Volume 17, Number 1 Printed ISSN: 1087-9595 PDF ISSN: 1528-2686 ACADEMY OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP JOURNAL Sherry Robinson, Editor Penn State University The Academy of Entrepreneurship Journal is owned and published by the DreamCatchers Group, LLC. Editorial content is under the control of the Allied Academies, Inc., a non-profit association of scholars, whose purpose is to support and encourage research and the sharing and exchange of ideas and insights throughout the world. Page ii Authors execute a publication permission agreement and assume all liabilities. Neither the DreamCatchers Group nor Allied Academies is responsible for the content of the individual manuscripts. Any omissions or errors are the sole responsibility of the authors. The Editorial Board is responsible for the selection of manuscripts for publication from among those submitted for consideration. The Publishers accept final manuscripts in digital form and make adjustments solely for the purposes of pagination and organization. The Academy of Entrepreneurship Journal is owned and published by the DreamCatchers Group, LLC, PO Box 1708, Arden, NC 28704, USA. Those interested in communicating with the Journal, should contact the Executive Director of the Allied Academies at
[email protected]. Copyright 2011 by the DreamCatchers Group, LLC, Arden NC, USA Academy of Entrepreneurship Journal, Volume 17, Number 1, 2011 Page iii EDITORIAL BOARD MEMBERS Ismet Anitsal Stephanie Bardwell Tennessee Tech University Christopher Newport University Cookeville, Tennessee Newport News, Virginia Thomas M. Box Martin Bressler Pittsburg State University Houston Baptist University Pittsburg, Kansas Houston, Texas Kent Byus Shawn M. Carraher Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi Minot State University Corpus Christi, Texas Minot, North Dakota Sanjib Chowdhury Jo Ann M.