This paper sets out to determine the strategic positioning of Spanish Savings Banks, using datadrawn from published financial information. Its starting point is the idea of the strategic group, regularlyemployed in Business Management to explain the relationships between firms within the same...

Following the recent adoption of a national code of corporate governance (CG) in a developing economy (Mauritius), the authors assessed the level of CG adoption by locally-listed companies using annual report disclosures. Whilst a satisfactory level of adoption is observed for a numberof CG...

This paper studies the economic significance of stock and bond return predictability in UK market over period February 1991 to May 2002, based on a real-time investment simulation with only publicly available information. We use ten macroeconomic and financial variables as the predicting...

Interest in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) has proliferated in academic and business circles alike. In the context of CSR, the spotlight has traditionally focused on the role of the private sector particularly in view of its wealth and global reach. Other actors have recently begun to...

This paper provides a contemporary example of the disruptive impact of new technology upon industry structure, through investigation into the ongoing viability of retail travel agents in an industry where technology is a key driver of change. The Internet has provided opportunities for major...

New start-up companies, which are considered to be a vital ingredient in a successful economy, have a different objective than established companies: They want to maximise their chance of long-term survival. We examine the implications for their operating decisions of this different criterion by...

Competition has a huge influence on customer buying behaviour and will impact on the optimal price that companies should charge for goods or services. To date, many dynamic pricing models have not modelled competition explicitly. In this paper, we introduce pricing strategies that maximize...

While much attention has recently been focused on the problems facing Internet start-ups, the challenge of e-business affects a much broader constituency of organisations. For established companies, the key challenge is one of change. Such companies must rethink fundamental aspects of company...

As Human Resources (HR) is increasingly being held responsible for achieving key strategic organizational objectives and implementing change in departmental and stakeholder contexts, an investigation into its role in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is timely. This qualitative paper draws...

The role of electronic networks in B2B relationships has been growing exponentially. From massive internet B2B exchanges to tiny RFID chips, B2B is increasingly becoming e-B2B. Whilst e-B2B has been explored intra-nationally, its international counterpart is less well documented; as has been the...