Purpose – This paper seeks to present a theory clarifying the negative relationship between organizational unit size and knowledge flows referred to as Gita's Rule. Design/methodology/approach – This paper draws from the literature and develops a grounded theory. Various applications and...

Purpose – The purpose of this study is to conduct a scientometric analysis of the body of literature contained in 11 major knowledge management and intellectual capital (KM/IC) peer‐reviewed journals. Design/methodology/approach – A total of 2,175 articles published in 11 major KM/IC...

Psychology research on contrast effects suggests that the information from a previous decision may be compared to the information provided for the current judgement task. We document a new stylized fact that an analyst’s current earnings forecast of one firm tends to bias against her latest...

Opinions by experts and media pundits that are widely disseminated in various media forms (both traditional outlets and online venues) constitute a major source of influence on investors. While a published view could be more accurate than the view of a typical investor, its influence displaces...

Using a specially-constructed dataset, we are able to compare the costs of leasing or borrowing that heretofore no research exists. With a 15% average yield in our overall sample of small contracts, we show that leases average about 12.5% while loans average 24%. After matching paired-samples of...