Sustaining desired consumer behaviors is challenging for marketers. Organizations adopt various marketing strategies to retain their consumers, yet the role of corporate social responsibility (CSR) in this regard has been generally overlooked. The current study investigates the relationship...

Information asymmetry between insiders and outsiders creates various issues for a firm, such as the agency problem where managers pursue their own interests even at the cost of the well-being of the firm's shareholders, and probable external financial constraints where external investors...

Many structural changes have occurred in the European Union countries, for example, there have been changes in sectoral employment share, in the demand of goods due to technology, in trade patterns and in technology. These structural changes may affect the process of convergence. Most of the...