Management Research News: Volume 31 Issue 2

Recent trends in UK cross‐border mergers and acquisitions

Mohammad Faisal Ahammad, Keith W. Glaister

This paper seeks to outline the driving forces behind the acceleration of cross‐border mergers and acquisitions (CBMAs) and to review the recent trends involving United Kingdom…

Nature of virtual teams: a summary of their advantages and disadvantages

Blaise J. Bergiel, Erich B. Bergiel, Phillip W. Balsmeier

This paper aims to extend knowledge about virtual teams and their advantages and disadvantages in a global business environment.

Exceeding government‐mandated social programs: minority supplier development programs

Vickie Cox Edmondson, Won S. Suh, George Munchus

This paper sets out to promote individual enterprise responsibility and provide recommendations that will strengthen the relationship between large firms and small businesses…

Private label competition: the perspective of Swedish branded goods manufacturers

Magnus Hultman, Robert A. Opoku, Esmail Salehi‐Sangari, Pejvak Oghazi, Quang Thong Bui

This paper aims to gain a better understanding of how Swedish branded goods manufacturers (BGMs) deal with the increased usage of private labels.

Random walk, capital market efficiency and predicting stock returns for Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited

Jeffrey E. Jarrett

This paper seeks to study capital market efficiency, because results may infer that there are predictable properties of the time series of prices of traded securities on organized…