European Business Review: Volume 36 Issue 3

Exploring logistics service providers for small and medium-sized enterprises and large corporations: benefits and challenges

Khaula Alkaabi

The purpose of this study is to examine the benefits and challenges of using logistics service providers (LSPs) for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and large…

Apparel behavioural intentions of urban bottom-of-the-pyramid consumers: exploring the role of store atmospherics

Bianca Maria van Niekerk, Mornay Roberts-Lombard, Nicole Cunningham

This study aims to explore the impact of store atmospherics on urban bottom-of-the-pyramid consumers’ behavioural intentions to purchase apparel in an emerging African market…

The customer perception of project value scale: development and validation

Eduardo André Cândido Da Silva, Flávio Santino Bizarrias, Renato Penha, Luciano Ferreira da Silva, Cristiane Drebes Pedron

Despite the significant interest from researchers and practitioners, the literature on project value measurement from the perspective of the customer is non-existent. This study…

Recruitment in SMEs: the role of managerial practices, technology and innovation

Elena Adriana Biea, Elena Dinu, Andreea Bunica, Loredana Jerdea

Various scholars suggest that there is a lack of research on the recruitment in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and also a scarcity of theoretical basis for the…

“Empowering leadership ripple effect: improving employee engagement, performance and knowledge sharing through relational energy and autonomy”

Qurat-ul-Ain Burhan, Muhammad Asif Khan

The present study aims to elucidate the mediating role of relational energy between empowering leadership and its attitudinal (employee engagement), behavioral (knowledge sharing…

Learning goal orientation as a background to project efficiency: the mediating role of impact on the team

Tawnee Chies, Marcos Mazieri

The emphasis on short-term by project-based firms (PBFs) implies the adoption of project efficiency and impact on the team as project success drivers in PBFs context. Good…

Grain chain management and development: evidence form Agri-SMEs in Kosovo

Anika Totojani, Veland Ramadani

This study aims to explore the grain chain in Kosovo. This study also aims to analyse the role of actors involved in the supply, production, processing, marketing and distribution…