Management Research Review: Volume 33 Issue 12

Ownership structure and corporate diversification strategies of Chinese business groups

Jun Zhao

Diversified business groups have become active players in Chinese economy in the recent years. While several studies have been conducted to examine the role of external factors…

Addressing key sustainable supply chain management issues using rough set methodology

Chunguang Bai, Joseph Sarkis, Xiaopeng Wei

This paper aims to introduce relatively novel multi‐supply chain activity overview rough set theoretic applications to aid management decision making with an especial focus on…

Efficient markets hypothesis and daily variation in small Pacific‐basin stock markets

Jeffrey E. Jarrett

The purpose of this paper is to indicate the existence of certain time series characteristics in daily stock returns of four small Asian (Pacific basin) financial markets. It aims…

Microfinance and gender considerations in developed countries: The case of Catalonia

Glòria Estapé‐Dubreuil, Consol Torreguitart‐Mirada

The purpose of this paper is to focus on the role played by microfinance institutions (MFI) in the improvement of women's micro‐entrepreneurship in economically developed…

The context matters: Understanding the evolution of Finnish and Irish entrepreneurship policies

Jarna Heinonen, Ulla Hytti, Thomas M. Cooney

The paper aims to describe the manner in which entrepreneurship policies are embedded in the national contexts and then through analysis offers a deeper understanding of the…

Gaming outcome of accountants and human capital theory: Macau evidence

Philip Law

Macau is a major gambling city in Asia, with many tourists and customers visiting its casinos every day. These visitors include not only recreational and pathological gamblers…

Good to great: lessons for managers

Greg Filbeck, Raymond Gorman, Diane Parente, Xin Zhao

Jim Collins' Good to Great is but one of many popular press books on management. In his book, Collins discusses the keys to success for today's corporations. Many managers flocked…