Purpose – Understanding the relationship between government revenue and government expenditure is important from a policy point of view, especially for a country like Fiji, which is suffering from persistent budget deficits. The aim of this paper is to investigate the relationship between...

Purpose: This study aims to analyze how various contingencies within the contingency theory influence the entrepreneurial orientation (EO) elements and performance of retail franchisees in a South Pacific Island nation. ...

This paper presents an account of industrial relation issues, as public entities in Fiji journey into reforms. Based on the published studies and archival data, the paper identifies the causes of failure which deranged management/employee/union relationships in the reforming public entities....

Based on the data obtained through in-depth interviews and various related documentary evidences, the paper investigates into a less successful Government Commercial Company in Fiji. The theme of the paper is empirically based, exemplified by the government entity - Food Processors (Fiji)...

Undoubtedly, public enterprise reforms have taken the world by storm. Likewise, Fiji is no exception. This island nation has witnessed economic recession and structural adjustment policies since 1987. Local authors assert that the reasons behind reforms in Fiji involve a combination of internal...

Public enterprise reforms have taken the world by storm. So much so that reforms have now become more than just buzz words in Fiji's economy. Based on in-depth interviews and related relevant documentary evidence, this paper investigates into the ways in which the reform exercises compare...

Based on in-depth interviews and archival data, this paper details and analyses foreign involvement in a local-Fijian public enterprise in terms of first, contractual relationship, second, majority ownership and third, leadership (expatriate CEO). The first goal of this article is to give a...

This article, in particular examines the success factors as public entities in Fiji journey into organisational changes. Fiji is a coup ridden yet one of the most developed of Pacific Island economies. This study employed qualitative research methods to collect data. To achieve the specific...

While political stability does not guarantee success, it surely impacts on reforms positively. Herein lies the gist of this paper. Based on archival data and a close review of several relevant past studies, most of which are empirical in nature, this paper details and analyses the impact of...