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Labour Market Integration and Innovation: The Implications on Consumers (2015)
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Chowdhury, M., & Mukherjee, A. (2016). Labour Market Integration and Innovation: The Implications on Consumers. Manchester School, 84(6), 771-794. https://doi.org/10.1111/manc.12132

We show the effects of labour market integration on consumers. Labour market integration allows the firms in the labour‐recipient countries to hire skilled and unskilled workers at lower wages. If labour market integration creates the possibility of... Read More about Labour Market Integration and Innovation: The Implications on Consumers.

Tourism culture: Nexus, characteristics, context and sustainability (2015)
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Canavan, B. (2016). Tourism culture: Nexus, characteristics, context and sustainability. Tourism Management, 53, 229-243. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tourman.2015.10.002

This article makes the case for tourism culture; the new cultural expressions, practises and identities, influenced by hosts, guests and industry context, which may develop in destinations, as a useful perspective with which to draw together various... Read More about Tourism culture: Nexus, characteristics, context and sustainability.

Sustainable humanitarian supply chain management: exploring new theory (2015)
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Kunz, N., & Gold, S. (in press). Sustainable humanitarian supply chain management: exploring new theory. International Journal of Logistics Research and Applications, https://doi.org/10.1080/13675567.2015.1103845

Disaster response operations aim at helping as many victims as possible in the shortest time, with limited consideration of the socio-economic context. During the disaster rehabilitation phase, the perspective needs to broaden and comprehensively tak... Read More about Sustainable humanitarian supply chain management: exploring new theory.

CEO compensation and bank efficiency: an application of conditional nonparametric frontiers (2015)
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Matousek, R., & Tzeremes, N. G. (2016). CEO compensation and bank efficiency: an application of conditional nonparametric frontiers. European Journal of Operational Research, 251(1), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2015.10.035

The paper investigates in a dynamic context the effect of Chief Executive Officer (CEO) bonus and salary payments on banks’ technical efficiency levels. Our methodological framework incorporates the latest developments on the probabilistic approach o... Read More about CEO compensation and bank efficiency: an application of conditional nonparametric frontiers.

On the use of Qualitative Comparative Analysis in management (2015)
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Konan, A., Kan, S., Adegbite, E., Omari, S. E., & Abdellatif, M. (2016). On the use of Qualitative Comparative Analysis in management. Journal of Business Research, 69(4), 1458-1463. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2015.10.125

Researchers now use qualitative comparative analysis (QCA) beyond its original purposes in political and sociological sciences and apply this method of analysis in the field of management. This article offers a comprehensive and critical review of al... Read More about On the use of Qualitative Comparative Analysis in management.

Internationalization and innovation performance of emerging market enterprises: The role of host-country institutional development (2015)
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Wu, J., Wang, C., Hong, J., Piperopoulos, P., & Zhuo, S. (2016). Internationalization and innovation performance of emerging market enterprises: The role of host-country institutional development. Journal of World Business, 51(2), 251-263. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jwb.2015.09.002

We examine how host-country institutional development influences innovation performance of internationalized emerging market enterprises (EMEs). Our panel-data analysis of Chinese EMEs shows that although host-country institutional development on ave... Read More about Internationalization and innovation performance of emerging market enterprises: The role of host-country institutional development.

Business process management and supply chain collaboration: a critical comparison (2015)
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Pradabwong, J., Braziotis, C., Pawar, K. S., & Tannock, J. (2015). Business process management and supply chain collaboration: a critical comparison. Logistics Research, 8(1), https://doi.org/10.1007/s12159-015-0123-6

The link between a firm and supply chain (SC) members has been recognised as one of the key issues for ensuring business success and achieving competitive advantage. Indeed, working across organisational boundaries is required to accomplish effectiv... Read More about Business process management and supply chain collaboration: a critical comparison.

Performance appraisal in Western and local banks in China: the influence of firm ownership on the perceived importance of guanxi (2015)
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Gu, F., & Nolan, J. (in press). Performance appraisal in Western and local banks in China: the influence of firm ownership on the perceived importance of guanxi. International Journal of Human Resource Management, 28(10), https://doi.org/10.1080/09585192.2015.1089063

The Chinese cultural factor guanxi (personal relationships) has an important influence on the implementation and effectiveness of HRM practices in China. However, few studies have investigated how guanxi influences performance appraisal in organisati... Read More about Performance appraisal in Western and local banks in China: the influence of firm ownership on the perceived importance of guanxi.

How does legalization of physician assisted suicide affect rates of suicide? (2015)
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Jones, D. A., & Paton, D. (2015). How does legalization of physician assisted suicide affect rates of suicide?. Southern Medical Journal, 180(10), https://doi.org/10.14423/SMJ.0000000000000349

Objectives: Several US states have legalized or decriminalised physician assisted suicide (PAS) whilst others are currently considering permitting PAS. Although it has been suggested that legalization could plausibly lead to a reduction in total sui... Read More about How does legalization of physician assisted suicide affect rates of suicide?.

A Relational, Transformative and engaged approach to sustainable supply chain management: The potential of action research (2015)
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This article describes how action research can advance sustainable supply chain management research. Most sustainable supply chain management research is empirical and little attention has been paid to reflecting upon how research is conducted in the... Read More about A Relational, Transformative and engaged approach to sustainable supply chain management: The potential of action research.

Investment and financing for SMEs with a partial guarantee and jump risk (2015)
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Luo, P., Wang, H., & Yang, Z. (2016). Investment and financing for SMEs with a partial guarantee and jump risk. European Journal of Operational Research, 249(3), 1161-1168. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2015.09.032

© 2015 Elsevier B.V. and Association of European Operational Research Societies (EURO) within the International Federation of Operational Research Societies (IFORS). All rights reserved. We consider a small- and medium-sized enterprise (SME) with a f... Read More about Investment and financing for SMEs with a partial guarantee and jump risk.

Corporate cash holdings: causes and consequences (2015)
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Amess, K., Banerji, S., & Lampousis, A. (2015). Corporate cash holdings: causes and consequences. International Review of Financial Analysis, 42, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.irfa.2015.09.007

The considerable growth in corporate cash holdings around the world has prompted scholarly interest. Consequently, there is now a large academic literature examining cash holdings and their impact on corporate outcomes and firm values. This article r... Read More about Corporate cash holdings: causes and consequences.

Cognitive synergy in groups and group-to-individual transfer of decision-making competencies (2015)
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Curseu, P., Meslec, M., Pluut, H., & Lucas, G. (2015). Cognitive synergy in groups and group-to-individual transfer of decision-making competencies. Frontiers in Psychology, 6, Article 1375. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01375

In a field study (148 participants organized in 38 groups) we tested the effect of group synergy and one’s position in relation to the collaborative zone of proximal development (CZPD) on the change of individual decision-making competencies. We used... Read More about Cognitive synergy in groups and group-to-individual transfer of decision-making competencies.

Can currency-based risk factors help forecast exchange rates? (2015)
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Ahmed, S., Liu, X., & Valente, G. (in press). Can currency-based risk factors help forecast exchange rates?. International Journal of Forecasting, 32(1), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijforecast.2015.01.010

This paper examines time-series predictability of bilateral exchange rates from linear factor models that utilize unconditional and conditional expectations of three currency-based risk factors. Exploiting a comprehensive set of statistical criteria,... Read More about Can currency-based risk factors help forecast exchange rates?.

The impact of private equity on firms׳ patenting activity (2015)
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Amess, K., Stiebale, J., & Wright, M. The impact of private equity on firms׳ patenting activity. European Economic Review, 86, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.euroecorev.2015.08.013

The paper analyses the impact of private equity (PE) backed leveraged buyouts (LBOs) on innovative output (patenting). Using a sample of 407 UK deals we find that LBOs have a positive causal effect on patent stock and quality-adjusted patent stock. O... Read More about The impact of private equity on firms׳ patenting activity.

Does improvisation help or hinder planning in determining export success?: decision theory applied to exporting (2015)
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Nemkova, E., Souchon, A. L., Hughes, P., & Micevski, M. (2015). Does improvisation help or hinder planning in determining export success?: decision theory applied to exporting. Journal of International Marketing, 23(3), 41-65. https://doi.org/10.1509/jim.14.0071

Exporting allows organizations to diversify risk and generate multiple income streams. In turn, the making of good export decisions is purported to be a main determinant of performance. While substantive export decisions are well researched, little i... Read More about Does improvisation help or hinder planning in determining export success?: decision theory applied to exporting.

Endogenous Market Structure, Trade Cost Reduction, and Welfare (2015)
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Marjit, S., & Mukherjee, A. (2015). Endogenous Market Structure, Trade Cost Reduction, and Welfare. Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics, 171(3), 493-511. https://doi.org/10.1628/093245615x14322754804672

We show the long-run effects of a trade cost reduction in an oligopolistic industry. If the labor markets are competitive and the products are homogeneous, a lower transportation cost affects neither consumer surplus nor welfare of the importing coun... Read More about Endogenous Market Structure, Trade Cost Reduction, and Welfare.

CEO power, government monitoring, and bank dividends (2015)
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Onali, E., Galiakhmetova, R., Molyneux, P., & Torluccio, G. (2016). CEO power, government monitoring, and bank dividends. Journal of Financial Intermediation, 27, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfi.2015.08.001

We investigate the role of CEO power and government monitoring on bank dividend policy for a sample of 109 European listed banks for the period 2005–2013. We employ three main proxies for CEO power: CEO ownership, CEO tenure, and unforced CEO turnove... Read More about CEO power, government monitoring, and bank dividends.

The tacit mystery: reconciling different approaches to tacit knowledge (2015)
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Muñoz, C. A., Mosey, S., & Binks, M. (2015). The tacit mystery: reconciling different approaches to tacit knowledge. Knowledge Management Research and Practice, 13(3), 289-298. https://doi.org/10.1057/kmrp.2013.50

In the management literature, tacit knowledge has been conceptualised in partial, divergent, and contradictory ways. This paper reconciles these different approaches by explaining how they address different aspects of the theory of tacit knowing deve... Read More about The tacit mystery: reconciling different approaches to tacit knowledge.