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Debt sustainability analysis with conventional and unconventional monetary policy (2025)
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Alberola, E., Cheng, G., Consiglio, A., & Zenios, S. A. (online). Debt sustainability analysis with conventional and unconventional monetary policy. Annals of Operations Research, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10479-025-06723-4

We embed a macro-monetary model into stochastic debt sustainability analysis with optimal debt financing maturities and endogenous risk premia responding to central bank asset purchases. We model the impact on debt dynamics of unconventional monetary... Read More about Debt sustainability analysis with conventional and unconventional monetary policy.

Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) initiative scores and firm performance: the importance and role of firm size (2025)
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Chen, K.-H., Zhang, Y., Elston, J. A., Chen, P.-H., & Hsu, K.-H. (online). Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) initiative scores and firm performance: the importance and role of firm size. Small Business Economics, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11187-025-01096-1

This study employs an effect decomposition regression (EDR) framework to analyze the impact of ESG scores on firm performance, focusing on the importance of firm size. A key finding of this study is that firm size matters in characterizing this relat... Read More about Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) initiative scores and firm performance: the importance and role of firm size.

Real option portfolios and the theory of the multinational enterprise: Understanding modes of international involvement in the digital economy (2025)
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Trigeorgis, L., & Miller, S. (in press). Real option portfolios and the theory of the multinational enterprise: Understanding modes of international involvement in the digital economy. Journal of International Business Studies,

The recent growth of the digital economy and technological advances created new patterns of FDI and international involvement. We contribute to the debate on nontraditional (NT) entry modes in a changing digital world – virtual presence, digital plat... Read More about Real option portfolios and the theory of the multinational enterprise: Understanding modes of international involvement in the digital economy.

Improving Health Outcomes with Less Cost? Provision of Mobile Clinic in Developing Economies (2025)
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Liu, F., Guo, P., Wang, Y., & Xi, Y. (online). Improving Health Outcomes with Less Cost? Provision of Mobile Clinic in Developing Economies. Production and Operations Management, https://doi.org/10.1177/10591478251360475

Consider a public healthcare system consisting of a hospital, a mobile clinic (MC), and a population of potential patients. The government is concerned about the system’s healthcare spending and the population’s health outcomes. It decides the freque... Read More about Improving Health Outcomes with Less Cost? Provision of Mobile Clinic in Developing Economies.

Digital policy narratives: addressing grand challenges or exacerbating digital inequalities? (2025)
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Zamani, E., & Sara, V. (online). Digital policy narratives: addressing grand challenges or exacerbating digital inequalities?. Information Technology for Development, https://doi.org/10.1080/02681102.2025.2525348

Like many countries, the UK has been exploring digital technologies to address grand challenges, such as unemployment and climate change. In this paper, we study UK policy-generated narratives of the past 10 years to explore the role of said inequali... Read More about Digital policy narratives: addressing grand challenges or exacerbating digital inequalities?.

An ‘EDGES’ framework for navigating MNE strategy in a fragmented world: A systematic literature review on anti-globalization and deglobalization (2025)
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Shi, X., Qian, H., & Chen, W. (2025). An ‘EDGES’ framework for navigating MNE strategy in a fragmented world: A systematic literature review on anti-globalization and deglobalization. Journal of Digital Economy, 4, 29-51. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jdec.2025.05.006

Multinational enterprises (MNEs) are navigating a new landscape due to disruptions in global supply chains and escalating geopolitical tensions in various regions. These challenges arose from a worldwide pandemic, along with the emergence of new digi... Read More about An ‘EDGES’ framework for navigating MNE strategy in a fragmented world: A systematic literature review on anti-globalization and deglobalization.

The role of regional policy for Industry 4.0 adoption: A study of Finnish South Karelia (2025)
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Igboanua, C. O., Sinkovics, R. R., & Kuivalainen, O. (online). The role of regional policy for Industry 4.0 adoption: A study of Finnish South Karelia. European Management Journal, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.emj.2025.06.005

This paper explores the critical role of regional policy in facilitating the adoption of advanced technologies, focusing on Industry 4.0 in the South Karelia region of Finland. Drawing on diverse perspectives from managers and regional development ex... Read More about The role of regional policy for Industry 4.0 adoption: A study of Finnish South Karelia.

Crisis as a catalyst: how the pre-existing values of entrepreneurs shape strategic crisis responses (2025)
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Tomlinson, O., Sinkovics, N., Sinkovics, R. R., & Fath, B. (online). Crisis as a catalyst: how the pre-existing values of entrepreneurs shape strategic crisis responses. Small Business Economics, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11187-025-01080-9

This study contributes to theorizing efforts on how social and environmental considerations integrate into crisis preparedness, crisis response, and resilience. Specifically, we explore how the strategic crisis response of small and medium-sized ente... Read More about Crisis as a catalyst: how the pre-existing values of entrepreneurs shape strategic crisis responses.

Integrating UTAUT and social exchange theory to decipher knowledge-sharing in crowdsourcing (2025)
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Xie, H., Zamani, E., Mazumdar, S., & Checco, A. (in press). Integrating UTAUT and social exchange theory to decipher knowledge-sharing in crowdsourcing. Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, 12(1), Article 756. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-025-05105-2

Microtask crowdsourcing platforms enable rapid, large-scale completion of simple tasks by a globally distributed workforce. This study investigates the factors influencing knowledge-sharing behaviours among crowdworkers, integrating the Unified Theor... Read More about Integrating UTAUT and social exchange theory to decipher knowledge-sharing in crowdsourcing.

Unveiling the Charisma of Artificial Intelligence: How Voice Assistants Captivate Users and Emotionally Influence User Experience (2025)
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Basu, B., Roy, S., & Apostolidis, C. (online). Unveiling the Charisma of Artificial Intelligence: How Voice Assistants Captivate Users and Emotionally Influence User Experience. Psychology and Marketing, https://doi.org/10.1002/mar.22233

Although studies have explored user experience (UX) with artificial intelligence (AI)‐powered voice assistants (VAs), the cognitive, psychological, and emotional factors affecting user engagement and experience with VAs have yet to be investigated in... Read More about Unveiling the Charisma of Artificial Intelligence: How Voice Assistants Captivate Users and Emotionally Influence User Experience.

Strengthening quantitative research in international business: best practices for methods and results sections (2025)
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Miller, S., & Lengler, J. (online). Strengthening quantitative research in international business: best practices for methods and results sections. Critical Perspectives on International Business, https://doi.org/10.1108/cpoib-01-2025-0018

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to discuss best practices for the methods and results sections in quantitative international business (IB) studies, with emphasis on data collection, analytical techniques and additional robustness tests to impro... Read More about Strengthening quantitative research in international business: best practices for methods and results sections.

Fostering an environment for social entrepreneurship: a comparative analysis across economic development levels (2025)
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Plata, G., Scott, S., & Aparicio, S. (online). Fostering an environment for social entrepreneurship: a comparative analysis across economic development levels. Review of Managerial Science, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11846-025-00887-w

Social entrepreneurship has been lauded for its positive contributions to global economic and social development goals. Yet, how and in what ways varying institutional environments and economic development levels have spurred social entrepreneurial v... Read More about Fostering an environment for social entrepreneurship: a comparative analysis across economic development levels.

Exponential Concentration in Stochastic Approximation (2025)
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Law, K. J. H., Walton, N., & Yang, S. (online). Exponential Concentration in Stochastic Approximation. Operations Research, https://doi.org/10.1287/opre.2023.0425

We analyze the behavior of stochastic approximation algorithms where iterates, in expectation, progress towards an objective at each step. When progress is proportional to the step size of the algorithm, we prove exponential concentration bounds. The... Read More about Exponential Concentration in Stochastic Approximation.

Customer Orientation and Stock Resilience During Adversity Periods (2025)
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Andreou, P., Lambertides, N., Trigeorgis, L., & Tuneshev, R. (2025). Customer Orientation and Stock Resilience During Adversity Periods. Journal of Corporate Finance, 93, Article 102780. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2025.102780

Customer orientation reflects the organizational culture and climate that promote behaviors enabling the firm to create superior value for its customers. Using a textual measure of customer orientation (Custor) constructed from 10-K filings, we docum... Read More about Customer Orientation and Stock Resilience During Adversity Periods.

Optimal Scheduling in a Quantum Switch: Capacity and Throughput Optimality (2025)
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Bhambay, S., Vasantam, T., & Walton, N. (in press). Optimal Scheduling in a Quantum Switch: Capacity and Throughput Optimality. ACM SIGMETRICS Performance Evaluation Review,

With a growing number of quantum networks in operation, there is a pressing need for performance analysis of quantum switching technologies. A quantum switch establishes, distributes, and maintains entanglements across a network. In contrast to a cla... Read More about Optimal Scheduling in a Quantum Switch: Capacity and Throughput Optimality.