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Volume 6, issue 4, 2026

Quality as a System-Level Integrator of a Successful Business: A Conceptual Model of Management System Integration pp. 1-25

Krešimir Buntak, Branimir Buntak and Zvonko Merkaš

Selective Digital Adaptation and Business Resilience: A Longitudinal Study of Apparel SMEs in China pp. 1-23

Sujun Liu and Chunmin Lang

K-Index as an Exploratory Quantitative Indicator of Competitive Structure: A Comparative Review of Japanese Industry Evidence pp. 1-13

Takumu Doi and Yoshitaka Miyake

Volume 6, issue 3, 2026

Leadership Behavioral Integration in the AI Era: The Root–Reset–Rise Framework pp. 1-24

Kate McCombs

Benchmarking Generative AI Models for Skill-Aligned Job Posting Generation: A Multi-Domain Comparative Evaluation pp. 1-26

Alexandros Adam, Konstantinos Georgiou and Lefteris Angelis

The Many Faces of Business Localness: Systematic Review and Integrative Framework Incorporating Economic Embeddedness pp. 1-43

Georgia Parastatidou and Vassilios Chatzis

Organizational Resilience During Public Funding Transitions: A Typology of Strategic Adaptation in Innovation Clusters pp. 1-20

Salman Naseem, Md Shariful Islam and Tatiana Iakovleva

Safety Management and Operational Challenges in Adventure Tourism Businesses pp. 1-17

Truls Engström and Mitja Gorenak

Correction: Chaudhary and DaSouza (2024). Consumer Readiness for Microtransactions in Digital Content Business Models. Businesses, 4 (3), 473–490 pp. 1-1

Pankaj Chaudhary and Richelle Oakley DaSouza

Explainable AI in Corporate Finance: A SHAP-Based Approach to Enhancing Transparency pp. 1-30

Aryan Amrollah Majdabadi and Hamid Mostofi

Last-Mile Delivery Performance Through the Eyes of Gen Z and Millennials pp. 1-15

Dimitrios Folinas, Elena Fakou, Achilleas Christou, Maria-Theodora Folina and Dimitrios Mylonas

The Ethics of Cryptocurrency Marketing: A Systematic Review of Promotional Practices, Consumer Vulnerability, and Governance pp. 1-23

Anas Al-Fattal

The Tight–Loose–Tight Framework for Balancing Accountability and Autonomy in Organizations pp. 1-23

Mark Colgate and Orla Colgate

The ACE Model: Testing Authenticity, Competence, and Emotional Intelligence as an Integrated Leadership Construct pp. 1-18

Josh B. Talbert and Jody A. Worley

Legal Certainty in Digital Commercial Contracting: A Quantitative Contract-Level Study in the Ecuadorian Context pp. 1-27

James Andrés Torres-Peralta, Marcela Luzuriaga-Amador, Nibia Novillo-Luzuriaga and Juan Diego Valenzuela Cobos

Context on Display: Digital Signage Attributes, Contextual Advertising, and Consumer Persuasion pp. 1-21

Thérèse Roux

The Role of Artificial Intelligence in Enhancing Customer Relationship Management Within the Tourism Sector in the Eastern Cape pp. 1-25

Anele Pakkies, Ifeanyi Mbukanma and Olaitan Ayotunde Shemfe

AI-Related Technological Capability and Economic Growth in Cyprus: Exploratory Macroeconomic Evidence pp. 1-25

Constantinos Challoumis, Nikolaos Eriotis, Dimitrios Vasiliou and Konstantinos Mavrommatis

CEO Characteristics, Industry 4.0 Capability Disclosure, and Firm Performance pp. 1-25

Vidya Ganji, Sridhar Nerur, Mahmut Yasar, Edmund Prater, Kay-Yut Chen and Gajanan Ganji

Volume 6, issue 2, 2026

The Strategic Role of Cultural Risk Management in International Business pp. 1-25

Nadege Firsova

Innovation Proficiency and Barriers to Its Development by Product Managers and Their Teams pp. 1-25

Sara L. Beckman, Amy G. Chen, Christopher Chou, Charles Zhou Gu, Nick Jiang and Lingyue Zhu

Mobile Co-Living System for Real-Time Communication and Collaboration pp. 1-34

Octavian Dospinescu, Bogdan-Ionuţ Lefter, Gabriela-Lorena Grigorcea, Valentin Florentin Dumitru and Andreea Măldăreanu

External Ecosystem Resources and SME Sustainable Environmental Performance: Evidence from Ghana pp. 1-18

Collins Kankam-Kwarteng, Dennis Yao Dzansi and Victor Yawo Atiase

Addressing Financial Abuse in Australian Small Businesses: The Role of Industry Stakeholders pp. 1-18

Julie Dal Pra, Natasha Kareem Brusco, Sara Whittaker, Debra Mitchell and Christina L. Ekegren

Development and Validation of a Multidimensional Energy Management Scale pp. 1-18

Li-Shiue Gau and Ying-Zhen Wang

Increasing Work Engagement as Social Justice: Reimagining the Four-Quadrant Model of Skill and Challenge for Options to Eliminate Work-Related Exhaustion pp. 1-21

Carol Nash

The Moderating Role of Work–Life Integration in the Relationship Between Side-Hustles, Employee Commitment and Workplace Attachment pp. 1-23

Lusanda Mlobothi and Herring Shava

Affective Infrastructure: Cultivating Institutional Character in Corporate Practice pp. 1-23

Terence D. Agbeyegbe

Machiavellian Leadership, Ethical Mentorship, and Trust Erosion in Higher Education Institutions: A Qualitative Study pp. 1-23

Abdelaziz Abdalla Alowais and Abubakr Suliman

Competitor Orientation and Performance of Furniture Manufacturing SMEs in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: The Mediating Effect of Customer Loyalty pp. 1-23

Gordian Bwemelo, Goodluck Mmari and Robert Mashenene

Understanding the Offshore Mixed Sourcing Strategy: A Case Study of a Japanese Affiliated Apparel Factory in China pp. 1-15

Fusanori Iwasaki and Yasushi Ueki

Pathways to SME Sustainability in Heritage-Based Economies: Institutional Constraints and Adaptive Responses pp. 1-28

Ehsan Tashakkori, Adel Aazami, Sebastian Kummer, Sahar Mehrabi, Jafar Pahlevani and Saeed Entezami

Integrated Brand Analysis and Strategy—Strategic Decision Guidelines for Brand Positioning and Market Strategy pp. 1-47

Hendrik Godbersen

Economic Rationality and Management of Denetworking in Infrastructure Maintenance pp. 1-20

Chihiro Konasugawa and Akira Nagamatsu

The Steered Self: Algorithmic Consumer Identity Theory in Platformized Markets pp. 1-32

Luis José Camacho

Why Randomized HR Evaluations May Mislead Managers: The Role of Treatment–Trait Interactions in Outcome Construction pp. 1-14

Shigeyuki Hamori

Where Are the AI Governance Roles? An Early-Stage Empirical Mapping of Presence, Absence, and Structure in Organisational AI Oversight pp. 1-24

Victor Frimpong and Ortopah Kojo Botchey

Adoption and Impact of Big Data Analytics in the Food Industry in South-Western Nigeria pp. 1-24

Ignatius Osakue, Sanar Muhyaddin, Colin Kuka, Sandra Nelly Leyva-Hernández, Victoria Onyeagwibe and Juan Cristóbal Hernández-Arzaba

The Rise of the Grocerant: Reviewing Consumer, Strategic, and Operational Perspectives pp. 1-52

Almudena Recio-Román, Manuel Recio-Menéndez and María Victoria Román-González

Volume 6, issue 1, 2026

Study Protocol: A Mixed-Methods Investigation of the Impact of Health and Safety Practices on the Business Performance Among Street Food Vendors in Johannesburg pp. 1-15

Maasago Mercy Sepadi and Timothy Hutton

Sponsorship Dynamics in Low-Media-Coverage Sports: An Examination of Norwegian Individual Athletes and Their Sponsors pp. 1-17

Mark Romanelli, Andrea Kjærstad and Louis Moustakas

Digital Panopticon: How Remote Work Monitoring Shapes Employee Behavior and Motivation pp. 1-22

Aleksandar Nikodinovski, Darjan Karabašević and Vuk Mirčetić

Beyond Linear Models: A Hybrid SEM-fsQCA Approach to Understanding Consumer Intentions for Organic Rice pp. 1-34

Claudel Mombeuil, Jean Fausner Michel and Christela Pierre Louis

The Power of Relationships: How Social Bonds Influence Work Happiness and Absenteeism in Warehouse Work pp. 1-25

Rune Bjerke and Ida Birkeland

Shopping Motives as Moderators in Sustainable Food Consumption: Gender Differences and Brand Loyalty Implications in the Danish Food Market pp. 1-21

Torben Hansen

The Impact of Pricing Strategies on the Growth and Sustainability of Small and Medium Enterprises: Empirical Evidence from South Africa pp. 1-27

Nothemba Hope Ndwandwe and Floyd Khoza

The Effect of Tourism on Employment: A Meta-Analysis and Meta-Regression of 39 Empirical Studies (2002–2023) pp. 1-18

Georgios Giotis

The Social Impact of CSR in Mexico’s Wind Energy Transition pp. 1-18

María del Carmen Avendaño-Rito, Eduardo Cruz-Cruz, Paola Miriam Arango-Ramírez, Adrián Martínez-Vargas and Sandra Nelly Leyva-Hernández

Consumers’ Internet Use and Car Sharing in Sweden: Exploring Digitalization in the Sharing Economy pp. 1-18

John Magnus Roos

Validation of the Emirati Higher Education Institutions Ethical Climate Scale: A Unidimensional Approach Based on Victor and Cullen’s (1988) Ethical Climate Theory pp. 1-19

Abdelaziz Abdalla Alowais and Abubakr Suliman

Tax Evasion and the Informal Economy in Greece: A Systematic Review pp. 1-24

Aristidis Bitzenis, Nikos Koutsoupias and Marios Nosios

Customer Perceptions of Hygiene and Trust in Johannesburg’s Informal Food Economy pp. 1-16

Maasago Mercy Sepadi and Timothy Hutton

Observing Entrepreneurial Opportunity in Entanglement pp. 1-20

David Leong

Social Strategies for Business Success: The Key Role of Social Networks in SMEs pp. 1-26

Luigi Capoani, Piergiorgio Martini, Andrea Izzo and Giacomo Bincoletto