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Beyond Bloodlines: A Review of Succession Planning and Generational Continuity in African Family Businesses

Thunderbird International Business Review, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study presents a systematic review of 107 peer‐reviewed articles on succession planning in African family businesses, offering a conceptual reframing of succession as an institutionally embedded process rather than a discrete managerial task. Moving beyond proceduralist and Eurocentric paradigms, the review integrates institutional theory,
Augustine Okeke
wiley   +1 more source

Venture Capital Practices in Saudi Arabia: The Views of Investors

Thunderbird International Business Review, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines how venture capital (VC) investors in Saudi Arabia evaluate, negotiate, and support entrepreneurial ventures in a rapidly developing yet institutionally young setting. Drawing on 21 semi‐structured interviews with 24 investors, it offers rare insight into VC practices in the Middle East.
Tibah al‐Harbi, Renzo Cordina, David M. Power   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Transforming Financial Landscapes: Exploring the Nexus Between Digitalization in Accounting and Islamic Fintech Adoption

Human Behavior and Emerging Technologies
Implication: In Jordan, rapid digitalization requires the implementation of the ISO 20376 Standard to propel Islamic Fintech solutions to new heights. It focuses on developing an innovation-fit culture in institutions, considering Jordan’s conservative ...
Ayman Abdalmajeed Alsmadi, Khaled Saleh Al-Omoush   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Technology‐Enabled Cross‐Border Entrepreneurship: The Role of Digital Platforms in SME Expansion Through the Lens of Institutional Theory

Thunderbird International Business Review, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Small and medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs) face significant institutional barriers when expanding across borders, including regulatory constraints, financial accessibility issues, and market entry challenges. Institutional theory provides a useful framework for understanding how external regulative, normative, and cognitive institutional forces
Sharmin Nahar, Muntasir Alam
wiley   +1 more source

HYPERSCALING HOUSING: Venture Capital, Real Estate Start‐Ups and the Race to Build a Global Residential Brand

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract What happens when venture capitalists try to reinvent housing in their own image? Synonymous with the rise of Big Tech, venture capitalists (VCs) are asset managers that invest in early‐stage companies, pursuing aggressive growth and market domination. Since the 2008 financial crisis, VCs have poured huge sums into real estate start‐ups.
Tim White
wiley   +1 more source

CHINESE UNIVERSITIES AS URBAN DEVELOPERS: The Tale of Two Innovation Complexes in Nanjing, China

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract Chinese universities are important but undertheorized players in the production of urban built environments. Most work focuses on purpose‐built university towns, neglecting the redevelopment of underutilized downtown campuses. Therefore, this article considers how two publicly funded universities in Nanjing attempted to establish ‘innovation ...
Hao Chen, Yunpeng Zhang
wiley   +1 more source

Determinants of FinTech Payment Services Adoption—An Empirical Study of Lithuanian Businesses

FinTech
The new era of FinTech services enabled the financial sector to benefit from innovative and cost-effective products via process automation, fostering a foundation for more sustainable business growth.
Greta Marcevičiūtė, Kamilė Taujanskaitė, Jens Kai Perret   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Environmental Impacts of Natural Resource and FinTech in Oil‐Rich Economies: The Role of FinTech in Mitigating the Carbon Curse

Natural Resources Forum, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This research investigates the joint environmental impacts of natural resource rents and FinTech in oil‐rich economies. It addresses the carbon curse hypothesis and argues that the integration of FinTech can be a transformative force, improving energy and carbon intensities in these countries.
Kingsley I. Okere, Ismail O. Fasanya, Stephen Kelechi Dimnwobi   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Algorithms & Fiduciaries: Existing and Proposed Regulatory Approaches to Artificially Intelligent Financial Planners [PDF]

, 2017
Artificial intelligence is no longer solely in the realm of science fiction. Today, basic forms of machine learning algorithms are commonly used by a variety of companies.
Lightbourne, John
core   +1 more source

De‐Dollarization Is a Plausible Outcome of the New Washington Consensus

Global Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT A trend towards de‐dollarization of the global economy in which the US dollar ceases to be used as the world's reserve currency for international transactions confronts some of the existing structures of international economic law, built upon the rules set out by US‐led organizations like the WTO, the IMF, and the World Bank. This article will
David Collins
wiley   +1 more source