Industry reputation crises trigger producers and consumers to switch to certification as a signal of quality, especially in a weak institutional environment. In this paper, we posit that firm certification as a signaling mechanism involves the co-evolution of firms and consumers. We investigate...

Purpose: The main purpose of this study is to identify the dimensions of hotel employees’ job risk perceptions and develop a measurement scale for this construct. Design/methodology/approach: Four studies using a mixed-method design were conducted to develop and validate the scale of hotel...

Purpose – A firm will seek an optimal balance between internal R&D and technology outsourcing when formulating its innovation strategy. This paper aims to provide a review of the determinants of firm's innovation strategy, and performs an empirical study on a sample from Chinese high‐tech...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is research the relationship between size of government and FDI inflows of the host country, and provide a strategies. Design/methodology/approach – Adopting the fixed effect model of panel data, this paper uses related observations from 81 countries...