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Publication date: 1 February 1993

Eleanor S. Block

Many individuals experience a sense of déjà vu when smelling a particular scent in the air or on hearing a name or words from the past. At times even the faintest scent or sound…

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Many individuals experience a sense of déjà vu when smelling a particular scent in the air or on hearing a name or words from the past. At times even the faintest scent or sound may evoke old memories and stir the senses. This is particularly true when the names of long‐ago television and radio programs are heard. Depending on one's age and the part of the country in which one lived, people born before the “baby boom” years (1946–1964) often feel a profound sense of nostalgia about such radio programs as Mr. District Attorney and Fibber McGee and Molly or the television shows Howdy Doody and Toast of the Town/Ed Sullivan Show. These early programs are considered part of the “golden age” of radio and television broadcasting.

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Reference Services Review, vol. 21 no. 2
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0090-7324

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Publication date: 21 May 2024

Simon Combes

This article emphasises the role of constraints when humans establish organisations. Previous research explains organisations because of individuals’ motivations. Here, I answer…

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Purpose

This article emphasises the role of constraints when humans establish organisations. Previous research explains organisations because of individuals’ motivations. Here, I answer the question regarding the role of constraints in organising/organisations. In this article, the studied individuals face various constraints and want to avoid being targeted. Consequently, they establish horizontal organisations. I discuss the role of time in organising.

Design/methodology/approach

This research builds on an ethnographical study of activists and volunteers at the border between France and Italy where migrants cross the border. The area is mountainous, and the police, the judiciary and the far-right impede the actions of the activists and volunteers.

Findings

I argue that activists and volunteers establish non-hierarchical organisations to circumvent potential obstacles. To achieve this, they dedicated a significant amount of time to facilitate the formation of these horizontal structures. This approach allows them to operate without a designated leader, thereby reducing the risk of being targeted by law enforcement, judicial system or far-right groups. As a result, they successfully welcomed migrants.

Originality/value

This article presents new results on how activists and volunteers organise to welcome migrants.

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Journal of Organizational Ethnography, vol. 13 no. 3
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 2046-6749

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Publication date: 1 February 2001

Marilyn Healy, Kathleen Hastings, Les Brown and Michael Gardiner

The boundaries of relationship marketing have been discussed since relationship marketing was first investigated in the 1970s. Investigating these boundaries, this paper reviews…

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The boundaries of relationship marketing have been discussed since relationship marketing was first investigated in the 1970s. Investigating these boundaries, this paper reviews the links between relationship marketing and network theory. Three main themes of marketing relationships are identified: relationship marketing, neo‐relationship marketing and network theory. A framework is developed to allow for the positioning of these three themes of marketing relationships. While this framework has been developed in terms of a table, the intent is not to box theorists into neat positions but rather to develop an overall position statement for the three types of marketing relationships. Theorists can discuss marketing relationships depending on their position within the framework. Consequently, the framework allows for further development of relationship and neo‐relationship marketing by offering better applications for the practitioner, and enhances understanding of network theory. Suggestions are offered for the integration of marketing relationships into the marketing curriculum and further implications for marketing research are discussed.

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European Journal of Marketing, vol. 35 no. 1/2
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0309-0566

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Publication date: 1 August 1998

Michael J. Seiler, Peter Shyu and J.L. Sharma

Reviews previous research on the announcement effects of changes in US Federal Reserve policies and presents a study of the impact of federal funds rate and discount rate changes…

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Reviews previous research on the announcement effects of changes in US Federal Reserve policies and presents a study of the impact of federal funds rate and discount rate changes since the current chairman took office (1988) on the treasury bills/bonds and stock markets. Uses event study methodology to show that there is no significant effect on cumulative excess returns for any of the three markets, although the treasury bill market displayed the greatest reaction; and that market reactions were similar for either type of rate change.

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Managerial Finance, vol. 24 no. 8
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0307-4358

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Publication date: 1 December 2000

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Industrial Robot: An International Journal, vol. 27 no. 6
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0143-991X

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Publication date: 1 January 1979

Leslie Kane

As in past years the volume of material published about film is staggering. Though there are fewer theatrical movies released now than in the days when Hollywood studios cranked…

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As in past years the volume of material published about film is staggering. Though there are fewer theatrical movies released now than in the days when Hollywood studios cranked pictures out on an almost weekly basis, the need for information, particularly of a reference nature, continues to expand. Just the number of books on film including studies of individual directors, producers, actresses and actors, genre studies, biographies and autobiographies, how‐to, technique, general histories, period histories, histories of film in particular countries, reference and quasi‐reference — is overwhelming. During 1977 and through November of 1978 Choice and Library Journal reviewed more than 300 books on film.

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Reference Services Review, vol. 7 no. 1
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0090-7324

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Publication date: 7 February 2019

Caroline E. Glackin

The central issue in the case is opportunity identification and decision making. While the literature on direct selling is limited, much has been written about ideation…

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Theoretical basis

The central issue in the case is opportunity identification and decision making. While the literature on direct selling is limited, much has been written about ideation, effectuation, causality and opportunity identification and assessment. Scholars of entrepreneurship debate whether entrepreneurial opportunities are identified and assessed primarily through effectuation or causation.

Research methodology

This case is based upon a combination of interviews with the protagonist, her staff and secondary research.

Case overview/synopsis

This case explores the opportunity identification, assessment and decision making of an energetic, African American, female founder and CEO in the rarely-researched direct selling channel. Dr Traci Lynn Burton founded her company at 24 with an investment of $200. In 2008, in its second incarnation, Traci Lynn Jewelry became a direct selling company and has taken bold steps. By 2018, the company was a direct selling leader and was preparing to launch a new product line. The case supports undergraduate students in understanding effectuation and causation, opportunity identification and assessment, and direct selling.

Complexity academic level

This case is primarily for upper division undergraduates. It is suitable for courses in entrepreneurial strategy, entrepreneurial marketing, general entrepreneurship emphasizing opportunity identification, opportunity assessment and/or effectuation.

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Publication date: 1 March 1981

Elizabeth DeVito and Jane Raskin

The increasing dominance of electronic media in our society compels today's librarian to maintain and develop a well‐rounded reference collection in this field. Indeed, this is…

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The increasing dominance of electronic media in our society compels today's librarian to maintain and develop a well‐rounded reference collection in this field. Indeed, this is one area where the patron's interest is guaranteed by the rising level of participation with the medium. According to the 1981 International Television Almanac there are 76,300,000 TV homes in the United States with 15,500,000 of those homes subscribing to cable. These figures represent a 50 percent increase over the 1975 statistics. This has resulted in panic‐stricken competition within the industry and a less paternal attitude towards CATV systems. Radio, too, is a pervasive element due to its mobility and its function as surrogate companionship. It is imperative, therefore, that the book librarian be able to provide information should the media junkie decide to learn more about his or her habit.

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Reference Services Review, vol. 9 no. 3
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0090-7324

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Publication date: 1 February 1983

R. Errol Lam

Television in General The viewing of television has changed, and is continuing to change our lives. When television first arrived on the scene less than 50 years ago, few people…

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Television in General The viewing of television has changed, and is continuing to change our lives. When television first arrived on the scene less than 50 years ago, few people could have foreseen the drastic effects that it would have on the public during their waking hours. As of September 1, 1981, 158.3 million television sets have penetrated 98 percent of American households and hardly anyone can legitimately claim never to have seen a TV set or viewed a TV program.

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Reference Services Review, vol. 11 no. 2
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0090-7324

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Publication date: 1 July 1998

Robert M. Pike

This paper examines recent Canadian public policies intended to create a window for domestic entertainment programming on television in the face of a series of economic and…

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This paper examines recent Canadian public policies intended to create a window for domestic entertainment programming on television in the face of a series of economic and technological factors which favour greater cultural integration with the American television market. These factors include the limited revenues available to the conventional public and private TV sectors, audience fragmentation through cable, and both the readily availability, and audience acceptance in English Canada, of inexpensive shows from the USA. Recent policies have focussed upon increasing the number of Canadian cable channels in a country where most people subscribe to cable; but paradoxically, public funding for the mainstay of domestic entertainment programming, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, is being drastically cut. The impacts of these cuts on the Corporation’s mandate, and proposed remedies, are outlined. It is concluded that public broadcasting policies are now being determined by economic rather than cultural goals, and that the Corporation is a victim of this trend.

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International Journal of Social Economics, vol. 25 no. 6/7/8
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0306-8293

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