The retailer perspective on the potential for using urban consolidation centres (UCCs)
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Akgün, E. Z., Monios, J., Cowie, J., & Fonzone, A. (2024)
The retailer perspective on the potential for using urban consolidation centres (UCCs). Research in Transportation Economics, 103, Article 101413. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.retrec.2024.101413
This paper examines the role of supportive policies and value-added services which may incentivise retailers to use an urban consolidation centre (UCC). The methodology is a c...
Impact of board diversity on Chinese firms’ cross-border M&A performance: An artificial intelligence approach
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Ding, S., Du, M., Cui, T., Zhang, Y., & Duygun, M. (2024)
Impact of board diversity on Chinese firms’ cross-border M&A performance: An artificial intelligence approach. International Review of Economics and Finance, 92, 1321-1335. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iref.2024.02.077
In this paper, we examine the impact of board demographic characteristics on Chinese firms’ cross-border Mergers and Acquisition (M&A) performance, especially the gender diver...
Consumers’ reaction to sci-fi as a source of information for technological development: An empirical analysis
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Messeni Petruzzelli, A., Mora, L., Natalicchio, A., Platania, F., & Toscano Hernandez, C. (2024)
Consumers’ reaction to sci-fi as a source of information for technological development: An empirical analysis. Technovation, 132, Article 102970. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.technovation.2024.102970
Science fiction (sci-fi) creative products inspire individuals by envisioning alternative futures and imaginary technological development. The stimuli conveyed by sci-fi creat...
Re-evaluating the East-West divide in the European Union
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Volintiru, C., Surubaru, N., Epstein, R. A., & Fagan, A. (2024)
Re-evaluating the East-West divide in the European Union. Journal of European Public Policy, 31(3), 782-800. https://doi.org/10.1080/13501763.2024.2313694
This introduction argues that the East-West divide in Europe continues to be politically salient since the fall of the Berlin Wall and two decades since the accession of most ...
How do tour guides cope with knowledgeable tourists? Conceptualising knowledge/information asymmetry in tour-guiding contexts
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Rihova, I., & Alexander, M. (in press)
How do tour guides cope with knowledgeable tourists? Conceptualising knowledge/information asymmetry in tour-guiding contexts. Tourism Review, https://doi.org/10.1108/TR-07-2023-0515
Purpose
Tourists’ resource integration both offers opportunities and presents challenges to tourism service providers. Focussing on the tour guide perspective, this paper exp...
The future of transformative events: An event leaders’ perspective
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Purpose – Focussing on the perspective of business event leaders’ perspective, this study explores the future of transformative experience (TE) events, recognising a paradigm ...
Investor sentiment and stock market returns: A story of night and day
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Wang, W. (in press)
Investor sentiment and stock market returns: A story of night and day. European Journal of Finance, https://doi.org/10.1080/1351847X.2024.2306942
Some financial relations have been confirmed to be different overnight and intraday due to different clienteles. In this paper, we assess the impact of investor sentiment on s...
Navigating the nexus: Geopolitical risk, fossil energy prices, and European utility stock returns - Implications for environmental management and energy security in a conflict-ridden global landscape
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Yang, T., Fang, S., Du, A. M., & Du, Q. (2024)
Navigating the nexus: Geopolitical risk, fossil energy prices, and European utility stock returns - Implications for environmental management and energy security in a conflict-ridden global landscape. Journal of Environmental Management, 352, Article 120086. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2024.120086
This study employs a TPV-VAR analysis method to explore the linkage between GPR, fossil energy prices, and utility stock returns across 16 European countries from August 2009 ...
Man shall not live by bread alone? Freedom of worship, COVID-19 and the Courts
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Galimberti, M., & Pagotto, T. (2024)
Man shall not live by bread alone? Freedom of worship, COVID-19 and the Courts. Ecclesiastical Law Journal, 26(1), 41-55. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0956618X23000509
This article discusses the application of the proportionality test which the Court of Session in Scotland and the European Court of Human Rights carried out when reviewing the...
Venture capital, innovation channels, and regional resource dependence: Evidence from China
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Du, Q., Li, Z., Du, M., & Yang, T. (2024)
Venture capital, innovation channels, and regional resource dependence: Evidence from China. Journal of Environmental Management, 352, Article 120034. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2024.120034
Although the literature predominantly emphasises the crucial role of technological innovation in alleviating resource dependence, limited attention has been given to the pivot...