Analysis of the international marketing literature confirms a dominant focus on relationships between variables or constructs internal to the exporter and exporter-based measures of performance. This concentration on the exporter/seller has been at the expense of the importer/customer. The...

This paper reports on the international trade perfor Mance of New Zealand manufacturing industries over 1985–1995, a period during which substantial trade liberalisation came into effect. Some industries did much better than others in terms of export growth and/or import substitution, and...

This paper examines all New Zealand listed public companies in the years 1987, 1990 and 1993 to highlight changes over time in interlocking directorates. Potential company and individual director interlocks, as well as average board size, are found to have decreased since 1984. This points to a...

Small owner‐managed firms typically operate with levels of debt, much of it short‐term, which are higher than those found in large companies. This paper investigates the financing preferences of a cross‐section of small firm owners. The findings support the view that the financing...