Management Decision: Volume 61 Issue 7

Immersed in Coleman's bathtub: multilevel dynamics driving new venture survival in emerging markets

Jennifer Franczak, Robert J. Pidduck, Stephen E. Lanivich, Jintong Tang

The authors probe the relationships between country institutional support for entrepreneurship and new venture survival. Specifically, the authors unpack the nuanced influences of…

Creating competitive advantage through entrepreneurial factors, collaboration and learning

Chih-Hsing Liu, Jeou-Shyan Horng, Sheng-Fang Chou, Shu-Ning Zhang, Jun-You Lin

The purpose of this study was to explore the influence of entrepreneurial attitudes, motivation and orientation on the entrepreneurial competitive advantage of innovative…

The effect of CEO entrepreneurial passion on family firm entrepreneurial orientation: does generational stage matter?

Rik Vanhees, Jelle Schepers, Pieter Vandekerkhof, Anneleen Michiels

The purpose of this study is to explore to what extent passionate family chief executive officers (CEOs) increase the entrepreneurial orientation (EO) of the family firm. More…

The interplay of CEO ability and governance robustness on the performance effects of corporate social responsibility

Marwan A. Al-Shammari, Soumendra Nath Banerjee, Hussam Al-Shammari, Harold Doty

This study aims to investigate how the association between corporate social responsibility (CSR) and firm performance, documented in prior research, is affected by the joint…

Who or what really counts? The application of BASEClass for stakeholder evaluation and classification

Hamid Reza Khedmatgozar, Leila Namdarian, Behrooz Rasuli

The purpose of this study is to develop a framework for categorizing and evaluating stakeholders that addresses the key five constraints of The Theory of Stakeholder…

Scaling social impact in women-led social enterprises in developing countries: a knowledge-based perspective

Nusrat Hafiz, Md. Fazla Mohiuddin, Ahmad Shaharudin Abdul Latiff, Ida Md. Yasin, Sazali Abd Wahab, Ahmed Razman Abdul Latiff

Although scaling is considered a “hot topic”, very little is known about how knowledge management (KM) assists in scaling social impact. To fill this gap, the authors draw on…

Knowledge exchange in SMEs service innovation with design thinking

Bin Gao, Kaidong Yu

This study, adopting a knowledge perspective, aims to explore how small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) engage in service innovation by implementing design thinking.

Online knowledge sharing in blockchains: towards increasing participation

Renqiang Xie, Wende Zhang

This paper aims to propose a system dynamics model of blockchain online community knowledge sharing, with the following goals: to reveal the internal mechanism of blockchain…

Influence of augmented reality on shopping behavior

Pallavi Dogra, Arun Kumar Kaushik, Prateek Kalia, Arun Kaushal

Digital technologies emerged as innovative avenues for launching new products, advertising brands, increasing customer awareness and thus leaving a remarkable impact on the online…

How innovation tournaments promote makers' product innovation: economic or social incentives?

Ting Xiao, Cai Yang, Zhi Yang, Xuan Wang

Research on makers and innovation has been equivocal regarding whether maker innovation is driven by internal motivation or external incentives. The motivation view favors the…

The relationship between extreme contexts, organizational change capacity, and firm product and process innovation

Ali E. Akgün, Murat Cemberci, Selim Kircovali

This study investigates the mediating role of organizational change capacity (OCC) in the relationship between the perception of extreme contexts and firm product and process…

Peer effects of digital innovation behavior: an external environment perspective

Wanhong Li, Fan Wang, Tiansen Liu, Qinglian Xue, Nan Liu

The use of digital technology in firms has drawn attention of innovation management scholars and policy-makers, especially the imitation of digital technology and competition…

Performance feedback and firms’ strategic actions: a cross-national meta-analysis

Shan Xue, Honghui Chen, Jintao Wu

Although previous research has investigated how performance feedback may affect firms’ strategic actions, their findings has been inconsistent. The relationship between…

Influence of big data adoption on sustainable marketing and operation of SMEs: a hybrid approach of SEM-ANN

Maria Ijaz Baig, Elaheh Yadegaridehkordi, Mohd Hairul Nizam Bin Md Nasir

This research aimed to analyze and prioritize the factors affecting sustainable marketing (SM) and sustainable operation (SO) of manufacturing small and medium-sized enterprises…