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Applying even the most fundamental public choice principles suggests that subsidies to sports team owners will be inversely related to ticket prices. The primary aim of this paper is to demonstrate the impact of such an inverse relationship on the pricing behavior of owners. Theory shows that if...

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Vertical groups are a common occurrence that is rarely studied as a group-level phenomenon. This paper brings attention to the vertical group, as a collective actor, and group formation processes. We define the vertical group and describe, in brief, why they exist. We explore the issue of how...

In this study, we examine how the characteristics of clique structures affect the performance of firms embedded within the cliques. Although it is generally accepted in organization theory and strategic management that firms are embedded within ego and overarching industry networks that each...

Assume that Lucky has flown to the state of Nitro from his home state of Peach intending to gamble and lose perhaps two to three hundred dollars but instead has lost $50,000. This triggers the loss of his car, house, job, and eventually his wife. What issues are involved for the state of Peach?...

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This paper analyses the absence behaviour of a group of industrial workers. Part of their remuneration scheme comprises an experience rated sick-pay scheme (linking level of sickpay to past absence) which determines the cost of a day's absence for a worker, both contemporaneously and in terms of...