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Meta-analysis of test accuracy studies: an exploratory method for investigating the impact of missing thresholds
(BioMed Central Ltd., 2015)
Background Primary studies examining the accuracy of a continuous test evaluate its sensitivity and specificity at one or more thresholds. Meta-analysts then usually perform a separate meta-analysis for each threshold. ...
Two paths to diversification performance implications of related diversification across two dimensions in professional service firms
(International Journal of Emerging Markets, 2015)
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of related diversification across service offerings and industry domains for professional service firms (PSFs) in emerging economies by integrating the reputational ...
Celebrity endorsements and branding strategies: event study from India
(Journal of Product and Brand Management, 2015)
Purpose – The purpose of this study is to evaluate the economic value of celebrity endorsements to Indian firms based on their branding strategy – corporate or house-of-brands – and their “congruence” or “fit” with the ...
Assessing the dependence structure of the components of hybrid time series processes using mutual information
(Indian Statistical Institute, 2015)
Hybrid processes, which are multivariate time series with some components continuous valued time series and the rest discrete valued time series or point processes, often arise in studies of neurological systems. Assessment ...
A Bibliometrics profile of Gujarat University, Ahmedabad during 2004-2013
(Defence Scientific Information and Documentation Centre, 2015)
This study attempts to undertake bibliometric analysis of the research publications of Gujarat University during the ten-year period between 2004 and 2013. The data for this study was extracted from SCOPUS and included a ...
Deciphering the distance between distance education and working professionals in difficult geographies
(Nova Southeastern University, 2015)
This study investigates the factors that draw working professionals towards distance education programs, and the factors that sustain their distance education experience. The study is conducted in difficult terrains of ...
Amending the consumer protection act, 1986
(Economic and Political Weekly, 2015)
A proposed amendment to the Consumer Protection Act, 1986, gives the right to a consumer to set aside an unfair contract, and cancel, at will, a contract within 30 days of receiving the goods or services. A proposed Consumer ...
Probabilistic selling in quality-differentiated markets
(Management Science, 2015)
Probabilistic selling-the sale of synthetic products consisting of a lottery between two distinct goods-has been extensively analyzed in horizontal markets. In this research, we investigate probabilistic selling in ...
Exploring TED talks as linked data for education
(British Journal of Educational Technology, 2015)
In this paper, we present the TED Talks dataset which exposes all metadata and the actual transcripts of available TED talks as structured Linked Data. The TED talks collection is composed of more than 1800 talks, along ...
Leadership and creative performance behaviors in R&D laboratories: examining the mediating role of justice perceptions
(Journal of Leadership & Organizational Studies, 2015)
The present study examines the direct relationship between leadership and creative performance behaviors as well as the mediating role of justice perceptions for this relationship in a R&D context. Data were collected using ...