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A unified model of the co-creation process (2014)
Journal Article
Durugbo, C., & Pawar, K. (2014). A unified model of the co-creation process. Expert Systems with Applications, 41(9), 4373-4387. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2014.01.007

Co-creation is a pro-active strategy for enabling firms to create value through co-opting consumer com-petences. Several studies have conceptualised factors for characterizing the co-creation process. A few propose methodologies for co-creation. Howe... Read More about A unified model of the co-creation process.

The impact of physical and psychosocial risks on employee well-being and quality of life: The case of the mining industry in Ghana (2014)
Journal Article
Jain, A. (2014). The impact of physical and psychosocial risks on employee well-being and quality of life: The case of the mining industry in Ghana. Safety Science, 65, 28-35. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssci.2013.12.002

While in recent years there has been a growing awareness among mining companies of the need to address physical injuries and environmental issues, there remains a lack of knowledge about how psychosocial risks independently and in conjunction with ph... Read More about The impact of physical and psychosocial risks on employee well-being and quality of life: The case of the mining industry in Ghana.

What Causes Over-investment in R&D in Endogenous Growth Models? (2014)
Journal Article
Denicolò, V., & Zanchettin, P. (2014). What Causes Over-investment in R&D in Endogenous Growth Models?. Economic Journal, 124(581), 1192-1212. https://doi.org/10.1111/ecoj.12132

Endogenous growth models may exhibit either under-or over-investment in R&D. The possibility of over-investment is generally attributed to a business-stealing e¤ect that arises as the latest innovator destroys and/or appropriates previous incumbent's... Read More about What Causes Over-investment in R&D in Endogenous Growth Models?.

Gender, risk and finance: why can't a woman be more like a man? (2014)
Journal Article
Marlow, S., & Swail, J. (2014). Gender, risk and finance: why can't a woman be more like a man?. Entrepreneurship and Regional Development, 26(1-2), 80-96. doi:10.1080/08985626.2013.860484

Whilst acknowledging that the influence of gender upon women's business ownership is now included as a legitimate addition to the contemporary entrepreneurship research agenda, we question the assumptions which frame this inclusion. We argue that whi... Read More about Gender, risk and finance: why can't a woman be more like a man?.

The impossibility of ethical consumption (2014)
Journal Article
Nixon, E. (2014). The impossibility of ethical consumption. Ephemera: Theory and Politics in Organization, 14(1), 240-264

In this accessibly written book, Devinney, Augur and Eckhardt pool their differing disciplinary expertise to deliver a slap of realism to research on ethical consumerism. As scholars of strategy, information systems and marketing, the authors take ai... Read More about The impossibility of ethical consumption.

Stock market integration and financial crises: evidence from Chinese sector portfolios (2014)
Working Paper
Li, H., & Daly, V. (2014). Stock market integration and financial crises: evidence from Chinese sector portfolios

This paper assesses China’s stock market integration with the global market during 1997-2013 and the impact of financial crises on the extent of integration within an augmented CAPM framework. We obtain time-varying global and national systematic ris... Read More about Stock market integration and financial crises: evidence from Chinese sector portfolios.

Determinants of Friendship in Social Networking Virtual Worlds (2014)
Journal Article
Chesney, T., Chuah, S., Hull, W., Hoffmann, R., & Larner, J. (2014). Determinants of Friendship in Social Networking Virtual Worlds. Communications of the Association for Information Systems, 34, 1397-1416. https://doi.org/10.17705/1CAIS.03472

This paper examines the determinants of friendship between two users in a virtual world who are unaware of each other's real identities. Drawing on theories of homophily, heterophily and propinquity, three virtual world behaviours are analysed: avata... Read More about Determinants of Friendship in Social Networking Virtual Worlds.

The WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement: consulting the private sector (2014)
Journal Article
Grainger, A. (2014). The WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement: consulting the private sector. Journal of World Trade, 48(6),

Trade facilitation concerns itself with the operational quality of the international trade environment; and has its roots in the frustrations experienced by businesses when moving goods across borders – especially with regard to inefficient border ma... Read More about The WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement: consulting the private sector.