European Business Review: Volume 27 Issue 1

Counterfeit purchase typologies during an economic crisis

Constantinos-Vasilios Priporas, Irene Kamenidou, Alexandros Kapoulas, Filomila Maria Papadopoulou

This paper aims to explore, and attempts to explain, consumer perspectives on the purchasing of counterfeit brands. The economic crisis has become a global phenomenon, although in…

A process perspective on trust in buyer–supplier relationships. “Calculus”: An intrinsic component of trust evolution

Houcine AKROUT

The purpose of this article is to show that, within a process perspective, calculus is not only compliant with trust but also that trust forms are integral to its dynamics. Having…

Paradoxes of psychic distance and market entry by software INVs

Paresha Sinha, Mingyang (Ana) Wang, Joanna Scott-Kennel, Jenny Gibb

This paper aims to examine the role of psychic distance during the process of international market entry by software international new ventures (INVs) from small, open economies…

Internationalization flows of high-tech start-ups: a gravity model

Giusy Cannone, Elisa Ughetto

The paper aims to examine the locational determinants of the internationalization flows of high-tech start-ups. It also provides a picture of the current patterns of…

Competitive strategies and their shift to the future

HELEN E. SALAVOU

This article aims to describe the valuable work conducted most recently on competitive strategies. Its purpose is to elaborate on suggestions for theorizing the hybrid form of…