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Knowledge investment and search for innovation: Evidence from the UK firms (2023)
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Chowdhury, F., Audretsch, D. B., & Belitski, M. (in press). Knowledge investment and search for innovation: Evidence from the UK firms. The Journal of Technology Transfer,

Recent research on innovation management and knowledge transfer has demonstrated that industry knowledge collaboration and knowledge spillovers matter for innovation, but so does a firm's Research and Development (R&D). Conditional to a firm's R&D in... Read More about Knowledge investment and search for innovation: Evidence from the UK firms.

The Deterioration of Self-Worth in Entrepreneurship (2023)
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Muñoz-Roman, P., Braun, S., Chowdhury, F., Barton, M., Jayne-Little, N., Komes, J., …Taggart, A. (2023). The Deterioration of Self-Worth in Entrepreneurship. Journal of Business Venturing Insights, 20, Article e00430. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbvi.2023.e00430

This paper explores the deterioration of self-worth in entrepreneurship. Using a 15-month participatory action research in the North of England, we found mismatches between expectations and experiences at three interacting levels—purpose, autonomy,... Read More about The Deterioration of Self-Worth in Entrepreneurship.

What Changes and Opportunities Does Big Data Analytics Capability Bring to Strategic Alliance Research? A Systematic Literature Review (2023)
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Xia, S., Song, J., Ameen, N., Vrontis, D., Yan, J., & Chen, F. (in press). What Changes and Opportunities Does Big Data Analytics Capability Bring to Strategic Alliance Research? A Systematic Literature Review. International Journal of Management Reviews,

Strategic alliance theories have been studied widely over the past few decades. However, their key arguments may face new limitations and challenges brought by emerging technologies such as big data analytics capability (BDAC). This paper aims to ide... Read More about What Changes and Opportunities Does Big Data Analytics Capability Bring to Strategic Alliance Research? A Systematic Literature Review.

Entrepreneurial growth, value creation and new technologies (2023)
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Audretsch, D. B., Belitski, M., Caiazza, R., Chowdhury, F., & Menter, M. (2023). Entrepreneurial growth, value creation and new technologies. The Journal of Technology Transfer, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10961-023-10034-w

A robust literature has provided compelling evidence showing how digital transformation impacts entrepreneurship activity. However, only a paucity of research has linked adoption of new technologies to innovation, value creation, knowledge transfer a... Read More about Entrepreneurial growth, value creation and new technologies.

OUTCOMES-BASED CONTRACTS AND THE HIDDEN TURN TO PUBLIC VALUE MANAGEMENT (2023)
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Kimmitt, J., & Muñoz, P. (in press). OUTCOMES-BASED CONTRACTS AND THE HIDDEN TURN TO PUBLIC VALUE MANAGEMENT. Organization,

Despite long-standing criticisms of the paradigm, New Public Management (NPM) retains a strong influence over organizations in public administration. Social Impact Bonds (SIB) are an outcomes-oriented investment entity which has emerged from NPM w... Read More about OUTCOMES-BASED CONTRACTS AND THE HIDDEN TURN TO PUBLIC VALUE MANAGEMENT.

How does technological opportunism affect firm performance? The mediating role of resource orchestration (2023)
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Li, L., Chen, L., Yan, J., Xu, C., & Jiang, N. (2023). How does technological opportunism affect firm performance? The mediating role of resource orchestration. Journal of Business Research, 166, Article 114093. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2023.114093

Despite widespread acknowledgment of the disruptive effects of digital technologies on firm performance, the mechanisms underlying such effects have not been adequately explained. To fill this gap, we consider two sub-components of technological oppo... Read More about How does technological opportunism affect firm performance? The mediating role of resource orchestration.

Outcomes-based Contracting and Public Management Reform: Lessons from a Decade of Experimentation (2023)
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FitzGerald, C., Fraser, A., Kimmitt, J., Knoll, L., & Williams, J. (2023). Outcomes-based Contracting and Public Management Reform: Lessons from a Decade of Experimentation. International Public Management Journal, 26(3), 329-338. https://doi.org/10.1080/10967494.2023.2170504

A decade after the launch of the world’s first social impact bond (SIB) at Her Majesty’s Prison Peterborough in England, a further 250 SIBs have been developed in over 30 countries raising over $750 m (USD) of capital and serving some 1.7 million peo... Read More about Outcomes-based Contracting and Public Management Reform: Lessons from a Decade of Experimentation.

Paradoxes of accelerator programs and new venture performance: Do varieties of experiences make a difference? (2023)
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Chowdhury, F., & Audretsch, D. B. (2023). Paradoxes of accelerator programs and new venture performance: Do varieties of experiences make a difference?. Small Business Economics, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11187-023-00778-y

Incubators and accelerators have proliferated, but their impact on new ventures’ performance remains unclear. This article explores whether all ventures benefit equally from participating in accelerator programs. We propose that the entrepreneurs’ hu... Read More about Paradoxes of accelerator programs and new venture performance: Do varieties of experiences make a difference?.

The organizational determinants of open innovation: a literature framework and future research directions (2023)
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Yao, N., Yan, K., Tsinopoulos, C., & Bai, J. (2023). The organizational determinants of open innovation: a literature framework and future research directions. Journal of Chinese Economic and Business Studies, https://doi.org/10.1080/14765284.2023.2210014

This paper aims to explore the organizational determinants of open innovation (OI). A review of 154 publications taken from management and innovation journals makes us identify four dimensions of ‘resource-related’ organizational factors that can det... Read More about The organizational determinants of open innovation: a literature framework and future research directions.

Inside out: The interplay between institutions and digital technologies for SMEs performance (2023)
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Urbano, D., Aparicio, S., Scott, S., & Martinez-Moya, D. (2023). Inside out: The interplay between institutions and digital technologies for SMEs performance. Entrepreneurship and Regional Development, https://doi.org/10.1080/08985626.2023.2208555

An effective digital strategy provides multifaceted benefits for firms of all sizes, including operational oversight, learning, and effective market interactions. Yet, despite the burgeoning evidence that digitalization provides essential resources f... Read More about Inside out: The interplay between institutions and digital technologies for SMEs performance.

Trans-contextual work: doing entrepreneurial contexts in the periphery (2023)
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Muñoz, P., Kimmitt, J., & Spigel, B. (2023). Trans-contextual work: doing entrepreneurial contexts in the periphery. Small Business Economics, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11187-023-00772-4

This study explores how entrepreneurs “do” contexts in peripheral areas. Through the examination of changes in roles, practices, and relationships across peripheral areas in Chile, we found that substantive transformations result from the momentary r... Read More about Trans-contextual work: doing entrepreneurial contexts in the periphery.

Facing the future through entrepreneurship theory: A prospective inquiry framework (2023)
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Muñoz, P., & Dimov, D. (2023). Facing the future through entrepreneurship theory: A prospective inquiry framework. Journal of Business Venturing, 38(4), Article 106303. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusvent.2023.106303

In this paper, we address a thorny challenge: how can entrepreneurship scholarship enhance its impact without compromising the pursuit of conceptual rigor and theoretical novelty? We propose a prospective inquiry framework for entrepreneurship. It ai... Read More about Facing the future through entrepreneurship theory: A prospective inquiry framework.

Dual networks: how does knowledge network embeddedness affect firms' supply chain learning? (2023)
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Yan, J., Yu, Z., Fernandes, K., & Xiong, Y. (2023). Dual networks: how does knowledge network embeddedness affect firms' supply chain learning?. International Journal of Operations & Production Management, 43(8), 1277-1303. https://doi.org/10.1108/ijopm-08-2022-0507

Purpose: To explore the mechanism that shapes firms' supply chain learning (SCL) practices, this study examines the relationship between firms' knowledge network embeddedness and their SCL practice in a supply chain network, as well as the moderating... Read More about Dual networks: how does knowledge network embeddedness affect firms' supply chain learning?.

My colleagues (do not) think the same: Middle managers’ shared and separate realities in strategy implementation (2023)
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Schuler, B., Orr, K., & Hughes, J. (2023). My colleagues (do not) think the same: Middle managers’ shared and separate realities in strategy implementation. Journal of Business Research, 160, Article 113782. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2023.113782

How does middle managers’ sensemaking of other middle managers’ attitudes to a new strategy affect strategy implementation? We explore this question using a qualitative-abductive approach. Our investigation of the implementation of a top-down strateg... Read More about My colleagues (do not) think the same: Middle managers’ shared and separate realities in strategy implementation.

Don’t Shoot the Messenger? A Morality- and Gender-based Model of Reactions to Negative Workplace Gossip (2023)
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Kakarika, M., Taghavi, S., & González-Gómez, H. (2023). Don’t Shoot the Messenger? A Morality- and Gender-based Model of Reactions to Negative Workplace Gossip. Journal of Business Ethics, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-023-05355-7

We conducted three studies to examine how the recipients of negative workplace gossip judge the gossip sender’s morality and how they respond behaviorally. Study 1 provided experimental evidence that gossip recipients perceive senders as low in moral... Read More about Don’t Shoot the Messenger? A Morality- and Gender-based Model of Reactions to Negative Workplace Gossip.

Place in entrepreneurial storytelling: A study of cultural entrepreneurship in a deprived context (2023)
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Kimmitt, J., Kibler, E., Schildt, H., & Oinas, P. (2023). Place in entrepreneurial storytelling: A study of cultural entrepreneurship in a deprived context. Journal of Management Studies, https://doi.org/10.1111/joms.12912

We extend the cultural entrepreneurship perspective by investigating how entrepreneurs in deprived contexts gain legitimacy by leveraging proprietary and public places in their entrepreneurial storytelling. Inspired by the sociology of place, we pres... Read More about Place in entrepreneurial storytelling: A study of cultural entrepreneurship in a deprived context.

The magical language of un-realistic venture ideas in social entrepreneurship (2022)
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Barton, M., & Muñoz, P. (2022). The magical language of un-realistic venture ideas in social entrepreneurship. Entrepreneurship and Regional Development, 35(1 - 2), 1-23. https://doi.org/10.1080/08985626.2022.2158492

As social entrepreneurship gains maturity, research has begun to explore the less alluring aspects of the field, including the heroic stance of social entrepreneurs, the assumed moral superiority of their intentions, and the misleading emphasis on so... Read More about The magical language of un-realistic venture ideas in social entrepreneurship.

A translational framework for entrepreneurship research (2022)
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Muñoz, P., & Dimov, D. (2022). A translational framework for entrepreneurship research. Journal of Business Venturing Insights, 19, Article e00361. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbvi.2022.e00361

In this paper, we put forward a new translational research framework for entrepreneurship, which leverages translational research from biomedical science and design science to lay the ground for a new research ecosystem of entrepreneurship. Instead o... Read More about A translational framework for entrepreneurship research.