Recently added articles from Southern Business Review:
RISK LOVE AND THE FAVORITE-LONGSHOT BIAS: EVIDENCE FROM GERMAN HARNESS HORSE RACING
Oct 01, 2006; Winter, Stefan; Kukuk, Martin ... ABSTRACT Empirical studies of horse race betting in the U.S., the UK, and Australia have established the so called favorite-longshot bias. Studies find that on average, bets on longshots lose much more than do bets on favorites. This means that longshots are overbet and favorites are ...
ANTECEDENTS OF THE PERFORMANCE OF MANAGEMENT CONSULTANTS**
Oct 01, 2006; Richter, Ansgar; Schmidt, Sascha L ... ABSTRACT We analyze the importance of both the level and the type of two critical dimensions of human capital for the performance of management consultants, namely education and experience. We use both qualitative and quantitative data on client ratings of the performance of 50 senior ...
Flextime and Telecommuting: Examining Individual Perceptions
Oct 01, 2006; Gainey, Thomas W; Clenney, Beth F ... As individuals increasingly experience conflicts between their personal lives and the demands of the workplace, many employers offer alternative work arrangements that are designed to help workers achieve a better balance in their lives (Harris, 2003; Shamir & Salomon, 1985). Two such ...
Who's Running This Operation?
Oct 01, 2006; Simons, Jacob V ... In 1999, the Bureau of the Census documented approximately 35,125 businesses in the 58-county region of southeast Georgia. Each of these businesses provides some combination of goods and services by transforming labor, capital, material, and information inputs into outputs that have value to ...
The Role of Human Resources in the Success of New Businesses
Oct 01, 2006; Menefee, Michael L; Parnell, John A; Powers, Ed; Ziemnowicz, Chris ... The academic and popular business press are flush with recurring articles on the factors associated with business success. Examples of business successes and failures abound, thus articles abound discussing the various causes and trends. Two decades ago, for example, the Yugo was introduced in ...
THE MARKET FOR LUXURY GOODS: THE CASE OF THE COMITÉ COLBERT1
Oct 01, 2006; Giacalone, Joseph A ... Aspects of the Market for Luxury Goods: The Economics Literature Conspicuous Consumption Economists have considered the characteristics of luxury goods consumption behavior at least since the classic work of Thorstein Veblen, The Theory of the Leisure Class, first published in ...