Globalisation is one of the key economic, political, social and technological drivers of our age. Concurrently, outsourcing worldwide has topped US$1tn per annum.2 In the future, the strategic management of corporate real estate (CRE) will no longer be viewed in isolation from these trends, as...

This paper explores from a US perspective two size‐related issues that may motivate aspiring franchisees to consider multi‐unit franchising as a superior alternative to the traditional single‐unit approach. First, one of the reasons for multi‐unit franchising might be the enhanced...

The considerable attention given to flexible methods of production and work organization as a fundamental determinant of achieving international levels of competitiveness in the manufacturing industry (and of late, in service industries also) in the wake of Japanese dominance over the past two...

The performance, management, and risk exposure of financial institutions operating in rural and agricultural markets determine the cost of agriculture’s ongoing access to financial capital. The evolution of general banking and agricultural finance research contributions in the structure,...

The results of a study on the cost efficiency of expanding and marketing bank services through branching rather than through the formation of new banks are given. Using detailed cost and bank service output data from a large sample of bank branches across Canada, several issues of interest to...

This article on coalmining, a key industry for Britain in the period covered, has three main purposes. First, it updates previous overviews of entrepreneurial performance by surveying recent contributions to old controversies. Second, it provides a new perspective by looking at 1900‐1946 as a...

The emerging focus on relationships as strategic assets has encouraged scholars to reexamine their potential for creating value for the firm and its shareholders. This article resolves some of the ambiguity regarding the way firms can understand and measure the value of a business relationship...

The ability of a company to achieve excellence in service quality depends on the determination of service attributes and their desired levels. It depends also on the prioritization of service attributes, using appropriate quality improvement indices, in a consistent manner within the constraints...

Managing financial sector under a liberalized system is always difficult; it faces a risk of financial crisis. Financial managers in most emerging markets, be it in the corporate, banking or public sector, have experienced such a challenge, and those in East Asia have learned the hard lesson...