The purpose of this article is to identify the role of concepts in categorisation with particular reference to brands of car and approaches to segmentation. The relationship between concepts and categories is between ...

This paper looks at a researcher's experience of analysing results from an ethnographic study of corporate governance in a developing country. After collecting three forms of data - interview questionnaire, media articles ...

This study explores key antecedents and an outcome of relationship value between manufacturers and distributors in the tile industry in a transition market - Vietnam. Using a sample of 317 distributors in the South of ...

Positive abnormal returns around dividend increase announcements are well documented. The conventional explanation for these abnormal returns is that a dividend increase conveys favorable information about a firm¿s prospects ...

Given the unmistakable trend toward a more integrated global economy and the tremendous impact of vanity on consumer demand for countless goods and services, there exists a need for more cross-cultural research on the ...

This paper tests both the internal and external validity of the Erdem and Swait (1998) brand equity framework using two measurement modelling approaches, namely the relatively new Best-Worst Scaling (BWS) method (Finn and ...

This paper addresses the question of whether independent directors of the bidding firm are effective monitors during acquisitions and whether this effectiveness is impaired when the independent directors serve on multiple ...

As businesses restructure their operations the number of call centres is growing through ICT developments. Indeed the ACTU (2002) have argued that call centres are well placed to represent an e-commerce gateway for many ...

Inventory control for a product catalogue of 3000 products is carried out by two managers at ComputerShop. While there is a substantial level of automation of product flow in this company, there is no analysis of inventory ...

Islamic banks offer distinct financial services and as such have grown significantly in Bahrain, Bangladesh, Jordan, Kuwait, Malaysia, Qatar, Turkey and U.A.E over the past two decades. They are unique in the sense that ...