Journal of Business Research

1973 - 2026

Current editor(s): A. G. Woodside

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Volume 217, issue C, 2026

Time and risk preferences among generative AI systems

Wangsuk Suh and Stephen A. Atlas

Fostering consumers’ climate (change) engagement

Linda D. Hollebeek, Raffaele Filieri and David E. Sprott

When robots cross the line: consumer moral judgments of robots’ harm and authority violations

Seo-Jeong Heo, Yuhosua Ryoo and WooJin Kim

Mandatory ambiguity: A hybrid human–AI analysis of impact reporting by benefit corporations

David S. Lucas, Clara Scheve and Joel Gehman

Gratitude for good deeds: how does socially responsible human resource management enhance employees’ knowledge sharing?

Juan Wang, Sijia Zhang, Hongwei He, Zhe Zhang, Yang Liu, Ming Jia and Zhihan Zhan

A data-driven hesitant fuzzy linguistic decision framework for robust product improvement decisions under consumer preference uncertainty

Zheng Wang, Huiran Liu and Xiaojun Fan

Multidimensional delisting risk prediction and risk-based decision-making: an interpretable machine learning approach

Zhi Xiao, Jingyi Peng, Honggang Peng and Ying Zhou

When is AI service better? The effect of AI service time on customer acceptance in diverse cultures

Ting Xiao, Feijing Gao, Hui Wu, Meilin Huang, Zelin Tong and Weiwei Dai

Measuring corporate political identity and its impact on tax compliance behaviour: evidence from China

Huang Lianghua, Tang Xiaoyan and Lin Le

Corporate ESG performance, blockchain technology and firm efficiency

Lihua Sun, Chunguang Bai and Joseph Sarkis

Confidence, trust, and interest alignment in marketing relationships: a meta-analytic synthesis

Lisa Scheer, Shinhye Kim, Fengxia Zhu and Johanna Slot

Resource orchestration and the perception of foreignness: A study of migrant entrepreneurs

Stoyan Stoyanov and Veselina Stoyanova

The self-control conflict for sustainability: why uncertainty diminishes pro-environmental behavior and how to restore it

Sai Prashanth Ramachandran, Camilla Barbarossa and Laurent Bertrandias

Socially responsible firms and corporate readability

Georgios Loukopoulos, Panagiotis Loukopoulos and Ioannis Chasiotis

Exploring the impact of virtual reality on voluntourism engagement and well-being

Mariana Berga Rodrigues, Sandra Maria Correia Loureiro and Ricardo Godinho Bilro

How virtual reality shapes visitor experiences during the pre-visit stage: The role of perceived realism

Debora Bettiga, Marco Mandolfo, Pierluigi Reali and Eleonora Diletta Sarcinella

From myth to marketplace: designing avatars for good

Olivia Petit, Carlos Velasco, Anders Gustafsson and Charles Spence

Digital navigators: decoding the impact of top management teams with digital technology backgrounds on corporate digital governance

Yingchi Qu, Zhi Xiao and Ling Liu

Why are peer-to-peer ratings almost always positive? How market contextual factors can systematically affect consumer motivations for eWOM

Michael Moorhouse, June Cotte and Matt Meister

Planting seeds before the storm: Charitable giving in family business succession

Jiayan Ding, Di Fan, Francesco Chirico, Sihong Wu and Yiyi Su

How retrenchment and exploratory actions combine to enable turnaround: configurational evidence from Chinese manufacturing firms

Xunjiang Huang

On the right side of nature: indigenous spatialities, justice, and the reconfiguration of environmental governance

George Ferns

War-exposed CEOs and employment stickiness

(Ellie) Chapple, Larelle, Eun Hye Jo and (Jenny) Lee, Jung Wha

Just energy transition, market making and the missed affordances of cleantech

Debora Sara Anspach and Charlotte Cloutier

AI for good: how does quality and fairness of AI affect employee learning from AI

Ying Wang and Xiao Yuan

Strategic ESG discussions and CEO career concerns

Zhe Zhang

Dynamic Capabilities May Not Be Efficient: A Multiyear Econometric Analysis of Multiple Performance Dimensions Shows the Robust Absence of Systematic Relationships

Caroline Kretschmer, Ivan Lapuente Garrido, Jeferson Lana and Jefferson Marlon Monticelli

Seeing through the (random) forest: firm-level drivers of remote work

Jacques Bughin and Michele Cincera

A demand-side strategy framework: leveraging need fulfillment and trust in technology for customer adoption

Manuel Salazar Diez Canseco

The ESG paradox in China: The impact of ESG performance on corporate litigation risk

Zhixiong Tan, Yinghui Qiao and Shuxing Chen

Parasitism or mutualism? The interactions between paid and free contribution mechanisms in hybrid online knowledge exchange platforms

Murong Miao, Chuanyi Tang and Jing Wang

Language as a shield: corporate greenhouse gas footprints and climate disclosures

Muyang Liu, Xiaowei Luo and Wei-Zhen Lu

The spillover effect of random inspections on corporate fraud: How do common ownership networks matter?

Sai Wang, Yuhao Niu, Wen Wen and Yun Ke

Utilization vs. protection anthropomorphism and message appeals: asymmetric effects on environmental persuasion

Hyewon Park and Kyoungmi Lee

Reality or fantasy? How human and virtual influencers can more effectively narrate brand stories

Demin Wan, Haiyan Kang, Jianbin Zhao and Aonan Zhu

Unraveling the sales impact: Exploring consumer brand engagement through natural language processing

Sambit Tripathi, Amit V. Deokar and Haya Ajjan

A beacon and a shadow: the impact of buyer-supplier corporate social responsibility (CSR) misalignment on firms’ CSR performance improvement

Tian Xiao, Hing Kai Chan, Wenbin Ni, Jinan Shao and Kim Hua Tan

Robotic pets as resources: transforming the lives of the unseen and overlooked

Nasim Ul Haque, Nichola Robertson, Liliana L. Bove, Satheesh Seenivasan, Phyra Sok and Paul Yates

Is investment in dirty sector portfolios linked to performance? Evidence from the insurance industry

Aigbe Akhigbe, Bhanu Balasubramnian and Jinjing Wang

The family costs of job creative requirement

Rui Li, Ying Zhang and Di Zhu

How leaders build employee trust in artificial intelligence: voice opportunities, humility, and trust transfer

Jack McGuire, David De Cremer and Devesh Narayanan

Are aspects of ESG created equal? Examining B2B firms’ ESG content on social media

Yue Cao, Flora F. Gu and Guoxin Li

You should be angry, too! The importance of expressive arousal in response to high-arousal consumer complaints

Krista Hill Cummings and Jennifer Anne Yule

The impact of blockchain technology on supply chain trust formation and development: The case of the pharmaceutical network

Benjamin Dehe, Jason X. Wang and Samuel Heath

Unpacking the role of identity in family business succession: A systematic literature review and integrative framework

Gary W. He, Henry Shi, Francesco Barbera and Arvid O.I. Hoffmann

Corrigendum to “Standing out while fitting in: content strategy and performance in social media marketing” [J. Bus. Res. 216 (2026) 116360]

Fei Wang, Liyi Yang, Shan Wang, Fang Wang and Min Zhang

Corrigendum to “Inspire me to donate: The role of group membership between donor and solicitor” [J. Bus. Res. 204 (2026) 115862]

Xiaohong Zhao, Zhiyong Yang and Fengyan Cai

Volume 216, issue C, 2026

Startups’ sustainable business models as reference points for achieving the optimal integration of value networks

Daniel Eichenberg and Maik Hammerschmidt

A taxonomy of machine learning, AI, and generative AI in marketing: Recent applications and future directions

Koen W. De Bock, Ronnie Das and Raffaele Filieri

Categorizing customer perceptions of sustainable product packaging: Analyzing online reviews using large language models

Gulnara Mamirkulova, Adnan Muhammad Shah, Emma-Line Munk, Raja Ahmed Jamil, Abdul Qayyum and KangYoon Lee

Is it worthwhile for executives to spend time on social media? Evidence from China

Yu Zhang, Qingfeng Zeng, Xiya Wang and Weiguo Fan

Standing out while fitting in: content strategy and performance in social media marketing

Fei Wang, Liyi Yang, Shan Wang, Fang Wang and Min Zhang

The unintended ethical cost: How and when AI-human cooperation is associated with unjust decisions

Luyuan Jiang, Xin Qin, Kaifeng Jiang, Chen Chen, Xiaowei Dong and Jingtong Zheng

Strength in service: an Afrocentric framework for understanding customer vulnerability

Thomas Anning-Dorson

Stimulating older customers’ digital self-efficacy: A strengths-based approach to reduce digital vulnerability in augmented reality

Caro Ceyssens, Nanouk Verhulst and Michiel Vermeulen

Upframing the strength-based approach: liberating the natural strength of birthright human identity

Qusay Hamdan and Raymond P. Fisk

A multi-study on immersive technology and consumer wellbeing: role of openness to experience in tourism industry

Muhammad Ishtiaq Ishaq, Ali Raza, Asifa Younas, Qurat-ul-ain Talpur and Rehan Ahmad

Bridging the gap: The impact of proximity, efficacy and identity in our response to the climate crisis

Manish Das, Victor Saha, Subhrajit Paul and Mrinal Kanti Paul

Editorial: the bright and dark sides of in-store technology

Anne L. Roggeveen, Nancy Puccinelli, Abhijit Guha and Jens Nordfält

Haggling as consumer participation in pricing: A conflict and persuasion perspective

Kyoung-Nan Kwon and Yoo Jin Kwon

Toxic trade-offs: How peer-adjusted abnormal chemical emissions impact return on equity

Jan P. Hackmann and Paul P. Momtaz

When work legitimizes family favoritism: A cross-border moral licensing perspective on antecedents of unethical pro-family behavior

Shuwei Zong, Li Guo, Wenxing Liu and Jih-Yu Mao

Feminine-coded traits and behaviors as foundations for effective leadership

Zuzanna Staniszewska, Martyna Śliwa, Tamer Koburtay, Claudia Eger and Jawad Syed

Illegitimate tasks and work performance: double-edged effects contingent on core self-evaluations

Jianfeng Jia, Zhi Liu, Huaiqian Zhu, Weipeng Lin and Xiaojuan Tang

How extraordinary experiences drive stronger emotional brand attachment?

Ying Ying Li, Kevin E. Voss and Yuechen Wu

How bribery undermines the productivity gains of exporting: the role of institutional trust

Eliane Choquette and Marcus M. Larsen

Iron cages or open horizons? Exploring the influence of entrepreneurial ecosystem industry activity in new venture ideation

Austin R. Brown, Matthew S. Wood, David W. Williams and Eduardo Cuervo

From image to mind: the impact of tableware cues on audience engagement with social media food images

Yuzhe Xie, Fang Wang and Xiao-Ping Zhang

Rebalancing: The effect of corporate investment under digital environmental regulation

Youliang Jin, Qinxin Zhao and Huixiang Zeng

ESG performance, supply chain spillover and corporate financial distress

Yan Yang, Dandan Zhu, Jinyu Chen and Wu Chen

How artificial intelligence usage influences status conferral in teams: The moderating role of learning goal orientation

Gang He, Shengjun Zhang, Caidie Wu, Jinsong Li and Shanshan Wang

Empowering the visually impaired through smart voice assistants: a strengths-based approach to resilience

Floriane Goosse, Wafa Hammedi and Dominik Mahr

Immersive technology experience and user well-being: Growth mindset as a mechanism for intrinsic value and real-life happiness

Andreawan Honora, Arnold Japutra, Tianyi Long and Sebastian Molinillo

Voice of bias or fairness? How the voice gender of virtual agents affects workplace reward allocation

Ruixi Wang, Zhengyu Shen and Yunlu Yin

Antecedents and outcomes of customer adaptiveness in B2B solution selling: insights from the trade show industry

Victoria Kramer, Manfred Krafft, Stefan Worm and Sundar G. Bharadwaj

Linking leaders’ commitment to change to employees’ attitudes and behaviors during organizational change: The role of ethical leadership

Hyunjoo Lee and Jiseon Shin

How in-store QR codes shape the in-store customer experience

Matilda Holkkola, Tiina Kemppainen, Tiina Kaleton, Markus Makkonen and Lauri Frank

Affordable loss meets staging logic: how complementary heuristics drive small firms’ internationalization

Jamshid Alinasab, Vida Siahtiri and O’Cass, Aron

When stories backfire: how emotional appeals trigger others’ ownership in peer-to-peer fashion resale

Eunsoo Baek, Tung Yan Lee and Ying Qu

The governance paradox: how sharing economy platforms redistribute risks for providers and consumers

Michael Moorhouse and June Cotte

The good and the bad of transparency in CSR reporting

Andrea H. Tangari, Alexander Davidson, Cassandra Davis and Swati Verma

When self-congruence backfires: how Dark Triad consumers react to Dark Triad brand personalities

Silvia Blas Riesgo, Andrea Giuffredi-Kähr and Lucia Malär

Always on, never still: navigating the tensions of value creation within the livestreaming ecosystem

Martina Quadri, Daniela Andreini and Rossella Gambetti

CEO compensation and the political environment

Humnath Panta, David Rakowski, Salil K. Sarkar and Abdul A. Rasheed

Firm maturity and corporate biodiversity risk

Viput Ongsakul, Pornsit Jiraporn, Pattanaporn Chatjuthamard, Pandej Chintrakarn and Hongxia Wang

Mitigating shareholder concerns about ambitious corporate carbon neutrality goal setting

Shuhan Wang, Di Fan, Chris K.Y. Lo and Andy C.L. Yeung

Employee directors and pay equity: evidence from China

Xiaoyan Li, Jun Zhai, Rixin Liang and Yubin Li

No matter near or far: why soliciting donors via smartphones reduces inequities in funding across local and distant nonprofit organizations

Benjamin E. Borenstein, Claudia Townsend, Caglar Irmak and Vincentia Yuen

How can hedonic digital services enhance consumers’ perceived quality of life?

Winze Tam, Omar Merlo and Andreas B. Eisingerich

How AI matters for competitive advantage: a managerial cognition perspective on managing the triple role of AI and dynamic capabilities

Yao Wu, Yu Long, Chenyu Xie and Jingkun Bi

Can you feel it? Tactile product descriptions, psychological ownership, and purchase intention in online fashion retailing

Marion Garaus, Elisabeth Wolfsteiner and Sandra Holub

Of mice, cats, and underdogs: a soft power-based view of the entrepreneurial firm

David B. Audretsch and Antje Fiedler

The impact of external-internal CSR gap on investor sentiment: Evidence from China

Xianyi Long, Yuezhe Shen, Xinming Deng and Peng Xie

The gamification paradox: when losing fuels engagement but strains workplace bonds

Doaa Talaat, Wafa Hammedi and Thomas Leclercq

Is it You or is it all about Me? A dual pathway model of narcissistic admiration and rivalry and leader narcissism as a condition for follower creative performance

Xin Liu, Jingni Dong, Xiaoming Zheng, Peter D. Harms and Yu Yu

Emerging accountee-abilities in conflicts over energy projects

Sara Persson and Kim Eriksson

Power in structure or power in numbers? Women in top management teams and firm performance

Wei Zheng, Jing Cao, Xiaoping Zhao and María del Carmen Triana

How does customer ESG performance affect supplier carbon disclosure?

Xin Zhao, Yaxin Huo, Hyoungsuk Lee, Mohammad Zoynul Abedin and Huaan Shi

High speeds cause imbalances: the impact of digital transformation speed on firms’ ambidextrous innovation

Xi Zhong, Yanfeng Zhang and Ge Ren