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on Economics of Strategic Management |
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Issue of 2026–04–13
three papers chosen by João José de Matos Ferreira, Universidade da Beira Interior |
| By: | Marta Ballatore (PSB - Paris School of Business - HESAM - HESAM Université - Communauté d'universités et d'établissements Hautes écoles Sorbonne Arts et métiers université); Hélène Bussy-Socrate (CNAM Paris - Centre d'enseignement Cnam Paris - Cnam - Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers [Cnam], LIRSA - Laboratoire interdisciplinaire de recherche en sciences de l'action - Cnam - Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers [Cnam]) |
| Abstract: | Digital transformation is no longer confined to industrial and technology-intensive ecosystems; it is now impacting traditional and non-technology-intensive industries as well. Current literature often overlooks these contexts and fails to adequately explain the disruptive processes involved, particularly the role of complementors in driving digital transformation alongside traditional orchestrators who are typically resistant to technology. Based on an emerging conceptual framework that combines innovation and digital transformation to explain the latter's effects and changes, this paper explores the role of tech companies in the wine industry, with a focus on the interconnection between green-oriented innovation and digital transformation. Our preliminary findings identify three main strategies adopted by tech companies in wine ecosystems to foster digital transformation: adopt new dynamics to favour relationship between the actors, opt for shared values, and orchestrate a technologydriven community to joint efforts in transforming the ecosystem. |
| Keywords: | Wine, Servitization, Innovation, Digital Transformation, Ecosystem, Ecosystem Digital Transformation Innovation Servitization Wine |
| Date: | 2024–10–10 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:hal:journl:hal-05466936 |
| By: | NAGAMUNE, TAKESHI (Niimi University) |
| Abstract: | The traditional economic base model in regional science argues that tradable industries promote regional development by earning income from outside the region and generating multiplier effects within the local economy. Within this theoretical framework, manufacturing has long been considered the primary export base. However, following the influential work of Moretti and others, recent empirical analyses demonstrate that industries fostering innovation and creative activities also exhibit substantial employment multipliers. This suggests that industries and occupations engaged in creative and intellectual activities can serve as new drivers of regional growth. This study focuses on municipalities in Japan, where the tertiarization of industry has advanced. Using industry and occupation classifications from Census data, we define “creative industries and occupations” and estimate their local employment multiplier effects through regression analysis. The empirical results confirm that these creative sectors exert a positive and statistically significant multiplier effect on regional economies, indicating their potential contribution to regional economic development. These findings demonstrate that promoting creative industries can complement traditional manufacturing-oriented strategies. They also provide empirical evidence—based on Japanese municipal-level data—to support the international discourse that knowledge- and creativity-based industries drive regional transformation. |
| Date: | 2026–03–28 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:osf:socarx:x2vcy_v1 |
| By: | Wissem Ajili Ben Youssef (Métis Lab EM Normandie - EM Normandie - École de Management de Normandie = EM Normandie Business School); Najla Bouebdallah (Excelia Group | La Rochelle Business School); Meriem El Bouhali (ESLSCA Business School - École Supérieure Libre des Sciences Commerciales Appliquées) |
| Abstract: | This study aims to identify factors affecting auditors' intention to use blockchain among the Big Four firms. The research proposes an extended technology acceptance model by integrating the technology acceptance model (TAM) with innovation diffusion theory (IDT). A quantitative approach was employed, utilizing questionnaires to collect data from 130 auditors working at the Big Four. The data were analyzed using partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM). The results indicate that auditors' intention to use blockchain is significantly influenced by perceived usefulness (PU) and perceived ease of use (PEOU). The study highlights relative advantage and trialability as the most important attributes of IDT affecting auditors' perceived usefulness and ease of use of blockchain. Observability has a significant positive relationship with perceived ease of use but a nonsignificant correlation with perceived usefulness. However, complexity is statistically insignificant in explaining perceived ease of use. Finally, access to big data significantly enhances auditors' perception of the usefulness of blockchain technology. Therefore, our results recommend communication strategies and training policies to enhance the perceived usefulness of blockchain technology in auditing. Reducing uncertainty about emerging technologies, primarily through standardization, will also improve auditors' intention to use blockchain. |
| Keywords: | Audit, Blockchain, Technology acceptance model, Innovation diffusion theory, Big Four |
| Date: | 2025–06–23 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:hal:journl:hal-05568241 |