Unit pricing refers to the display of an item's price per unit measure (e.g., per ounce). The present study experimentally investigates how the presence of unit price information affects consumers' grocery purchase decisions and shopping task perceptions in the common situation where prepackaged...

We investigate the role of cultural distance — linguistic, religious and political — on merger and acquisition (M&A) completion and disentangle it from the role of different regional and national formal institutions as well as geographic distance. In a large-scale sample of German and...

Purpose: This paper examines the extent to which corporate board characteristics influence the level of dividend pay-out ratio using a sample of UK small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) from 2010 to 2013 listed on the Alternative Investment Market. Design/methodology/approach: The data is...

More and more firms answer to the need to offer policies and directions that help managers to approach the problems of marketing ethics. Business ethics represent reaction against immoral practices with negative effects in society, but also an awareness of the observance necessity of moral rules...

With the increasing use of information and communications technology (ICT), researchers are able to use computer software tools to find, organise, manipulate, analyse, and share relevant information. However, there are hundreds of such tools to select from, for various research-related uses. I...

Social media influencers have become increasingly important in the last years. Influencers, that is, individuals with a large number of followers on social media, filter information, advertise products and services, offer advice, and promote political opinions with a significant impact on a...

In a controlled field experiment, we examine pairs of auctions for identical items under different conditions. We find that auction design features that are under the control of the auctioneer - including information transparency, number of simultaneous auctions, and the degree of overlap...

This study develops a proposed model based on the Analytical Hierarchical Process model (AHP) and Standard and Poor's/ Egypt Stock Exchange Environmental, Social and Governance Index (S&P/EGX ESG) to measure and maximize the company's corporate social responsibility (CSR) performance. The...

We find that the acquirer’s (1) abnormal returns at merger and acquisition (M&A) announcements and (2) long-term abnormal returns after acquisitions increase with target firm insiders’ net purchase ratios. Further, acquisition synergies, measured as the (1) acquirer-target combined...