Journal of Business Research

1973 - 2026

Current editor(s): A. G. Woodside

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Volume 215, issue C, 2026

Two birds with one stone: balancing democratic reforms and economic efficiency to attract FDI

Pankaj C. Patel

Enhancing global value chain transparency: A multi-agent AI framework for detecting ESG greenwashing with open-source innovations

Xiangrui Song, Yilin Dong, Yanning Dong and Zhuang Liu

Measuring consumer susceptibility to informative and normative online social influences

Sabrina Stöckli, Henry Shen and Fabian Bartsch

When life shapes marketing: a conceptual framework linking chief marketing officers’ private life events to marketing performance

Cong Feng

Artificial intelligence as a catalyst for ESG improvement: mechanisms and empirical evidence from manufacturing enterprises

Yefei Yang, Jiaxin Zhang, Xu Zhang, Chenyi Chen and Ciwei Dong

Creating enabling environments: a strengths-based framework for transformative service initiatives

Amir Raki, Ilma Nur Chowdhury and Judy Zolkiewski

Addressing workplace mental health discrimination through strengths-based service ecosystems

Andrés Barrios, Ezequiel Reficco and Alfred Vernis

Digital transformation and organizational resilience: a resource orchestration perspective on R&D investment intensity

Li Cui, Ruiyang Chen, Shuqing Gai, Lujie Chen and Lin Wu

Conspicuous consumption research: Thematic evolution, theoretical structure, and future directions

Evrim de Groot, David Philippy, Burak Tunca and Felicitas Morhart

Better prepared, better funded? Environmental emergency response and corporate credit financing

Yunmeng Shi, Xinyu Zhao and Fushun Zhang

Entrepreneurial traits as antecedents of firm-level bricolage: the roles of endogenous and exogenous uncertainty

Wojciech Dudziak, Matthias Mrożewski and René Mauer

Negative performance feedback and chief innovation officer adoption in top management teams: the role of CEO characteristics

Aras Can Aktan

How decision failures shape escalation of commitment: the role of regret and regulatory focus

Julian Nickel, Monika C. Schuhmacher and Sabine Kuester

Price versus service satisfaction: the role of direct and indirect leasing in the B2B sector

Weimin Weng, Zixia Yang and Siyi Yu

Shifting accountability to artificial intelligence: delegating challenging decisions to AI for responsibility avoidance

Liying Xu, Huanmeng Tian, Yuyan Zhang and Feng Yu

Uncovering customer preference heterogeneity from online reviews via multi-dimensional clustering

Xiaoyuan Wang, Guangxu Wang, Liangxing Shi and Shaoyi Stephen Liao

The influence of cost transparency on perceived motives and purchase intention for CSR-labeled products

Gauthier Casteran

Unveiling complementors’ adaptation in digital platforms: The role of digital innovation-enabled complementarity

Yuanzhi Nan, Martin J. Liu, Dandan Ye and Jun Luo

Paradoxical consumer-technology interactions: A cross-contextual comparison of self-service, crowdsourcing platform, and AI-powered automation

Xueqin Wang, Yusheng Zhou and Kum Fai Yuen

Stakeholder washing: Theorizing symbolic stakeholder engagement

Ronaldo de Oliveira Santos Jhunior, Helna Almeida de Araujo Góes and Vladislav Valentinov

When and why products presented in unbalanced positions foster sustainable behaviors

Cesare Amatulli, Matteo De Angelis, Alessandro M. Peluso and Ludovica Cesareo

I’ll be there for you: frontline employee-guided instruction and consumer learning in the service retail environment

Christian Barney Neuman, Carol Jones, Alexander Hanson and Adam Farmer

A constraint on the self: The dual role of prior market reputation in multidimensional differentiation within platform ecosystems

Jungwon Lee

Collateral impact: how rivalry diffuses shareholder activism threats

Hadi Shaheen, Kamyar Goudarzi and J.H. John Kim

Managerial insights into trust, control, and performance in remote work environments

Øystein Tønnessen, Prince Baah-Peprah, Bjørn-Tore Flåten and Thomas Bjørnson Larsen

The influence of institutional owner monitoring attention on the deterrence of covert opportunism

Curtis L. Wesley and Hermann Achidi Ndofor

Mitigating vulnerabilities experienced by everyday entrepreneurs in the informal economy: a strength-based approach

Maximilian Bauer and Shashi Matta

Leaving the door open: Consumer brand orbiting on social media

Hyunju Shin, Fatiha Boukouyen, Patrick Fennell and Bo Dai

Relationship agility practices as a dynamic relational capability for relocating business activities during exogenous shocks

León Poblete, Catherine Sutton-Brady and Rico Merkert

Antecedents, outcomes, and contingencies of customer engagement: a meta-analytic review

Kumar Rakesh Ranjan, Sudeep Rohit and Martin Wetzels

Customer responses to smart shopping carts in supermarkets

Sabrina A. Gottschalk, Annika Lorenz-Kornfeld, Yusuf Oc and Nils Eisler

Artificial intelligence companionship: conceptualization, dimension identification and scale development

Pengyi Shen, Dehui Peng and Jinan Xu

Spheres of influence: How influencers impact society

Rebecca Mardon, Hayley Cocker, Kate Daunt and Robert Kozinets

Principled but polarizing? a meta-analytic review of brand activism effects

Ryan E. Freling, Traci H. Freling, Zhiyong Yang, Julie Guidry Moulard and Melanie Moore Koskie

A process model for reconciling purpose and profit in the development of multistakeholder partnerships: case BalticSeaH2—a regional hydrogen valley

Sajjad Salehi, Mikko Heiskala and Kimmo Karhu

Internal coopetition between multiple supply Chains: an analysis of management mechanisms and relational components

Maicom Sergio Brandao, Moacir Godinho Filho, Gilberto Miller Devós Ganga and Leandro Bonfim

Foundations of business transformation during VUCA times: The role of organizational learning

Iva Atanassova, Peter Bednar, Huda Khan, Zaheer Khan, Benjamin Laker and Adeel Khalid

Older employees in the new workplace: Understanding how intergenerational supportive climate impacts intergenerational knowledge transfer in enterprise social media

Changyu Wang, Yimeng Zhang, Jiaojiao Feng and Guodong Cui

The speed-watching paradox: how accelerated viewing alters time perception and consumer behavior

Ceren Hayran and Kivilcim Dogerlioglu Demir

Disliked or admired? Coworkers’ divergent emotional and behavioral reactions to relative innovative behavior

Qi Song, Ruotong Ma, Qiqi Ren and Yuqi Zhao

How do consumers respond to the race of organizational leaders? Evidence from national and local market television viewership

Byungju Kang, Steven Salaga and Dae Hee Kwak

Tweeting innovation: Exploring the dissemination of open innovation initiatives

Marco Greco, Antonio Giovanni Yury Di Russo, Benito Mignacca and Amedeo Pata

Transformative perspectives on housing security and homelessness: a multi-level strengths-based approach to customer vulnerability in marketing and service practice

Mark Buschgens, Marian Makkar, Bernardo Figueiredo and Jonas Lim

How virtual fitting rooms shape wellbeing and readiness for virtual events: The moderating role of self-perception traits

Maher Georges Elmashhara, Marta Blazquez and Jorge Julião

The effects of abusive supervision on subordinate loneliness, the Dark Triad, and behaviors

Rebecca L. MacGowan, Allison S. Gabriel, Aleksander P.J. Ellis, Andrea Kim and Ke Michael Mai

Is that your best effort? How AI-use disclosure in digital advertising affects perceived effort and engagement

Ripinka Koli Patil and Dan Hamilton Rice

How to help small human influencers face GenAI challenges: The role of non-AI disclosure

Rui Guo, Yuchen Wang, Mengmeng Song and Yucong Duan

Configurational pathways for technology-enabled ESG value creation in global supply chains

Rong Chen and Patsy Perry

How can incumbents leverage cross-boundary technology convergence to achieve disruptive innovation? The moderating role of existing technology innovation performance

Xiumei Lai, Yaowu Sun, Yanan Xu and Ming Zou

When lacking knowledge is inevitable: ignorance distribution and the exploration–exploitation balance

Jiamin Dong, Jie Mi, Jian Guan and Mary Crossan