Strategic Change, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study explores the immediate responses of portfolio entrepreneurs (PEs) in the Netherlands to the onset of the COVID‐19 pandemic. Employing a longitudinal design, real‐time data were collected from 21 PEs through verbal interviews and open‐ended questionnaires, capturing their initial entrepreneurial reactions.
Tobias Kutzewski, Ingrid A. M. Wakkee
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Are companies responding to minimum wage increases by reducing corporate social responsibility? [PDF]
PLoS OneWang H, Zhang T, Wang X.
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Do Financial Analysts Penalize Excessive Growth? Evidence From IPOs
Strategic Change, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper investigates the impact of growth rates on analyst recommendations for European firms that underwent an IPO between 2015 and 2020. Drawing from signaling theory, which posits that IPO firms emit signals to the market through their growth rates, we explore how growth in employment and sales influences analysts, who play a key role as
Hassan Raza Kazmi, Vivien Lefebvre
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Radical Uncertainty and New Sector Emergence: An Action Theory of Co‐Creative Stakeholders
Strategic Change, EarlyView.ABSTRACT For much of the past century, entrepreneurship scholars have sought to understand and assess the nature, role, and impact of uncertainty. While the sum total of this work has contributed valuable insights, radical uncertainty—characterized by dynamic conditions in which outcomes are unknowable at the time action must be taken—remains weakly ...
Parul Manocha +1 more
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The impact of smart manufacturing demonstration projects on green innovation of Chinese firms: Based on random forest methods. [PDF]
HeliyonYang J, Wang W, Fu C, Xu X, Li Q.
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Profit With Purpose: How CSR Fuels UK SMEs' Success
Strategic Change, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Corporate social responsibility (CSR) has become an essential strategy for firms, particularly small and medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs), to enhance their social impact and secure long‐term financial sustainability. This study explores the relationship between CSR investments and financial performance in UK listed SMEs from 2021 to 2024 ...
Renato Pereira +3 more
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Corporate litigation experience and innovation quality. [PDF]
Sci RepDeng S, Xiao Y.
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Strategic Change, EarlyView.ABSTRACT There is growing evidence that a preponderance of resilience indicators discussed in management scholarship is often developed with limited consideration of the context in which micro‐and‐small‐service enterprises (MSSEs) operate. Given their strategic relevance to developing economies, it thus becomes necessary to understand the meaning of ...
Justin Okoli +2 more
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Institutional investors' site visits and investment-cash flow sensitivity: Mitigating financing constraints or inhibiting agent conflicts? [PDF]
PLoS OneLiao J, Zhan Y, Yuan Y.
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CSR disclosure and investment efficiency in MENA countries: The moderating role of CSR committee
Strategic Change, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Corporate social responsibility disclosure (CSRD) is often recognized as a transparency mechanism that allows companies to communicate their commitment to CSR. However, CSRD may also exacerbate agency conflicts. This study addresses these two contrasting perspectives by investigating the impact of CSRD on investment efficiency and exploring ...
Mohamed Malek Belhoula +3 more
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