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Deflated in shame and puffed up in pride: How affective practices matter for entrepreneuring (2025)
Journal Article
Marsh, D., Eccleston, H., & Śliwa, M. (online). Deflated in shame and puffed up in pride: How affective practices matter for entrepreneuring. Human Relations, https://doi.org/10.1177/00187267241310136

At the heart of the processual term ‘entrepreneuring’, lies something inherently optimistic: a belief that a better world could be reached beyond the actual. Embracing this perspective, we move away from a focus on entrepreneurial mastery and seek co... Read More about Deflated in shame and puffed up in pride: How affective practices matter for entrepreneuring.

Politics and Personalities: The 1986 Commonwealth Games as Strategic Action Field (2025)
Journal Article
Millar, J., & Mueller, F. (in press). Politics and Personalities: The 1986 Commonwealth Games as Strategic Action Field. Public Management Review,

Quadrennial sporting events are a recognized form of megaproject or mega-event and prior literature has examined in depth their motivations, and the reasons why they frequently fail to deliver promised outcomes. Much less attention has been paid in t... Read More about Politics and Personalities: The 1986 Commonwealth Games as Strategic Action Field.

Business Model Innovation through AI Adaptation: The Role of Strategic Human Resources Management (2025)
Journal Article
Apostolidis, C., Roy, S., Dey, B., Brown, D., Abid, A., Christofi, M., & Tarba, S. (online). Business Model Innovation through AI Adaptation: The Role of Strategic Human Resources Management. British Journal of Management, https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8551.12894

While artificial intelligence (AI) requires business model innovation, it simultaneously poses persistent operational, regulatory and strategic challenges, highlighting the importance of researching AI adaptation to appropriate organizational value.... Read More about Business Model Innovation through AI Adaptation: The Role of Strategic Human Resources Management.

How Does Economic Uncertainty Affect the Financial Performance and Stability of Islamic and Conventional Banks in Hydrocarbon- Based Rentier Economies? (2025)
Book Chapter
Akkas, E., & Asutay, M. (2025). How Does Economic Uncertainty Affect the Financial Performance and Stability of Islamic and Conventional Banks in Hydrocarbon- Based Rentier Economies?. In E. Akkas (Ed.), Islamic Economics and Financial Crisis. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003500223-8

This study investigates whether Islamic banks are more resilient to uncertainties than their counterparts. Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries are included in the sample, namely Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emi... Read More about How Does Economic Uncertainty Affect the Financial Performance and Stability of Islamic and Conventional Banks in Hydrocarbon- Based Rentier Economies?.

Unpacking Organizational Agency in Institutional Change: The Role of Executives’ Political Connections and Shareholders’ Investment Horizons (2025)
Journal Article
Ren, S., Yan, J., Yao, N., & Du, L. (online). Unpacking Organizational Agency in Institutional Change: The Role of Executives’ Political Connections and Shareholders’ Investment Horizons. Organization Studies, https://doi.org/10.1177/01708406251314588

In studies where institutional changes are initiated outside of the organization, two key actors are identified: the institutional entrepreneur, who initiates the change, and the affected organization, which is impacted. This study highlights the cru... Read More about Unpacking Organizational Agency in Institutional Change: The Role of Executives’ Political Connections and Shareholders’ Investment Horizons.

Shared occupancy and property tax arrears (2024)
Journal Article
Anim-Odame, W. K., Brenni, P. A., Damianov, D. S., & Philip, D. (online). Shared occupancy and property tax arrears. Real Estate Economics, https://doi.org/10.1111/1540-6229.12522

Shared occupancy arrangements are on the rise in recent years due to affordability constraints in homeownership. This article examines for the first time the property tax compliance behavior of shared dwellings, where homeowners rent out part of thei... Read More about Shared occupancy and property tax arrears.

Transitioning from responsible and reactive to deeply responsible and proactive international business (2024)
Journal Article
Jones, G. G., Lopes, T. D. S., Pananond, P., van Tulder, R., Sinkovics, N., & Sinkovics, R. R. (2025). Transitioning from responsible and reactive to deeply responsible and proactive international business. Critical Perspectives on International Business, 21(2), 196-225. https://doi.org/10.1108/cpoib-08-2024-0092

Purpose
This paper aims to explore the role of multi-national enterprises in addressing grand societal challenges, emphasising the need for integrating environmental and social aspects into business models. Drawing on the books of Geoffrey Jones (20... Read More about Transitioning from responsible and reactive to deeply responsible and proactive international business.

Beyond conventional financialization: Intersectional insights and Indigenous responses to financial inequality in the UK (2024)
Journal Article
Ghafran, C., & Yasmin, S. (online). Beyond conventional financialization: Intersectional insights and Indigenous responses to financial inequality in the UK. Critical Perspectives On Accounting, Article 102771. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpa.2024.102771

This study leverages Bourdieu's concepts of capital and habitus, alongside an intersectionality framework, to examine the financialization of daily life within the British-Pakistani diaspora. Amidst the escalating pervasiveness of financialization in... Read More about Beyond conventional financialization: Intersectional insights and Indigenous responses to financial inequality in the UK.

Financialisation of Islamic finance: a Polanyian approach on the hegemony of market logic over Islamic Logic (2024)
Journal Article
Asutay, M., & Yilmaz, I. (online). Financialisation of Islamic finance: a Polanyian approach on the hegemony of market logic over Islamic Logic. New Political Economy, https://doi.org/10.1080/13563467.2024.2424170

The significant rise of finance in emerging economies evidenced that financialisation is not limited to advanced economies. While financial capitalism spreads to every corner, financialisation appears in emerging economies in the form of variegated f... Read More about Financialisation of Islamic finance: a Polanyian approach on the hegemony of market logic over Islamic Logic.

Where there is a thriving, there is a green way: cultivating employee green creativity through green HRM and creative leadership (2024)
Journal Article
Liu, X., Lin, Z., & Sun, Y. (2024). Where there is a thriving, there is a green way: cultivating employee green creativity through green HRM and creative leadership. Employee Relations, 46(8), 1826-1842. https://doi.org/10.1108/er-02-2024-0080

Purpose
The purpose of the study is to investigate the mechanisms through which green HRM practices foster green creativity among employees. Specifically, it tests a conceptual model linking green HRM practices to green creativity, with employee thr... Read More about Where there is a thriving, there is a green way: cultivating employee green creativity through green HRM and creative leadership.

China's technological catch-up through foreign IP acquisitions: Disaggregating the effects of cross-national distance (2024)
Journal Article
Shi, X., Williams, C., & Rong, K. (online). China's technological catch-up through foreign IP acquisitions: Disaggregating the effects of cross-national distance. Technovation, 139, Article 103137. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.technovation.2024.103137

While the effects of proximity on the technological catch-up of emerging economy firms are well documented, little is known about how the sub-dimensions of cross-national distance impact such firms' acquisition of foreign IP. Cross-national distance... Read More about China's technological catch-up through foreign IP acquisitions: Disaggregating the effects of cross-national distance.