Browsing Management & Marketing by Publisher "Elsevier Ltd"
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A multidimensional perspective of SME internationalization speed: The influence of entrepreneurial characteristics
( Elsevier Ltd , 2019 , Article)This paper contributes to a multidimensional perspective on the speed of SME internationalization. It examines the influence of entrepreneurial characteristics – experience, rationales and innovation strategies – on multiple ... -
A new theoretical framework to assess Multinational Corporations' motivation for Foreign Direct Investment: A case study on Vietnamese service industries
( Elsevier Ltd , 2017 , Article)Purpose This paper develops a new theoretical framework, based on eclectic paradigm and institution theory, to evaluate Multinational Corporations' (MNCs') incentives for Foreign Direct Investment (FDI). The new framework ... -
Balanced scorecard in the hospitality and tourism industry: Past, present and future
( Elsevier Ltd , 2020 , Article)After its introduction in 1992, the balanced scorecard (BSC) has attracted considerable interest from both scholars and practitioners. This is evidenced by the increasing number of publications addressing BSC and the large ... -
Change or perish: Examining the role of human capital and dynamic marketing capabilities in the hospitality sector
( Elsevier Ltd , 2021 , Article)Many researchers have endeavored to explain which factors contribute to sustainable competitive advantage. Toward this end, this study contributes to the marketing and hospitality management literature by providing empirical ... -
Circular economy business models and operations management
( Elsevier Ltd , 2019 , Article)This article examines and conceptualizes the implications of the adoption of circular economy (CE) business models on operations management (OM) decision-making processes, in the areas of product design, production planning ... -
Class-time utilization in business schools in Tunisia
( Elsevier Ltd , 2016 , Article)Tunisian Universities, like many other universities in the developing countries, do not adopt any textbooks and rather rely on classrooms as the main learning resource for the students. This study is concerned with observing ... -
Developing and validating a multidisciplinary scale of E-retailing website elements
( Elsevier Ltd , 2022 , Article)The purpose of this article is to theoretically identify the salient elements of e-retailing websites and empirically verify them through a rigorous scale development process. A mixed method approach was followed to achieve ... -
Digitally-enabled service transformation in the public sector: The lure of institutional pressure and strategic response towards change
( Elsevier Ltd , 2016 , Article)Digitally-Enabled Service Transformation (DEST) projects in public sector institutions are viewed as a choice of strategic response towards changes in policy. Such transformation can destruct institutional stability and ... -
How do restaurant atmospherics influence restaurant authenticity? An integrative framework and empirical evidence
( Elsevier Ltd , 2021 , Article)The study proposes an integrative conceptualization to capture the theoretical notion of perceived restaurant authenticity (PRA). It conceptualizes PRA as a multidimensional construct consisting of four dimensions. ... -
Image transfer from malls to stores and its influence on shopping values and mall patronage: The role of self-congruity
( Elsevier Ltd , 2017 , Article)Little research attention has been paid to the image transference from a shopping mall to its stores. The study reported in this article proposes an integrative model dealing with the image transference phenomenon from ... -
International entrepreneurial SMEs in the muslim world: The role of religion in the GCC countries
( Elsevier Ltd , 2022 , Article)Recent studies examining the internationalisation of SMEs in emerging economies have observed that religion affects international market entry, which suggests that specific cultural aspects, such as religion, have not ... -
An investigation of the causality links in the balanced scorecard: The case of the Gulf Cooperation Council hospitality industry
( Elsevier Ltd , 2022 , Article)In order to link different aspects of the balanced scorecard (BSC), i.e., learning, innovation, internal business, customer, and financial perspectives, Kaplan and Norton developed the concept of strategy maps to help ... -
Managers' autonomy, strategic control, organizational politics and strategic planning effectiveness: An empirical investigation into missing links in the hotel sector
( Elsevier Ltd , 2016 , Article)This article reports on the impact of managerial autonomy and strategic control on organizational politics and show how the latter influence effectiveness of strategic planning. In doing so, it outlines particular directions ... -
Multi-objective framework for process mean selection and price differentiation with leakage effects under price-dependent stochastic demand
( Elsevier Ltd , 2019 , Article)This paper investigates the process mean selection problem that simultaneously considers pricing, production and quality decisions in a multi-objective context when the manufacturing firm experiences a demand leakage in ... -
Political behavior does not (always) undermine strategic decision making: Theory and evidence
( Elsevier Ltd , 2020 , Article)Political behavior pervades strategic decision-making, often damaging decision quality and undermining organizational performance. However, little is currently known about how top management teams (TMTs) cope with such ... -
Profiling consumers: A study of Qatari consumers’ shopping motivations
( Elsevier Ltd , 2006 , Article)The paper investigates reasons consumers go shopping in Doha, Qatar. Four hundred supermarket shoppers completed self-administered surveys regarding their attitudes toward 57 individual shopping motivation items. The paper ... -
Risk spillovers and hedging effectiveness between major commodities, and Islamic and conventional GCC banks
( Elsevier Ltd , 2019 , Article)This paper examines the dynamic risk spillovers and hedging effectiveness between two important commodity markets (oil and gold) and both the Islamic and conventional bank stock indices for five GCC countries (Bahrain, ... -
Shopping well-being: Is it just a matter of pleasure or doing the task? The role of shopper's gender and self-congruity
( Elsevier Ltd , 2016 , Article)Understanding how shopping experiences impact shoppers' well-being becomes one of the crucial issues for retailers. However, empirical research on that issue remains scarce. The current study endeavors to take an initial ... -
Social commerce as social networking
( 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 ... -
The mediating role of alliances in the international market orientation-performance relationship of smes
( Elsevier Ltd , 2019 , Article)Enhancing international performance is a critical issue for internationalizing SMEs. Researchers have suggested that firms need to enhance their international market orientation (IMO) in order to increase performance; but ...