The tourism sector of Croatia has been developing strongly in the last ten years. It is of crucial importance for its future development to be capable of managing the hotel sector according to the new market conditions. The purpose of this research is to study high-quality hotels of Croatia from...

As it is emphasized in marketing, management, and strategic management literature, "market orientation", "learning orientation", and "innovativeness" are regarded together as having a significant impact on a firm's performance. The objective of this study is to find out the interrelationships of...

Business students often have difficulty integrating economics reasoning into other business disciplines because of differences in the format and presentation of financial data across disciplines. Economics courses use one format while Accounting and other business courses use another. This paper...

There is currently considerable interest in the topic of internal audit and its contribution to exact management of any business economic resources. Within this framework of extremely fluid business environment, the research tested the hypothesis about the role of internal auditing for the...

The objective of this paper is to reflect on the consequences of the current economic and financial crisis on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), a concept of great importance nowadays. The core approach is the possible link between CSR and the crisis, if both elements can be combined. After...

This study analyzes if the implementation of TQM practices and the business performance are factors which describe ISO 9000 certified companies into the Spanish furniture industry. It also analyzes the positive relationship between TQM practices and business performance. The results of the...

The preoccupation to consider the heterogeneity in firm behavior within an activity sector has been one of the main reasons for the search and identification of strategic groups, generating an inexhaustible debate in the scope of the strategic management. Nevertheless, this preoccupation has not...