Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to characterise the failure model of a system that is covered by a two‐dimensional warranty, one dimension depicting time and the other usage. Specifically, the authors study the effect of use‐rate on system life when each constituent component life...

Purpose – The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between advertising and price rigidity. The result can help marketing managers to launch price promotions on appropriate products. Design/methodology/approach – The approach used in the paper is a rational expectations...

Purpose – The paper's aim is to study the determinants of gender differences in early career in Mongolia, one of the 50 poorest countries of the world. Design/methodology/approach – The analysis takes advantage of an ad hoc school to work survey (SWTS) on young people aged 15‐29 years...

Purpose – Option pricing based on Black‐Scholes model is typically obtained under the assumption that the volatility of the return is a constant. The purpose of this paper is to develop a new method for pricing derivatives under the jump diffusion model with random volatility by viewing the...

Purpose – This paper aims to construct a financial health indicator to define the degree of financial health in order to decontaminate the estimation sample and to make predictions that are not biased by unhealthy firms. Design/methodology/approach – The binomial logit model is used to...

Purpose – Owing to the unique computing needs and different IT adoption patterns of SMEs, research findings concerning larger organisations may not be fully generalisable to offer practical assistance for the successful utilisation of computers. This paper aims to focus on factors affecting...

Purpose – Option pricing based on Black-Scholes model is typically obtained under the assumption that the volatility of the return is a constant. The purpose of this paper is to develop a new method for pricing derivatives under the jump diffusion model with random volatility by viewing the...

Detailed knowledge about the function and morphology of temporomandibular joint are necessary for clinical applications and for analyses of the function of temporomandibular joint prosthesis. Movements of temporomandibular joint are biomechanically sophisticated and are up-to-date not clear....