The trait and social cognitive perspectives are considered disparate approaches to understanding personality. We suggest an integrative view in which three elements derived from the social cognitive perspective (i.e., situations, behaviors, and explanations [SBEs]) form the basis of personality...

This paper discusses a case that a supply chain consisting of a manufacturer (M) and an e-tailer (Y) at the initial stage. There is a new e-tailer (Y) who enters the market with some probability. Both e-tailers have two selling modes to choose from, i.e., the agency selling mode and the...

Variance swaps are natural instruments for investors taking directional bets on volatility and are often used for portfolio protection. But the crucial observation suggests that derivative professionals may desire to hedge beyond volatility risk and there exists the need to hedge higher-moment...