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Analysing the relationship between QM, performance appraisal and pay for performance
The purpose of this paper is to analyse the relationship between quality management, performance appraisal and pay for performance in a sample of 203 manufacturing plants (including firms that do not apply quality management) ... -
Analysts herding: when does sentiment matter?
Herding among analysts emerges when analysts give priority to their peers’ opinions instead of their own beliefs or information. Some circumstances may enhance or restrain this type of behaviour. We postulate that market ... -
Are acquirers different? Identifying firm precursors to acquisitions
Purpose: The authors propose and test a theoretical framework that develops and analyzes precursors to firm acquisitions to determine if acquirers differ from other firms. Design/methodology/approach: The authors use ... -
Are football managers as efficient as coaches? Performance analysis with ex ante and ex post inputs in the Premier league
There is a controversy on sport performance literature about what type of inputs might explain more deeply the performance of sports clubs (inputs specification controversy). By one side, several papers have analysed sports ... -
Are mediterranean nonprofits adopting the social enterprise model?
The social enterprise model, which is characterized by economic, social, and governance dimensions, has become a key aspect of modern welfare states in Europe. Despite its potential to increase revenue diversification for ... -
Are public employees more satisfied than private ones? The mediating role of job demands and job resources
Purpose – This paper aims to compare job satisfaction in public and private sectors and the mediating role of several job demands and resources on the relationship between the employment sector and job satisfaction. ... -
Assigning numerical scores to linguistic expressions
In this paper, we study different methods of scoring linguistic expressions defined on a finite set, in the search for a linear order that ranks all those possible expressions. Among them, particular attention is paid to ... -
At the crossroad between green and thirsty: carbon emissions and water consumption of Spanish thermoelectricity generation, 1969–2019
The energy sector is the main contributor to greenhouse gas emissions and one of the thirstiest sectors worldwide. Within the energy sector, thermoelectricity directly impacts on both emissions and water. This study assesses ... -
The atomic business: structures and strategies
Nuclear energy was one among business opportunities brought by the take off in science and technology after the Second World War. The narratives of the milestones of atomic history neglect the commercial, industrial and ... -
Attention to online channels across the path to purchase: an eye-tracking study
Currently, consumers display what is known as omnichannel behavior: the combined use of digital and physical channels providing them with multiple points of contact with firms. We combine the stimulus-organism-response (S-O-R) ... -
Attention to product images in an online retailing store: an eye-tracking study considering consumer goals and type of product
The visual content of the product area is crucial in an e-commerce site. This paper studies the differences in attention to product images in the product area in e-commerce sites considering the effects of purchase stage ... -
Attitudes toward choice with incomplete preferences: an experimental study
We present an experiment to test different individual attitudes toward choice, such as preference for flexibility, choice aversion, betweenness and choice neutrality. Unlike other related experimental papers, we want to ... -
Automotive fuel prices at branded and unbranded service stations: differences in the impact of seller density, brand concentration and search costs
This paper analyses the impact of local competition on gasoline and diesel pricing at branded and unbranded independent service stations. Based on our theory-driven discussion we derive a number of hypotheses, which are ... -
An axiomatic approach to finite means
In this paper we analyze the notion of a finite mean from an axiomatic point of view. We discuss several axiomatic alternatives, with the aim of establishing a universal definition reconciling all of them and exploring ... -
Bad company. The indirect effect of differences in corporate governance in the pension plan industry
This paper analyses the role played by pension plan governance structure and how it impacts on plan fees and plan performance. The results clearly show that fees decrease significantly and performance improves when pension ... -
Binary relations coming from solutions of functional equations: orderings and fuzzy subsets
We analyze the main properties of binary relations, defined on a nonempty set, that arise in a natural way when dealing with real-valued functions that satisfy certain classical functional equations on two variables. We ... -
Building social capital through sport engagement: evidence for adults aged 50 years and older
Involvement in sports is considered a powerful way to generate social capital. However, the role of sport engagement in the development of social relationships of older adults has not received much attention. Remarkably, ... -
Business analytics in sport talent acquisition: methods, experiences, and open research opportunities
Recruitment of young talented players is a critical activity for most professional teams in different sports such as football, soccer, basketball, baseball, cycling, etc. In the past, the selection of the most promising ... -
Cambio climático, riesgo de inundación y medidas de adaptación: retos en la valoración de daños y evaluación de medidas
Las inundaciones suponen un importante riesgo para el bienestar de las personas por el gran impacto que causan. Por ello, distintas instituciones han emprendido planes para la mejora de sistemas de alerta y prevención, ... -
Can agents sensitive to cultural, organizational and environmental issues avoid herding?
Our findings indicate that herding behavior is affected not only by the cultural variables already discussed in the literature but also by other variables associated with organizational and environmental issues such as ...