All Outputs (94)

Cities of noise: a brief inquiry into sensemaking, sensemakers and organized worlds (2015)
Journal Article

In his novel The Unbearable Lightness of Being, Czech author Milan Kundera suggests that a novel is “an investigation of human life in the trap the world has become”. Novels are, indeed, arguably the most subtle tool of ontological inquiry, insightfu... Read More about Cities of noise: a brief inquiry into sensemaking, sensemakers and organized worlds.

Labour Market Integration and Innovation: The Implications on Consumers (2015)
Journal Article

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)
Journal Article

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)
Journal Article

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)
Journal Article

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.

A novel symbolization technique for time-series outlier detection (2015)
Conference Proceeding

The detection of outliers in time series data is a core component of many data-mining applications and broadly applied in industrial applications. In large data sets algorithms that are efficient in both time and space are required. One area where sp... Read More about A novel symbolization technique for time-series outlier detection.

On the use of Qualitative Comparative Analysis in management (2015)
Journal Article

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.

Task facilitative tools, choice goals, and risk averseness: A process-view study of e-stores (2015)
Journal Article

Although the effects of interactivity and personalization tools on the browsing experience are the subject of previous research, relatively little research focuses on the effect of variable levels of such features on buyers' evaluations of choice goa... Read More about Task facilitative tools, choice goals, and risk averseness: A process-view study of e-stores.

Internationalization and innovation performance of emerging market enterprises: The role of host-country institutional development (2015)
Journal Article

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)
Journal Article

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)
Journal Article

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)
Journal Article

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?.

The co-creation of locally useful knowledge by business schools (2015)
Book Chapter

In the UK, Business Schools are being exhorted by government to engage with local organizations to enhance their competitiveness. However, a historical legacy of providing courses for international students and a research focus upon multi-national fi... Read More about The co-creation of locally useful knowledge by business schools.

The Role of Radical Reflexivity In Academics' meaning making of career development (2015)
Book Chapter

This chapter explores the role of “radical reflexivity” in the way academics make meaning of their career development (CD) choices and prospects within the contested power relationships of higher education (HE). The wider pervading managerialist acad... Read More about The Role of Radical Reflexivity In Academics' meaning making of career development.

A Relational, Transformative and engaged approach to sustainable supply chain management: The potential of action research (2015)
Journal Article

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)
Journal Article

© 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)
Journal Article

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)
Journal Article

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)
Journal Article

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)
Journal Article

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.