European Journal of Management and Business Economics , Open Access

The consumer intention to use e-commerce applications in the post-pandemic era: a predictive approach study using a CHAID tree-based algorithm

Elena Higueras-Castillo, Helena Alves, Francisco Liébana-Cabanillas, Ángel F. Villarejo-Ramos

This study proposes a hierarchic segmentation that develops a tree-based classification model and classifies the cases into groups. This allows for the definition of e-commerce…

The informal role of marketing control systems

Paola Andrea Ortiz-Rendon, Jose Luis Munuera-Aleman, Luz Alexandra Montoya Restrepo

The implementation of control systems allows marketing managers to improve operational decisions and organizational results. This paper aims to identify the relationship between…

The role of engagement and knowledge-sharing in the high-performance work systems–innovative behaviour relationship

Naiara Escribá-Carda, Teresa Canet-Giner, Francisco Balbastre-Benavent

This paper aims to examine two indirect mechanisms through which employees' perceptions of high-performance work systems (HPWS) foster employees' innovative behaviour (IB)…

Quality-oriented human resource practices (QHRP), ambidextrous culture and organizational ambidexterity: a study of green agro-food companies

Maria Moreno-Luzon, Maria Gil-Marques, M. Begoña Lloria, Andres Salas-Vallina

The purpose of this paper is to examine the effect of quality-oriented human resource practices (QHRP) on organizational ambidexterity. Furthermore, the mediating role of…

The impact of economic policy uncertainty on stock types while considering the economic cycle. A quantile regression approach

Jessica Paule-Vianez, Carmen Orden-Cruz, Camilo Prado-Román, Raúl Gómez-Martínez

This study aims to analyse the effects of Economic Policy Uncertainty (EPU) on the return of growth/value and small/large-cap stocks during expansionary and recessionary periods…

Impact of social media influencers on consumers' well-being and purchase intention: a TikTok perspective

Raja Ahmed Jamil, Urba Qayyum, Syed Ramiz ul Hassan, Tariq Iqbal Khan

Extending the elaboration likelihood model (ELM), this study investigates the impact of social media influencers (SMI) on consumer well-being (CW) as well as the influence of CW…

Key policy mechanisms supporting the University–Industry collaboration in the Danube region: case study of academic HPC centres and SMEs

Tamara Besednjak Valič, Janez Kolar, Urša Lamut, Alenka Pandiloska Jurak

This paper aims to explore the key anchors of the National Innovation System shaping the nature of collaboration between academic high-performance computing centres (academic HPC…

Looking at the darker side of the mirror: the impact of CEO's narcissism on corporate social irresponsibility

Marta Riera, María Iborra

The aim of this article is to highlight the major part played by executives in the escalation of corporate social irresponsibility (CSI). Based on the upper echelons theory, the…

Tracking the literature on strategic alliances in the biotechnology industry: insights from a bibliometric approach over the last 30 years

Marisol Carvajal-Camperos, Paloma Almodóvar

The purpose of this study is to identify papers that have produced the most significant impact on research on strategic alliances in the biotechnology industry. The authors…

Customer engagement and loyalty: the moderating role of involvement

Jesica Yanet Perez Benegas, Marina Zanfardini

The purposes of the present study were to analyse: (1) if there is a hierarchical relationship between cognitive dimension (attention) and emotional dimension (enthusiasm); (2) to…

The interplay between firms’ capabilities and ownership in explaining environmental performance

Beatriz Forés, César Camisón-Zornoza, José María Fernández-Yáñez

This study empirically assesses the effects of two key types of organizational and managerial capabilities—dynamic capabilities, and coordination and cohesion capabilities—on…

Genetic algorithm modeling of European Union firms' competitive advantage

Alexandre Teixeira Dias, Henrique Cordeiro Martins, Valdeci Ferreira Santos, Pedro Verga Matos, Greiciele Macedo Morais

This research aims to identify the optimal configuration of investment which leads firms to their best competitive positions, considering the degree of concentration in the market.

Machine learning algorithms applied to the estimation of liquidity: the 10-year United States treasury bond

Ignacio Manuel Luque Raya, Pablo Luque Raya

Having defined liquidity, the aim is to assess the predictive capacity of its representative variables, so that economic fluctuations may be better understood.

Structure of REDEE and EJMBE research: a bibliometric analysis

Ricardo Ramos, Paulo Rita

Evaluating existing literature can lead to a better understanding of a scientific journal's state of the art. In this sense, this study aims to analyze the global research…

Do corporate social responsibility practices have an impact on employer attractiveness – an approach to corporate volunteering programs

Margarida Seara, Teresa Proença, Marisa R. Ferreira

The purpose of this study is to understand the impact that Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) practices have on the perceived attractiveness of companies in the eyes of their…

Are gold and cryptocurrency a safe haven for stocks and bonds? Conventional vs Islamic markets during the COVID-19 pandemic

Michaelia Widjaja, Gaby, Shinta Amalina Hazrati Havidz

This study aims to identify the ability of gold and cryptocurrency (Cryptocurrency Uncertainty Index (UCRY) Price) as safe haven assets (SHA) for stocks and bonds in both…

The mediating effect of job satisfaction between inclusive leadership and commitment to change: evidence from Brazil and Spain

Alfonso J. Gil, Gabriela Mosegui, Rosana Zenezi Moreira, Mauro J. Eguizabal

In the current context of change, leadership is significant in developing employees' commitment to change. In this work, the authors analysed the relationship between inclusive…

Exploring the use of gender-fair language by influencers

Carolina Nicolas, Angelica Urrutia, Gonzalo González

Explore the use of Gender-Fair Language (GFL) by influencers on Instagram.

Servant leadership, innovative work behavior and innovative organizational culture: the mediating role of perceived organizational support

Emre Burak Ekmekcioglu, Kürşad Öner

The purpose of this study is to examine the effects of servant leadership (SL) and innovative organizational culture (IOC) on employees' innovative work behavior (IWB). In…

The directional spillover effects and time-frequency nexus between stock markets, cryptocurrency, and investor sentiment during the COVID-19 pandemic

Hayet Soltani, Jamila Taleb, Mouna Boujelbène Abbes

This paper aims to analyze the connectedness between Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) stock market index and cryptocurrencies. It investigates the relevant impact of RavenPack COVID…

Credit default swaps, investor protection, and audit cost: international evidence

Patrick Kwashie Akorsu

Credit Default Swap (CDS) trading alters equilibrium interactive monitoring of external corporate monitors due to a possible change in private lenders' incentive to monitor client…

Does digital transformation increase firms' productivity perception? The role of technostress and work engagement

Beatriz Picazo Rodríguez, Antonio Jose Verdú-Jover, Marina Estrada-Cruz, Jose Maria Gomez-Gras

To understand how organizations, public or private, must increase their productivity perception (PP), independently of the sector. This article aims to analyze PP in the digital…

Does the distribution of R&D incentive among production factors matter? A dynamic general equilibrium model for Türkiye

İpek Akad, Çağaçan Değer

This study aims to explain the effect of research and development (R&D) incentives on economic growth, focusing on the case of Türkiye. A one-sector endogenous growth model has…

The “industrial halo” and its impact on the assessment of corporate reputation

Emilio Calvo-Iriarte, María Victoria Esteban-González, Arturo Rodríguez-Castellanos

The gap that this research attempts to fill is to analyse the explanatory factor “industry” when assessing the reputation of a corporate group. In other words, this research…

The interplay of servant leadership behaviors and Machiavellianism on perceived leader effectiveness: the role of team conflict management

Lin Xiu, Feng Lv, Dirk van Dierendonck

This paper aims to examine the influence of the interplay between servant leadership behaviors and Machiavellianism on leader effectiveness.

Multi-frequency information transmission among constituents and global equity returns: a sustainable and conventional way of investing

Emmanuel Asafo-Adjei, Anokye M. Adam, Peterson Owusu Junior, Clement Lamboi Arthur, Baba Adibura Seidu

This study investigates information flow of market constituents and global indices at multi-frequencies.

Asymmetric market efficiency of the Eurozone using the MF-DFA: a comparison between global financial crisis and COVID-19 era

Sajid Ali, Syed Ali Raza, Komal Akram Khan

This research paper aims to explore asymmetric market efficiency of the 13 Euro countries, i.e. Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Netherland…

Microfinance's digital transformation for sustainable inclusion

Marwa Fersi, Mouna Boujelbéne, Feten Arous

The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the performance of Microfinance Institutions (MFIs) offering FinTech services. This study contributes to the existing literature on…

What drives consumers to use P2P payment systems? An analytical approach based on the stimulus–organism–response (S-O-R) model

Ana Irimia-Diéguez, Francisco Liébana-Cabanillas, Antonio Blanco-Oliver, Juan Lara-Rubio

Traditional payment systems based on cash and bank cards are being replaced by new innovative formats. This research analyzes the success factors in the adoption by customers of…

Innovation in business model as a response to the sharing economy

Daniel Espinosa Sáez, Elena Delgado-Ballester, José Luis Munuera-Alemán

The sharing economy (SE) is significantly affecting traditional companies, which have felt a need to adapt their business model. The aim of this study is to identify the…

Innovations and development of artificial intelligence in Europe: some empirical evidences

Domenico Marino, Jaime Gil Lafuente, Domenico Tebala

The objective of this paper is to analyze the relationship between innovation and the development of artificial intelligence (AI) and digital technologies in Europe. The use of…

Board of directors and business transformation: a bibliometric analysis

Luis de Enrique Arnau, María José Pinillos-Costa

This paper aims to analyze the thematic content of research addressing the relation between board of directors (BoD) and business transformation (BT) to obtain better…

Corporate social responsibility and firm performance: a threshold analysis of European firms

Abdelaziz Hakimi, Rim Boussaada, Majdi Karmani

This paper aims to investigate the reciprocal nonlinear relationship between corporate social responsibility (CSR) and firm performance (FP).

Leadership style, knowledge sharing and audit quality

Ali Hassanzadeh Mohassel, Reza Hesarzadeh, Mohammad Ali Bagherpour Velashani

This paper aims to examine how leadership style in audit firms influences audit quality. The paper further explores the mediating role of knowledge sharing in the relationship…

Organizational culture and innovation: exploring the “black box”

Tomás Vargas-Halabi, Rosa Maria Yagüe-Perales

This research aimed to conceptualize organizations as open and purposeful systems to study how organizational culture (OC) influences firms' Innovative Performance (IP). The…

Assessing the entrepreneurial and intrapreneurial intentions of current and future labor forces: the role of entrepreneurial orientation

Azra Bičo, Emil Knezović

The study aims to examine whether there is a difference in entrepreneurial intentions (EI) and intrapreneurial intentions (II) between current labor force (CLF) and future labor…

Interlinkages of cryptocurrency and stock markets during the COVID-19 pandemic by applying a QVAR model

Nguyen Hong Yen, Le Thanh Ha

This paper aims to study the interlinkages between cryptocurrency and the stock market by characterizing their connectedness and the effects of the COVID-19 crisis on their…

Anchor investors and equity crowdfunding for entrepreneurs

Pau Sendra-Pons, Alicia Mas-Tur, Dolores Garzon

This empirical study uses herd behavior model to explore the role of anchor investors in ensuring fundraising success and overfunding of crowdfunded ventures.

Precursors and outcomes of satisfaction of fair trade coffee consumers

Samira Mili, Carlos Ferro-Soto

This paper aims to identify the antecedents and postcedents of customer satisfaction, including utilitarian, social and emotional factors, in a fair trade (FT) coffee consumption…

The common welfare human resource management system and innovativeness: the mediating role of altruism

Francisco Fermín Mallén-Broch, Ricardo Chiva, Alma Rodríguez-Sánchez, Jacob Guinot

The paper analyzes and develops Chiva's (2014) proposal on the common welfare HRM system and uncovers its relationship with innovativeness, using altruism as a mediator.

Zooming into paternalistic leadership: evidence from high power distance culture

Talat Islam, Saleha Sharif, Hafiz Fawad Ali, Saqib Jamil

Nurses' turnover intention has become a major issue in developing countries with high power distance cultures. Therefore, the authors attempt to investigate how turnover intention…

Rule with an iron hand: powerful CEOs, influential shareholders and corporate performance in Russia

Marina Zavertiaeva, Tatiana Ershova

This study examines whether CEO power influences the book-based and market-based performance of Russian companies when it is restricted by the presence of essential shareholders…

Location factors and agglomeration economies in the hotel industry: the case of Spain

Andrea Valenzuela-Ortiz, Jorge Chica-Olmo, José-Alberto Castañeda

This research investigates the effect of accessibility to points of tourist interest (buffer) and direct and indirect spatial spillover effects of agglomeration economies on…

Exploring the roles of self-determined motivation and perceived organizational support in organizational change

Rui-Ting Huang

The primary purpose of this study is not only to examine the connections between self-determined motivation, attitudes toward change and participation in change, but also to…

Disruptive human resource management technologies: a systematic literature review

K.G. Priyashantha, A. Chamaru De Alwis, Indumathi Welmilla

The disruptive human resource management (HRM) technologies are now considered a significant facilitator to change and benefit the entire HRM landscape. This view needs to be…

Connectedness between cryptocurrencies, gold and stock markets in the presence of the COVID-19 pandemic

Achraf Ghorbel, Sahar Loukil, Walid Bahloul

This paper analyzes the connectedness with network among the major cryptocurrencies, the G7 stock indexes and the gold price over the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic…

The rise of online food delivery culture during the COVID-19 pandemic: an analysis of intention and its associated risk

Wai Chuen Poon, Serene En Hui Tung

This study aims to understand consumer behaviour in the context of online food delivery (OFD), especially given the mandatory lockdown imposed in some countries that have modified…

Impacts of transformational leadership on organizational change capability: a two-path mediating role of trust in leadership

Thanh Thi Cao, Phong Ba Le

Given the important role of change capability for organizational development and competitive advantage, the purpose of this study is to clarify the influences of transformational…

The learning effect on organizational performance during a crisis: a serial mediation analysis with knowledge creation, storage and sharing

Usman Ahmad Qadri, Mazuri Binti abd Ghani, Shumaila Bibi, Abdul Haseeb Tahir, Muhammad Imran Farooq, Abdul Rauf Kashif

The aim of this study is to investigate the serially mediating effect of knowledge management (KM) practices (namely, knowledge creation, storage and sharing) on the…