bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Consumers' willingness to knowingly purchase counterfeit products
Authors: Phau Ian , Sequeira Marishka , Dix Steve 
Published: October 2009

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to examine the effect of personality factors on consumers' attitudes toward counterfeits and their willingness to knowingly purchase counterfeit luxury brands. Product performance and useful life are included to investigate their influence on consumers' willingness to purchase counterfeit luxury brands.Design/methodology/approachA self‐administered questionnaire is designed using established scales. Data are collected using a convenience sampling method from a large Australian university. Regression analyses are conducted using Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS).FindingsIntegrity is found to be the only factor influencing attitudes toward counterfeits. The useful life of a counterfeit luxury brand showed significant influence on consumers' willingness to purchase. Attitudinal factors and personality factors do not influence consumers' willingness to purchase counterfeit luxury brands.Research limitations/implicationsThe findings are limited to an Australian context. Mall intercept method can be implemented for future studies. The paper has only examined a high involvement luxury brand. Other product categories or low involvement products can be further investigated.Practical implicationsIt is recommended for government to implement educational programs that are not only limited to schools, but also to multinational companies and domestic businesses. Luxury brand owners are also encouraged to distinguish their products through emphasis on product attributes, such as their product's useful life.Originality/valueA specific high‐involvement luxury brand is studied as opposed to previous studies only examining counterfeit luxury brands as a whole. Furthermore, this paper has also examined both personality factors and product attributes.
Online shopping and moderating role of offline brand trust
Authors: Kim Soyoung , Jones Christie 
Published: October 2009

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to examine how offline brand trust moderates: the relationship between consumers' general attitude toward the internet and their perceptions of the quality of a retailer's web site and the relationship between their perceived web site quality and intention to shop from the web site.Design/methodology/approachTwo hundred young female consumers participate in the study. Each selected one of three pre‐determined apparel retailer brands that she has either had experience with or are familiar with. Participants are then asked to keep their selected retailer in mind when completing an online questionnaire. They are also asked to browse the retailer's web site in search of a shirt or blouse. Factor and multiple‐regression analyses are conducted to test hypotheses.FindingsOffline brand trust exerted a significant moderating effect in the relationship between the efficiency factor of attitude toward the internet and the usability and information quality factor of web site quality. Offline brand trust also played a moderating role in the relationship between the interactivity factor of web site quality and online shopping intention. Implications for multi‐channel apparel retailers are discussed.Originality/valueWhile a great deal of research has been conducted to study brand trust, most has focused on product brands not on retail brands. Furthermore, none of the studies on brand trust has questioned nor investigated the moderating role of retail brand trust in the relationship between consumer characteristics and their attitudes and behaviors toward the company's new business format. This paper seeks to contribute to the extant literature on brand trust and multi‐channel retailing by exploring the role of offline brand trust in shopping at a multi‐channel retailer's web site.
Marketing implications of privacy concerns in the US and Canada
Authors: Pope Jennifer A. , Lowen Aaron M. 
Published: October 2009

PurposeIncreasing availability of data obtained via the internet and the proliferation of direct mail advertising provides tremendous opportunities for marketers to reach their customers. However, increased risks to the personal privacy of consumers, and attention in the media to these risks, provide unique challenges. Companies and especially direct marketers are finding that they need to change their tactics to deal with the increase in consumer concerns and privacy‐protecting behaviors. This paper aims to address these issues.Design/methodology/approachUsing the results of a multinational privacy survey, the paper examines consumer privacy concerns and privacy‐protecting behaviors in the USA and Canada. It uses factor analysis and multiple regression techniques to analyze the data.FindingsWhile consumer concerns about privacy are essentially the same between the two countries, the privacy‐protecting behaviors differed significantly. The paper also suggests that demographic variables influence a consumer's level of concern and likelihood to take privacy‐protecting behaviors.Research limitations/implicationsThe behaviors in the paper are self‐reported and therefore potentially subject to self‐desirability bias. Also, missing data limited the ability to test for the impact of income.Practical implicationsThe paper provides recommendations for marketers to address customer concerns and behaviors such as providing greater transparency and use of privacy seals.Originality/valueInternational companies face even greater challenges with regard to privacy issues and related customer behaviors due to cultural and governmental policy differences. This paper provides some guidelines for companies that need to provide privacy protection to customers from a variety of cultures.
An efficiency comparison of direct and indirect channels in Taiwan insurance marketing
Authors: Ku Fan Chiang , Wen Cheng Shu 
Published: October 2009

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to compare the efficiency of bancassurance, an indirect marketing channel formed through the creation of subsidiaries, with an insurer's own team, a direct marketing channel, in the Taiwan insurance sector.Design/methodology/approachThis paper uses the Charnes, Cooper, and Rhodes (CCR) model to measure the decision‐making units' (DMU) operating efficiency.FindingsThe three major findings are: the efficiency score of a direct marketing channel is significantly higher than that of a comparable indirect marketing channel. The efficiency relationship between the indirect marketing channel and the direct marketing channel is independent. A marketing efficiency evaluation, when divided into different marketing channels for evaluation, provides meaningful results for marketing decision‐makers.Originality/valueBy comparing the efficiency between two different insurance marketing channels, managers in life insurance companies can make a more informed choice.
Harnessing cultural and human capital for economic sustainability: a New Brunswick model
Authors: Tremblay Tony 
Published: October 2009

PurposeWhat is the role of culture in economic development? Is there any hope for the local in the larger frame of the global? The purpose of this paper is to examine the role that culture plays in economic development and sustainability. To do that, the author examines the values underlying responsible government in Atlantic Canada in the early days of settlement, broadening to a consideration of how those values might apply today.Design/methodology/approachBeginning with a brief history of neo‐liberalism that roots globalization in sixteenth century mercantilism, this paper illustrates how economic development in Atlantic Canada and New Brunswick is sustained by attention to cultural and civic enterprise.FindingsThis paper uses Benedict Anderson's theory of social narrative – that culture and other imaginative labours play a direct and important role in identity‐formation – to suggest that a robust local identity is the raw material for economic vitality in enterprising communities.Research limitations/implicationsThis paper calls for a larger treatment. Because the topic is so large, the author can only skim the surface.Practical implicationsThis paper will be of interest to all politicians and policy makers faced with the challenge of retooling their economies in a time of globalization and market shift.Originality/valueThis discussion of the role of culture in economic development and sustainability in Atlantic Canada, particularly New Brunswick, is timely and crucially given the recent collapse of the region's largely resource‐based economy. The relationship between culture and economic sustainability will resonate for readers in various sectors and territories.
Water and development in the Okanagan Valley of British Columbia
Authors: Wagner John R. , White Kasondra 
Published: October 2009

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to describe the history of water governance in the Okanagan Valley of British Columbia and the challenges now facing the region as a consequence of rapid growth and global warming. The paper seeks to examine the possible benefits that might accrue from applying a distributed, multilevel approach to water governance in this and other settings.Design/methodology/approachInterviews with over 100 fruit growers and ranchers and with ten water managers in the Okanagan Valley between 2005 and 2009 are conducted. Archival materials documenting the history of agriculture and irrigation in the valley are examined to provide historical depth to the study. An interdisciplinary review of theoretical literature on multilevel governance is conducted and also a comparative review of water governance systems in Canada and elsewhere.FindingsThe evidence supports the conclusion that distributed, multilevel governance systems offer an effective means of managing water in diverse settings, and that they are preferable, for a variety of reasons, to top‐down approaches that concentrate regulatory authority in state‐level institutions.Practical implicationsOn a global scale, current water governance practices are proving inadequate to meet the challenges of increasing scarcity and competition. This paper describes a governance model that can be applied in many settings and which can help resolve conflict while facilitating sustainable management.Originality/valueThis paper integrates empirical and theoretical material from a variety of disciplines and diverse physical settings to construct a model of water governance designed to facilitate the combined goals of ecological sustainability, affordability, and equitable access to water resources.
Self‐employed craft production is embedded work
Authors: Lynda Harling Stalker L. 
Published: October 2009

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to illustrate how self‐employed craft producers are embedded in social relationships.Design/methodology/approachTo explore this question, narrative analysis and case study methodology is employed.FindingsIt is found that despite doing work that speaks to local values, self‐employed craft producers in Newfoundland narrate tensions that exist between themselves and locals.Originality/valueThis paper takes on the notion of a “global village” where the local is no longer seen as important to work and labour. It contributes to the understanding of work as embedded within a place.
Differential impact of advertising and distribution expenditure on Tobin's Q
Authors: Sahay Arvind , Pillai Anandan 
Published: October 2009

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to understand the impact of components of marketing expenditures, i.e. advertising and distribution expenditures on intangible value of firm (measured in terms of Tobin's Q). The relationship is studied in the context of branding approaches (corporate and house of brands) that various firms follow.Design/methodology/approachThe data are collected from databases of Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE) and from the web site of National Stock Exchange. Time series regression is performed using SPSS software to test the model.FindingsAdvertising expenditure has a positive impact on the intangible value of the firm and this relationship is stronger for firms following corporate branding than for firms that follow house of brands strategy. Distribution expenditure has negative impact on the intangible value of the firm and this relationship is stronger for firms following corporate branding than for firms that follow house of brands strategy.Research limitations/implicationsSince most of the data retrieved for the analysis were of B2B (business to business) firms, the findings may not be generalized for all firms.Practical implicationsAdvertising expenditure has a diminishing marginal utility in creating intangible value. It would be useful for firms to understand where they are on this continuum and whether their advertising expenditure is giving adequate returns or may be better spent elsewhere.Originality/valueIn the literature, researchers have expressed mixed viewpoints regarding the impact of total marketing spend on intangible value. The marketing expenditures are found to have both positive and negative impact on intangible value, with respect to various contexts. However, the impact of major components of marketing expenditures is not addressed. This gap is addressed in this research paper.
Managerial ethos of the Indian tradition: relevance of a wisdom model
Authors: Ranjan Chatterjee Samir 
Published: October 2009

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to present a broad historical review of critical wisdom literature of ancient Indian tradition and examine how these precepts can complement and enrich the contemporary managerial frames.Design/methodology/approachThe paper attempts to critically review remarkably deep religious and secular traditions of India and integrate them in a conceptual model.FindingsThe paper findings point towards the need for a holistic frame in overcoming fragmented viewpoints of contemporary management by strengthening the reflective domains of the managerial world.Research limitations/implicationsThe limitation of the paper lies in its didactic nature and the specificity of the contextual boundary limiting its ready transferability.Practical implicationsThe paper provides a pointer in extending horizons of business or non‐business organizations in opening up their possibilities for achieving holistic managerial perspectives by combining economic, social and other higher order sustainable goals.Originality/valueThe paper's contribution is in its integrative value of some of the key themes of Indian wisdom literature and demonstrating their relevance to the modern management.
The effect of auditing firms' tone at the top on auditors' job autonomy, organizational‐professional conflict, and job satisfaction
Authors: Bamber E. Michael , Iyer Venkataraman 
Published: October 2009

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between auditors' perception of their firm's tone at the top and attributes of their professional environment and their job satisfaction.Design/methodology/approachResearch hypotheses are developed based on prior research including research on social judgment theory. Structural equation modeling is used to analyze the data collected through a survey of auditors.FindingsThe results show that the tone at the top affects job autonomy and organizational‐professional conflict. Each of these variables directly or indirectly affects job satisfaction. This paper also provides evidence that the tone at the top filters down to at least the senior rank.Research limitations/implicationsLimitations include the usual caveats associated with the survey method. Notwithstanding these limitations, the results suggest that a tone at the top that emphasizes audit effectiveness may not only improve the quality of today's audits, but by improving job satisfaction have long‐term benefits for audit firms' culture.Originality/valueThis paper empirically measures “tone at the top” and it shows that a tone at the top emphasis on audit effectiveness is consistent with auditors' own professionalism and may not only improve the quality of today's audits, but by improving job satisfaction have long‐term benefits for audit firms' culture.
Economic freedom, equity performance and market volatility
Authors: Chen Carl R. , Sophie Huang Ying 
Published: October 2009

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationships between the Index of Economic Freedom, equity market performance and its volatility.Design/methodology/approachThe paper examines whether the level of economic freedom is significant for a country's stock market performance and volatiling.FindingsRegression results show that adjusted stock returns bear little relationship with economic freedom. On the other hand, economic freedom is associated with lower stock market volatility.Originality/valueThe results imply that a country with greater economic freedom provides investors with better mean‐variance investment efficiency.
A new rapid home test for faecal calprotectin in ulcerative colitis
Authors: ELKJAER M. , BURISCH J. , VOXEN HANSEN V. , DEIBJERG KRISTENSEN B. , SLOTT JENSEN J.‐K. , MUNKHOLM P. 
Published: October 2009

SummaryBackground  Enzyme‐linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) is a time‐consuming method for the measurement of faecal calprotectin. Two new quantitative rapid tests have been developed.Aim  To compare the new rapid tests with ELISA as ‘Gold Standard’.Methods  Quantitative analysis involved the application of a sample onto the ‘Lateral Flow Device’. The colour intensity of a test line was read using a laptop computer linked to a scanner (rapid test scanning). A picture taken with a mobile phone (HT photo) of the same ‘Lateral Flow Device’ was sent to a server via Mobile Internet and the result appeared on the phone screen after 15 s.Results  A total of 404 faecal samples were analysed. Mean differences of 1.7 mg/kg (range −23.4–20.1) ELISA vs. rapid test scanning, 6.8 mg/kg (−28–14.5) ELISA vs. HT photo and 2.9 mg/kg (−10.3–4.5) rapid test scanning vs. HT photo were found with good agreement calculated using kappa statistic (86%, 87% and 95% respectively). The Coefficients of Variation for HT photo was <10%, with a sensitivity of 96.2% and a specificity of 90.1%.Conclusions  The new rapid tests are accurate and useful in clinical settings. Feasibility of the home test as part of disease control and self‐management is currently being investigated. Aliment Pharmacol Ther 31, 323–330
Who are the nonresponders to standard treatment with tricyclic antidepressant agents for cyclic vomiting syndrome in adults?
Authors: HEJAZI R. A. , LAVENBARG T. H. , FORAN P. , MCCALLUM R. W. 
Published: October 2009

SummaryBackground Cyclic vomiting syndrome in adults is a disorder characterized by recurrent and stereotypic episodes of severe nausea and vomiting separated by symptom‐free periods.Aims To investigate the demographic and clinical characteristics of adult cyclic vomiting syndrome patients not responding to standard tricyclic antidepressant (TCA) therapy.Methods A total of 132 adults (62 men) with cyclic vomiting syndrome were followed for a mean of 1.6 years. Of these, 17 (eight men) patients were identified as nonresponders based on the criteria of unchanged, increased or minimally changed (<25%) frequency/duration of episodes and/or emergency department visits/hospitalizations. Demographic and clinical characteristics at baseline and annually up to 4 years were investigated.Results The nonresponders were receiving TCAs at an average dose of 90 mg/day compared to a mean dose of 85 mg/day in responders. Compared with the responders, the nonresponders were significantly more likely to have a history of migraine (P < 0.05); co‐existing psychological disorders (P < 0.05); chronic marijuana use (P < 0.05) and reliance on narcotics for pain control between cyclic vomiting syndrome episodes (P < 0.05).Conclusions (1) Nonresponse to standard therapy in adult cyclic vomiting syndrome patients occurs in approximately 13% and is not explained by under dosing with TCA therapy. (2) The main risk factors for nonresponse are: co‐existing migraine headache, psychiatric disorder, chronic narcotic and marijuana use, which should be addressed aggressively when symptom exacerbations continue during attempts to induce remission in cyclic vomiting syndrome with high‐dose TCA therapy.Aliment Pharmacol Ther 31, 295–301
Lipid metabolism, begging behaviour and nestling obesity in a pelagic seabird
Authors: Riou Samuel , Hamer Keith C. 
Published: October 2009

Summary1. Several alternative explanations have been proposed to account for the evolution of nestling obesity in a variety of avian groups. These predict quite different patterns of fat storage, utilization and food solicitation by chicks of different ages, yet surprisingly few studies have measured changes in begging behaviour or use of fat stores during chick development.2. We tested the applicability of these hypotheses for Manx shearwatersPuffinus puffinus, by direct measurement of changes in plasma lipid metabolites (non‐esterified fatty acids and β‐hydroxybutyrate) and begging behaviour throughout the chick’s development until fledging.3. Chicks metabolized fat reserves during periods of parental absence throughout their development but there was no evidence that even the poorest fed chicks were close to exhausting these reserves during the period of mass growth. Chicks begged more vigorously during the period of mass loss at the end of the nestling period than at any previous stage of their development, and mobilization of fat stores was also at a maximum during this period in well‐fed chicks, coinciding with a decrease in food provisioning by parents. Increases in lipid metabolite levels occurred at an earlier age in poorly‐fed chicks than in well‐fed chicks and were followed by a marked decline only in poorly‐fed chicks, indicating that they were exhausting their fat stores.4. These findings are incompatible with several of the proposed explanations for nestling obesity and mainly support the hypothesis that fat stores fuel chicks through a period of several weeks of reduced food provisioning prior to fledging, when parents are unable or unwilling to maintain earlier levels of food provisioning, despite increased solicitation from chicks.