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Summer 2010
Editorial
Steve Downing
The sequence of papers in this Summer issue runs from governance to
management development to strategy and marketing. The first two papers offer scholarly provocation, suggesting simple expectations about good governance and the effectiveness of goal setting in management education may be misplaced. First, Kaouthar Lajili and Daniel Zéghal in 'Corporate governance and bankruptcy filing decisions’ show in a closely argued analysis of governance in financially distressed US companies between 2001 and 2003 that corporate governance is a complex and multi-faceted concept where various elements interact. Despite drawing on agency theory and resource dependence theory to produce some plausible propositions relating good governance to reduced likelihood of financial distress and bankruptcy filings, not all of the propositions are supported. For example the impact of CEO turnover and the independence of independent directors is not a simple matter. Thus although the recent financial crisis and failure of US and UK banks might seem to call for urgent action to improve governance the authors believe more research is needed before new well founded regulation could be recommended…
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Spring 2010
Editorial
Steve Downing
Spring is traditionally a time for renewal and new beginnings and this feeling may be enhanced entering a newdecade. What’s new in this Spring Issue of the JGM?
Our first paper by Gianfranco Walsh and Vincent Mitchell offers an empirically tested new model of the intention to buy private label brands (brands sold under retailers’ own brands). The findings argue against conventional wisdom and previous research which suggests that price and attitude to private label brands are the leading factors. A range of other factors are highlighted which may suggest opportunities for retailers to change their strategies... |
Winter 2009
Editor’s Introduction
Steve Downing
All over the world small businesses are the dominant organisational form and because they can have a huge impact on employment and innovation governments strive to support them with effective support programmes.
Our first paper in this issue, by Rami Schayek and Dov Dvir, reports research that provides a new level of detail in findings on the effectiveness of different qualitative and quantitative elements of such support programmes. It should be of particular interest to consultants and those running and working in small businesses as well as those in government responsible for enterprise... |
Winter 2004
Giving your organisation SPIRIT: an overview and call to action for directors on issues of corporate governance, corporate reputation and corporate responsibility.
Steve Downing, Carola Hillenbrand, Keith MacMillan, Kevin Money
A focus on the strength of a business's relationships provides directors with a practical means of successfully managing three of their core concerns - Corporate Governance, Corporate Reputation and Corporate Responsibility. This paper both demonstrates the use of a new relationship-measuring tool and argues cogently for its more widespread application. |
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