing | Medical Economics |
| Non-profit organizations | Operations management |
| Organizational behavior and theory | Organizational development |
| Pedagogy | Public administration |
| Public policy analysis | Sales Management |
| Sports Economics | Statistics |
| Strategic management policy | Tax Policy |
| Trade | US Economic History |
Publications
SOBIE publishes its peer-reviewed academic journal, JOBIE (Journal of Business,
Industry, and Economics), once a year. It is listed in Cabell's directory. SOBIE also
publishes an electronic student journal on our website.
Corporate Sponsors