Purpose – This study seeks to examine practices in, and rationales for, internal audit outsourcing in New Zealand (NZ) companies. The purpose is to assess whether practice and preference conform to expectations where small‐to‐medium businesses dominate. Design/methodology/approach –...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationship between regional factors and investment attractiveness of solar energy production. The aim is to create a rank order of the Greek regions based on their investment attractiveness. Design/methodology/approach – In this...

The following paper presents current trends of stakeholder and shareholder value concepts in German industry and discusses the relationship between these two concepts. In order to work effectively, the management of organisational communication has to analyse the results of stakeholder versus...

Zusammenfassung Wie kaum eine zweite Branche verkörpert Tourismus Internationalisierung par excellence: So sind nicht nur Angebot und Nachfrage weitgehend internationalisiert, sondern es gehört auch zum wesentlichen Merkmal der Dienstleistung als solcher, dass sie – zumindest im...

Zusammenfassung Steigende Anforderungsprofile für Tourismusbetriebe im Kontext der Internationalisierung verlangen nach strategischen Ansätzen. Damit erhält die Strategiefähigkeit der Betriebe eine erhöhte Bedeutung bei Förderungen durch die Tourismuspolitik. Dieser Beitrag greift auf ein...

Purpose Editorial boards of academic journals represent a key institutional mechanism in the governance and functioning of the academic community. Board members play an important role in knowledge production and development of the discipline. The purpose of this paper is to enquire into the...

Purpose – Given the importance of understanding the dynamics of the internationalisation and expansion process, it is surprising that – in reviewing the extensive literature – that little attention has been paid to service organisations. This paper attempts to shed light on business...