The purpose of this research is to examine the impact of perceived relational justice on the relationship between key customer categorization and performance of small food and drink producers in supermarket supply chains. Survey data is derived from a sample of (small-scale) suppliers of local...

The purpose of the present study is to investigate the economic and social impacts of business-to-consumer (B2C) e-commerce in the small retail sector of certain commodities in Thailand. A primary sample survey was conducted for the collection of data from the north, northeast, central and...

Understanding the processes that exist within production will help enable companies to determine where weaknesses lie and what steps can be taken to eliminate waste. Indeed, by establishing a constructive atmosphere where employees are able to share information and interact freely with each...

We examine the effects of financial reporting regulation on firms' banking. Exploiting discontinuous public disclosure and auditing requirements assigned to otherwise similar small and medium-sized private firms, we document that financial reporting regulation reduces firms' reliance on...

The small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) plays a crucial part in country's economic growth and a key contributor in country's GDP. In Pakistan SMEs hold about 90 percent of the total business. The performance of SMEs depends upon many factors. The main purpose of this research is to examine...

Brand loyalty is vital for any business, be it large enterprises or Small and medium enterprises (SME), to sustain in the competitive food-service industry. Branding researchers had claimed that both attitudinal and behavioral loyalty has their own unique influences on business performance....

I identify the effects of personal relationships on loan contracting using executive deaths and retirements at other firms as a source of exogenous variation in executive turnover. After plausibly-exogenous turnover, borrowers choose lenders with which their new executive's have personal...

Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) have been competing for survival in the business arena among established organizations. Competitive foodservice business today requires a unique and lasting brand experience to capture customer loyalty. Despite that, earning customer trust is vital to ensure...

Many Thai businesses have used websites to offer sales via the Internet. In reality, consumers have not flocked to Internet. A quantitative survey with data from 143 Thai website owners examined nine major success factors for business to consumer electronic commerce: government support, security...