• Pygmalion leadership and innovative work behavior of hotel employees in Ghana : the mediating roles of supervisor developmental feedback and supervisor supportive behavior 

  Andoh, Raphael Papa Kweku; Acquah, Innocent Senyo Kwasi; Ennin, Ethel Esi; Ansong, Abraham (Routledge, 2025)

  Scholars believe that exploration of the factors that mediate Pygmalion leadership (PL) and follower performance contribute a great deal to the understanding of PL. However, mediation studies involving PL and innovative ...
• Management of global value chains and risk : an application to emerging markets 

  Kalala, Seraphin; Grosse, Robert; Wocke, Albert (Springer, 2024-12)

  Management of global value chains by manufacturing firms requires detailed consideration of the relationships with partner firms and the risks involved in operating in different countries, especially emerging markets. Value ...
• Women's role in promoting sustainable development through stakeholder engagement and environmental policy : African perspectives on the circular economy 

  Oppong, Clement; Mathibe, Motshedisi Sina (Wiley, 2024)

  As African countries increasingly adopt circular economy strategies, the implications for sustainable development remain underexplored, particularly regarding gender dynamics. This study investigates the critical role that ...
• The South African economic elite and ownership changes in foreign multinationals’ assets during and after Apartheid-era sanctions 

  Barnard, Helena; Luiz, John M. (Elsevier, 2024-08)

  Using a historical lens to investigate sanctions against Apartheid South Africa, we found foreign multinational enterprises (MNEs) lost out repeatedly during sanctions, almost always to the local economic elite. When ...
• Moving diversity, equity and inclusion research forward with(in) international business : addressing blind spots through critical and reflexive management scholarship 

  Raskovic, Matevz Matt; Hurd, Fiona; Onaji-Benson, Theresa (Emerald, 2025-01)

  PURPOSE : The purpose of this paper is to provide a scene-setting viewpoint that critically examines various diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) blind spots within the field of international business (IB). These include ...
• Filling the void : the underlying processes of CEO post-retirement role identity reformation 

  Lamberti, Mark J.; Lew, Charlene (Emerald, 2025-01)

  PURPOSE : Following identity theory from a symbolic-interactionist perspective, we explore the post-retirement role identity reformation of public company CEOs to uncover the process elements through which role identities ...
• The nature and relevance of team grit 

  Buchel, Paula Audrey; Lew, Charlene (Emerald, 2025)

  PURPOSE : This research aims to investigate the nature of the team grit construct as distinct from individual grit and determines its relevance within a net of team constructs. DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH : Using a ...
• Investigating the resilience and challenges of informal street traders in South Africa's tourism sector : a focus on migrant entrepreneurship 

  Fourie, Alicia; Saayman, Andrea; Blaauw, Derick (Routledge, 2025)

  Selling products and services to tourists is often the main or sole source of income for local and migrant informal traders participating in the tourism sector in developing countries. However, they are vulnerable ...
• Institutional logics and relational shifts : permeating hierarchies and silos in the healthcare sector 

  Vivier, Elme; Robinson, Bryan; Jenkins, Louis; Smit, Arnold (Routledge, 2024)

  Healthcare organizations often confront multiple institutional logics that reinforce professional and departmental hierarchies and silos. Research in the field focuses on how professionals navigate such tensions through ...
• A tale of no cities? The neglect of cities in South Africa's post-apartheid national economic policies 

  Robbins, Glen (Routledge, 2025)

  Cities and the economic processes they host are widely seen to be central to the economic prospects of nations. This reality presents city and national actors with challenges of how to jointly conceive of urban economic ...
• Analysis of the convergence of environmental sustainability and its main determinants : the case of the Americas (1990–2022) 

  Gomez, Mario; Rodríguez, José Carlos (MDPI, 2024-08-09)

  This paper studies the convergence of environmental sustainability and its main determinants in selected American countries. In addition, it studies the impact of economic activity, income inequality, trade openness, and ...
• How do firms develop and financially benefit from green product innovation in a developing country? roles of innovation orientation and green marketing innovation 

  Appiah, Listowel Owusu; Essuman, Dominic (Wiley, 2024-11)

  While previous research has explored the antecedents and outcomes of green product innovation, empirical evidence remains inconclusive. This study draws on the contingent natural resource–based view to conceptualize how ...
• International product adaptation and performance : a systematic analysis of the literature and agenda for future research 

  Tsougkou, Eleni; Cadogan, John W.; Boso, Nathaniel; Hodgkinson, Ian R.; Oliveira, João S.; Laukkanen, Tommi; Yazdani, Nahid; Story, Vicky M. (Elsevier, 2025-01)

  There is a lack of consensus on what the international product adaptation (IPA) concept involves, and only a partial understanding of its outcomes. Our analysis of the IPA-performance link uncovers, for the first time, the ...
• South Africa’s crowded cannabis market : identifying new market opportunities for Ilco Farming’s “green gold” 

  Fourie, Alicia; Geyser, Judith Mariette (Emerald, 2024-10)

  CASE SUMMARY : LEARNING OUTCOMES : Following a discussion of the case, students should be able to analyse competitive dynamics: provide an in-depth critical analysis of Ilco Farming’s microenvironment, using the ...
• Entrepreneurship interventions and the intentions of South African youths to start own business 

  Zwane, Steven; Osuigwe, Ubochioma U.S. (AOSIS, 2024-10-03)

  BACKGROUND : Increasingly, there is a concerted effort to provide entrepreneurship interventions to young people in a bid to activate their appetite for entrepreneurial activity. The current research seeks to offer ...
• Shared business understanding and innovation : the role of firm dominant logic in business model innovation 

  Yi, Yaqun; He, Xiaoming; Ndofor, Hermann Achidi; Niu, Fangyan (Elsevier, 2024-12)

  Business model innovation (BMI) is a key source of innovation that may create a competitive advantage for firms. Drawing insights from the activity system perspective of BMI and dynamic managerial capabilities literature, ...
• Individuals' attitudes and their adoption intentions of central bank digital currency : combining theories and analytics for deeper insights 

  Osakwe, Christian Nedu; Ogunmokun, Oluwatobi A.; Elgammal, Islam Mahmoud Yousef; Kwarteng, Michael Adu (Elsevier, 2025-01)

  Leveraging a multi-theoretical and multi-method approach, this study investigated the factors influencing individuals' attitudes and intentions towards adopting central bank digital currency (CBDC). Data from Nigeria, a ...
• An analysis of costs associated with maize storage facilities used by rural smallholder farmers in Uganda 

  Tibaingana, Anthony; Makombe, Godswill; Kele, Tumo; Mautjana, Madimetja Human (Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa, 2024-07)

  This article assessed the acquisition, maintenance and storage costs associated with different types of storage facilities used by smallholder maize farmers in Uganda, applying cost-based descriptive analysis. These costs ...
• Socioeconomic determinants of poverty reduction among irrigating farmers in Mberengwa District, Zimbabwe 

  Mupaso, Norman; Makombe, Godswill; Mugandani, Raymond; Mafongoya, Paramu L. (MDPI, 2024-05)

  Sustainable Development Goal 1 aims to end extreme poverty everywhere by the year 2030. Smallholder irrigation development is arguably a vital strategy to reduce rural poverty. The authors assessed the socioeconomic ...
• Unravelling the nice-to-have and must-have circular economy-oriented dynamic capabilities for sustainable product design and end-of-life management : insights from PLS-SEM and NCA 

  Quaicoe, Judith; Acquah, Innocent Senyo Kwasi; Gatsi, John Gartchie (Elsevier, 2024-11)

  Drawing on the dynamic capabilities theory, a multi-method approach was used to examine the effects of circular economy-oriented dynamic capabilities on sustainable product design and end-of-life management. Partial Least ...

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