European Business Review: Volume 35 Issue 5

Guest editorial: Managerial practices supporting the growth of small business

Marco Valeri

Trends in knowledge management research in small businesses

Shekhar, Marco Valeri

This paper aims to map the knowledge management research in small businesses and suggest future actions to strengthen managerial practices. Knowledge management practices foster…

Employee perceptions of corporate social responsibility activities: the case of family firms

Andreas Kallmuenzer, Bernhard Bichler, Tanja Petry, Marco Valeri

Corporate social responsibility (CSR) is becoming a standard for family firms as the challenges facing organizations today are pervasive. In this context, employees’ perceptions…

Mediating effect of emotional intelligence on the relationship between employee job satisfaction and firm performance of small business

Santus Kumar Deb, Shohel Md. Nafi, Nandita Mallik, Marco Valeri

The aim of this study is to measure the mediating effect of emotional intelligence on job satisfaction and firm performance of small business and to identify the critical success…

The determinants of profitability in non-financial UK SMEs

Iman S. Youssef, Charbel Salloum, Maher Al Sayah

The purpose of this study is to examine determinants of profitability of non-financial firms listed small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the UK from 2012 till 2020. It…

The role of corporate venture capitalists in supporting the growth of their backed start-ups

Ramzi Benkraiem, Duarte Gonçalves, Fatima Shuwaikh

Building on the venture capital (VC) literature, this paper aims to study the impact of the value added by corporate venture capitalists (CVCs) on their funded companies by…

Prioritizing factors for effective strategy implementation in small and medium-size organizations

Jose F. López-Torres, Jacqueline Y. Sánchez-García, Juan E. Núñez-Ríos, Carlos López-Hernández

Organizations depend on multiple factors to maintain competitiveness and continuously adapt to the environment. Managers must know how to implement strategies while motivating the…

How blockchain technology generates a trust-based competitive advantage in the wine industry: a resource based view perspective

Raffaele Silvestri, Nino Adamashvili, Mariantonietta Fiore, Antonino Galati

This study aims to explore whether the blockchain technology (BCT), as a unique and distinctive resource, affects the development of unique capabilities and the integration and…

Humorous leadership, upward voice and resistance to change in the hotel context: from affective events theory perspective

Mennaalla Hassan Salem, Kareem M. Selem, Rimsha Khalid, Mohsin Raza, Marco Valeri

The purpose of this paper is to explore the effect of affiliative-based humorous leadership on hotel employee outcomes (i.e. resistance to change and upward voice), underpinned by…

Women entrepreneurship in the internationalization of SMEs: a bibliometric analysis for future research directions

Grisna Anggadwita, Nurul Indarti

This study aims to systematically review papers on women’s entrepreneurship in the internationalization of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) by examining the research profile…

How cultural leadership ideals shape entrepreneurship?

Miriam R. Aziz, Charbel Salloum

The purpose of this study is to examine the influence of culturally endorsed implicit leadership theories (CLTs), specifically the cultural assumptions regarding ideal leadership…

Innovation and organizational learning practices in tourism and hospitality sector: a gender-based perspective

Rimsha Khalid, Abu Bakar Abdul Hamid, Mohsin Raza, Pornpisanu Promsivapallop, Marco Valeri

In today’s digital age, technology is advancing at an unprecedented pace, and businesses that fail to keep up risk falling behind their competitors. This requires not only…

Influence of managerial practices, productivity, and change management process on organizational innovation capability of small and medium businesses

Sheshadri Chatterjee, Ranjan Chaudhuri, Demetris Vrontis, Antonino Galati

This paper aims to examine the influence of managerial practices, productivity and change management process (CMP) on organizational innovation capability of small and medium…

The reciprocal relationship between search engine optimization (SEO) success and brand equity (BE): an analysis of SMEs

Jun-Cheng Chen, Sylvain Sénéchal

Search engine optimization (SEO) has long been a key topic in marketing research, but there are very few studies addressing SEO success and brand equity (BE). Thus, this study…

Hustle and influence: the dynamics of illicit small business and political connections

Maher Al Sayah, Charbel Salloum, Hajer Jarrar, Laura Salloum, Jean-François Verdie

This study aims to explore the political dimension of social network theory and assess how these connections motivate entrepreneurial activity and enhance postentry stages. The…