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Business regulation, inward foreign direct investment, and economic growth in the new European Union member states (2013)
Journal Article

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to assess the extent to which institutional convergence has taken place in the new European Union (EU) member states. It does so by contrasting arguments that
are inspired by transaction-cost economics within t... Read More about Business regulation, inward foreign direct investment, and economic growth in the new European Union member states.

Conceptualizing trade show visitors’ consumption behavior (2013)
Journal Article
Wong, J., Li, T., Peng, N., & Chen, A. (2014). Conceptualizing trade show visitors’ consumption behavior. International Journal of Tourism Research, 16(4), 325-328. https://doi.org/10.1002/jtr.1960

Tourism trade shows have become an increasingly attractive channel for practitioners to meet potential buyers. However, few studies have conceptualized non-industrial buyers' consumption behavior during these events. This study proposes a model to co... Read More about Conceptualizing trade show visitors’ consumption behavior.

Developing a pet owners’ tourism constraints scale : the constraints to take dogs to tourism activities (2013)
Journal Article
Chen, A., Peng, N., & Hung, K. (2014). Developing a pet owners’ tourism constraints scale : the constraints to take dogs to tourism activities. International Journal of Tourism Research, 16(4), 315-324. https://doi.org/10.1002/jtr.1959

The objectives of this research were to develop a scale for constraints on bringing dogs along on tourism activities and to examine the influence of these constraints on owners' intentions to take dogs along on tourism activities. The responses of 51... Read More about Developing a pet owners’ tourism constraints scale : the constraints to take dogs to tourism activities.

Using the base of the pyramid strategy as lens for cross-sector collaboration in financial inclusion : case of e-Masary for mobile financial services (2013)
Presentation / Conference
Mohamad, M., & Wood-Harper, T. (2013, July). Using the base of the pyramid strategy as lens for cross-sector collaboration in financial inclusion : case of e-Masary for mobile financial services. Presented at 8th International Conference of Critical Management Studies, University of Manchester

Mobile Financial service is one of the cutting edge movements to bank the unbanked by integrating donor and enterprise market approaches for financial inclusion. In this paper, we address how to integrate Donors-Led Value Chain and Enterprises-Led Va... Read More about Using the base of the pyramid strategy as lens for cross-sector collaboration in financial inclusion : case of e-Masary for mobile financial services.

Antecedents to business model innovation: An effectual perspective (2013)
Presentation / Conference
Pati, R., & Nandakumar, M. (2013, July). Antecedents to business model innovation: An effectual perspective. Presented at 29th European Group of Organizational Studies (EGOS) Conference : Bridging Continents, Cultures and Worldviews, Montreal, Canada

From conspicuous to considered consumption : a harm chain approach to the responsibilities of luxury fashion brands (2013)
Journal Article
Carrigan, M., Moraes, C., & McEachern, M. (2013). From conspicuous to considered consumption : a harm chain approach to the responsibilities of luxury fashion brands. Journal of Marketing Management, 29(11-12), 1277-1307. https://doi.org/10.1080/0267257X.2013.798675

Throughout the marketing literature, little attention has been paid to the responsibilities of luxury-fashion businesses. Harnessing Polonsky, Carlson, and Fry's harm chain, the extended harm chain, and the theoretical lens of institutional theory, t... Read More about From conspicuous to considered consumption : a harm chain approach to the responsibilities of luxury fashion brands.

Optimal betting under parameter uncertainty : improving the Kelly criterion (2013)
Journal Article
Baker, R., & McHale, I. (2013). Optimal betting under parameter uncertainty : improving the Kelly criterion. Decision Analysis, 10(3), 189-199. https://doi.org/10.1287/deca.2013.0271

The Kelly betting criterion ignores uncertainty in the probability of winning the bet and uses an estimated probability. In general, such replacement of population parameters by sample estimates gives poorer out-of-sample than in-sample performance.... Read More about Optimal betting under parameter uncertainty : improving the Kelly criterion.

Down-to-earth issues in information system use (2013)
Presentation / Conference
Ahmad, H., & Basden, A. (2013, June). Down-to-earth issues in information system use. Presented at Pacific Area Conference on Information Systems (PACIS) 2013, Jeju Island, Korea

This study proposes a new understanding of IS use that gives attention to the everyday 'Down-To-Earth' (DTE) issues that actually affect the success or quality of IS use. These differ from the kinds of issues discuss... Read More about Down-to-earth issues in information system use.