- Family Business Performance and Succession
- Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences
- Corporate Finance and Governance
- Innovation and Knowledge Management
- Gender Diversity and Inequality
- Working Capital and Financial Performance
- Private Equity and Venture Capital
- Business Strategy and Innovation
- Innovation and Socioeconomic Development
- Knowledge Management and Sharing
- Islamic Finance and Banking Studies
- Environmental Sustainability in Business
- International Business and FDI
- Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior
Loughborough University
2022-2024
Loughborough College
2023
De Montfort University
2020
Purpose Investigation of family firm radical innovation is burgeoning but far less prevalent than studies in general. Concurrently, repeatedly report that firms exhibit mostly conservative and incremental rather more ones. This unfortunate because without innovation, risk a competency trap which long-term competitiveness lost to innovative rivals. situation has led urgent calls among scholars explicitly acknowledge the heterogeneity understand conditions for innovation....
Abstract Resource acquisition is vital for new venture survival and growth. However, surprisingly little known about how the entrepreneurial orientation (EO) of affects its resource acquisition. Drawing on resource-based view firm, we articulate a theory treatment EO that address this oversight remedy routine absence context among studies EO. Accounting simultaneous effect environmental dynamism an opportunistic (OO), tendency Chinese ventures to imitate technology profit through market...
Abstract This paper explores the impact of International Entrepreneurial Orientation (IEO) on international performance Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs), with a focus post-COVID-19 era. IEO, treated as subdimension entrepreneurial orientation, is crucial for SMEs in global markets, especially given challenges posed by pandemic. The study examines dynamic capabilities moderating factor IEO-international relationship, based resource-based view (RBV). A survey involving 120...
Interest in the family–marketing interface has snowballed, with considerable interest family brand image as one marketing resource. However, a broader conceptualization of resources is needed to understand their potential contribution business outcomes. We must also not lose sight those family-unique that differentiate firms. Drawing on attention-based view firm and depicting possessing attention-guiding properties, we provide theory model anticipates an adverse effect from owners'...
Abstract Research shows that paradoxical leadership has a strong positive but inconsistent relationship with firm performance. Drawing on contingency theory, we provide theoretical model explaining how business unit level (BU‐level) positively impacts BU‐level performance mediated by corporate entrepreneurship (CE). However, also show this can turn negative when the degree of firm‐level Guanxi human resource development (Guanxi HRD) practices is high. By relying responses from 276 BUs and...
By integrating literature on behavioral agency theory and fear as an emotional lens, we develop a theoretical framework explaining how family owners' of losing specific dimensions socio-emotional endowments influence firm innovativeness. Our analysis data from two-phased, multi-respondent, matched survey (n = 407) at two different time points SMEs 207) in manufacturing industries Chongqing, China, shows that preferences, the attached to endowments, activate or constrain Family control...
How family firms innovate has captivated scholars for over a decade. However, an investigation into the benefits of research and development (R&D) firm value under differing economic conditions received little attention in innovation or R&D literature. This study examines relationship between intensity among listed during recession period 2007–2010 nonrecessionary periods (referred to as normal periods) US 1995 2013. Based on behavioral agency theory, we evaluate moderating effects...
Purpose Participative leadership's influence on employee task performance has garnered significant attention in a rapidly evolving organizational landscape. This study explores the multilevel dynamics of participative leadership congruence between unit managers and direct supervisors its effects performance. Design/methodology/approach Drawing two longitudinal studies based firms randomly selected from Taiwan Economic Journal (TEJ) database, research observes mediating role Person-Unit fit...