This paper presents a structure within which to think about incorporating managerial decision models and manager’s decisions into management research in general and foreign direct investment research more specifically. The thinking builds on Aharoni’s initial research in The Foreign...

Although there has been considerable academic work focusing on discovering and characterizing the Green Consumer - or more correctly, those espousing “Green” attitudes - there is considerably less academic interest in understanding the segment characteristics of consumers with varying...

The link between the social and political environment and the globalization is an area that has been subject to considerable debate yet still open to opportunities for learning, explanation and more effective structured modeling. The salience of this linkage has been rising in importance as more...

This paper outlines a viewpoint that distinguishes Consumer Social Responsibility from Ethical Consumerism and provides normative guidance as to how companies can work to make consumers more socially responsible. Although not a primary research piece the paper builds heavily on Devinney, Auger...

This paper provides a non-technical overview of the results of a population sample of Australians in 2007 & 2012. It provides utility based assessments of a wide range of social, economic and political issues both local and global utilizing a best-worst, maximum difference, approach to...

This paper shows the difficulties associated with discerning the impact of learning and pressures of competitive entry on the price and cost of production in commodity markets. It shows that the patterns of price and cost movements over time will be dramatically affected by the entry of new...

This paper presents a framework that helps researchers to design and validate both formative and reflective measurement models. The framework draws from the existing literature and includes both theoretical and empirical considerations. Two important examples, one from international business and...

It is generally believed that companies choose supply chain partners on the basis of their distinctive value propositions; a fact one would also expect holds true when companies choose a logistics service provider. However, faced with the complexities of varied customer demands, it can be...