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Corporate Egoism: An investigation of business ethics in the South-Western Nigerian banking industry

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Journal of Business Research Pub Date : 2025-02-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2025.115178

Toyin Ajibade Adisa , Mayowa T. Babalola , Chima Mordi , Kareem Folohunso Sani , Olatunji David Adekoya , Michael Harrison

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Green process innovation and financial performance in small and medium-sized enterprises in a developing Country: Role of resource orchestration

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Journal of Business Research Pub Date : 2025-02-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2025.115210

Listowel Owusu Appiah , Dominic Essuman , Cassiel Ato Forson , Nathaniel Boso , Jonathan Annan

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Efficient Inefficiency: Organisational challenges of realising economic gains from AI

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Journal of Business Research Pub Date : 2025-02-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2024.115128

Stuart Mills , David A. Spencer

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Virtual influencers in social media versus the metaverse: Mind Perception, blame judgements and brand trust

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Journal of Business Research Pub Date : 2025-02-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2024.115139

Sian Joel-Edgar , Soumyadeb Chowdhury , Peter Nagy , Shuang Ren

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Why being labeled “creative” triggers employees’ unethical pro-organizational behavior: The role of felt obligation for constructive change and Machiavellianism

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Journal of Business Research Pub Date : 2025-02-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2025.115185

Long Zhang , Chuang Zhang , Ya Xi Shen , Haiping Liu

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Status incongruence effects under conditions of task interdependence: Too close for comfort

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Journal of Business Research Pub Date : 2025-02-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2024.115174

María del Carmen Triana , M.Fernanda Garcia , Orlando Richard , İlhami Yücel , Rawia Ahmed

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Proposing an integrative scale of digital influence in the context of influencer marketing

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Journal of Business Research Pub Date : 2025-02-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2024.115152

Marianny Jessica de Brito Silva , Patrícia de Oliveira Campos , Jairo de Pontes Gomes , Francisco Vicente Sales Melo , Maria Raíza Ferreira de Moura

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The personality of luxury. A new measure and the effects of brand personality distinctiveness and congruence on consumer responses

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Journal of Business Research Pub Date : 2025-02-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2024.115107

George Balabanis , Aleksandra Karpova

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Pathways to scaling up in emerging economies: A configurational analysis of organizational capabilities in social enterprises

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Journal of Business Research Pub Date : 2025-02-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2024.115091

Yue Xiao

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Boosting brand behavioral intentions via integrated explicit product placements in podcasts

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Journal of Business Research Pub Date : 2025-02-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2024.115129

Anca-Maria Milovan , Costinel Dobre , Ovidiu‑Ioan Moisescu

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