Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Ru-Je Lee Author-Name: Hui-Sung Kao Title: THE EFFECT OF CEO POWER ON TAX AVOIDANCE: EVIDENCE FROM TAIWAN Abstract: This paper explores the relationship between CEO power and firms’ tax avoidance. The study examines listed and OTC companies from Taiwan. Data from 2010 to 2016 on sampled firms were taken from the database of Taiwan Economic Journal. Research findings indicate that the higher the comprehensive power of CEOs, the more tax avoidance is mitigated in general. This finding is consistent with the stewardship theory that CEOs care about business reputation and corporate social responsibility. The paper divides CEO power into four categories. For CEOs with high structural rights, there is no taxation avoidance significance. CEOs with high ownership power exhibit taxation behavior consistent with the convergence-of-interest hypothesis. They reduce tax avoidance while seeking their own interests. Based on their professional experience, CEOs with strong expert power are vigilant about reputational risks; hence, they avoid tax avoidance and have a conservative approach to investments. CEOs with high prestige power can learn from their networks about seasoned practices in tax avoidance who are proactive in tax avoidance Classification-JEL: K34, M12, M41 Keywords: Tax Avoidance, CEO Power, Book-tax Differences Journal: Global Journal of Business Research Pages: 1-27 Volume: 14 Issue: 1 Year: 2020 File-URL: http://www.theibfr2.com/RePEc/ibf/gjbres/gjbr-v14n1-2020/GJBR-V14N1-2020-1.pdf File-Format: Application/pdf Handle: RePEc:ibf:gjbres:v:14:y:2020:i:1:p:1-27 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Ting-Hsiang Tseng Title: THE IMPACT OF CONSUMER NEED FOR UNIQUENESS ON COUNTRY OF ORIGIN EFFECTS Abstract: This study, through a two by two between-subjects experimental design attempts to clarify the possible impacts of consumer need for uniqueness on country of origin effects. Product typicality and consumer need for uniqueness were adopted as the two factors of the experiment. The recruitment of 416 participants confirmed that although typical products of a country are evaluated more positively than the less typical ones, in general, consumers with a high need for uniqueness are keener to purchase atypical products of a country than consumers with a low need for uniqueness. Thus, international marketers can promote their products by stressing the unique features of products that are not typical of their country of origin Classification-JEL: M310 Keywords: COO, Country of Origin, Product Typicality, Country Typicality, Consumer Need for Uniqueness, Purchase Intention, Product Evaluation Journal: Global Journal of Business Research Pages:29-37 Volume: 14 Issue: 1 Year: 2020 File-URL: http://www.theibfr2.com/RePEc/ibf/gjbres/gjbr-v14n1-2020/GJBR-V147N1-2020-2.pdf File-Format: Application/pdf Handle: RePEc:ibf:gjbres:v:14:y:2020:i:1:p:29-37 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Benedict E. DeDominicis Title: HYBRID WARFARE AND PUBLIC DIPLOMACY: COLD WAR PROPAGANDA BLOWBACK LEGACIES FOR BULGARIA AND BEYOND Abstract: This analysis demonstrates that the instruments and personnel inherited from containment have been adapted to the post-Cold War environment to expand state influence. Their tactics include reliance on local clients in third states that major powers patronize to engage in indirect, often obscured competition for control within the broader nuclear setting. This paper outlines the reverberations of US-Soviet clandestine competitive interference within the internal politics of third parties, including disinformation campaigns. This competitive interference contributed to the contemporary vulnerability of nationalist public opinion constituencies to conspiratorial stereotyping, embracing so-called fake news. This examination of the nature of propaganda illustrates the implications of the lack of transparency in the external sources supporting, advocating and utilizing public diplomacy initiatives. A study found the Balkans to be most vulnerable to the propagation of fake news which include claims of conspiratorial networks to undermine Balkan national sovereignty. This paper highlights how US’ public diplomacy capacity to combat fake news is significantly affected by this Cold War legacy. The digital information revolution exacerbates these vulnerabilities. The US and the USSR legacy of intense Cold War propaganda disinformation combat should be addressed transparently today lest US public diplomacy initiatives inadvertently reinforce the circulation of fake news Classification-JEL: D74, F54, I23, I26, I28, N4 Keywords: Bulgaria, Cold War, Disinformation, Hybrid Warfare, Public Diplomacy Journal: Global Journal of Business Research Pages: 39-67 Volume:14 Issue:1 Year: 2020 File-URL: http://www.theibfr2.com/RePEc/ibf/gjbres/gjbr-v14n1-2020/GJBR -V147N1-2020-3.pdf File-Format: Application/pdf Handle: RePEc:ibf:gjbres:v:14:y:2020:i:1:p:39-67 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Theresa Marie Majeed Title: EVIDENCE ON SCOTTISH TRADE UNION MEMBERS’ JOB DISSATISFACTION Abstract:This paper includes insights on trade union members’ expectations of trade union membership and its influence on their experiences of job dissatisfaction. Trade union members have been shown to report higher levels of job dissatisfaction than non-union members across five decades of research, and in multicountry analyses, although the factors that influence trade union members’ perceptions remain unclear. Given that previous studies are mostly quantitative, the present study uses a qualitative approach of interviews with 20 trade union member employees at a manufacturer in Scotland, and adds insights to debates on employee participation. The results suggest that trade union members may join unions mainly for protection from managers and express dissatisfaction when their trade unions do not protect them in accordance to their expectations. Furthermore, this study suggests that trade union member employees may prefer stronger forms of trade unionism that enable long-term job security. The site used in this study, a factory, will close in 2020, and many companies are exiting the UK as a result of Brexit. As such, the data in this work may be some of the last, if not the last, data collected from trade union member employees at a major manufacturer in Scotland Classification-JEL:J5, J50 Keywords: Collective Bargaining, Labor-Management, Union Data, Union Membership Journal: Global Journal of Business Research Pages:69-86 Volume:14 Issue:1 Year: 2020 File-URL: http://www.theibfr2.com/RePEc/ibf/gjbres/gjbr-v14n1-2020/GJBR -V147N1-2020-4.pdf File-Format: Application/pdf Handle: RePEc:ibf:gjbres:v:14:y:2020:i:1:p:69-86 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Magda Hercheui Author-Name: Rishikesh Ranjith Title: IMPROVING ORGANIZATION DYNAMIC CAPABILITIES USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE Abstract: Artificial Intelligence is diffusing through organizational environments, having become one of the pillars of the so-called the Fourth Industrial Revolution. This exploratory research investigates how the diffusion of Artificial Intelligence affects three Dynamic Capabilities of organizations: Sensing, Seizing and Reconfiguring. Using an interpretive approach and qualitative methods (13 semi-structure interviews with experts in the field of Artificial Intelligence), the paper suggests areas in which Artificial Intelligence is contributing to organizational Dynamic Capabilities. The findings show alignment with the academic and industry literature, pointing out implications for organizations, practitioners and researchers Classification-JEL:M100 Keywords: Artificial Intelligence, AI, Dynamic Capabilities, Sensing, Seizing, Reconfiguring Journal: Global Journal of Business Research Pages:87-96 Volume:14 Issue:1 Year: 2020 File-URL: http://www.theibfr2.com/RePEc/ibf/gjbres/gjbr-v14n1-2020/GJBR -V147N1-2020-5.pdf File-Format: Application/pdf Handle: RePEc:ibf:gjbres:v:14:y:2020:i:1:p:87-96 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name:John Theodore Title: EVIDENCE ON THE CURRENT STATE OF THE SHRIMP INDUSTRY IN ECUADOR Abstract: This article presents evidence regarding the current state of the shrimp industry in the Republic of Ecuador. The paper conducts a survey that highlights existing problems the industry faces. The author proposes several solutions for the short and long-term correction and elimination of such problems. The Ecuadorian economy consists of three major sectors: (1) The Primary Sector includes agriculture, aquaculture, livestock, and mining; (2) The Secondary Sector consists of industrial production; and (3) The Tertiary Sector includes all types of services. The shrimp industry in Ecuador in the first primary sector Classification-JEL:M16, M20 Keywords:Ecuador, Shrimp Industry, Product Diversification, El Nino, Decree #1391, Ministerio de Acuacultura, Camara Nacional de Acuacultura, Nicovita Exports, CJP International, City of Guayaquil Journal: Global Journal of Business Research Pages:97-104 Volume:14 Issue:1 Year: 2020 File-URL: http://www.theibfr2.com/RePEc/ibf/gjbres/gjbr-v14n1-2020/GJBR -V147N1-2020-6.pdf File-Format: Application/pdf Handle: RePEc:ibf:gjbres:v:14:y:2020:i:1:p:97-104