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The consumer scam: an agency-theoretic approach (2017)
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Pouryousefi, S., & Frooman, J. (2019). The consumer scam: an agency-theoretic approach. Journal of Business Ethics, 154(1), 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-017-3466-x

Despite the extensive body of literature that aims to explain the phenomenon of consumer scams, the structure of information in scam relationships remains relatively understudied. The purpose of this article is to develop an agency-theoretical approa... Read More about The consumer scam: an agency-theoretic approach.

Effectual entrepreneuring: sensemaking in a family-based start-up (2017)
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Jones, O., & Li, H. (2017). Effectual entrepreneuring: sensemaking in a family-based start-up. Entrepreneurship and Regional Development, 29(5-6), 467-499. https://doi.org/10.1080/08985626.2017.1297854

In this paper we examine the microprocesses associated with a successful business established by two young brothers (16 and 18). The study is informed by recent processual approaches to entrepreneurship associated with effectuation theory and sensema... Read More about Effectual entrepreneuring: sensemaking in a family-based start-up.

Registered Replication Report: Rand, Greene, and Nowak (2012) (2017)
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Bouwmeester, S., Verkoeijen, P. P., Aczel, B., Barbosa, F., Bègue, L., Brañas-Garza, P., …Wollbrant, C. E. (2017). Registered Replication Report: Rand, Greene, and Nowak (2012). Perspectives on Psychological Science, 12(3), 527-542. https://doi.org/10.1177/1745691617693624

In an anonymous 4-person economic game, participants contributed more money to a common project (i.e., cooperated) when required to decide quickly than when forced to delay their decision (Rand, Greene & Nowak, 2012), a pattern consistent with the so... Read More about Registered Replication Report: Rand, Greene, and Nowak (2012).

Crisis and change in industrial relations in Central and Eastern Europe (2017)
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Soulsby, A., Hollinshead, G., & Steger, T. (2017). Crisis and change in industrial relations in Central and Eastern Europe. European Journal of Industrial Relations, 23(1), 5-15. https://doi.org/10.1177/0959680117693686

© 2017, © The Author(s) 2017. This article introduces the Special Issue on industrial relations in Central and Eastern Europe since the financial and economic crisis. Already dependent economically on funding from the west and lacking the robust indu... Read More about Crisis and change in industrial relations in Central and Eastern Europe.

Growing on steroids: rapidly scaling the user base of digital ventures through digital innovation (2017)
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Huang, J., Henfridsson, O., Liu, M. J., & Newell, S. (2017). Growing on steroids: rapidly scaling the user base of digital ventures through digital innovation. MIS Quarterly, 41(1), 301-314. https://doi.org/10.25300/MISQ/2017/41.1.16

Digital ventures, start-ups growing by drawing on and adding to digital infrastructures, can scale their business at an unprecedented pace. We view such rapid scaling as a generative process by which a venture’s user base increases significantly betw... Read More about Growing on steroids: rapidly scaling the user base of digital ventures through digital innovation.

The problem of unilateralism in agency theory: towards a bilateral formulation (2017)
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Pouryousefi, S., & Frooman, J. (in press). The problem of unilateralism in agency theory: towards a bilateral formulation. Business Ethics Quarterly, 27(2), https://doi.org/10.1017/beq.2016.77

Some business ethicists view agency theory as a cautionary tale – a proof that it is impossible to carry out successful economic interactions in the absence of ethical behaviour. The cautionary-tale view presents a nuanced normative characterisation... Read More about The problem of unilateralism in agency theory: towards a bilateral formulation.

The impact of job contact networks on wages of rural–urban migrants in China: a switching regression approach (2017)
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Long, W., Appleton, S., & Song, L. (in press). The impact of job contact networks on wages of rural–urban migrants in China: a switching regression approach. Journal of Chinese Economic and Business Studies, 15(1), https://doi.org/10.1080/14765284.2017.1287538

In nationally representative household data from the 2008 Chinese Rural to Urban Migration Survey, nearly two thirds of rural–urban migrants found their employment through family members, relatives, friends or acquaintances. This paper investigates w... Read More about The impact of job contact networks on wages of rural–urban migrants in China: a switching regression approach.

Contesting authentic practice and ethical authority in adventure tourism (2017)
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Rickly, J., & Vidon, E. S. (in press). Contesting authentic practice and ethical authority in adventure tourism. Journal of Sustainable Tourism, https://doi.org/10.1080/09669582.2017.1284856

This paper examines the discourses of authenticity and ethics used among adventure tourists regarding the use of the natural environment. In one case, full-time traveling rock climbers use their dedication to the sport and annual visits to the Red Ri... Read More about Contesting authentic practice and ethical authority in adventure tourism.

Union bargaining power, subcontracting and innovation (2017)
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Beladi, H., & Mukherjee, A. (2017). Union bargaining power, subcontracting and innovation. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 137, 90-104. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2017.02.013

We show that if a firm can subcontract production to an informal sector, an increase in union power may either increase or decrease innovation. An increase in union power makes the firm worse off irrespective of its effect on innovation. However, in... Read More about Union bargaining power, subcontracting and innovation.

Of shepherds, sheep and sheepdogs?: governing the adherent self through complementary and competing ‘pastorates’ (2017)
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Waring, J., & Latif, A. (in press). Of shepherds, sheep and sheepdogs?: governing the adherent self through complementary and competing ‘pastorates’. Sociology, https://doi.org/10.1177/0038038517690680

Foucault’s concept of ‘pastoral power’ describes an important technique for constituting obedient subjects. Derived from his analysis of the Christian pastorate, he saw pastoral power as a prelude to contemporary technologies of governing ‘beyond the... Read More about Of shepherds, sheep and sheepdogs?: governing the adherent self through complementary and competing ‘pastorates’.

Deliberation favours social efficiency by making people disregard their relative shares: evidence from US and India (2017)
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Capraro, V., Corgnet, B., Espín, A. M., & Hernan-Gonzalez, R. (2017). Deliberation favours social efficiency by making people disregard their relative shares: evidence from US and India. Royal Society Open Science, https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.160605

Groups make decisions on both the production and the distribution of resources. These decisions typically involve a tension between increasing the total level of group resources (i.e. social efficiency) and distributing these resources among group me... Read More about Deliberation favours social efficiency by making people disregard their relative shares: evidence from US and India.

Operational risk and the three lines of defence in the UK financial institutions: Is three really the magic number? (2017)
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Mabwee, K., Ring, P., & Webb, R. (in press). Operational risk and the three lines of defence in the UK financial institutions: Is three really the magic number?. Journal of Operational Risk, 12(1), https://doi.org/10.21314/JOP.2017.187

There has been growing interest in the need for financial services firms to develop and implement robust systems and structures for managing operational risk. While there now appears to be some consensus in terms of definitions, quantification and mo... Read More about Operational risk and the three lines of defence in the UK financial institutions: Is three really the magic number?.

Domestic patenting systems and foreign licensing choices (2017)
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Tsai, Y., & Mukherjee, A. (in press). Domestic patenting systems and foreign licensing choices. Journal of Economics, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00712-017-0523-y

This paper examines a foreign technology holder’s licensing choices between royalty and fixed-fee scheme. We emphasize that foreign licensor chooses the quality of licensed technology when the licensee country does not implement perfect intellectual... Read More about Domestic patenting systems and foreign licensing choices.

Financial social innovation to engage the economically marginalized: insights from an Indian case study (2017)
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Bhatt, P., & Ahmad, A. J. (2017). Financial social innovation to engage the economically marginalized: insights from an Indian case study. Entrepreneurship and Regional Development, 29(5-6), 391-413. https://doi.org/10.1080/08985626.2017.1287961

© 2017 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. New sources of finance within the label of ‘impact investing’ have emerged as mechanisms to promote entrepreneurship within marginalized communities. Different vehicles for impact invest... Read More about Financial social innovation to engage the economically marginalized: insights from an Indian case study.

Unpacking the indirect effects and consequences of environmental regulation (2017)
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Tan, K. H., Chung, L., Shi, L., & Chiu, A. (2017). Unpacking the indirect effects and consequences of environmental regulation. International Journal of Production Economics, 186, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpe.2017.01.017

Environmental regulation and its corresponding measures and control is an important issue but have not been fully investigated. Literature on the unintended consequences of regulation control and measures appears to be sparse. Through a series of exp... Read More about Unpacking the indirect effects and consequences of environmental regulation.

More Than a ‘Little Act of Kindness’? Towards a Typology of Volunteering as Unpaid Work (2017)
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Kelemen, M., Mangan, A., & Moffat, S. (2017). More Than a ‘Little Act of Kindness’? Towards a Typology of Volunteering as Unpaid Work. Sociology, 51(6), 1239-1256. https://doi.org/10.1177/0038038517692512

Definitions of volunteering are widespread and complex, yet relatively little attention is given to volunteering as unpaid work, even though it intersects with the worlds of paid employment and the domestic sphere, cutting across individual/collectiv... Read More about More Than a ‘Little Act of Kindness’? Towards a Typology of Volunteering as Unpaid Work.

Extending the supply chain visibility boundary: utilizing stakeholders for identifying supply chain sustainability risks (2017)
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Busse, C., Schleper, M. C., Weilenmann, J., & Wagner, S. M. (2017). Extending the supply chain visibility boundary: utilizing stakeholders for identifying supply chain sustainability risks. International Journal of Physical Distribution and Logistics Management, 47(1), https://doi.org/10.1108/IJPDLM-02-2015-0043

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate how buying firms facing low supply chain visibility can utilize their stakeholder network to identify salient supply chain sustainability risks (SCSR). Design/methodology/approach – The study empl... Read More about Extending the supply chain visibility boundary: utilizing stakeholders for identifying supply chain sustainability risks.

A contractual analysis of state versus private ownership (2017)
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Jiang, K., & Wang, S. (2017). A contractual analysis of state versus private ownership. China Economic Review, 43, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chieco.2017.01.011

We uniquely analyze the advantages and disadvantages of private ownership versus state ownership under various circumstances by focusing on three aspects: external risk, internal governance, and relative importance of owners versus managers. Our theo... Read More about A contractual analysis of state versus private ownership.