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To debt or not to debt : are Islamic banks less risky than conventional banks? (2016)
Journal Article

We empirically analyze the market risk profiles of Islamic banks with two sets of conventional banks taken from the same geographical locations as Islamic banks and from a random global sample respectively for the period 2000-2013. Moreover, we divid... Read More about To debt or not to debt : are Islamic banks less risky than conventional banks?.

Sequential regression measurement error models with application (2016)
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Sequential regression approaches can be used to analyse processes in which covariates are revealed in stages. Such processes occur widely, with examples including medical intervention, sports contests, and political campaigns. The naïvenaive sequenti... Read More about Sequential regression measurement error models with application.

Business IT strategy in action : case study of #PUPRU (2016)
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Predicted key business IT trends through to 2020 acknowledge there will be increased adoption of disruptive technologies that will impact within business contexts (Gartner (1), 2015). These include moves to small-screen marketing, rising value of big... Read More about Business IT strategy in action : case study of #PUPRU.

Political marketing : voters, political parties, candidates and elections (2016)
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Journal editorial.

Two new stochastic models of the failure process of a series system (2016)
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Consider a series system consisting of sockets into each of
which a component is inserted: if a component fails, it is replaced with
a new identical one immediately and system operation resumes. An
interesting question is: how to model the failure... Read More about Two new stochastic models of the failure process of a series system.

Management accounting education for the 21st Century firms (2016)
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Management accounting has become a subject of hot debates over the last four decades and has undergone a major transformation. It is argued that traditional management accounting roles have either disappeared or been changed. The debate is based on t... Read More about Management accounting education for the 21st Century firms.

Real estate investments and financial stability : evidence from regional commercial banks in China (2016)
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The 2008 United States subprime mortgage crisis demonstrated how developments in
real estate markets can cause instability in the banking sector and raised concerns in
many emerging economies with significant real estate development and a rapidly... Read More about Real estate investments and financial stability : evidence from regional commercial banks in China.

Market reaction to seasoned offerings in China (2016)
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This study examines stock market reaction to the announcement of various forms
of seasoned issues in China. Our empirical evidence demonstrates that market reactions differ
in ways that suggest a difference between management’s internal assessment... Read More about Market reaction to seasoned offerings in China.

Determining optimal cadence for an individual road cyclist from field data (2016)
Journal Article

The cadence that maximises power output developed at the crank by an individual cyclist is conventionally determined using a
laboratory test. The purpose of this study was two-fold: (i) to show that such a cadence, which we call the optimal cadence,... Read More about Determining optimal cadence for an individual road cyclist from field data.

Evaluation of factors influencing youth towards Islamic banking in Pakistan (2016)
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The purpose of this particular study is to evaluate the factors that influence the young customers (18 to 24 years age) in selection Islamic banking in Pakistan. Islamic banking is emerging vastly in Pakistan due to its majority of Muslim population.... Read More about Evaluation of factors influencing youth towards Islamic banking in Pakistan.

Stakeholder influences on the choice and performance of FDI-based market entry modes : a conceptual model (2016)
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This article accounts for stakeholder influences on the performance of Emerging Market Firms (EMFs) entering developed markets through FDI-based market entry modes. Stakeholders, such as governments, regulators, customers, competitors, community/envi... Read More about Stakeholder influences on the choice and performance of FDI-based market entry modes : a conceptual model.

Magnetic sentinel lymph node biopsy in a murine tumour model (2015)
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The magnetic technique for sentinel node biopsy provides a radioisotope-free alternative for staging breast cancer. It requires refinement
to reduce “residual iron content” at injection sites by maximising lymphatic uptake to prevent “void artefacts... Read More about Magnetic sentinel lymph node biopsy in a murine tumour model.

Chef image's influence on tourists' dining experiences (2015)
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Highlights

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Tourists’ teppanyaki restaurant dining experience is examined.
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A chef’s image has a positive influence on experiential value.
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Interaction with other customers positively influences experiential value.
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Service quality has... Read More about Chef image's influence on tourists' dining experiences.

Theorising web 3.0 : ICTs in a changing society (2015)
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Purpose:
In this Editorial introduction the broad phases of web development – the read-only Web 1.0, the read-write Web 2.0, and the collaborative and Internet of Things Web 3.0 – are examined for the theoretical lenses through which they have been... Read More about Theorising web 3.0 : ICTs in a changing society.

Strategic management of salespeople when promoting new products : moderating effects of sales-related organizational psychological climate (2015)
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Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine the performance of salespeople when selling new products (namely, electronic goods) in a business-to-business context by incorporating the organizations’ perceived psychological climate into goal orien... Read More about Strategic management of salespeople when promoting new products : moderating effects of sales-related organizational psychological climate.

Urban maths : car park mayhem [writing as A. Townie] (2015)
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Examining tourists' loyalty toward cultural quarters (2015)
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Impact of the shadow banking system on monetary policy in China (2015)
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The shadow banking system in China has its own characteristics compared to conventional commercial banks and the foreign shadow banking system. Its emergence is important to the economic development and financial system in China. However, it also cha... Read More about Impact of the shadow banking system on monetary policy in China.

Reliability equivalence factors for a series–parallel system of components with exponentiated Weibull lifetimes (2015)
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We study reliability equivalence factors of a system of independent and identical components with exponentiated Weibull lifetimes. The system has n subsystems connected in parallel and subsystem i has m_i components connected in series, i=1,...,n. We... Read More about Reliability equivalence factors for a series–parallel system of components with exponentiated Weibull lifetimes.

Strategy selection and outcome prediction in sport using dynamic learning for stochastic processes (2015)
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We study reliability equivalence factors of a system of independent and identical components with exponentiated Weibull lifetimes. The system has n subsystems connected in parallel and subsystem i has mi components connected in series, i=1,…,n. We co... Read More about Strategy selection and outcome prediction in sport using dynamic learning for stochastic processes.