FROM time to time in theIRJis intended to devote a complete issue of the Register to the research activities of a single institution. This is particularly appropriate where an institution is engaged in a large number of projects the majority of which are likely to be of interest to our readers. We are beginning, in this issue, with a selection of the research projects currently in progress at the Manchester Business School. Institutional and individual subscribers wishing to include their research activities in future issues of theIRJare asked to contact Mr. B. Towers and to follow the requirements outlined inNotes for Contributorson pp. 88–8