More than two of every five students who enrolled in college in 2007 failed to graduate by 2013. Peer tutoring services offer one approach toward improving learning outcomes in higher education. We conducted a randomized controlled experiment designed to increase take-up of university tutoring...

“Exaggerated claims of quality and selective discussion of the position attributes of a product or service are common and expected advertising practices.” Given the importance of the multiple mechanisms in the consumer protection Jurisprudence, this essay discusses the legal framework of...

This paper presents a new 29-item measurement instrument designed to assess the impact of habits and behaviour of business founders on organizational routines. Adopting an evolutionary approach, habits and routines are conceived as social replicators with the former impacting the latter. The...

This chapter, written for a volume on Hidden Fallacies in Corporate Law and Financial Regulation, argues that markets and market actors can be better understood by taking into account some neglected determinants of behavior, motivations and beliefs -- and ultimately, by embracing an expanded...

This paper aims to highlight how clauses, which are traditionally considered to be inefficient, may actually be desired by consumers. This anomaly originates from the fact that each individual builds a mental budget by dividing the money available among the needs they intend to satisfy....

The aim of this paper is to briefly analyze the development of economics thought in Indonesia. This paper highlights issues concerning the country's economics teaching as well as the overall performance of its economists. The paper is divided into four sections and ends up with a section that is...

Conferences are an important element in the work of researchers, requiring substantial investments in fees, travel expenses and the time spent by the participants. The aim of this paper is to identify the preferences of participants with respect to conference characteristics. Based on a sample...

We analyze the drivers of the size of the audience and number of questions asked in parallel sessions at the annual conference of the German Economics Association. We find that the location of the presentation is at least as important for the number of academics attending a talk as the combined...

In the article there is an influence presented of feedback and recommendations provided by the customers on customer purchase behavior along with the benefits resulting from using the customer feedback potential in the process of company value creation. On the basis of survey research conducted...

Today's economy is experiencing serious economic and social problems affecting all world citizens. The earth seems to have become insufficient in meeting the standards of living that societies expect. The classic marketing approach is seen as the cause of many problems. It has contributed to the...