Research indicates a positive correlation between firm-specific characteristics and international entrepreneurship, vis-a-vis the mode of market entry selected for overseas markets. Equally, the level of international entrepreneurial orientation is related to specific prevailing factors in the...

In this study, we use a cross-sectionally correlated and timewise autoregressive model and panel data for the period 1966--2000 to investigate human development as a measure of host country absorptive capacity in 30 developed and developing countries. The results suggest that technology...

Set against the background of initial relatively low cross-country income and considerable poverty and deprivation in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), the question of whether globalisation is associated with a 'catching up' in terms of real income growth, in absolute and relative terms, is both...

Research indicates a positive correlation between firm-specific characteristics and international entrepreneurship, vis-a-vis the mode of market entry selected for overseas markets. Equally, the level of international entrepreneurial orientation is related to specific prevailing factors in the...

Customer orientation is a fine ideal. Making it a reality is difficult for many organizations. Provides a framework to guide management through the process of building a customer‐driven philosophy. It is hoped that by means of such a framework it will be possible to evaluate an...

Purpose – This paper aims to explore how the complex interrelationship between historical factors and socio‐economic contexts contributed in shaping the contemporary representation of African entrepreneurship in Britain. Using this prism, it highlights some of the critical developmental...

The phenomenal spread of privatization initiatives in sub‐Saharan Africa since the 1980s created the impression that public infrastructure divestiture is a shortcut to economic growth and development. This has proven not to be the case due to the lack of enabling institutional prerequisites....

Purpose – This paper aims to explore patients' satisfaction with access to treatment in both the public and private healthcare sectors in London. Design/methodology/approach – Qualitative and quantitative methods were employed to determine patients' levels of satisfaction. A...

Aims to provide a clear rationale as to why customer responsiveness is an essential aspect of an organizational system, focusing specifically on higher education (HE) institutions. Introduces and discusses material from the political contingency and competitive positioning schools of thought....