Center for Entrepreneurship and Organizational Excellence Research: Recent submissions
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The relevance of supply side taxation for attracting foreign direct investment to developing countries: evidence from Egypt
( University of New South Wales , 2021 , Article)Many developing countries commonly use tax incentives as a key instrument for attracting foreign direct investment (FDI). Empirical studies have identified a causal relationship between FDI and a number of determinants ... -
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 ... -
Behavioural intention to use fully autonomous vehicles: Instrumental, symbolic, and affective motives
( Elsevier Ltd , 2022 , Article)Autonomous Vehicles (AVs) have the potential to transform the transportation industry with significant economic, social and environmental benefits. However, the mass deployment of AVs depends on public desire to use them. ... -
Autonomous Drones: A Game Changer in Lightweight Delivery Services
( UC Berkeley Haas School of Business , 2022 , Other)Imagine, you placed an order online and received it in minutes. This is the future of drone delivery services. Customers can track the drone during its delivery trip via apps like Uber car. Some cities and even rural areas ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Editorial: Between antiquity and modernity in sustainability management research: reflections from MSAR board members
( Emerald Publishing Limited , 2022 , Article)Despite the seemingly diverse Arab countries, there are elements of commonality and homogeneity in culture and tradition and, hence, using deductive reasoning, we can objectively claim that there is what we can call an ... -
Enhancing the quality and competitiveness of small businesses: A pooled cross-sectional analysis
( Elsevier B.V. , 2022 , Article)Compared with large organizations, small businesses have been slower to adopt quality management practices. This study combined the context-free perspective with the contingency theory of quality management to investigate ... -
Improving Quality and Operational Performance of Service Organizations: An Empirical Analysis Using Repeated Cross-Sectional Data of U.S. Firms
( IEEE , 2022 , Article)Research in quality management has provided new insights and directions on how to incorporate quality principles into organizational, operational, and policy decisions. However, most research into quality management has ... -
Digital innovation in SMEs: a systematic review, synthesis and research agenda
( Taylor and Francis , 2022 , Article)This paper presents a systematic literature review on digital innovation in Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs). It aims to synthesize previous research and identify knowledge gaps and future research opportunities. ... -
The effect of downsizing on innovation outputs: The role of resource slack and constraints
( SAGE Publications , 2021 , Article)Although the practice of downsizing is prevalent, its effects on organisational outcomes remain poorly understood. This article examines how and when downsizing affects organisational innovation. Using a unique data set ... -
Crowdfunding Conundrum: Western Ideas and their Chinese Copycats
( UC Berkeley Haas School of Business , 2021 , Other)In the third quarter of 2021, global crowdfunding investment reached $160 billion. Crowdfunding is a relatively recently emerged phenomenon to raise funding from individuals for nascent business ideas. It is considered as ... -
A tertiary review of corporate social responsibility (CSR) research: lessons for the Arab region
( Emerald Publishing Limited , 2022 , Article)Purpose Although corporate social responsibility (CSR) literature has been under research since its advent in the 1950s, scholars have only recently begun to examine the overly neglected Arab region along with other ... -
Teaching in times of crisis: The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on higher education
( Taylor and Francis Group , 2022 , Article)Although increasing numbers of studies have examined online teaching in the last decade, examination during a crisis context is rare. This study fills this critical gap and is a rapid response research to suggest insights ... -
Enhancing the export activities of small and medium-sized enterprises in emerging markets
( Emerald Publishing Limited , 2022 , Article)Purpose: This study aims to examine a conceptual integrated framework for small- and medium-sized enterprises’ (SMEs) export performance that comprises all potential export determinants and inhibitors. This study also ... -
Tourism research for the GCC region: Current status and future research directions
( SAGE Publications , 2021 , Article Review)Tourism in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries has recently been considered by policymakers as a new avenue for economic diversification. Despite the considerable literature concerning the impact of tourism ... -
Frugal Innovation to Tackle Covid-19
( UC Berkeley Haas School of Business , 2022 , Other)The COVID-19 pandemic has led to a significant disruption in our lives, work, and business. It hit most of us as customers stopped buying, buying less, or less supply. People started coming up with innovative solutions ... -
Breaking down the export barriers for small and medium-sized enterprises: Focus group study across Vietnam
( Inderscience Enterprises Ltd. , 2021 , Article)This paper attempts to empirically analyse the motivations and barriers among Vietnamese businesses in undertaking export activities. The study applies thematic analysis method and categorisations developed from extant ... -
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 ... -
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Implementation: A Review and a Research Agenda Towards an Integrative Framework
( Springer Nature B.V. , 2022 , Article)In spite of accruing concerted scholarly and managerial interest since the 1950s in corporate social responsibility (CSR), its implementation is still a growing topic as most of it remains academically unexplored. As CSR ...
