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A Bayesian quantile regression model for insurance company costs data
(Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2016)
We examine the average cost function for property and casualty insurers. The cost function describes the relationship between a firm's minimum production cost and outputs. A comparison of cost functions could shed light ...
Design leaps: business model adaptation in emerging economies
(Emerald Group Publishing Ltd., 2016)
PurposeFirms take design leaps when they imitate an established business model developed either by another firm or in another market to create business opportunities. While recent research has suggested the use of contextual ...
Strategic breakthroughs as flagpoles of innovation process
(Inderscience Enterprises Ltd., 2016)
This paper empirically investigates the innovation process, from ideation to market leadership. The focus is on the nature of innovation process, action-outcome linkage, and learning from the environment. Our conceptualisation ...
An exploratory study of price movements along booking profiles in the airline industry in the Indian domestic market
(Inderscience Enterprises Ltd., 2016)
In this paper, we analyse the price movements of the Indian domestic airline industry. In the first part, we conduct a detailed econometric analysis of five selected domestic routes. In the second part, we study the effect ...
An investigation on the effect of priming in economic games
(Serials Publications, 2016)
The paper examines whether priming has an effect on offer sizes and acceptance in economic games. We examine the effect of priming for both dictator as well as ultimatum games. We prime the participants in economic games ...
Seeking attention: an investigation of salesperson influence strategies used while selling to small retailers
(Routledge, 2016)
The use of influence strategies is an integral component of the salesperson's role, while selling to retailers. However, it remains a chronically under-researched area, particularly so in emerging markets, which are distinct ...
Adoption of sensor based communication for mobile marketing in India
(Emerald Group Publishing Ltd., 2016)
Purpose – This paper aims to explain the applications of sensor-based communication in mobile marketing and how understanding its fast growth is important for marketers. Design/methodology/approach – The paper draws from ...
Experiential learning frameworks for development of dynamic capabilities in project-based technology firms
(Inderscience Enterprises Ltd., 2016)
Project-based technology firms operating in a dynamic environment have to preserve their firm-specific advantage and also buffer against labour market shocks. Preservation and propagation of tacit knowledge that assists ...
Representing uncertainty with information sets
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2016)
We develop new methods for the representation of uncertainty in the granularized information source values by making use of the entropy framework in the possibilistic domain. An information-theoretic entropy function is ...
Probabilistic variable precision fuzzy rough sets
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2016)
In the real world, we often encounter varying membership grades due to varying information source values. The fuzzy rough set model is refurbished to develop probabilistic variable precision fuzzy rough set (P-VP-FRS) to ...