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Volume 6, issue 3, 2026

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

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

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

Thérèse Roux

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

Georgia Parastatidou and Vassilios Chatzis

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

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

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

Truls Engström and Mitja Gorenak

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

Kate McCombs

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

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

Josh B. Talbert and Jody A. Worley

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

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

Anas Al-Fattal

Volume 6, issue 2, 2026

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

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

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 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

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

Chihiro Konasugawa and Akira Nagamatsu

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

Hendrik Godbersen

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

Luis José Camacho

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

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

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

Shigeyuki Hamori

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

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

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

Volume 6, issue 1, 2026

Observing Entrepreneurial Opportunity in Entanglement pp. 1-20

David Leong

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

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

Rune Bjerke and Ida Birkeland

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

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

Aleksandar Nikodinovski, Darjan Karabašević and Vuk Mirčetić

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

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

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

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

Torben Hansen

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

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

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

Volume 5, issue 4, 2025

European Fund Absorption and Contribution to Business Environment Development: Research Output Analysis Through Bibliometric and Topic Modeling Analysis pp. 1-46

Mihnea Panait, Bianca Raluca Cibu, Dana Maria Teodorescu and Camelia Delcea

Exploring the Trade-Off Between Materialism and Pro-Environmental Behavior Through the Lens of Narcissism pp. 1-16

Linas Pupelis and Beata Šeinauskienė

The Inner Drive: Unpacking the Motivations for Consumer Participation as Sellers in Apparel Resale pp. 1-18

Jack Herman, Jihyun Kim-Vick and Jonghan Hyun

Succession and Reconstructing Social Capital in Vietnamese Family Businesses pp. 1-18

James Cooper and John Burgess

Beyond Industry 5.0: Leadership 5.0—Driving Future-Ready Organizations pp. 1-23

Gillian Warner-Søderholm and Miika Kuoppamäki

The Role of Political Stability, Government Effectiveness and Voice and Accountability on Cross-Listing Destination Premium: Evidence of BRICS Firms pp. 1-31

Adebiyi Sunday Adeyanju, Edson Vengesai, Joseph Olorunfemi Akande and Paul-Francois Muzindutsi

Guarding the Gates: Exploring a Theological–Philosophical Framework for Cybersecurity and Spiritual Discernment in the Digital Age pp. 1-31

Laura A. Jones

Navigating the High Jewelry Industry’s Future: Sustainability and Brand Diversification pp. 1-20

Jens Kai Perret, Christiane Beyerhaus and Shuyi Ding

New Space Business: An Opportunity for Emerging Space Nations pp. 1-20

Walter Peeters

Perceived ESG, Accessibility, and Technology Acceptance: An Empirical Study of Online Banking Adoption in Post-Pandemic India pp. 1-20

Cheng-Wen Lee, Sephali Bera, Ping-Hung Chen and Feng-Yi Lin

Factors Influencing the Adoption of Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare: A Study on the Role of Knowledge and Benefits in Clinical and Managerial Decision-Making pp. 1-15

Renato Lopes da Costa, Mário Pereira, António Angelo Pereira, João Canas, Ricardo Correia and Cláudio Dimande

The Effects of Integrating Guerrilla Marketing Techniques with Social Media Applications in Digital Marketing pp. 1-15

Bora Gündüzyeli

Individual Traits Contributing to Entrepreneurial Entry: Character Strengths, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), and Highly Sensitive Person (HSP) pp. 1-14

Kana Matsuishi and Akira Yasumura

The Efficacy of Technological Integration and Data Sharing in Saudi Arabia: The Role of Category Management in Retailer–Supplier Partnerships pp. 1-19

Khulud Alyafie

Emotional Intelligence, Leadership and Human Resources Empowerment in Luxury Hotels: The Case of Athens pp. 1-19

Theodoros Stavrinoudis, Christos Kakarougkas and Alexandra Georgopoulou

Quiet Quitting in Healthcare: The Synergistic Impact of Organizational Culture and Green Lean Six Sigma Practices on Employee Commitment and Satisfaction pp. 1-21

Anastasia Vasileiou, Georgios Tsekouropoulos, Greta Hoxha, Dimitrios Theocharis and Evangelos Grigoriadis

A Review of Energy and Sustainability Management in the Fibre-Based Process Industry pp. 1-30

Florian Pohlmeyer, Rosario Othen, Christian Möbitz and Thomas Gries

Competing Identities Under Threat: Ethnocentrism, Xenocentrism, and Touristic Motivation Amid Geopolitical Uncertainty pp. 1-30

Luis José Camacho, Salvador Pancorbo and Rosilda Miranda

Volume 5, issue 3, 2025

The Importance and Application of a Coaching Leadership Style in Businesses pp. 1-14

Mark Colgate

Employee Experiences and Productivity in Flexible Work Arrangements: A Job Demands–Resources Model Analysis from New Zealand pp. 1-14

Lynn Crooney, Beth Tootell and Jennifer Scott

Innovative Pathways: Leveraging AI Adoption and Team Dynamics for Multinational Corporation Success pp. 1-28

Hasnain Javed, Marcus Goncalves and Shobana Thirunavukkarasu

Faith and Finance: Understanding Muslim Consumers’ Identity in Pakistan’s Traditional Banking Sector pp. 1-19

Samreen Ashraf, Juliet Memery and Martyn Polkinghorne

Peer Dynamics in Digital Marketing: How Product Type Shapes the Path to Purchase Among Gen Z Consumers pp. 1-26

Dimitrios Theocharis

Strategic Adoption of Voluntary Sustainability Standards: Business Implications of ANSI/NSI 373 in the Dimension Stone Industry pp. 1-21

Erin M. Ashbee and Michal J. Bardecki

Application of Information and Communication Technologies for Public Services Management in Smart Villages pp. 1-30

Ingrida Kazlauskienė and Vilma Atkočiūnienė

Critical Circumstances Influencing Franchisees’ Business Performance: A Review of the Saudi Arabian Franchise System pp. 1-27

Kehinde Ogunsola-Saliu and Abdulaziz Alotaibi

Methods for Measuring Open Innovation’s Impact on Innovation Ecosystems in the Context of the European Innovation Scoreboard pp. 1-22

Kristaps Banga and Elina Gaile-Sarkane

Indicators and Tools for Measuring Performance in the Public Education System: Bibliometric Perspectives on BSC, KPI, SPM, M&E, and EPSA pp. 1-22

Ionut Marius Croitoru, Luciana Dragomir, Carmen-Mihaela Imbrescu, Paula-Paraschiva Dragan (Spiridon) and Mariana Chivu

Bridging Organizational Citizenship Behavior and Corporate Citizenship as a Pathway to Effective ESG Performance pp. 1-24

Luis José Camacho

How Behavioral Biases Shape Career Choices of Students: A Two-Stage PLS-ANN Approach pp. 1-31

Bharat Singh Thapa, Bibek Karmacharya and Dinesh Gajurel

Employee Emotions During Organizational Change Among Nordic Academics: Health-Promoting Self-Leadership as a Coping Strategy pp. 1-20

Rune Bjerke

The Role of Social Influence as a Moderator in Evaluating Factors Affecting the Intention to Use Digital Wallets pp. 1-20

Aivars Spilbergs

When Money Gets Tight: How Turkish Gen Z Changes Their Fashion Shopping Habits and Adapts to Involuntary Anti-Consumerism pp. 1-20

Hilal Argun, Katherine Jane Baxter, Anna Kyawt Ni and Mark Ching-Pong Poo

A Bibliometric Review of Research Progress, Trends, and Updates on Smart Tourism Research pp. 1-20

Ziphozakhe Theophilus Shasha, Melius Weideman, Huaping Sun and Guifeng Liu

A Behavioral Theory of Market Retrenchment: Role of Changes in Market Shares and Market Attractiveness pp. 1-20

Hiroyuki Sasaki

Volume 5, issue 2, 2025

On the Factors Influencing Banking Satisfaction and Loyalty: Evidence from Denmark pp. 1-16

Yingkui Yang, Jan Møller Jensen and René Heiberg Jørgensen

Enhancing Restaurant Profits via Strategic Wine Sales pp. 1-18

Scott Sheridan and Marc Dressler

Bibliometrics of the Entrepreneurial Mindset: The Missing Dynamics pp. 1-21

Senad Osmanovic

Enhancing IoT Technology Acquisition in Emerging Economies: Insights and Recommendations Using Analytical Case Study Review of IoT Startups pp. 1-25

Mohammad Tondro, Mohammad Jahanbakht and Dervis Ozay

The Role of Neuroscience in Shaping Marketing Narratives for Rural Agricultural Producers: A Systematic Review pp. 1-25

Olaitan Shemfe and Ifeanyi Mbukanma

Evaluating the Impact of Cloud Computing on SME Performance: A Systematic Review pp. 1-56

Ayaphila Mkhize, Katleho D. Mokhothu, Mukhodeni Tshikhotho and Bonginkosi A. Thango

Guiding IT Growth and Sustaining Performance in SMEs Through Enterprise Architecture and Information Management: A Systematic Review pp. 1-52

Andiso Pingilili, Ntebele Letsie, Gift Nzimande, Bonginkosi Thango and Lerato Matshaka

Applications and Competitive Advantages of Data Mining and Business Intelligence in SMEs Performance: A Systematic Review pp. 1-49

Shao V. Tsiu, Mfanelo Ngobeni, Lesley Mathabela and Bonginkosi Thango

Organizational Commitment at a Provincial Department in South Africa pp. 1-20

Keolopile D. Motsaathebe and Molefakgotla A. Molefi

Different Types of Heat Pump Owners in Austria—Purchase Arguments, User Satisfaction, Operating Habits, and Expectations Regarding Control and Regulation Strategies pp. 1-36

Gabriel Reichert, Sophie Ehrenbrandtner, Robert Fina, Franz Theuretzbacher, Clemens Birklbauer and Christoph Schmidl

Building Brands with Superheroes, Building Superheroes with Brands: The Brands of Iron Man and Captain America in the Marvel Cinematic Universe pp. 1-26

Árpád Ferenc Papp-Váry and Áron Rönky

Volume 5, issue 1, 2025

Harnessing Community Value Co-Creation: Reactivating an External Operant Actor’s Sense of Self-Improvement pp. 1-23

Peter R. J. Trim and Yang-Im Lee

Driving the Circular Economy Through Digital Servitization: Sustainable Business Models in the Maritime Sector pp. 1-24

Viktoriia Koilo

The New Era of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: Key Highlights and Future Research Agenda on Organizational Strategy pp. 1-24

Meshal Abdulaziz Aldhobaib

Is Business Planning Useful for Entrepreneurs? A Review and Recommendations pp. 1-22

Hiroko Nakajima and Tomoki Sekiguchi

Growth, Development and Selected Social Sustainability Challenges Facing the Bangladesh Export Garment Industry pp. 1-22

Samira Binte Saif and Anisul M. Islam

Defection Analysis of Post-Paid Telephone Customers in Nepal Using the Weibull Model pp. 1-22

Keshava Raj Gnawali and Rajan Kadel

Mapping the Landscape of Restaurant Research: A Bibliometric Analysis of Consumer Behavior, Organizational Behavior, and Finance Studies pp. 1-36

Yan Cao, Carola Raab and Christine Bergman

Drivers for Women Entrepreneurship in Greece: A Case Analysis of Early-Stage Companies pp. 1-38

Marcus Goncalves, Suela Papagelis and Daphne Nicolitsas

A Systematic Literature Review on the Relationship Between Emotional Intelligence and Transformational Leadership—A Critical Approach pp. 1-17

Georgios Korakis and Ioulia Poulaki

Asymmetric Effect of Airline Customer Opinions for Service Quality Attributes: Text Mining Approach pp. 1-17

Seong-Won Eum and Byunghak Leem

Indigenous Igbo Entrepreneurship Scheme: Relevance, Restraints, and Remedies pp. 1-12

Godswill Agu and Clara Margaça

The Impact of IT Strategic Planning Process on SME Performance: A Systematic Review pp. 1-42

Olebogeng B. Molete, Selloane E. Mokhele, Somquba D. Ntombela and Bonginkosi A. Thango

The Effect of Digital Touchpoint Usage Experience on Customer Loyalty Mediated by Digital Engagement and Customer Satisfaction pp. 1-19

Teuku Muda Nanta, Noermijati Noermijati, Fatchur Rohman and Ananda Sabil Hussein

Strategic Responses in the COVID-19 Period: A Study of Selected Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises in the Western Cape pp. 1-15

Fungai Chiruka, Zivanayi Mazhazha-Nyandoro, Renier Grosch and Ntandoyenkosi Sibindi

A Manufacturing Industry Perspective on Pandemic-Induced Supply Chain Disruptions pp. 1-15

Baomin Qi, Emma McCauley, Katherine Baxter, Mark Ching-Pong Poo and Yui-yip Lau