Currency movements create difficulties for businessmen and investors and for the authorities in management of the economy. Attempts have been made to devise measures of a currency's strength against a group of other currencies by using trade-weighted currency indexes. While they all attempt to...

This study tests a central proposition of institutional theory, that organizational isomorphism increases organizational legitimacy. Results show that isomorphism in the strategies of commercial banks is related to legitimacy conferred by bank regulators and the media, even in the presence of...

While most strategic group research has focused on performance implications, we consider the relationship between strategic group membership and reputation. Using strategic group identity and domain consensus concepts, we propose strategic groups have different reputations. We find significant...

Drawing from economic and cognitive theories, researchers have argued that firms within an industry tend to cluster together, following similar strategies. Their positioning in strategic groups, in turn, is argued to influence firm actions and firm performance. We extend this research to examine...

In this study we consider how and when interpersonal relations between chief executive officers (CEOs) and journalists can influence the content of journalists' reporting about corporate leaders and their firms. Specifically, we draw from the social psychological literature on interpersonal...

We draw from socio-emotional wealth and social identity research to develop a theory on reputational differences among family and non-family firms. We propose that family members identify more strongly with their family firm than non-family members do with either a family or non-family firm....

A question invariably recurs in discussions about corporate reputation: are they cause, consequence, or epiphenomenon? That is: do they have an independent causal effect on corporate performance; are they a consequence of good financial performance? Or are they an incidental by-product? The second...

Discussion and ConclusionReferences; SECTION II NATIONAL CONTEXT AND REPUTATION; Does Country Really Matter? Exploring the Contextual Effect of Individual Self-construal in Reaping the Relational Benefits...; Introduction; Theory; Customer-based Corporate Reputation; Customer-level Outcomes of...