The proliferation of electronically available data within large organizations as well as publicly available data (e.g. over the World Wide Web) poses challenges for users who wish to efficiently interact with and integrate multiple heterogeneous sources. This paper presents CI, a corporate information integrator, which applies XML as a tool to facilitate data mediation and integration amongst h...

This article discusses how creativity in corporate Open Innovation processes can be supported by IT, especially regarding the situative longand short-term social context of users. Therefore, the authors first define and formalize a model for creative processes. From evidence gained through qualitative interviews with managers from companies of the German ITC sector, they derive insights on crea...

1 University of St. Gallen, Institute of Information Management, Müller-Friedberg-Strasse 8, 9000 St.Gallen, Switzerland [email protected] 2 Freiberg University of Technology, Institute of Information Management, Silbermannstr. 2, 09599 Freiberg, Germany [email protected] 3 Darmstadt University of Technology, Chair of Accounting and Auditing, Hochschulstrasse 1, 64289 Darm...

This review determines the characteristics and health-related and economic outcomes of employer-sponsored wellness programs and identifies possible reasons for their success. PubMed, ABI/Inform, and Business Source Premier databases, and Corporate Wellness Magazine were searched. English-language articles published from 2005 to 2011 that reported characteristics of employer-sponsored wellness p...

In this paper, we study the corporate transparency choices of firms operating in a weak institutional environment. We argue that in relationship-based systems, high levels of corporate transparency and strong political connections are alternative means to create firm value. Firms can try to commit to more transparency by issuing securities abroad. However, the expanded disclosures and additiona...

This study attempted to investigate the effects of corporate social responsibility on firm performance. It also tried to identify the mediating role of corporate image on the relationship between corporate social responsibility and firm performance. This research collected data on latent constructs through a questionnaire administered survey of managers across a spectrum of industries in Bangla...

OBJECTIVE To determine whether a commercial coping skills training program shown to reduce psychosocial risk factors in randomized clinical trials of patients with coronary heart disease is also effective in achieving similar improvements among stressed workers in a real world corporate setting. METHODS Conduct an observational trial to evaluate the impact of the Williams LifeSkills Workshop ...

While prior research suggests that corporate sponsorship can positively affect consumers' perceptions of sponsors, little research to date has investigated the impact of such sponsorships on an individual's willingness to support nonprofits. This paper investigates the psychological processes that underlie whether and how corporate sponsorship impacts an individual's willingness to support nonp...

This paper explores the role of liquidity risk in the pricing of corporate bonds. We show that corporate bond returns have significant exposures to fluctuations in treasury bond liquidity and equity market liquidity. Further, this liquidity risk is a priced factor for the expected returns on corporate bonds, and the associated liquidity risk premia help to explain the credit spread puzzle. In t...