International Business
Leadership
Global Leadership in an Era of Growing Nationalism, Protectionism, and Anti-Globalization
The rise of nationalistic political leaders has spanned the globe—from Donald Trump and Marine Le Pen in the West, to Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in the Middle East...
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Social Behavior
Marketing
A Push or a Nudge: Understanding Consumer Perceptions of Sales Pressure
The authors share recent research related to consumer perceptions of high pressure sales tactics. A model was developed depicting two types of sales pressure...
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Manufacturing
Investing
Does Investing in the Long Term Pay Off for Firms?
Observers have argued that managers pay too much attention to short term results at the expense of long run value. This article expands on the managerial...
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Human Resources
Temporary Organizing - The End of Organizations as We Know Them?
Organizations make ample use not only of temporary employment and contract work but also of projects, perhaps the most popular form of temporary organizing...
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Culture
Human Resources
Measuring Cultural Intelligence: Implications and Opportunities
Cultural intelligence is an ability that varies with individuals and explains differences in intercultural effectiveness. This ability is difficult to assess...
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Social Behavior
Inspirational Appeals Are More Effective: The Influence of Strength Emotions on Persuasion and Donation
It is well acknowledged that people are more likely to donate when they feel sad about the victim of an unfortunate situation and empathize with the victim...
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Management
Maximizing Value in Board Decisions: The Role of the Decision Quality Officer
In this paper we integrate the literature on decision quality with considerations specific to boards of directors. In order to maximize the value of their...
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Partnerships
Learning and Specialization in Strategic Alliances
We explore the conditions enabling partners in strategic alliances to acquire valuable technological knowledge from each other, and to specialize in...
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International Business
Accounting
How the Quality of Macro-Institutions and Corporate Governance Influence International Profit Shifting?
Profit shifting structures deployed for tax management by many multinational corporations have recently come under intense regulatory scrutiny and heated public...
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International Business
Innovation
Taking Advantage of R&D Offshoring beyond Innovation
Globalization, technological advances and the demands of international competition have driven firms to develop activities in their value chains abroad...
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Regulation
Why was the FCC’s Privacy Order Dead on Arrival? A New Approach to Evaluating Privacy Regulation
The Federal Communications Commission issued a Privacy Order restricting the use of personal data by Internet Service Providers. Many consumer advocates hailed...
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