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Corporate governance and company performance across Sub-Saharan African countries
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013)This paper examines the extent to which publicly listed companies across Sub-Saharan African countries have adopted “good corporate governance” practices. We investigate the association of these practices with companies’ ... -
Determinants of vertical coordination in buyer-seller relations: Exploratory findings from a developing economy
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2011)This study aims at understanding determinants of vertical coordination for firms in developing economies by conducting exploratory study in Tanzania. The study is centred on business - to business buyer -seller relations. ... -
Factors Influencing Accounting Outsourcing Practices among SMEs in Pakistan Context: Transaction Cost Economics (TCE) and Resource-Based Views (RBV) Prospective
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)The present study was conducted to identify factors that affect Pakistani manufacturing SMEs decisions to outsource management accounting practices in terms of transaction cost economics (TCE) and resource-based view ... -
Formal contractual agreements: A transaction cost study of Tanzania firms
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2011)This is exploratory study that aims at examining formal contractual agreements for firms in Tanzania using Transaction cost theoretical approach. Transaction cost studies have rarely being done on firms in Africa and ... -
Founding family leadership and industry profitability
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2009)In this article, we argue that firms in high-margin industries can benefit from founding family influence. Specifically, in more profitable markets, the influence of the founding family provides an additional corporate ... -
From Global Firms to Global Boards?
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013)This study investigates the internationalization of corporate boards, using a sample of 346 non-financial listed Nordic firms during 2001-2008. Given a high level of international activity, these firms have surprisingly ... -
Globalization of monitoring practices: The case of American influences on the dismissal risk of European CEOs
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013)This study examines globalization of monitoring practices by focusing on how American (U.S.) influences on European firms impact the dismissal risk for these firms' CEOs. Specifically, we argue that the stronger short term ... -
Identifying future research opportunities in online consumer reviews : the case study of TripAdvisor
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2011)The aim of this article is to identify future research opportunities for using online consumer reviews websites such as TripAdvisor.com as a case study. The literature review covers the internet and growth of eTourism, ... -
Inter-organizational networks and innovation in small, knowledge-intensive firms: A literature review
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013)In this study, we address the effect of innovation strategy and an innovative working climate on financial performance in the Norwegian wood industry. Innovation strategy embodies four dimensions: the degrees to which ... -
Is the Value Relevance of Accounting Information Consistently Underestimated?
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2010)This study investigates the importance of accounting for the sign of earnings as well as disaggregating earnings in empirical value relevance research. The paper presents evidence that value relevance as measured by the ... -
Models of an individual decision-making process related to ethical issues in business: The risk of framing effects
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2009)The theoretical paper at hand reviews 16 most often cited descriptive models of a manager's individual decision-making process related to ethical issues in business in general, international business and marketing fields ... -
On congruence between brand and human personalities
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2010)Purpose: The purpose of this research paper is to uncover the relations between brand and human personality by identifying brand preferences of consumers with different personality types. Design/methodology/approach: Based ... -
Positive and negative word of mouth (WOM) are not necessarily opposites: A reappraisal using the dual factor theory
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Prior research has not systematically investigated the enablers and inhibitors in conjunction to measure consumer behavior toward mobile wallets (m-wallets), focusing either on the adoption or the resistance perspective ... -
The importance of social networks in the Norwegian firewood industry
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013)This study examines the relationship between social network size, innovation and firm performance among firewood producers in Norway. Moreover, it investigates how this relationship is affected both by the structure and ... -
Which governance mechanisms promote efficiency in reaching poor clients? Evidence from rated microfinance institutions
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012)This paper evaluates the effectiveness of several governance mechanisms on microfinance institutions' (MFI) performance. We first define performance as efficiency in reaching many poor clients. Following the literature on ...