This paper studies the effect of an emission tax on the relocation decision in a duopoly with exogenous vertical product differentiation. We establish the relationship between quality difference, relocation cost, and marginal damage of emissions in a two-country-setting for three cases: An...

By adopting a firm-focused perspective to value creation in order to unveil the firm-specific meanings and interpretations of value creation, the paper explores how companies with a different position in a global value chain perceive the internal and external value they create. Based on...

Since the financial scandals of the 2000s, the business environment has been punctuated by fraud and ethical problems that increase uncertainty and risk in the conduct of business. Researchers and practitioners have analyzed these scandals as the result of the weakness and failure of corporate...

In their development of national systems of innovation, catching up countries with low or moderate innovation performance usually focus on top-down approach and centralized implementation of innovation policy instruments. Given the limited resources and knowledge, there is a strong rationale for...

Discussions on the effectiveness of different approaches to waste management are often disputed. On the one hand, there are those that claim that environmental protection regulations are beneficial to the economy and encourage technological innovation, more efficient processing and the use of...

This paper represents a case study research that considers business model from a practice and dynamic perspective. It studies the transformation of the business model of a French Château that produces and values wine through a green strategy. It shows how the implementation of eco-conception...

According to the latest data for 2016, Croatian tourism accounts for 18.1% of Croatia's GDP. It puts it in the leading economic activity of Croatia. Tourism by the NKD is not one of the ten categorized classes of economic activity, but is a community of several subsectors and activities which we...

Regulation of professions that provide services to the public is necessary to ensure the quality of their services and to protect the interests of their users. However, it can have adverse effects like eliminating or restricting the competition and reducing the transparency. Therefore,...

Foreign Exchange rate movement is one of the most important indicator for investors decision to invest in the Foreign Exchange and Forex markets. The development of this market and gaining stability of this progress is possible through the investment of the investors. If investors invest keeping...

This aim of this study is to examine the Nomination Committee (NC) in Maltese listed companies. The study achieves this by assessing the Maltese regulatory framework relating to this Committee, as well as its roles, status and effectiveness. A predominantly qualitative mixed methodology was...