Oman's history is characterized by duality of marketing structures. The spatial structure of these two different economic systems can be analyzed with reports on economic activity in Oman from several decades either side of 1900. Coastal Oman has always been very trade oriented and thus open to...

The history of Oman is largely a story of competition, and often conflict, between two very different entities. This duality was even symbolized by the name of the country, “Sultanate of Muscat and Oman,” until 1970. The sultanate was formed from the fusion of the Batina coastal plain and...

Overseas Chinese have traditionally dominated trade and marketing in Southeast Asia. Domination of marketing channels arose in trade contact with the local, subsistence agricultural economy. Chinese traders established their businesses in major trade centers which were connected to the...

Economic justice is a critical concern for many societies, frequently fostering debate on the nature of economic systems. Often religious revival contributes substantially to this discussion, because religion is a major source of ethics. This paper examines ‘Buddhist economics' in modern urban...

Recent decades have seen the growth of several streams of reform Buddhism among the urban middle class in Thailand. They can be categorized along two dimensions which give a sort of psychographic profile of followers of the streams. The different movements have similar views toward personal...

This paper describes the development of a research agenda in the College of Business and Economics at the American University of Kuwait. One driving factor for developing an agenda is the need to satisfy AACSB requirements. AACSB encourages strong development of students' analytic and...

Thailand's success at pursuing development over the past century has fostered economic growth, urbanization, and the rise of an educated urban middle class. However, many middle class Thai feel that economic success has not bred happiness, but rather, new and bigger problems. They hope for...

Purpose – This paper aims to investigate the effect of several valuable resources (organizational reputation, human resource management (HRM) practices, networks, and vertical integration in production) in explaining the performance of rice-milling firms in Thailand.Design/Methodology/Approach...

Purpose – The aim of this paper is to measure new product development (NPD) success factors in the Thai food industry.Design/Methodology/Approach – The quantitative research was designed based upon previous qualitative analysis by Suwannaporn and Speece. A total of 114 questionnaires sent to...

This small pilot research examines perceptions about key success factors among Iranian firms which export barberry (Berberis vulgaris), a fruit grown in Khorasan Jonobi (South Khorasan). We contrast two sets of marketing elements, marketing actions the firm takes, mostly oriented toward product...