Management Decision: Volume 58 Issue 4

The relationship and development trend of corporate social responsibility (CSR) literature: Utilizing bibliographic coupling analysis and social network analysis

Yu-Cheng Lin, Roni Padliansyah, Tzu-Chiang Lin

The purpose of this paper is to provide a comprehensive view of the longitudinal status and the knowledge structure of the CSR research by identifying the major study topics, the…

The adoption of Industry 4.0 technologies in SMEs: results of an international study

Lara Agostini, Anna Nosella

The purpose of this paper is to investigate whether the financial resources invested in advanced manufacturing technologies (AMTs) and social capital (SC), in terms of the set of…

Differential moderating effects of collectivistic and power distance orientations on the effectiveness of work motivators

Jen-Shou Yang

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the moderating effects of power distance and collectivistic orientations on the effectiveness of intrinsic, extrinsic and reciprocal…

Strategic orientations and performance of young ventures: Moderating role of environmental turbulence

Krishna Chandra Balodi

Considering that entrepreneurial orientation (EO) and market orientation (MO) are antecedents of firm performance, and that technological turbulence (TT) and competitive intensity…

Personal characteristics and applicants’ perceptions of procedural fairness in a selection context: The mediating role of procedural fairness expectations

Qingjuan Wang, Rick D. Hackett, Yiming Zhang, Xun Cui

The purpose of this paper is to examine a varied set of personal characteristics (i.e. cultural values tied to Confucianism, Big Five personality attributes and test experience…

Peer effects in outward foreign direct investment: evidence from China

Ruicheng Wang, William Chongyang Zhou

Most previous research assumes that the outward foreign direct investment (OFDI) decisions of multinational corporations (MNCs) are made independently of the actions or…

Firm heterogeneity and innovation diffusion performance: absorptive capacities

Hongying Wang, Bing Sun

The purpose of this paper is to undertake research on the relationship of firm heterogeneity and innovation diffusion performance, and the role of absorptive capacity in this…

A behavioral theory of patent application rhythm: The moderating roles of CEO overconfidence and discretion

Bin Guo, Peng Ding

Previous studies employing the behavioral theory of the firm have not explicitly taken the roles of decision makers and corporate governance into consideration. The purpose of…

Whether analogue countries exhibit similar women entrepreneurial activities?

Danish Junaid, Zheng He, Amit Yadav, Lydia Asare-Kyire

While there are many studies on the impacts of formal institutions such as government financial supporting and tax preferential policies on women entrepreneurial entry, few…

The moderating effects of leverage and marketing intensity on alliance formation announcements

Malika Chaudhuri, Jay Janney, Roger J. Calantone

March’s 1991 work on exploitation and exploration has been studied in many different industries. The purpose of this paper is to analyze signals emanating from exploration and…

Social finance and the commons paradigm: Exploring how community-based innovations transform finance for the common good

Camille Meyer

The concept of the commons, or common goods, is becoming increasingly widespread in the world of research and among civil society. The commons are defined as resources that are…