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Narcissistic Behaviors and Social Media Usage
(2017-05-17)This study examined the relationship between narcissism and selfie posting and other self-promoting behaviors on social networking sites (SNS). Participants were asked questions on SNS usage such as: amount of time users ... -
Nate Parker is Not a Victim: the "Birth of a Nation" Filmmaker Needs to Stop Talking About His Innocense
(Salon.com, 2016-10-03)Nate Parker is not a victim: “The Birth of a Nation” filmmaker needs to stop talking about his innocence. His “vindication” is beside the point. The problem is rape culture, and Parker’s past is part of his film’s message. -
National business systems and firm innovation: A study of developing economies
(Elsevier, 2016)While prior research recognizes the significant impact of innovation on the economic development of developing and emerging economies, the systemic role of national institutions in fostering firm innovation remains unclear. ... -
Natural Disasters and Corporate Climate Change Policies
(Review of Financial Studies, 2019-10-29)Using county-level data on severe meteorological events in the United States, I show that, controlling for county fixed effects, the annual number of extreme weather events (EWEs) sustained at a county significantly improves ... -
Navigating the job search after incarceration: the experiences of work-release participants
(Routledge, 2015)When prisoners return to the community they often strive to obtain immediate employment. However, finding work after being released from prison is one of the major challenges returning prisoners face. With few employment ... -
The Need for an Electronic Document Exchange Infrastructure for Supply Chain Management
(1999)Established supply chain management techniques such Just-In-Time inventory (JIT), Quick Response (QR) and Efficient Consumer Response (ECR) have proven that re-organising a business' processes to take advantage of the ... -
Negotiating Therapeutic Alliances with a Family at Impasse: An Evidence-Based Case Study
(American Psychological Association, 2013-09-23)To bridge the science–practice gap, the APA Presidential Task Force endorsed the publication of evidence-based case studies, but to date, there have been few such investigations of conjoint family therapy. To fill this ... -
Neither Pirates nor Politicos: The Emergence of Venture Capital in Weak Institutional Environments
(Exeter, 2009)Existing variance studies of venture capital (VC) provide an incomplete understanding of VC emergence, emphasizing either macro-level enabling conditions or the efficient fund-level operation of the VC cycle. While important, ... -
Net Neutrality: What is it and is it Necessary?
(ISSA Journals, 2018-07)The net neutrality debate's argument revolves around whether high- speed broadband services provided by ISPs such as Verizon to content providers such as Netflix need regulating in order to prevent bias based on price ... -
Neviditelné krajinářství
(A2, 2013)V současné rodině herních mechanismů se vedle tradičních videoher stále výrazněji prosazuje okrajová oblast audioher, tedy systémů, jejichž výhradním či dominantním elementem je zvuk. Patří sem hudební hry pracující s ... -
New Wine from Old Grapes: Innovation in the Eco-Friendly B2C Space
(Routledge, 2015)Despite the upsurge in the need to develop eco-friendly products, few research studies have empirically examined consumers’ preferences for eco-friendly products. We use a choice-based, conjoint analysis method to estimate ... -
Next Generation Catalog Design for an International Law Firm
(2019-12)This paper addresses the historical and current trends of library catalogs with a focus on law firm libraries. It attempts to provide some guidance for law librarians looking to choose their next library catalog by delving ... -
Nexus: New Intersections in Internet Research. The Internet an Empowering Technology?
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No justice for Stephon Clark: Yet another case of police cleared for shooting an unarmed man
(Salon.com, LLC., 2019-03-04)Democratic 2020 presidential candidates need to get specific about police violence if meaningful change is to come. -
The Non-Monotonic Effect of Board Independence on Credit Ratings
(2012)Using Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) as a natural experiment, we find evidence consistent with an optimal level of board independence for credit ratings. We test two hypotheses that could explain this optimality: information ... -
Nonlinearity between Financial Development and Productivity Growth in Emerging Markets
(2017-12-14)ABSTRACT Although the finance-growth nexus has been extensively investigated in empirical literature, there is scare empirical evidence on the question of how financial development influences productivity growth in emerging ... -
Nonverbal Reactions to an Attractive Stranger: The Role of Mimicry in Communicating Preferred Social Distance
(Springer, 2014)The present study was conducted to determine the extent to which different nonverbal behaviors were associated with romantic interest in a highly attractive confederate and whether these behaviors differed as a function ... -
Nonverbal Reactions to Conversational Interruption: A Test of Complementarity Theory and the Status/Gender Parallel
(Springer, 2010)The present research examined nonverbal reactions to conversational interruption (a status-organizing cue). We predicted that the nonverbal reactions to interruption (versus a control condition) would show a different ...