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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.

Forecasting the success of International Joint Ventures (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Nikolopoulos, K., Hamo Younes, A., & Phan, M. (2024, July). Forecasting the success of International Joint Ventures. Poster presented at INFORMS Advances in Decision Analysis Conference (ADA 2024), Aalto University, Helsinki-Espoo, Finland

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.

Should Only Popular Products Be Stocked? Warehouse Assortment Selection for E-Commerce Companies (2024)
Journal Article
Li, X., Lin, H., & Liu, F. (2024). Should Only Popular Products Be Stocked? Warehouse Assortment Selection for E-Commerce Companies. Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, 26(4), 1372-1386. https://doi.org/10.1287/msom.2022.0428

Problem definition: This paper studies the single-warehouse assortment selection problem that aims to minimize the order fulfillment cost under the cardinality constraint. We propose two fulfillment-related cost functions corresponding to spillover f... Read More about Should Only Popular Products Be Stocked? Warehouse Assortment Selection for E-Commerce Companies.

Less is more: Engagement with the content of social media influencers (2024)
Journal Article
van der Harst, J. P., & Angelopoulos, S. (2024). Less is more: Engagement with the content of social media influencers. Journal of Business Research, 181, Article 114746. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2024.114746

We draw upon theories of social media engagement to explore the factors affecting the success of the various influencer types, based on the size of their audience. We use the social media content of 8,076 influencers and employ sentiment analysis of... Read More about Less is more: Engagement with the content of social media influencers.

Robust Optimization (2024)
Other
Goei Loke, G., Lotfi, S., & Zenios, S. A. (2024). Robust Optimization

Analysts building mathematical models for real-world systems often face challenges with uncertain, noisy, incomplete, or erroneous data.

Gender differences in remote work: a study on the boundary management tactics of women and men (2024)
Journal Article
Shen, M., & Zamani, E. (2024). Gender differences in remote work: a study on the boundary management tactics of women and men. Information Technology & People, https://doi.org/10.1108/ITP-06-2023-0547

Purpose
The purpose of this study is to identify potential differences in experiences and their causes from a gender-based perspective.

Design/methodology/approach
We use secondary data, and we conduct a thematic analysis, to identify whether an... Read More about Gender differences in remote work: a study on the boundary management tactics of women and men.

Adversarial Service Networks: A Study of Service Firms’ Response to Manufacturer-led Servitization in Aviation (2024)
Journal Article
Wirths, O., Tóth, Z., & Diaz Ruiz, C. A. (2024). Adversarial Service Networks: A Study of Service Firms’ Response to Manufacturer-led Servitization in Aviation. Industrial Marketing Management, 119, 162-177. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.indmarman.2024.04.004

This study examines the adversarial dynamics that emerge when service firms assess that manufacturers’ servitization initiatives pose an existential risk to their survival as independent organizations. Adopting an industrial networks perspective, thi... Read More about Adversarial Service Networks: A Study of Service Firms’ Response to Manufacturer-led Servitization in Aviation.

The impact of formal and informal institutional distances on the strategic asset seeking motives of Chinese multinational enterprises: An analysis of patent and trademark acquisitions (2024)
Journal Article
Wang, H., Shi, X., Chen, W., Chen, Z., & Wang, Z. (2024). The impact of formal and informal institutional distances on the strategic asset seeking motives of Chinese multinational enterprises: An analysis of patent and trademark acquisitions. International Business Review, 33(4), Article 102297. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ibusrev.2024.102297

Embedding equality, diversity and inclusion in usability testing: recommendations and a research agenda (2024)
Journal Article
Rutter, S., Zamani, E., McKenna-Aspell, J., & Wang, Y. (2024). Embedding equality, diversity and inclusion in usability testing: recommendations and a research agenda. International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, 188, Article 103278. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhcs.2024.103278

Technologies support our everyday lives, and to ensure that people are not routinely excluded they must be usable by the wider population. However, technologies are not commonly tested with participants from a range of backgrounds. This paper reports... Read More about Embedding equality, diversity and inclusion in usability testing: recommendations and a research agenda.

Forecasting crude oil markets (2024)
Journal Article
Li, J., Alroomi, A., & Nikolopoulos, K. (2024). Forecasting crude oil markets. Journal of Econometrics and Statistics, 4(1), 15-51. https://doi.org/10.47509/JES.2024.v04i01.02

In this research daily crude oil data from U.S, Energy Information Administration from 2000-2019 is explored to test the forecasting accuracy by drawing the comparison between multiple models.
Forecasting models discussed in the research cover regre... Read More about Forecasting crude oil markets.

Forecasting and Planning for a critical infrastructure sector during a pandemic: empirical evidence from a food supply chain (2024)
Journal Article
Aljuneidi, T., Punia, S., Jebali, A., & Nikolopoulos, K. (2024). Forecasting and Planning for a critical infrastructure sector during a pandemic: empirical evidence from a food supply chain. European Journal of Operational Research, 317(3), 936-952. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2024.04.009

The meat supply chain (MSC) – a key constituent of the ‘Food & Agriculture’ CISA critical infrastructure sector, was among the most impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The witnessed successive demand and supply shocks uncovered the f... Read More about Forecasting and Planning for a critical infrastructure sector during a pandemic: empirical evidence from a food supply chain.