Advances in business and management. Volume 9 / William D. Nelson, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Nelson, William D., editor.

Series:

Advances in Business and Management

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Business.

Management.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (168 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Publishers, 2016.

Summary:

The authors of this book examine the latest research in business and management, including the challenges, strategies and impact of implementing an Automated Fare Collection (AFC) system for electronic ticketing in bus transit in emerging markets; territorial competitiveness and social responsibility; the existing relationship between the emotional aspect and decision-making processes; a theoretical application of experiential marketing on festival tourism; an analysis of brand emotion and product design ; the literature on Enneagramme as a potential tool for enhancing occupational health and safety; the use of swarm intelligence in the field of information technology; and computing export-import quantities and prices of agricultural commodities for selecting the ports of a country using a transportation model.

Contents:

ADVANCES IN BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT VOLUME 9 ; ADVANCES IN BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT VOLUME 9 ; Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data; CONTENTS ; PREFACE ; Chapter 1 IMPLEMENTING AUTOMATED FARE COLLECTION SYSTEMS IN EMERGING MARKETS TRANSIT: CHALLENGES AND LEARNINGS; Abstract; Introduction; Background on AFC; AFC in Developed Markets; AFC in Emerging Markets; Most advanced - Brazil, India, Mexico; Showing Promise - Indonesia, Philippines and South Africa; Nascent and Growing - Kenya and Nigeria; Benefits of AFC Systems; Challenges and Solutions to Growing AFC Adoption

Consumer EducationMarketing Strategies; Deployment of Agent Staff; Conductor Resistance; Transit Network Coverage; Technical Challenges; Conclusion; Acknowledgments; Chapter 2 REGIONAL SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY AND KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY: THE ITALIAN CASE ; Abstract; 1. Introduction; 2. Theoretical Framework; 2.1. A literature Review on Regional and Territorial Social Responsibility; 2.2. Italian Experiences of Territorial Social Responsibility; 2.3. A Literature Review on Knowledge Assets at a Meso-Level; 2.4. A Combined Conceptual Framework; 3. Methodology; 4. The Analysis

4.1. The Narrative of the Case-StudyThe First Marchegian Territorial Network: The Marches Region's Responsible Business System (S.I.R.M.); The Second Phase: The I.Re.M. Project - Responsible Businesses of the Marche Region; The Third Phase: Toward the Inter-Regional Network; 4.2. Interpreting the Case-Study through the Lens of the Suggested Conceptual Framework; 5. Discussion and Conclusion; 1) Awareness of Key Intangibles for Territorial Competitiveness and Sustainability; 2) The Role of Synergistic Networks; Acknowledgment; References

Chapter 3 BOARD OF DIRECTORS, EMOTIONAL BIASES AND FIRM FINANCIAL DECISION Abstract; Introduction; Section 1. Board of Directors,' Emotional Biases and Firm Capital Structure Choice; 1. Board of Directors, Optimism and Capital Structure Choice; 1.1. Board of Directors, Optimism and Firm Internally Generated Resource Level; 1.2. Board of Directors, Optimism and Firm Debt Level; 1.3. Board of Directors, Optimism and Firm Equity Level; 2. Board of Directors, Loss Aversion and Capital Structure Choice; 2.1. Board of Directors, Loss Aversion and Firm Internally Generated Resource Level

2.2. Board of Directors, Loss Aversion and Firm Debt Level2.3. Board of Directors, Loss Aversion and Firm Equity Level; 3. Board of Directors, Overconfidence and Capital Structure Choice; 3.1. Board of Directors, Overconfidence and Firm Internally Generated Resource Level; 3.2. Board of Directors, Overconfidence and Firm Debt Level; 3.3. Board of Directors, Overconfidence and Firm Equity Level; Section 2. Board of Directors,' Emotional Biases and Firm Investment Decision; 1. Board of Directors, Optimism and Firm Investment Decision

1.1. Board of Directors, Optimism and Firm Assets Specificity Level

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed September 7, 2016).

ISBN:

1-63484-853-5