{"title":"Uplifting the underdog: The impact of remittances on transforming informal entrepreneurship","authors":"Peiyi Jia , William C. Zhou , Sunny Li Sun","doi":"10.1016/j.jbusres.2024.114999","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jbusres.2024.114999","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>With a combined theoretical lens of the informal economy and entrepreneurial mobility, this research explores the role of remittances in promoting the transitions from informal to formal entrepreneurship. We propose a mediation model where venture funding availability partially mediates the relationship between remittances and the transition from informal to formal entrepreneurship. We posit that remittances can serve as a critical pathway for promoting the entrepreneurial mobility of underdog entrepreneurs in the informal sector, ultimately boosting the transition from informal entrepreneurship to formal entrepreneurship in the home country. Our study highlights the need for policies and programs designed to attract and facilitate remittances. Such initiatives could allow underdog entrepreneurs to gain improved access to financing and other forms of startup capital, thereby easing the transition from informal to formal entrepreneurship.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":15123,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Business Research","volume":"186 ","pages":"Article 114999"},"PeriodicalIF":10.5,"publicationDate":"2024-10-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142537671","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Creating competitiveness in incumbent small- and medium-sized enterprises: A revised perspective on digital transformation","authors":"Andrea Meier, Robert Eller, Mike Peters","doi":"10.1016/j.jbusres.2024.115028","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jbusres.2024.115028","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic has sped digital transformation efforts of small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). However, recent evidence indicates that SMEs are falling behind in the digital uptake. Therefore, policymakers have repeatedly emphasised the importance of digital transformation in SMEs. To better understand the competitiveness of incumbent SMEs, which potentially resulted from digital transformation, we conducted a conceptual theory synthesis approach. We distil key concepts from the literature and propose a novel framework for SMEs’ competitiveness through the lens of critical realism. Nine perspectives on the extant SME digital transformation areas suggest a relationship between digital transformation and competitiveness. In a multilevel research agenda, nine fundamental premises are proposed to further theorise and empirically investigate incumbent SMEs’ digital efforts to achieve higher competitiveness. The study concludes with managerial implications for aligning an incumbent’s strategy with the digital transformation.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":15123,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Business Research","volume":"186 ","pages":"Article 115028"},"PeriodicalIF":10.5,"publicationDate":"2024-10-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142537669","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"What’s in it for me? CEO career disruption concern and corporate philanthropy","authors":"Yongqiang Gao , Taïeb Hafsi","doi":"10.1016/j.jbusres.2024.115031","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jbusres.2024.115031","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In this study, using a behavioral agency perspective, we argue that corporate philanthropy (CP) may be affected by CEOs’ career disruption concern. If predecessors had a quick dismissal (with short tenure), incumbent CEOs may be concerned that they may not stay in office for a long enough time to benefit from the goodwill that can be created by CP. Moreover, as CEO dismissal is to a great extent dominated by short-term financial performance, incumbent CEOs may be motivated to mitigate career disruption concern by increasing short-term accounting earnings which often comes at the cost of long-term investment and discretionary expenditures such as CP. Accordingly, we posit a negative relationship between predecessor’s quick dismissal and CP. However, we argue that this negative relationship will be weakened by CEO power, as powerful CEOs are more in control of their career prospects. In contrast, this negative relationship will be strengthened by board independence, as outside independent directors may rely more on short-term performance to evaluate a CEO’s quality which motivates incumbent CEO to boost short-term performance at the cost of CP. Evidence from publicly listed non-state-owned manufacturing companies in China’s stock exchanges during the 2004–2015 period provides support for our predictions.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":15123,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Business Research","volume":"186 ","pages":"Article 115031"},"PeriodicalIF":10.5,"publicationDate":"2024-10-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142537668","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Digitalization and power shift in the food market","authors":"Caroline Gauthier , Frederic Bally","doi":"10.1016/j.jbusres.2024.115039","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jbusres.2024.115039","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This research explores how smartphone applications impact consumer empowerment in a market where companies have more power than consumers, and consumers distrust companies. We draw on Yuka, a scanner app that allows its 44 million users to access nutritional quality scores and other information on food products. We conducted a thematic text analysis of 1,651 user reviews and 117 media articles. Our results indicate that, in the food market, such apps (1) bring transparency to products, which facilitates better purchasing choices, (2) empower consumers, and (3) trigger a shift in power, forcing companies to improve the quality of their products to regain consumer trust. We discuss the implications for research, practice and policy in light of the increasing demand for healthy, safe food. This situation, where power shifts from traditional market players to new digital players and consumers, generating disruptions and emancipation, could become commonplace in futures of market society.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":15123,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Business Research","volume":"186 ","pages":"Article 115039"},"PeriodicalIF":10.5,"publicationDate":"2024-10-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142537577","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Dynamic managerial capabilities: A critical synthesis and future directions","authors":"Somnath Baishya , Amit Karna , Diptiranjan Mahapatra , Satish Kumar , Debmalya Mukherjee","doi":"10.1016/j.jbusres.2024.115015","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jbusres.2024.115015","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The literature on dynamic managerial capabilities (DMCs) has grown considerably and has evolved over the past two decades. <span><span>Helfat and Martin (2015)</span></span> reviewed this literature, which helped clarify the nomological network surrounding DMCs while synthesizing the empirical literature related to its impact on strategic change and firm performance. In this paper, we build on their work by applying bibliometric techniques to trace the evolution of this multidisciplinary construct. The analysis of 33 key journals and 188 articles spanning more than three decades (1989–2023) comprises distinct time periods and longitudinal trends that support meaningful visual representations of the bibliographic data. The findings reveal seven foundational themes for DMC research: upper echelons, cognitive biases, cognitive strategic groups, capability configurations, issue interpretation, individual & group characteristics, and market & network orientation. We also extend the DMC framework of <span><span>Helfat & Martin (2015)</span></span> by including political capital as the fourth underpinning. On the basis of the temporal and topic trend analysis, we conclude with recommendations for further research avenues that can shed light on the future of DMC literature. We also highlight practical implications for practicing managers and firms to strengthen competitive differentiation by building and leveraging DMCs.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":15123,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Business Research","volume":"186 ","pages":"Article 115015"},"PeriodicalIF":10.5,"publicationDate":"2024-10-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142537574","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Employee engagement and retention in multicultural work groups: The interplay of employee and supervisory cultural intelligence","authors":"Alfred Presbitero , Yuka Fujimoto , Weng Marc Lim","doi":"10.1016/j.jbusres.2024.115012","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jbusres.2024.115012","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Given the rise in cultural diversity in workplaces due to increased globalization and hyperconnectivity, organizations worldwide are seeking effective ways to attract and retain multicultural talent. This research probes the interaction between an employee’s cultural intelligence (CQ) and a supervisor’s CQ, investigating how this interaction impacts work engagement and the intention to stay within multicultural work groups. Drawing on work engagement literature and leader-member exchange (LMX) theory, we conducted two empirical studies. Study 1 (170 matched data) reveals that employee’s CQ positively influences work engagement, with this relationship moderated by the supervisor’s CQ. Study 2 (161 matched data) validates these findings while also demonstrating how work engagement influences employee’s intention to stay. Taken collectively, our research advances theory and practice by elucidating the synergistic value of fostering both employees’ and supervisors’ CQ—i.e., the “double CQ”—for enhancing engagement and retention in multicultural work groups.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":15123,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Business Research","volume":"186 ","pages":"Article 115012"},"PeriodicalIF":10.5,"publicationDate":"2024-10-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142537573","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"I like, I share, I vote: Mapping the dynamic system of political marketing","authors":"Raoul V. Kübler , Kai Manke , Koen Pauwels","doi":"10.1016/j.jbusres.2024.115014","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jbusres.2024.115014","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study examines the dynamic relationships between actions from the multiple stakeholders in political marketing. Using over 200 million social media posts, media coverage, advertising data, and poll results, we map a highly dynamic and interconnected system involving candidates, voters, media, and digital platforms. Our results highlight feedback effects even more intense than in comparable systems of traditional marketing. Our empirical findings show that beside the candidates’ own marketing efforts, on- and offline-chatter significantly influences candidate actions, media narratives, and voter behavior, with disinformation playing a critical role in discussions and polls. Traditional media amplifies online conversations and disinformation, further influencing political support. Our results provide campaign managers with insights into how to navigate this dynamic system and how to handle disinformation and poll ambiguity. We further provide guidelines for media professionals, and policymakers to navigate and regulate this complex dynamic system.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":15123,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Business Research","volume":"186 ","pages":"Article 115014"},"PeriodicalIF":10.5,"publicationDate":"2024-10-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142537571","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Muhammad Umar Farooq , Ernest Gyapong , Ammar Ali Gull , Muhammad Usman , Muzhar Javed , Vincent Tawiah
{"title":"Do women directors influence CEO performance-induced turnover in China?","authors":"Muhammad Umar Farooq , Ernest Gyapong , Ammar Ali Gull , Muhammad Usman , Muzhar Javed , Vincent Tawiah","doi":"10.1016/j.jbusres.2024.115000","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jbusres.2024.115000","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>We investigate whether women directors influence performance-induced CEO turnover. This question is important considering recent calls for the appointment of women directors vis-à-vis the need to replace non-performing CEOs. Existing studies report mixed results in different institutional settings. We focus on China, a setting with a dominance of state ownership and absence of board gender recommendations. Using data from Chinese listed firms (2005–2018), we find that while women directors influence the sensitivity of firm performance to CEO turnover, this is only noticeable in non-state-owned firms. We further find that non-executive women directors affect the firm performance–CEO turnover relationship, while executive women directors do not. We also demonstrate that women directors discipline CEOs after poor performance when more than one is on the board and they have business expertise. Overall, our results suggest that women directors are effective (ineffective) in reducing agency problems in non-state-owned firms (state-owned firms).</div></div>","PeriodicalId":15123,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Business Research","volume":"186 ","pages":"Article 115000"},"PeriodicalIF":10.5,"publicationDate":"2024-10-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142537570","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Predictors of social media influencer marketing effectiveness: A comprehensive literature review and meta-analysis","authors":"Katja Spörl-Wang, Franziska Krause, Sven Henkel","doi":"10.1016/j.jbusres.2024.114991","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jbusres.2024.114991","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Following an increased research focus on influencer marketing and social media influencers (SMIs) in recent years, marketers continue to face the critical challenge of selecting effective SMIs for their campaigns. This difficulty is compounded by the fact that much empirical research is based on single-theory approaches, offering limited predictors and hindering the development of broad practical and theoretical insights. To address this gap, this paper aims to provide a comprehensive and structured overview of predictors of SMI marketing effectiveness through both qualitative and quantitative analysis. Based on a review of 93 articles, covering 108 studies, 56 predictors, and seven dependent measures of SMI marketing effectiveness, this paper introduces a generalized framework for SMI marketing effectiveness and confirms 11 predictors of customer engagement and seven of purchase intention, which are both key measures of effectiveness, clarifying previously inconsistent findings.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":15123,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Business Research","volume":"186 ","pages":"Article 114991"},"PeriodicalIF":10.5,"publicationDate":"2024-10-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142537572","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Fostering Parasocial Relationships with Virtual Influencers in the Uncanny Valley: Anthropomorphism, Autonomy, and a Multigroup Comparison","authors":"Fanjue Liu , Rang Wang","doi":"10.1016/j.jbusres.2024.115024","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jbusres.2024.115024","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The rise of virtual influencers has significantly transformed the dynamics of influencer-follower relationships. Integrating uncanny valley and parasocial relationship theories, in this study we construct and validate a model to delineate how the anthropomorphism of virtual influencers—characterized by humanness, attractiveness, and eeriness—affects the strength of parasocial relationships. Using survey data from 826 Instagram users, we reveal that this process is mediated by trustworthiness and wishful identification, with autonomy serving as a moderator that interacts with these anthropomorphism characteristics. We also examine variations in relationship development between existing followers and prospective followers, revealing that these two groups utilize distinct criteria to establish parasocial relationships with virtual influencers. Furthermore, we contribute to the ongoing debate on the uncanny valley phenomenon, showing that the relationship between virtual influencers’ anthropomorphism and perceived trustworthiness aligns more closely with a linear model than a curvilinear one. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":15123,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Business Research","volume":"186 ","pages":"Article 115024"},"PeriodicalIF":10.5,"publicationDate":"2024-10-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142537568","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}