Purpose The purpose of this paper is to present a conceptual framework for employer brand equity (EBE) that combines both perspectives of employer brand customers into a unified framework for employee attraction and retention. Design/methodology/approach This paper extends previous conceptual...

Models fiscal policy interactions between fiscal authorities and private investors in the foreign exchange market in a game‐theoretic framework. Using a two‐period game, I consider the credible and noncredible announcements of the domestic fiscal authority with respect to the stance of its...

Concentrates attention on the implications of events in Eastern Europe for the private sector rather than the popular debates on the macroeconomics and politics of the situation which are important for private business only in so far as they shape the commercial environment in these economies....

Examines the general context of present and future business opportunities in Russia with particular reference to the recent economic reform process. Covers such areas as the political climate, the state of industry, the evolving private sector, privatization, legal and fiscal reforms,...

Provides an overview of UK public and private sector organisations’ use of performance information relating to service quality. While they have made some headway in improving the range of performance information they have available, and in their use of such information, significant problems...

Shows how Machiavelli influenced modern management in much more fundamental ways than simply his well‐known advice to be ruthless, upon which many management writers focused. First, it explains his reputation for advising ruthlessness by discussing his life and times and the subject‐matter...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to illustrate that conceptual frameworks developed from a general theory of competition, i.e. resource‐advantage (R‐A) theory, can facilitate managerial action. Design/methodology/approach – After a brief overview of resource‐advantage (R‐A)...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the analogy of the human immune system with the economic auction theory. Design/methodology/approach – The paper develops an analogy of bio‐immune system with competitive bidding in auction, then develops a model of the situation and...

Addresses the role of the country general manager in multinational corporations (MNCs). Identifies four distinct types of country manager and attempts to mesh this typology with earlier typologies that have addressed the generic strategies of MNCs and the strategies of individual subsidiaries...