This paper investigates how an organization’s formal hierarchy affects the gender diversity in its applicant pool. One perspective based on theories of gendered organizations suggests that, because women may perceive “flat” organizational structures with few hierarchical levels as...

We examine the effectiveness of different learning modes in a process management context. We argue that many organizations will undergo a transformation from a function to a process orientation and that learning matters in this context, as a fundamental change in thinking is required. Using a...

A fundamental problem in the field of R&D management is how public research laboratories consume resources to produce scientific research and operations. The study confronts this problem here by developing a model of metabolism of research labs, which endeavours to analyze the behavior of public...

Most brand extension literature usually focus on consumers' evaluations of brand extensions from the perspective of the parent brand or the extensions product characteristics, or the interaction of the parent brand and the extensions. However, little brand extension research, as well as even...

Technological advancements have greatly improved the ability of management information systems to gather, compile, and provide relative performance information (RPI). Many of these systems are capable of providing feedback on demand, either at the discretion of managers or employees. We use an...

The historic financial crisis in 2007 and 2008 seriously affected investors. In general, stock market values declined by about 50 percent but largely recovered from pre-crisis levels by the end of 2012 due in part to unprecedented stimulus efforts. Nonetheless, the cumulative return on stocks...

Newsvendor decision making is ubiquitous in the global economy. Very often, newsvendor decision makers are overworked; thus, making ordering decisions is one of myriad things on their plate. They do not have the energy to focus solely on the newsvendor decisions and yet have to make them under...

Consumers use products to signal status in different ways. We propose a classification system employing four tiers to explain consumers' choice among subtly or conspicuously branded items based on how and to whom they wish to signal. The first tier consists of consumers who are well-acquainted...

We examine the impact of China's anti-corruption campaign on firm-level financial reporting quality (FRQ). As an important component of the anti-corruption campaign, in October 2013, “Rule 18” was issued to prohibit party and government officials from serving as directors for publicly listed...

We examine experimentally the bargaining process and the final allocation of payoffs in games that differ in terms of whether or not the core exists and in the initial allocation of property rights among the players. The paper highlights the interaction between property rights, transaction costs...