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Platt, Richard G. "Case Study Methodology in Business Research." Journal of Information Technology Case and Application Research 10, no. 2 (April 2008): 63–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15228053.2008.10856137.
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Shpak, Victor. "METHODOLOGY OF RESEARCH OF PUBLISHING BUSINESS HISTORY." Integrated communications, no. 3 (2017): 44–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.28925/2524-2644.2017.3.7.
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This article is devoted to analysis of the modern methods and methodology of research of publishing business history. The urgency of research is that the printed word is crucial in development of the independent Ukraine. It forms a socio-political thought, affects the mentality of the Ukrainian people, its spiritual life and revival of historical traditions and development of economy. The necessity of developing the chosen theme is also amplified due to the absence of a special study in the national science, which would include comprehensive system analysis of publishing business, combining all the interrelated components of publishing process. The methodological basis of the proposed research is the main principles of historicism and scientific objectivity, the main methods of scientific and historical knowledge, modern conceptual approaches to study phenomenon of small business in the context of publishing activities. This means the whole of general scientific and special methods and approaches, which can be divided into three main groups: methods of obtaining and accumulation of information; methods of generalization; methods that can explain the results and draw conclusions.The study of the object of analysis is impossible without a digression into the past and clarifying its roots. Consequently the author made an attempt to generalize methodological basis of research based on the main principles of historicism and scientific objectivity, the fundamental provisions of both domestic and individual foreign historical, philosophical and political concepts on the laws and certain specific features of formation and development of publishing. It is concluded that applying general scientific and special methods and approaches makes it possible to trace the main stages and trends in development of publishing business, to clarify its specificity, its role and place at different stages of its development. It is possible to carry out the research tasks as to a systematic and complex analysis of the state of small publishing business, its impact on development of civil society through formation of middle class and comprehensive democratization of all public and state institutions based on empirical and theoretical methods of research.
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Ragab, Mohamed AF, and Amr Arisha. "Research Methodology in Business: A Starter’s Guide." Management and Organizational Studies 5, no. 1 (December 12, 2017): 1. http://dx.doi.org/10.5430/mos.v5n1p1.
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A cardinal requisite of successful research lies in the proper selection of the research methodology applied to achieveresearch objectives using the available resources. In addition to acquiring sufficient knowledge of their specificresearch topic, researchers are urged to develop good understanding of alternative research methodologies at theirdisposal to be able to identify the best-suited methods to address the research question. This, however, often poses achallenge for novice researchers who face difficulty in grasping the vast methodology landscape and itsencompassing array of debates. The purpose of this paper is to provide new researchers with a comprehensiveoverview of the main elements of research methodology, particularly in the business domain. After a briefintroduction, the paper introduces the principles of research philosophy, approaches, and methods, and explains thedifferent paradigmatic stances adopted by researchers in the field. A number of mixed methods designs are thendiscussed to highlight the different means by which qualitative and quantitative research are combined. The finalsection presents sampling techniques then explores the most prominent data-collection tools employed in business,including interviews, questionnaires, and case studies. The paper aims to offer business postgraduate studentsembarking on their research journeys with a useful summary that would guide in them navigating the methodologicalaspect of their research work.
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Lawson, Larry L., and Catherine L. Lawson. "Video Game-Based Methodology for Business Research." Simulation & Gaming 41, no. 3 (July 14, 2009): 360–73. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1046878109334038.
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Chebotarov, Ie. "National Business Cultures: Research Methodology, Content and Role in Provision of International Entrepreneurship." Economic Herald of the Donbas, no. 4 (58) (2019): 30–33. http://dx.doi.org/10.12958/1817-3772-2019-4(58)-30-33.
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Nemeslaki, András, and Károly Pocsarovszky. "Supporting e-business research with web crawler methodology." Society and Economy 34, no. 1 (August 9, 2011): 13–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.1556/socec.2011.0007.
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Brockhaus, Robert H. "Family Business Succession: Suggestions for Future Research." Family Business Review 17, no. 2 (June 2004): 165–77. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1741-6248.2004.00011.x.
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Management succession is a significant moment in a family business's life and an issue that requires analysis from the perspectives of family, management, and ownership systems in order to understand adequately the perspectives of the different stakeholders. In an effort to help improve the quality of the research methodology on this subject, past family business research methodology will be reviewed and critiqued, and some specific recommendations will be presented that can enhance the quality and value of family business research.
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Osuagwu, Linus. "Research Methods: Issues and Research Direction." Business and Management Research 9, no. 3 (September 30, 2020): 46. http://dx.doi.org/10.5430/bmr.v9n3p46.
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This paper proposes a research plan to investigate the research methods issues (i.e. research design, sampling methods, data collection methods, data analysis techniques, measurement scales, and reliability/validity tests, among others) used in business students’ thesis/dissertation works in institutions of higher learning. Specifically, the proposed research aims to help in understanding the dominant research methods used by thesis/dissertation research students in the field of business management in institutions of higher learning, shed light on possible relevant research methodology issues in business management education and proffer managerial and theoretical recommendations that will assist research methodology in business disciplines in institutions of higher learning. Among other things, the proposed investigation is expected to help in assessing the quality and relevance of business research works in higher institutions; assist in repositioning business education curricula to align with academic, regulatory and industry expectations; improve the quality and relevance of research works undertaken in business schools in institutions of higher learning; and stimulate research in cognate areas.
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Hill, Jimmy, and Pauric McGowan. "Small business and enterprise development: questions about research methodology." International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research 5, no. 1 (February 1999): 5–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/13552559910259829.
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Wang, Qian, and Eric W. T. Ngai. "Event study methodology in business research: a bibliometric analysis." Industrial Management & Data Systems 120, no. 10 (September 21, 2020): 1863–900. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/imds-12-2019-0671.
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PurposeThis study aims to provide an objective analysis of the state-of-the-art and intellectual development of publications related to event study methodology in business research.Design/methodology/approachThe sample includes 1,219 papers related to event study methodology, covering all business disciplines and spanning 34 years from 1983 to 2016.FindingsThrough three stages of primary analysis, namely, initial sample, citation and co-citation analyses, the authors identified the publication trends, supplementary techniques, influential publications and intellectual clusters in the area of event study methodology in business.Research limitations/implicationsThe findings serve as a benchmark for the extensive literature related to event study methodology in business and may facilitate the transference of the amassed useful techniques among disciplines and the identification of future research directions.Originality/valueThe current study represents as a pioneering effort to review event study-related publications using bibliometric analysis.
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Efimova, O. V., and O. V. Rozhnova. "Research methodology for corporate disclosure of business social responsibility: conceptual approach." Accounting. Analysis. Auditing 8, no. 5 (January 18, 2022): 28–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.26794/2408-9303-2021-8-5-28-40.
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The article analyzes the social responsibility of business and the quality of its reflection in corporate reporting. The purpose of the study is to develop methodological solutions for conducting an up-to-date study of the social responsibility of Russian large businesses, based on the information contained in their financial and non-financial statements. The study uses the methods of abduction, meaningful analysis of the current state of the social sphere; logical analysis of research made by scientists and interested organizations in the field of social sphere and business social responsibility, which were assessed on the basis of the social reporting study; logical content analysis of financial and non-financial reporting standards in terms of requirements for disclosure of social aspects; expert analysis of social reporting of Russian companies in various industries, linguistic analysis to analyze the use of certain terms and concepts in financial and non-financial reporting of companies. The information base of the study includes the International Financial Reporting Standards, Sustainable Development Reporting Standards, Basic Performance Indicators of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (RSPP); financial and non-financial reporting of companies in the material production industries. As a result of the study, the methodological solutions for the analysis and assessment of the Russian economic entities` social responsibility were substantiated and proposed. On the basis of the analysis of trends in the social sphere along with the identified opportunities and threats for its further development caused by the evolution of digitalization, economy and ecology, a block of the most important problems was formed. Participation in the solution of such problems characterizes the social responsibility of business. The paper proposes certain stages of researching the social responsibility of business. With this article, the authors open a series of publications that will comprehensively and systematically study the problems of accounting, analysis and assessment of the economic entities` social responsibility in a rapidly changing environment and emerging new challenges for society and business, including the development of a research methodology, assessment of the composition, completeness and quality of the information base, taking into account industry-specific features of the studied objects, and analytical methods and procedures.
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Chebotarov, Ie. "National business cultures: methodology and scientific and practical research objectives." Galic'kij ekonomičnij visnik 71, no. 4 (2021): 33–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.33108/galicianvisnyk_tntu2021.04.033.
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Problems of implementation of Ukraine's European integration course and a number of other issues of the modern world economy (disintegration processes and tendencies, which are clearly confirmed by the example of Brexit and inability of international organizations to act effectively in emergencies, shown by COVID-19 pandemic spread and scale ) actualize the importance of developing the interdisciplinary problem of national business cultures. On the basis of generalized contribution of the founders of national business cultures theory (G. Hofstede, C. Hampden-Turner and F. Trompenaars and R. Lewis) and own scientific and practical developments of this problem the author's definition of basic investigation category «national business cultures» is given. The content of the methodology for its investigation, epistemological limitations (requirements of theoretical knowledge) and the relationship of the methodology with the subject of investigation are determined. Blocks (enlarged groups) of methods of national business cultures investigation are separated, specific methods within each block are identified and scientific and practical goals of the investigation according to each method are defined. The following blocks of methods of national business cultures cognition are distinguished: general scientific, social-humanitarian, economic-mathematical, applied and special. The attempt to determine the factors of trends in the evolutionary transformation of national business cultures within the medium and long term perspective are substantiated (such factors do not affect the internal features and properties of the stable quality of national business cultures): the role of Catholicism as the most favorable to entrepreneurship religion in the modern world; the COVID-19 pandemic; displacement of oil and gas as the main sources of energy; modification of entrepreneurial activity influenced by information technologies; the dialectical nature of the universalization and deepening of «self-identification» of national business cultures. The primary prospects for further elaboration of the investigated problem are the practical use of identified methods in order to reveal the content of national business cultures as a phenomenon of theory and practice of entrepreneurship and life of modern society.
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Gummesson, Evert. "Service Research Methodology: From Case Study Research to Case Theory." Revista Ibero-Americana de Estratégia 13, no. 4 (December 1, 2014): 08–17. http://dx.doi.org/10.5585/ijsm.v13i4.2180.
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In this essay Prof. Evert Gummesson, Professor Emeritus at the Stockholm Business School (SBS) and pioneer in the studies in the fields of service, presented the use of case studies in academic research from a European perspective. The article was built through the perspective of service research that evolved to a strategic paradigm more recently. The essay stresses the importance and the proper use of case studies in academic research.
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Zikunova, I. "BUSINESS AND HUMAN CAPITAL IN THE ECONOMIC SYSTEM: RESEARCH METHODOLOGY." MIR [World] (Modernization Innovation Research) 7, no. 1(25) (January 1, 2016): 29–33. http://dx.doi.org/10.18184/2079-4665.2016.7.1.29.33.
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Pereira, Leandro, Ricardo Santos, Mariana Sempiterno, Renato Lopes da Costa, Álvaro Dias, and Nélson António. "Pereira Problem Solving: Business Research Methodology to Explore Open Innovation." Journal of Open Innovation: Technology, Market, and Complexity 7, no. 1 (March 4, 2021): 84. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/joitmc7010084.
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Problem solving skills are increasingly important to be able to tackle the complex problems encountered in the business world. Nowadays is increasingly important to achieve sustainable development, focusing not only on economic profit but also on creating social value. It is widely agreed that the principles of scientific management can lead to more effective solutions for complex problems. Problems have to be looked at objectively, with methodology and intellectual integrity and modesty. Several techniques have been developed to help analyze the causes of the problem or formulate solutions. Although these business research techniques are important tools, they are presented as isolated measures. Pereira Problem Solving methodology presented provides guide to address business and management problems. It is an integrative and easy-to-use instrument that helps organizations adopt scientific management practices and will enhance the efficiency of the solutions encountered.
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Stainton, Andrew J., Johnnie E. Johnson, and Edward P. Borodzicz. "Educational Validity of Business Gaming Simulation: A Research Methodology Framework." Simulation & Gaming 41, no. 5 (April 14, 2010): 705–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1046878109353467.
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Randall, D. M., and A. M. Gibson. "Methodology in business ethics research: A review and critical assessment." Journal of Business Ethics 9, no. 6 (June 1990): 457–71. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/bf00382838.
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Cross, Geoffrey A., Carol S. David, Margaret Baker Graham, and Charlotte Thralls. "Thinking and Rethinking Research Methodology." Business Communication Quarterly 59, no. 3 (September 1996): 105–16. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/108056999605900316.
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Harrison, Nigel, and Janet Kirkham. "The Application of Reflexivity in Small Business Research and Implications for the Business Practitioner." Industry and Higher Education 28, no. 6 (December 2014): 439–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.5367/ihe.2014.0232.
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This paper is based on a review of the lead author's research, which took the form of a self-narrative from a practitioner about the perceived realities of one small business and its owner. The paper explores the practical application of auto-ethnographic reflexive research methodologies and seeks to demonstrate that structured ways can be developed to enable complexity-inspired reflexive research to take place usefully in organizations. The authors review the appropriateness of a reflexive methodology, using ideas inspired by complexity thinking in the study of small businesses and their owner–managers. They highlight the practical difficulties encountered by a practitioner/researcher when attempting to employ reflexive methodology in the small business environment as a means of illuminating and understanding the driving forces that lie behind the outwardly observable characteristics of small businesses and their owner–managers. The approach remains relatively unknown in small business research and this mirrors a lack of acceptance in wider academic circles. The authors acknowledge the criticisms and discuss the limitations of the use of these techniques, but argue for their benefits to be more widely recognized. The outcomes presented offer an insight into behaviours and motivations not often articulated in the SME business world.
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Ferraro, Holly, and Jennifer Marrone. "Examining employment relationship activities in family business research." Journal of Family Business Management 6, no. 3 (October 10, 2016): 210–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jfbm-01-2016-0001.
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the family business literature on human resource management (HRM) activities within family-owned businesses to advance theory and practice. Design/methodology/approach This paper is a review of research on the formation, adaptation, and termination of the employment relationship within family businesses. Findings Important areas for future research are revealed. For example, little research investigates how family members are recruited, socialized, or how exit decisions are made. In contrast, significant attention has been given to role transitions during succession. Research limitations/implications The paper focuses on managing employment relationships (e.g. recruitment, selection, etc.) within family businesses. The research revealed HRM activities within family businesses are often informal so aspects of the employment relationship may not be fully captured by extant research. Practical implications This review provides specific HRM suggestions for practitioners to consider. For example, this review highlights that training inside the family business can be as effective as training outside the family business. Originality/value This review is novel in applying an established HRM framework to family business research and focuses on HRM activities of family members as opposed to non-family employees. The paper offers considerations for families bringing next generation members into their businesses and preparing offspring to run them successfully.
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Egorova, Svetlana, Natalya V. Avdoshina, Yuliya V. Vaskina, Svetlana V. Zorina, Anna I. Demina, and Alexander Yu Nesterov. "Students’ social psychological monitoring: research empiric methods." Semiotic studies 2, no. 4 (December 28, 2022): 73–81. http://dx.doi.org/10.18287/2782-2966-2022-2-4-73-81.
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The article grounds the mechanisms of solving the problem to develop the university students social psychological monitoring system as an education management tool that enables to fulfill the gap of knowledge about the object under control. The research represents the results of the second phase of the Samara university students and prospective students social and psychological monitoring system project. The research first phase formulated the students social and psychological monitoring conceptual framework, revealing readiness to maintain business and research activities as a personality integrative characteristic comprising needs, motivations, values and social attitudes. The present article gives the complex methodology that will be applied in the Samara university students social and psychological monitoring to study their readiness to maintain business and research activities. The methodology comprises social and psychological methods and research techniques, enabling to evaluate extensively the needs, motivations, values, social attitudes and readiness for education activities: 1) Likerts scale; 2) P.M. Lapin and T.V. Razinas adopted motive classifications; 3) M. Rokichs methodology for value orientation study; 4) S. Schwartzs methodology for diagnosing value orientations; 5) questionnaire for examining business and research intentions and attitudes; 6) A.L. Zhuravlev and V.P. Pozdnyakovs modified methodology for diagnosing business motives, Yu.S. Medvedeva and T.V. Ogorodovas methodology for revealing research motivations.The monitoring methodology, resulting from the research, will be realized as a program module in students accounts of the Samara university electronic educational system. The monitoring results will base the recommendations for both students and prospective students when choosing the individual academic path within the competency profile formation, and the university educational, research and business administration authorities.
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Kurosawa, Takafumi, and Ai Hisano. "Methodology and Research Questions in Business History outside Japan (Part 1)." Keiei Shigaku (Japan Business History Review) 53, no. 2 (2018): 27–49. http://dx.doi.org/10.5029/bhsj.53.2_27.
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Kurosawa, Takafumi, and Ai Hisano. "Methodology and Research Questions in Business History outside Japan (Part 2)." Keiei Shigaku (Japan Business History Review) 53, no. 3 (2018): 29–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.5029/bhsj.53.3_29.
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Joardar, Arpita, Tatiana Kostova, and Sibin Wu. "Expanding international business research on foreignness." Management Research Review 37, no. 12 (November 11, 2014): 1018–25. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/mrr-07-2014-0180.
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present our viewpoint on the research on foreignness and provide directions for future studies. We suggest that research on foreignness can be expanded by exploring its complexity. Design/methodology/approach – This article takes the form of a viewpoint. Findings – We identify three facets of foreignness – foreignness effect (liabilities or assets) foreignness level (organizational or individual) and foreignness locus (external or internal to an entity), which have not been sufficiently examined in prior research. Originality/value – We discuss how these aspects can inform a novel research agenda in this area.
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Reddy, CD. "Teaching Research Methodology: Everything’s a Case." Electronic Journal of Business Research Methods 18, no. 2 (February 16, 2021): pp178–188. http://dx.doi.org/10.34190/jbrm.18.2.009.
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This paper contributes to the discourse about research methodology pedagogy towards the development of new scholarly researchers. Because students can better visualise causal effects within a single case, I propose that instructors, before moving onto to teach inferential statistics relying on impersonal numbers from many cases, use instead a case-oriented approach to emphasise the “case” as the basic pedagogic unit to scaffold the student’s learning of research methodology. A carefully chosen case can represent an instantiation of the same phenomenon that will eventually be used to demonstrate inferential statistics. After all, for causal effects to show up at the population level, they must be operating within particular cases. I refer to this as an N-case approach. This approach locates various combinations of quantitative and qualitative methods on a continuum from exploratory to confirmatory research. This continuum can also be framed as one moving from the particular to the general. The single case allows students to grasp ideas about causal processes in a more direct manner than a survey can. Instructors can then build on single case insights to grasp similar ideas at a population level. My motivation for this approach is to turn away from a pedagogy where research methodology teaching begins with ideas set in quantitative approaches to understand causal processes occurring at a particular case level. I also believe that current research teaching ought to turn away from encouraging students to apply a research design according to their favoured identity along a qualitative-quantitative divide. Instead, the research problem should determine the required research design.
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Fedorkova, Anna, Victor Fursov, and Natalia Lazareva. "Structure of the enterprise 's external business environment: concept, factors, research methodology." KANT 35, no. 2 (June 2020): 71–75. http://dx.doi.org/10.24923/2222-243x.2020-35.13.
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This article discusses the role of analysis of the external business environment as a tool to enhance competitive advantages of the company and strengthen its market position. The author considers the structure of the external business environment, which is a set of factors of direct and indirect influence, as well as the role of each of its components in the activity of a particular enterprise. The article also defines the properties of the company 's external environment. The study examined and summarized existing methods and directions for the study of the external business environment. The conclusions are confirmed by the results of the analysis of the impact of the external business environment on a particular enterprise.
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Murshed, Feisal, and Yinlong Zhang. "Thinking orientation and preference for research methodology." Journal of Consumer Marketing 33, no. 6 (September 12, 2016): 437–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jcm-01-2016-1694.
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Purpose This research aims to investigate how preference for marketing research methodology (quantitative vs qualitative) is contingent on the thinking orientation (analytic vs holistic) of the researchers. Design/methodology/approach Thinking orientation was measured and then manipulated in laboratory experiments. Cross-cultural evidence was sought by comparing Western and East Asian participants. Findings Results demonstrate that researchers with an analytic (holistic) thinking orientation tend to perceive quantitative (qualitative) methodology more favorably. Further, the need to offer reasons in support of the choice strengthened the effect of thinking orientation. Practical implications Understanding researchers’ preferences for one research methodology over the other has broad relevance for external constituents, as it involves a great deal of managerial commitment in terms of time and money and can affect the results of the research. Originality/value This is the first study to investigate factors that underlie researchers’ choice regarding research methodology, and it also extends the literature on analytic versus holistic thinking orientation in the marketing field.
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MacLeod, Greg. "Action Research for community business development." Humanomics 30, no. 1 (February 4, 2014): 3–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/h-11-2013-0072.
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to introduce the idea of Action Research as a way of making academic research more relevant for social economic change. Design/methodology/approach – This paper seeks a middle path by presenting a method for Action Research that is both scientific and that results in practical social-economic impact on a local society. The method is divided into 11 systematic steps. Findings – The author has found that the method results in job creation and place-based economic development. Originality/value – Usually social activists and academic professionals do not mix. This approach combines both theory and practice, which is unusual in university circles.
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Bavdaž, Mojca, Ger Snijkers, Joseph W. Sakshaug, Türknur Brand, Gustav Haraldsen, Bilal Kurban, Paulo Saraiva, and Diane K. Willimack. "Business data collection methodology: Current state and future outlook." Statistical Journal of the IAOS 36, no. 3 (August 26, 2020): 741–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/sji-200623.
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Collecting data from businesses faces ever-larger challenges, some of them calling for an overhaul of underlying methodology, e.g. motivation for participating is low; technology is shaping data collection processes; response processes within businesses are imperfectly understood while alternative data sources originating from digitalization processes push the response process (thus also response quality) further out of our sight. The paper reviews these challenges, discusses them in light of new developments in the field, and proposes directions for future research. This review may help those that collect data from businesses (e.g. national statistical institutes, academia, and private statistical agencies) to reconsider their current approaches in light of what promises to work (or not) in today’s environment and to build their toolkit of business data collection methods.
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Linstone, Harold A. "Futures research methodology—Version 2.0." Technological Forecasting and Social Change 71, no. 3 (March 2004): 309–11. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2003.11.002.
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Howard, Heather A., Nora Wood, and Ilana Stonebraker. "Mapping information literacy using the Business Research Competencies." Reference Services Review 46, no. 4 (November 12, 2018): 543–64. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/rsr-12-2017-0048.
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Purpose Librarians in higher education have adopted curriculum mapping in an effort to determine where effective information literacy instruction can help fill gaps in the curriculum and prepare students for both coursework and future research demands. While curriculum mapping has been used widely across academia, few studies have considered business curriculum and the development of information literacy instruction. This paper aims to provide an overview of the current landscape of curriculum mapping across business courses at two institutions and a replicable methodology for other institutions. Design/methodology/approach In this paper, the authors will examine two case studies at large research universities that evaluate curriculum mapping against the BRASS Business Research Competencies at the undergraduate and the graduate business levels. Findings This study found that the Business Research Competencies are a valid method to evaluate in both case studies. Curriculum mapping also uncovered various gaps in business education across the curricula at both institutions and led to open discussions with faculty in an effort to improve the success of students both during their degree programs and into their careers. Originality/value This study provides a framework and methodology for evaluating business curriculums against robust standards to improve student success. With examples from undergraduate and graduate programs, the results of this project promise to have long-lasting implications on the development of curriculums across business programs, including the value of librarian support in developing Business Research Competencies.
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Duke, Maurice, and Edward N. Coffman. "WRITING AN ACCOUNTING OR BUSINESS HISTORY: NOTES TOWARD A METHODOLOGY." Accounting Historians Journal 20, no. 2 (December 1, 1993): 217–35. http://dx.doi.org/10.2308/0148-4184.20.2.217.
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Historical research in accounting and business includes many subject areas, including the writing of histories of accounting and business firms. Each subject area of historical research must be undertaken by utilizing appropriate research methodology. In this article, a research methodology is presented to assist those interested in writing an accounting or business history.
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K. Mittal, Satish, and Rajesh Pillania. "Business research in India." Journal of Management Development 33, no. 2 (February 4, 2014): 68–74. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jmd-12-2013-0156.
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to study the progress of research on business research in India and identify the key disciplines, journals, articles, authors, and institutions. Design/methodology/approach – Bibliometric analysis using data for articles published from the ISI Web of Knowledge databases consisting of the ISI Web of Science (1899-present) consisting of Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-expanded), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), and Arts & Humanities Citation Index (A&HCI); BIOSIS Previews (1969-present); CABI: CAAAB Abstracts (1910-present); MEDLINE (1950-present); Zoological Record (1864-present); and Journal Citation Reports (1999-2008). Findings – There is growing number of research literature on the theme and more so post 2002. Among the journals, the most prolific, measured by number of articles published are Management Decision, International Journal of Human Resource Management, Harvard Business Review, and Journal of International Marketing and the top ten percent of the journals are responsible for 36 percent of all publications. Similarly the top seven authors are responsible for about 15 percent of all publications and the top ten institutions account for 30 percent of all publications. This highlights that few journals, authors, and institutions are dominating the research arena of business research in India. Research limitations/implications – Despite its high degree of objectivity, bibliometric analysis has a subjective dimension (Van Raan, 2003) since the researcher had to make choices on the search terms, the time period used, etc., and while the data set is comprehensive, is it not exhaustive as many new journals are not part of SSCI (Pillania and Fetscherin, 2009; Pillania, 2011). Practical implications – The study undertakes a multi-disciplinary review of literature on business research in India. It identifies the key disciplines, journals, articles, authors, and institutions on business research in India. It is a ready reference for practitioners and future researchers on the subject. Originality/value – This study has made an attempt to study and document the literature on business research in India.
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Weatherbee, Terrance G., Donna Sears, and Ryan MacNeil. "Mapping wine business research in the International Journal of Wine Business Research: 2007-2017." International Journal of Wine Business Research 31, no. 4 (November 18, 2019): 591–601. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijwbr-03-2019-0019.
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to systematically review the body of work featured in the International Journal of Wine Business Research (IJWBR) since its transition from the International Journal of Wine Marketing (IJWM) in 2007, and to assess the collective evolution of the topical structure of published research against the Journal’s aims as described in the inaugural editorial. Design/methodology/approach A scientometric study using both network analysis and narrative methods was used to evaluate the research contents of the IJWBR. Findings Results lead to four conclusions. Overall, the research published in IJWBR has met the editorial aim of expanding beyond the marketing focus of IJWM. Second, the Journal has become increasingly international in its approach to research activities, both in terms of authorship and sites of study. Third, the methods used in the study of wine business have advanced from descriptive univariate to more complex or predictive multivariate approaches. Finally, despite all of these desired advances, research grounded in marketing and consumer behavior perspectives still predominates the Journal. Originality/value This is the first review of IJWBR to use a scientometric method; and this paper provides a description and assessment of progress made toward the publishing goals first envisioned for the Journal at its transition from IJWM to IJWBR.
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Madhavaiah, C., and Irfan Bashir. "Defining Cloud Computing in Business Perspective: A Review of Research." Metamorphosis: A Journal of Management Research 11, no. 2 (July 2012): 50–65. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0972622520120205.
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The main purpose of the present paper is to analyse the various definitions of cloud computing proposed by different researchers and, using content analysis methodology, and establish areas of “agreement” and to construct such a “general” definition of cloud computing in business perspective. The paper attempts to compare the definitions of cloud computing by academicians and industy experts. This paper is divided into three sections. In the first section, content analysis methodology used on cloud computing definitions is presented. The second section highlights the key words in 36 definitions of cloud computing and tabulates the definitions through a categorization of substantive terms. The last section discusses the results of research methodology followed by conclusion and limitations.
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Hajiheydari, Nastaran, Mojtaba Talafidaryani, SeyedHossein Khabiri, and Masoud Salehi. "Business model analytics: technically review business model research domain." foresight 21, no. 6 (November 11, 2019): 654–79. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/fs-01-2019-0002.
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Purpose Although the business model field of study has been a focus of attention for both researchers and practitioners within the past two decades, it still suffers from concern about its identity. Accordingly, this paper aims to clarify the intellectual structure of business model through identifying the research clusters and their sub-clusters, the prominent relations and the dominant research trends. Design/methodology/approach This paper uses some common text mining methods including co-word analysis, burst analysis, timeline analysis and topic modeling to analyze and mine the title, abstract and keywords of 14,081 research documents related to the domain of business model. Findings The results revealed that the business model field of study consists of three main research areas including electronic business model, business model innovation and sustainable business model, each of which has some sub-areas and has been more evident in some particular industries. Additionally, from the time perspective, research issues in the domain of sustainable development are considered as the hot and emerging topics in this field. In addition, the results confirmed that information technology has been one of the most important drivers, influencing the appearance of different study topics in the various periods. Originality/value The contribution of this study is to quantitatively uncover the dominant knowledge structure and prominent research trends in the business model field of study, considering a broad range of scholarly publications and using some promising and reliable text mining techniques.
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Portugal Ferreira, Manuel, Dan Li, Nuno Rosa Reis, and Fernando Ribeiro Serra. "Culture in international business research." Management Research: The Journal of the Iberoamerican Academy of Management 12, no. 1 (June 10, 2014): 68–91. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/mrjiam-04-2012-0482.
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to conduct a study on the articles published in the four top international business (IB) journals to examine how four cultural models and concepts – Hofstede’s (1980), Hall’s (1976), Trompenaars’s (1993) and Project GLOBE’s (House et al., 2004) – have been used in the extant published IB research. National cultures and cultural differences provide a crucial component of the context of IB research. Design/methodology – This is a bibliometric study on the articles published in four IB journals over the period from 1976 to 2010, examining a sample of 517 articles using citations and co-citation matrices. Findings – Examining this sample revealed interesting patterns of the connections across the studies. Hofstede’s (1980) and House et al.’s (2004) research on the cultural dimensions are the most cited and hold ties to a large variety of IB research. These findings point to a number of research avenues to deepen the understanding on how firms may handle different national cultures in the geographies they operate. Research limitations – Two main limitations are faced, one associated to the bibliometric method, citations and co-citations analyses and other to the delimitation of our sample to only four IB journals, albeit top-ranked. Originality/value – The paper focuses on the main cultural models used in IB research permitting to better understand how culture has been used in IB research, over an extended period.
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Dzwigol, Henryk. "Research Methodology in Management Science: Triangulation." Virtual Economics 5, no. 1 (April 6, 2022): 78–93. http://dx.doi.org/10.34021/ve.2022.05.01(5).
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The author emphasised the importance of cognitive methods and business management methods, as well as the necessity to adopt an open-minded approach that requires combining multiple approaches in the research process. In order to make the research more credible, the author suggested using triangulation of research methods, allowing to expand the scope of the studied phenomenon. The application of combined research methods also permits achieving higher quality of conducted research, as well as limiting measurement errors that may occur when just one method is used. The author pointed out that for each research process an appropriate research methodology should be selected depending on the type of research problem. It might be necessary to refine the approach, tool or method in order to strengthen the research process. The author designed a concept of a modern formula for organisational changes in an enterprise in the form of a model and verified the model against the example of selected enterprises. He made an attempt to develop a research method to be used in the implementation of basic research processes in management sciences and in the implementation of organisational changes in an enterprise. The developed research method, called "LIDER" (covering three stages), has been used by the author to identify areas of activity and to assess the readiness of change leaders to carry out organisational changes in an enterprise. The nature of the research will determine the decision as to the precise research design, creation of a research model and selection of specific research methods.
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Nodoushani, Omid. "Epistemological foundations of management theory and research methodology." Human Systems Management 19, no. 1 (February 3, 2000): 71–80. http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/hsm-2000-19108.
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Beginning in the 1980s, some management researchers began to question the hegemonic position of the positivist epistemology in management and organizational studies. The “good old” scientific research methodology in management and organizational studies which is characterized by careful sampling, precise measurement, and sophisticated design and analysis in the test of hypotheses derived from tentative general laws. Examining the epistemological foundations of management theory and research methodology, this paper explores the roots of positivist epistemology, its evolution, basic presuppositions, and general assumptions through the development of three paradigms – the idea of social science, the unity of science movement, and the behavioral science revolution.
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Retolaza, Jose Luis, and Leire San-Jose. "Single case research methodology: a tool for moral imagination in business ethics." Management Research Review 40, no. 8 (August 21, 2017): 890–906. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/mrr-07-2016-0179.
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Purpose Although there are several often-used case research methods for teaching purposes, these cannot be used to conduct scientific research into business ethics, perhaps owing to criticism levelled against it. The precise aim of this work is to expound and argue for its use within the framework of scientific hypothetical-deductive methodology. Design/methodology/approach The opportunities offered by this methodological approach, both from an inductive (Eisenhardt, 1989; Dyer and Wilkins, 1991) and a deductive perspective (Yin, 1993; Carson et al., 2000), have been wasted, creating a need for scientific contributions within this area; hence, this study. It was carried on a theoretical approach of the use of single case applied to corporate management based on religion and spirituality inclusion. Findings The results obtained indicate that the single-case research method makes it possible to put forward alternative hypotheses to the dominant hypothesis, making contributions to the theory. Concretely, the scientific legitimacy of its use is justified by what it has been called “possibilistic hypothesis” for what it is not necessary to collect a large data or make an empiric research. Practical implications In the field of business ethics, these hypotheses (possibilistics) make alternatives stand out that widen the moral responsibility of decision-makers. It implies an open mind for decision-makers and rigorous arguments using just a single case. Reinforce and make them easier based on moral imagination improvement. Originality/value The decision process is complex, but in this rich method, the single-case study could permit establishing rigorous and robust decisions easily. The case study is not used widely for management, but this perspective could enrich and increase its use.
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Makkonen, Hannu, Leena Aarikka-Stenroos, and Rami Olkkonen. "Narrative approach in business network process research — Implications for theory and methodology." Industrial Marketing Management 41, no. 2 (February 2012): 287–99. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.indmarman.2012.01.012.
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Mingers, John, and Evangelia A. E. C. G. Lipitakis. "Evaluating a department’s research: Testing the Leiden methodology in business and management." Information Processing & Management 49, no. 3 (May 2013): 587–95. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ipm.2012.11.002.
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Pitari, Giuseppina. "Scientific Research in Homeopathic Medicine: Validation, Methodology and Perspectives." Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine 4, no. 2 (2007): 271–73. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ecam/nel085.
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Verona's School of Homeopathic Medicine (www.omeopatia.org) organized a day of full immersion in the field of homeopathy, focusing on the validity of this much-debated discipline. There is widespread consensus in the medical community that evidence-based medicine is the best standard for assessing efficacy and safety of healthcare practices, and systematic reviews with strict protocols are essential to establish proof for various therapies. Students, homeopathic practitioners, academic and business representatives, who are interested in or curious about homeopathic practices attended the conference.
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Setiawan, Muhammad Ikhsan, Singgih Tjatur Subagijo, Florianus Rooslan Edy Santosa, Kiki Nabila Kamilia, and Haziman Wan Ibrahim. "Sustainable Housing Business Research Trend." IJEBD (International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Business Development) 5, no. 5 (September 30, 2022): 862–70. http://dx.doi.org/10.29138/ijebd.v5i5.2008.
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Purpose: Good and coordinated administration is essential for completing a property. This study focuses on aligning individuals' control with their distinct objectives. Homebuilders strive to address problems as effectively as possible to attain the most significant success from multiple perspectives.
Design/methodology/approach: SCOPUS.COM is a library of source-neutral abstracts and citations vetted by recognized experts in their respective disciplines. From 1985 to 2022, researchers discovered 835 documents on sustainable housing in the SCOPUS.COM database, according to (1) country or region, (2) source, (3) funding sponsor, (4) subject, and (5) affiliation.
Findings: Indonesia ranks below Malaysia, India, and China in Asia and ASEAN but above Singapore and Thailand. Indonesia continues to be competitive in housing research and publication. Sustainability Switzerland has 54 documents, followed by the IOP Conference Series Earth and Environmental Science with 37, International Journal of Housing Science and Its Applications with 24, IOP Conference Series Material Science and Engineering with 19, Habitat International with 13, and Building and Environment with ten documents. Hong Kong, China, Korea, and Malaysia provide the most institutional funding, where the sources include DIKTI, ITS Surabaya, UNDIP Semarang, and U.I. Jakarta in Indonesia. Engineering has 386 documents, Social Science 334, Environmental Science 257, and Energy 161. The Netherlands, Malaysia, Hong Kong, and India account for most affiliations, while three documents from ITS Surabaya represent Indonesia. There are significant gaps in sustainable housing research and publishing. Supporting renewable energy is a global trend, and sustainable development must expand.
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Leyer, Michael, and Jürgen Moormann. "Action learning approach to teaching business engineering methodology." Business Process Management Journal 23, no. 1 (February 3, 2017): 130–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/bpmj-06-2015-0092.
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Purpose The business engineering (BE) methodology is used to design process-oriented and customer-centred companies in a systematic and holistic way. However, BE demands a high learning effort with regard to the logical flow, instruments and supporting software. The purpose of this paper is to explore which elements of action learning are most useful regarding BE. Design/methodology/approach To enable students to learn BE, a graduate-level course based on action learning is designed. Within a one-week schedule, participants are guided through the three phases of BE covering 31 learning elements. A post-test measures the learning experience. Regression analysis identifies elements that lead to high learning performance. Findings Results from five courses with 79 students reveal that action learning is useful to obtain declarative and procedural knowledge of BE. Learning elements delivering theoretical input and the use of an exemplary case could be reduced, while more time should be devoted to group work on a self-developed case study. Research limitations/implications The paper is based on a specific course design for the topic of BE, which might limit the results’ transferability to other business process management (BPM) teaching areas. However, it provides implications about the decisive elements for learning how to design process-oriented companies. Practical implications The results can be used by instructors to design more meaningful courses on BE. Originality/value The paper delivers new insights into how issues of BPM should be taught. This area, particularly regarding BE, has received little research attention.
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Daniel, Ben. "The Role of Research Methodology in Enhancing Postgraduate Students Research Experience." Electronic Journal of Business Research Methods 20, no. 1 (February 9, 2022): pp34–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.34190/ejbrm.20.1.2253.
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Postgraduate student research experience is key to understanding the quality of postgraduate education. This article presents the critical factors that can enhance postgraduate students' research experience. The research explored postgraduate students' research experiences (n=116) at a research-intensive public university in New Zealand. The aim was to inform the development of a more personalised and scalable research methodology programme. The study identified several factors that can significantly enhance the postgraduate research experience, including the quality of supervision, institutional and department support, personal investment, and financial support. Also, the study found that courses on research methodology play an essential role in improving the postgraduate experience. In particular, providing research methodology education to students during candidacy enriches postgraduate research experience and contributes to the timely completion of postgraduate education. Despite the demonstrated significance of research methodology in postgraduate education, findings revealed that students are generally dissatisfied with the design and teaching of current courses on research methods. Students said courses on research methods are pedagogically monolithic, conceptual challenging, and inflexibly adaptive to individual future career trajectories. Findings also suggest that the way research methods are taught is disengaged from practical problems, with some teaching focused on the higher level of abstraction, with less opportunity to apply what is gained from research methods courses. This research contributes to the growing need to transform the way we design and teach courses on research methods, and the importance employing a research-led approach to inform the transformation.
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Lang, Michael. "A Business Model Innovation Methodology for Established Organizations: Systematic Theory Validation." Journal of Entrepreneurship and Business Innovation 7, no. 2 (November 9, 2020): 23. http://dx.doi.org/10.5296/jebi.v7i2.17605.
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The goal of this paper is to validate a business model methodology in practice. The goal of the business model methodology is to generate new business models with disruptive potential by overcoming the blindness of organizations mindset. In total nine focus group workshops in automotive, home appliances and high-tech industry with defined tool set and methods are processed. By conducting the workshops in practice several methods of the theory could be validated and points of improvement identified.Among other findings, the applied methods of the new business model methodology are successful in identifying relevant levers for disruption. Even several starting points for new disruptive business models are found.In addition, the workshop participants’ feedback implicate that in contrast to other studies aligning the process of overcoming the organizational mindset within the business model innovation process, is more effective than implementing a prepending phase to it.In summary, the present research aims at contributing to the research gap within science regarding the consideration of organizational mindset within business model innovation. Conclusively, it becomes obvious that, while this research delivers a methodology, which serves as an indication on how to close the research gap of acknowledging organizational mindset within the beginning of the innovation process, further significant research gaps remain to be investigated. Thus, two research gaps are identified. First, the later stages of the business model innovation need further investigation. Secondly, the challenge of organizational mindset in the later steps have also not received sufficient scientific interest as yet.
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Dörrenbächer, Christoph, and Jens Gammelgaard. "Critical and mainstream international business research." critical perspectives on international business 15, no. 2/3 (May 7, 2019): 239–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/cpoib-02-2019-0012.
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Purpose This paper aims to address the relationship between critical and mainstream international business (IB) research and discuss the ways forward for the former. Design/methodology/approach The paper empirically maps critical IB scholarship by analysing more than 250 academic articles published in critical perspectives on international business (cpoib) from 2005 to 2017. The paper also includes a citation analysis that uncovers how critical IB research is recognized and discussed in mainstream IB studies. Findings The extant critical IB research can be broken into five main topical clusters: positioning critical IB research, postcolonial IB studies, effects of international business activities, financialization and the global financial crisis and “Black IB” and corporate social responsibility. The citation analysis demonstrates that critical IB research is rarely recognized in mainstream IB academic outlets. Originality/value This paper is the first to empirically map critical IB research and to measure its impact on mainstream IB research. Based on these insights, as well as discussions of the more critical voices within mainstream IB studies and the debate over critical performativity in critical management studies, ways of developing critical IB research are examined.
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Cole, Graham. "Big business for small businesses." Development and Learning in Organizations: An International Journal 28, no. 4 (June 2, 2014): 24–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/dlo-04-2014-0029.
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Purpose – This paper aims to review the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoint practical implications from cutting-edge research and case studies. Design/methodology/approach – This briefing is prepared by an independent writer who adds their own impartial comments and places the articles in context. Findings – Learning is fundamental to success in any walk of life. Business is no different. Any organization lacking the motivation or capacity to acquire new knowledge will invariably get left behind. The merits of formal learning mechanisms have long been recognized. However, more informal approaches to learning are increasingly playing a major part in the workplace. The flexibility it offers is perhaps a major reason why it now allegedly accounts for up to 90 per cent of learning that takes place. Practical implications – The paper provides strategic insights and practical thinking that have influenced some of the world’s leading organizations. Originality/value – The briefing saves busy executives and researchers hours of reading time by selecting only the very best, most pertinent information and presenting it in a condensed and easy-to digest format.
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Chen, Wanwen. "Dell and FedEx's Cooperation Business Negotiation and Business Strategy Research." Highlights in Business, Economics and Management 2 (November 6, 2022): 491–96. http://dx.doi.org/10.54097/hbem.v2i.2408.
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In this report, the history of the business partnership between Dell and FedEx since 2005 will be presented, which helps to analyze the business negotiations of the partnership between these two companies. It will first present the basic information and business models of Dell and FedEx as it provides the basic background knowledge of these companies. Then the positions and interests in the collaboration between Dell and FedEx will be analyzed. A detailed description of the interest considerations of these two companies during the development of the Vested methodology is presented, and these terms had a great impact on their cooperation and development. Because of the success of their negotiations and the outstanding achievements of the cooperation between the two companies, their negotiation methods, as well as their cooperation, can be learned by other companies and have an impact on the related industries. The negotiations and cooperation between Dell and FedEx show that entrepreneurs are increasingly looking at long-term business-to-business cooperation in the future, so finding ways to build win-win relationships between companies is a key future trend. And as more and more companies are adopting diversification strategies, business-to-business cooperation is diversified and they can have many business intersections. A formal and win-win contract can help build trust among companies, reap their own benefits and create opportunities for long-term and diversified cooperation in the future.