With the growing popularity and versatility of mobile applications, this study examined consumers' usage of multi-functional social media content apps and the influence of user-generated travel posts on their travel decision-making. Using the case of Chinese millennial travelers and Weibo and...

This paper outlines the details of an innovative postgraduate program, Master of Business (ERP), incorporating SAP R/3 System and related products that was introduced at the University of Western Sydney, NSW, Australia, in 1999. The program aims to develop integrative enterprise skills in a...

This paper uses random assignment to estimate the causal impacts on child skills of a widely emulated early childhood home visiting program. We show the feasibility of replicating it at scale. We estimate vectors of latent skills for individual children and compare treatments and controls. The...

Purpose: This paper investigates the influence of channel structures and channel coordination on the supplier, the retailer and the entire supply chain in the context of two different kinds of marketing models: The common retailer and the exclusive shop. Methodology: With suppliers who...

By examining the post-retirement outside board seats held by former CEOs of S&P 1500 firms, we find that CEOs' post-retirement outside board memberships are influenced by the tone and level of media coverage given to the CEOs' firms while the CEOs were “on the job.” These results provide...

This study provides evidence on the disciplinary role of failed takeover attempts. We find that the likelihood of CEO turnover in target firms following failed takeover attempts is 21% greater than non-target firms matched on the basis of industry, past stock returns, size, and market-to-book...