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Does Entrepreneur Gender Diversity Matter? The Connection between Networks, Financing and Performance in the Context of Digital Startups
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Speeds of post-merger integration: The roles of chronos and kairos in M&As
No full textInternational audienceMergers and acquisitions (M&A) are major events in organizational development and the post-merger phase is widely recognised as being crucial for value creation. One of the most important decisions in this process is the speed of integration. However, despite a growing body of literature on this subject, conclusions remain a source of persistent equivocality. In fact, this debate has been dominated by diametrically opposed, and often highly normative, views advocating either fast or slow post-merger integration (PMI). One commonality within this discussion though, is the shared assumption that integration proceeds at a linear, constant rate, whatever the speed. We challenge this assumption.We undertook a 30-month, longitudinal study of two merging, not-for-profit, organisations. Using detailed and multiple sources of process data, we were able to identify and track periods of comparatively rapid and equally comparatively slower integration during the two-and-a-half- year PMI process. We thus offer a novel empirical demonstration of the changes in speed during the PMI process. We support this with a theoretical discussion using the temporal concepts of chronos and kairos. We analyse the determinants and mechanisms of changes in speed, asking why and how these variations occur. We call this mechanism the kairotic switch and discuss its theoretical and managerial uses and implications
What is unique about sustainable business models for the base of the pyramid?
No full textInternational audienceAbstract Research on sustainable business models (SBMs) has been hindered by the use of traditional business model (BM) components indiscriminately applied to explain sustainable value (SV). Moreover, little has been done to reveal key components in BMs aiming to address the needs of the poor; that is, that part of the population referred to as the base of the pyramid (BoP). Following a case study methodology, we observe that conventional components are insufficient to clearly explain SV in SBMs for the BoP. The main contribution of this research is that it discloses that in SBMs for the BoP, activities (grouped into elements and components) are distinctively amalgamated to produce SV. This arrangement might be unique to SBMs for the BoP, and here we opt to present it in the form of a framework that articulates both a priori and emergent components and elements. In this framework, value adoption and value transmission are integrated as new components for analyzing this type of BM
The determinants of eXtensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL) adoption : a cross-country study
No full textInternational audienceThis paper investigates the determinants of eXtensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL) adoption using the Technology-Organizational-Environment framework. This framework explains how the process of adopting and implementing XBRL is influenced by the technological context (country's firm-level technology absorption and technological capacity), organizational context (education) and environmental context (level of economic development; degree of external economic openness; investor protection; accounting system and the burden of government regulation). Using a sample of 78 countries during the period 2009–2017, we find that countries with high levels of technology absorption, higher levels of economic development and strong investor protection are more likely to adopt XBRL
The Splendour and Misery of Nature: Comparing two ecosystems of innovation in bioeconomy and genetics in relation to public good
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The relationship between Chinese and FOB prices of rare earth elements revisited: A wavelet approach
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Cause‐related marketing in pandemic context—The effects of cause‐brand fit and cause‐brand alliance on customer‐based legitimacy and reputation
No full textInternational audienceEven though the COVID-19 pandemic has represented an intense period of stress and anxiety for individuals, it has also been an opportunity for firms to engage in cause-related marketing initiatives as a means of providing support and helping them cope with this global pandemic. This study analyzes the influence of cause–brand fit and cause–brand alliance on customer-based legitimacy and reputation. This study also examines the mediating and moderating roles of trust and betrayal, respectively. Data were collected from 455 participants during the first wave of the pandemic, especially during the first lockdown. The results contribute to unveiling the economic and societal outcomes of cause-related marketing. The findings also enrich the antecedents of the legitimacy and reputation conferred by customers
Dark financial profile leading to debt traps – A theoretical framework
No full textInternational audienceThis paper proposes a theoretical framework in an attempt to better explain the behaviours of some consumers of financial products during market crises. We review the established notions of irrationality and deception, and then add the construct of disconnection from financial needs, goals and preferences. We propone that these three concepts, respectively, cognitive, behavioural and emotional in nature, create a dark financial profile (DFP) by which these consumers unwittingly build debt. We use bibliometrics to highlight the current gap in the scholarly domains of interest and provide market examples of how the DFP likely deploys in the marketplace. This is the first article to use disconnection in such a context, and to improve the understanding of consumer behaviours in regard to disconnection, irrationality, deception and debt. Thus, we enrich the literature on debt, which has at times ignored the role of the combination of these constructs. We investigate avenues of research for developing further our emerging framework, especially on the notion of disconnection, and suggest that this effort may assist in preparing effective marketing of financial education programs and improving lending practices