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A nested semi-open queuing network model for analyzing dine-in restaurant performance
(Elsevier Ltd, 2016)
Low customer wait times at restaurants can improve both customer walk-ins and satisfaction levels. To manage customer wait times, the operators need a thorough understanding of how restaurant design parameters such as the ...
The funeralesque as the experience of workers at the margins of international business: Seven Indian narratives
(Emerald Group Publishing Ltd., 2016)
Purpose: This paper aims to show that the experience of workers on the margins of international business is akin to the funeralesque. The funeralesque is understood as the appropriation of the value generated by workers ...
Quantitative easing and the post-crisis surge in financial flows to developing countries
(Elsevier Ltd, 2016)
This paper examines gross financial inflows to developing countries between 2000 and 2013, with a focus on the potential effects of quantitative easing (QE) policies in the United States and other high-income countries. ...
Unconventional monetary policy normalisation and emerging market capital flows
(Centre for Economic Policy Research, 2016)
The Federal Reserve has begun to ‘taper’ its programme of quantitative easing. The ‘taper tantrum’ that followed the announcement of tapering in May 2013 suggests that the normalisation of rich countries’ unconventional ...
Cost-effective pallet management strategies
(Elsevier Ltd, 2016)
The existing industry strategies for managing pallets, (single-use expendable pallets, buy/sell programs, and leased pallet pooling programs), are analyzed and compared using push and pull inventory control policies. A ...
How does regulation sffect the relation between family control and reported cash flows? comparative evidence from India and the United States
(Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2016)
Manuscript Type: Empirical. Research Question/Issue: We conduct a two-country study to understand (i) how family and non-family firms engage in classification shifting to manage reported operating cash flows in each country; ...
Earnings management in India: managers' fixation on operating profits
(Elsevier Ltd, 2016)
We present evidence that the managers of Indian firms fixate on operating profits, and thus manage such earnings. Specifically, they shift operating expenses to income-decreasing special items in order to inflate operating ...
A lovable personality: the effect of brand personality on brand love
(Palgrave Macmillan Ltd., 2016)
This study proposes and empirically tests the impact of two dimensions of brand personality (excitement and sincerity) on brand love and, subsequently, on store brand loyalty and +WOM in the context of online retailers. ...
Ethnic inequality: theory and evidence from formal education in Nigeria
(University of Chicago Press, 2016)
Inequality across social groups with distinct identities and cultures is one of
the most important issues facing modern societies. Disparities in economic
opportunities, employment, earnings, and asset holding are generally ...
Resource distribution, growth and strategies for enhancing fish production in north-eastern states of India
(Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, 2016)
Contribution of the eight north-eastern states of India towards national fish production is only 5.9% despite the vast resources available in the region. There is a clear disparity in the total fish production vis-a-vis ...