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The study examines the process of international market expansion by a relatively new and small franchisor. Particular emphasis is placed on the company‘s efforts to identify a suitable partner in the host country, the adaptation of the concept to address differences in the new market, and the...
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Purpose This study aims to contribute to the understanding of how elements of the socioecological system shape individual behaviors. The problem of childhood overweight and obesity is analyzed as existing within a complex system of relationships at different levels by means of system dynamics...
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Foreign direct investment by Latin American companies in the USA is growing and significant. Yet, the characteristics of and trends in these investments, and the strategies used by these companies to either enter or exit the USA as well as to maintain their presence are little understood. This...
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Trust plays a significant role in business peoples’ choices of negotiating tactics. This study compares the use of generally accepted negotiating tactics with dubious ones. Findings from a sample of Mexican business people indicate that the type of negotiation (intra‐cultural vs...
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Purpose – This paper aims to present perceptions of sales executives from three countries regarding expectations for the future of the sales profession and sales position. Design/methodology/approach – Results of a thematic interpretation of in‐depth interviews are presented, using several...
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Uses a data set from Guadalajara, Mexico, to investigate the determinants of the wage structure of manual employees in …
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inputs but also the ability of a municipio to utilize these inputs. Data collection in Mexico and online included a long run … Mexico. Originality/value – This is the first study to examine long run growth within a Mexican state at the municipio level … Veracruz and across Mexico.  …
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Purpose – In recent years, small family businesses in Mexico have come under enormous pressure from their external … specific environment such as that of small family businesses in Mexico. Design/methodology/approach – In this study … of the three case studies show that the kaizen approach can be applied to small family businesses in Mexico, but that the …
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to illustrate how small family business (SFB) leader‐founders exhibit a dominant logic of action over less dominant prevailing ones. The authors investigate three logics of action: family, power and economic. Design/methodology/approach – An...
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and economic growth in Mexico. Design/methodology/approach – The paper shows the existence of such relationship in a … real GDP. Since, for most of the period under consideration Mexico experienced inflation rates higher than 10 percent, this … inflation rate exceeds 9 percent, then Mexico's current favorable economic performance might be jeopardized. Originality …
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