Purpose – To draw attention to a particular outsourcing risk that has not yet been adequately addressed in the literature, namely information leakage arising from acts of accidental disclosure or even purposeful betrayal by consultants that work for several client firms at the same time....

Purpose – This study aims to identify perceptual, experience related, demographic, socio‐economic and situational characteristics of internet banking adopters and non‐adopters. In particular, perceptual differences between IB adopters and non‐adopters are to be examined....

Purpose – To examine the literature on counterfeit products and explore whether imitation and counterfeit product activities can actually facilitate the development of new products. Design/methodology/approach – The paper examines the dominant school of thought on counterfeit products that...

Purpose – The paper aims to investigate the main aspects of perceptions of the Mini brand in the UK. Given that consumers' perceptions of a brand are represented by brand awareness and brand image, this research undertakes an in‐depth investigation of the image of the BMW Mini brand in its...

Purpose – This paper aims to adopt a consumer behaviour perspective and investigate the extent to which BMW has repositioned the new “Mini”. It builds on a previous paper that explored perceptions of the “Mini” brand. Design/methodology/approach – The study adopted a two‐stage...

Looks at the use of turnover rents as a solution for both retailers and developers in the light of the current retail market to consider whether turnover rents will become more widely adopted. Examines turnover rent from the retailers′ viewpoint and the developers′ viewpoint, as well as the...