Management Research Review: Volume 40 Issue 1

Editorial

Lerong He, Jay J. Janney

Management as a science-based profession: a grand societal challenge

Georges Romme

The purpose of this paper is to explore how the quest for management as a science-based profession, conceived as a grand societal challenge, can be revitalized.

Substitute or complement? The use of trade credit as a financing source among SMEs

Darush Yazdanfar, Peter Öhman

This study aims to investigate trade credit as a financing source among small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), particularly the influence of short-term debt, long-term debt…

Operational or strategic benefits: Empirical investigation of internet adoption in supply chain management

Arun Kumar Tarofder, S.M. Ferdous Azam, Abdullah Nabeel Jalal

The purpose of this study is twofold: identifying important determinants for effective adoption of internet technologies in an organizational supply chain context and examining…

Emissions from international transport in global supply chains

Amulya Gurtu, Cory Searcy, M.Y. Jaber

This paper aims to highlight the importance and need to include carbon emissions from international transport in the sourcing decisions of corporate organizations and the…

Gender diversity in the Italian boardroom and firm financial performance

Niccolò Gordini, Elisa Rancati

This study aims to analyse the relationship between board gender diversity and firm financial performance in Italy, where the recently enforced Law 120/2011 prescribes gender…

Consumer attitude and preference in the Islamic mortgage sector: a study of Malaysian consumers

Hanudin Amin, Abdul Rahim Abdul Rahman, Dzuljastri Abdul Razak, Hamid Rizal

The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of service quality, product choice and Islamic debt policy on consumer attitude within the context of Islamic mortgage…

Highlife Music in West Africa: Down Memory Lane

Nnamdi O. Madichie