Agency theory suggests that an efficient contract between a franchisor (principal) and a franchisee (agent) could be established by the use of selection criteria that would screen prospective franchisees based on their likely future outcomes desired by their franchisors. Franchisors can use...

The purpose of this paper is to understand how fairness garners loyalty by breeding trust in the pharmaceutical wholesaler-pharmacy relationship. Specifically, the paper seeks to understand if e two dimensions of fairness – procedural and distributive – contribute differently in fostering...

The objective of this paper is to describe the construction and subsequent evaluation of a multi-dimensional measure of entrepreneurial orientation (EO) of community pharmacies, to identify antecedents to the pharmacy's EO (PHARMEO), and to assess the relationship between levels of EO and the...

The theoretical relationship between market structure (number of firms) and conduct (pricing behavior) of the generic drug industry was investigated. The effects of qualitative variables such as therapeutic category, duration of use, popularity, and market entry aggressiveness on the...

This study draws on transaction cost, resource dependence, and organizational learning theories to posit relationships between transaction performance and transaction structure, interfirm synergies, and motives. The study involves analysis of 66 international and intra-national transactions...

This study examines the ranking by institutional affiliation of authors appearing in the six leading finance journals (Financial Management, Journal of Banking and Finance, Journal of Finance, Journal of Financial Economics, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis and Review of Financial...

The explosive growth in REITs over the past decade suggests that they provide an important alternative investment vehicle. Since REITs are a representation of the real estate market, they should theoretically provide similar diversification benefits of holding direct real estate in a portfolio....