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Can Small Businesses Survive Chapter 11?

open access: yesThe Journal of Finance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT A majority of small U.S. businesses attempting to reorganize in bankruptcy fail to do so. Subchapter V of Chapter 11 (SubV) streamlines bankruptcy for small firms by reducing bankruptcy costs and negotiation frictions, and enables entrepreneurs to retain ownership.
EDITH HOTCHKISS   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Optimal Simple Ratings

open access: yesThe Journal of Industrial Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We study optimal simple rating systems that partition sellers into a finite number of tiers. We show that optimal ratings must be threshold partitions, and that for linear supply and Cournot competition with constant marginal cost, optimal thresholds solve a k‐means clustering problem requiring only the quality distribution.
Hugo Hopenhayn, Maryam Saeedi
wiley   +1 more source

Enforcing intellectual property rights in metaverse gaming platforms: The next steps for the EU's metaverse agenda

open access: yesThe Journal of World Intellectual Property, EarlyView.
Abstract This article delineates a comprehensive framework for the achievement of effective metaverse governance that reflects the EU's current metaverse agenda and promotes respect for intellectual property rights. To do so, this article follows a two‐strand methodology. It engages in a doctrinal legal analysis and a policy‐oriented assessment.
Zoi Krokida, Ioanna Lapatoura
wiley   +1 more source

What's in a Promise?

open access: yesNoûs, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Many, perhaps even most, philosophers hold that, in order to promise someone something, the promisor must intend to communicate what they are promising. I argue against this claim, explain why it matters to the nature of promising, and sketch an alternative picture of normatively powerful speech acts.
Eliot Michaelson
wiley   +1 more source

Dialogue of the Deaf: How Deliberation With Discontented Citizens May Hopelessly Fail

open access: yesPublic Administration, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Governments employ public deliberation in response to citizen discontent, intending to achieve consensus, mutual understanding, and clarification. However, some studies suggest that deliberation can devolve into a “dialogue of the deaf,” where parties talk past each other, counterproductively leading to conflict, distrust, and confusion ...
Anouk van Twist
wiley   +1 more source

Accounting for Substitution: Improving Estimates of GHG Reductions From Cattle‐Based Product Demand Shifts

open access: yesApplied Economic Perspectives and Policy, Volume 48, Issue 4, Page 903-915, September 2026.
ABSTRACT Estimates of reductions in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from lower demand for cattle‐based products must account for substitution effects. This study collected data through two surveys—one on ground beef and another on dairy milk—to evaluate substitution effects and potential GHG reductions.
Brandon R. McFadden   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

ShillProof: A Cross-Layer Auction System With Verifiable Bidding and Decentralized Sequencer Selection

open access: yesIEEE Access
Shill bidding threatens the integrity of online auctions by allowing malicious participants to manipulate prices through deceptive behavior. Existing on-chain mitigation strategies rely on post-hoc penalties, but they suffer from high gas costs and ...
Mohamed Abdelhai Bouaicha   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Delphi consensus on Thoroughbred yearling sales endoscopy in Australasia

open access: yesEquine Veterinary Journal, Volume 58, Issue 5, Page 1283-1292, September 2026.
Abstract Background Concerns regarding the reliability and consistency of yearling sales endoscopy in Australia and New Zealand have led to reduced industry confidence. Recent studies have clarified the relationship between yearling laryngeal function (YLF) grades and future outcomes.
Josephine L. Hardwick   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Determinants of online buyer trust. A comparison with the auction system

open access: yesManagement Letters/Cuadernos de Gestión, 2010
Studies on electronic Internet commerce are an important part of the research in marketing, bur there are still few works that have dealt with auction systems.
Sonia San Martín Gutiérrez   +1 more
doaj  

After the Hype: Resilience Seeking in Emerging Technology Ecosystems

open access: yesJournal of Product Innovation Management, Volume 43, Issue 5, Page 793-826, September 2026.
ABSTRACT Academic Summary Hype often helps emerging technology ecosystems gain early support for their innovative value propositions, but the initial excitement around the technology typically vanishes at some point. This decrease in excitement and support may lead some ecosystems to fail while others are resilient and recover.
Fiona Schweitzer   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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