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Vernacular mourning and corporate memorialization in framing the death of Steve Jobs (2015)
Journal Article

This article explores the role of vernacular mourning in framing the death of Apple co-founder and former chief executive Steve Jobs. Using the concept of heterotopia to explore the spatio-temporal power relations of contemporary organizational memor... Read More about Vernacular mourning and corporate memorialization in framing the death of Steve Jobs.

Government size, institutions and export performance among OECD economies (2015)
Journal Article

With a panel of 18 OECD countries, 1980–2005, we investigate the determinants of export performance, in particular the effects of the size of government and institutional features. In a model of endogenous extent of domestically-produced goods, gover... Read More about Government size, institutions and export performance among OECD economies.

The welfare state, institutions and export performance (2015)
Journal Article

With a panel of 18 OECD countries, 1980–2005, we investigate the determinants of export performance, in particular the effects of the size of government and institutional features. In a model of endogenous extent of domestically-produced goods, gover... Read More about The welfare state, institutions and export performance.

The effects of non-trading on the illiquidity ratio (2015)
Journal Article

Using a simulation analysis we show that non-trading can cause an overstatement of the observed illiquidity ratio. Our paper shows how this overstatement can be eliminated with a very simple adjustment to the Amihud illiquidity ratio. We find that th... Read More about The effects of non-trading on the illiquidity ratio.

The Corporation Ten Years On: An Interview and an Audience with Joel Bakan (2015)
Journal Article

More than 10 years ago, the Canadian documentary film The Corporation, written by University of British Columbia professor of law Joel Bakan, significantly challenged the way we think about the modern corporation by unraveling its legal status as a p... Read More about The Corporation Ten Years On: An Interview and an Audience with Joel Bakan.

An analysis of business phenomena and austerity narratives in the arts sector from a new materialist perspective (2015)
Journal Article

The paper adopts a lens of new materialism to analyse narratives of managers in the arts sector in response to the master narrative of austerity and proposed‘solutions’ using business models(including accounting). It explores the complex trajectories... Read More about An analysis of business phenomena and austerity narratives in the arts sector from a new materialist perspective.

On efforts in teams with stereotypes (2015)
Journal Article

Diversity in the workplace implies a balance in positions held by different social groups in organizations. We analyze the effect of negative stereotypes about the abilities of individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds on efforts and outcomes in tea... Read More about On efforts in teams with stereotypes.

Understanding ethical luxury consumption through practice theories: A study of fine jewellery purchases (2015)
Journal Article

This paper builds on existing research investigating CSR and ethical consumption within luxury contexts, and makes several contributions to the literature. First, it addresses existing knowledge gaps by exploring the ways in which consumers perform e... Read More about Understanding ethical luxury consumption through practice theories: A study of fine jewellery purchases.

On the Prediction of Emerging Market Sovereign Credit Spreads (2015)
Journal Article

This paper examines the quarter-ahead out-of-sample predictability of Brazil, Mexico, the Philippines and Turkey credit spreads before and after the Lehman Brothers' default. A model based on the country-specific credit spread curve factors predicts... Read More about On the Prediction of Emerging Market Sovereign Credit Spreads.

Resilience: The Concept, a Literature Review and Future Directions (2015)
Book Chapter

In an ever-more interconnected world, countries, communities, organisations and individuals are all subjected to a diverse and ever-changing environment. The threats that this often turbulent environment poses can vary in both severity and frequency.... Read More about Resilience: The Concept, a Literature Review and Future Directions.