Information obtained from a Purchasing Management Intelligence System (PMIS) can provide the valuable input into a firm's strategic planning process. Because of scarce resources and the criticality of market mistakes, it is even more essential that small firms take advantage of this information...

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine factors affecting the relationship between annual changes in the amount of corporate foundation giving and changes in corporate reputation. The factors investigated included the existing corporate reputation and the economic conditions....

Purpose: This paper examines how the inferred motives for corporate philanthropy relate to the types of charitable causes supported. Design/methodology/approach: Published data were obtained for 256 publicly traded and private corporations from a variety of sources. Findings: The results...