This paper presents an analysis, in case-study form, of the hostile bid in 1995 by Granada Group plc, the leisure services conglomerate, for Forte plc, the hotel and restaurant operator. Completed in early 1996, this episode provides a rich illustration of the key elements of the take-over...

Presents the findings of an exploratory study into the motives and experiences of British firms participating in international joint ventures in Hungary. A great deal of foreign direct investment has been taking place in Central and Eastern Europe since the early 1990s. To date, little research...

Directors Duties and Risk Governance -- Enterprise Risk Management Measurement: Insights from an Interdisciplinary Literature Review -- Accounting, Soci(et)al Risks, and Public Reason -- (In)Consistency between Private and Public Disclosure on Enterprise Risk Management and its Determinants --...

Different ethical frameworks have been proposed as appropriate for integrating into crisis management strategies. This study examines an ethic of care approach to crisis management analysing the case of Northern Rock bank which was at the centre of the recent financial crisis in the UK. The...

Risk events can cause significant damage to a firm's reputation and legitimacy. From the perspective of legitimacy theory, there are four broad strategies to restore reputation and repair legitimacy in response to a risk event. The annual report is a potential vehicle for communicating these...

We employ a special adaptive form of the Strongly Typed Genetic Programming (STGP)-based learning algorithm to develop trading rules based on a survival of the fittest principle. Employing returns data for the Russell 1000, Russell 2000 and Russell 3000 indices the STGP method produces greater...

Purpose – This paper aims to utilise cultural theory of risk to provide a broad analytic framework for examining how risk is constructed within the dominant discourses around patient safety within the domain of psychiatry. It also seeks to examine notions of blame and to consider the...