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Regional impacts of international tourism boycott: A China—Japan conflict

Economic Inquiry, EarlyView.
Abstract We examine the regional impacts of the Sino–Japan dispute over the Diaoyu/Senkaku Islands that sparked a Chinese consumer boycott of travel to Japan from August 2012. This boycott caused significant and varied regional impacts across Japan.
Theresa M. Greaney, Kozo Kiyota
wiley   +1 more source

Digital platform strategies from an incumbent perspective: An exploration of contextual factors and connectors

European Management Review, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Multi‐sided platform (MSP) models have become more relevant for incumbent companies, requiring them to develop MSP engagement strategies. This study sheds light on the complex process incumbents undergo in developing platform strategies. Adopting an inductive research design, we conducted interviews with 37 decision‐makers across 35 incumbent ...
Lukas Zechel, Vivek K. Velamuri
wiley   +1 more source

The Impact of Delays on Customers’ Satisfaction: an Empirical Analysis of the British Airways On-Time Performance at Heathrow Airport

Journal of Aerospace Technology and Management, 2018
Increased congestion at hub airports affects on-time airline performance to the detriment of customer satisfaction and may have substantially negative repercussions for airlines in a hypercompetitive environment.
Marina Efthymiou, Eric Tchouamou Njoya, Pak Lam Lo, Andreas Papatheodorou, Daniel Randall   +4 more
doaj  

Do Major Customers Affect Firms' Environmental, Social and Governance Activities?

European Financial Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We examine the role of major customers in shaping firms' environmental, social and governance (ESG) practices. We find that firms with major customer relationships undertake fewer ESG activities compared to those without such ties. The association is attenuated when institutional ownership is high, firms are less diversified, customers exhibit
Feng Dong, John A. Doukas, Stephanie Walton, Rongyao Gloria Zhang, Yiyang Zhang   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Smooth and controlled recovery planning of disruptions in rapid transit networks [PDF]

, 2015
This paper studies the disruption management problem of rapid transit rail networks. We consider an integrated model for the recovery of the timetable and the rolling stock schedules.
Cadarso Morga, Luis, Marín Gracia, Angel, Maróti, Gábor   +2 more
core   +4 more sources

Implicit Promises and the Timing of Defined‐Benefit Pension Plan Freezes

Financial Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Firms time defined‐benefit (DB) plan freezes after CEO turnovers to protect CEO retirement benefits from cost cuts affecting the wider workforce. We document a significant increase in voluntary CEO turnovers just before the freeze, without notable post‐freeze changes.
Zacharias Petrou, Adamos Vlittis
wiley   +1 more source

Disruption Management in Airline Operations Control – An Intelligent Agent-Based Approach [PDF]

, 2010
In this chapter we have introduced the Airline Operations Control Problem as well as the Airline Operations Control Centre (AOCC), including typical organizations and problems, the current disruption management (DM) process and a description of the main costs involved.
Castro, Antonio J.M., Oliveira, Eugenio
openaire   +4 more sources

Testing for Contagion in International Financial Markets: To See More, Go Higher

Financial Review, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Traditional measures of financial contagion rely on correlation shifts, overlooking higher moments such as skewness and kurtosis. We examine contagion during two major financial crises, incorporating lower‐ and higher‐moment measures. We analyze stock market returns from 22 major markets at different frequencies, offering a global perspective ...
Simeon Coleman, Vitor Leone
wiley   +1 more source

Real-time decision support for airline schedule disruption management

AFRICAN JOURNAL OF BUSINESS MANAGEMENT, 2012
This study applied a method of inequality-based multiobjective genetic algorithm (MMGA) for real-time airline schedule disruption management in response to the schedule disruption of short-haul, quick turnaround flights with an environmental consideration.
openaire   +1 more source

Profit Sharing, Teams, and Earnings

Industrial Relations: A Journal of Economy and Society, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines the impact of two team arrangements on the association between profit sharing and workers' earnings. In non‐interconnected teams individuals work on a single team, whereas in interconnected teams some employees work on several teams.
Marco A. Barrenechea‐Méndez, Sara Martinez‐de‐Morentin   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source