...Jean L. Heck; Darren W. Dahl; Kamal Smimou Purpose The purpose of this paper is to focus on the perceptions that undergraduate students formed and provides further insight into the relationship between perceived teaching quality (with its descriptors) and student motivation. Design/methodology...

...Fotios Pasiouras; Ana Lozano‐Vivas Purpose The paper attempts to analyze vertical product differentiation as a strategy pursued by European banks seeking greater market power and higher reputation for quality, and to examine whether this entails losses in banking efficiency. Design/methodology...

...Mahmoud M. Nourayi; Lawrence S. Tai Purpose This paper aims to examine the synchronous and lagged relationships between CEOs' pay and the performance of a group of public companies that had won a very prestigious award: the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award (MBNQA). Design/methodology...

... that the performance explanation may not lie in the size of the 10‐K itself. Beverly B. Marshall can be contacted at: bmarshall@business.auburn.edu © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2006 Quality Quantitative methods Finance Disclosure Financial information is essential in making sound...

...Robert A. Davis; Gary L. Stading Executives are searching for ways to deliver consistent improvements in productivity and profitability while addressing economic realities. One initiative that has been discovered by many organizations is the integration a quality process into their or ganization...