While there is an influx of foreign investment into China, Chinese companies are also extending their interest overseas. Globalisation takes on various forms: the most common of which is direct exporting while a few chose to establish manufacturing facilities overseas (like Haier). The cases...

If models are simplified pictures of reality, current international market selection process (IMSP) models do not pass the test of reality. Further, there has been limited research carried out in Australia on this issue. Using grounded theory methodology, this article explores how a...

One of the major contributions of the IMP approach to international marketing has been the concept of interaction. Often concepts that in international marketing are treated as discrete, are in fact interrelated if the notion of interaction is taken into account. This will be illustrated in the...

This paper presents some significant empirical findings about the role of switching cost and alternative attractiveness in developing the long-term relationship between the client and the service-provider in personal financial planning services. Considering switching costs and alternative...