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Climate change and Heidegger's philosophy of science
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Commercialisation Patterns of Scientific Knowledge in Traditional Low- and Medium-tech Industries
(Elsevier, 2023)Research on science commercialisation and science–industry interactions overlooks the specificity of connections between science and traditional low- and medium-technology (TLMT) industries. The few studies on science-based ... -
Comparing theories to explain exercise behaviour: a socio-cognitive approach
(Taylor & Francis, 2013)Consumer education plays an important role in cultivating the beliefs that exercise helps to improve one¡¦s health status. In this vein, a solid theoretical model that provides insight into what motivates exercise participation ... -
The Concatenation of Meaning and Power: a Photo-essay of Asymmetries in the Communication Process
(Association for Information Systems, 2016)Informed by the assumption that meaning and power constitute an inextricable dyad, this photo-essay scrutinizes their influence on the communication process. The investigation relies on pictorial evidence of individuals, ... -
Consumer brand engagement in social media: conceptualization, scale development and validation
(Elsevier, 2014)In the last three decades, an influential research stream has emerged which highlights the dynamics of focal consumer/brand relationships. Specifically, more recently the ‘consumer brand engagement’ (CBE) concept has been ... -
Consumer comfort and its role in relationship marketing outcomes: an empirical investigation
(Association for Consumer Research, 2009)Our study contends that relationship comfort has a positive impact on various relationship marketing outcomes namely, satisfaction, trust, commitment, loyalty and active voice. We investigate if consumer relationship ... -
Consumer-factors moderating private label brand success: further empirical results
(Emerald, 2009)Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the category-level differences of both risk perception and brand loyalty effects on consumer proneness towards buying private label brands (PLBs). Design/methodology/approach ... -
Converting relationship value into performance: the effect of commitment and trust
(University of Otago, 2007)Relationship outcomes, particularly their value and performance, are of interest to both academics and practitioners. This paper therefore reports on a study that attempts to elucidate the effect of two important constructs, ... -
Coopetition in supply chains: a case study of a coopetitive structure in the horticulture industry
(IGI Global, 2012)Supply chain management has been increasingly seen as a strategic tool to improve the competitiveness of companies. Coopetition, the mingling of competitive and cooperative relationships, has been utilised by New Zealand ... -
Corporate brand-rapture theory: antecedents, processes, and consequences
(Emerald, 2013)Purpose – This study provides analytical insights into corporate brand-rapture (CBR), its antecedents and consequences, and contributes to methodology for modeling CBRs. Design/methodology/approach – The paper defines the ... -
Corporate governance, financing patterns, and the cost of capital
(Center for Applied Social Sciences and Research (CASSR), 2013)In this paper, we examine the effects of corporate governance mechanisms on financing policies in a research setting where agency problems and external financing constraints are expected to be high and restrictive. Using ... -
Corporate social responsibility and offshore outsourcing: electrical and electronics firms in Malaysia
(Faculty Economics & Administration, University of Malaya, 2009)Abstract. Offshore outsourcing (OO) of business activities from North to South does not only relocate investments and jobs, it has also brought about new business demands on suppliers activities and their social and ... -
Covid-19 and CSR Disclosure: Evidence From New Zealand
(Emerald, 2022)Purpose Stakeholders' uncertainty about firms' value drives their urge to get information, as well as managerial disclosure choices. In this study, the authors examine whether and how an important source of uncertainty – ... -
Critical tests of multiple theories of cultures' consequences: comparing the usefulness of models by Hofstede, Inglehart and Baker, Schwartz, Steenkamp, as well as GDP and distance for explaining overseas tourism behaviour
(Sage, 2013)The study provides critical tests of the usefulness of four alternative theories, proposed by Hofstede, Inglehart, Schwartz, and Steenkamp, of national cultures’ influences for explaining consumers’ consumption of international ... -
Cross border mergers and acquisitions and default risk
(The Indonesian Financial Management Association (IFMA), 2013)Using a cross-country sample of mergers and acquisitions, we examine the role of cultural, institutional, geographic and managerial factors on post-merger default risk. We find that cultural factors, especially the relative ... -
Cross-border mergers and acquisitions and default risk
(Elsevier, 2015)We examine the impact of cross-border mergers on acquirers' post-merger default risk using a sample of 375 US acquiring firms from 1997 to 2011. After controlling for cultural, institutional, geographic and managerial ... -
Crossing the Tasman: determinants of price discovery for Australia-New Zealand cross-listed shares
(Institute of Global Finance, Australian School of Business, 2013)Price discovery is the process by which markets incorporate new information. In this study, we investigate the price discovery for 19 stocks cross-listed on the NZX and the ASX between 1998 and 2012. We observe strong ... -
CSR and spirituality at work: convergent or divergent?
(AUT University, 2011)This paper reviews the history, meaning, assumptions and expectations ascribed to the respective concepts of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Spirituality at Work (SAW). Although the movement towards integrating ... -
Cultural diversity and tax compliance of SME entrepreneurs
(Australasian Tax Teachers Association (ATTA), 2012)Despite the economic importance of the tax collection process undertaken by SMEs, little is known about their tax compliance behaviour, particularly in relation to cultural factors. With the increasing cultural diversity ...