Wonders why there is so much excitement about risk management? States, whatever the reason, that organizations may lose out if they do not use the real value within the regulatory requirements (Turnbull/Combined Code). Posits that the effectiveness of risk management depends wholly on the...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to illuminate the need for business to integrate the internet as a means for creating frameworks for sustainable innovation and growth. Design/methodology/approach – Drawing from accepted methods for establishing business innovation, the author updates...

Market share is often used to describe the position and success of a firm in an industrial sector. While the impact of market share is not always reflected in a firm’s profitability or performance, many firms see it as an important organisational goal. Accordingly, it could be argued that...

Suggests that the population of the EU will still need drugs whether or not the EU continues to have a pharmaceutical industry. Various policies trying to control health service drugs bills have affected the drugs industry: increasingly the effects are adverse. The EU Commission is now taking an...

Focuses on the changing nature of retail competition and the way it affects local consumer choice in the UK grocery sector. Integrates relevant literature on the economic aspects of competition with work on the changing corporate geographies of retailers. Links vertical market power (relative to...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to understand the intra‐ and inter‐category differences of the store brand market share. Strategic, structural and performance factors are considered to be explanatory. Design/methodology/approach – The paper proposes four possible alternative...

Addresses the importance of brands in the assessment of market power. Traditional approaches to assessing market power are fraught with problems because they ignore the power of brands, and are constrained by the classification of companies within domestic markets. Introduces a model for...

It is important to remain creative when conducting segmentation research, as many different ways to segment a market can exist. Five main bases are discussed: geographic, demographic, psychographic, behaviouristic and image. This is followed by an overview of the main techniques used to...