Management Decision: Volume 39 Issue 4

Differential pricing and segmentation on the Internet: the case of hotels

Rama Yelkur, Maria Manuela Nêveda DaCosta

In the ever‐changing electronic environment of the twenty‐first century, price is one of the key strategic elements that is often overlooked by firms. The paper addresses…

B2C data privacy policies: current trends

Grace F. Johnson‐Page, R. Scott Thatcher

Reviews 149 business‐to‐consumer (B2C) Web sites in nine countries and across five industries. One wanted to identify patterns that would allow one to draw conclusions about why…

Consumer privacy rights: CPR and the age of the Internet

Prema Nakra

In recent months several high‐profile breaches of consumer privacy have raised public concern about data gathering on the Web. The issue of privacy has led to lawsuits by…

An exploratory study of the smoking issue in restaurants

May Aung, Meng Zhang, Hala Farhat, Wen Gan, Maya Salameh, Lijuan Wu, Qun Yang

The purpose of this study is to identify attitude differences between smokers and non‐smokers regarding smoking in restaurants and existing smoking by‐laws. The findings can…

Canadian chartered banks’ stock returns and exchange rate risk

Roger B. Atindéhou, Jean‐Pierre Gueyie

The sensitivity of Canadian chartered banks to exchange rate risk is analyzed over the period 1988‐1995 through estimating the three‐factor asset pricing model (market, interest…

Corporate governance in microfinance organizations: along and winding road

Marc Labie

Over the last few years, more and more attention has been devoted to microfinance by academics and practitioners interested in development issues. This paper is part of this…

On the marketing of nations and multinational corporations: a competitive positioning mapping

Oded Lowengart, Ehud Menipaz

Examines the competitive position of countries in Southern Europe in attracting multinational corporations (MNCs) through direct foreign investments (DFIs). Articulates the…

Japan’s journey to the future

Robert R. Picard, John C. Groth

Like many companies that have experienced enormous domestic success but then stumbled when attempting to enter international markets, Japan is finding that the international scene…

Small group communication and performance: do cognitive flexibility and context matter?

Matthew H. Roy

Global competition and its resultant product proliferation have left a multitude of organizations scrambling to deal with their oft‐chaotic environment. Many organizations have…