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Future Generations' Perceptions and Evaluations of Financial Intermediaries: A Multivariate Analysis in the Digital and Sustainable Era

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The rapid digital transformation of financial services, increasing regulatory pressure and the growing strategic relevance of sustainability are reshaping financial intermediaries and how they are perceived by younger generations. In this context, traditional monetary compensation schemes are increasingly insufficient to explain how financial ...
Gerardo Petroccione   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Spears for Hire: The Utilization and Motivations of Greek Mercenaries in the Archaic and Classical Ages. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
Greek mercenaries were widespread in the Mediterranean in the Archaic and Classical periods. This thesis examines the mercenaries themselves and the kingdoms that employed them in order to discover both why mercenaries turned to the service and why ...
Tadlock, Stephen Kyle
core   +1 more source

Organizational Growth Reconsidered: A Systems‐Based Review and Research Agenda

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Recent years have witnessed a significant increase in post‐ and degrowth research, which explores the social and ecological consequences of, and alternatives to, economic growth. To date, however, the debate has primarily occurred at the macroeconomic level, leaving a gap in our understanding of the role of organizational growth in a post ...
Swantje Freund   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Role of Mercenaries

open access: yes
The birth of the Greek mercenary can principally be ascribed to the economic crisis following the Peloponnesian War. Many Greeks decided to obtain a salary by enlisting under the banner of those who were able to pay them: the king and the satraps of the ...
Franca Landucci
core   +1 more source

Mercenaries in 14th-century Europe:Crack troops or 'useless and dangerous'? [PDF]

open access: yes
During the Middle Ages, political units adopted two approaches to the use of mercenaries. Political authorities in Italian cities commonly contracted entire military campaigns to mercenary companies. In contrast, European monarchies like France recruited
Casiraghi, Matteo C.M.; id_orcid
core   +1 more source

Good Deeds for Self‐Gain? How Self‐Enhancement Motivates Pro‐Environmental Behaviour in Entitled Consumers

open access: yesJournal of Consumer Behaviour, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT While personality traits often influence individuals' willingness to engage in prosocial and pro‐environmental behaviours, psychological entitlement tends to undermine such actions. Although extensive research has highlighted the negative social consequences of entitlement, including its impact on pro‐environmental behaviours, its potential to
Alexandra Polyakova
wiley   +1 more source

Swiss Mercenaries in the Dutch East Indies [PDF]

open access: yes
Between 1848 and 1914, around 5,800 Swiss Mercenaries enlisted in the Dutch Colonial Army (KNIL) to fight in the Dutch East Indies, now modern-day Indonesia.
Krauer, Philipp
core   +1 more source

Mitigating Chatbot Service Failures: The Roles of Anthropomorphism, Acknowledgment, and Apology

open access: yesJournal of Consumer Behaviour, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines how chatbot anthropomorphism shapes consumer responses to service failure by distinguishing between process failure and outcome failure and by testing alternative recovery responses. Across three pretests (N = 30, 120 and 240) and two scenario‐based experiments (Study 1: N = 346; Study 2: N = 778), consumers evaluated ...
Juyon Lee, Wujin Chu, Rajat Roy
wiley   +1 more source

The News on “the Germans” (οἱ Νεμίτζοι) in Byzantine Narrative Essays of 10-12th Centuries

open access: yesВестник Волгоградского государственного университета. Серия 4. История, регионоведение, международные отношения, 2015
The article is a review of the news of the Byzantine narrative sources of the 10-12th centuries, in which an ethnonym “the Germans” is mentioned. The use of this term is extremely rare in Byzantine historiography of the eleventh and twelfth centuries ...
Maksim Igorevich Drobyshev
doaj   +1 more source

Evolving Paradigms of Sustainability in Luxury Fashion: Evidence From an Emerging Market

open access: yesJournal of Consumer Behaviour, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The global fashion industry is both an economic driver and a major contributor of environmental and social challenges. This research examines how sustainable luxury fashion is constructed and adopted within an emerging market context by integrating perspectives from entrepreneurs, industry managers, and consumers.
Sandipan Sen   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

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