Welcome to the Home Page of the Mountain Plains Management Conference. This conference is an annual gathering of scholars and other interested parties who share research and discuss relevant and contemporary issues in all areas of business. Topics of discussion include Management, Marketing, Economics, Accounting, Finance, Business Law, International Business, Information Systems, and other business-related areas. The Journal of Business and Economics is housed at Southern Utah University. The annual conference, however, is hosted by a different institution each year. This year's conference will be held on the campus of Weber State University in beautiful Ogden, Utah. The theme for the conference is Managing...For The Future. The conference website is http://weber.edu/sbe/mpmc. The Conference Coordinator is Dr. Ed Harris (edharris@weber.edu). Please feel free to contact him if you have any questions. The conference has a long tradition, dating back many decades. The gathering is informal, and presentations include everything from publishable articles and formal papers to discussion-oriented abstracts. A high degree of collegiality exists, and many long-term friendships are created as a result from attending the annual conferences. The Mountain Plains Journal of Business and Economics, begun in 1999, is a refereed journal included in Cabell's annual edition of academic journals. Any person interested in submitting a paper for consideration to the Journal is encouraged to visit the Journal's homepage for further information. Since members of the Mountain Plains Management Conference have an unusually high degree of collegiality, we have referenced a member list for quick contact with any of our many participants. Just click the following link to access each member's name, address, phone, fax and email. This site also has a link to Online Discussion Forums, in which individuals can chat with others who share interests in any of the various business fields: Accounting, Economics, Finance, Information Systems, Management, Marketing, and Pedagogy.