This study reports on the construction and psychometric assessment of a measure of export market orientation. Four multi-item scales were developed showing strong evidence of reliability and convergent, discriminant, and nomological validity in samples of U.K. and Dutch exporters. Further...

Clearly, managers must take into consideration the possible effect of their marketing strategies on the value of the firm. Charles Pahud de Mortanges and Alireza Tourani Rad use event-study analysis to test the hypothesis that the stock market value of a firm can be negatively affected by bad...

It is often assumed that brands represent an asset, as well as a source of current and future earnings and cash flows for a firm. As such, the value of the brand, or brand equity, should manifest itself in the market value of the firm and thus have an impact on shareholder value. Yet, almost no...

This paper examines the political risk assessment strategies of 23 Dutch firms. After a review of how political risk is defined throughout the literature, different assessment methods and management of risk are discussed. We then investigated the importance of various risk elements, the...

This study provides theoretical and practical insight into the use of control mechanisms in exporter-distributor relationships under different situational circumstances. The results support the different characteristics and requirements underlying three (outcome-based, behavior-based, and...