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Academics in pursuit of the part-time doctorate: pressures and support issues associated with the career development of business and management academics (2014)
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Mills, S., Trehan, K., & Stewart, J. (2014). Academics in pursuit of the part-time doctorate: pressures and support issues associated with the career development of business and management academics. Human Resource Development International, 17(4), 438-458. doi:10.1080/13678868.2014.928136

This article poses the question, how might the application of human resource development, career development (CD) and critical management studies perspectives cast light on the development of doctoral student? Nine part-time students took part in a l... Read More about Academics in pursuit of the part-time doctorate: pressures and support issues associated with the career development of business and management academics.

Transferring management practices to China: a Bourdieusian critique of ethnocentricity (2014)
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Siebers, L. Q., Kamoche, K., & Li, F. (2015). Transferring management practices to China: a Bourdieusian critique of ethnocentricity. International Journal of Human Resource Management, 26(5), https://doi.org/10.1080/09585192.2014.925948

This paper provides a critique of the emergent theories of human resource management in China with a view to generating new theoretical insights with particular reference to Pierre Bourdieu's social theory. It reassesses the relevance of the orthodox... Read More about Transferring management practices to China: a Bourdieusian critique of ethnocentricity.

The product liability system in China: recent changes and prospects (2014)
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Thomas, K. (2014). The product liability system in China: recent changes and prospects. International and Comparative Law Quarterly, 63(3), https://doi.org/10.1017/S0020589314000219

Following the enactment of the 2009 Tort Liability Law, the product liability system in China is largely complete. This article sketches the development of this system before outlining some of the main substantive provisions in force today and drawin... Read More about The product liability system in China: recent changes and prospects.

Interregional migration of human creative capital: the case of “Bohemian graduates” (2014)
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Faggian, A., Comunian, R., & Li, Q. C. (2014). Interregional migration of human creative capital: the case of “Bohemian graduates”. Geoforum, 55, 33-42. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoforum.2014.05.003

The human capital endowment has long been perceived to be of paramount importance to regional growth and development. In recent years, there also has been a widely held belief that creativity, going hand in hand with innovation and knowledge creation... Read More about Interregional migration of human creative capital: the case of “Bohemian graduates”.

An empirical examination of the lead–lag relationship between spot and futures markets: evidence from Thailand (2014)
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Judge, A., & Reancharoen, T. (2014). An empirical examination of the lead–lag relationship between spot and futures markets: evidence from Thailand. Pacific-Basin Finance Journal, 29, 335-358. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pacfin.2014.05.003

This study investigates whether a lead–lag relationship exists between the spot market and the futures market in Thailand during the period 2006 through 2012. In a rational, efficient market, returns on derivative securities and their underlying asse... Read More about An empirical examination of the lead–lag relationship between spot and futures markets: evidence from Thailand.

New Integration Strategies for Post-Acquisition Management (2014)
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Angwin, D. N., & Meadows, M. (2015). New Integration Strategies for Post-Acquisition Management. Long Range Planning, 48(4), 235-251. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lrp.2014.04.001

The post-acquisition integration phase is widely recognized as critical to the M&A process. However post-acquisition typologies suffer from inadequate empirical support or lack of comprehensiveness. This empirical paper responds to calls for methodol... Read More about New Integration Strategies for Post-Acquisition Management.

Pre-evaluating technical efficiency gains from possible mergers and acquisitions: evidence from Japanese regional banks (2014)
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Halkos, G. E., Matousek, R., & Tzeremes, N. G. (2016). Pre-evaluating technical efficiency gains from possible mergers and acquisitions: evidence from Japanese regional banks. Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting, 46(1), 47-77. doi:10.1007/s11156-014-0461-5

This study focuses on bank mergers and acquisitions (M&As) and applies a DEA based procedure that allows us to pre-evaluate technical efficiency gains from possible M&As in the Japanese regional banking sector. This approach provides a strategic tool... Read More about Pre-evaluating technical efficiency gains from possible mergers and acquisitions: evidence from Japanese regional banks.

Sustainability reporting and corporate identity: action research evidences in an Italian Retailing Cooperative (2014)
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Battaglia, M., Bianchi, L., Frey, M., & Passetti, E. (2015). Sustainability reporting and corporate identity: action research evidences in an Italian Retailing Cooperative. Business Ethics: A European Review, 24(1), 52-72. https://doi.org/10.1111/beer.12067

Cooperatives are facing the challenge to be competitive in the market, without losing their traditional values of mutuality and democracy. To do that, they need to re?construct open and participative dialogue with their employees and members based on... Read More about Sustainability reporting and corporate identity: action research evidences in an Italian Retailing Cooperative.

Who's acquiring whom? — Experimental evidence of firm size effect on B2B mergers and marketing/sales tasks (2014)
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Oh, J., Peters, L. D., & Johnston, W. J. (2014). Who's acquiring whom? — Experimental evidence of firm size effect on B2B mergers and marketing/sales tasks. Industrial Marketing Management, 43(6), 1035-1044. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.indmarman.2014.05.016

A recent study has revealed a marked growth in global mergers and acquisitions between firms from developed and developing countries. Unlike previous merger waves, however, companies in emerging markets are playing an increasingly important role. Thi... Read More about Who's acquiring whom? — Experimental evidence of firm size effect on B2B mergers and marketing/sales tasks.

Knowledge appropriation and identity: toward a multi-discourse analysis (2014)
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Kamoche, K., Beise-Zee, R., & Mamman, A. (2014). Knowledge appropriation and identity: toward a multi-discourse analysis. Organization Studies, 35(9), https://doi.org/10.1177/0170840614531720

Knowledge appropriation has been underpinned by an assumption of the organization’s ‘entitlement’ to appropriate knowledge and the outcomes of its utilization. Given the complexity of knowledge and the potentially conflicting views held about it, thi... Read More about Knowledge appropriation and identity: toward a multi-discourse analysis.

Theorizing about resource integration through service-dominant logic (2014)
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Löbler, H., Peters, L., Brodie, R. J., Breidbach, C. F., Hollebeek, L. D., Smith, S. D., …Varey, R. J. (2014). Theorizing about resource integration through service-dominant logic. Marketing Theory, 4(3), 249-268. https://doi.org/10.1177/1470593114534341

Resource integration, as it relates to value creation, has recently been a key aspect of the discussions about service-dominant (S-D) logic. However, the majority of research pays relatively little explicit attention to the process of theorizing and... Read More about Theorizing about resource integration through service-dominant logic.

Hit and Run or Sit and Wait? Contestability Revisited in a Price-Comparison Site-Mediated Market (2014)
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Haynes, M., & Thompson, S. (2014). Hit and Run or Sit and Wait? Contestability Revisited in a Price-Comparison Site-Mediated Market. International Journal of the Economics of Business, 21(2), 165-190. doi:10.1080/13571516.2014.912450

The price-comparison site, with its (near-)zero sunk costs of entry, would appear to approximate the " almost perfectly contestable market " envisaged by the contestability theorists where " hit-and-run " entry was conjectured to constrain sellers to... Read More about Hit and Run or Sit and Wait? Contestability Revisited in a Price-Comparison Site-Mediated Market.

Implementing lean methods in the Emergency Department: The role of professions and professional status (2014)
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Timmons, S., Coffey, F., & Vezyridis, P. (2014). Implementing lean methods in the Emergency Department: The role of professions and professional status. Journal of Health Organization and Management, 28(2), 214-228. doi:10.1108/jhom-10-2012-0203

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the implementation of lean methods in an Emergency Department (ED) and the role of the professions in this process. Design/methodology/approach Qualitative, semi-structured interviews with ED staff... Read More about Implementing lean methods in the Emergency Department: The role of professions and professional status.

The effect of leadership style ontalent retention during Merger and Acquisition integration: : evidence from China (2014)
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Zhang, J., Faisal Ahammad, M., Tarba, S., Cooper, C. L., Glaister, K. W., & Wang, J. (2014). The effect of leadership style ontalent retention during Merger and Acquisition integration: : evidence from China. International Journal of Human Resource Management, 26(7), 1021-1050. doi:10.1080/09585192.2014.908316

Leadership and talent retention are critical HR-related components in post-merger and acquisition (M&A) integration, but the extent to which these factors interact with each other and eventually contribute to the success of post-M&A integration is un... Read More about The effect of leadership style ontalent retention during Merger and Acquisition integration: : evidence from China.

Pension confusion, uncertainty and trust in Scotland: an empirical analysis (2014)
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Webb, R., Watson, D., Ring, P., & Bryce, C. (2014). Pension confusion, uncertainty and trust in Scotland: an empirical analysis. Journal of Social Policy, 43(3), https://doi.org/10.1017/S0047279414000051

In the context of the new auto-enrolment requirements for employers to make pension provision for their employees, and the importance of trust in pension provision, this article utilises data from the Scottish Social Attitudes Survey which in its 200... Read More about Pension confusion, uncertainty and trust in Scotland: an empirical analysis.

Optimism and pessimism in games (2014)
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Eichberger, J., Institut, A. W., Kelsey, D., Balkenborg, D., Colman, A., Ganguli, J., …Wakker, P. (2014). Optimism and pessimism in games. International Economic Review, 55(2), 483-505. https://doi.org/10.1111/iere.12058

This paper considers the impact of ambiguity in strategic situations. It extends the existing literature on games with ambiguity-averse players by allowing for optimistic responses to ambiguity. We use the CEU model of ambiguity with a class of capac... Read More about Optimism and pessimism in games.