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Author-Name: Christoph Buck
Author-X-Name-First: Christoph
Author-X-Name-Last: Buck
Author-Name: David Michael Eder
Author-X-Name-First: David Michael
Author-X-Name-Last: Eder
Author-Name: Jonas Brügmann
Author-X-Name-First: Jonas
Author-X-Name-Last: Brügmann
Title: Case studies in business model innovation: a systematic literature network analysis
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Companies in every industry and of every size are increasingly confronted with the potential for change that digitisation offers. Although scientific research has started to examine the effects of digitisation on business models by conducting case study research, this relevant field faces numerous challenges. This paper aims to answer the question of how the landscape of case study research in IS and management research is structured on the intersection of digitisation and business model innovation. Therefore, we conduct a citation network analysis of case studies. We identify both the central theoretical findings on business model innovation and the fundamental works on the case study research method. Our results reveal four relevant literature clusters. In this way, we enable future research to place its contribution both theoretically in the existing research landscape and to ensure a high methodological quality of the research.
Journal: Int. J. of Business Environment
Pages: 301-320
Issue: 4
Volume: 12
Year: 2021
Keywords: digital innovation; literature network analysis; business model innovation; digitisation; business model change; digital transformation; structured literature review; case study research; servitisation; digital business strategy.
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Author-Name: Shaike Marom
Author-X-Name-First: Shaike
Author-X-Name-Last: Marom
Author-Name: Robert N. Lussier
Author-X-Name-First: Robert N.
Author-X-Name-Last: Lussier
Title: Business strategy at times of crisis: leveraging core competencies to sustain competitive advantage
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How can business strategy be used to maintain a sustainable competitive advantage during a major crisis using dynamic capabilities? Business strategy and sustainable competitive advantage changes implementing dynamic capabilities are the drivers of company success during a crisis, without such changes a company will lose its competitive advantage and may not survive the crisis. This article methodology is a descriptive applied research analysis empirical investigation of how MNC executives used their core competencies in novel approaches towards fighting against the COVID-19 pandemic combining social relief together with strategic moves aimed at strengthening their core competencies.
Journal: Int. J. of Business Environment
Pages: 321-337
Issue: 4
Volume: 12
Year: 2021
Keywords: business strategy; competitive advantage; core competencies; dynamic capabilities; sustainable competitive advantage; multinational corporations; business environment; external environment; crisis situation; COVID-19.
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Author-Name: Gabriel Martinez
Author-X-Name-First: Gabriel
Author-X-Name-Last: Martinez
Author-Name: Suresh Renukappa
Author-X-Name-First: Suresh
Author-X-Name-Last: Renukappa
Author-Name: Subashini Suresh
Author-X-Name-First: Subashini
Author-X-Name-Last: Suresh
Title: Business model innovation in small enterprises from developing countries during COVID-19 outbreak: exploring drivers and BMI outcomes
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This paper aims to provide understanding of driving forces for business model innovation (BMI) during the pandemic for small businesses in developing countries, comparing them with identified BMI drivers before the outbreak and evaluating their response to the crisis. The qualitative multiple case study conducted allows the study of BMI within real life and contemporary context. Findings show that small organisations are influenced by internal and external factors towards BMI. Case organisations showed resilience to the crisis by adjusting accordingly to allow uninterrupted operation during lockdown; developing new products, services and processes that would ensure sustained demand during COVID-19 pandemic. The study explores theoretical implications of the findings. Also, lessons from this research could be useful for practitioners from developed and developing countries. Policymakers could benefit from focusing their activities on supporting firms to find novel ways of operating during the pandemic preventing further economic damage and unemployment.
Journal: Int. J. of Business Environment
Pages: 364-388
Issue: 4
Volume: 12
Year: 2021
Keywords: business model innovation; BMI; COVID-19; driving forces; small enterprises; developing countries; business continuity; disaster recovery.
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Author-Name: Jairo Salas-Paramo
Author-X-Name-First: Jairo
Author-X-Name-Last: Salas-Paramo
Author-Name: Diana Escandon-Barbosa
Author-X-Name-First: Diana
Author-X-Name-Last: Escandon-Barbosa
Author-Name: Maria Del Carmen Alarcón-Del Amo
Author-X-Name-First: Maria Del Carmen Alarcón-Del
Author-X-Name-Last: Amo
Author-Name: Josep Rialp-Criado
Author-X-Name-First: Josep
Author-X-Name-Last: Rialp-Criado
Title: The service-dominant logic revisited: the role of purchase frequency in changing the dynamics of value co-creation
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This study analyses the effect of the moderation of the fashion and car industries between the individual and social precedents that influence value co-creation and its effect in consumer company identification. It draws on both the service-dominant logic perspective and social identity theory to understand how individual and social factors influence participation in value co-creation processes. It uses a multi-group structural equation model (SEM) on a sample of 400 consumers in the fashion and car industries in Colombia. Among the main findings is that value co-creation has influence depending on the industry in which activities are carried out to generate value. For the fashion industry, it is possible that value co-creation influences identification with the company, as well as altruism and pro-social behaviour. For the car industry, in contrast, only the consumer's involvement in the processes of value co-creation becomes a mechanism that allows such identification with the company.
Journal: Int. J. of Business Environment
Pages: 389-409
Issue: 4
Volume: 12
Year: 2021
Keywords: value co-creation; consumer company identification; pro-social behaviour; multi-group; car industry; fashion industry; service dominant-logic; social identity theory; altruism; involvement; moderation effects.
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Author-Name: Diéssica Oliveira-Dias
Author-X-Name-First: Diéssica
Author-X-Name-Last: Oliveira-Dias
Author-Name: Noelia Garcia-Buendia
Author-X-Name-First: Noelia
Author-X-Name-Last: Garcia-Buendia
Author-Name: Juan Manuel Maqueira-Marín
Author-X-Name-First: Juan Manuel
Author-X-Name-Last: Maqueira-Marín
Author-Name: José Moyano-Fuentes
Author-X-Name-First: José
Author-X-Name-Last: Moyano-Fuentes
Title: Information technologies and lean and agile supply chain strategies: a bibliometric study through science mapping
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This paper presents the thematic evolution between 1996 and 2019 of research on information technologies (IT) in the context of two supply chain strategies that seek to improve supply chain responsiveness, lean supply chain (LSC) and agile supply chain (ASC) strategies, using SciMAT software. Specifically, an analysis of bibliometric indicators was carried out to study published papers, citations, most contributing authors to the field, journal impact factor, h-index, and data on the geographic distribution of papers. Science mapping analysis was performed using co-word networks in a longitudinal framework. The results enabled us to analyse the evolution of three thematic areas in this research field: role of IT in supply chain and performance, effects of IT on agile strategy, and emerging IT for lean strategy.
Journal: Int. J. of Business Environment
Pages: 338-363
Issue: 4
Volume: 12
Year: 2021
Keywords: information technology; lean supply chain; LSC; agile supply chain; ASC; SciMAT; science mapping; bibliometrics; literature review; co-citation.
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Author-Name: Aaisha Khatoon
Author-X-Name-First: Aaisha
Author-X-Name-Last: Khatoon
Author-Name: Nawab Ali Khan
Author-X-Name-First: Nawab Ali
Author-X-Name-Last: Khan
Author-Name: Shubhangi Bharadwaj
Author-X-Name-First: Shubhangi
Author-X-Name-Last: Bharadwaj
Author-Name: Farhana Parvin
Author-X-Name-First: Farhana
Author-X-Name-Last: Parvin
Title: Green human resource management: a transformational vision towards environmental sustainability
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The exploration of green human resource management (GHRM) can assist in the development of organisational strategies aligning environmental sustainability. Anchored in the ability-motivation-opportunity (AMO) theory and SVF theory, this paper examined the influence of HR aspects namely green employee empowerment (GEE), HR business partner commitment (HRC) and individual environmental knowledge (IK) on leveraging the GHRM activities and further the influence of GHRM activities on organisational employee commitment towards the environment (OECE) employing cross-sectional data from various manufacturing section in India. The outcomes demonstrate that individual knowledge towards the environment have a positive relation towards accelerating the GHRM practices, whereas the two other HR factors (GEE) and (HRC) do not have a positive influence in accelerating the GHRM practices in India. Moreover, GHRM practices have a significant impact on boosting the commitment of employees towards the environment in the organisation (OECE). The scope of the study emphasises developing financial prudence are appropriate and explicit to the Indian context.
Journal: Int. J. of Business Environment
Pages: 207-226
Issue: 3
Volume: 12
Year: 2021
Keywords: green human resource management; GHRM; green employee empowerment; GEE; environmental sustainability; HR business partner commitment; HRC; organisational employee commitment towards the environment; OECE.
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Author-Name: Kirsi Kokkonen
Author-X-Name-First: Kirsi
Author-X-Name-Last: Kokkonen
Author-Name: Sari Laitinen
Author-X-Name-First: Sari
Author-X-Name-Last: Laitinen
Author-Name: Ville Ojanen
Author-X-Name-First: Ville
Author-X-Name-Last: Ojanen
Title: Key prerequisites for ecosystem-based business - servitisation journey in software companies
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Many companies across different industries have been encountering a strategic value transition from product - or technology-oriented business towards service-based business. The increasing complexity of value propositions in service-based business requires closer collaboration and openness between companies. As a result, companies' interest in ecosystem-based business has been increasing. However, companies moving towards ecosystem-based business encounter challenges as they need to renew their knowledge and business capabilities. This study presents nine main characteristics of business ecosystems to take into account, based on a literature review, and reflects with an empirical case study what kind of prerequisites they pose to three software companies targeting to ecosystem-based service business. The paper offers a framework with which the companies can think over the validity of their current situation in relation to the requirements of service-based business in ecosystems and offers new insights on how to support the adoption of ecosystem-based business activities in companies.
Journal: Int. J. of Business Environment
Pages: 227-247
Issue: 3
Volume: 12
Year: 2021
Keywords: business ecosystem; ecosystem-based business; collaboration; customer value; value co-creation; service; service business; servitisation; software industry; business model.
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Author-Name: Gustavo Barboza
Author-X-Name-First: Gustavo
Author-X-Name-Last: Barboza
Author-Name: Nripendra Singh
Author-X-Name-First: Nripendra
Author-X-Name-Last: Singh
Author-Name: William R. Pratt
Author-X-Name-First: William R.
Author-X-Name-Last: Pratt
Title: Producer benefit experience: information asymmetries and value exchange processes
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Sophisticated and more knowledgeable consumers are becoming aware of negative externalities in production processes (Barboza, 2018). Increased consumer awareness puts pressure on companies to comply and act in a more socially responsible way, particularly as it relates to green and environmentally friendly practices. Under these considerations corporate social responsibility and development of green technologies are some of the strategies that companies are adopting to reduce the negative impact of such externalities. This study proposes the new concept of producer benefit experience (PBE) and argues that companies that educate their consumers about the externalities and utilise green practices to create value for their consumers rather than focusing on cost reduction will have higher chances of success. That is, companies that incorporate green practices into their strategy can have sustained competitive advantage, increased performance, and profitability. The uniqueness of this paper is that PBE concept is being discussed for the first time.
Journal: Int. J. of Business Environment
Pages: 248-264
Issue: 3
Volume: 12
Year: 2021
Keywords: corporate social responsibility; CSR; producer benefit experience; PBE; competitive advantage; endogenous consumers' preferences.
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Author-Name: Matteo Rossi
Author-X-Name-First: Matteo
Author-X-Name-Last: Rossi
Author-Name: Elvira Martini
Author-X-Name-First: Elvira
Author-X-Name-Last: Martini
Author-Name: Ashutosh Kolte
Author-X-Name-First: Ashutosh
Author-X-Name-Last: Kolte
Title: The role of venture capitalists in an organised innovation ecosystem: evidence from the USA
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In the knowledge-based economy (KBE), knowledge and innovation are key drivers of economic growth. However, they have become increasingly complex. In this context, some scholars underlined the importance of the financial system in KBE. This paper has a dual aim: to understand the specific support of informal investors in the USA and to analyse the different behaviour of informal investors in this innovation ecosystem. The first part is a descriptive analysis of the investment characteristics of these operators. In the second part, we discuss the empirical sense in which possible associations of the US actions are best understood. The main results are: 1) venture capitalists activity in the USA are focused in a few states; 2) venture capitalists present a positive correlation between the number of deals and amount invested; 3) small venture capitalists (thinkers) have a strategic approach to innovative firms more defined in comparison with the big VCs (gamblers).
Journal: Int. J. of Business Environment
Pages: 265-286
Issue: 3
Volume: 12
Year: 2021
Keywords: regional innovation ecosystem; knowledge-based economy; KBE; financial system; venture capitalists; the USA; ordinary least square; OLS.
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Author-Name: Rafael Ravina-Ripoll
Author-X-Name-First: Rafael
Author-X-Name-Last: Ravina-Ripoll
Author-Name: María-José Foncubierta-Rodríguez
Author-X-Name-First: María-José
Author-X-Name-Last: Foncubierta-Rodríguez
Author-Name: José Antonio López-Sánchez
Author-X-Name-First: José Antonio
Author-X-Name-Last: López-Sánchez
Title: Certification Happiness Management: an integral instrument for human resources management in post-COVID-19 era
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Technological advance and its influence on organisations, their performance and their responses to the stakeholders has been the subject of continuous research. It entirely affects such organisations' human capital, which will require being innovative and proactive. This can be achieved through happy human resources at work. Happiness and more efficient results constitute a well-argued binomial throughout the literature. Efficiency in organisations has been addressed, among other diverse approaches, by establishing specific standards that have ensured the overall quality of their production/performance system. These standards are reflected into different certifications, extended and internationally recognised as quality symbols (ISO, TQM, etc.). However, and although all of them include human resource management, there is still no regulation at that level dedicated to the quality of performances by achieving a happy staff on their tasks. This work aims to reduce this gap, proposing the Certification Happiness Management (CHM).
Journal: Int. J. of Business Environment
Pages: 287-299
Issue: 3
Volume: 12
Year: 2021
Keywords: happiness; well-being; job satisfaction; creative; certificate; human resource; organisation; innovation; happiness management; ISO; TQM; COVID-19; stakeholders; productive; corporate social responsibility.
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Author-Name: Rigoberto Zavala
Author-X-Name-First: Rigoberto
Author-X-Name-Last: Zavala
Title: Competitive efficiency in Catalonia: a non-parametric study of the competitiveness index based on data envelopment analysis
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Building on the resource-based view (RBV) theory of the firm, this study proposes an analysis of competitive efficiency based on the configuration of different competitive pillars that shape competitiveness. The empirical application uses non-parametric frontier methods (data envelopment analysis - DEA) on a unique sample of 171 Catalan businesses. The results show that different strategies adopted by businesses impact their competitiveness level. It was found that competitive efficiency is conditioned by the heterogeneous configuration of competitive pillars, and that this effect varies across industries. The industry-level findings reveal that competitiveness and competitive efficiency are two inter-connected constructs that not always follow the same trajectory. Additionally, the findings indicate that the optimal configurations of competitive pillars are heterogeneous across industries, which suggests that competitive strengths and weaknesses also vary across industries.
Journal: Int. J. of Business Environment
Pages: 113-129
Issue: 2
Volume: 12
Year: 2021
Keywords: competitiveness; index number; data envelopment analysis; DEA; Catalonia.
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Author-Name: Yuqi Li
Author-X-Name-First: Yuqi
Author-X-Name-Last: Li
Author-Name: Marco Alvarado
Author-X-Name-First: Marco
Author-X-Name-Last: Alvarado
Title: The impact of financial bootstrapping techniques on perceived performance: an empirical analysis of Costa Rican SMEs
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In this study we evaluate how different financial bootstrapping techniques - that we link to the access to financial resources, the relationship with customers and suppliers, and cooperation with other businesses - impact perceived performance among Costa Rican small businesses. The results of the regression analysis on a sample of 120 Costa Rican SMEs for 2017 show that bootstrapping techniques related to customers and suppliers have a significant positive impact on perceived performance, while bootstrapping practices linked to access to finance are negatively correlated to perceived performance levels. The findings also show that labour market experience and business size are positively correlated to perceived performance. This study offers insights on the relevance of including cash-flow managerial practices (i.e., financial bootstrapping techniques) in the performance evaluation of SMEs in developing settings.
Journal: Int. J. of Business Environment
Pages: 130-148
Issue: 2
Volume: 12
Year: 2021
Keywords: financial bootstrapping techniques; perceived performance; Costa Rica.
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Author-Name: Maher Toukabri
Author-X-Name-First: Maher
Author-X-Name-Last: Toukabri
Title: The determinants of purchasing local food: price transparency and customer expertise role
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In this study, we concentrate on the purchasing local food antecedents within the proximity and confidence in traceability system. Likewise, this research tests the moderating roles of the consumer's expertise and price transparency in the purchasing process of local food. The results of an empirical study directed among two samples of local food consumers, allowed us to validate the measurements and to check the research hypotheses. Therefore, we deduct that consumer expertise plays a positive moderating role in a local product consumption. Similarly, the relationship between confidence in traceability system and the intention to purchase local food is stronger when the consumer is offered not only a low price but also price transparency concerning the products in question. Hence, this research has improved the theoretical background related to local and healthy food. Moreover, it provides marketers with the real tools to promote local food consumption.
Journal: Int. J. of Business Environment
Pages: 149-169
Issue: 2
Volume: 12
Year: 2021
Keywords: consumer expertise; confidence in traceability system; proximity; price transparency; local food.
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Author-Name: André Rocha
Author-X-Name-First: André
Author-X-Name-Last: Rocha
Author-Name: Fernando Almeida
Author-X-Name-First: Fernando
Author-X-Name-Last: Almeida
Title: Exploring the role of organisational innovation in the time of COVID-19
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COVID-19 has caused profound impacts on the economy and society. In Portugal, many companies needed to temporarily close, and many workers were forced to go into lay-off. However, at the same time, several companies are trying to respond to the challenges posed by this pandemic by introducing organisational innovations that would enable them to respond to the needs of the people and organisations that most require help during this period. In this sense, this study aims to explore the role of organisational innovation in the business sector in Portugal through seven case studies. The findings reveal a very diverse set of initiatives in which the role of internal and external sources of innovation stands out simultaneously. Most of the innovations identified have a procedural focus, while structural innovations have less influence. This study is particularly relevant in the practical dimension by encouraging other countries and companies to replicate these initiatives.
Journal: Int. J. of Business Environment
Pages: 170-185
Issue: 2
Volume: 12
Year: 2021
Keywords: COVID-19; organisational innovation; innovation sources; crowdsourcing; collaborative innovation networks.
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Author-Name: Cristina Iturrioz-Landart
Author-X-Name-First: Cristina
Author-X-Name-Last: Iturrioz-Landart
Author-Name: Henar Alcalde-Heras
Author-X-Name-First: Henar
Author-X-Name-Last: Alcalde-Heras
Author-Name: Cristina Aragón-Amonarriz
Author-X-Name-First: Cristina
Author-X-Name-Last: Aragón-Amonarriz
Title: Ambidexterity, a driver to enhance small and medium enterprises' innovation autonomy
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SMEs suffer from structural limitations that constrain their ability to develop innovation capacities and these constraints may affect ambidextrous strategy implementations, particularly during economic recessions. To mitigate these weaknesses, SMEs often rely on inter-firm cooperation relationships to provide resources and external sources of knowledge relevant in both exploration and exploitation. The network and organisational performance effects of ambidexterity strategy have been widely studied, but scarce research has focused on the contribution that ambidexterity linked to inter-firm cooperation strategies have on SMEs innovation capabilities over time. This longitudinal study, based on a panel dataset about innovation behaviour on 2,150 SMEs located in Spain's Basque Country during recession periods (2009-2013), verifies how ambidexterity, together with external collaboration strategy, reinforces SMEs innovation autonomy.
Journal: Int. J. of Business Environment
Pages: 186-205
Issue: 2
Volume: 12
Year: 2021
Keywords: ambidexterity; innovation; collaboration; capabilities; autonomy; innovation autonomy; small- and medium-sized firms; economic recession; exploitation; exploration.
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Author-Name: Nuno Miguel Queimado André
Author-X-Name-First: Nuno Miguel Queimado
Author-X-Name-Last: André
Title: Sector productivity and geographical diversification as export enhancing factors: the case of Portugal
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An investigation of the relationship between productivity growth and exporting is vital to understand whether productivity-enhancing policies or those of export promotion are more adequate for economic progress. This article considers the relationship between exporting and productivity for 32 economic activities, in Portugal, from 2006 to 2017. It is found that economic activities with high productivity levels are systematically likelier to register higher export levels than less productive ones. This result corroborates the self-selection theory. Furthermore, the effect of geographical diversification on the volume of exports is tested, as well as the presence of diminishing returns in this association. For both cases significant results are found, suggesting that economic activities enlisting more export destinations tend to possess higher export volumes, but also that after a certain threshold the negative effects of geographical diversification offset the associated positive benefits.
Journal: Int. J. of Business Environment
Pages: 1-17
Issue: 1
Volume: 12
Year: 2021
Keywords: economic activities; self-selection; geographical diversification; exporting; productivity; diminishing returns; Portugal.
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Author-Name: Abu H. Ayob
Author-X-Name-First: Abu H.
Author-X-Name-Last: Ayob
Author-Name: Noor Azuddin Yakob
Author-X-Name-First: Noor Azuddin
Author-X-Name-Last: Yakob
Author-Name: Roslan Ja'afar
Author-X-Name-First: Roslan
Author-X-Name-Last: Ja'afar
Title: E-commerce adoption in ASEAN: testing on individual and country-level drivers
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E-commerce adoption is one core strategic measure of the Association of Southeast Asia Nations (ASEAN) Economic Community Blueprint 2025. However, such an effort faces great challenges due to the socio-economic heterogeneity across the member states. This paper integrates individual and country-level drivers to empirically test the model of e-commerce adoption among citizens in ASEAN. The model examines the relationships between four key drivers: demand, supply, infrastructure and regulation, on individual online purchasing behaviour. To advance, we embed and we examine the role of national trust in the model. Using data from 5,883 individuals in six ASEAN countries in 2017, the findings show, <i>ceteris paribus</i>, demand, supply, infrastructure and trust are positively associated with e-commerce adoption. This study sends a strong signal that e-commerce adoption in ASEAN can be enhanced through improvements in the institutions of each member country.
Journal: Int. J. of Business Environment
Pages: 18-36
Issue: 1
Volume: 12
Year: 2021
Keywords: e-commerce adoption; Association of Southeast Asia Nations; ASEAN; institutions; national trust.
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Author-Name: Kuangnen Cheng
Author-X-Name-First: Kuangnen
Author-X-Name-Last: Cheng
Author-Name: Byunghoon Jin
Author-X-Name-First: Byunghoon
Author-X-Name-Last: Jin
Title: Inventory pooling technique from the car rental industry: now and in the autonomous future
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This investigation studies the current car rental industry's inventory pooling technique to understand its potential impact on the industry's future survival and success possibility once autonomous vehicles (AVs) requiring no human input. The research utilises live pricing data from the US car rental and ridesharing industry to detect: 1) how players from the car rental industry apply pricing strategy to reduce inventory shuttling activities and balance the demand with supply; 2) whether the current pooling model can be transferred into the future assuming the business model and pricing strategy of the future robotaxi market is similar to those of today's ridesharing industry. Data reveals that between locations within a pool, pricing fluctuations correlate to weekends or weekdays demand pending on its discrete or complimentary relationship. Hypotheses are developed; consequently, determinants impacting inventory pooling are utilised to analyse their compatibility in the future robotaxi market.
Journal: Int. J. of Business Environment
Pages: 37-63
Issue: 1
Volume: 12
Year: 2021
Keywords: autonomous vehicles; car rental industry; complementary demand; inventory pooling; robotaxi.
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Author-Name: Daniel Arias-Aranda
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Author-Name: Agustin López-Sánchez
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Author-Name: Francisco Gustavo Bautista-Carrillo
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Title: Analysis of the impact of high voltage power lines on the value of properties in environments of high ecological value and rural tourism: the case of the Lecrín Valley (Granada - Spain)
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Plenty of studies analyse the impact of the passage of high voltage power lines (HVPLs) through areas of high ecological and tourist value in specific ecosystems. However, there are no similar studies conducted in Spain especially with regard to the impact on the value of proximate properties as well as the loss of business to tourist establishments and commerce in areas with high environmental value. This study analyses the case of the Lecrín Valley in Granada (Spain) through which a HVPL project intended to cross over the region. Through a comparative methodology, the projected losses to property values in the municipalities of the area and the economic and social implications caused by the visual impact of the HVPL are quantified. The conclusions point out that the infrastructure would rupture of the regional balance while generating precariousness, loss of wealth in economic and patrimonial terms for the region as a whole.
Journal: Int. J. of Business Environment
Pages: 64-82
Issue: 1
Volume: 12
Year: 2021
Keywords: high voltage pylons; environmental impact; property values; local economies; tourism management; rural tourism; Spain.
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Author-Name: Tai-Shan Hu
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Author-Name: Ssu-Chi Pan
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Author-Name: Hao-Teng Cheng
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Author-X-Name-Last: Cheng
Author-Name: Su-Li Chang
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Author-Name: Hai-Ping Lin
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Author-X-Name-Last: Lin
Title: Toward economic sustainability: how to shape fashion industry development in Taipei
Abstract:
The rise of the creative economy has created a new wave of prosperity that improves the overall living environment and encouraged sustainable industrial development. The fashion industry, the reprehensive positions in creative economy, is regarded as an emerging sector for achieving urban retail development. Based on five fashion retail districts in Taipei City, Taiwan, this investigation collects questionnaires and analyses the answers to identify the elements of shaping fashion industry formation. Analytical results confirm positive impacts of physical environment on fashion retail aggregations, such as convenient transportation, great price and proximity to other business districts. Moreover, the factor of atmospheric environment is also considered as the important factors by consumers and fashion retailers. Additionally, the connection of chain network through infrastructures provision, business collaboration and government and non-government supports could promote fashion industry development.
Journal: Int. J. of Business Environment
Pages: 83-112
Issue: 1
Volume: 12
Year: 2021
Keywords: sustainability; fashion retail districts; FRDs; urban space; local conditions; chain network.
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