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A new playbook for diversified companies
(MIT SLOAN MANAGEMENT REVIEW, 2018)
A wave of corporate breakups has rippled through industry after industry over the past several years. This has happened in consumer goods, for instance, with Kraft Foods' spin-off of its North American grocery business; ...
An extensive evaluation of CONWIP-card controlled and scheduled start time based production system designs
(Elsevier, 2019-01)
Order release policies such as a card-controlled CONWIP policy aim to improve system responsiveness and minimize system-wide inventory levels. It is not clear if order release policies (without card control) can be equally ...
Role of psychological empowerment in the relationship between structural empowerment and innovative behavior
(Emerald, 2018)
The purpose of this paper is to empirically test the relationship between the empowering structure and the employees’ innovative behavior and the role of psychological empowerment in mediating this link.
Design/method ...
Geographic mobility of recent immigrants and urban transit demand in the U.S.: New evidence and planning implications
(Elsevier, 2019-02)
Residential mobility rates in the U.S. have been in steady decline. Most notably, between 2005 and 2013, one-year intercity migration rate for immigrants has decreased by 0.7 percentage-points, compared to a 0.2 percentage-point ...
The effect of parenthood on travel behavior: Evidence from the California household travel survey
(Elsevier, 2019-02)
Literature suggests that young children have a significant influence on activity patterns and timeuse of adult men and women in dual-earner households. The resultant impact on travel behavior,
however, remains largely ...
Fairness in franchisor–franchisee relationship: an integrative perspective
(Emerald, 2018)
Purpose – This paper aims to elucidate and extend the concept of power and fairness in the context of franchisor–franchisee relationship.
Design/methodology/approach – On the basis of Dul and Hak’s (2007) recommendations, ...
Children’s media socialisation: parental concerns and mediation in Ira
(Taylor & Francis, 2018)
Children’s media socialisation, parental concerns, and mediation
styles have been studied mainly in the US and Europe. The present
research aims to extend media socialisation theory by investigating
children’s media ...
Managing children's internet advertising experiences: parental preferences for regulation
(Routledge, 2018)
Recent research suggests that children are spending a significantamount of time on the Internet which increases their exposure tosubtle, engaging, and interactive ads. As a result, policy makers havedeveloped regulations ...
Socio-cultural sustainability of private healthcare providers in an Indian slum setting: a bottom-ofthe-Pyramid perspective
(2018-12)
Delivery of affordable healthcare services to communities is a necessary precondition to poverty alleviation. Co-creation approaches to the development of business models in the healthcare industry proved particularly ...
Trust in humanitarian operations:a content analytic approach for an Indian NGO
(Taylor & Francis, 2019)
Trust between partners, a key element enabling coordination across supply chains, has recently started gaining attention in humanitarian operations literature. Yet, empirical examination of this concept is scant. Borrowing ...