Professor Rudolf Sinkovics' Outputs (143)

Advanced technologies and international business: A multidisciplinary analysis of the literature (2021)
Journal Article
Ahi, A. A., Sinkovics, N., Shildibekov, Y., Sinkovics, R. R., & Mehandjiev, N. (2022). Advanced technologies and international business: A multidisciplinary analysis of the literature. International Business Review, 31(4), Article 101967. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ibusrev.2021.101967

Advanced digital technologies, such as the Internet of Things, blockchain, big data analytics and augmented reality, are gradually transforming the way multinational firms do business. Due to the extent of this transformation many scholars argue that... Read More about Advanced technologies and international business: A multidisciplinary analysis of the literature.

Sustainable Business Model Innovation: Review, Analysis and Impact on Society (2021)
Journal Article
Molina-Castillo, F.-J., Sinkovics, N., & Sinkovics, R. R. (2021). Sustainable Business Model Innovation: Review, Analysis and Impact on Society. Sustainability, 13(16), Article 8906. https://doi.org/10.3390/su13168906

Sustainability issues are on the rise and companies are pressured to respond [1]. Arguably, company response is a rather reactive approach and insufficient given the evidence regarding broken planetary boundaries and the immediate need for business t... Read More about Sustainable Business Model Innovation: Review, Analysis and Impact on Society.

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.

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.

Management perspectives on the Covid-19 crisis: Lessons from New Zealand (2021)
Book
Husted, K., & Sinkovics, R. R. (Eds.). (2021). Management perspectives on the Covid-19 crisis: Lessons from New Zealand. Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781800882096

New Zealand (NZ) offers an astonishing story regarding its Covid-19 response. This book argues that NZ offers lessons for business and management actors across various geographical and political contexts in the world. In this book, we draw attention... Read More about Management perspectives on the Covid-19 crisis: Lessons from New Zealand.

Sustainable Business Model Innovation: An Umbrella Review (2021)
Journal Article
Sinkovics, N., Gunaratne, D., Sinkovics, R. R., & Molina-Castillo, F.-J. (2021). Sustainable Business Model Innovation: An Umbrella Review. Sustainability, 13(13), Article 7266. https://doi.org/10.3390/su13137266

The purpose of this paper is to conduct an umbrella review of systematic literature reviews of sustainable business model innovation. Despite its relative novelty, sustainable business model innovation is a multifaceted phenomenon. Our aim is to capt... Read More about Sustainable Business Model Innovation: An Umbrella Review.

Technophobia dataset (2021)
Data
Sinkovics, R. R., & Salzberger, T. (2021). Technophobia dataset. [Data]. https://doi.org/10.17608/k6.auckland.14576037.v1

This is a dataset on "technophobia" a socio-psychological construct, which is experienced by consumers who feel overloaded by the complexity of technology-related products. The dataset was used in the publications below and is available for use in re... Read More about Technophobia dataset.

The Covid-19 pandemic: towards a societally engaged IB perspective (2021)
Journal Article
Dörrenbächer, C., Sinkovics, R. R., Becker-Ritterspach, F., Boussebaa, M., Curran, L., de Jonge, A., & Khan, Z. (2021). The Covid-19 pandemic: towards a societally engaged IB perspective. Critical Perspectives on International Business, 17(2), 149-164. https://doi.org/10.1108/cpoib-02-2021-0021

Purpose This viewpoint takes up the Covid-19 pandemic as a trigger for a research agenda around societally engaged international business (IB) research. Design/methodology/approach The paper is organized as a viewpoint. First, it provides an overview... Read More about The Covid-19 pandemic: towards a societally engaged IB perspective.

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.

The dark side of trust in global value chains: Taiwan’s electronics and IT hardware industries (2021)
Journal Article
Sinkovics, N., Liu, C.-L., Sinkovics, R. R., & Mudambi, R. (2021). The dark side of trust in global value chains: Taiwan’s electronics and IT hardware industries. Journal of World Business, 56(4), Article 101195. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jwb.2021.101195

This paper contributes to theory building efforts around the concept of knowledge connectivity and its role in suppliers’ new product innovation capability under different inter-firm knowledge pipeline conditions. We use the Taiwanese electronics and... Read More about The dark side of trust in global value chains: Taiwan’s electronics and IT hardware industries.

International relationships and resilience of New Zealand SME exporters during COVID-19 (2021)
Journal Article
Fath, B., Fiedler, A., Sinkovics, N., Sinkovics, R. R., & Sullivan-Taylor, B. (2021). International relationships and resilience of New Zealand SME exporters during COVID-19. Critical Perspectives on International Business, 17(2), 359-379. https://doi.org/10.1108/cpoib-05-2020-0061

Purpose This paper aims to empirically investigate how small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) have engaged with international network partners during COVID-19 and how the crisis has changed network relationships and resilience depending on pre-CO... Read More about International relationships and resilience of New Zealand SME exporters during COVID-19.

Small- and medium-sized enterprises and sustainable development: In the shadows of large lead firms in global value chains (2021)
Journal Article
Sinkovics, N., Sinkovics, R. R., & Archie-Acheampong, J. (2021). Small- and medium-sized enterprises and sustainable development: In the shadows of large lead firms in global value chains. Journal of International Business Policy, 4(1), 80-101. https://doi.org/10.1057/s42214-020-00089-z

The purpose of this paper is to shed light on the potential contribution of small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and derive implications for policymakers based on the insights. Our findings indicate t... Read More about Small- and medium-sized enterprises and sustainable development: In the shadows of large lead firms in global value chains.

The business responsibility matrix: a diagnostic tool to aid the design of better interventions for achieving the SDGs (2020)
Journal Article
Sinkovics, N., Sinkovics, R. R., & Archie-Acheampong, J. (2021). The business responsibility matrix: a diagnostic tool to aid the design of better interventions for achieving the SDGs. Multinational Business Review, 29(1), 1-20. https://doi.org/10.1108/MBR-07-2020-0154

Purpose This paper aims to propose an integrative framework that enables the mapping of firm activities along two dimensions of responsible business behavior: a width and a depth dimension. Width includes associative, peripheral, operational and embe... Read More about The business responsibility matrix: a diagnostic tool to aid the design of better interventions for achieving the SDGs.

Achieving relational governance effectiveness: An examination of B2B management practices in Taiwan (2020)
Journal Article
Liu, C.-L. E., Sinkovics, N., & Sinkovics, R. R. (2020). Achieving relational governance effectiveness: An examination of B2B management practices in Taiwan. Industrial Marketing Management, 90, 453-465. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.indmarman.2020.08.004

This study examines the antecedents of relational governance effectiveness in a country context where the prevalence of Confucian values is expected to create a culturally ingrained preference for relational governance. We also explore whether differ... Read More about Achieving relational governance effectiveness: An examination of B2B management practices in Taiwan.

The Internet and international marketing – from trigger technology to platforms and new markets (2020)
Journal Article
Sinkovics, R. R., & Sinkovics, N. (2020). The Internet and international marketing – from trigger technology to platforms and new markets. International Marketing Review, 37(3), Article 437-446. https://doi.org/10.1108/IMR-07-2019-0185

Purpose: The authors critically examine the paper by Samiee (2019, this issue) “International marketing and the Internet: A research overview and the path forward” and offer an appraisal of its merits as well as thoughts for further development of re... Read More about The Internet and international marketing – from trigger technology to platforms and new markets.

Social value creation in International Business – Introduction to the special issue (2020)
Journal Article
Sinkovics, R. R., Forsgren, M., Sinkovics, N., & Holmström Lind, C. (2020). Social value creation in International Business – Introduction to the special issue. Critical Perspectives on International Business, 16(1), https://doi.org/10.1108/cpoib-03-2020-104

Abstract: Purpose – This editorial article sets the context and ambition for the special issue “Social value creation in International Business” and introduces the papers included. Design/methodology/approach – The editorial introduction provides a... Read More about Social value creation in International Business – Introduction to the special issue.

MNEs, human rights and the SDGs – the moderating role of business and human rights governance (2019)
Journal Article
Zagelmeyer, S., & Sinkovics, R. R. (2019). MNEs, human rights and the SDGs – the moderating role of business and human rights governance. Transnational corporations, 26(3), 33-62. https://doi.org/10.18356/f8a180a3-en

The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) ascribe specific roles to business organizations and have thus invigorated discussions on the link between the activities of multinational enterprises (MNEs) and int... Read More about MNEs, human rights and the SDGs – the moderating role of business and human rights governance.

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.

The role of spirituality in Islamic business networks: The case of internationalizing Turkish SMEs (2019)
Journal Article
Kurt, Y., Sinkovics, N., Sinkovics, R. R., & Yamin, M. (2020). The role of spirituality in Islamic business networks: The case of internationalizing Turkish SMEs. Journal of World Business, 55(1), Article 101034. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jwb.2019.101034

This paper sets out to investigate the role of religion and spirituality in a business network context, with an empirical focus on the international business development of Turkish SMEs. By drawing on the concept of homophily and tie strength, we arg... Read More about The role of spirituality in Islamic business networks: The case of internationalizing Turkish SMEs.

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.