Purpose – To explain expectations of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) as to what constitutes successful branch inspection programs for broker-dealers. Design/methodology/approach – Summarizes FINRA’s rules requiring firms...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to ask what companies should do when sustainable growth rates far exceed revenue growth rates. Design/methodology/approach – Provides an overview of US corporate profitability. Findings – Finds that today, for the first time since 1969, corporate...

Over recent years supply chain management has grown in importance because of the proliferation of improved information flows, outsourcing practices, strategic alliances and partnerships, and the reshaping of the organizational focus from functional silos toward integrated activities. Logistics...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to propose a framework for describing and analyzing misalignments in supply chain management related to changes in supply chain structures, processes and management components. Design/methodology/approach – Based on the systems approach, a single‐case...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the effect of working capital management on firms’ performance for a sample of firms listed on a small emerging market, namely Amman Stock Exchange. Design/methodology/approach – The paper includes a conceptual as well as empirical...

Discusses the limitations of cash as a means of exchange and looks to the digital networks of the future to exploit the new technologies of e‐cash. Highlights the convenience and increasingly widespread use of digital money in business‐to‐consumer and business‐to‐business transactions....

The international smart card market is discussed from the case study perspective of the smart card application Proton World. Outlines the foundation, alliance of shareholders and development of Proton World and summarises the initial success with five national roll‐out Proton‐based smart...