This paper attempts to understand the role of two highly relevant founder family characteristics, harmony among family members and the degree of democratization in decision-making, in the institutionalization and adaptive capability development processes of family firms in Turkey as an exemplar...

Purpose – This study aims to develop and test a theoretical model to delineate the effects of target market characteristics, firm characteristics and strategic resources, and product characteristics on standardization decisions in brand management of emerging market firms. The effects of...

The rate of Internet purchasing is increasing day by day. One of the reasons of that increase could be individuals’ intention to allocate time effectively in order to maximize their utility function. Within this context, an employed woman would aim to spend less time on household chores such...

The Arabic cluster, consisting of Egypt, Morocco, Turkey, Kuwait, and Qatar is located in the Middle Eastern part of the world. These societies reflect a medium level of Human Development and are rich in oil and mineral resources. They have many commonalities in their societal norms and...

This study, relying on a survey of managers on international assignments in Turkey, examines the relationships between expatriate managers satisfaction and commitment to their companies and assignments. The study furthermore seeks to identify the factors which relate to expatriate managers...

Examines the extent to which MNCs in Turkey standardise their marketing activities. The findings suggest that, in general, MNCs pursue higher levels of standardisation when market conditions are similar among host and parent countries. The findings also suggest product category and industry,...

Contrasts a group of exporters based on their choice of traditional versus newer export markets. Uses a sample of 88 Turkish exporters, contrasting the two groups (traditional and export) with respect to: organizational and resource characteristics; information use behaviour; criteria used in...