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Circular Economy Transition in Bangladesh's Ready‐Made Garments Sector: Investigating the Key Barriers Through a Fuzzy DEMATEL Analysis Bus. Strategy Environ. (IF 12.5) Pub Date : 2025-02-11 Sheak Salman, Mehedi?Hasan Shanta, Rifath?Mahmud Uday, Rafat Rahman
This study focuses on Bangladesh's thriving ready‐made garments (RMG) sector, which plays a pivotal role in the nation's economy. Though the sector has achieved remarkable success in garment exports, transitioning from linear economy (LE) to circular economy (CE) practices is essential for its sustainable production and economic growth. This study identifies and analyzes the critical barriers to the
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Dynamic capabilities, preservation of socioemotional wealth, and family firm performance J. Innov. Knowl. (IF 15.6) Pub Date : 2025-02-10 Felipe Hernández-Perlines, Luis Araya-Castillo, Mercedes Castro-Nu?o
This study examines the performance of family businesses through the theoretical lenses of dynamic capabilities and socioemotional wealth. A conceptual model is proposed, in which socioemotional wealth moderates the relationship between dynamic capabilities and family firm performance. The research employs partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM), a second-generation multivariate
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Crisis Reveals Character: Founder and Founding Family Involvement During Firm Crises Family Business Review (IF 9.9) Pub Date : 2025-02-10 Jan-Philipp Ahrens, Marc Kowalzick, Jochim G. Lauterbach, Jennifer Louise Petriglieri
We differentiate between “founder involvement,” “founding family involvement,” and the absence of such involvement in a firm. We maintain that family owners and chief executive officers (CEOs) assume a “familial” identity given family relations within the firm, whereas mere founders, influenced by arms-length relations to commercial stakeholders, embrace the opportunity-seeking “entrepreneurial” identity
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Taking a stand while abroad? Towards a theory of MNCs’ sociopolitical activism in host countries J. Int. Bus. Stud. (IF 8.6) Pub Date : 2025-02-07 Ishva Minefee, Lori Qingyuan Yue
With multinational corporations (MNCs) increasingly taking public stances on sociopolitical issues such as immigration, LGBTQ+ rights, and racism, it is imperative that international business (IB) research keeps pace with normative societal debates. In this paper, we introduce the concept of corporate sociopolitical activism (SPA) to the IB literature and develop a theory on why MNCs consistently or
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SMME readiness framework for smart manufacturing adoption using critical realism: Knowledge and construction phase J. Innov. Knowl. (IF 15.6) Pub Date : 2025-02-08 Lucas Gumbi, Hossana Twinomurinzi
Smart manufacturing (SM) has emerged as a viable solution for small, medium and micro enterprises (SMMEs) to remain sustainable and globally competitive. However, many SMMEs are not ready for SM and the existing frameworks for SM adoption are unsuitable for supporting SMMEs, as they do not address context-specific preconditions. The objective of this study was to empirically develop a suitable conceptual
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Exploring Corporate Philanthropy, Home Country Foreign Aid, and Country of Origin-Based Stigma for Multinational Enterprises: An Experimental Study Journal of World Business (IF 8.9) Pub Date : 2025-02-08 Yuehua Xu, Jiatao Li, Yimin Wang, Li Xin, Haichuan Zhao
This study aims to advance the understanding of the effectiveness of strategies addressing the country of origin (COO)-based stigma of a multinational enterprise (MNE), a persistent form of liability of the COO. On the basis of integrated insights from research on stigma by association and identity salience, we propose that when an MNE's home country is implicated in a negative global event, similar
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Investigating the Role of Smart and Resilient Supplier Management Practices in Circular Economy: A Supply Chain Practice View Perspective Bus. Strategy Environ. (IF 12.5) Pub Date : 2025-02-07 Surajit Bag, Sachin Kumar?Mangla
This study aims to understand how industrial firms manage smart and resilient supplier management practices within a circular economy context to enhance smart and resilient circular supply chain performance. We employed a sequential explanatory mixed‐methods research design. Using the supply chain practice view, the study develops five research hypotheses. Primary data were collected through surveys
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Quantification of cultural practices and diversity: An empirical experiment with generative artificial intelligence Journal of World Business (IF 8.9) Pub Date : 2025-02-07 Wolfgang Messner
Culture is often viewed as a value system that shapes cultural practices. Frameworks like Hofstede, GLOBE, and Schwartz identify and quantify various cultural dimensions; however, these rely on surveys that are criticized for limited country coverage, lack of psychometric robustness, small sample sizes, and cultural biases. This article presents an empirical experiment designed to quantify cultural
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Qualitative Comparative Analysis in Entrepreneurship Research Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice (IF 7.8) Pub Date : 2025-02-07 Mikko R?nkk?, Markku Maula, Karl Wennberg
Configurational research has great promise in entrepreneurship. There are few universal laws or relationships that hold under all circumstances. More often, optimal entrepreneurial outcomes are contingent on many factors. Consequently, configurational analysis using qualitative comparative analysis (QCA) has become increasingly popular. However, methodological research in sociology and political science
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Issue Information Bus. Strategy Environ. (IF 12.5) Pub Date : 2025-02-06
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Eco‐Innovation, Corporate Governance and Nation‐Level Institutions: A Cross‐Country Evidence Bus. Strategy Environ. (IF 12.5) Pub Date : 2025-02-06 Arup Roy, Ranjan DasGupta
There is a dearth of empirical research to examine how a firm's internal corporate governance mechanisms would impact eco‐innovation practices under distinctive nation‐level institutions. Therefore, we conducted this study to examine the individual roles of board size, board diversity (i.e., female directors' presence) and board independence in motivating a firm's eco‐innovation practices in an extended
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Issue Information Bus. Strategy Environ. (IF 12.5) Pub Date : 2025-02-06
No abstract is available for this article.
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Beyond Climate Targets: Exploring When and How Female Directors Influence Corporate Decarbonization Transparency Bus. Strategy Environ. (IF 12.5) Pub Date : 2025-02-06 Isabel‐María García‐Sánchez, Miriam Nú?ez‐Torrado, Cristina Aibar‐Guzmán, Beatriz Aibar‐Guzmán
The 2015 Paris Agreement established an international commitment to limit global warming to 1.5°C, which requires climate neutrality through deep cuts in greenhouse gas emissions. In pursuit of this goal, companies worldwide are adopting decarbonization strategies that are increasingly aligned with principles of transparency and accountability. This study examines a sample of 6575 large global companies
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Pathways to Circularity: Engagement Patterns of European SMEs in the Circular Economy Bus. Strategy Environ. (IF 12.5) Pub Date : 2025-02-06 Jo?o?M. Lopes, Sofia Gomes, Elisabete Nogueira
Compliance with the 2030 agenda is forcing small and medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs) in the European Union (EU) to transition from linear to circular business models, boosting the adoption of circular economy (CE) activities. More information is needed to know the transition stage of these companies. Therefore, the objective of this study is to evaluate the implementation patterns of nine CE activities
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Framing Entrepreneurial Ideas for Sustainability: How Do Purpose‐Driven Startups Include the Sustainable Development Goals in Their Pitches? Bus. Strategy Environ. (IF 12.5) Pub Date : 2025-02-06 Ulla?A. Saari, Annabeth Aagaard, Leona Achtenhagen, Saku?J. M?kinen
This paper investigates how entrepreneurs frame the sustainability of their business ventures when pitching their business prospects and sustainability approaches to investors. Drawing on framing theory, this research explores the classification and application of sustainability‐related frames employed in business pitches. A qualitative multiple case study methodology is applied to collect and analyze
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EXPRESS: Authenticity in Influencer Marketing: How Can Influencers and Brands Work Together to Build and Maintain Influencer Authenticity? Journal of Marketing (IF 11.5) Pub Date : 2025-02-06 Barbara Duffek, Andreas B. Eisingerich, Omar Merlo, Guan Lee
This study examines how different stakeholders perceive influencer authenticity, revealing the misalignments that arise when each group prioritizes different aspects of authenticity. In doing so, the authors generate new theory on influencer marketing and provide managerial insights for brands and agencies to collaborate effectively with influencers to resolve these misalignments and ultimately build
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EXPRESS: Sales Pipeline Technology: Automated Lead Nurturing Journal of Marketing (IF 11.5) Pub Date : 2025-02-06 Johannes Habel, Nathaniel N. Hartmann, Phillip Wiseman, Michael J. Ahearne, Shashank Vaid
Many business-to-business sales firms use automated lead nurturing (ALN) systems, which track leads’ online behavior and nurture them through personalized content. ALN software providers claim that ALN improves lead conversion, but whether this benefit materializes is unclear. Therefore, this research examines ALN’s effect across one qualitative and three quantitative studies. The findings indicate
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EXPRESS: The Effect of Company Size on Aggregate Word of Mouth Valence Journal of Marketing (IF 11.5) Pub Date : 2025-02-06 Jan Klostermann, Anne Mareike Flaswinkel, Chris Hydock, Reinhold Decker
Online word of mouth (WOM) is a critical driver of consumer purchases; however, relatively few researchers have sought to understand how a company’s characteristics might impact aggregate WOM valence (e.g., average star ratings of online reviews). The authors examine the effects of one such attribute—company size—and how it impacts WOM valence through individuals’ decisions regarding whether to engage
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EXPRESS: Displaying the Amount of Consumption Time in Online Reviews Can Affect Helpful Votes Journal of Marketing (IF 11.5) Pub Date : 2025-02-06 Zheng Zhang, Wenjun Zhou, Michelle Andrews
Some review platforms display how long reviewers used a product alongside their review. The authors investigate whether doing so translates to more helpful reviews. Using online reviews of video games from a video game platform and leveraging its unique playtime tracking feature, they find the relationship between the amount of time playing a game before posting a review and the number of helpful votes
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A Tribute to the Life and Work of Jess Chua Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice (IF 7.8) Pub Date : 2025-02-06 James J. Chrisman, Zhenyu Wu, Alfredo De Massis, Pramodita Sharma, Lloyd P. Steier, Franz W. Kellermanns, Josip Kotlar, Emanuela Rondi, Bingbing Ge, Hanqing “Chevy” Fang
Jess Chua was a leading scholar in the field of family business and a major contributor to Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice both as an author and editor. His significant contributions to the field were acknowledged by the Web of Science, which listed him among the world’s most highly cited researchers in Economics and Business in 2017, 2019, and 2020. In this memorial editorial, we pay tribute
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Navigating the Future: Examining Sustainable and Resilient Drivers Shaping the Integration of Crowdshipping in E‐Commerce Logistics Bus. Strategy Environ. (IF 12.5) Pub Date : 2025-02-05 Sawyasachi Awasthi, Priyanka Verma, Balkrishna?E. Narkhede
The last mile is often subjected to unique challenges such as congested urban areas, unpredictable customer availability and the need for personalized services. To address these complexities, and to be competitive in the market, companies are increasingly turning towards innovative solutions. One such innovative solution is crowdshipping (CS). The concept of CS was first introduced by Walmart in 2013
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Quest for insights: Leveraging data from the video game ecosystem in marketing J. Acad. Mark. Sci. (IF 9.5) Pub Date : 2025-02-04 Roman Welden, Michael Haenlein, Kelly Hewett, Keith Marion Smith, John Hulland
Over the past decade, video games have dramatically risen in popularity, and marketers have started recognizing the research opportunities video games provide. However, much of the current research in the gaming space focuses on the video game experiences of individual consumers, whereas other participants in the video game ecosystem are often ignored. In addition, research frequently uses traditional
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Entering a complex market: How hybrid branding helps new brands create distinctive and resonant identities J. Acad. Mark. Sci. (IF 9.5) Pub Date : 2025-02-04 Nicole Gorman, Pierre-Yann Dolbec
In today’s competitive markets, creating a distinctive brand identity is crucial yet challenging, especially for new entrants. Complex markets with conflicting institutional logics offer unique opportunities to create a distinctive and resonant brand identity. We introduce hybrid branding as a novel strategy that resolves market-level cultural contradictions to create such identities. Our qualitative
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Screening and enhancing intellectual capital consistency: A scoping review of systematised literature reviews J. Innov. Knowl. (IF 15.6) Pub Date : 2025-02-04 Eugénia Pedro, Jo?o Leit?o, Helena Alves
This scoping review aimed to screen and enhance intellectual capital consistency, providing a general overview of existing systematised literature reviews of intellectual capital. This scoping review addressed five research questions: 1. How did the typology of publications, both theoretical and empirical, evolve considering the different stages of intellectual capital? 2. What are the milestone studies
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A Moderated Mediation Model Linking Stakeholder Integration to Green Innovation: A Stakeholder Theory Perspective Bus. Strategy Environ. (IF 12.5) Pub Date : 2025-02-04 Jianhua Zhang, Muhammad Noman, Adnan Ali, Zeeshan Ali, Shanza Qayyum, Afaq?Ahmed Khan, Mehkar Sherwani
Despite extensive discourse on the significant role of stakeholder integration in sustainability and firm performance, its impact on promoting green innovation (GI) remains underdeveloped in current environmental management literature. To address this gap, our study adopts stakeholder theory to develop a moderated mediation model that examines how and under what conditions stakeholder integration influences
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Readiness for Mandatory Climate‐Related Disclosures: A Tri‐Jurisdictional Analysis of Governance Attributes in Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom Bus. Strategy Environ. (IF 12.5) Pub Date : 2025-02-04 Olayinka Moses, Binh Bui, Muhammad?Nurul Houqe, Zahra Borghei
We evaluate the preparedness of companies in Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom to comply with emerging mandatory climate‐related disclosures (CRDs) aligned with TCFD recommendations, using their Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) information. Our analysis also examines the corporate governance attributes influencing their readiness to disclose such information. The findings reveal a strong
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Constructive Peer Review Made Practical: A Guide to the EMPATHY Framework Journal of Marketing (IF 11.5) Pub Date : 2025-02-04 Shrihari Sridhar
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When previous relationships limit the new: The interplay between product anthropomorphism and used products J. Acad. Mark. Sci. (IF 9.5) Pub Date : 2025-02-01 Hyokjin Kwak, Marina Puzakova, Ann L. McGill, Junhee Kim
This research contributes novel insights into consumer-brand relationships and pricing literature by establishing the negative impact of product anthropomorphism on buyers’ purchase intentions and purchase prices for used products. Drawing on prior research on relationship-dissolution stigma (a pervasive stereotype toward people with dissolved relationships), we show that buyers apply stigma attributions
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What Is a Sustainable Company? Bus. Strategy Environ. (IF 12.5) Pub Date : 2025-02-01 Chonlawan Thammaraksa, Michael?Zwicky Hauschild, Caroline?Aggestam Pontoppidan, Alexis Laurent
Defining a sustainable company presents challenges due to evolving sustainability contexts, diverse theoretical perspectives, and conflicting definitions. This often results in overlooking broader, macrolevel sustainability constructs, leading to a fragmented understanding of what a sustainable company really is. To overcome these issues, this study synthesizes insights from multiple disciplines to
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Transforming Food Industrial Sludge Into Sustainable Resources: Innovations in Waste Management and Renewable Energy Recovery Bus. Strategy Environ. (IF 12.5) Pub Date : 2025-02-01 Yashar Aryanfar, Jorge?Luis García?Alcaraz, Ali Ke?eba?, Julio?Blanco Fernandez, Busra Arslan, Mustafa Ilbas, Salem Algarni, Talal Alqahtani, Kashif Irshad
This study comprehensively investigates the potential of food industrial sludge as a renewable resource within the expanding global food industry. Grounded in the theoretical framework of the circular economy and sustainability sciences, it delves into the composition of sludge, comprising diverse organic (proteins, carbohydrates, lipids, and fibers) and inorganic elements (minerals, heavy metals,
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Green Branding and Consumer Behavior, Unveiling the Impact of Environmental Marketing Strategies on Purchase Decisions Bus. Strategy Environ. (IF 12.5) Pub Date : 2025-02-01 Granit Baca, Nail Reshidi
The study explores the relationships between green branding practices (GBP) and consumer behavior, aiming to extend knowledge on the interaction between green branding and purchase decisions. The research involved 521 students from the University of Prishtina using stratified random sampling. Data analysis employed SmartPLS to examine the relationships within the model. The study found significant
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Signals vs. Reality: Consumer Responses to Green Claims in Quick Commerce Bus. Strategy Environ. (IF 12.5) Pub Date : 2025-01-31 Vardhan Choubey, Prasad Joshi, Debarun Chakraborty, Apoorv Khare, Andrea Appolloni
The strengthened supply chain has made delivery fast to consumers. However, quick deliveries compromise sustainability by emitting carbon and impacting environment by rapid shipping practices. In this context, the study aimed to examine consumer perceptions of the green claims made by quick commerce companies. A model was built using signalling theory, elaboration likelihood model (ELM), agenda‐setting
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Internationalisation, Waste Management and Board Attributes Bus. Strategy Environ. (IF 12.5) Pub Date : 2025-01-31 Ali Uyar, Habiba Al‐Shaer, Cemil Kuzey, Abdullah?S. Karaman
We investigate whether internationalisation is significantly associated with waste management. Secondly, by focusing on two critical board attributes, we investigate whether female and tenured directors help enable internationalised firms' better waste management. We find that more internationalised firms produce more waste; this result is robust to various waste proxies such as total waste, hazardous
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Expectancy-disconfirmation and consumer satisfaction: A meta-analysis J. Acad. Mark. Sci. (IF 9.5) Pub Date : 2025-01-30 Tom Schiebler, Nick Lee, Felix C. Brodbeck
Expectancy-disconfirmation has been the dominant paradigm to explain the formation of consumer satisfaction for over 40 years. Within this paradigm, it is possible for expectations to have opposing effects on consumer satisfaction depending on the underlying psychological processes presupposed. In general, assimilation processes predict positive effects, while contrast processes predict negative effects
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Pursuing a corporate sustainable identity: Green governance strategy, hybrid vehicle development, knowledge and sustainability performance J. Innov. Knowl. (IF 15.6) Pub Date : 2025-01-30 Akrum Helfaya, Phuong Bui
The automobile industry's transition toward sustainability remains impeded by inconsistent green governance, which hampers progress in hybrid vehicle production. Existing literature predominantly focuses on technological innovation and consumer adoption, often overlooking the governance structures that foster environmental responsibility. This study proposes a framework of green governance strategy
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Mediating or moderating? Innovative approach to the role of flexibility in the relationship between entrepreneurial orientation and firm growth under different market conditions J. Innov. Knowl. (IF 15.6) Pub Date : 2025-01-30 Marcin Suder, Rafa? Kusa, Joanna Duda, Ma?gorzata Okr?glicka
This study aims to identify the roles played by firm flexibility (FLEX) in the relationship between entrepreneurial orientation (EO) and firm growth (FG) under different market conditions. In particular, it tests the mediating and moderating roles of FLEX, along with the moderating role of market conditions regarding FLEX. This is a longitudinal study that examines entrepreneurial behaviors during
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Strategic foresight, knowledge management, and open innovation: Drivers of new product development success J. Innov. Knowl. (IF 15.6) Pub Date : 2025-01-30 Muhammad Faraz Mubarak, Giedrius Jucevicius, Mubarra Shabbir, Monika Petraite, Morteza Ghobakhloo, Richard Evans
To remain competitive and make effective decisions in increasingly challenging markets, firms must integrate internal and external knowledge by embedding knowledge management strategies and technologies into their operations. This study aims to examine the roles of strategic foresight and knowledge management in promoting open innovation and driving new product development. Grounded in the knowledge-based
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Green and Climate Finance for Sustainability: Hybrid Review and Framework Development Bus. Strategy Environ. (IF 12.5) Pub Date : 2025-01-30 Mayank Joshipura, Nohade Nasrallah, Nikita Kedia
At the confluence of economic and environmental stewardship, climate finance upsurges as a dire necessity. The present study aims to synthesize the scattered literature on climate and green finance using bibliometric and content analysis of 631 and 53 articles, respectively. It also provides an integrated framework to gauge novel insights and theoretical underpinnings, proposing future research directions
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SDG walking or washing? A cross‐sectoral analysis of business contribution to the SDGs Bus. Strategy Environ. (IF 12.5) Pub Date : 2025-01-30 Roberta Costa, Luigi Tiburzi, Gustavo Morales‐Alonso, Armando Calabrese, Francesco Rosati
Scholars and practitioners have increasingly focused on how business contribution to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is disclosed through SDG reporting. However, corporate sustainability literature and practice suggest that SDG reporting may be purely symbolic, potentially leading to SDG washing. This paper proposes two indices to detect, through their discrepancy, the presence of symbolic
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EXPRESS: Immersive Service: Characteristics, Challenges, and Pathways to Consumer Agency Journal of Marketing (IF 11.5) Pub Date : 2025-01-30 Laurel Anderson, Catharina von Koskull, Martin Mende, Johanna Gummerus
This research introduces a novel conceptualization of immersive service, defined as service that consumers are embedded in and surrounded by, in the sense that their life experience is within the service and, in great part, constructed by it for some period of time (e.g., hospital stays, residential care, air travel). The authors examine two key questions: How can characteristics of immersive service
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Institutions and the real effects of private equity buyouts: A meta‐analysis Strateg. Entrep. J. (IF 5.4) Pub Date : 2025-01-30 Jeroen Verbouw, Miguel Meuleman, Sophie Manigart
Research SummaryThis study reviews four decades of fragmented and contradictory empirical literature on the real effects of private equity (PE) buyouts on portfolio companies, differentiating between efficiency and growth outcomes. We hypothesize how institutional forces, including regulatory, cognitive, and normative institutions explain heterogeneity in post‐buyout efficiency and growth across time
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Implementing the sharing economy in the context of achieving sustainable economic development in Russia J. Innov. Knowl. (IF 15.6) Pub Date : 2025-01-29 Mikhail Vladimirovich Khachaturyan, Evgeniia Valeryenva Klicheva
The sharing economy has gained significant attention both internationally and in Russia. This involves the integration of innovative technologies into national economic systems to promote economic growth and environmental sustainability. The introduction of sharing economy principles has led to sudden, and sometimes unexpected changes in the standards and regulations governing the operations of national
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A Journey From Traditional Supply Chain Processes to Sustainability‐Oriented Blockchain Supply Chain: The Critical Role of Organizational Capabilities Bus. Strategy Environ. (IF 12.5) Pub Date : 2025-01-29 Mohammad?Rashed?Hasan Polas, Asghar Afshar?Jahanshahi, Mohammad?Ekramol Islam, Ahmed?Imran Kabir, Abu?Saleh?Md. Sohel‐Uz‐Zaman, Abdullah?Al Fahad
Blockchain technology has a great potential to transform how businesses approach sustainability by offering transparency, efficiency, and accountability across various processes. By adopting blockchain, businesses can not only meet growing consumer and regulatory demands for sustainability but also create competitive advantages by promoting resource efficiency, fostering trust, and building eco‐conscious
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Exploring the Impact of Supply Chain Digital Transformation on Supply Chain Performance: An Empirical Investigation Bus. Strategy Environ. (IF 12.5) Pub Date : 2025-01-29 Jeetu Rana, Yash Daultani, Mohit Goswami, Sushil Kumar
In an era characterized by rapid technological advancements and global supply chain complexities, Supply Chain Digital Transformation (SCDT) has emerged as a critical enabler of superior Supply Chain Performance (SCP). Grounded in Systems Theory and Digital Empowerment Theory, this study explores the mechanisms through which SCDT enhances SCP, emphasizing the mediating roles of Supply Chain Integration
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Does Societal Trust Reduce Greenwashing? International Evidence Bus. Strategy Environ. (IF 12.5) Pub Date : 2025-01-29 Md?Ismail Haidar
I investigate the influence of societal trust on greenwashing. Utilizing the ESG controversies score as a proxy for greenwashing, this research finds that firms in high‐trust societies engage in fewer greenwashing activities. The effect is less pronounced for firms in countries with strong formal institutions, consistent with the notion that societal trust works as a substitute for country‐level formal
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ESG‐Firm Performance Nexus: Evidence From an Emerging Economy Bus. Strategy Environ. (IF 12.5) Pub Date : 2025-01-29 Ajithakumari?Vijayappan?Nair Biju, Sreelekshmi Geetha, Salu Prasad, Aghila Sasidharan, Ambili Jayachandran
Firms worldwide are strengthening environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors, indicating a bidirectional association between financial and non‐financial performance. Understanding the ambiguity around the predictors of the firm's ESG performance, we attempt to reappraise the ESG‐ firm performance (FP) linkage using the firms indexed in the NIFTY 100 ESG index spanning 2014 to 2023. Our findings
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Unlocking Synergies: Sufficiency Economy Philosophy for Sustainability Bus. Strategy Environ. (IF 12.5) Pub Date : 2025-01-29 Sirimon Treepongkaruna, Pattarake Sarajoti, Veerawin Korphaibool
The 2030 Agenda, represented by the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), signifies a global commitment to peace, prosperity, and sustainability. However, the lack of a unified strategy has slowed progress, raising concerns about meeting the 2030 deadline. Thailand's progress toward the SDGs has been influenced by various factors, including the role of the Sufficiency Economy Philosophy (SEP). This
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Evolution of Stewardship Across Family and Business Goals: Toward a Stewardship Transition Framework Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice (IF 7.8) Pub Date : 2025-01-29 Nehad Ali, Boyka Simeonova, Mathew Hughes
Drawing on goal-setting and stewardship theories, this study examines the management of family and business goals in family firms under transgenerational complexity, presenting a dynamic model of family stewardship. Through multiple case studies, we identify four distinct stewardship strategies, each with a corresponding governance structure: cultivating family stewardship (with family-dense governance)
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Two decades of viral marketing landscape: Thematic evolution, knowledge structure and collaboration networks J. Innov. Knowl. (IF 15.6) Pub Date : 2025-01-28 Omer Gibreel, Mohamed M. Mostafa, Ream N. Kinawy, Ahmed R. ElMelegy, Raghid Al Hajj
This study offers a thorough examination of viral marketing research during the last two decades to uncover the changing nature of the field. Bibliometric analysis methods are used to analyze 791 peer-reviewed articles written by 1,820 authors and indexed in Scopus and Web of Science (WoS). The findings reveal how viral marketing research evolved over the past two decades, establish vital connections
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From Demand to Impact: Can Sustainable Banking Services Advance UN Sustainable Development Goals? Bus. Strategy Environ. (IF 12.5) Pub Date : 2025-01-28 Shilpa Taneja, Ahsan Siraj, Kaliyan Mathiyazhagan, Sangeeta Khorana
In response to growing climate change debate and sustainability concerns, business organizations must adopt relevant sustainable strategies aligning with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN‐SDGs). Extant research examines integration of sustainability in banking and finance, but demand‐side mechanisms influencing sustainable banking remain underresearched. With a mixed‐method approach
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When Does Collaborating With Green Influencers Backfire? An Experimental Analysis of how Authenticity Components Shape Consumer Reactions to Sponsored Content Bus. Strategy Environ. (IF 12.5) Pub Date : 2025-01-28 Gaia Giambastiani, Stefano Romito, Clodia Vurro
This study explores the role of perceived authenticity in shaping the persuasiveness of sponsored content by green influencers. We examine how variations in the importance of six authenticity component judgments—accuracy, connectedness, integrity, legitimacy, originality, and proficiency—influence consumers' intentions to change their behavior following green influencers' advice in the case of sponsored
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Segmenting Hotel Guests' Behavior: Insights for Developing Effective Water Conservation Programs Bus. Strategy Environ. (IF 12.5) Pub Date : 2025-01-28 Franco?M. Sancho‐Esper, Ricardo Sellers‐Rubio, Ana?Belen Casado‐Diaz, Fernando Campayo‐Sanchez, Carla Rodriguez‐Sanchez, Carolina Sanchez
This research underscores the need to modify tourists' behaviors to ensure sustainable water usage in high‐demand destinations. In‐room water conservation of 681 hotel guests was analyzed based on habit, effort, and enjoyment theory (HEET). The analysis reveals four distinct guest clusters based on a combination of cognitive, affective, automated behavior, and consumer identity variables. Water conservation
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Correction to “Enabling Organizations to Strategically Manage Risks in Circular Supply Chains” Bus. Strategy Environ. (IF 12.5) Pub Date : 2025-01-27
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Are Environmentally Sensitive Firms More Likely to Release Corporate Environmental Disclosures? Evidence From Environmental Risk Management Bus. Strategy Environ. (IF 12.5) Pub Date : 2025-01-27 Chune?Young Chung, Incheol Kim, Rong Yang
This study examines the environmental risk management practices of US firms operating in environmentally sensitive industries. Using two proxy variables for ex ante environmental policy risk—firm‐level toxic chemical emissions and climate‐related keywords in annual financial statements—we demonstrate that firms facing high ex ante environmental policy risk tend to increase the frequency and length
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The multinational enterprise, capabilities, and digitalization: governance and growth with world disorder J. Int. Bus. Stud. (IF 8.6) Pub Date : 2025-01-24 David J. Teece
This essay revisits my 2014 JIBS article about the potential for integrating international business internalization theory with a strategic management capabilities perspective. It recaps the capabilities framework with an emphasis on the learning required of emerging market multinationals and illustrates this with the case of Hyundai Motor Company’s internationalization and growth. It also discusses
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Liability of foreignness in immersive technologies: evidence from extended reality innovations J. Int. Bus. Stud. (IF 8.6) Pub Date : 2025-01-24 Hyoryung Nam, Yiling Li, P. K. Kannan, Jeonghye Choi
Emerging extended reality (XR) technologies, such as augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR), enable global businesses to deliver immersive experiences to customers beyond geographical borders. Despite the opportunities, leveraging XR innovations in foreign markets can present significant challenges. This study investigates whether and under what conditions global businesses experience liability
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Does It Pay Off to Disclose Sustainability Information? The Effect of ESG Disclosure on ESG Controversies in European Banks Bus. Strategy Environ. (IF 12.5) Pub Date : 2025-01-25 Rosella Carè, Paolo Agnese, Massimiliano Cerciello, Simone Taddeo
This paper empirically investigates the relationship between specific dimensions of ESG disclosure and ESG controversies. We analyze an unbalanced panel sample of European banks between 2015 and 2022, implementing the GMM‐SYS version of the Arellano‐Bond estimator for dynamic panels. The study results indicate that banks disclosing full information are more likely to face scandals. In addition, EU
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Fostering Sustainable Retail Business Innovations by Understanding Consumer Acceptance of Food Waste Reducing Business Models Bus. Strategy Environ. (IF 12.5) Pub Date : 2025-01-25 Lisa Ruetgers, Jordon Lazell, Maureen Meadows, Elizabeth Bos
The problem of food waste is increasingly being tackled via revenue‐generating activities such as the retailing of surplus food products. Little scholarly attention has been paid to the role of the consumer in such business models, even though consumers' perceptions and purchasing decisions are crucial to the acceptance of business innovations. This paper puts forward a process framework, informed
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Integrating ESG Factors Into Cost‐Efficiency Frontier: Evidence From the European Listed Banks Bus. Strategy Environ. (IF 12.5) Pub Date : 2025-01-25 Carmelo Algeri, Paola Brighi, Valeria Venturelli
This paper provides the first in‐depth analysis of the effects of incorporating environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors into the cost‐efficiency frontier of banks. Drawing on both shareholder and stakeholder theories, the research addresses the increasing regulatory and market pressures for banks to incorporate ESG components into their operational processes. Using data from 42 European