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New digital technologies have prompted many firms, including family firms, to innovate their business models. We study the role of dynamic capabilities as mediator in the relationship between family influence and digital business model innovation (BMI), and the moderating role of environmental dynamism. Based on unique survey data from 1,444 Ger…
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In recent years, India had experienced a digital revolution, emerging as a forerunner in cashless payments and, in the process, dramatically raising the level of financial inclusion in the country. The National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), established in 2008 with the mandate to improve national payment systems, became a global gold sta…
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The increasing datafication of the workplace is often cast as a means of imposing organisational and managerial control on workers. This reflection note moves beyond this view and coins the term data-driven labour organising to discuss the potential of work- place datafication as a way to inform workers about their working conditions and how to …
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Ableist microaggressions are ubiquitous experiences for workers with an impairment, chronic illness or neurodivergence in the daily execution of their job. These (un)intended everyday (non)verbal negative messages based on disability status affectively disable people, momentarily and with lasting effects on mental health and positive identity. P…
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As of 7 March 2024, the EU Commission began to enforce its controversial Digital Markets Act (DMA). This article sheds light on the recent debate. It lists the dos and don’ts of the DMA as well as stakeholder reactions to them before tracing some of the underlying motivations and reasoning that emerge from the EU’s current policy reversal with r…
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In December 2022, the Arab Republic of Egypt published its State Ownership Policy (SOP) to outline the government’s view on the role of state-owned enterprises (SOEs) in various industries and the regulatory reforms needed to boost the private sector’s involvement in the economy. The policy has since been discussed notably in terms of it underwr…
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Female leadership in strategic decision-making has received considerable attention in the context of global gender inequality. To advance our understanding of the role of executive gender in corporate financing decisions, we examine whether family firms are less likely to use leverage than their non-family counterparts when they have a female le…
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Use-of-the-past research has advanced our understanding of how top managers instrumentalize past knowledge, events, and rhetorical constructions to advance their present-day interests. However, it is unclear how they use the past when they have divergent understandings of the past and different visions of the future. Temporal tensions can lead t…
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Earlier this month, the European Union began executing its tariffs on China for electric vehicle (EV) imports, yet the dated practice of taxing products aimed at creating fairer industry competition will likely have the exact opposite effect on Europeans.
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The most successful executive teams can achieve outsized outcomes, but they can also be challenging to manage and be a part of. The author, a psychologist who has worked with executive teams for over 20 years, explains what sets the best teams apart — their members’ raw capacity, the scale of their aspiration and achievement, and their constant …
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In the fall of 2022, an 18-year-old hacker bought stolen Uber employee credentials from the dark web. Even though they were still valid, multi-factor authentication (MFA) initially blocked the hacker from gaining access to the Uber network – until he posed as a member of Uber’s security team. He contacted the employee on WhatsApp and pressured h…
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If you’re a business leader looking to stay ahead of the curve, this book is an essential guide. It offers a comprehensive overview of the major trends shaping the future of business, drawing on reviews of 70 recent management books and interviews with 21 senior leaders. What sets this book apart is that it’s grounded in the real-world experienc…
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