Previous work has demonstrated that interventions like 1) giving in-the-moment performance feedback and 2) providing a strategy rule can improve children’s metacognitive learning. However, there is little evidence to suggest that this learning transfers to a novel task. We trained 5-year-olds’ metacognitive control in a task requiring participants to select the easier of two games to acquire th...

This paper assesses whether strategic issues management activities contribute anything worthwhile to corporate performance by reporting two studies on the issues management strategies of Dutch food firms during the recent introduction of genetically modified ingredients. The first study applied grounded theory methods to assess which issues management activities were used most prominently by in...

Alignment between business strategy and information strategy has been in focus for several years. It can be stated that the research suggests different explanations and differs in how alignment influences firms’ performance. In this paper, we present results from an investigation among firms in Slovenia in which we asked about how they perceive that their business strategy and information strat...

We derive optimal portfolio weights for an investor who has specific beliefs regarding the distribution of a stock price at a future time. For example, a fundamental investor will want to take advantage of the information his analysis provides when constructing a portfolio. In this regard, we examine the optimal weights for models in which the investor believes that there is a range in which th...

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We consider a supply chain in which one manufacturer sells a seasonal product to the end market through a retailer. Faced with uncertain market demand and limited capacity, the manufacturer can maximize its profits by adopting one of two strategies, namely, wholesale price rebate or capacity expansion. In the former, the manufacturer provides the retailer with a discount for accepting early del...

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Introduction Schools have seen significant reforms that have been linked to school improvement and effectiveness. These reforms have led to a situation where teachers have been the focus of school improvement. Systemic measures, such as strategic management, whole cohort testing and target setting have been developed to ensure that necessary reforms occur to improve student’s learning. What is ...

The accompanying article argues strongly for the proposition that a hotel’s business strategy is related to its human resources policies. However, the conceptual framework in the article does not go into sufficient depth; nor does it seem to reflect existing research on HR system flexibility, that is, the extent to which employees can be directed to address a wide range of business activities.