BI Open Archive: Recent submissions
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Performance evaluation of single and multi-class production systems using an approximating queuing network
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Performance evaluation, and in particular cycle time estimation, is critical to optimise production plans in high-tech manufacturing industries. This paper develops a new aggregation model based on queuing network, so-called ... -
Evidence of Industry Scale Effects on Audit Hours, Billing Rates, and Pricing
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Using a proprietary dataset consisting of all private firm audit engagements in 2000 from one Big 4 firm in Belgium, we investigate: (1) whether audit office industry scale is associated with a reduction of total, partner ... -
Digital Infrastructure for Diversity - on digital Bookshelf and Google Books
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Diversity is a core value of cultural policy, and the new global digital conditions for the creative industries mean new challenges for diversity at a national level. Internet has become a new infrastructure for services ... -
A PROBLEM WITH DISCRETIZING VALE–MAURELLI IN SIMULATION STUDIES
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Previous influential simulation studies investigate the effect of underlying non-normality in ordinal data using the Vale–Maurelli (VM) simulation method. We show that discretized data stemming from the VM method with a ... -
Short- and long-term market returns of international codevelopment alliances of new products
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Strategic alliances entail process-oriented decisions, in which information about outcomes is unveiled over time. Therefore, it is difficult for investors to gauge the value of such decisions in the short term; longitudinal ... -
An Explanation of Negative Swap Spreads: Demand for Duration from Underfunded Pension Plans
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)The 30‐year U.S. swap spreads have been negative since September 2008. We offer a novel explanation for this persistent anomaly. Through an illustrative model, we show that underfunded pension plans optimally use swaps for ... -
News-driven inflation expectations and information rigidities
(CAMP Working Paper Series;03/2019, Working paper, 2019-04-23)We investigate the role played by the media in the expectations formation process of households. Using a news-topic-based approach we show that news types the media choose to report on, e.g., (Internet) technology, health, ... -
Parallel Machine Scheduling with Time Constraints on Machine Qualifications
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)This paper studies the scheduling of jobs of different families on parallel machines, where not all machines are qualified (eligible) to process all job families. Originating from semiconductor manufacturing, an important ... -
Like or want? Gender differences in attitudes toward online shopping in China
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)While previous studies indicate that female consumers display less trust for online shopping than males do, there is little research to addresses the reasons behind this difference. Our study applies a combination of both ... -
The choice of normal-theory weight matrix when computing robust standard errors in confirmatory factor analysis
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Robust standard errors are of central importance in confirmatory factor models. In calculating these statistics a central ingredient is the inverse of the asymptotic covariance matrix of second-order moments calculated ... -
Servant leadership, span of control and outcomes in a municipality context
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)The purpose of the current study was to investigate the moderating role of span of supervision in the association between servant leadership and multiple outcomes such as job satisfaction and follower performance in a ... -
Digital Inequalities in the Age of Artificial Intelligence and Big Data
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)In this literature review, I summarize key concepts and findings from the rich academic literature on digital inequalities. I propose that digital inequalities research should look more into labor- and big data-related ... -
Entry mode deviation: A behavioral approach to internalization theory
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)We explore when and why decision makers choose international entry modes (e.g., hierarchies or markets) that deviate from internalization theory’s predictions. By applying a cognitive perspective on entry mode decision ... -
Keeping Loyalty Programs Fit for the Digital Age
(Journal article, 2019)The omnipresence of loyalty programs (LP) across markets shows that LPs have been one of the most prominent business trends of the last two decades. Besides their traditional stronghold among airlines and grocery retailers, ... -
New Kid on the Block? China vs the US in World Oil Markets
(CAMP Working Paper Series;02/2019, Working paper, 2019-04-08)China has recently overtaken the US to become the world largest importer of crude oil. In light of this fact, we formally compare contributions of demand shocks from China, the US and the rest of the world. We find that ... -
En tvungen kasko- og krigsforsikringsforening for skip? Det store forsikringspolitiske stridsspørsmålet i mellomkrigstiden
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All you need is love? Investigating leadership from leaders’ attachment experiences in close relationships
(Series of Dissertation;1/2019, Doctoral thesis, 2019)The influence of Bowlby’s attachment theory on leadership research is growing. Most studies support the view that leaders’ attachment style, mirroring their experiences with significant others (e.g., parents) early in life, ... -
Toxic Collaborations: Co-Destroying Value in the B2B Context
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Service research and marketing theory have found value co-creation to be a key element in the business-to-business (B2B) context. Value can also be co-destroyed by the same actors who interact to create it. However, very ... -
Testing Model Fit by Bootstrap Selection
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Over the last few decades, many robust statistics have been proposed in order to assess the fit of structural equation models. To date, however, no clear recommendations have emerged as to which test statistic performs ... -
Political Rents and Voter Information in Search Equilibrium
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Political parties committed to grab rents may run for election, and even win, if citizens are uninformed. But, how is the political equilibrium affected if citizens can mitigate this information problem through costly ...