While a large literature has examined analysts’ earnings forecasts or stock recommendations in isolation, there is little research on the effectiveness with which analysts translate their earnings forecasts into recommendations (referred to as translational effectiveness). This study provides...

Large earnings surprises and negative earnings surprises represent more egregious errors in analysts' earnings forecasts. We find evidence consistent with our expectation that egregious forecast errors motivate analysts to work harder to develop or acquire relatively more private information in...

Part I: Introduction, review and exploratory studies -- 1.1 Introduction: Intelligent Fashion Forecasting -- 1.2 Sales forecasting in Apparel and Fashion Industry: a review -- Collaborative Planning Forecasting Replenishment Schemes in Apparel Supply Chain Systems: Cases and Research...