Sethi and Thompson (1970) illustrated the applications of the maximum principle to solve simple dynamic cash balance problems. There we introduced the idea of penalty function to solve the cash balance problem with bounded state variables arising out of disallowing overdrafts and short selling....

Extant marketing literature tends to view cross-functional relationships as primarily cooperative or competitive in nature, but not both. In contrast, this research focuses on cross-functional coopetition” (i.e., the joint occurrence of cooperation and competition across functional areas...

General Banking section is starting point of all the banking process. Various kinds of activities are performed by this section like account opening, fund transfer and maintenance etc. Local and foreign remittance is maintained by this section. To accomplish the activities of this section,...

The present value discount rate is about the investor, the expected market rate of return on his best alternative asset (BAA), his opportunity cost of buying a subject asset (not the subject's rate of return, subject owner's/seller's cost of capital, nor the required rate of return on an...

The present research investigates certification effects and rational herding in reward based crowdfunding (RBCF) campaigns of cultural projects. The authors analyse data obtained from France's leading RBCF platform, Ulule, and show that the contributing crowd is heterogeneous in terms of...

This paper focuses on the services and roles of state-owned banks in achieving customer satisfaction in Bangladesh. The use of digital technologies can help in providing quality customer services. State-owned banks often have high non-performing properties and high costs for providing a...

Using a “plug” figure or “slack term” within a pro forma analysis is the standard method to make a forecasted balance sheet have assets equal liabilities and equity. The plug is usually stock or long-term debt because either one or a combination of the two, are assumed to be the source...

Prior research has largely focused on the positive side of customer experience, such as satisfaction. In contrast, this study investigates the negative side of customer experience and tests the harmful impact of consumer negative voice on firms' stock returns. Based on a longitudinal real-world...

Marketing has a tradition in conducting scientific research with cutting-edge techniques developed in management science, such as data envelopment analysis (DEA) (Charnes et al. 1985). Two decades ago, Kamakura, Ratchford, and Agrawal (1988) applied DEA to examine market efficiency and consumer...

Practitioners and scholars have questioned marketing communication's credibility because it has not been linked to firm shareholder value. Using secondary longitudinal data, the authors show that the impact of marketing communication productivity (MCP) on shareholder value is positive and...