Research has shown that advertising assets and R&D (research and development) assets increase shareholder value. Although one might conclude that their impacts on bankruptcy risk are merely the inverse of their impacts on shareholder value, we argue otherwise and show that the differences hinge...

As an emerging economy, Bangladesh has witnessed a remarkable development in adopting information and communication technologies over the last decade. Hence, the fi eld of e-commerce is expanding rapidly and consumers are now using the internet as an alternative channel for buying. The...

Purpose: The retail industry offers diverse and unique career paths. However, despite the high demand for new graduates to fill managerial positions in the retail sector, their reluctance to pursue a retail career remain. This study aims to investigate the antecedents that predict retail career...

Gamification is defined as using game design elements in non-gaming contexts: education, management, marketing and also market research. Gamified research tools help to increase respondents' engagement and obtain more in-depth results. Up till now the effects of gamifications were tested in the...

This study examines how the degree of fit between the brand extension and the parent brand, in the case of heritage sites, affects the extension's brand equity-formation, considering the mediating role of brand attitude and brand credibility and the moderating role of the tourist's level of...

This paper describes an integrated research study project developed and conducted with Dual program students of the IUBH University of Applied Sciences in Berlin, Düsseldorf and Hamburg. The project investigates the current reading and writing behavior of generations X, Y and Z. In addition,...

Digital Media has gained importance over the years, around the world. It has created impact in Pakistan too. This paper draws comparison in usage and impact of Digital Media in developed worlds with Pakistan and identifies the flaws, the potential and scope of digital media in Pakistan. Pakistan...

This research aimed to examine and explain the effect of brand image, tourist experience, and destination quality on brand love, Word of Mouth (WOM), recommendation, and revisit intention. The research samples included 284 domestic tourists visiting Bali at least twice in the last 5 years. The...

In recent years, there has been an observably increasing interest in one's own body appearance. By attempting to identify the main differences in body image perception within two culturally different backgrounds (the US and China), this paper examines the relationship between the way consumers...

Decision system analysis (DSA) is a conceptually simple technique that maps the process of group decisions over time. The data are gathered in a variety of ways, but most often some form of protocol analysis is the foremost tool. The data are then condensed and depicted as a flow chart for a...