Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine widespread assumptions about things that are deemed inevitable, but which might not happen, or which might have far less impact than previously thought. Design/methodology/approach – Essay. Findings – Some events that are thought to be...

Introduces the first in a new series of articles under the heading “Speculations in documentation”. The initial article, on “Evolution and information”, is set in the context of debates as to the reality and significance of the link between the growth and development of human information...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to shed light on the eugenic beliefs of behavioral geneticist Barbara S. Burks and scientific‐management pioneers B. Frank and Lillian M. Moeller Gilbreth. Design/methodology/approach – Drawing on personal communications with the Gilbreths' daughter,...

Bioinformatics projects are currently under way at numerous universities and in industry. These projects typically involve processing large amounts of biological data and comparison of biological signals or sequences. Much of the existing work in bioinformatics software is based on such...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to determine what can cause dislike of an advertisement's message in Asia. Television commercials were looked at specifically to provide an insight into the construct of advertising dislikeability and how it affects purchase intention and purchase...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to discuss and test the combined effects of openness to experience (OE) and power, and the moderator effects of social norms (SN) and perceived resources on the choice of luxury attributes for branded products in Vietnam. Design/methodology/approach Based on...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explain the emergence of non‐cooperative behaviour after the economic transition in Estonia. Design/methodology/approach – The paper uses a combined research design, in that evolutionary game theory and network segregation models are enriched with...

Purpose – Building on reciprocity and crossover theory, this paper aims to examine how mood crossover from one partner in a relational dyad influences the likelihood of reciprocal mood crossover from the other partner. Design/methodology/approach – Using a survey sample of 180 dual‐career...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to address corporate governance structures. Effective corporate governance can lead to managerial excellence but managerial ethical excellence does not always exist without effective corporate governance. Embedded in both effective corporate governance...