Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the role of different learning sources in the process of capability building of Chinese firms (CFs) approaching international markets. Design/methodology/approach The paper is based on the case study of the company “Goodbaby.” The primary data...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to extend the current literature on corporate asset writedowns. Design/methodology/approach – The paper explains the anomalous price responses to asset writedowns by examining both stock and bond price responses. It applies bond and stock event study...

This paper provides a case study of a previously unresearched industry, Engineering Process Plant Contracting, it examines how a project management firm responded to heightened competitive pressures through a process of entrepreneurial innovation. A key component in this focused on the corporate...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to discuss how a decision of restructuring and firing people in a Portuguese company was based on financial data, and how the interpretation of such data made the process quite complex. This complexity was particularly relevant in the litigation that...

Purpose – The aim of this study is to reflect on how the specific nature of intellectual capital influences the valuation process, in practice, and how it impacts on some of the qualities of its value. Design/methodology/approach – This study is based on a case study (“Ankon”) developed...

Purpose – This paper aims to provide a stakeholder analysis of the environmental management strategies and a two‐dimensional (economic and environmental) performance of an Australian energy company that seeks environmental excellence. Unlike the dominant largely positivistic studies which...

Purpose – Aims to review e‐recruiters' web site platform features and tools that are designed to facilitate job seekers' job applications. Also intends to elucidate the financial performance of two international and two Malaysian e‐recruiters. Design/methodology/approach – Discusses and...

The question of whether an adoption of total quality management (TQM) improves the financial performance has been discussed for several years. Various studies have been conducted to examine the impact of TQM on financial performance, but there is still disagreement concerning the effectiveness...

Purpose Recently, in response to the credit crunch and the increased costs of financing, new solutions for supporting the financial management of supply chains, known as supply chain finance (SCF), have been developed. They exploit the strengths of supply chain links to optimise working capital....

Very little has been written on productivity improvements for a “made‐to‐order” manufacturing environment which is usually dominated by small manufacturing companies. Unlike large companies which are capable of applying just‐in‐time (JIT) philosophies to ensure high productivity...