Management Decision: Volume 56 Issue 1

Entrepreneurship and innovation management in emerging economies

How leadership matters in organizational innovation: a perspective of openness

The purpose of this paper is to answer the following two questions: What are the influences of the top managers’ different leadership styles on organizational innovation? What is…

How open innovation performance responds to partner heterogeneity in China

The link between openness and innovative performance has been established as an inverted U-shape relationship, namely, the openness-performance connection is not always positive…

Identifying the focal role of top management paradoxical cognition in ambidextrous firms

Past studies have associated top management’s paradoxical cognition and actions with the ambidextrous performance of firms. Compared to large firms, the top management members of…

Risk analysis in introduction of new technologies by start-ups in the Brazilian market

The volatile scenario of technological innovation demonstrates the need for risk control processes, in order to ensure its viability. The purpose of this paper is to propose a…

Organizational forgetting, absorptive capacity, and innovation performance: A moderated mediation analysis

The purpose of this paper is to examine how the organizational forgetting affect innovation performance under the consideration of the environmental turbulence as a moderating…

COO effect: business opportunities for Middle Eastern entrepreneurs

The purpose of this paper is to identify the potential business opportunities for Middle Eastern entrepreneurs by understanding the Malaysian Muslim’s ways of experiencing and…

A multi-platform collaboration innovation ecosystem: the case of China

Innovation ecosystem is an emerging and popular concept in both academic and industrial circles. It offers a new perspective for enterprise strategy positioning. A business can…

Skills needed in supply chain-human agency and social capital analysis in third party logistics

A shortage of skills is recognized as a major source of risk in supply chain networks. This study uses two independent organizational theories to explain how to build applicable…

Empowering women and stimulating development at bottom of pyramid through micro-entrepreneurship

The purpose of the paper is to address the sustainability issue of Self-help groups by means of developing small business/micro-entrepreneurs.

Impact of institutions on emerging European high-growth firms

Based on the multi-faceted nature of high-growth firms (HGFs) and the significant investments by governments to make the business environment more conducive to firm growth, the…

Market competition, green technology progress and comparative advantages in China

Technical progress is an important technique within improving China’s comparative advantages, as new and renewable technologies will be beneficial for energy security. Productive…

Relationships among social capital, self-efficacy, and new venture creations

The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship of social capital with new venture creation, and whether self-efficacy plays a role in mediating the association between…

Investigating entrepreneurial success factors of women-owned SMEs in UAE

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the key factors affecting the success of women entrepreneurs who own and manage Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in UAE. The extant…

Innovation in social media strategy for movie success: A study of the Bollywood movie industry

The purpose of this paper is to examine how movie studios develop an integrated social media strategy to achieve box office success. Departing from prior studies which focus on…

The core competence of successful owner-managed SMEs

The purpose of this paper is to measure the impact of transformational leadership, entrepreneurial competence and technical competence on firm performance via innovativeness in…

Corporate ethics, governance and social responsibility in MENA countries

Studies show that corporate governance (CG) and corporate social responsibility (CSR) are driven by ethical practices. The relationships between corporate ethics, CG and CSR have…