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on Economics of Strategic Management |
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Issue of 2026–03–23
eleven papers chosen by João José de Matos Ferreira, Universidade da Beira Interior |
| By: | João Bento; Miguel Matos Torres; Hicham Nachit |
| Abstract: | We are exploring the interplay between inequality and foreign direct investment (FDI) and green technology innovation, an area that remains underexplored in international business (IB) research. This study examines how green technology innovation moderates the relationship between FDI, proxied by the performance and operational outcomes of majority-owned U.S. foreign affiliates, and income inequality, measured by the Gini coefficient of equivalised disposable income from the Luxembourg Income Study (LIS) database. We employ OECD patent data on green innovations to construct a panel dataset of 28 high-income OECD countries from 2000 to 2020. Using fixed-effects panel regressions and quantile models with bootstrapped inference, the results indicate that FDI has a significant inequality-reducing effect, and green innovation moderates this relationship, reducing income inequality. Firm investment, profitability, efficiency, and innovation interact with green innovation to reduce inequality, highlighting the role of MNEs in fostering equitable outcomes. These findings contribute to a better understanding of IB activity by unpacking the interdependent dynamics between firm performance and national competitiveness, offering policy insights to promote FDI and green innovation and mitigate inequality. |
| Date: | 2026–03 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:lis:liswps:914 |
| By: | Amina Chandad (ENCGT - Ecole Nationale de Commerce et de Gestion de Tanger - UAE - Abdelmalek Essaadi University [Tétouan] = Université Abdelmalek Essaadi [Tétouan]); Mohamed Amine Benchekroun (ENSIT - Ecole des Nouvelles Sciences d’ingenierie, Le Laboratoire Systemes, Controle et Decision (LSCD), Tanger, Morocco.); Abakouy Mostafa (ENCGT - Ecole Nationale de Commerce et de Gestion de Tanger - UAE - Abdelmalek Essaadi University [Tétouan] = Université Abdelmalek Essaadi [Tétouan]) |
| Abstract: | Lean production systems are widely recognized for their potential to improve operational efficiency and product quality. Nevertheless, empirical findings remain heterogeneous, suggesting that technical lean practices alone do not fully explain performance differences across organizations. Drawing on the Resource-Based View (RBV), this study conceptualizes Lean Human Resource Management (Lean HRM) as an organizational capability that contributes to production performance through the development of operational discipline. Using a quantitative modeling approach combining confirmatory factor analysis, multivariate regression, and structural equation modeling, the study examines the direct and indirect relationships between Lean HRM, operational discipline, and production performance. Data were collected from 247 manufacturing firms through a structured questionnaire administered to operations managers and HR directors. The results provide strong support for the proposed theoretical framework and highlight the central role of disciplined execution in translating HR systems into operational outcomes. Operational discipline fully mediates the relationship between Lean HRM and production quality (β = 0.48, p < 0.001) and partially mediates its relationship with operational efficiency (β = 0.36, p < 0.001). The findings extend RBV theory by demonstrating how HR capabilities translate into operational outcomes through intermediate organizational mechanisms. The findings demonstrate that Lean HRM does not improve performance directly, but creates value primarily by building operational discipline as a critical organizational capability, thereby confirming the central role of execution discipline in sustainable lean performance. |
| Keywords: | Lean HRM Lean production Resource-Based View Operational discipline Structural equation modeling Production performance African Scientific Journal, Lean HRM, Lean production, Resource-Based View, Operational discipline, Structural equation modeling, Production performance African Scientific Journal |
| Date: | 2026–01–27 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:hal:journl:hal-05482804 |
| By: | Océane Vernerey (LISA - Laboratoire « Lieux, Identités, eSpaces, Activités » (UMR CNRS 6240 LISA) - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - Università di Corsica Pasquale Paoli [Université de Corse Pascal Paoli], LEDi - Laboratoire d'Economie de Dijon [Dijon] - UBE - Université Bourgogne Europe) |
| Abstract: | In this article, we re-examine the innovation process through the CDM model. Compared to the existing literature, this study offers several contributions. First, it relies on an unusually large dataset of 509, 033 firms from nine European countries – Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Spain, Hungary, Lithuania, Portugal, Romania, and Slovakia – over the period 1998–2016. This extensive dataset allows us to explore cross-country heterogeneity, as well as potential temporal trends across multiple survey waves. Second, the paper provides a systematic and detailed review of the vast CDM literature, offering a structured synthesis of prior findings and highlighting the main areas where results diverge across studies. Third, methodologically, we compare three alternative estimation strategies, which enables us to evaluate the robustness of our findings and to identify potential sources of heterogeneity in estimated relationships. Across all specifications, we find that R&D investment has a positive effect on the share of new products in sales, which subsequently enhances firm performance. Promoting innovation can have a substantial impact on performance. However, the magnitudes of these effects vary depending on the country, the estimation method, and the treatment of potential biases. In some countries, innovation generates stronger positive spillover effects on firm performance, while others are more effective at transforming R&D into innovation but face challenges in converting this innovation into productivity gains. This implies, on the one hand, that public policies must be context-specific, and on the other hand, that the choice of estimation method and the treatment of potential biases can significantly affect the robustness and validity of the results. |
| Keywords: | Innovation process, CDM model, Methodological comparison |
| Date: | 2026 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:hal:journl:hal-05536446 |
| By: | Juan S. Mora-Sanguinetti (BANQUE DE FRANCE AND BANCO DE ESPAÑA); Cristina Peñasco (BANQUE DE FRANCE AND UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE); Rok Spruk (UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA) |
| Abstract: | This paper analyses the impact of “green regulations” - i.e. those aimed at mitigating the effects of climate change and environmental externalities - on innovation, using a novel regulatory database covering the period 008-2022 for Spain. The database identifies regulations at both the national and regional levels through textual analysis. Employing a panel data approach, we assess how different types of environmental regulations - particularly those related to renewable energy - affect firm-level innovation activities. Our findings indicate that national-level green regulations have a positive effect on innovation, whereas regional-level regulations show mixed or negligible impacts. Importantly, the interaction between national and regional regulations, measuring the simultaneous production of legal texts at both levels, can foster innovation but at a reduced pace with respect to the sole production of regulation at the national level. Given the results for regional-level regulation, our findings provide evidence in favour of the hypothesis that regulatory fragmentation due to unequal, overlapping, inconsistent or conflicting procedure across jurisdictions may diminish these benefits. |
| Keywords: | green regulation, innovation, Porter hypothesis, renewable energy, business |
| JEL: | K32 Q5 O44 O13 |
| Date: | 2026–03 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:bde:wpaper:2611 |
| By: | Danny Hermawan (Bank Indonesia); Cicilia Anggadewi Harun (Bank Indonesia); Citra Amanda (Bank Indonesia); Elpiwin Adela (Bank Indonesia); Marissa Novita (Bank Indonesia); Ananda Surya Dahana Dewantara (Bank Indonesia); Ilham Farizi Indrayadi (Bank Indonesia); Fariz Ahmad Sultansyah (Bank Indonesia); Matias Judatama (Bank Indonesia) |
| Abstract: | This study investigates the structural challenges hindering Indonesia’s transition toward an innovation-driven, high-income economy, focusing on the interconnected roles of human capital, productivity, and technological capability. Using a mixed-method approach that combines 2SLS econometric modelling with extensive qualitative evidence from national focus group discussions across universities, government institutions, and industry stakeholders, the study finds that weaknesses in education quality, fragmented talent pipelines, and persistent gaps in university-industry collaboration significantly suppress Indonesia’s innovation output. The quantitative results demonstrate that human capital exerts a strong causal influence on productivity and income, yet its impact is constrained by weak R&D ecosystems and low patent generation capacity. Qualitative insights further reveal systemic misalignment across education policy, labour-market demand, and research commercialization, producing a “human capital paradox†in which increased educational attainment does not translate into proportional economic gains. These findings underscore the urgent need for an integrated national strategy that simultaneously strengthens foundational education, expands R&D capacity, and builds cohesive innovation ecosystems to accelerate Indonesia’s escape from the middle-income trap. |
| Keywords: | Emerging Economies, Human Capital, Innovation Ecosystem, MiddleIncome Trap, Productivity |
| JEL: | O15 O31 O47 O53 I2 |
| Date: | 2025 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:idn:wpaper:wp062025 |
| By: | Nuriye Melisa Bilgin; Ester Faia; Gianmarco Ottaviano |
| Abstract: | We examine how upstream firms' technology adoption affects the performance and adoption decisions of downstream partners. Using business-to-business data with administrative records on advanced technology adoption, we find gains in productivity, performance, adoption probabilities of firms connected to the adopter, relatively to those that are not. Identification combines staggered event studies, balanced panels of pre-existing relationships, and recentering methods to address expected exposure within the network. Gains vary along firm size, centrality, technology quality, but do not systematically increase with input exposure, suggesting that knowledge spillovers may induce organizational adjustments. Adoption by competitors is associated with short-run negative effects. |
| Keywords: | technology diffusion, adoption and propagation, firm networks, firm productivity, imported inputs |
| Date: | 2026–03–11 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:cep:cepdps:dp2157 |
| By: | Océane Vernerey (LEDi - Laboratoire d'Economie de Dijon [Dijon] - UBE - Université Bourgogne Europe); Jimmy Lopez (UBE - Université Bourgogne Europe) |
| Abstract: | We investigate both the innovation and labor market effects of network sector regulation in a consistent framework. The estimated impact of regulation on the innovation process is based on the Community Innovation Survey and a system of equations modelling the firm's choice of R&D expenditure, propensity to innovate, and performance. We then examine the regulation and innovation impact on the labor market using the European Union Labor Force Survey. From a sample of 330, 604 firms and 8, 594, 055 individuals over the period 1998-2016 and five countries that have undergone important reforms (the Czech Republic, Hungary, Portugal, Slovakia and Spain), we find a strong negative effect of network regulation on firms' performance and individuals' employment probability. According to our estimates, the overall impact of the reforms implemented would be an average increase in the employment probability of 12.8%, almost entirely explained by an increase in firms' performance. |
| Keywords: | Employment, Innovation, Regulation |
| Date: | 2026–01–29 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:hal:journl:hal-05536453 |
| By: | M. Asghar, M; J. Shen (Audencia Business School); N. Gull, N; J. Khan, J; Z. D. Xiong, Z.D |
| Abstract: | Regardless of the role of service-oriented leadership in co-creating green value for customers in the hospitality industry, this study aims to investigate how service-oriented leadership influences employees' service performance through green self-efficacy and shared vision, particularly in the hospitality sector. This study explores the multilevel moderating role of green shared vision in the relationship between green self-efficacy and employee service performance. We collected data from 545 hotel employees using time-lagged and multilevel structural equation modeling. The study results indicate that service-oriented leadership has a significant influence on employee service performance, which is mediated by green self-efficacy and a shared vision. Furthermore, the findings suggest that a shared green vision moderates the relationship between green self-efficacy and employee service performance, thereby enhancing employee service performance. The study provides theoretical insights, practical implications, and valuable recommendations for managers in the hospitality sector. |
| Keywords: | Hotel sector, Service performance, Green self-efficacy, Green shared vision, Service-oriented leadership |
| Date: | 2026–04 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:hal:journl:hal-05519797 |
| By: | Marouane El Aliti (National School of Commerce and Management, Ibn Tofail University, Kénitra, Morocco); Omar Taouab (National School of Commerce and Management, Ibn Tofail University, Kénitra, Morocco) |
| Abstract: | Management control plays an ambivalent role in industrial innovation, acting both as a potential obstacle and as a strategic lever for performance. Given the growing importance of innovation for the competitiveness of industrial firms, this research aims to analyze how management control systems can support, guide, and steer innovation processes in an environment characterized by uncertainty and complexity. Based on a narrative analysis of recent academic literature, the study highlights a gradual evolution of control tools, moving from traditional budgetary control to more interactive, agile, and strategically oriented forms that foster organizational ambidexterity. The findings show that steering innovation relies on a combination of formal and informal mechanisms, facilitating support, coordination, and strategic analysis of innovative initiatives. Furthermore, this research demonstrates that management control, when designed as a flexible and interactive system, constitutes a key lever for industrial innovation rather than a mere constraint. However, tensions between rigor and flexibility, as well as cultural, organizational, and digital dimensions, remain major challenges. These observations underscore the need to develop integrated frameworks and to deepen empirical research in order to better understand the role of management control in steering innovation. |
| Abstract: | Le contrôle de gestion joue un rôle ambivalent dans l'innovation industrielle, à la fois comme obstacle potentiel et comme levier stratégique de performance. Face à l'importance croissante de l'innovation pour la compétitivité des entreprises industrielles, cette recherche vise à analyser la manière dont les dispositifs de contrôle de gestion peuvent soutenir, orienter et piloter les processus d'innovation dans un environnement marqué par l'incertitude et la complexité. Sur la base d'une analyse narrative de la littérature académique récente, l'étude met en évidence une évolution progressive des outils de contrôle, passant d'un contrôle budgétaire traditionnel à des formes plus interactives, agiles et stratégiquement orientées, favorisant l'ambidextrie organisationnelle. Les résultats montrent que le pilotage de l'innovation repose sur une combinaison de mécanismes formels et informels, facilitant l'accompagnement, la coordination et l'analyse stratégique des initiatives innovantes. Par ailleurs, cette recherche montre que le contrôle de gestion, lorsqu'il est conçu comme un système flexible et interactif, constitue un levier essentiel de l'innovation industrielle plutôt qu'un simple mécanisme de contrainte. Toutefois, les tensions entre rigueur et flexibilité, ainsi que les dimensions culturelles, organisationnelles et digitales, demeurent des défis majeurs. Ces constats soulignent la nécessité de développer des cadres intégrés et d'approfondir les recherches empiriques afin de mieux comprendre le rôle du contrôle de gestion dans le pilotage de l'innovation. |
| Keywords: | Strategic management, Organizational ambidexterity, Organizational performance, Industrial innovation, Management control, Ambidextrie organisationnelle, Pilotage stratégique, Performance organisationnelle, Innovation industrielle, Contrôle de gestion |
| Date: | 2026–01–17 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:hal:journl:hal-05470592 |
| By: | Chih-Cheng Lin (Shih Chien University (Taiwan, Taipei) - USC); Hsiu-Yu Hung (NTNU - National Taiwan Normal University); Ajay Kumar (EM - EMLyon Business School); V. Kumar (Brock University [Canada]); Kim Hua Tan (UON - University of Nottingham, UK) |
| Abstract: | Understanding player co-creation dynamics on gaming platforms is crucial for fostering engagement and driving innovation in digital marketing. This study investigates these dynamics on the Roblox platform, proposing an integrated framework that connects platform capabilities with player-driven orchestration actions and the pursuit of diverse goals − a model applicable to various digital marketing contexts. We identify three types of gaming platform affordances and three types of developers' orchestration actions, ultimately shaping co-creation activities in terms of creative and social engagement. Using web crawling and text mining methodologies, we analyze a large, longitudinal dataset from Roblox developers engaged in co-creation projects. We employ three observable metrics to quantify co-creation activities, applying different perspectives including equality-based, effort-based weighted, and specialized measures of creative and social engagement. Our findings confirm the direct effects of platform affordances and orchestration actions on co-creation activities, with post-hoc analyses revealing goal fulfillment as an important antecedent mechanism. To validate our results, we conducted a two-stage survey with 206 experienced Roblox developers, providing additional robustness to our empirical findings. This research advances our understanding of digital co-creation and offers practical implications for designing more engaging and innovative gaming platforms. As gaming and digital marketing converge, particularly in the evolving metaverse landscape, this study underscores the importance of leveraging co-creation dynamics to enhance user engagement and drive platform growth. |
| Keywords: | Roblox, Platform affordances, Goal fulfillment, Game developers, Creation, Co-creation |
| Date: | 2024–12–31 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:hal:journl:hal-05531910 |
| By: | Carlotta Nani; Martin Alejandro Correa; Julio Raffo |
| Abstract: | This paper examines gender disparities in intellectual property (IP) awareness and participation, using the 2023 and 2025 waves of the WIPO Pulse Survey conducted among 58, 135 individuals across seventy-four countries. Our findings reveal that copyrights are the most recognized IP forms globally, while patents, trademarks and geographical indications remain the least familiar. At the individual level, women demonstrate lower knowledge of patents and trademarks, but greater knowledge of designs and copyrights compared to men, with these differences persisting after controlling for socioeconomic factors. These patterns are consistent with gendered specialization in education, professional and household spheres where women tend to cluster in creative industries while men dominate entrepreneurship and technical sectors. Notably, we observe a cohort effect: while we identify significant differences in knowledge between men and women for older cohorts, these disappear among younger cohorts. We do not observe comparable changes by level of education or occupation of respondents. Moreover, women exhibit more positive attitudes towards IP-protected products across categories. These findings highlight the need for targeted awareness campaigns and reveal that gendered patterns of IP knowledge may contribute to innovation gender gaps through educational pathways and professional specialization. |
| Keywords: | Intellectual property, Gender equality, Gender disparities, Surveys |
| JEL: | O34 O31 J16 C83 |
| Date: | 2026–03 |
| URL: | https://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:wip:wpaper:100 |