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Product innovation in entrepreneurial firms: How business model design influences disruptive and adoptive innovation (2021)
Journal Article
Zheng, L. J., Xiong, C., Chen, X., & Li, C. (2021). Product innovation in entrepreneurial firms: How business model design influences disruptive and adoptive innovation. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 170, Article 120894. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2021.120894

Blockchain technology has the potential to drive product innovation in various industries. This emerging technology is an important enabler of the next generation of new ventures. Our study examines the effects of the business model designs of blockc... Read More about Product innovation in entrepreneurial firms: How business model design influences disruptive and adoptive innovation.

Digital transformation in financial services provision: a Nigerian perspective to the adoption of chatbot (2021)
Journal Article
Abdulquadri, A., Mogaji, E., Kieu, T. A., & Nguyen, N. P. (2021). Digital transformation in financial services provision: a Nigerian perspective to the adoption of chatbot. Journal of Enterprising Communities: People and Places in the Global Economy, 15(2), 258-281. https://doi.org/10.1108/jec-06-2020-0126

Purpose
Recognising the high numbers of unbanked and financially excluded adults in Nigeria, this study aims to position chatbot as a digital transformation tool to radically change business model, improve customer experience and enhance financial i... Read More about Digital transformation in financial services provision: a Nigerian perspective to the adoption of chatbot.

From panic to dispassionate rationality - Organizational responses in procurement after the initial COVID-19 pandemic peak (2021)
Journal Article
(2021). From panic to dispassionate rationality - Organizational responses in procurement after the initial COVID-19 pandemic peak. IEEE Engineering Management Review, -. https://doi.org/10.1109/EMR.2021.3079630

Lockdowns and social distancing from the COVID19 crisis took many by surprise. Panic grew about the implications. Supply chains became center stage. We consider decision making in large multinational companies and whether COVID19 responses focused on... Read More about From panic to dispassionate rationality - Organizational responses in procurement after the initial COVID-19 pandemic peak.

Economic and Environmental Changes in Shenzhen—A Technology Hub in Southern China (2021)
Journal Article
To, W., Lee, P. K., & Lau, A. K. (2021). Economic and Environmental Changes in Shenzhen—A Technology Hub in Southern China. Sustainability, 5545 - 5545. https://doi.org/10.3390/su13105545

<jats:p>Shenzhen has been established as the technology and innovation center in China. The study reviews its economic development and environmental change over the past four decades. Specifically, it tests whether environmental Kuznets curve relatio... Read More about Economic and Environmental Changes in Shenzhen—A Technology Hub in Southern China.

Stock market volatility and jumps in times of uncertainty (2021)
Journal Article
Megaritis. (2021). Stock market volatility and jumps in times of uncertainty. Journal of International Money and Finance, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jimonfin.2021.102355

In this paper we examine the predictive power of latent macroeconomic uncertainty on US stock market volatility and jump tail risk. We find that increasing macroeconomic uncertainty predicts a subsequent rise in volatility and price jumps in the US e... Read More about Stock market volatility and jumps in times of uncertainty.

After UCS: Workplace Occupation in Britain in the 1970s (2021)
Journal Article
Tuckman, A. (2021). After UCS: Workplace Occupation in Britain in the 1970s. Labour History Review, 7 - 35. https://doi.org/10.3828/lhr.2021.2

<jats:p> This paper traces the development of this form of industrial action through the 1970s, the emergence of an alternative economic voice, ultimately almost silenced in the 1980s with the dominance of neo-liberalism, leaving a sedimental alterna... Read More about After UCS: Workplace Occupation in Britain in the 1970s.

Distributed ledger technology as a catalyst for open innovation adoption among small and medium-sized enterprises (2021)
Journal Article
Jain, G., Hashimy, L., & Treiblmaier, H. (2021). Distributed ledger technology as a catalyst for open innovation adoption among small and medium-sized enterprises. Journal of High Technology Management Research, 32(1), 100405 - 100405. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hitech.2021.100405

Open innovation and distributed ledger technology (DLT) are both based on the underlying principles of distribution and sharing. While open innovation is about sharing knowledge to improve innovation processes and performance, DLT is a distributed da... Read More about Distributed ledger technology as a catalyst for open innovation adoption among small and medium-sized enterprises.

Brexit and skill shortages: an empirical analysis of UK SMEs (2021)
Journal Article
Tiwasing, P. (2021). Brexit and skill shortages: an empirical analysis of UK SMEs. Economics and Business Letters, 10(1), 9-15. https://doi.org/10.17811/ebl.10.1.2021.9-15

This paper examines the perspectives of SMEs on Brexit and skill shortages using cross-sectional data of 2,969 SMEs from a UK Government’s Small Business survey for 2016. The logistic regression with clustered standard errors is applied to analyse th... Read More about Brexit and skill shortages: an empirical analysis of UK SMEs.

Financial well-being of sportswomen (2021)
Journal Article
Mogaji, E., Badejo, F. A., Charles, S., & Millisits, J. (2021). Financial well-being of sportswomen. International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics, 13(2), 299-319. https://doi.org/10.1080/19406940.2021.1903530

Despite efforts to increase female participation and representation in sport, there has been little scholarly focus on sportswomen’s financial wel–being. The purpose of this study is to address this gap in the literature and to contribute to broadeni... Read More about Financial well-being of sportswomen.

An Empirical Investigation of U.K. Environmental Targets Disclosure: The Role of Environmental Governance and Performance (2021)
Journal Article
Moussa, T., Kotb, A., & Helfaya, A. (2021). An Empirical Investigation of U.K. Environmental Targets Disclosure: The Role of Environmental Governance and Performance. European Accounting Review, 31(4), 1 - 35. https://doi.org/10.1080/09638180.2021.1890173

Although an increasing number of companies have publicly declared environmental targets (ETs), scant research has been conducted in this area. This study, therefore, investigates the extent of corporate environmental targets disclosure (ETD) and empi... Read More about An Empirical Investigation of U.K. Environmental Targets Disclosure: The Role of Environmental Governance and Performance.

Marketing bank services to financially vulnerable customers: evidence from an emerging economy (2021)
Journal Article
Mogaji, E., Adeola, O., Ebo Hinson, R., Phong Nguyen, N., Nwoba, A. C., & Soetan, T. O. (2021). Marketing bank services to financially vulnerable customers: evidence from an emerging economy. International Journal of Bank Marketing, 39(3), 402-428. https://doi.org/10.1108/ijbm-07-2020-0379

Purpose
This study aims to explore how banks in Nigeria are marketing financial services to financially vulnerable customers.

Design/methodology/approach
A multiple case study research strategy was used to analyse three commercial banks and two... Read More about Marketing bank services to financially vulnerable customers: evidence from an emerging economy.

From Sustainable Global Value Chains to Circular Economy—Different Silos, Different Perspectives, but Many Opportunities to Build Bridges (2021)
Journal Article
(2021). From Sustainable Global Value Chains to Circular Economy—Different Silos, Different Perspectives, but Many Opportunities to Build Bridges. Circular Economy and Sustainability, https://doi.org/10.1007/s43615-021-00015-2

A growing interest in the circular economy concept has pushed the discourse in various management-related disciplines beyond established boundaries, with calls to better address how such a model may be developed in a world of global value chains. Sti... Read More about From Sustainable Global Value Chains to Circular Economy—Different Silos, Different Perspectives, but Many Opportunities to Build Bridges.

Gamification of warehousing: exploring perspectives of warehouse managers in the UK (2021)
Journal Article
Bahr, W., Mavrogenis, V., & Sweeney, E. (2022). Gamification of warehousing: exploring perspectives of warehouse managers in the UK. International Journal of Logistics Research and Applications, 25(3), 247-259. https://doi.org/10.1080/13675567.2021.1892042

Contemporary warehouses are key links in the supply chains in competitive global business environments and with rapidly evolving trends in technology they need to adapt to the evolving needs of customers. Gamification recently emerged as a potential... Read More about Gamification of warehousing: exploring perspectives of warehouse managers in the UK.

Mores of the customer base for ecotourism industry: Development and validation of a new measurement scale (2021)
Journal Article
Bashir, S., Khwaja, M. G., & Mahmood, A. (2021). Mores of the customer base for ecotourism industry: Development and validation of a new measurement scale. PloS one, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0246410

To date, there is no such scale that may precisely measure mores of the customer base for the ecotourism industry. Therefore, a thematic analysis of literature has been conducted by examining various good quality research works on intrinsic character... Read More about Mores of the customer base for ecotourism industry: Development and validation of a new measurement scale.

Enhancing training effectiveness for organizations through blockchain-enabled training effectiveness measurement (BETEM) (2021)
Journal Article
Jain, G., Sharma, N., & Shrivastava, A. (2021). Enhancing training effectiveness for organizations through blockchain-enabled training effectiveness measurement (BETEM). Journal of Organizational Change Management, 34(2), 439-461. https://doi.org/10.1108/jocm-10-2020-0303

Purpose
Due to technology advancement or transparency in system, there is a constant inflow and outflow of technology in the business for transparency and efficiency. To seize a competitive advantage, companies have emerged new technological solutio... Read More about Enhancing training effectiveness for organizations through blockchain-enabled training effectiveness measurement (BETEM).

FinTech and commercial banks' performance in China: A leap forward or survival of the fittest? (2021)
Journal Article
Chen, X., You, X., & Chang, V. (2021). FinTech and commercial banks' performance in China: A leap forward or survival of the fittest?. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 166, Article 120645. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2021.120645

As the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic play out globally, the banking industry has been affected in both positive and negative ways, with the crisis creating both opportunities and threats for the collaborations between FinTech and banks. The aim of... Read More about FinTech and commercial banks' performance in China: A leap forward or survival of the fittest?.

A review of machine learning applications in human resource management (2021)
Journal Article
Garg, S., Sinha, S., Kar, A. K., & Mani, M. (2022). A review of machine learning applications in human resource management. International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management, 71(5), 1590-1610. https://doi.org/10.1108/ijppm-08-2020-0427

Purpose – This paper reviews 105 Scopus-indexed articles to identify the degree, scope and purposes of machine learning (ML) adoption in the core functions of human resource management (HRM).
Design/methodology/approach – A semi-systematic approach... Read More about A review of machine learning applications in human resource management.

The combined network effect of sparse and interlocked connections in SMEs’ innovation (2021)
Journal Article
Liang, L., Alam, A., Sorwar, G., Yazdifar, H., & Eskandari, R. (2021). The combined network effect of sparse and interlocked connections in SMEs’ innovation. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 120488 - 120488. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2020.120488

This paper aims to examine the relationship between the structures of inter-organizational connections and innovation results in the context of small and medium enterprises (SMEs). Existing literature shows that inter-organization connections can ben... Read More about The combined network effect of sparse and interlocked connections in SMEs’ innovation.

E-transparency and government budgetary corruption: A social marketing and transformation case from Nigeria (2021)
Journal Article
Olarewaju, T., Rufai, I., & Gallage, S. (2021). E-transparency and government budgetary corruption: A social marketing and transformation case from Nigeria. The Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries, 87(3), https://doi.org/10.1002/isd2.12167

This article shows how Information and Communication Technology (ICT), incorporating social media, can lead to accountability and transparency in a government's budget. Specifically, it examined how a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) used ICT to f... Read More about E-transparency and government budgetary corruption: A social marketing and transformation case from Nigeria.

Assessing Sampling Error in Pseudo-Panel Models (2021)
Journal Article
Khan, R. (2021). Assessing Sampling Error in Pseudo-Panel Models. Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 83(3), 742-769. https://doi.org/10.1111/obes.12416

While pseudo-panels are useful when only repeated cross-section data are available, estimates are likely to be attenuated and suffer from sampling error if cell sizes (number of individuals grouped together in a cohort) are too few. However, there is... Read More about Assessing Sampling Error in Pseudo-Panel Models.