Field Of Business Research Research Articles

Perceived Organisational Support, Transformational Leadership and Organizational Performance: Perspectives of Hospitality Industry in Malaysia

Leadership studies within the field of business research in Malaysia and around the globe are expanding rapidly but remain divided and inconclusive. The hospitality industry provides significant contributions to Malaysia’s economy, reflecting its financial standing. Therefore, this paper intends to analyze the most recent research breakthroughs linked to transformational leadership and organizational performance in Malaysia’s hospitality industry, as well as to put forward recommendations for potential mediating or moderating variables. Past literature confirms that practicing and exhibiting transformational leadership qualities is relevant for hospitality leaders. Furthermore, it suggests that transformational leadership dimensions may significantly contribute to organizational performance. Finally, this study concludes that POS could bridge the gap in existing research on the relationship between transformational leadership towards organizational performance. This study strongly postulates that by examining the role of POS in different contextual studies, it is highly anticipated that the direct links between transformational leadership and the performance of an organization can be enhanced. Furthermore, implications and recommendations are also discussed.

New Research Trends in Sustainability in Family Businesses: A Bibliometric Literature Review

Sustainability in family businesses is becoming an exigent, interesting, and ever-evolving topic in the field of business research, owing to the requirements of sustainable development agendas for all types of companies. The growing body of research on this topic, considering traditional and new challenges for family firms, encourages the synthesis and organization of existing knowledge through a literature review. This study conducts a combination of different analyses with bibliometric techniques to provide an overview of the evolution of scientific literature on sustainability in family businesses and its structure in terms of relevant groups of researchers, most cited articles, and the contributing journals. Finally, future research endeavors are suggested for each identified open theme. Unlike previous reviews, the present work considered emergent sub-fields such as environmental studies and environmental sciences in document selection, which have been incorporated into the traditional research fields like business, management, and economics and finance in the context of family businesses.

A Bibliometric Analysis of Public Business School Scientific Productivity and Impact in South-East Europe (2017-2021)

Abstract In this paper, we analyze the scientific productivity and impact of selected public business schools in South East Europe (SEE) in the 2017-2021 period by using the scientific output indexed in the Elsevier Scopus reference database. The region’s most productive and influential authors, institutions, and publication outlets are identified in the field of business research. Empirical results are discussed from the viewpoints of two research questions related to regional business school research patterns and the research cooperation outcomes. Selected public business schools in the SEE region have been found to have a mixed record regarding research productivity and impact. International collaboration is valuable in increasing the research impact, while institutional collaboration seems more effective in raising impact than national one. Recommendations for business school administrators are identified and discussed.

Analysis of the Investment Value of Pony.ai Based on SWOT Analysis

With the rapid development of autonomous driving technology in daily life scenarios and logistics, some potential start-ups have emerged on such tracks. Therefore, research on this industry in the field of business research cannot be ignored. This article analyzes the investment value of pony.ai, one of the startups in the autonomous driving industry. Firstly, the macro market where pony.ai is located is analyzed, concluding that this industry is expected to develop rapidly and flourish in the next few years. Following the background information and projected financial position of pony.ai, which provides a basic understanding of the company. Additionally, showing the investment value of pony.ai by presenting its current situation through four dimensions, also known as SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats) analysis. The results show that pony.ai can be a worthwhile investment choice, whereas specific improvements are needed. The results also have certain reference significance for analyzing startups of the same type.

Principles and Practices of Strategy for Effective and Efficient Performance of Business Organisations

Every organisation that strives for constructive results should first consider coming up with a strategy to help select the best and more efficient way to maintain the profitability and competitiveness. Many researchers have come up with various approaches in an attempt to explain how strategy can be applied in different sectors. Undoubtedly, a good strategy always stems from a thorough analysis of the organization’s position in the market and that’s where its strength and weaknesses, together with the opportunities and threats are incorporated. Further, a strategy without goals is nothing, setting goals is vital because they determine the future direction of a company. Therefore, this paper is aimed at discussing on strategy using narrative review of the literature as a methodology in an effort to understand and appreciate how strategy can be of help in an organisation. This methodology of study was chosen due to the fact that knowledge production in the field of business research is accelerating at a tremendous rate, while remaining fragmented and interdisciplinary. Consequently, literature studies as a research method are more relevant than ever. Traditional literature reviews often lack thoroughness and consistency and are conducted ad hoc rather than following specific methodologies. It further explores different strategies that can be used to foster better performance in an organisation. Different sources were utilized to review the literature which included; google scholar, pdf drive, JSTOR among others. Keywords: Narrative literature review, Strategy, Strategic Priorities, Methodology, competitive, Leadership. DOI: 10.7176/EJBM/14-14-06 Publication date: July 31 st 2022

Resilience in the management and business research field: a bibliometric analysis

The purpose of this study is to map the recent scientific literature on resilience and analyses the most substantial contributions to the advancement of studies in the business and management research field. A bibliometric analysis from the Web of Science / Social Sciences Citation Index database – covering the period 2014 until May 2021 – was carried out. Bibliometric techniques and tools were applied, such as co-citation counts and historiography generated by HistCiteTM, and bibliographic coupling and cartography from VOSviewer (visualization of similarities). As result, 637 articles were identified, which were published in 114 journals and written by 1607 authors affiliated to 821 institutions from 63 countries. This study provides new information not previously reviewed, for example, most influential journals and articles in recent years. The analysis allowed elaborating a map that provides clues for future studies on resilience in the business and management research field.

Problems, Common Beliefs and Procedures on the Use of Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling in Business Research

Partial least squares structural equation modeling (commonly referred to as PLS-SEM) was not developed without reason. PLS-SEM was developed as an alternative to covariance-based SEM, allowing researchers to conduct exploratory research. In addition, PLS-SEM is considered capable of providing flexibility related to data characteristics, model complexity, and model specifications. Undoubtedly, PLS-SEM is the most frequently used method in many fields of business research. However, many researchers use PLS-SEM incorrectly and even expect more without understanding the basic structural equation modeling method. For this reason, this article will discuss various types of problems and general beliefs about the use of PLS-SEM in business research. In addition, this article can be used as a reference to make it easier for applied researchers to decide what methods, techniques, and tools will be used to complete their research. In addition, at the end of this article, we will discuss how PLS-SEM can be applied to develop theory in business research through a series of technical introductions taking into account user needs. Subsequently, this article will be equipped with a systematic procedure that discusses the evaluation flow of each PLS-SEM test through illustrations with a notated model using SmartPLS.

Endogeneity Issues in Family Business Research: Current Status and Future Recommendations

Although the family business research field and related disciplines are paying increasing attention to improvements in methodology, there is still insufficient attention being paid to endogeneity issues. We therefore raise awareness of endogeneity and suggest ways to reduce biased results in family business studies. We review publications in the family business literature in terms of (1) the consideration of endogeneity issues, (2) sources of endogeneity for different research topics, and (3) various methods that researchers have used to control for endogeneity. We discuss important lessons learned from the review and offer methodologically oriented recommendations for future family business studies.

Artpreneurs' lessons to traditional business

This paper aims to illuminate a new paradigm within cultural entrepreneurship that differs considerably from the accepted model. In recent years, an interesting trend has been observed - that of an increased appreciation of the arts within the field of business research and practice. The business world now turns to - and learns from the arts. The figure of the so-called 'artpreneur' will be analysed, focusing on their behaviour, skills and art-making processes, in order to identify which lessons have value for traditional entrepreneurship. What can business people and entrepreneurs learn from artists? Can we talk about a cross-fertilisation between arts and entrepreneurship?

Artpreneurs' lessons to traditional business

This paper aims to illuminate a new paradigm within cultural entrepreneurship that differs considerably from the accepted model. In recent years, an interesting trend has been observed - that of an increased appreciation of the arts within the field of business research and practice. The business world now turns to - and learns from the arts. The figure of the so-called 'artpreneur' will be analysed, focusing on their behaviour, skills and art-making processes, in order to identify which lessons have value for traditional entrepreneurship. What can business people and entrepreneurs learn from artists? Can we talk about a cross-fertilisation between arts and entrepreneurship?

Applying machine learning to market analysis: Knowing your luxury consumer

Chinese consumer research in the luxury sector is the emphasis in the business research field. However, it can be cost-intensive or time-consuming to interpret big data from any research conducted in the field. In this paper, the researchers created a machine-learning model to help minimize those research barriers.This study analyzed Chinese luxury consumption behavior, while the Chinese contributed 33% of the global luxury market in 2018 and play as a growth engine in the luxury market (Bain & Company. 2019. https://www.bain.com/insights/whats-powering-chinas-market-for-luxury-goods/). The researchers interpreted this analysis using machine-learning algorithms through different sets of conditions and then proposed an understandable and highly accurate machine-learning model.Unlike traditional statistical methods, which rely on domain experts to create hand-crafted features, this paper proposes an unsupervised end-to-end model that can directly and accurately process questionnaire data without human intervention. This paper also demonstrates how to practically apply an automatic unsupervised analysis method (PCA) to find inferences in the big data, and helps interpret the implied meaning to the questions.

Cultural Entrepreneurship Using the Example of Uli Sigg as Patron and Mediator of Contemporary Chinese Art

This study develops a conceptional foundation for the phenomenon of cultural entrepreneurship based on the much-noted work of Shane and Venkataraman from the field of business research. The resulting analytical model is applied to Uli Sigg, who is considered one of the most influential collectors and mediators of contemporary Chinese art. Analysis of the personal motivation and activities of Sigg demonstrates how a private initiative became an internationally recognized, unique venture, which has had a significant influence on the Chinese art world. Vice versa, Sigg’s activities have been significantly influenced by the socio-political conditions of the Chinese arts sector.

Literature review as a research methodology: An overview and guidelines

Knowledge production within the field of business research is accelerating at a tremendous speed while at the same time remaining fragmented and interdisciplinary. This makes it hard to keep up with state-of-the-art and to be at the forefront of research, as well as to assess the collective evidence in a particular area of business research. This is why the literature review as a research method is more relevant than ever. Traditional literature reviews often lack thoroughness and rigor and are conducted ad hoc, rather than following a specific methodology. Therefore, questions can be raised about the quality and trustworthiness of these types of reviews. This paper discusses literature review as a methodology for conducting research and offers an overview of different types of reviews, as well as some guidelines to how to both conduct and evaluate a literature review paper. It also discusses common pitfalls and how to get literature reviews published.

Deadly sins and corporate acquisitions

ABSTRACT Although having grown significantly to constitute a strong influence in several fields of business research, research on corporate acquisitions still needs fresh voices. Research on acquisitions is dominated by functionalist studies searching for ways to improve financial outcomes. In contrast, this paper draws on a narrative approach to provide a new perspective to corporate acquisitions. We focus on decision-makers and how a metaphor that highlights human foibles connected to sins can offer a new understanding of corporate acquisitions. Engaging with acquisition literature and underpinning our argument with examples from well-known acquisitions, provides a new way of understanding commonly identified but socially unaccepted outcomes from acquisitions generally described as unintended and unwanted.

Drivers and effects of UIRCs: closing gaps in current research

University-industry research cooperation projects (UIRCs) appear to be a well-explored phenomenon in the field of business research that has been illustrated from different perspectives. However, some of the questions raised by this research are still not addressed adequately. Despite the call for closing important gaps of interests since the early phases of UIRC research, it seems that questions addressed by UIRC research have circled around similar, mostly structural aspects ever since, which has led to severe redundancies within the body research. Our literature review sheds light onto methodological and topic-related redundancies and research gaps in UIRC research and gives implications for further research to close them.

Management and business of autonomous vehicles: a systematic integrative bibliographic review

This paper reviews the management and business research field of autonomous vehicles (AVs) in a bibliometric context aiming to identify strategies, practices, and management tools; and summarises the existing studies and highlight research gaps. Methodologically, the study is qualitative and descriptive, based on a bibliometric review on Web of Science, Scopus, and Science Direct, followed by a systematic integrative review. Results show that, in the near future, AVs will certainly be introduced in the society. However, such insertion is still surrounded by uncertainties, doubled by governments' lack of planning. The absence of business-related studies can be a determinant for AVs introduction, once business models (BM) play an important for AVs advancement. Nevertheless, especially in Europe, studies related to AVs 'car-sharing' seem to be predominant. As such, we observe a research gap regarding BM and platforms and radical and responsible innovation theories.

EMR at 15: Reflecting Back on a Journal's Journey

Fifteen years have passed since the inaugural issue of the European Management Review; a decent time span to accord us the opportunity to reflect back and evaluate how the journal stands up to its mission and what impact it bears on the management research community. EMR's core mission tenets throughout its evolvement have changed little. The journal aims to promote a European management perspective, address a range of current management topics and engage with the global management and business research fields. In this overview we wish to examine the articles published in the journal since its inception, in terms of: the array of topics covered (identified through the use of keywords); - articles’ country of origin (on the basis of authors’ affiliated institutions); and - the journal's impact (as indicated by the citations EMR articles receive in other prominent academic journals). To address these questions quantitative bibliometric analyses were performed, including co‐occurrence keyword analysis.

Towards Responsible Management Education: A Transformational Model

Objectives Although literature on the meaning and practice of responsible management education (RME) has recently been increasing in the field of business research, most of the literature is limited to a partial viewpoint, and a systematic approach to integrate related variables into a coherent context has been a rarity. This study presents a transformational model that integrates how to systematically approach a paradigm change of RME in business schools. Methods After conducting a review of the literature on RME, this paper provides a transformational model for an integrated and systematic approach towards a successful paradigm shift in business education. The model consists of three inter-connected components: people (i.e., professors), pedagogy, and institutions (i.e., business schools). Results Through the integrated transformational model, three interconnected components are described for the full implementation of the new paradigm in business education. This study proposes a dynamic relationship between each component and a successful paradigm change in management education. Conclusions The new management education paradigm change based on the principles of RME has become a matter of practice, not a matter of choice. There are technological aspects such as the management of business schools as an organization and teaching methodologies for successful change management in business education, but what is more important is the matter of the consciousness of professors. It is time to reflect upon the ontological purpose of teaching as a business professor and to recuperate a sense of calling.

Measuring family business performance: research trends and suggestions

PurposeBusiness performance measurement is vital to expanding knowledge of how various strategies and behaviors affect organization outcomes. Given the recent growth of the family business research field, it is appropriate to assess how researchers measure family business performance, seeking to provide thoughts related to how to improve family business performance measurement in research. The paper aims to discuss these issues.Design/methodology/approachThis study applies a systematic approach to review 338 family business performance studies published in peer-reviewed journals from 1980 through 2015.FindingsObservations are presented from this exhaustive review, including the expansion of the family business research field, types of journals publishing family business studies, research topics, types of measures utilized, and others. In addition, potential gaps are identified and possible solutions are presented.Originality/valueIt appears no review of family business performance measurement in research is available. Observations from this review may assist researchers in measuring a vital metric, family business performance.

Transnational entrepreneurship, social networks, and institutional distance

PurposeTransnational entrepreneurship can be considered a new stream of research where migrant entrepreneurship and international business research fields intersect. The purpose of this paper is to offer a theoretical framework to address the following research question: How do transnational entrepreneurs (TEs) develop their competitive advantage to succeed in a global market?Design/methodology/approachBased on the strategic entrepreneurship approach and dynamic capability perspective, this paper suggests a theoretical framework to extend the understanding on how TEs may develop their competitive advantage to succeed in a global market.FindingsThe suggested theoretical framework exhibits how the social ties of TEs affects their firm performance through the mediating effect of a bundle of two organizational processes (opportunity sensing and opportunity seizing) and the moderating effect of institutional distance between countries of origin and residence.Practical implicationsTEs should not solely focus on their ethnic social ties. That is why this paper suggests that ethnic ties in the country of origin and the country of residence (COR) may lead to higher firm performance only if systematically used alongside nonethnic ties in the COR. Furthermore, it is crucial for TEs to understand the importance of dynamic capabilities in developing and sustaining their competitive advantage.Originality/valueBased on the strategic entrepreneurship approach, this paper suggests a social tie-based model of the dynamic capability to address the theoretical void in the transnational entrepreneurship literature. The linkage between social tie and performance which has been in a black box is examined in terms of how strong and weak social ties may affect different underlying processes of TEs’ dynamic capabilities differently. In contrast to the common conceptualization of institutional distance as a negative moderator in international business literature, institutional distance is theorized as a positive moderator in the suggested theoretical model of transnational entrepreneurship.