The study's thesis posits that by virtue of the enabling role of local governments, at the core of their public accountability must include the local economic development of their locality, which is termed in this study as 'economic accountability'. Grounded on the model of accountability,...

Can the institutional environment explain why some SMEs are more entrepreneurial and better performers than others? This study seeks answers to this question by developing and testing measurement and structural models of formal institutions as they relate to the strategic posture and...

This essay fills a significant gap in the literature on the internationalization of services, by focusing on the process of knowledge flows between parent firms and their foreign subsidiaries, and its associated impact on organizational learning and competency development. We utilize and extend...