All Outputs (94)

Cybercrime: Attack Motivations and Implications for Big Data and National Security (2015)
Book Chapter

Organizations are increasingly turning to the immeasurable quantities of data available through open-source mediums such as the web and social media to enhance their analytical capability and ultimately improve the quality and quantity of the informa... Read More about Cybercrime: Attack Motivations and Implications for Big Data and National Security.

Building bridges: towards an alternative theory of sustainable supply chain management (2015)
Journal Article

We contend that the development of sustainable supply chain management (SSCM) theory has been impaired by a lack of paradigmatic diversity in the field. The contested nature of the concept of sustainability has been repressed in SSCM theory, which ha... Read More about Building bridges: towards an alternative theory of sustainable supply chain management.

Competition, foreign direct investment and welfare (2015)
Journal Article

In contrast to the usual belief, we show that a lower product-market competition may make the consumers better off and increase welfare when foreign firms strategically choose between export and foreign direct investment (FDI). A lower product-market... Read More about Competition, foreign direct investment and welfare.

Standardization efforts: the relationship between knowledge dimensions, search processes and innovation outcomes (2015)
Journal Article

We explore how a standardization effort (i.e., when a firm pursues standards to further innovation) involves different search processes for knowledge and innovation outcomes. Using an inductive case study of Vanke, a leading Chinese property develope... Read More about Standardization efforts: the relationship between knowledge dimensions, search processes and innovation outcomes.

Estimating the quadratic covariation matrix for asynchronously observed high frequency stock returns corrupted by additive measurement error (2015)
Journal Article

This paper studies the estimation problem of the covariance matrices of asset returns in the presence of microstructure noise and asynchronicity between the observations across different assets. Motivated by Malliavin and Mancino (2002, 2009) we prop... Read More about Estimating the quadratic covariation matrix for asynchronously observed high frequency stock returns corrupted by additive measurement error.

Controlling for the use of extreme weights in bank efficiency assessments during the financial crisis (2015)
Journal Article

© 2016 We propose a method for bank efficiency assessment, based on weight restricted DEA, that limits banks’ abilities to use extreme weights, corresponding to extreme judgements of the risk adjusted prices on funding sources and assets. Based on a... Read More about Controlling for the use of extreme weights in bank efficiency assessments during the financial crisis.

Social efficiency of entry in a vertically related industry (2015)
Journal Article

We provide a new perspective to the literature on social desirability of entry by showing that, if the input supplier has market power, social desirability of entry of the final goods producers depends on returns to scale. Entry in the final goods ma... Read More about Social efficiency of entry in a vertically related industry.

Towards a sociology of healthcare safety and quality (2015)
Journal Article

The contributions to this collection address technologies, practices, experiences and the organisation of quality and safety across a wide range of healthcare contexts. Spanning three continents, from hospital to community, maternity to mental health... Read More about Towards a sociology of healthcare safety and quality.

An Economic Analysis of Attendance Demand for One Day International Cricket (2015)
Journal Article

Turnaround and failure: resource weaknesses and the rise and fall of Jarvis (2015)
Journal Article

Research employing the resource-based view (RBV) has overwhelming focused on the upside of resources, namely those that provide benefit to the firm. However, an emerging research stream suggests that the downside of resources, namely resource weaknes... Read More about Turnaround and failure: resource weaknesses and the rise and fall of Jarvis.

Supporting adherence for people starting a new medication for a long-term condition through community pharmacies: a pragmatic randomised controlled trial of the New Medicine Service (2015)
Journal Article

Objective: To examine the effectiveness of the New Medicine Service (NMS), a national community pharmacy service to support medicines-taking in people starting a new medicine for a long-term condition, compared with normal practice. Methods: Pragm... Read More about Supporting adherence for people starting a new medication for a long-term condition through community pharmacies: a pragmatic randomised controlled trial of the New Medicine Service.

The value of online seller reputation: evidence from a price comparison site (2015)
Journal Article

This paper examines the value of seller reputation for e-retailers trading via a price comparison site (PCS). E-markets are widely held to accommodate sellers of differing service quality, including some who behave opportunistically. The paper uses a... Read More about The value of online seller reputation: evidence from a price comparison site.

Endogenous choice of price or quantity contract and the implications of two-part-tariff in a vertical structure (2015)
Journal Article

We re-investigate the endogenous choice of price (Bertrand) and quantity (Cournot) contract in the presence of a vertically related upstream market for input. We find that choosing price contract is the dominant strategy for downstream firms when the... Read More about Endogenous choice of price or quantity contract and the implications of two-part-tariff in a vertical structure.

Controversial advert perceptions in SNS advertising: the role of ethical judgment and religious commitment (2015)
Journal Article

Three faces of context and their implications for career: a study of public sector careers cut short (2015)
Journal Article

This paper examines the impact of context on careers. It is based on a study of senior managers in an English Local Authority. It offers two important contributions: first, an empirical contribution examining how context matters to individuals in th... Read More about Three faces of context and their implications for career: a study of public sector careers cut short.

Is Ethical Money Sensitive to Past Returns? The Case of Portfolio Constraints and Persistence in Islamic Funds (2015)
Journal Article

In this paper, we analyze the performance persistence and survivorship bias of Islamic funds. The remarkable growth of these types of ethical funds raises the question of how non-financial attributes, including beliefs and value systems, influence pe... Read More about Is Ethical Money Sensitive to Past Returns? The Case of Portfolio Constraints and Persistence in Islamic Funds.

Using a central Vehicle Holding Compound (VHC) in an open pipeline automotive order fulfilment system: a simulation study (2015)
Journal Article

Satisfying requests for specific vehicle variants in a timely manner may increase profit margins for the automotive producer and automotive dealers and may reduce the need to incentivise customers financially to make a purchase. Open pipeline order... Read More about Using a central Vehicle Holding Compound (VHC) in an open pipeline automotive order fulfilment system: a simulation study.

Deliberate premarket underpricing and aftermarket mispricing: new insights on IPO pricing (2015)
Journal Article

We decompose initial returns into deliberate premarket underpricing and aftermarket mispricing using stochastic frontier analysis. We model deliberate underpricing as a function of proxies of information asymmetry surrounding IPO value between market... Read More about Deliberate premarket underpricing and aftermarket mispricing: new insights on IPO pricing.

Conflict minerals and supply chain due diligence: an exploratory study of multi-tier supply chains (2015)
Journal Article

As recently stakeholders complain about the use of conflict minerals in consumer products that are often invisible to them in final products, firms across industries implement conflict mineral management practices. Conflict minerals are those, whose... Read More about Conflict minerals and supply chain due diligence: an exploratory study of multi-tier supply chains.

Introducing the interaction approach for successful business relationships (2015)
Journal Article

Many countries in the world, including Croatia, are facing crises in their economies. There are numerous reasons for this situation, and problems of the business market present one of them. Nevertheless, successful business relationships are what kee... Read More about Introducing the interaction approach for successful business relationships.