This Paper provides a quantitative investigation of the East Asian crisis of 1997-99. There are two essential features of the crisis that we focus on. These are: a) the crisis was a regional phenomenon; the depth and severity of the crisis was exacerbated by a large decline in regional demand;...

Over the past 5/10 years there has been a strong evaluation of the contribution marketing can make to modern day society. At times this process has amounted to rejection of the marketing concept, such evaluations coming from both within and without the ranks of marketeers. The objectives of this...

Shrewd channel leadership is required to maximise the benefits and to minimise the many potential problems of exporting through independent overseas distributors. Exporters need to apply effective programmes for distributor recruitment, motivation, support, training, planning, evaluation and...

Using the theory of optimal local currency pricing, this paper constructs a structural equation to estimate the rate at which foreign producer prices pass through the local currency prices of imported goods in the U.S. This can be viewed as measuring exchange rate pass-through, in line with...

How have retailers survived the recession, and who will prosper in the coming decade? In order to answer these questions, David Cook and Peter Doyle examined the strategies of a number of organisations which have managed to flourish in these times of trimmed margins and economic restraint. Their...

This study identifies those retailing strategies which have been successful in generating high profit performance in the UK. Findings are based upon information on the financial structure and marketing strategies of 88 major UK retailers. The first section identifies the key environmental...

Examines the opportunties opened up through reaching a position of self‐sustaining TQM within an organisation. Looks at the structural and philosophical transitions involved. Argues, with examples, that a TQM‐oriented organization has more strategic options open to it. Suggests four stages...

In a liquid financial market, investors are able to sell large blocks of assets without substantially changing the price. We document a steep drop in the liquidity of the Japanese stock market in the post-bubble period and a steep rise in liquidity risk. We find that, during Japan''s...

During periods of financial turmoil, increases in risk lead to higher default, foreclosure, and fire sales. This paper introduces a costly liquidation process for foreclosed collateral and endogenous recovery rates in a dynamic stochastic general equilibrium model of the financial accelerator....