The volume of trading carried out through auctions has increased over the last few years as information technology has spread ever further and data transmission connections have improved. An auction is a tool used to determine the exchange ratio, that is the price to be paid for goods, services...

In the current conditions of over-supply, firms are paying high attention to pricing decisions in order to defend their competitive positioning. Modern pricing strategies are able to take into account changed market conditions or, in other words, demand characterised by strong volatility and non...

The world of sport, as an economic phenomenon, is an array of extremely complex elements. In this context, professional football clubs are amongst the best-known entities to the general public. Clubs are where the interests of media, sponsors and all others involved are concentrated most. In...

Relying both on TC and RBV, we argue that cooperation with public actors allows firms to access the key resources for designing and locating infrastructure facilities and, at the same time, to mitigate information costs and the risks of opportunistic behaviour. Our model has been tested through...

In this paper, we respond to the calls for context-specific scholarship and research on human resource management (HRM) in Asia. We provide an overview of and key insights into HRM in five Asian countries, representing five key regions: China (East Asia), India (South Asia), Kazakhstan (Central...

Using the resource-based view of the firm, this article examines how different resources are used by small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in response to environmental uncertainty in an emerging market context. A survey was conducted involving 212 owners, CEOs, or managing directors of SMEs...