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MPS, Outside Interests, and Corporate Boards: Too Busy to Serve? (2023)
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Smith, M., & Newman, J. (2024). MPS, Outside Interests, and Corporate Boards: Too Busy to Serve?. Parliamentary Affairs, 77(2), 219-239. https://doi.org/10.1093/pa/gsad003

The corporate governance literature has often been concerned with whether individuals with a high number of board directorships are too busy to serve in their role. In the UK, many MPs also hold positions on boards of directors. This raises the quest... Read More about MPS, Outside Interests, and Corporate Boards: Too Busy to Serve?.

Ethical bank disclosures and liquidity creation (2023)
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Kladakis, G., Chen, L., & Bellos, S. K. (2023). Ethical bank disclosures and liquidity creation. Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money, 84, Article 101754. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.intfin.2023.101754

Ethics in finance and in banks have attracted increasing attention after the global financial crisis of 2007-2009. Although engagement in more ethical activities for banks has been a legitimate social expectation, the impact of it on the financial pe... Read More about Ethical bank disclosures and liquidity creation.

Sustainable sales (2023)
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Mackenzie, C. (2023). Sustainable sales. International Journal of Sales Transformation, 9(1), 40-43

In a world where sustainability is the new buzzword, is “sustainable sales” just greenwashing or can it genuinely support the creation of a company’s unique selling proposition? Academic concepts sometimes languish through lack of action as they c... Read More about Sustainable sales.

How Knowledge Transfer Impact Happens at the Farm Level: Insights from Advisers and Farmers in the Irish Agricultural Sector (2023)
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Cawley, A., Heanue, K., Hilliard, R., O’Donoghue, C., & Sheehan, M. (2023). How Knowledge Transfer Impact Happens at the Farm Level: Insights from Advisers and Farmers in the Irish Agricultural Sector. Sustainability, 15(4), Article 3226. https://doi.org/10.3390/su15043226

Many studies show that interaction with agricultural advisory services impacts productivity and profitability on farms. However, less attention is paid to explaining how this impact is achieved. This paper explores the factors that determine the impl... Read More about How Knowledge Transfer Impact Happens at the Farm Level: Insights from Advisers and Farmers in the Irish Agricultural Sector.

Smart city governance from an innovation management perspective: Theoretical framing, review of current practices, and future research agenda (2023)
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Mora, L., Gerli, P., Ardito, L., & Messeni Petruzzelli, A. (2023). Smart city governance from an innovation management perspective: Theoretical framing, review of current practices, and future research agenda. Technovation, 123, Article 102717. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.technovation.2023.102717

Smart city transitions are a fast-proliferating example of urban innovation processes, and generating the insight required to support their unfolding should be a key priority for innovation scholars. However, after decades of research, governance mec... Read More about Smart city governance from an innovation management perspective: Theoretical framing, review of current practices, and future research agenda.

Political uncertainty and cross-border equity allocation decisions: international evidence (2023)
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Kwabi, F., Boateng, A., Wonu, C., Kariuki, C., & Du, A. (2023). Political uncertainty and cross-border equity allocation decisions: international evidence. International Review of Financial Analysis, 87, Article 102562. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.irfa.2023.102562

Political risk models highlight that political uncertainty matters for corporate investment decisions. However, how political uncertainty matters for investment allocation decisions is relatively under-explored. In this study, we examine the impact o... Read More about Political uncertainty and cross-border equity allocation decisions: international evidence.

Business group affiliation and corporate sustainability performance in emerging economies: Evidence from South Korea (2023)
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Lee, K., Shin, D., & Lee, M. (2023). Business group affiliation and corporate sustainability performance in emerging economies: Evidence from South Korea. Business Strategy and the Environment, 32(7), 4503-4518. https://doi.org/10.1002/bse.3378

Does business group (BG) affiliation enhance corporate sustainability performance (CSP) in emerging economies? This paper focuses on the unique roles of BG affiliation in enhancing CSP amid increasing institutional pressures for more contributions to... Read More about Business group affiliation and corporate sustainability performance in emerging economies: Evidence from South Korea.

Re-enactment in Lighter Dark Tourism: An Exploration of Re-enactor Tour Guides and Their Perspectives on Creating Visitor Experiences (2023)
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Wyatt, B., Leask, A., & Barron, P. (2024). Re-enactment in Lighter Dark Tourism: An Exploration of Re-enactor Tour Guides and Their Perspectives on Creating Visitor Experiences. Journal of Travel Research, 63(2), 496-516. https://doi.org/10.1177/00472875221151074

This study explores the perspectives of re-enactor tour guides (RTG) concerning their role and re-enactment of dark histories—an overlooked topic within dark tourism research. A conceptual model is proposed that reflects the role of RTGs and how they... Read More about Re-enactment in Lighter Dark Tourism: An Exploration of Re-enactor Tour Guides and Their Perspectives on Creating Visitor Experiences.

Revealing the Relational Mechanisms of Research for Development Through Social Network Analysis (2023)
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Apgar, M., Fournie, G., Haesler, B., Higdon, G. L., Kenny, L., Oppel, A., Pauls, E., Smith, M., Snijder, M., Vink, D., & Hossain, M. (2023). Revealing the Relational Mechanisms of Research for Development Through Social Network Analysis. European Journal of Development Research, 35(2), 323-350. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41287-023-00576-y

Achieving impact through research for development programmes (R4D) requires engagement with diverse stakeholders across the research, development and policy divides. Understanding how such programmes support the emergence of outcomes, therefore, requ... Read More about Revealing the Relational Mechanisms of Research for Development Through Social Network Analysis.

Electronic trading and stock market participation in Africa: Does technology induce participation? (2023)
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Adamolekun, G., Sakariyahu, R., Lawal, R., & Ahmed, A. (2023). Electronic trading and stock market participation in Africa: Does technology induce participation?. Economics Letters, 224, Article 110991. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2023.110991

This study examines the effect of migrating to electronic trading platforms on stock market participation among African stock exchanges. Using Bayesian estimations, we demonstrate that transitioning from a physical to an electronic stock exchange dec... Read More about Electronic trading and stock market participation in Africa: Does technology induce participation?.

Theory and practice in dis-harmony? Toward a praxis ecosystem approach to the public administration and management discipline and profession (2023)
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Osborne, S., Cui, T., Aulton, K., & Macfarlane, J. (2023). Theory and practice in dis-harmony? Toward a praxis ecosystem approach to the public administration and management discipline and profession. Administrative theory & praxis : a journal of dialogue in public administration theory, 45(1), 44-61. https://doi.org/10.1080/10841806.2022.2158638

This paper explores the interactions between theory and practice and between discipline and profession in the public administration and management community. It argues that it is unhelpful to seek hegemony for either concept or domain in these dyads.... Read More about Theory and practice in dis-harmony? Toward a praxis ecosystem approach to the public administration and management discipline and profession.

Behavioural factors for Industry 4.0 adoption: implications for knowledge-based supply chains (2023)
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Taqi, A. M. M., Nur, S. M. S. A., Salman, S., Ahmed, T., Sarker, S., Ali, S. M., & Sankaranarayanan, B. (2023). Behavioural factors for Industry 4.0 adoption: implications for knowledge-based supply chains. Operations Management Research, 16, 1122–1139. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12063-022-00338-9

Industry 4.0 (I4.0) is a relatively new and still emerging concept. Due to its novelty, companies find it extremely difficult to adopt I4.0 and reap the full benefit of the digital transformation of the fourth industrial revolution. Even though chall... Read More about Behavioural factors for Industry 4.0 adoption: implications for knowledge-based supply chains.

Impacts of alternative energy production innovation on reducing CO2 emissions: Evidence from China (2023)
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Yang, T., Li, F., Du, M., Huang, M., & Li, Y. (2023). Impacts of alternative energy production innovation on reducing CO2 emissions: Evidence from China. Energy, 268, Article 126684. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2023.126684

Although environmental economics research explores the impacts of green innovation on reducing CO2 emissions, most studies ignore these effects in emerging economies. This paper examines how alternative energy production innovation (AEPI) reduces CO2... Read More about Impacts of alternative energy production innovation on reducing CO2 emissions: Evidence from China.

Challenging the insider outsider approach to advocacy: how collaboration networks and belief similarities shape strategy choices (2023)
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Wagner, P. M., Ocelík, P., Gronow, A., Ylä-Anttila, T., & Metz, F. (2023). Challenging the insider outsider approach to advocacy: how collaboration networks and belief similarities shape strategy choices. Policy and Politics, 51(1), 47-70. https://doi.org/10.1332/030557322x16681603168232

Advocacy strategies are a key success factor for public, private and third sector actors who participate in and seek to influence policy choices. Despite this, research on policy networks has paid little attention to the forms of advocacy studied by... Read More about Challenging the insider outsider approach to advocacy: how collaboration networks and belief similarities shape strategy choices.

Prudence as an ethical foundation for risk management (2023)
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Marshall, A., Ojiako, U., Abdoush, T., Vasilakos, N., & Chipulu, M. (2024). Prudence as an ethical foundation for risk management. Society and Business Review, 19(1), 113-131. https://doi.org/10.1108/SBR-09-2022-0244

Purpose This paper aims to draw on historical conceptions of true and false prudence within the broader context of virtue ethics ideas, to create a prudence framework for developing risk-and-ethics cultures in organisations. Design/methodology/ap... Read More about Prudence as an ethical foundation for risk management.

The Impact of Government Policy Responses to the COVID‐19 Pandemic and Brexit on the UK Financial Market: A Behavioural Perspective (2023)
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Sadie Paterson, A., Sakariyahu, R., Lawal, R., & Alabi, A. (2024). The Impact of Government Policy Responses to the COVID‐19 Pandemic and Brexit on the UK Financial Market: A Behavioural Perspective. British Journal of Management, 35(1), 174-191. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8551.12702

At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom, the Governor of the Bank of England, while granting an interview, described the pandemic as an unprecedented economic emergency and said that the Bank could go as far as radical money-prin... Read More about The Impact of Government Policy Responses to the COVID‐19 Pandemic and Brexit on the UK Financial Market: A Behavioural Perspective.