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Adaptation towards reference values : A non-linear perspective
Georgellis, Yannis; Gregorioua, Andros; Tsitsianis, N. (2008-09)Using large-scale panel data, we examine the dynamics of adjustment towards reference points for key workplace attributes. We discover that an Exponential Smooth Transition Autoregressive (ESTAR) model is superior to a ... -
Apple´s financial success : The precariousness of Power excercised in global value chains
Haslam, Colin; Tsitsianis, N.; Andersson, Tord; Yin, Ya (2013-12)The topic of this paper is the Apple Inc business model and how, in a financialized world, the success of this business model is represented by what we term financial ‘point values’. Our argument is that there is a tendency ... -
Bio-pharma: a financialized business model
Andersson, T.; Gleadle, P.; Haslam, C.; Tsitsianis, N. (2010)In this paper, we construct a complementary financialized business model of SME bio-pharma that reveals how the product innovation and development process conjoins with speculative forces in capital markets. To conceptualise ... -
Comparing the Adopters and Non-Adopters of Online Social Networks : A UK perspective
Choudrie, Jyoti; Vyas, Amit; Voros, Tibor; Tsitsianis, N. (2013-01-06)This paper aims to identify, explain and understand the adoption, use and diffusion of OSNs within UK’s older population. This was achieved using a quantitative online survey questionnaire. Results from a sample population ... -
Corporate strategy financialized : Conjuncture, arbitrage and earnings capacity in the S&P500
Andersson, T.; Haslam, C.; Katechos, G.; Tsitsianis, N.; Lee, Edward (2010-09-01)The conjuncture that ushered in the era of shareholder value served to embed capital market expectations into corporate governance aligning management and shareholder interests. Market arbitrage focussed on modifying ... -
Does the day of the week effect persist once transaction costs have been accounted for? Evidence from the UK
Gregoriou, A.; Kontonikas, A.; Tsitsianis, N. (2004) -
Evaluating the digital divide : the Silver Surfer's perspective
Choudrie, Jyoti; Grey, S.; Tsitsianis, N. (2010)The aim of this paper is to explore and ascertain using an information systems perspective evaluation framework, the factors encouraging the adoption and usage of online products and services, namely, in this case, broadband, ... -
Financialization directing strategy
Andersson, T.; Haslam, C.; Tsitsianis, N.; Lee, Edward (2008)This paper constructs an account of how financialization is directing strategy in the S&P 500. Financialization describes how changes in US accounting regulations require firms to account for the market value of capital ... -
A financialized account of corporate governance
Andersson, Tord; Haslam, Colin; Lee, Edward; Tsitsianis, N. (Palgrave Macmillan, 2008)The debate on international business behaviour is located within a “productionist” framework which is used to reveal similarities and differences in the corporate governance of multinational business. A “financialized” ... -
Financialized accounts : A stakeholder account of cash distribution in the S&P 500 1990-2005
Andersson, Tord; Haslam, Colin; Lee, Edward; Tsitsianis, N. (2007)In this paper, we construct a financialized account of corporate restructuring in S&P 500 survivor firms where corporate transactions are accounted for at fair value or are marked to market. Accounting practitioners are ... -
Financialized accounts: Share buy-back, mark to market and holding the financial line in the S&P500
Andersson, Tord; Haslam, Colin; Lee, Edward; Tsitsianis, N. (2007-06)In recent years the US corporate sector has deployed more cash from operations to finance the repurchase of outstanding share capital for treasury stock. Shares repurchased for treasury stock can help flatter earnings per ... -
Identifying the adopters and non-adopters of broadband amongst silver surfers : using the BHPS
Tsitsianis, N.; Choudrie, Jyoti; Grey, S.; Haslam, C. (2011)The aim of this paper is to identify the adopters and non-adopters of Broadband within the silver surfer group. This was achieved using the British Household Panel Survey, a large scale survey used to collect data from UK ... -
Income and happiness across Europe : do reference values matter?
Caporale, G.M.; Georgellis, Y.; Tsitsianis, N.; Yin, Y.P. (2009)Using cross-sectional data from the first two rounds of the European Social Survey (ESS), we examine the relationship between income, relative income and happiness across 19 European countries. We find that a positive and ... -
Income and happiness across Europe: do reference values matter
Caporale, G.M.; Georgellis, Y.; Tsitsianis, N.; Yin, Y.P. (University of Hertfordshire, 2006)Using data from the European Social Survey (ESS), we examine the link between income and subjective well-being. We find that, for the whole sample of nineteen European countries, although income is positively correlated ... -
An investigation of national trends in job satisfaction in Britain and Germany
Green, F.; Tsitsianis, N. (2005)We investigate whether trends in job satisfaction, which arguably signal trends in worker well-being, can be explained by changes in the quality of jobs. There were falls in job satisfaction in both Britain and Germany. ... -
Pecuniary and Non-percuniary Aspects of Self-Employment Survival
Georgellis, Y.; Sessions, J.; Tsitsianis, N. (2006)We examine the factors that determine self-employment duration in Britain, paying particular attention to self-reported job satisfaction variables and non-pecuniary aspects of self-employment. Based on spell data from the ... -
Personal values as mitigating factors in the link between income and life satisfaction : evidence from the European Social Survey
Georgellis, Y.; Tsitsianis, N.; Yin, Y.P. (2009)Using data from the first two rounds of the European Social Survey, we examine the link between income, reference income and life satisfaction across Western Europe. We find that whilst there is a strong positive relationship ... -
Redefining Business Models : Strategies for a Financialized World
Haslam, Colin; Andersson, Tord; Tsitsianis, N.; Yin, Ya (Routledge, 2012-07-05)This text re-works business models for a financialised world. It reveals how the world has moved on in the advanced economies where credit based financial systems coupled with malleable accounting systems disconnect ... -
Relative income gains and losses and subjective well-being in Europe
Tsitsianis, N.; Yin, Ya (University of Hertfordshire, 2013)This study aims to shed further light on the mechanisms of how relative income influences people’s subjective wellbeing using four waves of data in the European Social Survey (ESS). The correspondents to the ESS are ... -
Self-Employment Longitudinal Dynamics: A Review of the Literature
Tsitsianis, N.; Sessions, J.; Georgellis, Y. (2005)We review longitudinal studies on self-employment dynamics, classifying studies into those that examine transitions into self-employment, and those that examine self-employment exit and survival. A number of hypotheses ...