Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present an integrated framework for ethical decision making in uncertain conditions, such as those of entrepreneurship. The model aims to build an exceptional ethical heuristic employable by entrepreneurs. Design/methodology/approach – The...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to establish the consensus about the tremendous economic success of the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) and explore theories of popular disapproval of TARP. Design/methodology/approach – The analytical approach in this paper is a multivariate...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide information for facility managers, building owners, and designers to increase their knowledge of research vocabulary and methods. Using evidence‐based design criteria to add value to the workplace via facility management and design, and...

Purpose – Government‐owned utility systems at many locations are old, obsolete, and unreliable. Replacement of these systems has become more technically and operationally complex, thereby making them more difficult for personnel to operate and maintain. In response, some governmental...

Purpose – The main purpose of this paper is to systematically identify important factors that are considered in decision making of maintenance cost and discuss how these factors affect maintenance performance. Design/methodology/approach – This paper employs triangulation technique, which...

Purpose Within the next 20–30 years, adaptive reuse will have the greatest potential to reduce the built environment's environmental impact. Despite this, stakeholders still do not have sufficient points of reference in justifying and evaluating their adaptation practice decisions. The...

This paper presents an exploratory study on the activities undertaken by the top decision‐makers of the Italian yarn firms to define an image of demand in this sector for the next collections. The ability to construct an image of demand, which has been shown in the past to be effective, is...

Purpose – The objective of the research is to develop implementation strategies for producers at the fashion apparel supply chain upstream, in order to move towards a more coordinated, streamlined and responsive process. Design/methodology/approach – Qualitative action research was conducted...

Purpose – The purpose of this study is to investigate the role of aesthetics in female consumers' evaluation of apparel quality during the decision‐making process. Design/methodology/approach – A qualitative research style was followed and unstructured interviews and focus group interviews...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate young adult consumers' (i.e. university undergraduates') evaluations of consumer behavior scenarios as ethical or unethical in relation to the respondents' philosophies of human nature. Design/methodology/approach – An existing ethical...