This chapter tells the story of the famous takeover decision in Paramount Communications v. QVC Network. The battle over Paramount lends support to the view that non-pecuniary motivations can sometimes explain battles for corporate control and management behavior better than pecuniary...

The goal of this study is to contribute to the underexplored interplay of unrelated positive feelings and arousal and their effects on users' willingness to provide personal data. To this end, we conduct an online survey (n=368) based on a hypothetical social network sweepstake scenario in which...