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Do mutual funds herd in industries?
(Elsevier, 2015-03)
This study examines whether mutual funds herd in industries and the extent to which such herding impacts industry valuations. Using two herding measures proposed by Lakonishok et al. (1992) and Sias (2004) we document that ...
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 ...
Using simulated experience to make sense of big data
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2015)
Simulated experience can help companies communicate data analysis results to decision makers. Analysts' conclusions have been found to be different from what decision makers understand. Meanwhile, complex statistical ...
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 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 ...
Conceptualizing a research paradigm for multi-objective modelling in supply chain management
(Wiley, 2015)
The primary objective of this paper is to offer a particular research paradigm framework that takes into consideration ontological, epistemological, methodological and axiological assumptions for a more meaningful and ...
Communicating forecasts: the simplicity of simulated experience
(Elsevier, 2015-08)
It is unclear whether decision makers who receive forecasts expressed as probability distributions over outcomes understand the implications of this form of communication. We suggest a solution based on the fact that people ...
Cross-efficiency in DEA: a maximum resonated appreciative model
(Elsevier, 2015-03)
The occurrence of multiple optimal solutions is an important and interesting issue in data envelopment analysis (DEA), for it allows flexibility to estimate the optimal cross-efficiencies of all decision making units (DMUs). ...
The two settings of kind and wicked learning environments
(Association for Psychological Science, 2015-10)
Inference involves two settings: In the first, information is acquired (learning); in the second, it is applied (predictions or choices). Kind learning environments involve close matches between the informational elements ...
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 ...
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