Excelia Business School

Introducing open strategy in hierarchical organisations: the evolving roles of upper management in its implementation

Purpose While Open Strategy (OS) scholars have investigated OS’s potential for higher innovation, better strategy implementation and effective strategic renewal, the question of how OS is introduced and implemented in hierarchical firms remains unexplored. To understand the proce...

Green Taxes, Greener Firms? Institutional Influences on Corporate Environmental Responses

ABSTRACT Existing literature has paid limited attention to whether higher environmental taxation, measured as environmental tax revenue intensity, is associated with greater corporate environmental sustainability and whether the quality of national governance complements or subst...

Stakeholder perspectives on supply chain finance: a multi-methods approach

Purpose Despite the growing importance of supply chain finance (SCF) in global business operations, current research lacks a comprehensive understanding of how diverse stakeholders perceive, prioritize and engage with SCF mechanisms. This study addresses this gap by applying stak...

“Trends and future directions in purchasing decisions in supply chain management”: a systematic review and bibliometric analysis from pre-to post-pandemic

Purpose This study uses the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) methodology to critically examine and review existing research on supplier selection in supply chain (SC) management before and after the onset of the pandemic. The study explo...

Rethinking entrepreneurial orientation and performance: a 30 – year bibliometric review towards more contextual and sustainable perspectives

Purpose This paper examines the evolution of research on Entrepreneurial Orientation (EO) and its relationship with firm performance over a 30-year period. While EO remains a central construct in entrepreneurship studies, concerns persist regarding its conceptual consolidation, l...

Managing sports with artificial intelligence: resistance and acceptance

Purpose This study aims to explore the determinants that shape the intentions of sports business managers to accept or object to the use of artificial intelligence (AI) within their organizations. This research addresses the gap in the management field regarding AI adoption in th...