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This paper seeks to understand how owner-managers’ perceptions of environmental changes led them to adapt their business model (BM). Drawing on 43 interviews with independent pharmacist in Belgium (19) and Italy (24), we demonstrate how some owner-managers focus on their macro-environment leading them to consider environmental changes as a threat. They feel they are unable to adapt their BM or only provide minor adaptation. However, some owner-managers focus both on their micro and macro-environment, sometimes beyond the traditional pharmacy sector, to identify opportunities. They then extricate themselves from the constraints perceived in the environment to proceed with significant BM innovation by building a specific ecosystem.
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Management International Review publishes research-based articles that reflect significant advances in the key areas of International Management. Its target audience consists of scholars in International Business Administration.
Management International Review is a double-blind refereed journal that aims at the advancement and dissemination of research in the fields of International Management. The scope of the journal comprises International Business, Cross-Cultural Management, and Comparative Management. The journal publishes research that builds or extends International Management theory so that it can contribute to International Management practice.
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Management International Review publishes articles and research notes. Every year, six issues are published. On average, two of these issues are Focused Issues, which concentrate on a specific subfield of International Management.