The authors investigate conditions under which it is optimal for a service firm to disclose error-free delivery-time performance information or to allow consumers to rely on error-prone proxies that are typically available to them. Proxies are allowed to exhibit different degrees and forms of...

This paper examines the integration of Chinese Communist Party membership and private entrepreneurship in China after 2002, when the Party revised its constitution and officially removed ideological discrimination against private entrepreneurs. Using six waves of a nationwide survey of privately...

To search significant variables which can illustrate the abnormal return of stock price, this research is generally based on the Fama-French five-factor model to develop a multi-factor model. We evaluated the existing factors in the empirical study of Chinese stock market and examined for new...

We consider estimation of a linear or nonparametric additive model in which a few coefficients or additive components are large and may be objects of substantive interest, whereas others are small but not necessarily zero. The number of small coefficients or additive components may exceed the...

Purpose: In recent years, hotels in China have been interested in leveraging social media platforms to facilitate interactions with and among consumers. Such brand engagement efforts on social media networks are believed to promote brands through co-creation of consumer experiences and values....

Purpose: The current literature lacks discussion on the effects of synergy among multiple factors at different levels on foreign subsidiary performance. The purpose of this paper is to explore the configuration of factors affecting foreign subsidiary performance. Design/methodology/approach:...