Building a circular economy in Romania has raised several challenges, specifically referring to the management of electronic waste. Although Romania has made significant progress in the collection, recycling, and recovery of large waste, little attention has been paid to recycling small...

Introduction Part I: The conceptual framework of nostalgia in brand management Introduction to Part I 1. The concept of nostalgia in marketing 2. Nostalgic branding 3. Consumers motivations and behaviours in context of nostalgia-oriented purchase Part II: Nostalgic branding in toy industry -...

We provide a thorough analysis of the path-dependent volatility model introduced by Guyon proving existence and uniqueness of a strong solution, characterising its behaviour at boundary points, providing asymptotic closed-form option prices as well as deriving small-time behaviour estimates

We study financial returns on alternative collectible investment assets – toys - using LEGO sets as an example. Such iconic toys with diminishing over time supply and high collectable values appear to yield high returns on the secondary market. We find that LEGO investments outperform large...

How do you spark genius? How do you earn a profit from fun? And how do you overcome unthinkable challenges? The developer of Simon, Fashion Polly Pocket, UNO Attack!, My Size Barbie, and Operation explains it all in this fascinating story of toys, transformation, and murder

Gaming legend and boss level disruptor Reggie Fils-Aimé, retired President and Chief Operating Officer of Nintendo of America Inc., shares leadership lessons and inspiring stories from his unlikely rise to the top.

"The extraordinary inside story of the LEGO company--producer of the most beloved and popular toy on the planet--based on unprecedented access to the founding family that still owns the company, chronicling the brand's improbable journey to become the empire that it is today"--

We study a new alternative investment asset - LEGO sets. LEGO is an iconic toy with diminishing over time supply and a high collectable value. A huge secondary market for LEGO sets with tens of thousands of transactions per day has developed since the turn of the century. We find that LEGO...

In this article, LEGO sets are studied as a potential alternative asset class. An exhaustive sample of 10,588 sets is utilised to generate inferences regarding long-term LEGO performance, its diversification benefits, and return determinants. Over 1966-2018, LEGO value-weighted index accounted...

"The untold story of how Japan became a cultural superpower through the fantastic inventions that captured-and transformed-the world's imagination. The Walkman. Karaoke. Pikachu. Pac-Man. Akira. Emoji. We've all fallen in love with one or another of Japan's pop-culture creations, from the techy...

The European Commission mandated the Scientific Committee on Health and Environmental Risks (SCHER) to consider whether a revision of the migration limits for chromium VI in toys or components of toys, is necessary in view of new available evidence, in particular, with regard to the potential...

This paper studies technology adoption in a cluster of soccer-ball producers in Sialkot, Pakistan. We invented a new cutting technology that reduces waste of the primary raw material and gave the technology to a random subset of producers. Despite the arguably unambiguous net benefits of the...

This paper studies technology adoption in a cluster of soccer-ball producers in Sialkot, Pakistan. We invented a new cutting technology that reduces waste of the primary raw material and gave the technology to a random subset of producers. Despite the clear net benefits for nearly all firms,...

This paper studies technology adoption in a cluster of soccer-ball producers in Sialkot, Pakistan. We invented a new cutting technology that reduces waste of the primary raw material and gave the technology to a random subset of producers. Despite the arguably unambiguous net benefits of the...

This paper studies technology adoption in a cluster of soccer-ball producers in Sialkot, Pakistan. We invented a new cutting technology that reduces waste of the primary raw material and gave the technology to a random subset of producers. Despite the clear net benefits for nearly all firms,...

The substance tris(2-chloroethyl)phosphate (TCEP) is an alkyl phosphate ester used as a flame-retardant plasticiser and viscosity regulator in polyurethanes, polyester resins, polyacrylates and other polymers. The main industrial branches in which TCEP has been used are the building industry...

Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: A Brief History of the U.S. Toy Industry -- Chapter 2: The Toy Industry by Size and Category -- Chapter 3: Product Still Rules -- Chapter 4: Buying and Selling -- Chapter 5: Creating Desire: Licensing, Advertising, and Marketing...

This contribution conceptualizes the politicization of MNCs from outside – the processes by which MNCs become confronted with demands for regulation and engage in political contestation with other non-state actors. It compares two global industries, athletic footwear and toys, to show that the...

In 2007, the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) issued 276 recalls of toys and other children's products, a sizeable increase from previous years. The overwhelming majority of the 2007 toy recalls were due to high levels of lead content and almost all of these toys were manufactured in...