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Strategic-hybrid orientations and perceived business performance in medium/high-tech SMEs
Antonio Manuel Magalhães-Teixeira, José L. Roldán, Antonio Genaro Leal MillánThis paper aims to investigate the direct and combined impacts of entrepreneurial orientation (EO) and conservative orientation (CO) on perceived business performance (PBP) of…
The credibility of external audits of management systems – the audited enterprises’ perspective
Piotr Rogala, Piotr Kafel, Maciej UrbaniakThis paper deals with external audits, which are now commonly used in many industries (e.g. food, automotive and electrical). This study aims to assess whether a given…
Understanding masstige wine brands’ potential for consumer-brand relationships
Paula Rodrigues, Ana Sousa, Ana Pinto Borges, Paulo Matos Graça RamosThis study aims to fill various gaps detected in the literature on mass prestige (hereafter referred to as masstige) theory. The originality of the work stems from the…
Do total quality management and external factors matter? The effect of innovation behaviour on innovation performance in banks
Samuel KoomsonAlthough total quality management (TQM) is an innovative management philosophy, how it connects innovative behaviour (INB) to innovation performance (INP) has gone unnoticed…
Strategic planning, budget monitoring and growth optimism: evidence from Australian SMEs
John Rice, Nigel Martin, Muhammad Mustafa Raziq, Mumtaz Ali Memon, Peter FiegerGrowth optimism, which describes the expected future growth of a firm, is an important but underexplored construct in strategy. This paper aims to assess the planning antecedents…
Theory of environmentally responsible behavior (TERB) to predict waste reduction behaviors among young coastal tourists: a case of Bangladesh
Abdulla Al-Towfiq Hasan, Rukaya AzizThe purpose of this paper is to develop the theory of environmentally responsible behavior by extending the theory of planned behavior to empirically examine waste reduction…
The (un)sustainable mix: supply chain finance, sustainability ratings and liquidity
Luca Mattia Gelsomino, Kim Olde Riekerink, Elisa Medina, Thomas BortolottiThis study aims to investigate the interaction effect between offering supply chain finance (SCF) programmes and sustainability ratings on the liquidity performance of buyers and…
Understanding the manufacturing reshoring decision-making content through the lens of the Eclectic Paradigm: a systematic literature review
Haihan Li, Per Hilletofth, David Eriksson, Wendy TateThis study aims to investigate the manufacturing reshoring decision-making content from an Eclectic Paradigm perspective.
Are business growth and entrepreneurial motivations competing with environmental intention among nascent entrepreneurs?
Azzedine Tounés, Erno TornikoskiThe purpose of this study is to investigate whether business growth intention (BGI) and entrepreneurial motivations enhance the explanatory power of the theory of planned behavior…
Sustainable prosperity: unravelling the Nordic nexus of ESG, financial performance, and corporate governance
Anup Kumar Saha, Imran KhanIn the swiftly evolving business landscape, environmental, social and governance (ESG) considerations have gained exceptional prominence, as stakeholders increasingly emphasize…
Corporate engagement with start-ups (CEWS): a systematic review of literature and future research agenda
Sonika Jha, Anil Kumar Singh, Sriparna BasuThe purpose of this paper is to provide a systematic review of literature on corporate engagement with start-ups (CEWS) by identifying the modes, contexts, antecedents, barriers…
Determinants of engagement with and of stakeholders in CSR decision-making: a stakeholder perspective
Rim GhezalThis study aims to explore the determinants of engagement with and of stakeholders in corporate social responsibility (CSR) decision-making.
Sustainability drivers and national culture in buyer-supplier environmental practices: an institutional perspective
Zahra Ahmadi-Gh, Alejandro Bello-Pintado, Thomas Bortolotti, Stefania BoscariThis study aims to explore how sustainability drivers interact with national culture to explain the adoption of buyer–supplier environmental sustainability practices.
The role of conflict and opportunism on the duality of satisfaction in B2B sales relationships
Carlos Ferro-Soto, Carmen Padin, Mornay Roberts-Lombard, Goran Svensson, Nils HøgevoldThis study aims to explore the direct and indirect effects of sales opportunism and sales conflict as well as of non-economic and economic satisfaction in business-to-business…
The effect of transformational leadership on restaurant employees on trust, altruistic intention and organizational commitment: the moderation effect of surface acting
Üzeyir Kement, Bihter Zeybek, Sinem Soylu, Gül Erkol Bayram, Ali RazaThis study aims to investigate the impact of the transformational leadership style on the behaviour of restaurant employees. Also, it was aimed to investigate the effect of…
Resources integrators in social media: an analysis of value cocreation
Mauricio Losada-Otalora, Nathalie Peña-García, Jorge Juliao-RossiThis study aims to identify the groups of value cocreators in the context of social media in the retail banking industry and resources that predict customer membership among…
Do trade barriers have the same effect on SMEs in a country under sanctions? The case study of Iran
Khadijeh Hassanzadeh, Kiumars Shahbazi, Mohammad Movahedi, Olivier GaussensThis paper aims to investigate the difference between the impacts of indicators of trade barriers (TBs) on bankrupt enterprises (BEs), new enterprises (NEs) and other enterprises…
Economic policy uncertainty and SMEs’ investment efficiency in France: does competitive pressure matter?
Taher Hamza, Zeineb Barka, Jean-François Verdie, Maher Al SayahThis paper aims to investigate empirically the impact of economic policy uncertainty (EPU) on small-to-medium enterprises’ (SMEs) investment efficiency and whether product market…
Antecedents of Industry 4.0 capabilities and technological innovation: a dynamic capabilities perspective
Ayman wael AL-Khatib, Ahmed Shuhaiber, Ibrahim Mashal, Manaf Al-OkailyThis paper aims to empirically examine the impact of dynamic capabilities on Industry 4.0 capabilities in small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Jordan. It also aims to examine…
Green manufacturing practices and SMEs’ sustainable performance: a moderated mediation mechanisms of green innovation and managerial discretion
Adel Omar, Alaa Al-shari, Syed Haider Ali Shah, Gül Erkol Bayram, Eman Zameer Rahman, Marco ValeriDrawing on the resource-based view, ecological modernization theory and upper-echelon theory, this study aims to explore how green manufacturing practices (GMGP) affect the…
Subsidiary political embeddedness: mechanisms for leveraging local competences
Ana Botella-Andreu, Cristina Villar, José Pla-Barber, Ulf AnderssonThis study aims to investigate the drivers of political embeddedness and the possible outcome in terms of autonomy and subsidiary unique competences.
The interplay among paradoxical leadership, industry 4.0 technologies, organisational ambidexterity, strategic flexibility and corporate sustainable performance in manufacturing SMEs of Malaysia
Mohammad Imtiaz Hossain, Jeetesh Kumar, Md. Tariqul Islam, Marco ValeriManufacturing firms must embrace smart technologies and develop complex leadership approaches to achieve sustainability. Using the dynamic capability theory, this paper aims to…
Influence of corporate governance on exit time: evidence from French zombie firms
David Veganzones, Eric SeverinThis study investigates the connection between corporate governance and zombie firm’s exit time.
Cross-cultural examination of successful entrepreneurial small and medium-sized enterprises
Ana Balhico, Renato Pereira, Hajer JarrarThe purpose of this study is to evaluate the potential variances in strategic entrepreneurial small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) across different countries while also…
A decision model for international market selection by entrepreneurs: a cross-country investigation
Marwan N. Al Qur’anThis study aims to examine the international market selection process of entrepreneurs operating internationally.
Winning hearts and minds: the charismatic leader’s role in SME productivity
Charbel Salloum, Hajer Jarrar, Nathalie Chaanine, Maher Al Sayah, Jean-François VerdieThis study focuses on exploring charismatic leadership within Lebanese Information Technology (IT) small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and its influence on productivity…
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