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Shaping expectations, losing flexibility: A study of CEO promises as strategic communication tools

Strategic Management Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Research Summary CEO promises are powerful but understudied communication tools. We develop a dual‐mechanism framework theorizing that while CEO promises elevate stakeholder expectations, they simultaneously constrain strategic flexibility. We argue that CEO promise‐making is shaped by two competing pressures: making more promises when the ...
Majid Majzoubi, Alex Murray, William J. Mayew   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Better on Average? Average Inflation Targeting With an Unclear Averaging Window

Southern Economic Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Average inflation targeting (AIT) aims to stabilize inflation expectations by offsetting past deviations from target. However, ambiguity about the averaging window can complicate expectations formation and reduce policy effectiveness. This paper integrates AIT into a benchmark DSGE model, incorporating adaptive learning and a signal extraction
James Dean
wiley   +1 more source

Structures of Ideological Systems Programming. The Case of Sustainability in Prices

Systems Research and Behavioral Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper aims to demonstrate Niklas Luhmann's systems theory and its concept of ideologies as a general framework for analysing the actual implementation of normative ideas in modern society. Using the example of sustainable pricing within the economic system, it shows how values can be established at the programmatic level of function ...
Kristoffer Klement
wiley   +1 more source

Optimizing Semiconductor Supply Chain Security Through Evolutionary Game Theory: Collaborative Governance and Policy Simulation

Systems Research and Behavioral Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Amid intensifying global technological competition and sharply rising geopolitical uncertainty, semiconductor supply chain security has become a critical issue shaping national industrial security and macroeconomic stability. Focusing on the structural risks faced by China's semiconductor supply chain under the dual pressures of external ...
Ye yuan, Jingtao Zhao, Jiacheng Liu, Jiang Yu   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Corporate Social Responsibility and Firm Performance: Investigating the Role of Management Innovation Through Marketing Intensity

Thunderbird International Business Review, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates the relationship between Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and firm performance using panel data from 716 Chinese firms listed on the Shanghai and Shenzhen Stock from 2013 to 2019. It further examines the role of management innovation, specifically marketing intensity, in moderating the CSR–financial performance ...
Freeman Brobbey Owusu, Dafydd Mali, Adil El Fakir, Hafez Abdo, Albert Acheampong   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Impact of Firm Size on Dividend Behaviour: A Study With Reference to Corporate Firms across Industries in India [PDF]

The objective of this paper is to examine the association between the Corporate Leverage (CL) and the Dividend Policy (DP) of firms across industries in India in respect of Size of Corporate Firms.
Azhagaiah Ramachandran, Veeramuthu Packkirisamy   +1 more
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Technology‐Enabled Cross‐Border Entrepreneurship: The Role of Digital Platforms in SME Expansion Through the Lens of Institutional Theory

Thunderbird International Business Review, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Small and medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs) face significant institutional barriers when expanding across borders, including regulatory constraints, financial accessibility issues, and market entry challenges. Institutional theory provides a useful framework for understanding how external regulative, normative, and cognitive institutional forces
Sharmin Nahar, Muntasir Alam
wiley   +1 more source

Great (Retirement) Expectations: A Review of Retirement Income Policy and Changes to Expected and Preferred Retirement Age of Australian Workers

Australian Economic Review, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Research Question/Issue Retirement age expectations and preferences are shaped by individual, social, and government policy influences. Our paper reviews major policy changes in the Australian Retirement Income System over the past two decades and documents changes in Australian workers' expected and preferred retirement age. Research Findings/
Paul Gerrans, Ingebjorg Kristoffersen, Joanne K. Earl   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Determinants and Dynamics of Dividend Policy: Evidence from Pakistan’s Banking Sector

JISR Management and Social Sciences & Economics, 2009
This paper analyzes the dividend policy of 18 banks listed on the Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE) during the period 2001-2007. The study outlines the main determinants that may drive the dividend policy of KSE listed banks.
Intikhab Alam Khan, Rashid Salaria
doaj  

Playing the System: Electoral Bias in the 2024 UK General Election

The Political Quarterly, Volume 96, Issue 1, Page 65-73, January/March 2025.
Abstract The UK's 2024 general election was the least proportional of modern times. Labour's substantial parliamentary majority rested on the smallest ever winning party vote share. The Conservatives, meanwhile, suffered one of their worst ever results.
Charles Pattie, David Cutts
wiley   +1 more source