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Inverting the paradigm: digital transformation’s impact on firm performance and the counterintuitive role of gender Competitiveness Review Pub Date : 2024-03-18 Maha Shehadeh, Hashem Alshurafat, Omar Arabiat
Purpose This study aims to analyze the impact of digital transformation on firm performance within the banking sector, specifically focusing on the Amman Stock Exchange (ASE)-listed banks from 2015 to 2022. Additionally, it explores the influence of gender dynamics on the implementation and outcomes of these digital transformation initiatives. Design/methodology/approach The study adopts a robust empirical
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New growth of the Douro wine cluster Competitiveness Review Pub Date : 2024-02-29 Svitlana Magalhães de Sousa Ostapenko, Ana Paula Africano, Raquel Meneses
Purpose This study aims to further develop the CLC stage/path’s identification model that distinguishes between path’s emergence (emergence stage), path’s development (growth stage), path’s sustainment (maturity stage), path’s decline (decline stage) and path’s transformation (renewal stage), and by applying it, define the current stage/path of the Demarcated Douro Region (DDR) cluster. The Port wine
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The comparison of RBV-based competitiveness of Hungarian family-owned and non-family-owned SMEs Competitiveness Review Pub Date : 2024-02-23 Anna Róza Varga, Norbert Sipos, Andras Rideg, Lívia Lukovszki
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to identify the differences between Hungarian family-owned businesses (FOBs) and non-family-owned businesses (NFOBs) concerning the elements of SME competitiveness and financial performance. Design/methodology/approach The research covers the Hungarian data set of the Global Competitiveness Project (GCP, www.sme-gcp.org) of 738 (data collection between 2018 and
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Factors influencing competitive advantage in start-ups operations 4.0 Competitiveness Review Pub Date : 2024-02-21 Aswathy Sreenivasan, M. Suresh
Purpose The ability of a business to outperform its rivals is known as its competitive edge, and it presents special difficulties in the context of the “digital revolution,” or the fourth industrial revolution. To obtain a competitive edge in the startup operations 4.0 era, this study aims to examine the organizational, technological and competence-related challenges presented by Industry 4.0. It does
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The decay of location advantages and the substitutive role of firm-specific advantages in technology-based manufacturing Competitiveness Review Pub Date : 2024-02-19 Fiona Maureen Courtens, Elvira Haezendonck, Alain Verbeke
Purpose This research aims to provide a new perspective on the evolving linkages between LAs and FSAs in the context of the technology-based manufacturing industry. Firm-level competitive strengths in an international context build upon the combination of (largely) exogenous location advantages (LAs) and endogenous firm-specific advantages (FSAs). The authors focus especially on the decay of LAs over
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Cash or cash-less? Exploring the determinants of continuous intention to use e-wallets: the moderating role of environmental knowledge Competitiveness Review Pub Date : 2024-02-09 Hala Zaidan, Farah Shishan, Melina Al-Hasan, Hamzah Al-Mawali, Omar Mowafi, Samer Eid Dahiyat
Purpose This study aims to investigate the moderating impact of environmental knowledge on the factors influencing individuals’ continuous intention to use e-wallets. Design/methodology/approach Using a quantitative research design, this study develops and empirically tests a structural model. A purposive sample of 344 e-wallet users in Jordan was analyzed using Smart-PLS software. Findings The results
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Environmental challenges and innovative responses of local agri-food systems: a theoretical approach Competitiveness Review Pub Date : 2024-02-02 Luis Collado, Pablo Galaso, María de las Mercedes Menéndez, Adrián Rodríguez Miranda
Purpose This paper aims to analyse how local agri-food systems (LAFS), compared to other production models, can offer innovative responses to the important environmental challenges facing food production under the twin transition. These responses are more conducive to community inclusion and local development. Design/methodology/approach The paper combines territorial development, clusters and industrial
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Collective shared value creation as emergent strategy for cluster management organizations Competitiveness Review Pub Date : 2024-01-23 Stephanie Francis Grimbert, James R. Wilson, Xavier Amores Bravo, Alberto Pezzi
Purpose Cluster management organizations (CMOs) have emerged over the past few decades as intermediaries that support the competitiveness of place-based clusters of economic activity. Despite their economic origins, policymakers are now starting to experiment with a broader use for cluster policies that seeks to leverage CMOs to tackle societal challenges in approaches aligned with the concept of creating
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Role of behind-the-border factors in determining state-level differences in FDI inflows to India Competitiveness Review Pub Date : 2023-12-28 Prerna Prabhakar, Muskan Aggarwal
Purpose Although India is seen as a key player in the global economy, it is still below its potential level of growth. In this age of globalism, integration with the global economy through trade and foreign investments fosters domestic growth. For India, although this integration has strengthened over the years, there are certain gaps that remain to be addressed. Though numerous studies in the literature
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Identifying and ranking the critical success factors of fintech adoption: a fuzzy DEMATEL approach Competitiveness Review Pub Date : 2023-12-26 Hamzah Al-Mawali, Zaid Mohammad Obeidat, Hashem Alshurafat, Mohannad Obeid Al Shbail
Purpose This study aims to develop cause-and-effect relationships among the critical success factors (CSFs) of fintech adoption and rank these CSFs based on their importance in the model. Design/methodology/approach To achieve the objectives of the study, the Fuzzy Decision-Making Trial and Evaluation Laboratory (FDEMATEL) approach was used. The data was collected from 16 experts using a questionnaire
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Firm’s openness and innovation in Industry 4.0 Competitiveness Review Pub Date : 2023-12-25 Francesco Capone, Niccolò Innocenti, Filippo Baldetti, Vincenzo Zampi
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the role of firms’ features on innovation performance in Industry 4.0, focusing on the concepts of breadth and depth of openness in the innovation process. Design/methodology/approach Using data gathered from 96 firms active in Industry 4.0 (I4.0) in Italy, a Poisson regression analysis is conducted to investigate the relationship between the openness
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The hedonic well-being index for measuring city competitiveness – an exploratory study Competitiveness Review Pub Date : 2023-12-25 Boon-Seng Tan
Purpose This paper aims to explore the construction of a valid and reliable measure for the competitiveness of cities that excludes the drivers of competitiveness from the index construction. Not incorporating these drivers in the index avoids the problem of assuming relative contributions (i.e. weights) of these drivers on competitiveness as a maintained hypothesis. Design/methodology/approach From
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Board gender diversity and firm performance: the moderating role of financial technology Competitiveness Review Pub Date : 2023-12-22 Zakeya Sanad, Hidaya Al Lawati
Purpose In recent years, the field of financial technology (Fintech) has garnered significant attention due to advancements in technology, evolving consumer preferences and the growing need for financial services that are more accessible and user-friendly. The exponential expansion of Fintech is presenting novel prospects and obstacles for business. This study aims to investigate the relationship between
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Factors influencing artificial intelligence adoption in the accounting profession: the case of public sector in Kuwait Competitiveness Review Pub Date : 2023-12-06 Hasan Al Wael, Wael Abdallah, Hasan Ghura, Amina Buallay
Purpose This study aims to investigate the organizational and individual factors that influence the adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) in Kuwait's public accounting sector. Design/methodology/approach The methodology of this study is a cross-sectional survey of 393 experienced accounting professionals, using partial least square structural equation modeling to analyze the data. Findings The findings
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The role of accreditation on financial innovation and business sustainability: a study of AACSB-accredited business schools in the GCC region Competitiveness Review Pub Date : 2023-12-05 Esra Aldhaen, Udo Braendle
Purpose Accreditation represents a quality of academic standards and validation, and its impact on business schools is multifaceted. Accredited institutions are widely acknowledged for their higher quality, financial stability, stakeholder acceptance and overall growth compared to non-accredited educational institutions. Given these positive outcomes, this study aims to explore the role of accreditation
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How phygital customers’ experience transforms the retail banking sector? Examining customer engagement and patronage intentions Competitiveness Review Pub Date : 2023-11-20 Jitender Kumar, Sudhir Rana, Garima Rani, Vinki Rani
Purpose Phygital emerges as a promising phenomenon, as it uses innovative technologies to connect digital spaces and physical places that provide customers with an interactive and unique experience. Drawing the stimuli–organism–response (S-O-R) framework, the study aims to examine the phygital customer experience by using key drivers and their effect on customer engagement (CE), trust (TRU) and patronage
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Financing constraints and corporate investment decision: evidence from an emerging economy Competitiveness Review Pub Date : 2023-11-07 Islam Abdeljawad, Muiz Abu Alia, Muhannad Demaidi
Purpose Existing theories on the determining factors of corporate investment decisions raise the importance of financial market imperfections in explaining investment behavior. Many factors have been proposed as drivers of investment, mainly in developed economies, while emerging countries have almost been neglected. The main purpose of this study is to examine the effect of financing constraints on
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Assessing the potential of blockchain technology for Islamic crypto assets Competitiveness Review Pub Date : 2023-10-31 Asif Zaman, Issam Tlemsani, Robin Matthews, Mohamed Ashmel Mohamed Hashim
Purpose The rapid rise of Islamic crypto assets, underpinned by blockchain technology, has introduced a novel dimension to the Islamic financial landscape, raising questions about their potential as safe havens within emerging Islamic economies. However, the opportunities and challenges associated with this phenomenon remain insufficiently explored. In this context, this study aims to empirically investigate
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Does environmental, social, and governance performance affect financial risk disclosure? Evidence from European ESG companies Competitiveness Review Pub Date : 2023-10-31 Jamel Chouaibi, Hayet Benmansour, Hanen Ben Fatma, Rim Zouari-Hadiji
Purpose This study aims to investigate the effects of environmental, social and governance (ESG) performance on financial risk disclosure of European companies. It analyzed the relationships between ESG factors and financial risk disclosure between 2010 and 2020. Design/methodology/approach To test their hypotheses in this study, the authors used the multivariate regression analysis on panel data using
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Short- and long-run relationship between financial development and economic competitiveness in WAEMU: does institutional quality matter? Competitiveness Review Pub Date : 2023-10-19 Moussa Sigue, Désiré Drabo, Soumaïla Woni, Gnanderman Sirpe, Aminata Ouedraogo
Purpose This paper aims to assess the short- and long-run effects of the interaction between institutional quality and financial development (FD) on the competitiveness of the WAEMU economy over the period 2007–2018. Design/methodology/approach The methodology consisted of cross-referencing a synthetic indicator of FD with indicators of institutional quality and then estimating an auto regressive distributed
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Is ambidexterity crucial for cluster resilience? Conceptional consideration and empirical evidence Competitiveness Review Pub Date : 2023-10-12 Michael Rothgang, Bernhard Lageman
Purpose This study, a conceptual paper, aims an answer the question, how significant cluster ambidexterity is for the resilience of individual clusters. Design/methodology/approach The authors draw up an abductive synopsis of empirical information and relevant theoretical sources. A case study is used to illustrate some of the findings. Findings The results of the analysis show that the ambidexterity
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Technological anxiety during the implementation of Industry 4.0 technologies – a cross-case study analysis among Polish manufacturing companies Competitiveness Review Pub Date : 2023-10-12 Maja Sajdak, Michał Młody
Purpose This paper aims to identify the basis of the technological anxiety phenomenon by defining the differences and similarities in terms of barriers of the implementation of Industry 4.0 technologies across industrial processing sector. Design/methodology/approach This paper presents a qualitative, exploratory research, and the authors apply the cross-case study method. The study is based on interviews
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Place-based pathways for the twin transition: the role of systemic change agents Competitiveness Review Pub Date : 2023-10-10 Luena Collini, Pierre Hausemer
Purpose The aim of this paper is to understand how systemic change agents influence the twin digital and green transitions. The authors build on agency-based theories to argue that transition pathways are influenced by a combination of place-based characteristics, the mobilisation and preferences of systemic change agents (such as local clusters), and the institutional and economic context. The conceptual
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Pro-Environmental values’ and consumer behavior in base of the pyramid market: Ghana Competitiveness Review Pub Date : 2023-09-28 Felicia Naatu, Ilan Alon, George Kofi Amoako, Dekuwmini Mornah
Purpose This study aims to fill the gap on proenvironmental behavior studies among consumers in bottom of the pyramid (BOP) market by examining the relationship between values, beliefs and norms among Ghanaian consumers. Design/methodology/approach A sample of 324 Ghanaian consumers (responses rate of 64%) was used to estimate the model. The data was analyzed using maximum likelihood robust approach
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The resilience of German regions facing the crisis in 2008/2009: the effects of innovation, specialisation, qualifications and sectoral structure Competitiveness Review Pub Date : 2023-09-18 Fatih Celebioglu, Thomas Brenner
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explain the effects of innovation, specialisation, qualifications and sectoral structure on the resilience of German regions (municipal level) facing the Great Recession in 2008/2009. Design/methodology/approach To calculate the effects of various variables on the resilience of German regions against the Great Recession, the authors use quantile regressions.
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The competitiveness of Portugal: views from the market Competitiveness Review Pub Date : 2023-09-12 Gustavo Silva, Leandro F. Pereira, José Crespo Carvalho, Rui Vinhas da Silva, Ana Simoes
Purpose This study aims to conduct a pertinent assessment of the concept of business competitiveness and how Portugal can progress in that field, for the sake of becoming a more sustainable and wealth-creator economy. Design/methodology/approach The research was elaborated with 65 in-depth interviews with expert persons from the Portuguese business ecosystem, who were asked to reflect on the state
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The role of clusters as collective actors in the energy transformation: the case of Mazovia Cluster ICT Competitiveness Review Pub Date : 2023-09-12 Anna Lis, Artur Radzio
Purpose This paper aims to show the possibilities of implementing the idea of sustainability in the context of energy transformation using the concept of an industrial cluster. The implementation of the idea of sustainability is of particular importance from the perspective of the functioning of the meta-organisations involved in the implementation and promotion of decarbonisation processes. Industrial
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“Agentic” cluster aggression: KIBS auditors and law firms as key tax haven drivers Competitiveness Review Pub Date : 2023-08-25 Philip Cooke
Purpose The purpose here is to show how the “shadow” economy has grown in scale and impetus in recent years, though even before modern times it has been present (e.g. the City of London, Shaxson, 2011) since at least the middle ages. The reasons for this have become complicated, but we can identify some “deep structures” that are common. Firstly, “globalisation” made it easier for multinationals to
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A game theory-based analysis of merchants’ mobile payment adoption using hybrid SEM-neural network approach Competitiveness Review Pub Date : 2023-08-15 Babak Naysary
Purpose Driven by the evidence from the literature on the significance of mobile (m-)payment in economic growth and productivity and at the same time the relative dismal adoption of this service, the purpose of present paper is to elucidate the merchants’ m-payment adoption from the perspective of trust, drawing upon the game theory framework, in the Malaysian context. Design/methodology/approach An
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Historical effect of verified purchases and ordinary users’ testimonials on the sales rank of experience and search goods Competitiveness Review Pub Date : 2023-08-03 Ali Sajedikhah, Hossein Rezaei Dolatabadi, Arash Shahin
Purpose This study aims to investigate the extent and pattern of the influence of one of the most important decision-making tools in the context of social commerce. This study demonstrates how much customer testimonials (including verified purchases and ordinary users) can influence the sales rank of experience and search goods. Design/methodology/approach The data were collected by text mining and
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Toward a cashless society: assessing the acceptance of Bahrain BenefitPay using TAM and SEM Competitiveness Review Pub Date : 2023-07-25 Yousif Abdullatif Albastaki
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore how the technology acceptance model (TAM) and structural equation modeling (SEM) might be used to assess customer acceptance of financial apps aiming at paving the road for enabling a cashless society in the Kingdom of Bahrain. Design/methodology/approach Using a convenience sample of 600 users of the BenefitPay app in the Kingdom of Bahrain, this study
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Carbon dioxide emissions and the economic growth: competitiveness and economic development view Competitiveness Review Pub Date : 2023-07-24 Allam Hamdan
Purpose This study aims to shed light on the experience of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in balancing three main pillars: the environmental criteria, the reduction of CO2 emissions and the economic growth. Based on the environmental Kuznets curve (EKC) framework, it will assess the causal relationship between economic indicators such as gross domestic product (GDP) per capita, trade openness and energy
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The impact of corporate ownership structure on corporate risk disclosure: evidence from an emerging economy Competitiveness Review Pub Date : 2023-07-21 Malek Alshirah, Ahmad Alshira’h
Purpose The aim of this study is to measure the risk disclosure level and to determine the relationship between ownership structure dimensions (institutional ownership, foreign ownership and family ownership) and corporate risk disclosure in Jordan. Design/methodology/approach This study used a sample of 94 Jordanian listed firms from the Amman Stock Exchange for the period from 2014 to 2017. This
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Service innovation research: a bibliometric analysis using VOSviewer Competitiveness Review Pub Date : 2023-07-14 Rajeev Kumar, Shubham Saxena, Vikas Kumar, Vineet Prabha, Rohit Kumar, Ankur Kukreti
Purpose “The purpose of this paper is to review the literature on service innovation during the past two decades and provide an analysis of sources of publication, citations and authorship using bibliometric analysis techniques (VOSviewer).” This paper aims to assesses the important trends, enhance the academic debate, identify research gaps and propose future directions and a research agenda. Des
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A bibliometric study on the role of micro-finance services in micro, small and medium enterprises Competitiveness Review Pub Date : 2023-07-03 Kapil Gora, Barkha Dhingra, Mahender Yadav
Purpose Micro-finance has a significant role in the better performance of micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs). This study aims to provide a comprehensive picture of the existing literature on the role of micro-finance and its approaches in MSMEs. Design/methodology/approach This work performs a bibliometric analysis using a data set of 631 articles collected from the Scopus database. The Bibliometrix
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On the alignment of competitive strategies for successful acquisitions: a two-decade longitudinal analysis Competitiveness Review Pub Date : 2023-06-22 Lucas López-Manuel, Antonio Sartal, Xosé H. Vázquez
Purpose Most studies explore the success of mergers and acquisitions through ex ante analyses based on the compatibility of resources and capabilities between the acquirer and target. As more than half of them fail, there seems to be room for enhancing our understanding of when and how acquisitions can actually improve firms' competitiveness. Diverging from these conventional approaches, the authors
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25 Years internationalization research in SMEs, a scientometric analysis Competitiveness Review Pub Date : 2023-06-05 Ali Daei, Seyed Mahmood Zanjirchi, Seyed Habibolah Mirghafoori, Alireza Naser Sadrabadi
Purpose The varying nature of the competitive environment of small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), contributing significantly to gross domestic product in most countries, has made their moving toward internationalization and global competition unavoidable in such a way that the life cycle of research in this area is experiencing a period of rapid growth. This study aims to evaluate the status
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Impact of cloud computing as a digital technology on SMEs sustainability Competitiveness Review Pub Date : 2023-05-31 Basma Al-Mutawa, Muneer Mohammed Saeed Al Mubarak
Purpose The purpose of this study is to investigate the adoption of cloud computing as a digital technology by small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and assess its impact on sustainability of such enterprises. Design/methodology/approach A model was developed that featured factors influencing SMEs sustainability. Primary quantitative data was gathered using a survey as an instrument. Total set of n =
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Impacts of national intellectual capital on informal economy: the moderating role of institutional quality Competitiveness Review Pub Date : 2023-05-31 Toan Khanh Tran Pham
Purpose The studies that explore the impacts of national intellectual capital on informal economy are scant. Moreover, the effect of an external factor such as institutional quality that moderates this relationship has largely been neglected in previous studies. Institutions are considered important pillars to accumulate national intellectual capital and reduce shadow economy. As such, this paper aims
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The impact of digital technologies on business competitiveness: a comparison between Latin America and Europe Competitiveness Review Pub Date : 2023-05-24 Jorge Bacca-Acosta, Melva Inés Gómez-Caicedo, Mercedes Gaitán-Angulo, Paula Robayo-Acuña, Janitza Ariza-Salazar, Álvaro Luis Mercado Suárez, Nelson Orlando Alarcón Villamil
Purpose This study aims to examine how the adoption of digital technologies affects the business competitiveness of countries in Latin American and European countries. Design/methodology/approach This study used a structural model based on factors representing the pillars of the Global Competitiveness Index: financial system, adoption of information and communication technologies (ICT), skills, labor
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The influence of digital competence of academicians on students’ engagement at university level: moderating effect of the pandemic outbreak Competitiveness Review Pub Date : 2023-05-22 Esra Aldhaen
Purpose The purpose of this study is to investigate how the digital competence of academicians influences students’ engagement in learning activities in the face of the pandemic outbreak. In addition to this, the paper investigates how digital competence influences each dimension of student engagement (cognitive, affective and behavioural). Design/methodology/approach A cross-sectional, quantitative
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The impact of smart technologies on SMEs’ sustainability: the mediation effect of sustainability strategy Competitiveness Review Pub Date : 2023-05-09 Fatema AlZayani, Allam Mohammed, Haneen Mohammad Shoaib
Purpose This study aims to investigate the influence of smart technologies on SMEs sustainability and to measure the mediation effect of SMEs’ sustainability strategy in the relationship between smart technologies and SMEs’ sustainable performance in the Kingdom of Bahrain. The sustainability concept for the purpose of this study includes environmental sustainability, social sustainability and profitability
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Leveraging (in)formal early-mover and diligent-follower advantage mechanisms to attain international niche market leadership: insights from Basque “hidden champions” Competitiveness Review Pub Date : 2023-04-28 Bart Kamp, Iñigo Ruiz de Apodaca
Purpose This paper aims to study whether international niche market leaders (INMLs) gained their leading position as early mover or diligent follower, and assess whether they leveraged hard or soft forms of technological, supply pre-emption and customer lock-in advantage mechanisms. Design/methodology/approach Empirical material stems from qualitative and quantitative data on a sample of 20 niche companies
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Evaluating industrial competitiveness strategy in achieving environmental sustainability Competitiveness Review Pub Date : 2023-04-25 Mubasher Iqbal, Rukhsana Kalim, Noman Arshed
Purpose This study has incorporated competitiveness by considering it a significant factor behind determining as well as moderating industrial value added in the environmental Kuznets curve (EKC) framework. This study aims to explore the moderating role of competitiveness policy in EKC with an aim to promote business led sustainability at national level. Design/methodology/approach Considering the
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Digitization effects on banks’ financial performance: the case of an African country Competitiveness Review Pub Date : 2023-04-11 Saliha Theiri, Slim Hadoussa
Purpose The concept of digitization covers a wide range of initiatives to achieve sustainable development. This paper aims to determine the impact of bank digitization strategies on financial performance in an African country. Design/methodology/approach This study used the generalized least squares estimation method to analyze data from a sample of 12 Tunisian banks from 2010 to 2020. The reason for
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Economic agglomeration in the age of Industry 4.0: developing a digital industrial cluster as a new policy tool for the digital world Competitiveness Review Pub Date : 2023-04-10 Rudy Fernandez-Escobedo, Begoña Eguía-Peña, Leire Aldaz-Odriozola
Purpose This conceptual paper aims to develop the vision of a novel policy tool called the digital industrial cluster (DIC) thought for a future context shaped by digital economies and Industry 4.0. The DIC departs from the industrial cluster’s precepts and take them into the digital agglomeration phenomenon. Design/methodology/approach This research uses a discursive and theoretical approach. To create
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Does environmental, social and governance (ESG) affect market performance? The moderating role of competitive advantage Competitiveness Review Pub Date : 2023-04-05 Hichem Dkhili
Purpose This research aims to determine the influence of environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors on market performance. The study shows the perspective of ESG on market performance. The study attempted to test the relationship between ESG and Tobin’s Q and the effect of control variables. Design/methodology/approach The study used panel data from a sample covering 720 firms and ran a fixed-effects
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Challenges and obstacles to issuing Islamic Sukuk in Palestine: an analytical study of Islamic banks operating in Palestine Competitiveness Review Pub Date : 2023-03-28 Bahaa Subhi Awwad, Bahaa Subhi Razia, Alaa Subhi Razia
Purpose This study aims to shed light on the challenges and obstacles (organizational, economic, legal and legislative) to the issuance of Islamic Sukuk in Palestine. Design/methodology/approach The descriptive analytical approach was adopted to collect data through a questionnaire that was distributed to a simple random sample of (500) male and female employees working in those banks. Findings The
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Studies on start-ups during COVID-19 pandemic: a bibliometric study Competitiveness Review Pub Date : 2023-03-17 Sih Damayanti, Sik Sumaedi, Nidya Astrini
Purpose This study aims to identify the development, trends and research gaps related to start-ups during the COVID-19 pandemic. Furthermore, this research identified future research directions. Design/methodology/approach This research is a bibliometric study using 192 Scopus-indexed articles with the assistance of the VOSviewer. The selected articles discussed start-ups during the COVID-19 pandemic
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Impact of bank competition on financial stability-a study on Indian banks Competitiveness Review Pub Date : 2023-03-07 Divya Verma, Yashika Chakarwarty
Purpose Nowadays, the competition is not only emerging from within the banking sector, but nonbanking companies like nonbanking financial companies (NBFCs) and FinTech are also growing in size and numbers, offering innovative financial products and services, giving a stiff competition to Indian banks. Thus, this study aims to investigate whether competition from within and outside the banking sector
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One economy, but different growth regimes: why Germany’s rural east is still lagging Competitiveness Review Pub Date : 2023-01-19 Anne Margarian, Christian Hundt
Purpose This study aims to elucidate the quantitative and qualitative differences in employment development between German districts. Building on ideas from competitive development and resource-based theory, the paper particularly seeks to explain enduring East-West differences between rural regions by two different forms of competitive advantage: cost leadership and quality differentiation. Desig
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Developing a scale for export competitiveness: a mixed method approach in the minerals industry in Iran Competitiveness Review Pub Date : 2023-01-18 Majid Mohammad Shafiee, Fatemeh Pourghanbary Zadeh
Purpose This study aims to identify the main factors affecting export competitiveness and its barriers, focusing on the minerals industry so that a scale is achieved for measuring export competitiveness in this industry. Design/methodology/approach The research was conducted with a mixed method approach in the minerals industry. Among the active companies involved in this industry, 34 export companies
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Voluntary disclosure and corporate governance: substitutes or complements for firm value? Competitiveness Review Pub Date : 2023-01-06 Soufiene Assidi
Purpose The purpose of this study is to examine whether voluntary disclosure (VD) and corporate governance (CG) are substitutes or complements to each other in improving firms’ value in a non-Anglo-Saxon setting, namely, France. Design/methodology/approach This study uses a sample of 990 listed firms in France from 2010 to 2020 to test the theoretical predictions. A random effect regression and two-stage
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An empirical model for assessing consumer behaviour towards hotel sustainable practices: a study from emerging economy Competitiveness Review Pub Date : 2022-12-27 Shikha Sharma, Anupama Mahajan, Naveen Virmani, Gagan Kukreja, Kamakshi Mehta
Purpose Adopting sustainable practices is highly required in hotels. This study aims to assess consumer behaviour towards adopting sustainable practices in hotels. In addition, mediating role of consumer attitude (CAtt) is assessed between consumer awareness (CA) and willingness to pay. Design/methodology/approach An empirical study was carried out to analyse the integrative research model of CA, CAtt
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FDI motives and city location preferences in the automotive and commercial banking industries Competitiveness Review Pub Date : 2022-12-07 Dan Danes, Patrick van Eijck, Johan P. Lindeque, Mona A. Meyer, Marc K. Peter
Purpose Cities remain an understudied unit of analysis for understanding the motives of multinational enterprises’ (MNE) foreign direct investment (FDI), with subnational locations in International Business (IB) research to date predominantly captured via the phenomenon of agglomeration. As regional integration projects, such as the European Union and to a lesser degree NAFTA, increasingly reduce the
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Factors affecting e-payment acceptance by customers: an empirical study in the Kingdom of Bahrain Competitiveness Review Pub Date : 2022-12-06 Thabet Albastaki, Allam Hamdan, Yousif Albastaki, Ali Bakir
Purpose Consumers frequently use electronic payments (e-payment) as their first step into formal financial services. The advancement of information and communication technology, on the other hand, has resulted in several achievements for human civilization, altering people’s lives, behaviors and societal measures. This study’s main aim is to investigate issues and identify the factors that are likely
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Does it pay to be green? Evidence from banks in emerging markets Competitiveness Review Pub Date : 2022-11-09 Jasim Al-Ajmi, Shahrokh Saudagaran, Gagan Kukreja, Sayed Fadel
Purpose The purpose of this study is twofold. The first is to examine the impact of environmental disclosure on banks’ performance, while the second is to investigate the moderating role of a country’s economic activities and institutional quality on the relationship between environmental activities disclosure and banks’ operational, financial and market performance. Design/methodology/approach The
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Cross-border acquisitions and technological spillover: evidence from European regional clusters Competitiveness Review Pub Date : 2022-11-10 Elisa Sabbadin, Ivan De Noni, Fiorenza Belussi
Purpose Relying on mergers and acquisition transaction-level data set and adopting a more region-specific approach with a focus on industry-region pairs, this paper aims to examine how cross-border acquisitions (CBAs) have an effect, in terms of technological spillover and collaboration, on European regional clusters. Design/methodology/approach Adopting an industry-region pair approach, this study
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Emerging HR analytics role in a crisis: an analysis of LinkedIn data Competitiveness Review Pub Date : 2022-11-07 Neerja Kashive, Vandana Tandon Khanna
Purpose This study aims to explore the emergence of the human resource (HR) analyst role. The job posts on LinkedIn display the industry demand and skills required by the organizations. This study identifies the different knowledge, skills and abilities (KSA) required for an HR analyst role in different stages of professional growth (i.e. entry-level, middle-senior level and top-level) across different
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Women on boards: an empirical study on the effects on financial performance and corporate social responsibility Competitiveness Review Pub Date : 2022-10-31 Bahaa Sobhi Awwad, Ruaa Binsaddig, Mohammad Kanan, Thaira Al Shirawi
Purpose The purpose of this study is to investigate whether there is a relationship between women’s presence on boards of directors and companies’ financial performance and corporate social responsibility (CSR) disclosure and, if so, whether this relationship is positive, negative or neutral. Design/methodology/approach The research sample included 47 companies listed on the Palestine Stock Exchange