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Towards a social-ecological understanding of sustainable venturing (2016)
Journal Article
Muñoz, P., & Cohen, B. (2017). Towards a social-ecological understanding of sustainable venturing. Journal of Business Venturing Insights, 7, 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbvi.2016.12.001

Leveraging social-ecological systems literature and an exemplar case, the Panamanian-American venture Planting Empowerment, we introduce the notion of entrepreneurial synchronicity, emerging from an inductive approach, as a key concept for advancing... Read More about Towards a social-ecological understanding of sustainable venturing.

Boundary Capabilities in MNCs: Knowledge Transformation for Creative Solution Development (2016)
Journal Article
Tippmann, E., Sharkey Scott, P., & Parker, A. (2017). Boundary Capabilities in MNCs: Knowledge Transformation for Creative Solution Development. Journal of Management Studies, 54(4), 455-482. https://doi.org/10.1111/joms.12253

The management of knowledge across country units is critical to multinational corporations (MNCs). Building on the argument that boundary spanning leads to the development of creative problem solving outcomes, this study advances the concept of MNC k... Read More about Boundary Capabilities in MNCs: Knowledge Transformation for Creative Solution Development.

A metatheoretical framework of diversity in teams (2016)
Journal Article
Mayo, M., Kakarika, M., Mainemelis, C., & Deuschel, N. T. (2017). A metatheoretical framework of diversity in teams. Human Relations, 70(8), 911-939. https://doi.org/10.1177/0018726716679246

In the last 22 years, research on diversity in teams has been propelled by information processing and social categorization theories, and more recently, by theories of disparity/(in)justice and access to external networks. These theories stress diffe... Read More about A metatheoretical framework of diversity in teams.

The Circular Economy – A new sustainability paradigm? (2016)
Journal Article
Geissdoerfer, M., Savaget, P., Bocken, N., & Hultink, E. (2017). The Circular Economy – A new sustainability paradigm?. Journal of Cleaner Production, 143, 757-768. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2016.12.048

While the terms Circular Economy and sustainability are increasingly gaining traction with academia, industry, and policymakers, the similarities and differences between both concepts remain ambiguous. The relationship between the concepts is not mad... Read More about The Circular Economy – A new sustainability paradigm?.

Diverse and just? The role of quota-based selection policies on organizational outcomes (2016)
Journal Article
Shaughnessy, B., Braun, S., Hentschel, T., & Peus, C. (2016). Diverse and just? The role of quota-based selection policies on organizational outcomes. European Journal of Social Psychology, 46(7), 880-890. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.2208

Quota-based selection systems are viewed as a way to overcome biases; however, they may produce negative effects on the individuals as well as on the organizations that enact said procedures. To date, the processes underlying these negative effects h... Read More about Diverse and just? The role of quota-based selection policies on organizational outcomes.

An Empirical Examination of Continuance Intention of Social Network Sites (2016)
Journal Article
Chan, T., Cheung, C., Shi, N., Lee, M., & Lee, Z. (2016). An Empirical Examination of Continuance Intention of Social Network Sites. Pacific Asia Journal of the Association for Information Systems, 8(4), 69-90

Social network sites (SNSs) have drawn extensive attention among scholars and practitioners. In this study, we aim at explaining the continuance of SNSs. Specifically, we propose and empirically test a research model of continuance intention to use S... Read More about An Empirical Examination of Continuance Intention of Social Network Sites.

Social Cartography and ‘Knowing Capitalism’: Critical Reflections on Social Research and the Geo-­Spatial Web (2016)
Book Chapter
Smith, H., Hardey, M., Hardey, M., & Burrows, R. (2016). Social Cartography and ‘Knowing Capitalism’: Critical Reflections on Social Research and the Geo-­Spatial Web. In N. G. Fielding, R. M. Lee, & G. Blank (Eds.), The Sage handbook of online research methods (596-610). (2nd ed.). SAGE Publications

This chapter explores how, what Thrift (2005) has termed knowing capitalism, is increasingly invested in developing new techniques, methodological frameworks, and cultural discourses that exploit the potential of social cartography to realize new for... Read More about Social Cartography and ‘Knowing Capitalism’: Critical Reflections on Social Research and the Geo-­Spatial Web.

Inward FDI spillovers and innovation capabilities in Chinese business: exploring the moderating role of local industrial externalities (2016)
Journal Article
Li, J., Sutherland, D., & Ning, L. (2016). Inward FDI spillovers and innovation capabilities in Chinese business: exploring the moderating role of local industrial externalities. Technology Analysis and Strategic Management, 29(8), 932-945. https://doi.org/10.1080/09537325.2016.1259472

It is generally believed foreign direct investment (FDI) has spillover effects which can affect the innovation capabilities of local firms in host countries. Comparatively little, however, is known about the contingent local contextual factors that i... Read More about Inward FDI spillovers and innovation capabilities in Chinese business: exploring the moderating role of local industrial externalities.

Exploring survival rates of companies in the UK video-games industry: an empirical study (2016)
Journal Article
Cabras, I., Goumagias, N., Fernandes, K., Cowling, P., Li, F., Kudenko, D., & Nucciarelli, A. (2017). Exploring survival rates of companies in the UK video-games industry: an empirical study. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 117, 305-314. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2016.10.073

The study presented in this paper investigates companies operating in the UK video-game industry with regard to their levels of survivability. Using a unique dataset of companies founded between 2009 and 2014, and combining elements and theories from... Read More about Exploring survival rates of companies in the UK video-games industry: an empirical study.

Social progress orientation and innovative entrepreneurship: An international analysis (2016)
Journal Article
Urbano, D., Aparicio, S., & Querol, V. (2016). Social progress orientation and innovative entrepreneurship: An international analysis. Journal of Evolutionary Economics, 26(5), 1033-1066. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00191-016-0485-1

Using the institutional approach, this paper examines the influence of social progress orientation on innovative entrepreneurship from an international perspective. Using a multiple linear regression model with cross-sectional information from the Gl... Read More about Social progress orientation and innovative entrepreneurship: An international analysis.

The influence of social identity on value perceptions and intention (2016)
Journal Article
McGowan, M., Shiu, E., & Hassan, L. M. (2017). The influence of social identity on value perceptions and intention. Journal of Consumer Behaviour, 16(3), 242-253. https://doi.org/10.1002/cb.1627

Despite much research on consumers' brand identification, researchers remain divided regarding the conceptualization of the dimensions underlying social identity and how these dimensions impact marketing outcome variables. Further, previous studies h... Read More about The influence of social identity on value perceptions and intention.

Does travel interest mediate between motives and intention to travel? A case of young Asian travellers (2016)
Journal Article
Mohsin, A., Lengler, J., & Chaya, P. (2017). Does travel interest mediate between motives and intention to travel? A case of young Asian travellers. Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management, 31, 36-44. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhtm.2016.08.003

The rising income level of the middle class in Thailand has also raised the disposable income and interest to visit tourism destinations abroad. In last seven years the number of outbound tourists has doubled suggesting a growth rate of 15% per annum... Read More about Does travel interest mediate between motives and intention to travel? A case of young Asian travellers.