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Improving service and sustainability in retail supply chains (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Grant, D. B., Fernie, J., Tautrims, A., & El-Adas, R. Improving service and sustainability in retail supply chains. Presented at 13th International Symposium on Logistics (ISL) 2008

Purpose: On-shelf availability and its impact on retail customer service and profitability has concerned retailers for many years. Further, globalisation of retail supply chains has meant increased logistics costs, particularly in transportation, and... Read More about Improving service and sustainability in retail supply chains.

Improving the bottom line: Moving towards a transport capability maturity model (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Holter, A., Millar Ritchie, J., Shaw, W. N., & Grant, D. (2008, September). Improving the bottom line: Moving towards a transport capability maturity model. Presented at Logistics Research Network Annual Conference 2008, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Transport is often considered a service that can easily be purchased and obtained without further complications. However, managing and purchasing transport is a complex process. A five step transport purchasing capability maturity model is proposed w... Read More about Improving the bottom line: Moving towards a transport capability maturity model.

The determinants of corporate debt ownership structure: Evidence from market‐based and bank‐based economies (2008)
Journal Article
Antoniou, A., Guney, Y., & Paudyal, K. (2008). The determinants of corporate debt ownership structure: Evidence from market‐based and bank‐based economies. Managerial Finance, 34(12), 821-847. https://doi.org/10.1108/03074350810915806

Purpose
This paper aims to investigate the determinants of choice between private and public debt for British and German listed companies.

Design/methodology/approach
The paper is based on three strands of theories: the “liquidation and renegoti... Read More about The determinants of corporate debt ownership structure: Evidence from market‐based and bank‐based economies.

Information systems continuance intention of web-based applications customers : the case of online banking (2008)
Journal Article
Vatanasombut, B., Igbaria, M., Stylianou, A. C., & Rodgers, W. (2008). Information systems continuance intention of web-based applications customers : the case of online banking. Information and Management, 45(7), 419-428. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.im.2008.03.005

The proliferation of the Internet has not only allowed businesses to offer their products and services through web-based applications, but it has also undermined their ability to retain their customers. It has reduced search costs, opened up barriers... Read More about Information systems continuance intention of web-based applications customers : the case of online banking.

Trade integration and business cycle convergence: Is the relation robust across time and space? (2008)
Journal Article
Abbott, A., Easaw, J., & Xing, T. (2008). Trade integration and business cycle convergence: Is the relation robust across time and space?. Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 110(2), 403-417. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9442.2008.00539.x

In this paper we investigate the relationship between trade intensity and the business cycle correlation using a panel data set taken from 24 countries over the period 1959-2003. Most previous studies did not account for the possibility that the busi... Read More about Trade integration and business cycle convergence: Is the relation robust across time and space?.

Different pathways that suggest whether auditors' going concern opinions are ethically based (2008)
Journal Article
Rodgers, W., Guiral, A., & Gonzalo, J. A. (2009). Different pathways that suggest whether auditors' going concern opinions are ethically based. Journal of Business Ethics, 86(3), 347-361. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-008-9851-8

Several critics have reopened the continuing debate regarding the credibility of the auditing profession in part because of auditors' reluctance to issue warning signals to investors. At the root of auditors' lack of independence issues are conflicts... Read More about Different pathways that suggest whether auditors' going concern opinions are ethically based.

Can trend followers survive in the long-run? Insights from agent-based modeling (2008)
Book Chapter
He, X. Z., Hamill, P., & Li, Y. (2008). Can trend followers survive in the long-run? Insights from agent-based modeling. In A. Brabazon, & M. O'Neill (Eds.), Natural Computing in Computational Finance (253-269). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-77477-8_14

This chapter uses a simple stochastic market fraction (MF) asset pricing model to investigate market dominance, profitability, and how traders adopting fundamental analysis or trend following strategies can survive under various market conditions in... Read More about Can trend followers survive in the long-run? Insights from agent-based modeling.

Electroluminescent segmented liquid crystalline trimers (2008)
Journal Article
Aldred, M. P., Hudson, R., Kitney, S. P., Vlachos, P., Liedtke, A., Woon, K. L., O'Neill, M., & Kelly, S. M. (2008). Electroluminescent segmented liquid crystalline trimers. Liquid crystals, 35(4), 413-427. https://doi.org/10.1080/02678290801924931

The synthesis and liquid crystal behaviour of light-emitting trimeric liquid crystals consisting of three mesomorphic moieties connected by aliphatic spacers are reported. The combination of an aromatic light-emitting central core and two cholestanyl... Read More about Electroluminescent segmented liquid crystalline trimers.

The Determinants of Capital Structure: Capital Market-Oriented versus Bank-Oriented Institutions (2008)
Journal Article
Antoniou, A., Guney, Y., & Paudyal, K. (2008). The Determinants of Capital Structure: Capital Market-Oriented versus Bank-Oriented Institutions. Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, 43(1), 59-92. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022109000002751

The paper investigates how firms operating in capital market-oriented economies (the U.K. and the U.S.) and bank-oriented economies (France, Germany, and Japan) determine their capital structure. Using panel data and a two-step system-GMM procedure,... Read More about The Determinants of Capital Structure: Capital Market-Oriented versus Bank-Oriented Institutions.

Trading frictions and market structure: An empirical analysis (2008)
Journal Article
Cai, C. X., Hillier, D., Hudson, R., & Keasey, K. (2008). Trading frictions and market structure: An empirical analysis. Journal of Business Finance and Accounting, 35(3-4), 563-579. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-5957.2008.02076.x

Market structure affects the informational and real frictions faced by traders in equity markets. Using bid-ask spreads, we present evidence which suggests that while real frictions associated with the costs of supplying immediacy are less in order-d... Read More about Trading frictions and market structure: An empirical analysis.

Firm size, sector and market valuation of R&D expenditures (2008)
Journal Article
Shah, S. Z. A., Stark, A. W., & Akbar, S. (2008). Firm size, sector and market valuation of R&D expenditures. Applied financial economics letters, 4(2), 87-91. https://doi.org/10.1080/17446540701537756

Significant market value effects of RD are found for UK firms of all sizes. Sector-based analyses indicate large, positive and statistically significant influences of RD on market values of UK firms in both manufacturing and nonmanufacturing sectors.

An empirical study of interest rate determination rules (2008)
Journal Article
Bhattarai, K. (2008). An empirical study of interest rate determination rules. Applied financial economics, 18(4), 327-343. https://doi.org/10.1080/09603100500447560

This paper finds empirical support for a Taylor (1993) type interest rate determination rule. The model is solved analytically, estimated and used for simulation, impulse response analyses and forecasting with quarterly time series data for the UK an... Read More about An empirical study of interest rate determination rules.

What makes a die-hard entrepreneur? Beyond the ‘employee or entrepreneur’ dichotomy (2008)
Journal Article
Burke, A. E., FitzRoy, F. R., & Nolan, M. A. (2008). What makes a die-hard entrepreneur? Beyond the ‘employee or entrepreneur’ dichotomy. Small business economics, 31(2), 93-115. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11187-007-9086-6

The article makes three contributions to the economics literature on entrepreneurship. We offer a new measure of entrepreneurship which accounts for variations in persistence in self-employment and as a result avoids the weakness of approaches which... Read More about What makes a die-hard entrepreneur? Beyond the ‘employee or entrepreneur’ dichotomy.

Patents, R&D and lag effects: evidence from flexible methods for count panel data on manufacturing firms (2008)
Journal Article
Gurmu, S., & Pérez-Sebastián, F. (2008). Patents, R&D and lag effects: evidence from flexible methods for count panel data on manufacturing firms. Empirical economics, 35(3), 507-526. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00181-007-0176-8

This paper investigates the relationship between patents and research and development expenditures using new longitudinal patent data at the firm level for the U.S. manufacturing sector from 1982 to 1992. The paper also develops a new class of count... Read More about Patents, R&D and lag effects: evidence from flexible methods for count panel data on manufacturing firms.