... (Kourteas and Vlamis, 2010). Greek tourism has been hit hard by the economic crisis, as tourism and hospitality industries are always influenced by the wider financial conditions at national and international levels (Pappas, 2015). The recession has resulted in the drop in tourism contribution to gross...

... processes (Lutbatkin et al., 2006; Chang et al., 2011 ; Lee and Huang, 2012 ). The purpose of this paper is to assess small- to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)’ ambidexterity strategies during economic recession periods in comparison with those of large firms and identify the managerial...

...Marco Cucculelli; Cristina Bettinelli; Angelo Renoldi Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to focus on how investments in research and development (R&D) and advertising affect the performance of small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) during recessions. Design/methodology/approach...

.... The purpose of this paper is to identify factors that are significantly associated with the delisting risk of restructuring firms. Design/methodology/approach The authors draw on a sample of firms with negative earnings that undertook restructuring during the 2001 economic recession. Logistic regression...

...Jak de Burgundy Reflecting on the growth of state spending on management consultancy this brief article argues that much of this spending has been wasteful or misdirected. Observing that in Britain much of the state’s spending on consultancy has taken place during periods of recession the article...

...Ronald Bigelow; Peng S. Chan The history of business is full of ups and downs. The present (or past?) recession is worrying many businesses and people. Indications are that corporations and management have more to learn from this recession than from prior recessions. For one thing, increasing...

... features of British workplace industrial relations remain unchanged. The economic changes wrought by the recession since 1979 in Scotland and the UK and the resurgence of older traditions in industrial relations are described. © MCB UP Limited 1989 Collective bargaining Industrial relations...