Conference Proceedings 2014
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2024-03-28T14:32:23ZThe future of Springhill
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The future of Springhill
In just over a five week period, three towns located in Nova Scotia voted for the dissolution of their municipal status: Springhill on March 4, 2014; Bridgetown on April 1, 2014; and Hantsport on April 16, 2014. The Future of Springhill is a case study that examines several of the financial and economic challenges faced by the Town of Springhill that contributed to such a decision.
2014-01-01T00:00:00ZAuthors of our own misfortune?: Crandall University Bookstore writes its future
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Authors of our own misfortune?: Crandall University Bookstore writes its future
In 2014 the eponymous campus bookstore is in a tenuous position – increasing textbook prices and new competitors who are leveraging technology to capture their traditional market (students) have served to deplete revenues and shake the very foundations of an established business model. Authors of Our Own Misfortune? traces the experience of the Crandall University Bookstore – an independent campus bookstore at a small university in Moncton, NB, Canada – as its manager seeks to plan for its future. Principal issues explored in the case surround how to respond to new entrants who are exploiting innovation to change industry fundamentals and product diversification in an environment characterized by dominant and powerful suppliers who are moving to become competitors.
2014-01-01T00:00:00ZAcquisition premiums, CEO power, and the financial crisis
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Acquisition premiums, CEO power, and the financial crisis
What happens to acquisition price premiums when a powerful bidder CEO confronts a powerful CEO of the target firm? We examine the effect of relative power relationships between the CEOs of the bidder and target firms to explain acquisition overpayment. Our results point to separate sources of power for the acquirer and target CEOs that affect premiums. Acquirer CEOs use power derived from their social networks to improve their ability to judge post-crisis acquisition quality, streamline board decision-making, and reduce premiums. However, target CEOs use only their hierarchical power to reinforce their negotiation stance, driving premiums higher.
2014-01-01T00:00:00ZThe power and politics of narratives in Business to Business (B2B) communities: a case of evolving Pakistan Retail Channel
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The power and politics of narratives in Business to Business (B2B) communities: a case of evolving Pakistan Retail Channel
This paper enhances the understanding the concept of 'power' in marketing channels by bringing the broader social sciences debates on power to the field of Industrial Marketing. Through presentation and analysis of three community narratives in the context of Pakistan's evolving Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) distribution channel, this paper aims to elaborate the role of narrative in 'power in marketing channels' by showing its implications on both theory and practice.
2014-01-01T00:00:00ZCommunity and context in strategic planning
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Community and context in strategic planning
Strategic planning is an important organizational event, yet there is little research on how individuals experience the process and how it impacts the community. This research examined a recent university strategic planning process, using a sensemaking and critical sensemaking theoretical lens. It provides insight into what strategic planning means to faculty and administration, focusing on how past experiences shape expectations, and how expectations influence sensemaking.
2014-01-01T00:00:00ZVirtual integration and segmentation
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Virtual integration and segmentation
The purpose of this paper is to extend Ashforth et al's (2000) integration-segmentation continuum by considering the virtual domain. The focus of the integration-segmentation continuum was on the multiple role identities of individuals and how they combined or separated their physical roles. Schultze's (2012) study illustrated that individuals can have a unidirectional or multi-directional influence between one's physical and virtual performance identities. By focusing on the virtual spaces that professors create when they teach online courses, I address the question of when and why professors create virtual environments that are similar or different from their physical environments.
2014-01-01T00:00:00ZA study of female adventure travelers: motivations and risk perceptions
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A study of female adventure travelers: motivations and risk perceptions
This research identified risks that women perceive before embarking on a Tall Ship travel adventure experience. It was found that most participants perceived the risk of social adaptability more so than the physical risks of working at heights (going aloft), weather events and other risks associated with tall ship sailing. Also motivations for embarking on the adventure included wishing to do something unusual that would challenge technical and social skills.
2014-01-01T00:00:00ZSocial-cognitive mechanisms and counterproductive computer security behaviors (CCSB): an analysis of links
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Social-cognitive mechanisms and counterproductive computer security behaviors (CCSB): an analysis of links
Very little research has been carried out to determine the links between social-cognitive mechanisms and employees' counterproductive computer security behaviors (CCSB). Accordingly, we aim to contribute to the literature in this area. A research model that drew from the social cognitive theory (SCT) was proposed and tested with data collected from professionals employed in Canadian organizations. Data analysis using the partial least squares (PLS) technique confirmed that outcome expectations (personal) and selfregulation were significant factors that impacted employees' decisions to engage or not in CCSB. The other considered SCT factors (i.e., observational learning, self-efficacy, and outcome expectations (organizational) in our study yielded insignificant results. The study's implications for practice and research are discussed.
2014-01-01T00:00:00ZThe impact of professional advice, social influencers, and self-efficacy on the health capital of university students
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The impact of professional advice, social influencers, and self-efficacy on the health capital of university students
Logistic regression was conducted to determine the relative influence of professional advice, social influencers and self-efficacy on university students’ health capital. The results demonstrated that students with high levels of self-efficacy were seven times more likely to have high levels of health capital. Social influences and professional health advisors were not statistically significant. This has implications for health promotion by universities and health agencies concerned about the wellbeing of university students and future citizens.
2014-01-01T00:00:00ZAssembling an industry cluster: an ANTi-History of the “Ocean Technology Sector” in Nova Scotia, Canada
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Assembling an industry cluster: an ANTi-History of the “Ocean Technology Sector” in Nova Scotia, Canada
In this preliminary paper, I use the ANTi-History approach to (re)assemble 3 histories of "the oceans cluster" in Nova Scotia. Accounts from 1960, 1980 and 2012 are examined to reveal their constituent actor-networks. These rhetorical histories are used to "assemble" a "cluster" as historical fact, establishing a regional competitive advantage.
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