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Key determinants of SMEs’ export performance: a resource-based view and contingency theory approach using potential mediators
( Emerald Publishing Limited , 2020 , Article)Purpose: Various barriers discourage small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) from entering or expanding their export activities in the international markets, especially SMEs in emerging markets. The purpose of this study ... -
A literature review of the strategic decision-making context: A synthesis of previous mixed findings and an agenda for the way forward
( AIMS , 2020 , Article)The aim of this article is to conduct a comprehensive literature review concerning the influence of contextual factors on strategic decision processes. Our literature review organizes the existing literature on contextual ... -
Management research in the Arab World: What is now and what is next?
( Elsevier Inc. , 2020 , Article)Given the significant political and socio-economic transformations occurring in the challenging yet under-researched Arab world nowadays, this study seeks to (1) systematically review the literature in the leading mainstream ... -
Marketing intelligence and small firms' performance: the role of entrepreneurial alertness and effectuation
( Emerald Publishing , 2023 , Article)Purpose: Knowledge of how entrepreneurial alertness (EA) and effectuation impact small firms' performance in uncertain markets is limited. Suggesting effectuation as a mediation mechanism between EA and small firms' ... -
Modeling and forecasting electricity consumption amid the COVID-19 pandemic: Machine learning vs. nonlinear econometric time series models
( Elsevier , 2023 , Article)Accurately modeling and forecasting electricity consumption remains a challenging task due to the large number of the statistical properties that characterize this time series such as seasonality, trend, sudden changes, ... -
Multi-criteria classification, sorting, and clustering: a bibliometric review and research agenda
( Springer Nature Switzerland AG. , 2022 , Article)Multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA) has been increasingly adopted to solve decision-making problems involving multiple options and multiple criteria. These methods have been proven to improve the analytic rigor, ... -
Open Banking: The Emergence of New Digital Business Models
( World Scientific , 2020 , Article)Open banking has recently been advanced as a measure to foster competition and innovation in the retail banking sector. Since its introduction in the UK, a number of banks have created new digital business models (BMs) ... -
Organizational innovation and the role of strategic planning: the case of the Dubai hotel industry
( emerald insight , 2023 , Article)Purpose In today's dynamic and competitive environment, innovation is a key requirement for hotels to survive, be profitable and sustain their competitive advantages. However, because the study of innovation in the ... -
Our Sociomaterial Entanglement with AI
( Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences , 2024 , Article)Contrary to the frenzy of hyperbolic rhetoric preaching artificial intelligence (AI) as an economic imperative for nations, the way it is entangled with all aspects of our lives calls for inquiry into its meaning beyond a ... -
Policies and Programs to Stimulate Digital Transformation Among SMEs: Where Do We Go from Here?
( Springer Nature Switzerland AG , 2022 , Book chapter)To stimulate digital transformation among SMEs, institutions and governments have developed and implemented many policies and programs. This chapter reviews existing policies and programs, assesses their effectiveness, and ... -
Policy and practical implications for workforce nationalization in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries
( Emerald Publishing Limited , 2022 , Article)Purpose: This study aims to advance practice and research on workforce nationalization in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries through identifying relevant policy and practical implications needed to implement ... -
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 ... -
The predictive ability of stock market factors
( Emerald Publishing Limited , 2022 , Article)Purpose: This paper aims to ask whether a range of stock market factors contain information that is useful to investors by generating a trading rule based on one-step-ahead forecasts from rolling and recursive regressions. ... -
Profiling exporting SMEs: The role of innovation-orientation
( Elsevier Inc. , 2022 , Article)Existing evidence suggest that SME exporting is affected by a combination of environmental, firm-level, and owner-level drivers. However, it is not yet clear what constitute the profile of exporting SMEs and whether ... -
A Promising Future of Balloons for Internet and Other Services
( UC Berkeley Haas School of Business , 2023 , Other)This year, balloons have been in the global spotlight. From January 28 to February 4, 2023, Chinese high-altitude balloon was spotted in the airspace of North America. The US and Canada claimed that these are for surveillance ... -
Pursuing Frugal Innovation for Sustainability at the Grassroots Level
( Cambridge University Press , 2021 , Article)Firms are often criticized for their reluctance to embrace sustainability in their business strategies. Frugal innovation is a recent concept that represents a new way for firms to serve underserved customers in developing ... -
Quantifying people in the GCC region: the uses, challenges, and efficacy of the quota system policy
( Routledge - Taylor and Francis Group , 2022 , Article)Providing employment to nationals in an economy where more than two-thirds of the population comprise foreigners has been a struggle for the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries. Of the various tactics used by the GCC ... -
Recovering the divide: A review of the big data analytics—strategy relationship
( Elsevier , 2023 , Article)Research on big data analytics has been burgeoning in recent decades, yet its relationship with strategy continues to be overlooked. This paper reviews how big data analytics and strategy are portrayed across 228 articles, ... -
Reflection, Reflexivity and the Notion of Technology
( Niccolò Cusano University-Rome , 2024 , Article)Drawing on ethnomethodological conceptualizations of reflection and reflexivity, this paper develops a radical reflexive discourse of technology as simulacra, and critically examines the study of technology and the lessons ... -
Self-Driving Robots: A Revolution in the Local Delivery
( UC Berkeley Haas School of Business , 2022 , Other)Self-driving robots are revolutionizing foods, groceries, and package deliveries. They are a reality and becoming a part of urban life in many cities. Initially, people are curious about robots but after robots have been ...