The current study is an attempt to explore the identity of Glasgow (UK) as a city of Architecture and Design. The study applies the methodology of the ACID test of Corporate Identity Management in a qualitative investigation of 4 different samples of informants (residents of the city,...

This paper discusses the role of managerial mental models (cognitive structures) in the framework of the firms strategic marketing development. The conceptualisation is based on theories of cognition, learning and strategy development. The empirical part focuses on the exploration of mental...

Although consumers value respect and expect to be respected by providing firms (Daskou et al., 2004) it appears that some industries (i.e., telecommunications as per Vittore (2001) fail to apply respect for the customer. In an effort to address the utility of recognising, appreciating and...

Several tests for nonlinear causality are available on the literature. In this paper we investigate the effects of temporal aggregation and systematic sampling using some well known linear and nonlinear Granger causality tests. The conducted Monte Carlo simulation experiments and the empirical...

This letter proposes a simple test for the linearity of a time series. We compare the small and large samples properties of the suggested test via Monte Carlo techniques with well known time domain linearity tests. Our results suggest that the suggested test over performs the power of the other...

One of the most enduring debates in economics is whether financial development causes in a linear or nonlinear manner, economic growth or whether it is a consequence of increased economic activity. Little research into this question has been done for the case of Greece especially in a nonlinear...

This paper considers the dynamics of the OECD macroeconomic forecasts for Greece. A Geometric Distributed Lags model is used to study the dynamic responses between the actual data and the forecasts supplied by OECD the last 15 years.

In this article we propose a model-based approach to disaggregate data not available in the appropriate time span and apply it to obtain quarterly observations of the annual basis available real gross national product of four countries. These countries are USA, Canada, Germany and Italy. The...

In this paper, we examine the effects of data collection frequency on the computation of the Consumer Price Index (CPI). Using stochastic simulation techniques, we conclude that the frequency of data collection has a considerable effect on CPI values. Our findings confirm the need for high...