Management Decision: Volume 56 Issue 5

Impacts of regulatory focus and institutions on innovation

Birton J. Cowden, Joshua S. Bendickson

Many factors influence entrepreneurs, some of which influence the level of innovation (i.e. innovative or imitative) of new products or services pursued. The purpose of this paper…

The roles of macro and micro institutions in corporate social responsibility (CSR): Evidence from listed firms in China

Xin Pan, Xuanjin Chen, Lutao Ning

Firms’ corporate social responsibility (CSR) behaviour is embedded in the institutional context. Under this logic, the purpose of this paper is to investigate the institutional…

Bayesian analysis in entrepreneurship decision-making research: Review and future directions

Franz T. Lohrke, Charles M. Carson, Archie Lockamy

The purpose of this paper is to review Bayesian analysis in recent entrepreneurship research to assess how scholars have employed these methods to study the entrepreneurship…

A credit rating model based on a customer number bell-shaped distribution

Yajing Zhang, Guotai Chi

The purpose of this paper is to split loan customers to different credit ratings to ensure the results that show that customers with lower credit ratings have higher loss rates…

A cross-country comparison of green initiatives, green performance and financial performance

Fang Chen, Thomas Ngniatedema, Suhong Li

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationship between green initiatives, green performance, and a firm’s financial performance in the world. The existing literature…

The influence of team reflexivity and shared meta-knowledge on the curvilinear relationship between team diversity and team ambidexterity

Ci-Rong Li, Chun-Xuan Li, Chen-Ju Lin, Jing Liu

The purpose of this paper is to explicate the influence of diverse team on team-level ambidexterity and its curvilinear assessment, and test the mediating role of team reflexivity…

Building successful franchise partnerships: the importance of communication and trust

Margarita Fernández-Monroy, Josefa D. Martín-Santana, Inmaculada Galván-Sánchez

The purpose of this paper is to propose a conceptual model for building successful franchise partnerships. The model examines the influence of communication and trust on…

Gender diversity in compensation committees and CEO pay: evidence from China

Muhammad Usman, Junrui Zhang, Fangjun Wang, Junqin Sun, Muhammad Abdul Majid Makki

The purpose of this paper is to address whether gender diversity on compensation committees ensures objective determination of CEOs’ compensation.

How does culture influence innovation? A systematic literature review

Mu Tian, Ping Deng, Yingying Zhang, Maria Paz Salmador

The purpose of this paper is to conduct a systematic literature review of the studies that have analyzed the impact of culture on innovation.

Satisfaction level and competitiveness in subsistence small businesses

Carlos M. Jardón

Subsistence small businesses (SSBs) do not seek the maximum benefit; they only seek a benefit that enough satisfies their basic needs. In consequence, a dual behaviour of…

Crisis decision-making: the overlap between intuitive and analytical strategies

Justin Okoli, John Watt

The purpose of this paper is to draw on the naturalistic decision making and cognitive science literature to examine how experienced crisis managers utilize the intuitive and…

Validation of demand pull strategies for accomplishing sustainable development in manufacturing organizations through structural equation modeling

Anuj Singla, Inderpreet Singh Ahuja, Amanpreet Singh Sethi

The purpose of this paper is to investigate as well as select various significant demand pull (DP) strategies affecting sustainable development (SD) in manufacturing…