There is a long‐running debate in the business literature on the causes of organizational
failure. On the one hand, classical industrial organization (IO) and organization ecology (OE) …

While corporate fame and publicized successes increase organizational value,
organizational decline and publicized failures can create a dramatic fall in market share or …

This paper deals with divestment, ie, the closure or sell-off of units in foreign locations, or
conversely units owned by foreign firms. Such actions are discussed from the perspective of …

Purpose–Employing the qualitative method, this paper sets out to investigate the role and
function of flagship stores as a market entry mechanism employed by luxury fashion …

In this article we argue that the retail transnational corporation (TNC) is an entity that merits
urgent theoretical and empirical investigation from economic geographers. Using recent …

Corporate branding emerged as a key concept in the late 1990s. A number of leading
retailers have embraced corporate branding and, it could be argued, are among its most …

Many retailers are expanding to foreign markets, however not all internationalization
attempts are successful. This study utilizes an institutional perspective to examine …

Foreign divestment research has focused on identifying divestment drivers but has only
rarely investigated the long-term divestment behavior of companies. This study uses …

Whilst retail internationalization practice has a long history, academic research into retail
internationalization is a more recent phenomenon. We argue in this paper that our …

Der Handel ist in Bewegung: Es entstehen neue Betriebsformen, Vertikalisten konkurrieren
mit klassischen Handelsorganisationen, elektronische und stationäre Kanäle werden in …