Purpose – This paper aims to assess the performance evaluation of major international airports in the world. Design/methodology/approach – In this study, the authors utilized data envelopment analysis in an input‐oriented method to discuss the overall operational performance of 20 major...

Purpose – Internationally, change in healthcare is often a result of a knee jerk reaction to high‐profile adverse events. Alternatively, change is driven by a reductionist set of targets and indicators, which do not reflect the complexity of hospitals. This paper posits that hospitals would...

Purpose – The objective of this paper is to assess the relative efficiency of 12 selected Asia Pacific countries in their development of knowledge‐based economies (KEs). Design/methodology/approach – The performances of the selected countries are evaluated using data envelopment analysis...

Purpose – This paper tries to find how investors evaluate mutual fund performance, not only based on both quantitative but also qualitative criteria. Design/methodology/approach – This paper adopts the modified Delphi method and the analytical hierarchy process (AHP) to design an assessment...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to critically review the latest approaches for capturing and explaining heterogeneity in partial least squares (PLS) path modelling and to classify these into a methodological taxonomy. Furthermore, several areas for future research effort are introduced...

Purpose – The aim is to investigate and group the strategic motives that firms engage in cooperative R&D by exploring a new method. Design/methodology/approach – Four theories are adopted to explain the motives and they are cited as the base to categorize the motives into four factors. A...

Purpose – This paper attempts to explore different approaches of franchisee satisfaction within an academic setting, develop and validate a new measuring instrument, examine the key factors and the intention to remain in the network, and eventually manage the franchise network for long‐term...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to identify and evaluate the relationships among the flexibility enablers and to prepare a hierarchy of these enablers to know their influences over each other in global supply chain. The framework suggests that the priority of enablers in supply chain...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to integrate aspects of the literature on strategic and performance groups and explicitly derive strategic/performance groups which exhibit differences with respect to both strategy and performance, as well as display associations and potential...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to assess the relationship between South Africa's foreign direct investment (FDI) and economic fundamentals at the municipal level. Design/methodology/approach – The paper develops a data set and an econometric model to analyze FDI flows at the...