Motivations of small United Kingdom businesses are discussed in order to dispel myths and misconceptions regarding their operations.The purpose is to dismiss the idea that small businesses are scaled-down versions of their larger counterparts, while highlighting the emotion and complexity that...

This study is the first to estimate the empirical effects of minimum resale price maintenance (RPM) across a broad variety of products. We analyze conflicting theories using an exogenous state-level law change resulting from the 2007 Leegin Supreme Court decision. In states where RPM contracts...

In recent times, the persuasiveness of accounting information has received increasing attention in the literature. Prior research has focused on the persuasiveness of accounting numbers, either ignoring narratives or focusing on how they are often dismissed as ‘soft' or ‘subjective'....

Investors in People (IIP), a national Standard for the quality of training and development, was introduced in 1990 with the aim of creating a benchmark, or kitemark (Bennett, Wicks and McCoshan, 1994) enabling organisations to improve the quality and effectiveness of their training and...