• Shopping well-being: the role of congruity and shoppers’ characteristics 

      El Hedhli, Kamel; Becheur, Imene; Zourrig, Haithem; Chaouali, Walid ( emerald insight , 2021 , Article)
      Purpose: Although shopping well-being has become a focal construct in retail shopping studies, little is known about the key drivers of this construct. This study aims to further discern some of the key antecedents of ...
    • Small and medium manufacturing enterprises and Asia's sustainable economic development 

      Nelson Oly, Ndubisi; Zhai, Xin (Amy); Lai, Kee-hung ( Elsevier , 2020 , Article)
      In this piece, we consider the role of small and medium manufacturing enterprises in Asia's sustainable development. Asia has undeniably made huge leaps in its economic growth in the past three decades, however, this growth ...
    • SME international business models: The role of context and experience 

      Child, John; Hsieh, Linda; Elbanna, Said; Karmowska, Joanna; Marinova, Svetla; ... more authors ( Elsevier Inc. , 2017 , Article)
      This paper addresses two questions through a study of 180 SMEs located in contrasting industry and home country contexts. First, which business models for international markets prevail among SMEs and do they configure into ...
    • SME internationalisation: Do the types of innovation matter? 

      Ramdani, Boumediene; Belaid, Fateh; Goutte, Stephane ( Elsevier Inc. , 2023 , Article)
      Existing evidence suggest that innovative Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (or SMEs) are more likely to internationalise (i.e. have a greater propensity to export) than non-innovative SMEs. However, it is not yet clear ...
    • SMEs and artificial intelligence (AI): Antecedents and consequences of AI-based B2B practices 

      Abdullah M., Baabdullah; Alalwan, Ali Abdallah; Slade, Emma Louise; Raman, Ramakrishnan; Khatatneh, Khalaf Fakhri ( Elsevier , 2021 , Article)
      Development of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) is a key approach to achieving economic growth in the Middle East and successful adoption of technology is vital for SMEs' success and continuity. Artificial intelligence ...
    • "So what if ChatGPT wrote it?" Multidisciplinary perspectives on opportunities, challenges and implications of generative conversational AI for research, practice and policy 

      Dwivedi, Yogesh K.; Kshetri, Nir; Hughes, Laurie; Slade, Emma Louise; Jeyaraj, Anand; ... more authors ( Elsevier , 2023 , Article)
      Transformative artificially intelligent tools, such as ChatGPT, designed to generate sophisticated text indistinguishable from that produced by a human, are applicable across a wide range of contexts. The technology presents ...
    • Social cognitive theory and women’s career choices: an agent—based model simulation 

      Mozahem, Najib A. ( Springer Nature , 2020 , Article)
      An agent-based model is proposed and tested. This model aims to simulate agency as conceptualized in Bandura's (Am Psychol 37:122–147, 1982; Organ Behav Hum Decis Process 50:248–287; Annu Rev Psychol 52: 1–26) Social ...
    • Social commerce as social networking 

      Doha A.; Elnahla N.; McShane L. ( Elsevier Ltd , 2019 , Article)
      Behavioral intention toward social commerce has been explained mainly by consumers' pursuit of utilitarian and economic value. However, in this paper, we show that consumers can be drawn to social commerce primarily for ...
    • Social Commerce in Emerging Markets and its Impact on Online Community Engagement 

      Algharabat, Raed S.; Rana, Nripendra P. ( Springer , 2020 , Article)
      This study aims to build on the understanding of social commerce in the emerging markets and how it influences online community engagement. The conceptual model was proposed using theories including the social support ...
    • Social media adoption and financial sustainability: Learned lessons from developing countries 

      Ur Rahman, Raza; Ali Shah, Syed M.; El-Gohary, Hatem; Abbas, Muzaffar; Haider Khalil, Syed; ... more authors ( MDPI , 2020 , Article)
      Social Media (SM) is considered one of the most discussed topics in today's business environment, mostly because of the recent developments and improvements in computer and ICT (Information and Communications Technology) ...
    • Social media user-influencer congruity: An analysis of social media platforms parasocial relationships 

      Tafheem, Nida; El-Gohary, Hatem; Sobh, Rana ( IGI Global Publishing , 2022 , Article)
      This paper explores and inspects the effect of user-influencer congruence on social media platforms para-social relationships and consumer brand engagement (COBRA). In addition, the paper inspects the influence of para-social ...
    • Social media: Adoption and legal issues impact on business innovation 

      Al Bakri, Anas; Kisswani, Nazzal ( Inderscience , 2015 , Article)
      Copyright © 2015 Inderscience Enterprises Ltd. This study explored the impact of the social media adoption, and the related legal issues on the business innovation within the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), particularly ...
    • Social responsibility and competitiveness in hotels: The role of customer loyalty 

      Mehrez, Ahmed ( Growing Science , 2019 , Article)
      The concept of Social Responsibility (SR) has been evolved during the last decade and most organisations care about their society and the environment. While incorporating SR programs through organizational strategies would ...
    • Social sustainability adoption barriers in supply chains: A middle east perspective using interpretive structural modeling 

      Josaiman, Saheim K.; Faisal, Mohd Nishat; Talib, Faisal ( International Forum of Management Scholars , 2021 , Article)
      The research in the area of social responsibility in supply chains in the Middle East is limited in the extant literature. The present study tries to fill this gap by identifying and analysing the interactions among the ...
    • Socially responsible supply chain management in small and medium enterprises in the GCC 

      Al-Esmael, Bader; Talib, Faisal; Faisal, Mohd Nishat; Jabeen, Fauzia ( Emerald Group Publishing Ltd. , 2019 , Article)
      Purpose: The purpose of this study is to examine variables and their relationships that hinder socially responsible behaviours in the supply chain of small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the Gulf Cooperation Council ...
    • State-of-the-art literature review of sustainable supply chain management: A developing countries perspective 

      Al-Josaiman, Saheim Khalaf; Faisal, Mohd Nishat ( Inderscience Publishers , 2021 , Article Review)
      Sustainability is an important principle in business operations, including in the supply chain. The objective of the present study was to critically examine the literature on sustainable supply chain management (SSCM), ...
    • The Statistical Toolbox: Reflections on My Dissertation Experience 

      Mozahem, Najib A. ( SAGE Publications Ltd , 2019 , Other)
      Starting work on your dissertation is a truly daunting task. While working on my own dissertation, two pieces of advice given to me by my advisor shaped how I approach the topic of research. This article summarizes my ...
    • Stereotyping human-like virtual influencers in retailing: Does warmth prevail over competence? 

      El Hedhli, Kamel; Zourrig, Haithem; Al Khateeb, Amr; Alnawas, Ibrahim ( Elsevier , 2023 , Article)
      Building upon the Stereotype Content Model (SCM), the current research provides insights into how virtual influencers (VIs) influence consumer responses. More specifically, it investigates the associations between the VI's ...
    • A strategic framework for transformational leadership development in megaprojects 

      Al-Subaie, Abdulla Abdulaziz; Faisal, Mohd Nishat; Aouni, Belaid; Talib, Faisal ( Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) , 2021 , Article)
      Project managers’ leadership has a direct and an indirect effect on project success. Extant literature has established that transformational leadership style positively affects project success in a major way. The main aim ...
    • Strategic interventions to improve women entrepreneurship in GCC countries: A relationship modeling approach 

      Faisal, Mohd Nishat; Jabeen, Fauzia; Katsioloudes, Marios I. ( Emerald Group Publishing Ltd. , 2017 , Article)
      Purpose: In Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries, entrepreneurship is not a very popular option among women. The low rate of entrepreneurship as a career choice among females is attributed to factors that are specific ...