Immediate and Delayed Emotional Consequences of Indulgence: The Moderating Influence of Personality Type on Mixed Emotions

The majority of literature looking at self-control dilemmas has focused on short-term positive and long-term negative affective outcomes arising from indulgence. In two studies, we find evidence for more complex emotional responses after indulgent consumption. We show that consumers feel simultaneous mixtures of both positive and negative emotions in response to indulgences and that the specific components of those emotional mixtures vary, depending on differences in individual impulsivity. Further, these mixtures are resolved differently over time, leading to differences in subsequent choices. In addition we show that more prudent consumers are likely to seize an opportunity to get rid of, or “launder,” their negative emotions after an indulgence by subsequently making utilitarian versus hedonic choices

Modeling an Alternative Expression of Covered Interest Parity – in Inflation Targeting Economies of Emerging Asia

We establish an alternative form of expressing the covered interest parity model that incorporates the onshore and offshore foreign exchange forward market of inflation targeting economies of Emerging Asia, which provides the ability to identify if there is the occurrence of covered interest parity in foreign exchange forward markets

Dimensionalizing Involvement with Websites - An Exploratory Study

This paper studies the dimensions underlying user involvement with Websites and builds upon the existing body of knowledge on involvement with traditional media. A multidimensional bipolar semantic differential scale based on Zaichkowsky's Personal Involvement Inventory is used to identify the factors that determine the level of involvement in a Website. Websites are then classified, based on these factors, as high or low involvement sites. Involvement with Web sites was found to comprise of three dimensions - cognitive, affective and structural. Among these, the cognitive and the affective dimensions were found to have the highest discriminating power between high and low involvement sites while the structural dimension was found to serve as a moderating factor.Information Systems Working Papers Serie

Why One Can'T Stop Looking At That Temptation: Dynamics of Attentional Biases in Self-Control Dilemmas

Two studies examine the role of attentional biases for indulgences among impulsive and non-impulsive people in explaining consumption behavior. Using a visual probe task, the studies examine whether attentional biases for temptations emerge in the form of initial orienting towards the temptation or an inability to disengage from it. Further, I investigate whether these biases affect the incidence and extent of impulsive behavior. Results show that while impulsive people exhibit both forms of bias towards tempting stimuli, it is their inability to disengage attention from such temptations that drives the extent to which they subsequently indulge themselves. In a second study, I provide additional evidence for the process by showing that such attentional biases are reflected in more intense approach reactions towards temptations. Session Objectives and Overview. The broad purpose of this session is to present work that adds significantly to the growing body of research on motivational factors that drives consumption goals and choices. The more specific objectives of this session are to 1) to explore how affective and cognitive processes underlying an activated goal drive consumption momentum, and 2) to examine the role of exogenous irrelevant sources of motivation in energizing goal striving behaviors. To meet these objectives, three papers are included in this session, all of which are in advanced stages of completion. Keeping in mind the overall theme of ACR 2008 ("Port of Call"), and the diverse audience that ACR conference attracts, the papers in this session explore the factors that impact the motivation underlying consumer behavior from different, yet related perspectives. While the first paper examines how goal related attentional biases can energize momentum toward goal satiating stimuli, the second paper extends the focus of the first paper by exploring another factor-goal-compatibility-in energizing goal related actions. Finally the third paper complements the first two papers by exploring the role of exogenous motivational sources that are irrelevant to any specific goal in energizing subsequent goal striving behaviors. The session will begin with a focus on goal-driven attentional biases among impulsives and non-impulsives that drive indulgent behavior. Suresh Ramanathan will present his work that focuses on how two types of attentional biases, an initial visual attention bias toward temptations and a bias related to inability to avert attention from such temptations motivate indulgent behaviors. His results demonstrate that while impulsive people exhibit both forms of goaldriven biases towards tempting stimuli, it is their inability to avert attention from such temptations that drives the extent to which they show approach reactions toward such consumption stimuli and subsequently indulge themselves. Amar Cheema will then present his work with Nidhi Agrawal that builds on the first paper by examining the role of goalcompatibility in energizing momentum toward goal relevant con

Productivity, performance and technical efficiency in banking: the foreign bank’s Saga in the context of financial reforms in India

This paper is an attempt to examine the total productivity growth of foreign banks for the period 2002-2003 to 2013-2014. Data of ten major foreign sector banks for twelve years were used for the analysis and interpretation. Malmquist Productivity Index and Input oriented CRS data envelopment analysis are being used to measure the productivity of these banks over the years. Along with the productivity of foreign sector banks, their performances were also determined through ratios. The results show that the foreign sector banks has obtained an excellent mean TFP of 1.06 and nine foreign sector banks has obtained an eligible score of one which depicts that foreign sector banks are doing well in the country. The excellent performance of foreign sector banks in the banking industry is further substantiated with the ratios. The study has revealed that by enlarging the scope of foreign banks will obviously bring growth, development and technological advancement in the Indian banking Sector. The Kelaniya Journal of Management, Vol. 4(1); 2015: 50-6

Phase I and Pharmacokinetic Study of Pegylated Liposomal CKD-602 in Patients with Advanced Malignancies

S-CKD602 is a pegylated liposomal formulation of CKD-602, a semi-synthetic camptothecin analogue. Pegylated (STEALTH®) liposomes can achieve extended drug exposure in plasma and tumor. Based on promising preclinical data, the first phase I study of S-CKD602 was performed in patients (pts) with refractory solid tumors