{"title":"Innovation Systems and the Sustainable Development Goals: Directionality, State Roles, and Capabilities for Transformative Change","authors":"Cristina Chaminade, Bengt-Åke Lundvall","doi":"10.1002/cjas.70062","DOIUrl":"10.1002/cjas.70062","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) has intensified debates on whether innovation system (IS) frameworks remain relevant for governing sustainability transformations. This article argues that IS are essential for understanding how directionality toward sustainability emerges through learning, institutional change, and evolving state roles. The paper distinguishes between reactive approaches grounded in historically accumulated capabilities and proactive strategies aimed at creating new development pathways aligned with societal goals, emphasizing interactions, synergies, and trade-offs across social, economic, and environmental objectives. Four illustrative cases are examined: China and Denmark demonstrate how IS can gradually reorient capabilities toward multiple SDGs, while Seychelles and Costa Rica show how small and less mature IS pursue focused sustainability priorities through governance and institutional innovation.</p>","PeriodicalId":47349,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences-Revue Canadienne Des Sciences De L Administration","volume":"43 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2026-04-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/cjas.70062","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147683546","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Innovation Systems and the Sustainable Development Goals: Directionality, State Roles, and Capabilities for Transformative Change","authors":"Cristina Chaminade, Bengt-Åke Lundvall","doi":"10.1002/cjas.70062","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/cjas.70062","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) has intensified debates on whether innovation system (IS) frameworks remain relevant for governing sustainability transformations. This article argues that IS are essential for understanding how directionality toward sustainability emerges through learning, institutional change, and evolving state roles. The paper distinguishes between reactive approaches grounded in historically accumulated capabilities and proactive strategies aimed at creating new development pathways aligned with societal goals, emphasizing interactions, synergies, and trade-offs across social, economic, and environmental objectives. Four illustrative cases are examined: China and Denmark demonstrate how IS can gradually reorient capabilities toward multiple SDGs, while Seychelles and Costa Rica show how small and less mature IS pursue focused sustainability priorities through governance and institutional innovation.</p>","PeriodicalId":47349,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences-Revue Canadienne Des Sciences De L Administration","volume":"43 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2026-04-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/cjas.70062","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147683629","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Celebrity Entrepreneurship: The Impact of Star Power and Intangible Assets on Venture Longevity","authors":"Chin-Wen Chang","doi":"10.1002/cjas.70061","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/cjas.70061","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>The celebrity economy is thriving, with more stars now owning businesses instead of merely endorsing products. This study examines the impact of specific factors in celebrity entrepreneurship on business success. Findings indicate that a celebrity's entrepreneurial involvement and attractiveness are crucial for performance, whereas alignment between their public image and business is less essential. Prior experience plays a significant role; however, industry-specific knowledge, entrepreneurial skills, and personal networks carry less weight, as celebrity fame often grants access to valuable connections and opportunities. By examining celebrity-founded ventures as distinct entities, the study reveals how celebrities effectively leverage their fame, networks, and resources to achieve business success. The findings reveal that celebrity attractiveness confers short-term survival advantages, but its effect diminishes over time, whereas sustained entrepreneurial involvement exerts a stronger, more enduring impact on firm performance.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":47349,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences-Revue Canadienne Des Sciences De L Administration","volume":"43 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2026-04-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147683468","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Celebrity Entrepreneurship: The Impact of Star Power and Intangible Assets on Venture Longevity","authors":"Chin-Wen Chang","doi":"10.1002/cjas.70061","DOIUrl":"10.1002/cjas.70061","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>The celebrity economy is thriving, with more stars now owning businesses instead of merely endorsing products. This study examines the impact of specific factors in celebrity entrepreneurship on business success. Findings indicate that a celebrity's entrepreneurial involvement and attractiveness are crucial for performance, whereas alignment between their public image and business is less essential. Prior experience plays a significant role; however, industry-specific knowledge, entrepreneurial skills, and personal networks carry less weight, as celebrity fame often grants access to valuable connections and opportunities. By examining celebrity-founded ventures as distinct entities, the study reveals how celebrities effectively leverage their fame, networks, and resources to achieve business success. The findings reveal that celebrity attractiveness confers short-term survival advantages, but its effect diminishes over time, whereas sustained entrepreneurial involvement exerts a stronger, more enduring impact on firm performance.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":47349,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences-Revue Canadienne Des Sciences De L Administration","volume":"43 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2026-04-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147683466","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Is There a Relationship Between Corporate SDG Involvement and Tax Avoidance?","authors":"Johannes W. H. van der Waal, Thomas Thijssens","doi":"10.1002/cjas.70059","DOIUrl":"10.1002/cjas.70059","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This study examines whether corporate involvement with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is associated with corporate tax avoidance (TA). Using a large international panel of publicly listed firms, we quantify SDG involvement through text analysis of sustainability and integrated reports, identifying explicit references to the SDGs. Tax avoidance is measured as a 3-year average difference between statutory and cash effective tax rates, based on standardized financial data. Pooled logistic regression models with country–year and sector fixed effects show a small but marginally significant positive association between SDG involvement and TA. A decomposition of the TA measure indicates that this association is driven by persistent differences between firms, while year-to-year changes within firms exhibit no detectable relationship. The effect size is economically limited but statistically robust. Overall, the results indicate that SDG communication and corporate tax behavior remain largely independent domains, even as global expectations for responsible corporate tax behavior continue to rise.</p>","PeriodicalId":47349,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences-Revue Canadienne Des Sciences De L Administration","volume":"43 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2026-04-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/cjas.70059","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147683449","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Is There a Relationship Between Corporate SDG Involvement and Tax Avoidance?","authors":"Johannes W. H. van der Waal, Thomas Thijssens","doi":"10.1002/cjas.70059","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/cjas.70059","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This study examines whether corporate involvement with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is associated with corporate tax avoidance (TA). Using a large international panel of publicly listed firms, we quantify SDG involvement through text analysis of sustainability and integrated reports, identifying explicit references to the SDGs. Tax avoidance is measured as a 3-year average difference between statutory and cash effective tax rates, based on standardized financial data. Pooled logistic regression models with country–year and sector fixed effects show a small but marginally significant positive association between SDG involvement and TA. A decomposition of the TA measure indicates that this association is driven by persistent differences between firms, while year-to-year changes within firms exhibit no detectable relationship. The effect size is economically limited but statistically robust. Overall, the results indicate that SDG communication and corporate tax behavior remain largely independent domains, even as global expectations for responsible corporate tax behavior continue to rise.</p>","PeriodicalId":47349,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences-Revue Canadienne Des Sciences De L Administration","volume":"43 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2026-04-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/cjas.70059","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147683450","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Matías Orellana-González, Orlando Llanos-Contreras, Eduardo Torres-Moraga, Manuel Alonso-Dos-Santos
{"title":"Communicating Green Practices and Family Firm Image in Booking.com: Influence on Perceived Hospitality and Hotel Visit Intention","authors":"Matías Orellana-González, Orlando Llanos-Contreras, Eduardo Torres-Moraga, Manuel Alonso-Dos-Santos","doi":"10.1002/cjas.70052","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/cjas.70052","url":null,"abstract":"<p>An increasing number of companies in the hotel industry are embracing the integration of sustainable practices to gain an advantage in a competitive digital market, where online travel agencies are predominant. However, marketing literature remains divided regarding the effectiveness of communicating the green image of a hotel in relation to consumer response. This research aims to explore how communication of stimuli reflecting a green hotel image influences consumer response in terms of hospitality and visit intention, incorporating the study of family firm ownership as a communicational element. A quasi-experimental study was conducted on an online survey involving 453 people. Participants viewed stimuli in the form of fictitious hotel advertising, which included narrative and visual elements. Analysis of variance (ANOVA) was employed, complemented by linear regression analyses. In terms of the study's findings, on one hand, no significant results were found to dispel doubts regarding the effectiveness of a green image in obtaining a better response from consumers. On the other hand, communication of family firm image positively and significantly influences consumers in terms of perceived hospitality and intention to visit the hotel, maintaining its effect when communicated in conjunction with a green image. This study contributes to the literature on green branding by discussing the communicational effectiveness of a hotel's green identity as a commercial asset. It also advances the literature on branding for family businesses by suggesting signals that integrate both family and corporate identities. Lastly, it contributes to the literature on hospitality and tourism, particularly concerning the management of signals within online travel agencies.</p>","PeriodicalId":47349,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences-Revue Canadienne Des Sciences De L Administration","volume":"43 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2026-03-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/cjas.70052","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147568237","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Matías Orellana-González, Orlando Llanos-Contreras, Eduardo Torres-Moraga, Manuel Alonso-Dos-Santos
{"title":"Communicating Green Practices and Family Firm Image in Booking.com: Influence on Perceived Hospitality and Hotel Visit Intention","authors":"Matías Orellana-González, Orlando Llanos-Contreras, Eduardo Torres-Moraga, Manuel Alonso-Dos-Santos","doi":"10.1002/cjas.70052","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/cjas.70052","url":null,"abstract":"<p>An increasing number of companies in the hotel industry are embracing the integration of sustainable practices to gain an advantage in a competitive digital market, where online travel agencies are predominant. However, marketing literature remains divided regarding the effectiveness of communicating the green image of a hotel in relation to consumer response. This research aims to explore how communication of stimuli reflecting a green hotel image influences consumer response in terms of hospitality and visit intention, incorporating the study of family firm ownership as a communicational element. A quasi-experimental study was conducted on an online survey involving 453 people. Participants viewed stimuli in the form of fictitious hotel advertising, which included narrative and visual elements. Analysis of variance (ANOVA) was employed, complemented by linear regression analyses. In terms of the study's findings, on one hand, no significant results were found to dispel doubts regarding the effectiveness of a green image in obtaining a better response from consumers. On the other hand, communication of family firm image positively and significantly influences consumers in terms of perceived hospitality and intention to visit the hotel, maintaining its effect when communicated in conjunction with a green image. This study contributes to the literature on green branding by discussing the communicational effectiveness of a hotel's green identity as a commercial asset. It also advances the literature on branding for family businesses by suggesting signals that integrate both family and corporate identities. Lastly, it contributes to the literature on hospitality and tourism, particularly concerning the management of signals within online travel agencies.</p>","PeriodicalId":47349,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences-Revue Canadienne Des Sciences De L Administration","volume":"43 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2026-03-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/cjas.70052","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147568236","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Beyond Privacy Calculus: Understanding Digital Contact Tracing Acceptance Through Surveillance Drift and Agency Theory","authors":"Félix Joly, Camille Grange, Renaud Legoux","doi":"10.1002/cjas.70056","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/cjas.70056","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Digital contact tracing (DCT) has emerged as a promising tool for controlling infectious disease outbreaks, yet its adoption has been hampered by widespread privacy concerns. Prior research studies mainly rely on privacy calculus theory. We extend this view by integrating agency theory to explain how delegating sensitive data to government authorities generates anticipatory concerns about misuse. Building upon the social risk concept introduced in earlier DCT studies, we theoretically refine and contextualize <i>surveillance drift concern</i>, defined as an anticipatory belief that personal data collected for legitimate and time-limited public health purposes may be repurposed, prolonged, or expanded once the original emergency ends. We model this concern as a key mechanism linking privacy uncertainty and societal utility to DCT acceptance and examine how public health crisis-induced anxiety moderates these effects. A scenario-based experiment (<i>N</i> = 315) supports our model. Our findings advance theoretical understanding of how DCT acceptance emerges under conditions of delegation, uncertainty and crisis governance, while offering actionable insights for designing and communicating trustworthy digital public health systems.</p>","PeriodicalId":47349,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences-Revue Canadienne Des Sciences De L Administration","volume":"43 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2026-03-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/cjas.70056","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147567986","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Beyond Privacy Calculus: Understanding Digital Contact Tracing Acceptance Through Surveillance Drift and Agency Theory","authors":"Félix Joly, Camille Grange, Renaud Legoux","doi":"10.1002/cjas.70056","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/cjas.70056","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Digital contact tracing (DCT) has emerged as a promising tool for controlling infectious disease outbreaks, yet its adoption has been hampered by widespread privacy concerns. Prior research studies mainly rely on privacy calculus theory. We extend this view by integrating agency theory to explain how delegating sensitive data to government authorities generates anticipatory concerns about misuse. Building upon the social risk concept introduced in earlier DCT studies, we theoretically refine and contextualize <i>surveillance drift concern</i>, defined as an anticipatory belief that personal data collected for legitimate and time-limited public health purposes may be repurposed, prolonged, or expanded once the original emergency ends. We model this concern as a key mechanism linking privacy uncertainty and societal utility to DCT acceptance and examine how public health crisis-induced anxiety moderates these effects. A scenario-based experiment (<i>N</i> = 315) supports our model. Our findings advance theoretical understanding of how DCT acceptance emerges under conditions of delegation, uncertainty and crisis governance, while offering actionable insights for designing and communicating trustworthy digital public health systems.</p>","PeriodicalId":47349,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences-Revue Canadienne Des Sciences De L Administration","volume":"43 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2026-03-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/cjas.70056","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147567789","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}