Using foods high in sugar, fat as rewards can lead to obesity in children

You’re late getting out the door and your six-year-old isn’t co-operating. You know it isn’t the best parental decision you’ve ever made but you offer him a treat if he agrees to obediently put on his shoes and get into the car. What’s the harm in that?

Shareholder value implications of service failures in triads: The case of customer information security breaches

Authors: Modi, S.B., Wiles, M.A., and Mishra, S.

Publication: Journal of Operations Management

Using food as reinforcer to shape children's non-food behavior: The adverse nutritional effect doubly moderated by reward sensitivity and gender

Authors: Lu, J., Xiong, S., Arora, N., and Dubé, L.

Publication: Eating Behaviors

Whole-of-society approach for public health policymaking: a case study of polycentric governance from Quebec, Canada

Authors: Addy, N. A., Poirier, A., Blouin, C., Drager, N. and Dubé, L. Publication: Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences Abstract:

An Innovative Approach to Addressing Childhood Obesity: A Knowledge-Based Infrastructure for Supporting Multi-Stakeholder Partnership Decision-Making in Quebec, Canada

Authors: Addy, N. A., Shaban-Nejad, A., Buckeridge, D. L., and Dubé, L. Publication: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health Abstract:

Management learning at the speed of life: Designing reflective, creative, and collaborative spaces for millenials

Authors: Karakas, F., Manisaligil, A., Sarigollu, E. Publication: International Journal of Management Education Abstract:

Civil Society appeals to policymakers to declare malnutrition as a medical emergency

Almost eight million children in India are severely malnourished and have nine times higher risk of death compared to normal children. These children deserve to live. In January 2015 over 100 organisations and individuals collectively urged the government to take action and save the lives of children with Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM) through the Generation Nutrition Campaign.

Parental attachment insecurity predicts child and adult high-caloric food consumption

Authors: Faber, A., Dubé, L.

Publication: Journal of Health Psychology

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The psychology of appraisal: Specific emotions and decision-making

Authors:  So, J., Achar, C., Han, D.H., Agrawal, N., Duhachek, A., Maheswaran, D.

Publication: Journal of Consumer Psychology

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Correcting for Misspecification in Parameter Dynamics to Improve Forecast Accuracy with Adaptively Estimated Models

Authors: Ceren Kolsarici and Demetrios Vakratsas

Publication: Management Science

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Shareholder value implications of service failures in triads: The case of customer information security breaches

Authors: Modi, S.B., Wiles, M.A., Mishra, S.

Publication: Journal of Operations Management, forthcoming

Policy insights from the nutritional food market transformation model: The case of obesity prevention

Authors: Struben, J., Chan, D., Dubé, L.

Publication: Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, December 2014

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Convergent innovation for sustainable economic growth and affordable universal health care: Innovating the way we innovate

Authors: Laurette Dubé, Srivardhini Jha, Aida Faber, Jeroen Struben, Ted London, Archisman Mohapatra, Nick Drager, Chris Lannon, P. K. Joshi and John McDermott

Publication: Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, December 2014

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How Shame and Guilt differ when it comes to Marketing

Written by DaHee Han You’d be right in thinking that shame and guilt are negative emotions, but they can actually be used to create successful marketing campaigns. What marketers really need to know is that both emotions have different effects on consumers. Read full article: Digital Marketing, January 9, 2015

How shame and guilt can be used to your advantage in marketing

There are ways to ensure marketers are not fumbling in the dark when it comes to getting the most out of using emotion in their marketing campaigns. From billboards and adverts to their company website, my research shows that emotions such as shame and guilt can be used to create a favourable response from consumers.