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Gender-specific preferences in global performance management - an empirical study of male and female leaders in a multinational context
(Wiley, 2015-01)This study investigates gender-specific preferences in one important human resource management (HRM) practice—namely, global performance management (GPM). GPM has major consequences for the career advancement of women and ... -
The geography of funding markets and limits to arbitrage
(Society for Financial Studies, 2015-04)We use the relative pricing of pairs of emerging market (EM) sovereign bonds issued in both dollars and euros to study capital markets frictions during periods of financial distress. During the 2007–2008 crisis, we find ... -
The golden rule of forecasting: objections, refinements, and enhancements
(Elsevier, 2015-08)In providing a “golden rule” for forecasting, Armstrong, Green, and Graefe (this issue) raise aspirations that reliable forecasting is possible. They advocate a conservative approach that mainly involves extrapolating from ... -
Grey market e-shopping and trust building practices in China
(Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd., 2008)In the last decade, the wide use of the Internet, particularly through the proliferation of broadband, has dramatically changed the behaviour and lifestyle of many people. China, as a fast-growing emerging economy with a ... -
Group identity in markets
(Elsevier, 2011-01)We present a laboratory experiment that measures the effects of group identity—one's perceived membership in social groups—on market transactions in an oligopoly market with a few sellers and buyers. We artificially induce ... -
The hare and the tortoise: do earlier adopters of online channels purchase more?
(Elsevier, 2015-06)Earlier adopters of a product or service tend to be more valuable than later adopters. Does this empirical generalization equally apply to earlier adopters of a multichannel retailer's new online channel too? This study ... -
Heuristic methods for the capacitated stochastic lot-sizing problem under the static-dynamic uncertainty strategy
(Elsevier, 2019-09)We consider a lot-sizing problem in a single-item single-stage production system facing non-stationary stochastic demand in a finite planning horizon. Motivated by common practice, the set-up times need to be determined ... -
Hierarchical modeling of choice concentration of US households
(Wiley, 2014)This chapter contains sections titled: Introduction Data Description Measures of Choice Concentration Methodology Results Interpreting θ Decomposing the Effects of Time, Number of Decisions and Concentration Preference Conclusion. -
Housing market dynamics with delays in the construction sector
(Elsevier, 2014-12)Housing supply is subject to several types of delays. On average, it takes 6 months to get approved for a residential building permit and another 2–4 quarters to complete a construction project. We present a simple two-sector ... -
How can recessions be brought to an end? Effects of macroeconomic policy actions on durations of recession
(Elsevier, 2014-05)This paper analyzes how effective macroeconomic policy actions are in ending recessions. We also investigate which structural factors help the country to experience shorter recessions. We implement survival regression ... -
How online consumer segments differ in long-term marketing effectiveness
(Elsevier, 2014-11)Online commerce gives companies not only a growing global sales platform, but also powerful consumers enjoying 24/7 availability, choice proliferation and the power to opt in and out permission-based communication. ... -
How to make global cities: information communication technologies and macro-level variables
(Elsevier, 2014-11)Increasing in the ranks among the global cities is a top priority not only for the city officials but also for the central governments. With the prevalent use of the information and communication technologies (ICTs), local ... -
Ideology and brand consumption
(Sage, 2013-03)Do mundane daily choices, such as what brands people buy in a supermarket, reflect aspects of values and ideologies? This article presents a large-scale field study performed to determine whether traits associated with a ... -
The impact of brand familiarity on online and offline media synergy
(Elsevier, 2016)Rooted in the integrated marketing communication framework, this paper conceptualizes how brand familiarity affects online and cross-channel synergies. The empirical analysis uses Bayesian vector autoregressive models to ... -
The impact of policy decisions on global liquidity during the recent financial crisis
(Wiley, 2015-03)The collapse of the recent housing price bubble precipitated the 2007–2008 financial crisis and caused international funding liquidity to dry up. We investigate how economic policies undertaken by the Federal Reserve and ... -
An integrated analysis of capacity allocation and patient scheduling in presence of seasonal walk-ins
(Springer Nature, 2019-06)This study analyzes two decision levels in appointment system design in the context of clinics that face seasonal demand for scheduled and walk-in patients. The macro-level problem addresses access rules dealing with ... -
Intergenerational mobility and the effects of parental education, time investment, and income on children’s educational attainment
(Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Review, 2018-07-15)This article analyzes the mechanisms through which parents’ and children’s education are linked. It estimates the causal effect of parental education, parental time with children, and parental income during early childhood ... -
Interlocks and firm performance: The role of uncertainty in the directorate interlock-performance relationship
(Wiley, 2015-02)We examine how uncertainty influences the performance effects of directorate interlocks. Our study offers a new perspective of directorate interlocks as mechanisms that enable firms to improve performance when confronted ... -
An intersectionality framework for transformative services research
(Informa Group Company, 2015)The authors introduce the theory of intersectionality which refers to the interactivity of social identities such as race, class, and gender in shaping individuals’ experiences. Intersectionality is explored using cases ... -
Investigation of stochastic pairs trading strategies under different volatility regimes
(Blackwell, 2010-09)We investigate several market-neutral trading strategies and find empirical evidence that market-neutral equity trading outperforms in 2008, the first full year of the global financial meltdown. In our experiments we use ...
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