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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. (2024). 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.

Ethical compass: The need for Corporate Digital Responsibility in the use of Artificial Intelligence in financial services (2024)
Journal Article
Tóth, Z., & Blut, M. (2024). Ethical compass: The need for Corporate Digital Responsibility in the use of Artificial Intelligence in financial services. Organizational Dynamics, 53(2), Article 101041. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.orgdyn.2024.101041

Service research and business ethics literature intersect concerning the question of artificial intelligence (AI) service robot accountability. In financial services, there is a broad spectrum of potential ethical issues, from data usage to customer... Read More about Ethical compass: The need for Corporate Digital Responsibility in the use of Artificial Intelligence in financial services.

The Case For Embedding Futures Thinking in University Teaching & Learning (2024)
Journal Article
Hirst, J., & Spellman, C. (2024). The Case For Embedding Futures Thinking in University Teaching & Learning. Enhancing Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 1, 97-109. https://doi.org/10.62512/etlhe.1

This paper addresses a critical need for Higher Education, and Business Schools in particular, to embed Futures Thinking skills into their curricula in order to prepare the incoming generations of leaders for the radical change that the world is faci... Read More about The Case For Embedding Futures Thinking in University Teaching & Learning.

How Officials’ Political Incentives Influence Corporate Green Innovation (2024)
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Ren, S., Liu, D., & Yan, J. (online). How Officials’ Political Incentives Influence Corporate Green Innovation. Journal of Business Ethics, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-024-05622-1

Drawing on tournament theory, we argue that when environmental goals are incorporated into the cadre evaluation system, compared to officials who are close to retirement (i.e., retiring officials), non-retiring officials may exert more effort to fost... Read More about How Officials’ Political Incentives Influence Corporate Green Innovation.

Market Thickness in Online Food Delivery Platforms: The Impact of Food Processing Times (2024)
Journal Article
Zhao, Y., Papier, F., & Teo, C. (2024). Market Thickness in Online Food Delivery Platforms: The Impact of Food Processing Times. Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, 26(3), 853-872. https://doi.org/10.1287/msom.2021.0354

Problem definition: Online food delivery (OFD) platforms have witnessed rapid global expansion, partly driven by shifts in consumer behavior during the COVID-19 pandemic. These platforms enable customers to order food conveniently from a diverse arra... Read More about Market Thickness in Online Food Delivery Platforms: The Impact of Food Processing Times.

Manifestations of professional identity work: An integrative review of research in professional identity formation (2024)
Journal Article
Reissner, S. C., & Armitage-Chan, E. (online). Manifestations of professional identity work: An integrative review of research in professional identity formation. Studies in Higher Education, https://doi.org/10.1080/03075079.2024.2322093

Professional identity formation (PIF) is an integral part of educating professionals. A well-formed professional identity helps individuals to develop a meaningful professional self-understanding that facilitates their transition to and sustainabilit... Read More about Manifestations of professional identity work: An integrative review of research in professional identity formation.

Does Chinese Investment into Europe Facilitate Strategic Asset Growth in the Chinese Parent Company? The Role of Entry Mode (2024)
Journal Article
Anderson, J., Sutherland, D., & Severe, S. (2024). Does Chinese Investment into Europe Facilitate Strategic Asset Growth in the Chinese Parent Company? The Role of Entry Mode. Economies, 12(3), Article 56. https://doi.org/10.3390/economies12030056

Strategic asset seeking foreign direct investment has undergone tremendous growth over the past decade. This paper first attempts to evaluate the location choice of such investments in Europe. We find that Chinese companies target strategic assets in... Read More about Does Chinese Investment into Europe Facilitate Strategic Asset Growth in the Chinese Parent Company? The Role of Entry Mode.

Enhancing corporate brands through service robots: The impact of anthropomorphic design metaphors on corporate brand perceptions (2024)
Journal Article
Wünderlich, N., Blut, M., & Brock, C. (2024). Enhancing corporate brands through service robots: The impact of anthropomorphic design metaphors on corporate brand perceptions. Journal of Product Innovation Management, 41(5), 1022-1046. https://doi.org/10.1111/jpim.12726

The increasing introduction of intelligent, interactive robots in the service industry raises concerns about the potential dehumanization of service provision and its influences on corporate brand perceptions. To avoid adverse effects, new service de... Read More about Enhancing corporate brands through service robots: The impact of anthropomorphic design metaphors on corporate brand perceptions.

A long and winding road: The hard graft of scaling social change in complex systems (2024)
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Healy, J., Hughes, J., Donnelly-Cox, G., & Shantz, A. (2024). A long and winding road: The hard graft of scaling social change in complex systems. Journal of Business Venturing Insights, 21, Article e00455. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbvi.2024.e00455

Advice abounds on how to implement large-scale social change, much of which emphasizes a simplistic linear process, led by a heroic central actor. Rigorous case studies have shown that social change is far more complex: it is a reci... Read More about A long and winding road: The hard graft of scaling social change in complex systems.

Cognitive Economy and Product Categorization (2024)
Journal Article
Piazzai, M., Liu, M., & Montauti, M. (2024). Cognitive Economy and Product Categorization. Organization Science, 35(3), 1866-1889. https://doi.org/10.1287/orsc.2021.15751

In mediated markets, the categorization of products by mediators is critical to efficient interaction between producers and consumers. As organizational research tends to focus on the consequences of categorization rather than its antecedents, howeve... Read More about Cognitive Economy and Product Categorization.

Service quality in cloud gaming: instrument development and validation (2024)
Journal Article
Su, T., Lee, Z. W. Z., He, X., & Chan, T. (2024). Service quality in cloud gaming: instrument development and validation. Internet Research, https://doi.org/10.1108/INTR-12-2022-0954

Purpose
The global market for cloud gaming is growing rapidly. How gamers evaluate the service quality of this emerging form of cloud service has become a critical issue for both researchers and practitioners. Building on the literature on service q... Read More about Service quality in cloud gaming: instrument development and validation.

Is Nonprofit Entrepreneurship Unique? (2024)
Journal Article
Chowdhury, F., & Audretsch, D. B. (2024). Is Nonprofit Entrepreneurship Unique?. Small Business Economics, 63(4), 1615-1639. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11187-024-00885-4

While private entrepreneurial activity has been at the core of entrepreneurship, nonprofit ventures still need to be explored in the literature. Using norm-activation theory (NAT) and resource-based view (RBV) lenses, we explore the antecedents of un... Read More about Is Nonprofit Entrepreneurship Unique?.

A conceptual model of individuals’ decision to engage in global mobility: integrating self-determination theory and theory of planned behavior (2024)
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Quatrin, D. R., Aguzzoli, R., & Lengler, J. (2024). A conceptual model of individuals’ decision to engage in global mobility: integrating self-determination theory and theory of planned behavior. Journal of Global Mobility, 12(2), 313-332. https://doi.org/10.1108/JGM-10-2023-0074

Purpose
Companies target globally mobile workers and face the war for talent, while individuals are more reluctant to engage in global mobility. This scenario led us to propose a model to understand the individuals' decision process to engage in glo... Read More about A conceptual model of individuals’ decision to engage in global mobility: integrating self-determination theory and theory of planned behavior.

The effects of benefit-based (vs. attribute-based) product categorizations on mental imagery and purchase behavior (2024)
Journal Article
Ghiassaleh, A., Kocher, B., & Czellar, S. (2024). The effects of benefit-based (vs. attribute-based) product categorizations on mental imagery and purchase behavior. Journal of Retailing, 100(2), 239-255. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jretai.2024.01.001

Retailers encounter consequential choices when categorizing products on a (virtual) shelf display. This research disentangles the impact of two of these categorization schemes, namely attribute-based and benefit-based product catego... Read More about The effects of benefit-based (vs. attribute-based) product categorizations on mental imagery and purchase behavior.

Forecasting and planning for special events in the pulp and paper supply chains (2024)
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Brookes, T., Nikolopoulos , K., Litsiou, K., & Alghassab, W. (online). Forecasting and planning for special events in the pulp and paper supply chains. Supply Chain Forum: an International Journal, https://doi.org/10.1080/16258312.2024.2315029

Due to global warming, flood is an increasing threat to companies operating in the pulp and paper industry. The impact of this threat needs to be managed. We deploy a qualitative investigation into how paper manufacturers can forecast and mitigate th... Read More about Forecasting and planning for special events in the pulp and paper supply chains.

Social Networks in the Work-Nonwork Borderland: Developing an Integrative Model of Cross-Domain Multiplex Relationships (2024)
Journal Article
Methot, J., Parker, A., & Hubbard, A. (2024). Social Networks in the Work-Nonwork Borderland: Developing an Integrative Model of Cross-Domain Multiplex Relationships. Group and Organization Management, 49(2), 259-298. https://doi.org/10.1177/10596011241232183

Individuals’ networks are multiplex—bundles of roles, interactions, and exchanges—in which the boundaries between work relationships and non-work relationships are often blurred, or integrated. Surprisingly, though, there is a paucity of research tha... Read More about Social Networks in the Work-Nonwork Borderland: Developing an Integrative Model of Cross-Domain Multiplex Relationships.

Who would be a Dean? Demonising Deans and the question of role modelling leadership in our Business Schools (2024)
Journal Article
Cassell, C. (2024). Who would be a Dean? Demonising Deans and the question of role modelling leadership in our Business Schools. Journal of Management Studies, https://doi.org/10.1111/joms.13034

On my precious research day – the first in a long time – I am searching JMS for articles about diversity and inclusion for a paper I am writing from a recent research project, and I come upon a scathing account of a Business School away day. In a sho... Read More about Who would be a Dean? Demonising Deans and the question of role modelling leadership in our Business Schools.

An examination of shared leadership configurations and their effectiveness in teams (2024)
Journal Article
Chamberlin, M., Nahrgang, J. D., Sessions, H., & De Jong, B. (2024). An examination of shared leadership configurations and their effectiveness in teams. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 45(4), 595-619. https://doi.org/10.1002/job.2774

A key challenge in the shared leadership literature has been a limited understanding of how multiple leadership activities are shared across team members and roles. We address this issue by conceptualizing and operationalizing shared leadership using... Read More about An examination of shared leadership configurations and their effectiveness in teams.