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Item Open Access Early modern ottoman coffehouse culture and the formation of the consumer subject(Oxford University Press, 2011) Karababa, E.; Ger, G.We examine the sociohistorical formation of the consumer subject during the development of consumer culture in the context of leisure consumption. Specifically, we investigate how an active consumer was forming while a coffeehouse culture was taking shape during early modern Ottoman society. Utilizing multiple historical data sources and analysis techniques, we focus on the discursive negotiations and the practices of the consumers, the marketers, the state, and the religious institution as relevant stakeholders. Our findings demonstrate that multiparty resistance, enacted by consumers and marketers, first challenged the authority of the state and religion and then changed them. Simultaneously and at interplay with various institutional transformations, a public sphere, a coffeehouse culture, and a consumer subject constructing his self-ethics were developed, normalized, and legalized. We discuss the implications of the centrality of transgressive hedonism in this process, as well as the existence of an active consumer in an early modern context.Item Open Access Exploring the impact of technological competence development on speed and NPD program performance(Wiley-Blackwell Publishing, 2010) Acur, N.; Kandemir, D.; De Weerd‐Nederhof, P. C.; Song, M.With growing levels of competition across industries, technological competence is increasingly viewed as crucial for businesses to maintain their long‐term competitive advantage. Although there are many theoretical arguments about how firms' competences can yield competitive advantage and performance improvement, we have a limited understanding of where the capabilities originate in the context of NPD or what kind of product portfolios, internal climate, and strategic alignment are required to build them. Moreover, empirical evidence for technological competence development is limited and comes primarily from case studies, anecdotal evidence, and management impressions. Accordingly, this research addresses these gaps by presenting and testing a conceptual model of technological competence development in NPD. This study makes advances in applying a dynamic capability approach to technological competence development in NPD, and investigates the impact of innovative climate, technological alignment, and project portfolio management on technological competence development as well as NPD speed. Moreover, the factors that might influence NPD program performance are also investigated. The analysis, based on data collected from 111 firms, shows that a firm's innovative climate, technological alignment, and portfolio management are positively associated with technological competence development. While technological alignment was found to be negatively related to NPD speed, portfolio management, and technological competence development were found to have positive effects on speed. However, innovative climate had no significant impact on speed. Moreover, technological competence development and portfolio management were found to be positively related to NPD program performance. Finally, no support was found for the relationship between speed and NPD program performance.Item Open Access Regret of action or regret of inaction: examining divergent regret patterns for experiential and material gifts(Now Publishers Inc., 2017) Shiri, A.; Ekici, A.We replicate Rosenzweig and Gilovich’s (2012) study on “differential regrets for experiential and material purchases,” according to which people experience regret of action (buyer’s remorse) for material purchases and regret of inaction (missed opportunity) for experiential purchases. Our results suggest that the original findings can be extended to gift giving context. Furthermore, we demonstrate that perceived subjective economic value of gifts explains the different forms of regrets (regret of inaction vs. regret of action) elicited by experiential and material gifts.Item Open Access Why should i trust your forecasts?(International Institute of Forecasters, 2012) Gönül, M. S.; Önkal D.; Goodwin, P.Preview Mistrust is a serious problem for organizations. So much has been written about functional biases and misaligned incentives that one wonders how anyone can trust a forecast provider. Well, now we have some studies that shed new light on the factors that can build or impede trust in forecasting. In this article, Sinan, Dilek, and Paul discuss the latest research findings on the steps you can take to improve trust and reduce dysfunctional behavior in the forecast function. Their conclusions offer a check list of steps to eliminate or at least minimize the element of mistrust in your forecasts.