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Forecasting crude oil markets (2024)
Journal Article
Li, J., Alroomi, A., & Nikolopoulos, K. (2024). Forecasting crude oil markets. Journal of Econometrics and Statistics, 4(1), 15-51. https://doi.org/10.47509/JES.2024.v04i01.02

In this research daily crude oil data from U.S, Energy Information Administration from 2000-2019 is explored to test the forecasting accuracy by drawing the comparison between multiple models.
Forecasting models discussed in the research cover regre... Read More about Forecasting crude oil markets.

Relationships between economic complexity, renewable energy uptake and environmental degradation: A global study (2024)
Journal Article
Anwar, M. A., Ul-Durar, S., & Arshed, N. (2024). Relationships between economic complexity, renewable energy uptake and environmental degradation: A global study. Journal of Tropical Futures, 1(2), 182-202. https://doi.org/10.1177/27538931241240845

A persistent rise in the emission of CO2 among several economies in the world makes it challenging to fulfil the aims of the Sustainable Development Goals. The present study empirically examines the connection between economic complexity, which is un... Read More about Relationships between economic complexity, renewable energy uptake and environmental degradation: A global study.

Becoming a leader with clipped wings: The role of early-career unemployment scarring on future leadership role occupancy (2024)
Journal Article
Epitropaki, O., & Avramidis, P. (2024). Becoming a leader with clipped wings: The role of early-career unemployment scarring on future leadership role occupancy. The Leadership Quarterly, 35(4), Article 101786. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.leaqua.2024.101786

Whereas the scarring effects of unemployment on future income, health and well-being are well-documented, little is known about its potential role in future leadership emergence and development. Using data from two cohorts of the National Longitudina... Read More about Becoming a leader with clipped wings: The role of early-career unemployment scarring on future leadership role occupancy.

Forecasting and Planning for a critical infrastructure sector during a pandemic: empirical evidence from a food supply chain (2024)
Journal Article
Aljuneidi, T., Punia, S., Jebali, A., & Nikolopoulos, K. (2024). Forecasting and Planning for a critical infrastructure sector during a pandemic: empirical evidence from a food supply chain. European Journal of Operational Research, 317(3), 936-952. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2024.04.009

The meat supply chain (MSC) – a key constituent of the ‘Food & Agriculture’ CISA critical infrastructure sector, was among the most impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The witnessed successive demand and supply shocks uncovered the f... Read More about Forecasting and Planning for a critical infrastructure sector during a pandemic: empirical evidence from a food supply chain.

Should online retailers emphasize efficiency or experience? First insights on the evolution and heterogeneity of website attributes (2024)
Journal Article
El-Manstrly, D., Herhausen, D., Guha, A., Blut, M., & Grewal, D. (2024). Should online retailers emphasize efficiency or experience? First insights on the evolution and heterogeneity of website attributes. Journal of Retailing, 100(2), 274-292. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jretai.2024.03.002

Anecdotal evidence indicates a notable shift in online consumer expectations, emphasizing a desire for an enjoyable online shopping experience, beyond convenience and efficiency. This insight thus prompts key questions: Should retai... Read More about Should online retailers emphasize efficiency or experience? First insights on the evolution and heterogeneity of website attributes.

The effect of different types of virtual influencers on consumers’ emotional attachment (2024)
Journal Article
Yan, J., Xia, S., Jiang, A., & Lin, Z. (2024). The effect of different types of virtual influencers on consumers’ emotional attachment. Journal of Business Research, 177, Article 114646. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2024.114646

A virtual influencer (VI) is a computer-generated, imagery-based digital character. It has become one of the hottest marketing trends, motivating researchers to investigate how consumers perceive VIs. However, consumers’ emotional attachment and bene... Read More about The effect of different types of virtual influencers on consumers’ emotional attachment.

Global Flow of Foreign Aid and Change in Recipients’ Local Labor Institutions (2024)
Journal Article
Niu, S., Gao, X., Gu, Z., Zhang, Y., & Wei, Q. (2024). Global Flow of Foreign Aid and Change in Recipients’ Local Labor Institutions. Discrete Dynamics in Nature and Society, 2024, 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1155/2024/1147752

How does foreign aid affect recipient countries’ labor institutions? Extant empirical evidence is sparse due to ambiguous theoretical predictions and potential endogeneity issues. This study uses data detailing aid flow and institutional functions to... Read More about Global Flow of Foreign Aid and Change in Recipients’ Local Labor Institutions.

Stakeholder Management in the Wake of Business Failure (2024)
Book Chapter
Omari, D., & Jin, C. (2024). Stakeholder Management in the Wake of Business Failure. In S. Adomako, M. A. Gyensare, & M. Ahsan (Eds.), Stakeholder Management and Entrepreneurship in Africa (254-265). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003256014-22

This chapter examines the impact of business failure on stakeholder management relationships in future ventures. Stakeholder relationships and their importance to business are a critical concept in modern business theory. Stakeholders encompass a wid... Read More about Stakeholder Management in the Wake of Business Failure.

Measuring Chinese MNE Activity: The Challenge of Corporate Inversions and Capital in Transit Related FDI   (2024)
Journal Article
Anderson, J., Sutherland, D., & Hurst, J. (2024). Measuring Chinese MNE Activity: The Challenge of Corporate Inversions and Capital in Transit Related FDI  . Research in International Business and Finance, 70(Part A), Article 102355. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ribaf.2024.102355

FDI data has historically been recorded on a bilateral basis between the immediate origin and destination of the investor. This approach, however, makes its use problematic for understanding MNE activity because: (i) offshore corporate inversions may... Read More about Measuring Chinese MNE Activity: The Challenge of Corporate Inversions and Capital in Transit Related FDI  .

The effect of business model innovation on SMEs’ international performance: The contingent roles of foreign institutional voids and entrepreneurial orientation (2024)
Journal Article
Jean, R.-J. B., Kim, D., Sinkovics, R. R., & Cavusgil, E. (2024). The effect of business model innovation on SMEs’ international performance: The contingent roles of foreign institutional voids and entrepreneurial orientation. Journal of Business Research, 175, Article 114449. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2023.114449

Despite the growing trend of firms adopting innovative business models for internationalization, scholarly attention remains limited. Existing research provides inconclusive findings regarding the link between business model innovation and internatio... Read More about The effect of business model innovation on SMEs’ international performance: The contingent roles of foreign institutional voids and entrepreneurial orientation.

The Influence of Joe Wicks on Physical Activity During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Thematic, Location, and Social Network Analysis of X Data (2024)
Journal Article
Ahmed, W., Aiyenitaju, O., Chadwick, S., Hardey, M., & Fenton, A. (2024). The Influence of Joe Wicks on Physical Activity During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Thematic, Location, and Social Network Analysis of X Data. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 26, Article e49921. https://doi.org/10.2196/49921

Social media (SM) was essential in promoting physical activity during the COVID-19 pandemic, especially among people confined to their homes. Joe Wicks, a fitness coach, became particularly popular on SM during this time, posting daily workouts that... Read More about The Influence of Joe Wicks on Physical Activity During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Thematic, Location, and Social Network Analysis of X Data.

Paradigms in Qualitative IB Research: Trends, Analysis and Recommendations (2024)
Journal Article
Aguzzoli, R., Lengler, J., Miller, S. R., & Chidlow, A. (2024). Paradigms in Qualitative IB Research: Trends, Analysis and Recommendations. Management International Review, 64(2), 165-198. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11575-024-00529-5

This paper examines trends, challenges and opportunities in terms of research methodologies in qualitative IB research. In particular, it examines trends for the dominant (positivism/(post)positivism) paradigm versus alternative paradigms (i.e., soci... Read More about Paradigms in Qualitative IB Research: Trends, Analysis and Recommendations.

FinTech adoption in achieving ecologically sustainable mineral management in Asian OBOR countries – A cross-section and time autoregressive robust analysis (2024)
Journal Article
Ul-Durar, S., De Sisto, M., Arshed, N., Naveed, S., & Farooqi, R. (2024). FinTech adoption in achieving ecologically sustainable mineral management in Asian OBOR countries – A cross-section and time autoregressive robust analysis. Resources Policy, 91, Article 104939. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resourpol.2024.104939

The balance between economic activity, economic growth, and ecosystem is a need of the time. Belt and Road Initiative countries working on the One Belt and One Road project (OBOR), constituting 130 countries, are participating with China to achieve g... Read More about FinTech adoption in achieving ecologically sustainable mineral management in Asian OBOR countries – A cross-section and time autoregressive robust analysis.

Meta-Practices: The Role of Ecosystems Actors in Social Innovation (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hughes, J., Pitsis, T., Leighton, M., & Bhatia, K. (2024, April). Meta-Practices: The Role of Ecosystems Actors in Social Innovation. Paper presented at 9th Annual Entrepreneurship as Practice Conference 2024, University of Leeds

Towards the development of an explainable e-commerce fake review index: An attribute analytics approach (2024)
Journal Article
Das, R., Ahmed, W., Sharma, K., Hardey, M., Dwivedi, Y., Apostolidis, C., …Filieri, R. (2024). Towards the development of an explainable e-commerce fake review index: An attribute analytics approach. European Journal of Operational Research, 317(2), 382-400. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2024.03.008

Instruments of corporate risk and reputation assessment tools are quintessentially developed on structured quantitative data linked to financial ratios and macroeconomics. An emerging stream of studies has challenged this norm by de... Read More about Towards the development of an explainable e-commerce fake review index: An attribute analytics approach.

Reluctance to lead: Conceptualization and contextualization (2024)
Journal Article
Aycan, Z., Özbilgin, M., Moraligil, B., & Epitropaki, O. (2024). Reluctance to lead: Conceptualization and contextualization. European Management Journal, 42(4), 437-444. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.emj.2024.02.005

Recent studies indicate a potential trend of waning enthusiasm for leadership positions. This increasing trend of avoiding leadership roles has prompted a new area of research, concentrating on agentic perspectives in leader emergence and self-select... Read More about Reluctance to lead: Conceptualization and contextualization.

Knowledge investment and search for innovation: evidence from the UK firms (2024)
Journal Article
Audretsch, D. B., Belitski, M., & Chowdhury, F. (2024). Knowledge investment and search for innovation: evidence from the UK firms. The Journal of Technology Transfer, 49(4), 1387-1410. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10961-023-10045-7

Recent research on innovation management and knowledge transfer has demonstrated that industry knowledge collaboration and knowledge spillovers matter for innovation, but so does a firm's Research and Development (R&D). Conditional to a firm's R&D in... Read More about Knowledge investment and search for innovation: evidence from the UK firms.

Unified framework for choice-based facility location problem (2024)
Journal Article
Hui Lin, Y., Tian, Q., & Zhao, Y. (online). Unified framework for choice-based facility location problem. INFORMS Journal on Computing, https://doi.org/10.1287/ijoc.2022.0366

The choice-based facility location (CBFL) problem arises in various industrial and business contexts. The problem stands on a decentralized perspective: Companies set up chains of facilities, and customers determine from which chain or facility to se... Read More about Unified framework for choice-based facility location problem.