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Geographic dispersion and co-location in global R&D portfolios: consequences for firm performance (2018)
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Kafouros, M., Wang, C., Hong, J., Mavroudi, E., & Katsikeas, C. (2018). Geographic dispersion and co-location in global R&D portfolios: consequences for firm performance. Research Policy, 47(7), 1243-1255. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.respol.2018.04.010

We examine how the ways in which firms geographically configure their global portfolios of R&D units influence the effectiveness of firms’ own R&D investments and of external technical knowledge in enhancing firm performance. Our analysis indicates t... Read More about Geographic dispersion and co-location in global R&D portfolios: consequences for firm performance.

Voiceless but empowered farmers in corporate supply chains: contradictory imagery and instrumental approach to empowerment (2018)
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McCarthy, L., Touboulic, A., & Matthews, L. (2018). Voiceless but empowered farmers in corporate supply chains: contradictory imagery and instrumental approach to empowerment. Organization, 25(5), 609-635. https://doi.org/10.1177/1350508418763265

There have been calls for a shift of focus towards the political and power-laden aspects of transitioning towards socially equitable global supply chains. This paper offers an empirically grounded response to these calls from a critical realist stanc... Read More about Voiceless but empowered farmers in corporate supply chains: contradictory imagery and instrumental approach to empowerment.

Migrating Industrial Relations: Migrant Workers’ Initiative Within and Outside Trade Unions (2018)
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Alberti, G., & Però, D. (2018). Migrating Industrial Relations: Migrant Workers’ Initiative Within and Outside Trade Unions. British Journal of Industrial Relations, 56(4), 693-715. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjir.12308

© 2018 John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This article develops an embedded actor-centred framework for studying the mobilization and bargaining practices of migrant workers. This framework is applied to examine two instances of labour organizing by low-paid L... Read More about Migrating Industrial Relations: Migrant Workers’ Initiative Within and Outside Trade Unions.

Facilitating customer adherence to complex services through multi-interface interactions: the case of a weight loss service (2018)
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Temerak, M., Winklhofer, H., & Hibbert, S. (2018). Facilitating customer adherence to complex services through multi-interface interactions: the case of a weight loss service. Journal of Business Research, 88, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2018.03.029

Today’s communication landscape affords multiple service interfaces to promote customer engagement (i.e. adherence) with complex and prolonged services, but understanding of how customers use them is limited. This study compares personal and non-pers... Read More about Facilitating customer adherence to complex services through multi-interface interactions: the case of a weight loss service.

A two-dimensional, two-level framework for achieving corporate sustainable development : assessing the return on sustainability initiatives (2018)
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Wu, L., Subramanian, N., Gunasekaran, A., Pawar, K., Doran, D., & Dan‐Asabe Abdulrahman, M. (2018). A two-dimensional, two-level framework for achieving corporate sustainable development : assessing the return on sustainability initiatives. Business Strategy and the Environment, 27(8), 1117-1130. https://doi.org/10.1002/bse.2055

Sustainability studies in operations management have reported the positive effects of lean, green, and social management systems on various dimensions of a firm’s sustainability performance. However, despite its high importance and relevance, the tim... Read More about A two-dimensional, two-level framework for achieving corporate sustainable development : assessing the return on sustainability initiatives.

The Performance of Islamic Vs. Conventional Banks: Evidence on the Suitability of the Basel Capital Ratios (2018)
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Bitar, M., Hassan, M. K., Pukthuanthong, K., & Walker, T. (2018). The Performance of Islamic Vs. Conventional Banks: Evidence on the Suitability of the Basel Capital Ratios. Open Economies Review, 29(5), 1003-1038

This paper examines the effect of various types of bank capital on the profitability and efficiency of conventional and Islamic banks. Our results show that higher quality forms of capital improve the profitability and efficiency for both systems alt... Read More about The Performance of Islamic Vs. Conventional Banks: Evidence on the Suitability of the Basel Capital Ratios.

Farmer innovation system and government intervention: an empirical study of straw utilisation technology development and diffusion in China (2018)
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Zhang, L., & Wu, B. (2018). Farmer innovation system and government intervention: an empirical study of straw utilisation technology development and diffusion in China. Journal of Cleaner Production, 188, 698-707. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2018.03.224

In the context of rural sustainability in the developing world, a dilemma facing government intervention is to recognise and properly use local (or indigenous, practical) knowledge. This paper sheds new light on government intervention by introducing... Read More about Farmer innovation system and government intervention: an empirical study of straw utilisation technology development and diffusion in China.

From bricks-and-mortar to bricks-and-clicks: logistics networks in omni-channel grocery retailing (2018)
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Wollenburg, J., Hübner, A., Kuhn, H., & Trautrims, A. (2018). From bricks-and-mortar to bricks-and-clicks: logistics networks in omni-channel grocery retailing. International Journal of Physical Distribution and Logistics Management, 48(4), https://doi.org/10.1108/IJPDLM-10-2016-0290

Purpose: The advent of grocery sales through online channels necessitates that bricks-and-mortar retailers redefine their logistics networks if they want to compete online. Because the general understanding of such bricks-and-clicks logistics systems... Read More about From bricks-and-mortar to bricks-and-clicks: logistics networks in omni-channel grocery retailing.

The effect of lean methods and tools on the environmental performance of manufacturing organisations (2018)
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Garza-Reyes, J. A., Kumar, V., Chaikittisilp, S., & Tan, K. H. (2018). The effect of lean methods and tools on the environmental performance of manufacturing organisations. International Journal of Production Economics, 200, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpe.2018.03.030

Evidence suggests that lean methods and tools have helped manufacturing organisations to achieve operational excellence, and in this way meet both traditional and contemporary organisational objectives such as profitability, efficiency, responsivenes... Read More about The effect of lean methods and tools on the environmental performance of manufacturing organisations.

Measuring interaction proxemics with wearable light tags (2018)
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Montanari, A., Tian, Z., Francu, E., Lucas, B., Jones, B., Zhou, X., & Mascolo, C. (2018). Measuring interaction proxemics with wearable light tags. Proceedings of the ACM on Interactive, Mobile, Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies, 2(1), https://doi.org/10.1145/3191757

The proxemics of social interactions (e.g., body distance, relative orientation) in!uences many aspects of our everyday life: from patients’ reactions to interaction with physicians, successes in job interviews, to effective teamwork. Traditionally,... Read More about Measuring interaction proxemics with wearable light tags.

Brexit means Brexit: what does it mean for the protection of third party victims and the Road Traffic Act? (2018)
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Marson, J., Ferris, K., & Nicholson, A. (2018). Brexit means Brexit: what does it mean for the protection of third party victims and the Road Traffic Act?. Statute Law Review, 39(2), https://doi.org/10.1093/slr/hmx006

The UK’s referendum decision of 23 June 2016, where voters elected to leave the European Union (EU), will fundamentally change aspects of national law. Much debate has focused on the constitutional implications of the decision and the procedure by wh... Read More about Brexit means Brexit: what does it mean for the protection of third party victims and the Road Traffic Act?.

Recasting the dynamics of post-acquisition integration: An embeddedness perspective (2018)
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Rouzies, A., Colman, H., & Angwin, D. (2019). Recasting the dynamics of post-acquisition integration: An embeddedness perspective. Long Range Planning, 52(2), 271-282. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lrp.2018.03.003

Research on post-acquisition integration has to a large extent ignored the myriad of changing contextual forces confronting acquirers as they attempt to combine organisations. To explore how these forces shape intended post-acquisition integration ef... Read More about Recasting the dynamics of post-acquisition integration: An embeddedness perspective.

The contribution of market movements, asset allocation, and active management to Islamic equity funds' performance (2018)
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Peilles, J., Erragragui, E., Bitar, M., & Benlemlih, M. (2019). The contribution of market movements, asset allocation, and active management to Islamic equity funds' performance. Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, 74, 32-38. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.qref.2018.03.013

© 2018 Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois Where the performance of Islamic equity funds (IEFs) comes from? Is it from market movements, asset allocation policy or from active portfolio management? Our study is the first to tackle this qu... Read More about The contribution of market movements, asset allocation, and active management to Islamic equity funds' performance.

The role of country-level institutional factors in escaping the natural resource curse: Insights from Ghana (2018)
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Adams, D., Ullah, S., Akhtar, P., Adams, K., & Saidi, S. (2019). The role of country-level institutional factors in escaping the natural resource curse: Insights from Ghana. Resources Policy, 61, 433-440. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resourpol.2018.03.005

Empirical research shows that developing countries that are rich in natural resources tend to suffer slow economic growth and development due to various factors such as quality of institutions, governance, among others. The phenomenon of slow growth... Read More about The role of country-level institutional factors in escaping the natural resource curse: Insights from Ghana.

Determinants of Corporate Cash Holdings: An empirical study of Chinese Listed Firms (2018)
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Ahmed, R., Qi, W., Ullah, S., & Kimani, D. (2018). Determinants of Corporate Cash Holdings: An empirical study of Chinese Listed Firms. Corporate Ownership and Control, 15(3), https://doi.org/10.22495/cocv15i3art5

This study explores the determinants of corporate cash holdings in the Chinese context. As one of the largest developing countries in the world, China offers an interesting opportunity to explore the role of corporate governance, and ownership struct... Read More about Determinants of Corporate Cash Holdings: An empirical study of Chinese Listed Firms.

Divestment Options under Tacit and Incomplete Information (2018)
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Ma, Q., & Wang, S. (2018). Divestment Options under Tacit and Incomplete Information. Pacific-Basin Finance Journal, 49, 15-29. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pacfin.2018.03.001

While the literature has mainly focused on why a firm decides to divest a subsidiary, we investigate theoretically what the best divestment option is for a firm to divest a subsidiary. The firm chooses among the four most popular divestment options i... Read More about Divestment Options under Tacit and Incomplete Information.

Board independence, corruption and innovation: some evidence on UK subsidiaries (2018)
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Sena, V., Duygun, M., Lubrano, G., Marra, M., & Shaban, M. (2018). Board independence, corruption and innovation: some evidence on UK subsidiaries. Journal of Corporate Finance, 50, 22-43. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2017.12.028

In this paper we test the hypothesis that independent boards can insulate a company from the detrimental impact of corruption on its performance (proxied by innovation). To this purpose, we have estimated an innovation production function that links... Read More about Board independence, corruption and innovation: some evidence on UK subsidiaries.

Pro-Consumer Price Ceilings under Regulatory Uncertainty (2018)
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Bennett, J., & Chioveanu, I. (2019). Pro-Consumer Price Ceilings under Regulatory Uncertainty. Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 121(4), 1757-1784. https://doi.org/10.1111/sjoe.12298

We examine optimal price ceilings when the regulator is uncertain about demand and maximizes expected consumer surplus. With perfect competition, large enough regulatory uncertainty calls for softer intervention, with the price ceiling set at a relat... Read More about Pro-Consumer Price Ceilings under Regulatory Uncertainty.