{"title":"An innovative modelling framework for freight consolidation in transportation planning","authors":"Manoj Kumar , Anoop K. P.","doi":"10.1016/j.iimb.2025.100550","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.iimb.2025.100550","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This paper addresses freight consolidation in rail transportation planning. Multiple demand destinations are served in a single trip to utilise the volume discount on freight rate. An efficient mixed-integer linear programming (MILP) based modelling framework is proposed to optimally allocate rail wagons to a given set of destinations considering the shipment options offered by Indian Railways. Twelve problem instances are derived using real data from an Indian food grain organisation and are solved to optimum using the CPLEX solver in quick time. The results indicate that multi-point orders can reduce the total transportation cost and ease the handling of shipments at terminals.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":46337,"journal":{"name":"IIMB Management Review","volume":"37 1","pages":"Article 100550"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143552684","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Organisational healing in VUCA times: A theoretical refinement","authors":"Aditya Agrawal , Ashish Pandey , Payal Kumar","doi":"10.1016/j.iimb.2025.100551","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.iimb.2025.100551","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Organisational healing (OH), as an existing theoretical concept developed by Powley et al., refers to the process of repairing and restoring the social relationships of an organisation after any external trauma. In this study, we aim to expand the nature and application of OH by exploring additional areas of applicability. We examine the critical assumptions in the existing conceptualisation of OH and propose modifications and additions, which help make OH a more robust construct. Finally, we identify the theoretical and managerial implications of this study and discuss future research implications.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":46337,"journal":{"name":"IIMB Management Review","volume":"37 1","pages":"Article 100551"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143552685","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Kapil Gupta , Vijayshankar Krishnamurthy , Soudeep Deb
{"title":"What elements of the opening set influence the outcome of a tennis match? An in-depth analysis of Wimbledon data","authors":"Kapil Gupta , Vijayshankar Krishnamurthy , Soudeep Deb","doi":"10.1016/j.iimb.2024.03.002","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.iimb.2024.03.002","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study examines the importance of game elements of the first set in Wimbledon matches in deciding the match outcome. We propose a LASSO-induced logistic regression model based on first set data to identify the variables that impact the match outcome. Our findings indicate that winning service points, average distance travelled, and rating points significantly impact match outcome. Additionally, we show the effectiveness of our proposed model in within-match forecasting during the first set, and it frequently performs better than other statistical and machine-learning approaches. We also discuss important managerial applications of our methodology for players, coaches, and other stakeholders.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":46337,"journal":{"name":"IIMB Management Review","volume":"37 1","pages":"Article 100519"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140154323","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Effect of automation of routine and non-routine tasks on labour demand and wages","authors":"Arvind Upreti, V. Sridhar","doi":"10.1016/j.iimb.2024.09.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.iimb.2024.09.001","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Artificial intelligence and associated technology advances have progressively diffused from routine tasks to non-routine tasks, causing disruptions in the labour market. In this work, we study the effect of automation on the labour market outcomes for low-skilled and high-skilled workers. We use the agent-based modelling approach to model firms and workers as rational agents with defined objective functions, endowments, and interactions. Using extensive simulations, we analyse the emergent phenomenon of employment levels and wage inequality in the labour market under varying scenarios. The key findings of our simulations indicate that automation of routine tasks increases wage inequality, whereas automation of non-routine tasks reduces it. Based on our results, we propose policy prescriptions regarding the job categories in which automation can be introduced for societal benefits, the skill enhancement programme needed for the workers, and guidelines on the redeployment of labour displaced through automation.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":46337,"journal":{"name":"IIMB Management Review","volume":"36 4","pages":"Pages 289-308"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143311049","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Effect of earnings management and cash holdings on annual report readability: Evidence from top Indian companies","authors":"Sweta Tiwari, Chanchal Chatterjee, Pooja Sengupta","doi":"10.1016/j.iimb.2024.10.004","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.iimb.2024.10.004","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The present study explores the impact of earnings management on the readability of management discussion and analysis (MDA) section of annual reports of 384 Indian firms for 1,160 firm-years. It also explores the moderating behaviour of cash in explaining the association between earnings management and MDA readability. Using fixed-effect regression, the study finds that firms that manage earnings by meeting or just beating the previous year earnings publish complex MDAs. Moreover, it documents the positive moderating role of cash in explaining this relationship. Multiple robustness tests confirm our findings across different years including the COVID-19 crisis period.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":46337,"journal":{"name":"IIMB Management Review","volume":"36 4","pages":"Pages 322-339"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143311048","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Freelancing: A journey towards personal and organisational triumph","authors":"Monica Kunte, Sonali Bhattacharya, Netra Neelam","doi":"10.1016/j.iimb.2024.11.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.iimb.2024.11.001","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study attempts to find the structural relationship between initiated and received work interdependence on resilience at work and personal vision. We found a direct relationship between initiated work interdependence and personal vision, mediating serially through learning orientation and resilience. Interestingly, there was an inverse relationship between received work interdependence and personal vision, mediating serially through learning orientation and resilience at work. The key feature of work restructuring was found to be the emergence of the gig economy, with conducive internal and external business environments as its facilitators.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":46337,"journal":{"name":"IIMB Management Review","volume":"36 4","pages":"Pages 380-394"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143311029","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Does Twitter happiness predict bullish markets? A study of the US stock markets","authors":"Vighneswara Swamy , Munusamy Dharani , Fumiko Takeda","doi":"10.1016/j.iimb.2024.10.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.iimb.2024.10.001","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The evolving literature on using Twitter to capture investor sentiment suggests that stock market performance is linearly associated with Twitter's public mood. We investigate whether investor sentiment determined by the Twitter sentiment index (TSI) has a nonlinear predictive power for stock market behaviour. Using a dataset of seven US stock markets, we apply the cointegration techniques to show the relationship between Twitter sentiment and stock market behaviour. The results suggest a dynamic nonlinear cointegrating relationship. During the short run, Twitter happiness has a substantial effect on stock market indices, while in the long run, it has a moderating effect. Twitter happiness has a dominant effect on the US stock market indices than unhappy Twitter. These results highlight Twitter's growing role in predicting the stock market behaviour and show that the TSI acts as a better predictor of investor sentiment.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":46337,"journal":{"name":"IIMB Management Review","volume":"36 4","pages":"Pages 309-321"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143311050","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Nightmare in remote mode: Evidence of remote abusive supervision in Indian organisations","authors":"Munmun Goswami , Lalatendu Kesari Jena","doi":"10.1016/j.iimb.2023.10.003","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.iimb.2023.10.003","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Drawing support from the conservation of resources theory, cognitive appraisal theory and self-determination theory, we investigate the link between remote abusive supervision (RAS) and life satisfaction (LS) through the mediating roles of obsessive work passion (OWP) and work-to-life conflict (WLC). We also examine the moderating role of information and communication technology (ICT) usage through the underpinnings of self-determination theory. Hypotheses were tested using SEM on 236 adults working from home for an Indian ITES company. RAS is found to be negatively related to LS, and OWP and WLC positively mediate the relationship; additionally, ICT usage moderates between OWP, WLC, and LS.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":46337,"journal":{"name":"IIMB Management Review","volume":"36 4","pages":"Pages 368-379"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136159653","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}