The database contains world, regional and country estimates and projections of the total population, the activity rates and the economically active population (labour force) by sex and five-year age groups (from 15 to 64 years and 65 years and over).The update of the 5th edition shows estimates...

The measurement of school performance for secondary schools in England has developed from simple measures of marginal performance at age 16 to more complex contextual value-added measures that account for pupil prior attainment and background. These models have been developed within the...

Existing research on drivers of customer loyalty such as satisfaction and switching barriers often does not account for possible nonlinear interaction effects (e.g., Jones et al. 2000). General and generalized linear models (e.g., linear regression, logistic regression, or structural equation...

The theoretical frameworks of transaction cost economics and agency theory are widely used to design appropriate governance structure for constraining opportunism within marketing channels. These approaches generally assume that marketing channel managers are opportunistic, and only economic...

Research and practitioners alike have underscored the importance of customer value creation in marketing. For any marketing practice to be successful, it must first create value for customers. This is also true for the practice of relationship marketing, which is enjoying popularity among...

Current marketing channel literature overwhelmingly suggests that entering exchange relationships leads to positive outcomes for the exchange parties. Yet, not all exchanges employ relational exchange. Thus, research appears to lack an understanding of the boundary conditions of successful...