Showing papers in "Journal of Business Research in 2020"

TL;DR: In this article, confirmatory composite analysis (CCA) is applied to confirm measurement models when using partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) to confirm both reflective and formative measurement models of established measures that are being updated or adapted to a different context.

TL;DR: The fundamental values, institutions and pre-assumptions that the tourism industry and academia should challenge and break through to advance and reset the research and practice frontiers are identified.

TL;DR: The COVID-19 outbreak is a sharp reminder that pandemics, like other rarely occurring catastrophes, have happened in the past and will continue to happen in the future.

TL;DR: The COVID-19 pandemic and the lockdown and social distancing mandates have disrupted the consumer habits of buying as well as shopping as mentioned in this paper, and consumers are learning to improvise and learn new habits.

TL;DR: It is argued that Covid-19 pandemic offers a great opportunity for businesses to shift towards more genuine and authentic CSR and contribute to address urgent global social and environmental challenges.

TL;DR: This article discusses some of the challenges COVID-19 has for human resource management as organizations help their workforce cope with and adjust to their newly altered work environment and proposes several avenues for future research.

TL;DR: The findings and propositions of this study suggest that COVID-19 will be the catalyst of several long- and short-term policy changes and requires the theoretical and empirical attention of researchers.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors identify some key antecedents and consequences of opinion leadership in the fashion industry on Instagram and show that originality and uniqueness are crucial factors for a user to be perceived as an opinion leader on Instagram.

TL;DR: The authors aim to synthesize the challenges that retailers are facing during the COVID-19 emergency from the perspective of both consumers and managers, with the goal of providing guidelines on and examples of how retailers can handle this unprecedented situation.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors document some of the many unusual consumer behavior patterns that came to dominate the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic and offer insights based on theory to help explain and predict these behaviors and associated outcomes in order to inform future research and marketing practice.

TL;DR: In this article, a comprehensive framework was proposed to examine the relationship among customers' perceived value of live streaming, customer trust, and engagement, while utilitarian and hedonic values are shown to affect customer engagement indirectly through customer trust in products and trust in sellers sequentially.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors used customer data to test a five-dimensional model measuring Chatbot for customer perceptions of interaction, entertainment, trendiness, customization, and problem-solving.

TL;DR: A literature study on 69 manuscripts that studied SMEs in previous crises and proposes ways to overcome economic downturns in the areas of finance, strategy and the institutional environment finds a "strategy/funding chicken-and-egg-problem" and proposes an effectual world view when dealing with situations of great uncertainty.

TL;DR: The Journal of Business Research (JBR) is a journal of international repute that publishes original, peer-reviewed, and empirical research in business and management as discussed by the authors, and key business decisions, processes, and activities within real business settings frequently feature in JBR articles.

TL;DR: In this paper, the theoretical and practical relationship between business model innovation (BMI) and Lean Startup Approaches (LSAs) in dynamic digital environments has been investigated, with the aim of developing a research agenda directed towards integrating BMI, LSAs and AD processes and methods.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors apply a qualitative approach based on SMI-brand partnership observations, SMI interviews, and a comparison of these data sources to propose a four-path framework that provides the first conceptualization of how SMIs can manage authenticity for themselves to resolve the tensions created by brand encroachment into their content.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated the role of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the construction of sustainable business models (SBMs) and provided a quantitative overview of the academic literature that constitutes the field.

TL;DR: It is found that firms are facing challenges in terms of demand-supply mismatch, technology, development of a resilient supply chain, and moving beyond profitability, firms are experiencing difficulties to construct a sustainable supply chain.

TL;DR: A triphasic model is shared that maps the evolution of online learning in business schools and provides a rudimentary framework to understand this transformation through recognizing the changes in the university, the business world and the student.

TL;DR: A theory- and practice-based review is conducted, resulting in the Smart CE framework that supports translating the circular strategies central to the goals of manufacturing companies in contributing the United Nation’s 12th Sustainable Development Goal.

TL;DR: In this article, a systematic review of 188 peer reviewed SSCI journal articles published in the last decade is presented, which presents an overview of recent social entrepreneurship research, classifying it in five main themes while identifying the thrust areas of research in each.

TL;DR: This study explores how firms in China are innovating their marketing strategies by critically identifying the typology of firms’ marketing innovations using two dimensions, namely, motivation for innovations and the level of collaborative innovations.

TL;DR: The authors reviewed existing immigrant entrepreneurship literature in order to map out the major streams of research and identify widely used theories, methods, and contexts, highlighting the need for interdisciplinary approaches that transcend boundaries.

TL;DR: In this paper, the gap between the purchase intention and purchase experience in recycled and upcycled fashion products was explored and factors including perceived values, risks, environmental concern, perceived consumer effectiveness, subjective norms, and demographic variables were examined to understand the discrepancy.

TL;DR: An extensive review of the international business literature is used to address the research gap by identifying the different types of uncertainty, their antecedents and outcomes, the coping strategies used to mitigate their impact, and the consequences of these actions.

TL;DR: The authors reviewed the literature on masstige based marketing and analyzes the evolution of the "masstige strategy" with a focus on how this phenomenon evolved from conventional way of marketing premium brands.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors identify the main areas and current dynamics of the field of board diversity and suggest future research directions, examine current themes, find impediments to growth in the literature, and suggest avenues for future research.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors explore how manufacturing firms and their customers co-create digital service innovations in an attempt to address the digitalization paradox, and suggest that value co-creation in digital servitization is best managed through an agile micro-service innovation approach.

TL;DR: In this article, the state of the art on stakeholder engagement in innovation management and entrepreneurship development is reviewed and a comprehensive and deeper understanding of the interaction between entrepreneurs and the various stakeholders is provided.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated the impact of three main SME resources on digitalization: information technology, employee skills, and digital strategy, and assessed the impact digitalization has on financial performance.