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Exchange Rate Flexibility: How Should We Measure It? (2020)
Journal Article
Bleaney, M., & Tian, M. (2020). Exchange Rate Flexibility: How Should We Measure It?. Open Economies Review, 31(4), 881–900. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11079-019-09577-z

This paper first examines some recent exchange rate classification schemes. There is little evidence of a trend towards greater agreement between schemes. There is a probability of between 16 and 28 percent that a peg in one classification scheme is... Read More about Exchange Rate Flexibility: How Should We Measure It?.

The Effect of Empty Space on Choice Deferral (2019)
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Kwan, C. M., Gong, H., & Zhu, M. (2019). The Effect of Empty Space on Choice Deferral. Advances in Consumer Research, 47, 719

Visual space is a fundamental component in visual communications. In five experiments, we demonstrate that the blank margin of a choice set increases the extent to which consumers defer choices. Our findings show that this effect is driven by the enh... Read More about The Effect of Empty Space on Choice Deferral.

Let Women Take the Lead: Insights from the UK Defense Industry (2019)
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Georgiadou, A., Metcalfe, B., & Rimington, C. (2019). Let Women Take the Lead: Insights from the UK Defense Industry. AIB Insights, 19(4), 12-15. https://doi.org/10.46697/001c.16964

We discuss how gender diversity in the workplace is managed (or not) within a non-traditional environment, specifically a UK defense company, aiming to gain an understanding of the impact on female employees. We argue that there are still remnants o... Read More about Let Women Take the Lead: Insights from the UK Defense Industry.

A Novel Approach To Measure Product Quality In Sustainable Supplier Selection (2019)
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Tan, K., Negash, Y. T., Kartika, J., Tseng, M., & Tan, K. (2020). A Novel Approach To Measure Product Quality In Sustainable Supplier Selection. Journal of Cleaner Production, 252, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.119838

A gap remains due to the intangible and qualitative criteria used to measure product quality for supplier evaluation and selection. Improving product quality is a crucial strategy for achieving reduce, reuse, recycle, and recovery. Quality characteri... Read More about A Novel Approach To Measure Product Quality In Sustainable Supplier Selection.

How the Multimedia Communication of Strategy Can Enable More Effective Recall and Learning (2019)
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Angwin, D. N., Cummings, S., & Daellenbach, U. (2019). How the Multimedia Communication of Strategy Can Enable More Effective Recall and Learning. Academy of Management Journal, 18(4), 527-546. https://doi.org/10.5465/amle.2018.0066

Many claims have been made about the learning benefits of communicating strategies in multi-media picture plus text formats, rather than mono-media text-only formats. However, there is little theorization and empirical evidence to support these claim... Read More about How the Multimedia Communication of Strategy Can Enable More Effective Recall and Learning.

“Tourism for all?” Considering social tourism: a perspective paper (2019)
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McCabe, S. (2019). “Tourism for all?” Considering social tourism: a perspective paper. Tourism Review, 75(1), 61-64. https://doi.org/10.1108/tr-06-2019-0264

Social tourism concerns the inclusion of all members of a society in participation in tourism. Such participation is made possible through the provision of some form of system of social or welfare support (Minneart, Diekmann, and McCabe 2011). The in... Read More about “Tourism for all?” Considering social tourism: a perspective paper.

Mobile Market Research Applications as a New Voice of Customer Method: Implications for Innovation and Design Management (2019)
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Green, W., Cluley, R., & Gasparin, M. (2020). Mobile Market Research Applications as a New Voice of Customer Method: Implications for Innovation and Design Management. Research-Technology Management, 63(1), 49-55. https://doi.org/10.1080/08956308.2020.1686297

William Green is an associate professor at the University of Leicester School of Business. He researches design and innovation management, human factors, and the role of new technology in the interface between people, technology, and their environmen... Read More about Mobile Market Research Applications as a New Voice of Customer Method: Implications for Innovation and Design Management.

Flipping the classroom: is it the type of flipping that adds value? (2019)
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Webb, R., Watson, D., Shepherd, C., & Cook, S. (2021). Flipping the classroom: is it the type of flipping that adds value?. Studies in Higher Education, 46(8), 1649-1663. https://doi.org/10.1080/03075079.2019.1698535

Interest in the flipped classroom in higher education has burgeoned despite the literature revealing that the effects on assessment outcomes remain elusive. In this paper, we present the results of an empirical analysis designed to compare the impact... Read More about Flipping the classroom: is it the type of flipping that adds value?.

The effect of regional skill gaps and skill shortages on firm productivity (2019)
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Morris, D., Vanino, E., & Corradini, C. (2020). The effect of regional skill gaps and skill shortages on firm productivity. Environment and Planning A, 52(5), 933-952. https://doi.org/10.1177/0308518X19889634

This paper contributes to the literature on regional productivity, complementing previous education and skill level perspectives with a novel approach analysing the impact of regional skill gaps and skill shortages. This allows us to better reflect t... Read More about The effect of regional skill gaps and skill shortages on firm productivity.

The role of social media in managing supplier attractiveness: An investigation of business-to-business markets (2019)
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Toth, Z., Liu, M., Luo, M., & Braziotis, C. (2019). The role of social media in managing supplier attractiveness: An investigation of business-to-business markets. International Journal of Operations and Production Management, 40(5), 625-646. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJOPM-04-2019-0321

Purpose-Managing attractiveness is a constant challenge to mobilize relationship-specific investments, especially in a business environment increasingly enhanced by social media activities. There is limited knowledge on how social media activities co... Read More about The role of social media in managing supplier attractiveness: An investigation of business-to-business markets.

Collective action in SCM: a call for activist research (2019)
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Touboulic, A., & McCarthy, L. (2019). Collective action in SCM: a call for activist research. International Journal of Logistics Management, The, 31(1), 3-20. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJLM-08-2019-0222

© 2019, Emerald Publishing Limited. Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to explore the current focus of supply chain management (SCM) research; it considers field level and societal constraints and consequently the potential for change. It details... Read More about Collective action in SCM: a call for activist research.

The art of labour organizing: Participatory art and migrant domestic workers’ self-organizing in London (2019)
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Jiang, Z., & Korczynski, M. (2021). The art of labour organizing: Participatory art and migrant domestic workers’ self-organizing in London. Human Relations, 74(6), 842-868. https://doi.org/10.1177/0018726719890664

There has been an upsurge of interest regarding how actors engage with art within organizational processes. However, scholars have tended not to study the role of art within contemporary collective labor organizing. This paper focuses on how particip... Read More about The art of labour organizing: Participatory art and migrant domestic workers’ self-organizing in London.

Understanding the effects of physical experience and information integration on consumer use of online to offline commerce (2019)
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Yang, Y., Gong, Y., Land, L. P. W., & Chesney, T. (2020). Understanding the effects of physical experience and information integration on consumer use of online to offline commerce. International Journal of Information Management, 51, Article 102046. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2019.102046

Online to Offline (O2O) commerce commands intense attention from both academic and practical fields, but the unique features of O2O commerce and how these features affect consumer use of O2O commerce remain unclear. Based on an analysis of the featur... Read More about Understanding the effects of physical experience and information integration on consumer use of online to offline commerce.

A Framework for Food Supply Chain Digitalisation: Lessons from Thailand (2019)
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Kittipanya-Ngam, P., & Tan, K. H. (2020). A Framework for Food Supply Chain Digitalisation: Lessons from Thailand. Production Planning and Control, 31(2-3), 158-172. https://doi.org/10.1080/09537287.2019.1631462

The promise of digitalisation is enormous and nowhere is it more critical than in its potential to transform food supply chain. Consumers have become more educated and are demanding real-time updated information on foods they consumed through digital... Read More about A Framework for Food Supply Chain Digitalisation: Lessons from Thailand.

Characterizing customer experience management in business markets (2019)
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Witell, L., Kowalkowski, C., Perks, H., Raddats, C., Schwabe, M., Benedettini, O., & Burton, J. (2020). Characterizing customer experience management in business markets. Journal of Business Research, 116, 420-430. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2019.08.050

© 2019 Elsevier Inc. Managing the customer experience has become a top priority for marketing managers and researchers. Research on customer experience management (CEM) has traditionally adopted a customer's viewpoint. Few studies have explicitly emb... Read More about Characterizing customer experience management in business markets.

The Role of Government Affiliation in Explaining Firm Innovativeness and Profitability in Emerging Countries: Evidence from China (2019)
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Wang, C., Kafouros, M., Yi, J., Hong, J., & Ganotakis, P. (2020). The Role of Government Affiliation in Explaining Firm Innovativeness and Profitability in Emerging Countries: Evidence from China. Journal of World Business, 55(3), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jwb.2019.101047

Drawing from institutional polycentrism, we advance understanding of how affiliation with different government levels influences innovativeness and profitability in emerging countries. Our framework suggests that as different government levels vary i... Read More about The Role of Government Affiliation in Explaining Firm Innovativeness and Profitability in Emerging Countries: Evidence from China.

The implications of labour unions in the presence of a merger (2019)
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Cao, J., Mukherjee, A., & Sinha, U. B. (2020). The implications of labour unions in the presence of a merger. Manchester School, 88(4), 575-583. https://doi.org/10.1111/manc.12306

It is usually believed that the presence of labour unions is detrimental for the consumers since it raises wage. We show that this view may not be true if we endogenise the impacts of labour unions on firms' corporate strategies such as merger and ac... Read More about The implications of labour unions in the presence of a merger.

A more general model of price complexity (2019)
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Chioveanu, I. (2020). A more general model of price complexity. International Journal of Industrial Organization, 69, Article 102563. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijindorg.2019.102563

This paper analyses a model of competition where the …rms set not only prices but also the complexity levels of their prices (which determine how di¢ cult it is for consumers to assess the price o¤ers). Unlike previous work, in this model, the …rms'c... Read More about A more general model of price complexity.

Social capital for rural revitalization in China: A critical evaluation on the government's new countryside programme in Chengdu (2019)
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Wu, B., & Liu, L. (2020). Social capital for rural revitalization in China: A critical evaluation on the government's new countryside programme in Chengdu. Land Use Policy, 91, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2019.104268

In the context of urbanisation and decline of its countryside in the 21 st century, the Chinese government has initiated a campaign namely "building a socialist new countryside" in 2006 which is now renamed as "rural revitalisation". Bringing togethe... Read More about Social capital for rural revitalization in China: A critical evaluation on the government's new countryside programme in Chengdu.