All Outputs (12)

The promise of Industry 4.0 technologies for the sustainability of developing country apparel manufacturers (2023)
Book Chapter
Gunaratne, D., Sinkovics, N., & Sinkovics, R. R. (2023). The promise of Industry 4.0 technologies for the sustainability of developing country apparel manufacturers. In A. Goerzen (Ed.), Research Handbook on International Corporate Social Responsibility (391-407). Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781802207040.00034

This chapter explores the promise of Industry 4.0 technologies for the sustainability of developing country apparel manufacturers. Although there is evidence that Industry 4.0 technologies can have a positive impact on the alignment of manufacturing... Read More about The promise of Industry 4.0 technologies for the sustainability of developing country apparel manufacturers.

A bibliometric study of authentic leadership (2023)
Book Chapter
Velt, H., & Sinkovics, R. R. (2023). A bibliometric study of authentic leadership. In R. V. Turcan, J. E. Reilly, K. M. Jørgensen, Y. Taran, & A. I. Bujac (Eds.), The Emerald Handbook of Authentic Leadership (41-90). Emerald. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-80262-013-920231002

This chapter offers a comprehensive review the literature on authentic leadership (AL). The authors employ a bibliometric approach to identify, classify, visualise and synthesise relevant scholarly publications and the work of a core group of interdi... Read More about A bibliometric study of authentic leadership.

Tensions on the road toward just transitions in the Latin American coffee value chain (2023)
Book Chapter
Andrews, K., Sinkovics, N., & Sinkovics, R. R. (2023). Tensions on the road toward just transitions in the Latin American coffee value chain. In R. van Tulder, E. Giuliani, & I. Álvarez (Eds.), International Business and Sustainable Development Goals: Volume 17 (309-323). Emerald. https://doi.org/10.1108/S1745-886220230000017016

This chapter investigates the coffee value chain in Latin America. By drawing on the concept of just transitions as a “connective tissue” between the sustainable development goals (SDGs), the discussion zooms in on the promise of agroforestry for env... Read More about Tensions on the road toward just transitions in the Latin American coffee value chain.

The Paradox of Distance – New Zealand Businesses During Covid-19 (2022)
Book Chapter
Fath, B., Fiedler, A., Sinkovics, N., & Sinkovics, R. R. (2022). The Paradox of Distance – New Zealand Businesses During Covid-19. In R. van Tulder, A. Verbeke, L. Piscitello, & J. Puck (Eds.), International Business in Times of Crisis: Tribute Volume to Geoffrey Jones (431-447). Emerald. https://doi.org/10.1108/S1745-886220220000016023

The Covid-19 pandemic has quickly transformed the notions of crises and of living in a VUCA (volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous) world into a lived experience. This chapter offers a perspective on how New Zealand businesses experienced and r... Read More about The Paradox of Distance – New Zealand Businesses During Covid-19.

Exporting from a remote, open economy during Covid-19: Challenges and opportunities for SMEs (2021)
Book Chapter
Fiedler, A., Fath, B., Sinkovics, N., & Sinkovics, R. R. (2021). Exporting from a remote, open economy during Covid-19: Challenges and opportunities for SMEs. In K. Husted, & R. R. Sinkovics (Eds.), Management Perspectives on the Covid-19 Crisis (71-82). Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781800882096.00014

This chapter investigates the emerging advice given to New Zealand (NZ) exporting small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic with respect to opportunities and challenges in international markets. Using data from vi... Read More about Exporting from a remote, open economy during Covid-19: Challenges and opportunities for SMEs.

Concluding management issues, associated learnings and social resilience (2021)
Book Chapter
Husted, K., & Sinkovics, R. R. (2021). Concluding management issues, associated learnings and social resilience. In K. Husted, & R. R. Sinkovics (Eds.), Management Perspectives on the Covid-19 Crisis (189-199). Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781800882096.00025

The Covid-19 pandemic has been seen as a wicked problem, which creates unique pol-icy and governance challenges (Sahin et al., 2020). Besides being associated with uncertainty and a wide range of consequences for an extensive range of stakeholders, a... Read More about Concluding management issues, associated learnings and social resilience.

Learning on your own: bricolage and the quest for relevance in the squeezed Bangladeshi garment supply chain (2021)
Book Chapter
Hoque, S. F., Sinkovics, N., & Sinkovics, R. R. (2021). Learning on your own: bricolage and the quest for relevance in the squeezed Bangladeshi garment supply chain. In M. B. Rana, & M. M. C. Allen (Eds.), Upgrading the Global Garment Industry (162-185). Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781789907650.00014

This chapter explores knowledge-acquisition strategies adopted by Bangladeshi garment suppliers, in pursuit of economic upgrading. The context is characterised by ‘tacit promissory’ contracting relationships, whereby suppliers make recurrent discrete... Read More about Learning on your own: bricolage and the quest for relevance in the squeezed Bangladeshi garment supply chain.

An overview of social responsibility dimensions in international business (2019)
Book Chapter
Sinkovics, N., Sinkovics, R. R., & Archie–Acheampong, J. (2019). An overview of social responsibility dimensions in international business. In L. C. Leonidou, C. S. Katsikeas, S. Samiee, & C. N. Leonidou (Eds.), Socially Responsible International Business (29-72). Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781788114127.00009

This chapter aims at taking stock of business-responsibility-related studies in international business (IB) research. Key features of this literature review include (1) a broad search strategy capturing both positive and negative aspects of responsib... Read More about An overview of social responsibility dimensions in international business.

International business and global value chains (2019)
Book Chapter
Sinkovics, N., & Sinkovics, R. R. (2019). International business and global value chains. In S. Ponte, G. Gereffi, & G. Raj-Reichert (Eds.), Handbook on Global Value Chains (417-431). Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781788113779.00035

The purpose of this chapter is to provide GVC scholars with an overview of the six main re-search paradigms on the study of the multinational enterprise within international business research. The chapter furthermore offers a number of suggestions on... Read More about International business and global value chains.

Advances in Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA): Application of fuzzy set in business and management research (2018)
Book Chapter
Ott, U. F., Sinkovics, R. R., & Hoque, S. F. (2018). Advances in Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA): Application of fuzzy set in business and management research. In C. Cassell, A. L. Cunliffe, & G. Grandy (Eds.), The SAGE Handbook of Qualitative Business and Management Research Methods: Methods and Challenges (414-430). Sage Publications. https://doi.org/10.4135/9781526430236

Qualitative comparative analysis (QCA) is a set of techniques that are designed to transfer subjective data into numeric data. QCA has recently become popular, as it sets out to integrate the strengths of qualitative and quantitative methods while ov... Read More about Advances in Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA): Application of fuzzy set in business and management research.

The use of global value chain/global production network related literature in international business research: investigating the nature and degree of integration (2018)
Book Chapter
Sinkovics, N., Sinkovics, R. R., Hoque, S. F., & Alford, M. (2018). The use of global value chain/global production network related literature in international business research: investigating the nature and degree of integration. In G. Cook, J. Johns, F. McDonald, J. Beaverstock, & N. Pandit (Eds.), The Routledge Companion to the Geography of International Business. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315667379-16

In this chapter, the authors present a brief literature review on how the International Business (IB) literature has evolved and taken shape over the ten-year period since the mid-2000s, along with how global value chain (GVC)/global production netwo... Read More about The use of global value chain/global production network related literature in international business research: investigating the nature and degree of integration.

The use of partial least squares path modeling in international marketing (2009)
Book Chapter
Henseler, J., Ringle, C. M., & Sinkovics, R. R. (2009). The use of partial least squares path modeling in international marketing. In R. R. Sinkovics, & P. N. Ghauri (Eds.), New Challenges to International Marketing (277-319). Emerald. https://doi.org/10.1108/S1474-7979%282009%290000020014

In order to determine the status quo of PLS path modeling in international marketing research, we conducted an exhaustive literature review. An evaluation of double-blind reviewed journals through important academic publishing databases (e.g., ABI/In... Read More about The use of partial least squares path modeling in international marketing.