...María Fernández-Muiños; Roberto Sánchez-Gómez; Luis Vázquez-Suárez Purpose This study aims to reveal how the organizational structure (vertical integration vs. franchising) of 308 stores in a Spanish fashion retail franchise chain affects their performance measured through two key performance...

... the drivers of CSR in fashion small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and their relationship with business performance. The researchers also analyzed the country and level of internationalization effects of these companies. Design/methodology/approach With a sample of 212 fashion SMEs from Spain...

...' resistance to change and poor performance evaluation. Moreover, this study demonstrates how buyers can enhance their support to suppliers to receive defect-free products. Research limitations/implications Whereas the garment industry has more than four thousand suppliers, this study considers only four...

...Pericles Ramón Mejía-Vásquez; Roberto Sánchez-Gómez; Sheila Serafim da Silva; Luis Vázquez-Suárez Purpose This research seeks to discover how the organisational form (franchising vs vertical integration) of 384 fashion stores belonging to a Spanish franchise chain influences unit-level performance...

...Laura Rienda; Lorena Ruiz-Fernández; Lindsey Carey Purpose This research investigates the role that having a trademark and a social media presence play in the development of international activities as well as their influence on performance for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) operating...

... questionnaires (n=222). The exploratory factor analysis was performed using “R” software. Identified factors were ranked using AHP methodology; 12 experts from various fashion institutes participated in identifying the factors. Findings Based upon the results of the exploratory study, non-conforming...

... and attitude, but weakly influenced usage intention; performance still strongly influenced ease of use, usefulness, and attitude. In addition, only indirect influences came from tech optimism to usefulness and usage intention, aesthetics to ease of use, and performance to usage intention. The TAM relationships...

... indeed perform better after acquisition. The average pre‐acquisition ROE, ROS and ROA was compared to the average post‐acquisition returns with a sign rank test to determine the number of firms exhibiting +/− change and tested to determine if the trends exhibited were significant. Results indicate...