Center for Entrepreneurship and Organizational Excellence: Recent submissions
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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 ... -
External resource provision and the international performance of SMEs – A contextual analysis
( Elsevier Inc. , 2022 , Article)This paper investigates whether different categories of links (core and discretionary) to external resource providers are associated with the international performance of SMEs, as well as the perceived importance of external ... -
The effects of environmental innovations on CO2 emissions: Empirical evidence from Europe
( Elsevier Ltd , 2021 , Article)Environmental innovations are key enablers of transition towards greener economies. Despite their importance, empirical studies examining the effect of green technologies on CO2 emissions are still limited. Using an ... -
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) ... -
Collaborative innovation for sustainability in Nordic cities
( Elsevier Ltd , 2021 , Article)New integrative, collaborative, and innovative approaches are needed to overcome global sustainability challenges. Exploring the diversity of collaborative innovation in six Nordic cities, this study aims to advance our ... -
The effect of the Covid-19 on sharing economy activities
( Elsevier Ltd , 2021 , Article)Activities within the sharing economy (SE) are in a precarious situation due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Even though the SE is considered a disruptive phenomenon, especially in the accommodation and transport sectors, the ... -
Conceptual Process for Designing High- Technology Products: Case Study of a Litter-Collecting Robot
( IGI Global , 2019 , Book chapter)In this chapter, a systematic and practical design process and methodology is presented and applied to design a new high- technology product: a litter-collecting robot. Although considerable theoretical and practical models ... -
The impact of government policies on FDI decision of multinational corporations: an application to the Vietnamese service industry
( Inder science Enterprises Ltd. , 2018 , Article)There has been an upsurge in competition amongst Asian countries to attract foreign direct investment (FDI) resulting in higher government incentives given by the host countries. Whereas most of the empirical studies ... -
Strategic Decision Making and Implementation in Public Organizations in the Gulf Cooperation Council: The Role of Procedural Rationality
( American Society for Public Administration , 2022 , Article)Based on Herbert Simon's conceptualization of bounded rationality, this article develops and tests an integrative model of the strategic decision-making process (SDMP) and outcomes in public organizations. The model ... -
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 ... -
Sharing economy: A comprehensive literature review
( Elsevier Ltd , 2020 , Article)The objective of this study is to review the extant sharing economy (SE) literature. Applying a systematic literature review approach, this study thematically synthesizes the findings of 219 articles on sharing economy. ...
