Management Research News: Volume 32 Issue 2

Organizational culture and performance: a Brazilian case

Adriana Victoria Garibaldi de Hilal, Ursula Wetzel, Vicente Ferreira

The purpose of this research project is to focus on the acquisition of a Brazilian state owned energy distribution company by a Spanish conglomerate during the privatization…

Effect of product category on promotional choice: comparative study of discounts and freebies

Subhojit Banerjee

Marketers have been using discounts and freebies for sales promotion strategy for a long time, yet a dilemma concerning better promotion remains. The paper tries to address this…

The development of mutual fund market in Russia

Yurij Lukashin, Ivan Lukashin

The purpose of this paper is to describe development of Russian mutual fund (MF) market, to suggest and apply methodology of statistical analysis of management quality, to…

Post‐merger corporate performance: an Indian perspective

Raj Kumar

The purpose of this paper is to examine the post‐merger operating performance of acquiring companies involved in merger activities during the period 1999‐2002 in India. It…

Internationalisation of Essel Propack Ltd (EPL)

Rajesh K. Pillania

The purpose of this paper is to study the internationalisation of an Indian company. It examines how a company from an emerging market becomes a leading player in the global…

Board characteristics and involvement in strategic decision making: The Nigerian perspective

Chris Ogbechie, Dimitrios N. Koufopoulos, Maria Argyropoulou

This paper aims to review how corporate governance is institutionalised in Nigeria and examine the relationship between board size, CEOs’ duality, board composition and the…

Does good corporate governance matter? Best practice in Poland

Maria Aluchna

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationship between compliance with corporate governance best practice and corporate performance within Poland.

Guest editorial

Rajesh K. Pillania