This study aims to determine on how the concept of community based tourism is applied in several tourist villages in West Bandung Regency. This study uses a qualitative method with a case study concept. Data collection techniques used in the study were observation, in-depth interviews,...

This paper examines whether high-ability managers’ earnings smoothing is motivated by the need to mitigate the adverse effects of heightened information asymmetry triggered by mergers and acquisitions (M&As) on managers’ reputation capital (job loss) and firm value. We document that...

India, on an edge of major change towards an unprecedented economic growth along with robust advancements in the nation’s HDI, having around 65% of its population aged below 35 years and will add almost 10-12 million more to it every year in coming two decades. Urban India has 137 million...

Net Promoter Score (NPS) is heralded by proponents as the quintessential marketing metric for measuring customer and brand loyalty. Its popularity is currently very high, especially in North-American companies. The frenetic interest in NPS has led some commentators to call it a cult-like...

Whether a firm's environmental performance influences its financial performance is an unsolved puzzle. In this paper, we investigate if the market rewards concern for environmental issues over the long term. We use KLD's environmental score to construct two matched portfolios that differ in...

Prior research, primarily based on lab experiments, suggests that females might be more averse to competition than males and could be more inclined towards collaboration, instead. Were these findings to generalize to adults across the workforce, there could be profound implications for...

The dynamic growth of start-up companies in India has caused major disruption in the business landscape. At the same time, many start-ups encounter major setbacks at the scaling up stage. This qualitative study examines the problems encountered by start-up companies while scaling up the...

Dishonesty plays a large role in the economy. Causes for (dis)honest behavior seem to be based partially on external rewards, and partially on internal rewards. Here, we investigate how such external and internal rewards work in concert to produce (dis)honesty. We propose and test a theory of...

Green office that is implemented within the environmental management system is one of the current concerns of environmentally friendly advocates. It is to do with the phenomenon of high environmental degradation and the low awareness of people about environmental-friendly behavior. Previous...

Chinese products have entered in India in a big way. You will see them on roads. The hawkers, pull carts in addition to shops are selling them in India. Some have a fixed price tag like “Any item for Rs 30/-“. Some sell different items for different prices. Some sell same items for different...