Regarding the increasingly important role of financial services sectors like futures exchanges previous research has been unable to determine what types of futures contracts contribute to higher trading volumes and the likely magnitudes of their contributions. Thus, to investigate the sources of...

Independent franchisees work cooperatively with service franchisors to strengthen the franchisor's brand name. However, agency theory predicts that franchisor inputs such as brand names and operational routines might be harmed by franchisees' free riding. In addition, previous literature has...

Ever since Hamel and Prahalad propose the importance of the strategic intent perspective, understanding the relationship between entrepreneurial ambitions and an international expansion strategy becomes a key issue in the fields of international business and strategic management. However, most...