Business: Recent submissions
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Does the focus of renewable energy policy impact the nature of innovation? Evidence from emerging economies
(Elsevier, 2019-11-26)Prior research has demonstrated the importance of government policy in fostering innovation in sectors that face market failures, such as renewable energy. We examine the impact of policy on renewable energy innovations ... -
Transparency regulation and stock price informativeness: evidence from the european union’s transparency directive
(American Accounting Association, 2019)We examine changes in stock price informativeness following the European Union’s Transparency Directive (TPD). The TPD, implemented by country between 2007 and 2009, enhanced corporate transparency through mandating regular ... -
Analysis of environmental productivity on fossil fuel power plants in the U.S.
(MDPI AG, 2019-12-04)In 2007, the Clean Air Act officially included greenhouse gases, making fossil fuel power plants the first of key industries regulated by the Environmental Protection Agency. How do we measure the impact of the regulations ... -
The Austrian view and value co-creation process in solution-oriented firms: A seven stage, “solution prototyping” framework
(Taylor & Francis, 2019-12-18)We develop a conceptual framework that examines the behavior of the solutions-oriented-firm from initial solutions generation, through the “sale” and delivery to an initial customer, and its potential dissemination to the ... -
Regional convergence and structural change in US housing markets
(Routledge, 2019-10-24)If house prices are convergent at the national level, monetary policy is easier to implement, and labour has an easier time achieving mobility across regions. Accordingly there have been several studies on home price ... -
Impact of international entry choices on the nature and type of innovation: Evidence from emerging economy firms from the Indian bio-pharmaceutical industry
(Elsevier Ltd, 2019-07-31)As emerging economy multinational enterprises (EMNEs) enter foreign countries in search of new markets, seeking to expand their knowledge bases, research on the type and nature of innovation activity is needed to address ... -
Home prices and fundamentals: solving the mystery for the G-7 by accounting for nonlinearities
(Emerald Publishing Limited, 2019-07-08)Purpose: The purpose of this study is to determine whether house prices and income share a stable, stationary relationship in the G-7 countries. This stable relationship has been clearly implied by theory but has been ... -
When and why does relative leader-member exchange enhance service performance?: The roles of self-efficacy, team commitment, and multifoci team-level differentiation
(Emerald Publishing, 2019)Purpose: This paper aims to examine the mediating roles of self-efficacy and team commitment in linking service employees’ relative leader-member exchange (RLMX) with customer service behaviors and also the moderating roles ... -
Airline Quality Rating 2019: The 29th year reporting airline performance
(Wichita State University, 2019-04-04)The Airline Quality Rating (AQR) was developed and first announced in early 1991 as an objective method for assessing airline quality on combined multiple performance criteria. This current report, the Airline Quality ... -
Airline Quality Rating 2018: The 28th year reporting airline performance
(Wichita State University, 2018-04-09)The Airline Quality Rating (AQR) was developed and first announced in early 1991 as an objective method for assessing airline quality on combined multiple performance criteria. This current report, the Airline Quality ... -
Consumer reactions to price discounts across online shopping experiences
(Elsevier, 2019-11)Consumers generally encounter a multitude of price discounts during a single visit to a retailers’ website, yet past research has predominantly examined price discounts in a singular manner. We examine how the influence ... -
Entrepreneurship, excise taxes, and the “flight to quality”
(SAGE, 2019-05-07)Research on entrepreneurial marketing is now fairly common, and macromarketing is an established field. However, studies that incorporate variables of interest to both entrepreneurial marketing and macromarketing scholars ... -
Process improvement in SMEs: The impact of harmonious passion for entrepreneurship, employee creative self-efficacy, and time spent innovating
(Middle Tennessee State University, 2019-04-08)Harmonious passion, creative self-efficacy, and time spent innovating are examined as antecedents to innovative process improvement suggestions in a field study of 213 employees in an SME. Results show that time spent ... -
Country funds, exchange traded funds and exchange rate risk
(Wichita State University, 2019-04-26)This paper studies and compares the potential effect of changes in currency values between the US dollar, and other countries' currencies, or exchange rate risk, on country funds and single country exchange-traded funds. ... -
Examining the impact of interorganizational systems on process efficiency and sourcing leverage in buyer-supplier dyads
(Wiley-Blackwell Publishing, Inc., 2005-10-02)Manufacturing firms are increasingly seeking cost and other competitive advantages by tightly coupling and managing their relationship with suppliers. Among other mechanisms, interorganizational systems (IOS) that facilitate ... -
Experiential marketing, social judgements, and customer shopping experience in emerging markets
(Emerald Publishing Limited, 2019)Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine the influence of experiential marketing modules, service quality and social judgement on experiential values of young customers. The paper also investigates the effects of ... -
How supply chain architecture and product architecture impact firm performance: An empirical examination
(Elsevier, 2019-01)In order to enhance performance, manufacturing firms are building various capabilities and utilizing supply chain networks that are geographically dispersed around the globe. This study examines how decisions related to ... -
The salesperson wellness lifestyle, coping with stress and the reduction of turnover
(Emerald Publishing, 2019-03-04)Purpose It is well known that job stress is major cause of salesperson job dissatisfaction and turnover. Salespeople require the resources to cope adequately with a multitude of job stressors, and the purpose of this study ... -
Has the euro sustainably increased home price co-movement?
(John Wiley and Sons, 2019-02-22)A low level of co‐movement between different euro country housing markets creates difficulties for the ECB in setting monetary policy. Such co‐movement across eurozone countries has been the subject of a number of studies, ... -
Direct medical costs and their predictors in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: A three-year study of 7,527 patients
(American College of Rheumatology, 2003-10-07)OBJECTIVE. To estimate total direct medical costs in persons with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and to characterize predictors of these costs. METHODS. Patients (n = 7,527) participating in a longitudinal study of outcome in ...