{"title":"Transforming entrepreneurial business design: Converging leadership and customer-centric approach","authors":"A. Rajagopal","doi":"10.1080/15475778.2020.1734418","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15475778.2020.1734418","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract This study analyzes the impact of leadership, employee-engagement, market-oriented approach, and co-creation on the business design of the SUEs in Mexico. This study aims at presenting new insights on effect of leadership on employee engagement and transformation of marketing strategies through co-creation, identification of minimum viable segment and improving organizational design to achieve market competitiveness. The information of 364 respondents was admitted to the data analysis process. In all, information of 91% of respondents was considered for data analysis. In view of the findings discussed in the study, it can be stated that SUEs tend to develop effective entrepreneurial leadership that is based on family-based-firms organizational design. Co-design and co-creation of products and services are the attributes of SUEs that lead to an increase in organizational performance. Effective leadership in SUEs play a significant role in developing market-oriented strategies within the niche markets by catering the needs of consumers.","PeriodicalId":40044,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Transnational Management","volume":"25 1","pages":"128 - 153"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-03-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/15475778.2020.1734418","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"59981835","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Raouf Kaouache, Gene A. Brewer, Djamel Eddine Kaouache
{"title":"Existing and preferred organizational culture in public organizations: The case of an electricity power plant in Algeria","authors":"Raouf Kaouache, Gene A. Brewer, Djamel Eddine Kaouache","doi":"10.1080/15475778.2020.1734420","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15475778.2020.1734420","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract This research compares employee perceptions of the existing and preferred organizational culture in an Algerian electricity power plant, which is a publicly owned and operated entity. A mixed-method approach is employed by interviewing six key managers and surveying all 256 employees of the organization. Harrison and Stokes’ Arabic version questionnaire was used to collect data on organizational culture. The means and t-test results reveal significant differences between the existing and the preferred culture types. Employees decreasingly ranked existing types as Power, Role, Achievement, and Support cultures, and they decreasingly ranked preferred types as Achievement, Support, Role, and Power cultures. These rankings reveal a clash between the existing and the preferred cultures. While the Power and Role cultures were rated as stronger than preferred, the Achievement and Support cultures were weaker than desired. These findings and their implications for Arab public management are discussed.","PeriodicalId":40044,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Transnational Management","volume":"25 1","pages":"154 - 171"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-03-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/15475778.2020.1734420","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49057931","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The causes of project delay in Iraqi petroleum industry: A case study in Basra Oil Company","authors":"Hayder K Aljamee, Saja Naeem, Andrew Bell","doi":"10.1080/15475778.2019.1698935","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15475778.2019.1698935","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The purpose of this research is to look at construction projects in the Iraqi petroleum industry, which have suffered significant problems in the last decade. This research initially uses secondary data to examine the previous work to identify project problems in Iraq and worldwide. Furthermore, this research is performed by collecting primary data from the employees of Basra Oil Company using a survey. The finding of the research has identified that the contractor is the main reason of project problems, and that these problems mostly appeared during the execution phase in construction projects. The respondents of the questionnaire have assessed that project execution in the Iraqi petroleum industry is as a good or better. However, there are problems in Iraqi petroleum industry particular due to project schedule slippages. The most frequent cause of a project being behind schedule is due to using the lowest bidding prices from contractors.","PeriodicalId":40044,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Transnational Management","volume":"25 1","pages":"57 - 70"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/15475778.2019.1698935","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43220289","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Omer F. Genc, Abdel Hafiez Ali Hasaballah, T. Khoa, Viput Ongsakul, Z. Ahmed
{"title":"Can differences be turned to positives? An empirical investigation of psychic distance, trust, and commitment in Malaysian exporters","authors":"Omer F. Genc, Abdel Hafiez Ali Hasaballah, T. Khoa, Viput Ongsakul, Z. Ahmed","doi":"10.1080/15475778.2019.1693218","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15475778.2019.1693218","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Relationship development has become a critical dimension of international performance for exporters. Differences between markets have been proposed as determinants of relationship development. As a concept relating to those differences, psychic distance is an influential factor in relationship development, but the literature provides mix empirical evidence about its effects. We analyzed the impact of psychic distance on two central constructs of relationship: trust and commitment, in the context of Malaysia. Our survey results from Malaysian exporters indicate that psychic distance affects trust, but not commitment. More importantly, we found different results for dimensions of psychic distance. While cultural differences affect trust negatively, business-legal difference and differences in product adaptation have positive effects on trust. The reasons for and implications of these results, as well as new avenues for future research, are discussed.","PeriodicalId":40044,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Transnational Management","volume":"25 1","pages":"71 - 98"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/15475778.2019.1693218","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42073307","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
O. Al-kwifi, Tran Tien Khoa, Viput Ongsakul, Z. Ahmed
{"title":"Determinants of female entrepreneurship success across Saudi Arabia","authors":"O. Al-kwifi, Tran Tien Khoa, Viput Ongsakul, Z. Ahmed","doi":"10.1080/15475778.2019.1682769","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15475778.2019.1682769","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The purpose of this paper is to examine the factors that affect the decision of university female students to start a business in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Most of the existing research focuses on exploring the challenges female entrepreneurs face after they start a business, but no research has investigated the challenges they encounter before they start a business. A total of 507 responses were collected from six universities in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Findings show that knowledge about starting a business is the most influential factor that motivates female students to establish their own business.","PeriodicalId":40044,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Transnational Management","volume":"25 1","pages":"29 - 3"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/15475778.2019.1682769","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45832254","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The journal of transnational management and the IMDA","authors":"K. Becker","doi":"10.1080/15475778.2019.1693575","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15475778.2019.1693575","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":40044,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Transnational Management","volume":"25 1","pages":"1 - 2"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/15475778.2019.1693575","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47261299","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"User acceptance of driverless vehicles and robots with aspect of personal economy","authors":"Belma Kencebay","doi":"10.1080/15475778.2019.1664234","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15475778.2019.1664234","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract There are worries about the present and likely future effect of new innovations like robots and artificial intelligence. Analysts from various fields including science and business have been studying how new innovation will influence the job market and more extensively how new innovations will affect society. The aim of this study is to empirically investigate the acceptance of robots & driverless cars. In this study we examined the impact of the following variables; influence on personal economy, awareness, perceived enjoyment and anxiety related to acceptance of robots and also the impact of safeness, awareness, perceived enjoyment and anxiety on acceptance of driverless cars.","PeriodicalId":40044,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Transnational Management","volume":"24 1","pages":"283 - 304"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-09-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/15475778.2019.1664234","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48644737","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Foreign direct investment & its correlation to economics: The case of Brazil","authors":"D. T. Dinç, A. Gökmen","doi":"10.1080/15475778.2019.1664216","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15475778.2019.1664216","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Capital accumulation is the first and foremost important factor to induce economic growth and development in a country. Yet, not every country in the world is bestowed with abundant capital. Thus, in this instance foreign direct investment (FDI) emerges as a good option to supply the necessary amount of capital to countries which are deprived of the necessary capital stock. Moreover, FDI, besides being a catalyst of economic development, is a significant means of transferring technology, knowledge, managerial know-how and constitutes new potentials to create employment opportunities, increase the production volume and enhance the foreign trade balance. Furthermore, the impact of FDI inflow on the economic growth is researched in this paper for Brazil by means of utilizing various econometric methods for the period of 1970–2017. According to the results of this study there is no positive causality between economic growth and FDI inflow in the short-run. Yet, there is a positive and significant causality between FDI inflow and economic growth in the long-run as well as this stems from the fact that investments lead to positive results gradually in the long-term which also means that investments shall be converted into production as much as possible. Moreover, the novelty of this paper is that it is one of the most up-to-date studies to research FDI – economic growth correlation on Brazil in the literature.","PeriodicalId":40044,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Transnational Management","volume":"24 1","pages":"323 - 342"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-09-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/15475778.2019.1664216","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47732813","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Risk–return relationship in the Finnish stock market in the light of Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM)","authors":"Shab Hundal, Anne Eskola, D. Tuan","doi":"10.1080/15475778.2019.1641394","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15475778.2019.1641394","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The relationship between the risk and return has always been a topic of interest to investors and academics. Capital Asset Pricing Model (hereafter, CAPM) is one of the most important theoretical foundations in the field of finance. The current study examines, first, the relationship between return and risk in the context of the Finnish stock market, and second, to identify if the realized return of Finnish companies highlights over/under-performance. The findings indicate that the risk–return relationship has been working in sync and the stock return of sample firms have been observed to be less volatile than the market index.","PeriodicalId":40044,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Transnational Management","volume":"24 1","pages":"305 - 322"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-07-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/15475778.2019.1641394","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"59981831","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Galanou N. Aikaterini, S. Ioannis, Tryfon Vasilagos
{"title":"Do external environmental factors affect on strategic choice decisions of innovation?: The case of service organizations in a cross-cultural comparison","authors":"Galanou N. Aikaterini, S. Ioannis, Tryfon Vasilagos","doi":"10.1080/15475778.2019.1633507","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15475778.2019.1633507","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Decision making of innovation comes to the fore as sufficient justification for achieving competitiveness in a context of ever-increasing rivalry. In this formulation, decision makers are likely to form mental frames and sense-making processes in order to access complex interactions of external and organizational ingredients and make strategic decisions of innovation alternatives (service innovation, process innovation, ancillary innovation). This paper examines environmental factors that may explain managers’ strategic choice of a specific type of innovation in service sector organizations located in Qatar and Greece from the viewpoint of the managers’ distinct national cultures resulting in different attitudes and values. This research work examines several main-effect propositions regarding managers’ perspective chosen innovation alternatives, depending on the external forces (service need, diversity of need, increase in population, and influence of context) are dealing with. We illustrate the main effect by looking at surface manifestations of managerial decisions of innovation as outward expressions of distinct characteristics lying deeper in each national culture of origin: Qatari managers prefer service innovations more than Greek managers do. Furthermore, this article reports on the findings of an exploratory study comparing national differences in innovation selection decision between Qatari and Greek top managers that develop a number of interaction effects. To confirm our propositions we gathered experimental data from 118 Greek top managers and 61 Qatari top managers. A multilevel regression analysis was used to examine and assess the relative impacts of the environmental forces on innovation strategic decision-making.","PeriodicalId":40044,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Transnational Management","volume":"24 1","pages":"185 - 230"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/15475778.2019.1633507","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41372785","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}