About The Clute Institute

The Clute Institute was founded in 1985 for the purpose of disseminating the latest scientific research on various business and economics-related topics. The scope of our mission now includes the dissemination of knowledge related to college level teaching and administrative issues. To accomplish this mission, The Clute Institute publishes fourteen academic journals and sponsors multiple annual academic conferences. Starting with the Journal of Applied Business Research in 1985, The Clute Institute has become known for publishing quality academic research, as well as hosting great conferences.

 

About our Code of Publication Ethics

The Clute Institute is committed to upholding the highest standards of journal publication and conference presentation ethics. The Clute Institute and its editors are committed to objective and fair double-blind peer-review of submitted manuscripts for journal publication and conference presentation and will evaluate manuscripts for their intellectual content without regard to race, gender, sexual orientation, religious belief, ethnic origin, citizenship, or political philosophy. Authors submitting their manuscripts must attest that it is their original work and has not been plagiarized. Submitting the same manuscript to more than one journal concurrently is unethical and unacceptable. Reviewers must comply with the Clute Institute Code of Ethics in all respects.

 

About the Team

RONALD C. CLUTE, Ph.D.  Founding Director
Ron is the current and founding director of The Clute Institute. Professor Clute holds a bachelor's degree in accounting from the California State University at Northridge, a master's degree in economics with a public finance concentration from the California State University at Long Beach, and a doctor of philosophy in economics with a public finance concentration from the University of Notre Dame. He published 33 academic research articles during his 25 years of teaching. He taught at the University of Illinois at Chicago, Loyola University of Chicago, University of Wyoming, and Metropolitan State College of Denver. 

DIANE PIELAT  Administrative Director
Diane has a Master's degree in education from DePaul University in Chicago, Illinois.