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Similarity and substitution: Using pile sorting methods to explore economic behavior

Journal of the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, EarlyView.
Abstract Despite the common intuition that similar products are stronger demand substitutes, this study shows a more nuanced relationship between perceived similarity and utility substitution. Using pile sorting, a method where items are sorted into groups according to their similarity, we conduct large‐scale consumer surveys on purchasing 21 foods for
Jayson L. Lusk, Vincenzina Caputo, Amelia Ahles   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Philanthropy in the News [PDF]

, 2006
Over the last two decades, the quantity of news coverage of foundations has gradually risen, but its quality remains highly superficial, according to this report by Philanthropy Awareness Initiative and University of Minnesota professor David Fan.
David Fan, Hollis Hope, Vikki Spruill
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Political Signaling via Equity Ownership: Impacts on Supplier Financial Performance

Journal of Operations Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study offers a new application of signaling theory to better understand the role of equity linkages and political influence on buyer–supplier relationships (BSRs). We examine the signaling effects of a politician's personal equity investment in a buyer firm on the financial performance of the supplier firms located in the politician's ...
Wenming Wang, In‐Mu Haw, Morgan Swink, Jun Chen   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

CSi in South Africa: Examining CSI Strategy, Practice, and Attitudes with a Focus on Social Enterprise and Blended Value [PDF]

, 2009
The project aimed to: Identify attitudes and practices among leading CSI officers in South Africa surrounding CSI objectives, CSI strategy, and major philanthropy models, particularly social enterprise and blended valueAssess the market for Heart's ...
Andrew Hillis
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Exploring production of social and economic value in social enterprises through a business model framework

Strategic Change, EarlyView.
Abstract This study explores how social enterprises create social and economic value through business models that support ex‐offenders. The work was motivated by a request for help from an entrepreneur wishing to establish a business that supports ex‐offender rehabilitation.
Elizabeth Green, Peter Bradley, Glenn Parry   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Setting the Record Straight: The Intellectual Legacy of H. Igor Ansoff (1918–2002)

Strategic Change, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study presents a comprehensive annotated bibliography of H. Igor Ansoff's intellectual contributions, addressing significant gaps in existing citation databases such as Scopus and Web of Science, which capture only 9 to 15 percent of his work.
Richard W. Puyt
wiley   +1 more source

Corporate Donations to the Arts: Philanthropy or Advertising? [PDF]

This paper is an attempt to provide evidence on two questions: Why do companies sponsor art events, and where exactly does the money go? We analyse data collected on the revenue structure of cultural institutions in Berlin and Hamburg.
Björn Frank, Kurt Geppert
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