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Public attitudes towards sharing loyalty card data for academic health research: a qualitative study (2022)
Journal Article
Dolan, E. H., Shiells, K., Goulding, J., & Skatova, A. (2022). Public attitudes towards sharing loyalty card data for academic health research: a qualitative study. BMC Medical Ethics, 23(1), Article 58. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12910-022-00795-8

Background: A growing number of studies show the potential of loyalty card data for use in health research. However , research into public perceptions of using this data is limited. This study aimed to investigate public attitudes towards donating lo... Read More about Public attitudes towards sharing loyalty card data for academic health research: a qualitative study.

Default risk, macroeconomic conditions, and the market skewness risk premium (2022)
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Xu, Z., Li, X., Chevapatrakul, T., & Gao, N. (2022). Default risk, macroeconomic conditions, and the market skewness risk premium. Journal of International Money and Finance, 127, Article 102683. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jimonfin.2022.102683

Previous literature finds that stocks with low market skewness risk outperform stocks with high market skewness risk. Using the portfolio sort approach, we show that this market skewness risk premium is much more pronounced among stocks with low defa... Read More about Default risk, macroeconomic conditions, and the market skewness risk premium.

An analysis of the effect of temporary/permanent contracts on firm efficiency performance: evidence from South Korea (2022)
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Lim, H. J., & Mali, D. (2023). An analysis of the effect of temporary/permanent contracts on firm efficiency performance: evidence from South Korea. Journal of Applied Accounting Research, 24(1), 149-169. https://doi.org/10.1108/JAAR-08-2021-0227

Purpose: Because no international accounting policy exists to mandate human capital (HC) information must be reported on financial reports, the association between workforce HC and firm performance/efficiency is not well-established. South Korea is a... Read More about An analysis of the effect of temporary/permanent contracts on firm efficiency performance: evidence from South Korea.

Political connections, informational asymmetry, and the efficient resolution of financial distress (2022)
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Aney, M. S., & Banerji, S. (2022). Political connections, informational asymmetry, and the efficient resolution of financial distress. Economic Modelling, 114, Article 105901. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econmod.2022.105901

We show that securities issued by a distressed firm, often through exchange offers, provide the most efficient resolution of financial restructuring. Information asymmetry between the firm-bank coalition and small bondholders gives rise to other form... Read More about Political connections, informational asymmetry, and the efficient resolution of financial distress.

Value and engagement: what can clinical trials learn from techniques used in not-for-profit marketing? (2022)
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Mitchell, E. J., Sprange, K., Treweek, S., & Nixon, E. (2022). Value and engagement: what can clinical trials learn from techniques used in not-for-profit marketing?. Trials, 23, Article 457. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-022-06417-3

Marketing is a core business function in commercial companies but is also frequently used by not-for-profit organisations. Marketing focuses on understanding what people value to make choices about engaging with a product or service: a concept also k... Read More about Value and engagement: what can clinical trials learn from techniques used in not-for-profit marketing?.

The choice of performance measures, target setting and vesting levels in UK firms' Chief Executive Officer equity‐based compensation (2022)
Journal Article
Hameed, A., Padgett, C., Clements, M. P., & Ullah, S. (2023). The choice of performance measures, target setting and vesting levels in UK firms' Chief Executive Officer equity‐based compensation. International Journal of Finance and Economics, 28(4), 4246-4270. https://doi.org/10.1002/ijfe.2649

This article analyses factors influencing the choice of performance measure in CEO equity-based compensation, for a sample of 3,400 plans from 400 UK firms between 2007 and 2015. We examine the effect of the volatility of earnings per share (EPS) and... Read More about The choice of performance measures, target setting and vesting levels in UK firms' Chief Executive Officer equity‐based compensation.

Does national culture matter for environmental innovation? A study of emerging economies (2022)
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Ullah, S., Agyei-Boapeah, H., Kim, J. R., & Nasim, A. (2022). Does national culture matter for environmental innovation? A study of emerging economies. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 181, Article 121755. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2022.121755

Environmental innovation is regarded as an essential tool to achieve the Paris Climate Conference agreement and Net Zero by 2050. Despite the extensive studies on the determinants of environmental innovation in developed countries, little attention h... Read More about Does national culture matter for environmental innovation? A study of emerging economies.

Visual Analytics of Contact Tracing Policy Simulations During an Emergency Response (2022)
Journal Article
Sondag, M., Turkay, C., Xu, K., Matthews, L., Mohr, S., & Archambault, D. (2022). Visual Analytics of Contact Tracing Policy Simulations During an Emergency Response. Computer Graphics Forum, 41(3), 29-41. https://doi.org/10.1111/cgf.14520

Epidemiologists use individual-based models to (a) simulate disease spread over dynamic contact networks and (b) to investigate strategies to control the outbreak. These model simulations generate complex ‘infection maps’ of time-varying transmission... Read More about Visual Analytics of Contact Tracing Policy Simulations During an Emergency Response.

Indemnification, Monitoring, and Competition: Evidence from R&D Contracts (2022)
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Guo, D., Hua, X., & Jiang, K. (2022). Indemnification, Monitoring, and Competition: Evidence from R&D Contracts. American Law and Economics Review, 24(1), 203-246. https://doi.org/10.1093/aler/ahac004

This article examines the adoption of indemnification clauses in research and development (R&D) contracts, in which a firm commits to reimbursing its agent against liabilities and legal costs. Indemnification achieves efficient risk sharing but dilut... Read More about Indemnification, Monitoring, and Competition: Evidence from R&D Contracts.

The causal effect of improved readability of financial reporting on stock price crash risk: Evidence from the Plain Writing Act of 2010 (2022)
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Yin, S., Chevapatrakul, T., & Yao, K. (2022). The causal effect of improved readability of financial reporting on stock price crash risk: Evidence from the Plain Writing Act of 2010. Economics Letters, 216, Article 110614. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2022.110614

This paper shows that obfuscating financial reports leads to an increase in the risk of stock price crash. Exploiting the Plain Writing Act of 2010 (PWA) as the exogenous source of variation, the results of the difference-in-differences (DID) estimat... Read More about The causal effect of improved readability of financial reporting on stock price crash risk: Evidence from the Plain Writing Act of 2010.

Citizen science for Earth Observation (Citzens4EO): understanding current use in the UK (2022)
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Boyd, D. S., Foody, G. M., Brown, C., Mazumdar, S., Marshall, H., & Wardlaw, J. (2022). Citizen science for Earth Observation (Citzens4EO): understanding current use in the UK. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 43(8), 2965-2985. https://doi.org/10.1080/01431161.2022.2076574

The role of Earth observation (EO) data in addressing societal problems from environmental through to humanitarian should not be understated. Recent innovation in EO means provision of analysis ready data and data cubes, which allows for rapid use of... Read More about Citizen science for Earth Observation (Citzens4EO): understanding current use in the UK.

Relational governance mechanisms as enablers of dynamic capabilities in Nigerian SMEs during the COVID-19 crisis (2022)
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Ashiru, F., Adegbite, E., Nakpodia, F., & Koporcic, N. (2022). Relational governance mechanisms as enablers of dynamic capabilities in Nigerian SMEs during the COVID-19 crisis. Industrial Marketing Management, 105, 18-32. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.indmarman.2022.05.011

During the COVID-19 crisis, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in developing markets, marred by significant institutional voids, grappled with a perennial lack of resources. This article seeks to understand how these SMEs activated their dynam... Read More about Relational governance mechanisms as enablers of dynamic capabilities in Nigerian SMEs during the COVID-19 crisis.

Reverse Bayesianism and act independence (2022)
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Chakravarty, S., Kelsey, D., & Teitelbaum, J. C. (2022). Reverse Bayesianism and act independence. Journal of Economic Theory, 203, Article 105495. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jet.2022.105495

Karni and Vierø (2013) propose a model of belief revision under growing awareness-reverse Bayesianism-which posits that as a person becomes aware of new acts, consequences , or act-consequence links, she revises her beliefs over an expanded state spa... Read More about Reverse Bayesianism and act independence.

Sustainability competencies for rural development: Student responses to a challenge-oriented research and training project at two Chinese universities (2022)
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Wu, B., & Morgan, W. J. (2022). Sustainability competencies for rural development: Student responses to a challenge-oriented research and training project at two Chinese universities. Weiterbildung, 3, 40-43

For UK sustainable development goals (SDGs), higher education plays vital role in cultivating sustainability competences (SCs) for future leaders. Depending on the contexts of geographic locations and university-community partnership, different peopl... Read More about Sustainability competencies for rural development: Student responses to a challenge-oriented research and training project at two Chinese universities.

Exploring the nature of adaptive capacity for resilience in healthcare across different healthcare contexts; a metasynthesis of narratives (2022)
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Lyng, H. B., Macrae, C., Guise, V., Haraldseid-Driftland, C., Fagerdal, B., Schibevaag, L., …Wiig, S. (2022). Exploring the nature of adaptive capacity for resilience in healthcare across different healthcare contexts; a metasynthesis of narratives. Applied Ergonomics, 104, Article 103810. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apergo.2022.103810

Adaptive capacity has been described as instrumental for the development of resilience in healthcare. Yet, our theoretical understanding of adaptive capacity remains relatively underdeveloped. This research therefore aims at developing a new understa... Read More about Exploring the nature of adaptive capacity for resilience in healthcare across different healthcare contexts; a metasynthesis of narratives.

Investigating the relationship between digital technologies, supply chain integration and firm resilience in the context of COVID-19 (2022)
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Cui, L., Wu, H., Wu, L., Kumar, A., & Tan, K. H. (2023). Investigating the relationship between digital technologies, supply chain integration and firm resilience in the context of COVID-19. Annals of Operations Research, 327, 825–853. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10479-022-04735-y

The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic has significantly augmented the complexity of information, adding to the challenges that firms face in effectively processing and grasping accurate information. As a result, the production uncertainty of firms ha... Read More about Investigating the relationship between digital technologies, supply chain integration and firm resilience in the context of COVID-19.

Managing Sustainability Projects for Social Impact from a Corporate Social Responsibility Perspective (2022)
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Al-Marri, M., & Pinnington, A. H. (2022). Managing Sustainability Projects for Social Impact from a Corporate Social Responsibility Perspective. Sustainability, 14(11), Article 6418. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14116418

Initiatives in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) can contribute to many programs for sustainable development. The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region is considered to have been slower to change in CSR than have other Western developed coun... Read More about Managing Sustainability Projects for Social Impact from a Corporate Social Responsibility Perspective.

Social desirability of entry in a bilateral oligopoly—The implications of (non) sunk costs (2022)
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Mukherjee, A., & Zeng, C. (2022). Social desirability of entry in a bilateral oligopoly—The implications of (non) sunk costs. Mathematical Social Sciences, 118, 12-19. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mathsocsci.2022.05.002

We show the implications of sunk investments for social efficiency of downstream-entry in a bilateral oligopoly. The possibility of socially excessive entry increases as the percentage of non-sunk investments increases. If there are no sunk investmen... Read More about Social desirability of entry in a bilateral oligopoly—The implications of (non) sunk costs.