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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.

Gender differences in remote work: a study on the boundary management tactics of women and men (2024)
Journal Article
Shen, M., & Zamani, E. (online). 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.

Exploring the Ascendancy of Social Capital in Entrepreneurial Behavior: New Insights (2024)
Journal Article
Anwar, A., Zafar, A., Papa, A., Thu Thuy Pham, T., & Apostolidis, C. (2024). Exploring the Ascendancy of Social Capital in Entrepreneurial Behavior: New Insights. International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research, 30(8), https://doi.org/10.1108/IJEBR-04-2023-0350

Purpose
Digital healthcare manages to grab considerable attention from people and practitioners to avoid severity and provide quick access to healthcare. Entrepreneurs also adopt the digital healthcare segment as an opportunity; nevertheless, their... Read More about Exploring the Ascendancy of Social Capital in Entrepreneurial Behavior: New Insights.

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.

Stakeholder Management in the Wake of Business Failure (2024)
Book Chapter
Omari, D., & Jin, C. (2024). Stakeholder Management in the Wake of Business Failure. In S. Adomako, M. A. Gyensare, & M. Ahsan (Eds.), Stakeholder Management and Entrepreneurship in Africa (254-265). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003256014-22

This chapter examines the impact of business failure on stakeholder management relationships in future ventures. Stakeholder relationships and their importance to business are a critical concept in modern business theory. Stakeholders encompass a wid... Read More about Stakeholder Management in the Wake of Business Failure.

Unified framework for choice-based facility location problem (2024)
Journal Article
Hui Lin, Y., Tian, Q., & Zhao, Y. (online). Unified framework for choice-based facility location problem. INFORMS Journal on Computing, https://doi.org/10.1287/ijoc.2022.0366

The choice-based facility location (CBFL) problem arises in various industrial and business contexts. The problem stands on a decentralized perspective: Companies set up chains of facilities, and customers determine from which chain or facility to se... Read More about Unified framework for choice-based facility location problem.

Market Thickness in Online Food Delivery Platforms: The Impact of Food Processing Times (2024)
Journal Article
Zhao, Y., Papier, F., & Teo, C. (2024). Market Thickness in Online Food Delivery Platforms: The Impact of Food Processing Times. Manufacturing & Service Operations Management, 26(3), 853-872. https://doi.org/10.1287/msom.2021.0354

Problem definition: Online food delivery (OFD) platforms have witnessed rapid global expansion, partly driven by shifts in consumer behavior during the COVID-19 pandemic. These platforms enable customers to order food conveniently from a diverse arra... Read More about Market Thickness in Online Food Delivery Platforms: The Impact of Food Processing Times.

Forecasting and planning for special events in the pulp and paper supply chains (2024)
Journal Article
Brookes, T., Nikolopoulos , K., Litsiou, K., & Alghassab, W. (2024). Forecasting and planning for special events in the pulp and paper supply chains. Supply Chain Forum: an International Journal, 25(4), 428-445. https://doi.org/10.1080/16258312.2024.2315029

Due to global warming, flood is an increasing threat to companies operating in the pulp and paper industry. The impact of this threat needs to be managed. We deploy a qualitative investigation into how paper manufacturers can forecast and mitigate th... Read More about Forecasting and planning for special events in the pulp and paper supply chains.

The importance of being privileged: Digital entrepreneurship as a class project (2024)
Journal Article
Murray, G., Carter, C., & Spence, C. (2024). The importance of being privileged: Digital entrepreneurship as a class project. Journal of Professions and Organization, 11(1), 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1093/jpo/joae001

Established professional occupations can become the preserve of elites when fitting in is driven by class-based criteria. In contrast, digital entrepreneurship has been proposed as a means by which people may emancipate themselves from societal const... Read More about The importance of being privileged: Digital entrepreneurship as a class project.