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Stochastic Scheduling and Routing Decisions in Online Meal Delivery Platforms with Mixed Force (2024)
Journal Article
Zhao, Y., Alfandari, L., & Archetti, C. (in press). Stochastic Scheduling and Routing Decisions in Online Meal Delivery Platforms with Mixed Force. European Journal of Operational Research,

This paper investigates stochastic scheduling and routing problems in the online meal delivery (OMD) service. The huge increase in meal delivery demand requires the service providers to construct a highly efficient logistics network to deal with a la... Read More about Stochastic Scheduling and Routing Decisions in Online Meal Delivery Platforms with Mixed Force.

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. (online). Transitioning from responsible and reactive to deeply responsible and proactive international business. Critical Perspectives on International Business, 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.

Last-Mile Attended Home Healthcare Delivery: A Robust Strategy to Mitigate Cascading Delays and Ensure Punctual Services (2024)
Journal Article
Liu, M., Zhao, Y., & Xie, X. (in press). Last-Mile Attended Home Healthcare Delivery: A Robust Strategy to Mitigate Cascading Delays and Ensure Punctual Services. Production and Operations Management,

The attended home healthcare (AHH) industry is experiencing rapid growth due to the rising demand from an aging population and the potential benefits of alleviating pressures on traditional healthcare resources. However, ensuring timely one-on-one AH... Read More about Last-Mile Attended Home Healthcare Delivery: A Robust Strategy to Mitigate Cascading Delays and Ensure Punctual Services.

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.

Reconsidering government digital strategies within the context of digital inequalities: the case of the UK Digital Strategy (2024)
Journal Article
Zamani, E. D., & Rousaki, A. (2024). Reconsidering government digital strategies within the context of digital inequalities: the case of the UK Digital Strategy. Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, 11(1), Article 1410. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-024-03921-6

In this paper, we critically examine the 2022 UK Digital Strategy and argue that the UK government adopts with this policy document a customer-centric vision of governance, which undermines the traditional role of the government as a provider of publ... Read More about Reconsidering government digital strategies within the context of digital inequalities: the case of the UK Digital Strategy.

Digitalisation in Food Supply Chains to build resilience from disruptive events: A combined Dynamic Capabilities and Knowledge-based view (2024)
Journal Article
Pal, T., Ganguly, K., & Chaudhuri, A. (online). Digitalisation in Food Supply Chains to build resilience from disruptive events: A combined Dynamic Capabilities and Knowledge-based view. Supply Chain Management, https://doi.org/10.1108/SCM-02-2024-0108

Purpose
Building resilience in food supply chains is considered vital to tackle disruptions and ensure the availability of food. This study aims to empirically explore how firms operating in food supply chains can develop dynamic capabilities and us... Read More about Digitalisation in Food Supply Chains to build resilience from disruptive events: A combined Dynamic Capabilities and Knowledge-based view.

The SME R&D intensity and product innovation relationship: the mediating role of quality management in the context of a developing country (2024)
Journal Article
Omari, D., Scott, S. A., Tóth, Z., & Tsinopoulos, C. (online). The SME R&D intensity and product innovation relationship: the mediating role of quality management in the context of a developing country. R&D Management, https://doi.org/10.1111/radm.12721

SMEs engage in product innovation despite their inherent resource constraints, lack of financial slack, and the under‐development of competitively viable strategic configurations around the globe. While progress has been made in identifying the antec... Read More about The SME R&D intensity and product innovation relationship: the mediating role of quality management in the context of a developing country.

Impact Pathways: Digital Product Passport for embedding circularity in electronics supply chains (2024)
Journal Article
Chaudhuri, A., Waehrens, B. V., Treiblmaier, H., & Jensen, S. F. (online). Impact Pathways: Digital Product Passport for embedding circularity in electronics supply chains. International Journal of Operations & Production Management, https://doi.org/10.1108/IJOPM-01-2024-0012

Purpose – This impact pathways paper identifies drivers and barriers for digital product passport (DPP) applications in electronics supply chains and to derive future research pathways.
Methodology – 39 interviews were conducted with three Original... Read More about Impact Pathways: Digital Product Passport for embedding circularity in electronics supply chains.

Looking forward through the rear-view mirror: A socio-technical imaginaries perspective for envisioning the Metaverse beyond the hype (2024)
Journal Article
Hunt, M. H., & Angelopoulos, S. (2024). Looking forward through the rear-view mirror: A socio-technical imaginaries perspective for envisioning the Metaverse beyond the hype. Decision support systems, 187, Article 114338. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dss.2024.114338

We build upon the theoretical underpinnings of federated networks and adopt a socio-technical imaginaries perspective to envision the future of the Metaverse, informed by an understanding of the past and an assessment of the present. In doing so, we... Read More about Looking forward through the rear-view mirror: A socio-technical imaginaries perspective for envisioning the Metaverse beyond the hype.

Virtual Influencers Versus Real Connections: Exploring the Phenomenon of Virtual Influencers (2024)
Journal Article
Mrad, M., Ramadan, Z., Tóth, Z., Nasr, L., & Karimi, S. (online). Virtual Influencers Versus Real Connections: Exploring the Phenomenon of Virtual Influencers. Journal of Advertising, https://doi.org/10.1080/00913367.2024.2393711

While there is growing interest in the use of social media influencers in digital marketing campaigns, little is known about virtual influencers and their impact on consumers and brands. Virtual influencers are becoming efficient advertising tools. H... Read More about Virtual Influencers Versus Real Connections: Exploring the Phenomenon of Virtual Influencers.

Virtual warehousing through digitalized inventory and on-demand manufacturing: a case study (2024)
Journal Article
Sharifi, E., Chaudhuri, A., Farahani, S. D., Staal, L. G., & Waehrens, B. V. (2025). Virtual warehousing through digitalized inventory and on-demand manufacturing: a case study. Computers in Industry, 164, Article 104184. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compind.2024.104184

Novel digital on-demand manufacturing technologies provide a significant opportunity to support development of virtual warehousing and in turn improve supply chain performance. However, the implementation of virtual warehouse comes with a set of chal... Read More about Virtual warehousing through digitalized inventory and on-demand manufacturing: a case study.

Supply Chain Resilience: A Review from the Inventory Management Perspective (2024)
Journal Article
Guo, Y., Liu, F., Song, J.-S., & Wang, S. (online). Supply Chain Resilience: A Review from the Inventory Management Perspective. Fundamental Research, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fmre.2024.08.002

The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed vulnerabilities in global supply chains, leading to economic damage and product shortages caused by demand surges and supply disruptions. Concurrently, geopolitical conflicts and the rising frequenc... Read More about Supply Chain Resilience: A Review from the Inventory Management Perspective.

Wake up and search for coffee: Considering the circadian rhythm of consumers on online marketplaces (2024)
Journal Article
Liang, Z., Angelopoulos, S., Zuo, M., & Ou, C. X. J. (in press). Wake up and search for coffee: Considering the circadian rhythm of consumers on online marketplaces. Journal of Business Research,

Online marketplaces are characterised by rapid product updates and understanding consumer variety-seeking behaviour (VSB) is paramount for brands operating in this landscape. The literature, however, has fallen short of considering that consumers' op... Read More about Wake up and search for coffee: Considering the circadian rhythm of consumers on online marketplaces.

Predictive and Prescriptive Analytics for Strategic Financial Decisions: Seasoned Equity Offerings, Stock Splits, Pandemic effects, and Investment Decisions (2024)
Journal Article
Mendiola Colan, G., Nikolopoulos, K., & Vasilakis, C. (in press). Predictive and Prescriptive Analytics for Strategic Financial Decisions: Seasoned Equity Offerings, Stock Splits, Pandemic effects, and Investment Decisions. The Journal of Prediction Markets,

Scholars in the intersection of operational research, strategy, and finance have extensively examined the effects of event studies in finance, especially that of a strategic nature, such as that of planned as well as unexpected corporate events and r... Read More about Predictive and Prescriptive Analytics for Strategic Financial Decisions: Seasoned Equity Offerings, Stock Splits, Pandemic effects, and Investment Decisions.

Optimal Policies and Heuristics To Match Supply With Demand For Online Retailing (2024)
Journal Article
Denga, Q., Lic, X., Fong Limd, Y., & Liu, F. (online). Optimal Policies and Heuristics To Match Supply With Demand For Online Retailing. Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, https://doi.org/10.1287/msom.2021.0394

Problem definition: We consider an online retailer selling multiple products to different zones over a finite horizon with multiple periods. At the start of the horizon, the retailer orders the products from a single supplier and stores them at multi... Read More about Optimal Policies and Heuristics To Match Supply With Demand For Online Retailing.

How do platform multinational corporations address emerging challenges in the global landscape? A ‘READ’ framework (2024)
Journal Article
Parente, R., Rong, K., Shi, X., Kang, Z., & Zhou, D. (2024). How do platform multinational corporations address emerging challenges in the global landscape? A ‘READ’ framework. Long Range Planning, 57(5), Article 102455. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lrp.2024.102455

The prevalence of platform-based multinational corporations (PMNCs) has been increasing, and these businesses are encountering several growing challenges. These challenges include the dynamics
and diversification of the global Regulatory context (R)... Read More about How do platform multinational corporations address emerging challenges in the global landscape? A ‘READ’ framework.

Preparing the successor through familial support and legitimacy: A multilevel framework (2024)
Journal Article
Saeed, S., Giminez-Jiminez, D., Calabrò, A., & Kraus, S. (online). Preparing the successor through familial support and legitimacy: A multilevel framework. Entrepreneurship and Regional Development, https://doi.org/10.1080/08985626.2024.2380418

This study investigates the interplay among parental support, familial legitimacy, and next-generation succession intentions in family businesses in different societal context. Building on attachment theory and insights from family business literatur... Read More about Preparing the successor through familial support and legitimacy: A multilevel framework.

Unravelling the Carbon Emissions Compliance in Sustainable Supply Chains: The Impacts of Carbon Audit Cooperation (2024)
Journal Article
Fu, H., Lei, Y., Zhang, S., Zhao, K., & Zhao, Y. (2024). Unravelling the Carbon Emissions Compliance in Sustainable Supply Chains: The Impacts of Carbon Audit Cooperation. Omega, 129, Article 103143. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.omega.2024.103143

As one of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals, reducing carbon emissions is crucial to combat climate change. It has also prompted companies to comply with emission regulations and evaluate the environmental impacts of their supply chains. Yet, news... Read More about Unravelling the Carbon Emissions Compliance in Sustainable Supply Chains: The Impacts of Carbon Audit Cooperation.

Prediction-led prescription: optimal Decision-Making in times of Turbulence and business performance improvement (2024)
Journal Article
Schaefers, A., Bougioukos, V., Karamatzanis, G., & Nikolopoulos, K. (2024). Prediction-led prescription: optimal Decision-Making in times of Turbulence and business performance improvement. Journal of Business Research, 182, Article 114805. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2024.114805

Can you have prescription without prediction? Most scholars and practitioners would argue that a good forecast drives an optimal decision, thus promoting the concept of prediction-led prescription. In times of turbulence, Special events like promotio... Read More about Prediction-led prescription: optimal Decision-Making in times of Turbulence and business performance improvement.

Breaking barriers and bridging gaps: the influence of entrepreneurship policies on women’s entry into entrepreneurship (2024)
Journal Article
Raza, A., Yousafzai, S., & Saeed, S. (2024). Breaking barriers and bridging gaps: the influence of entrepreneurship policies on women’s entry into entrepreneurship. International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research, 30(7), 1779-1810. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJEBR-05-2023-0471

Purpose
How does the interplay between entrepreneurship policies and both formal and informal gender equality affect women's inclination towards self-employment in contrast to men?
Design/methodology/approach
This study introduces and validates... Read More about Breaking barriers and bridging gaps: the influence of entrepreneurship policies on women’s entry into entrepreneurship.