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Family Influence, Entrepreneurial Passion and Gender: Multiple Case Studies of Saudi Family Businesses
No full textAlthough there is a growing body of research on passion in the entrepreneurship literature, little is still known about the factors that drive entrepreneurial passion and how different cultural settings affect it. In this study, I look at family influences that could motivate entrepreneurial passion in recognition of the fact that entrepreneurship is socially embedded. The choice to start a new business is among the most crucial ones a person can make. The same strategy can provide different results depending on whether family members were involved or not. A variety of behaviors, attitudes, and approaches could be allowed or prohibited. Building upon past research I examine the effect of the various dimensions of family influence (power, experience, and culture) which may positively or negatively impact entrepreneurial passion (harmonious, or obsessive). The purpose of this study is to investigate the connection between the family influence and entrepreneurial passion among business co-owners in Saudi Arabia. This study utilized a qualitative approach, using semi-structured interviews to gather data, which was subsequently analyzed using thematic analysis. The analysis revealed several themes, including power, experience, and culture dimensions, as well as themes relating to harmonious and obsessive passion. These themes provided insights into the relationships between family influence and entrepreneurial passion. For example, the results showed that centralized power tended to promote obsessive passion, while the experience dimension showed no significant impact on entrepreneurial passion. The culture dimension was found to be complex, affecting passion behavior in different ways. Gender was also found to moderate the relationship between power, culture, and entrepreneurial passion, leading to interesting ancillary findings discussed in the findings chapter. This study has a valuable contribution to the literature on the intersection of family business and entrepreneurship, specifically in the context of Saudi Arabia. The findings have theoretical and practical implications for family businesses and policymakers in the Gulf region, as well as for the broader entrepreneurship and family business literature
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Product Deletion and Supply Chain Management
No full textOne of the most significant changes in the evolution of modern business management is that organizations no longer compete as individual entities in the market, but as interlocking supply chains. Markets are no longer simply trading desks but dynamic ecosystems where people, organizations and the environment interact. Products and associated materials and resources are links that bridge supply chains from upstream (sourcing and manufacturing) to downstream (delivering and consuming). The lifecycle of a product plays a critical role in supply chains. Supply chains may be composed by, designed around, and modified for products. Product-related issues greatly impact supply chains. Existing studies have advanced product management and product lifecycle management literature through dimensions of product innovation, product growth, product line extensions, product efficiencies, and product acquisition. Product deletion, rationalization, or reduction research is limited but is a critical issue for many reasons. Sustainability is an important reason for this managerial decision. This study, grounded from multiple literature streams in both marketing and supply chain fields, identified relations and propositions to form a firm-level analysis on the role of supply chains in organizational product deletion decisions. Interviews, observational and archival data from international companies (i.e.: Australia, China, India, and Iran) contributed to the empirical support as case studies through a grounded theory approach. Bayesian analysis, an underused empirical analysis tool, was utilized to provide insights into this underdeveloped research stream; and its relationship to qualitative research enhances broader methodological understanding. Gibbs sampler and reversible jump Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) simulation were used for Bayesian analysis based on collected data. The integrative findings are exploratory but provide insights for a number of research propositions
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Triangulating the role of social media technologies and e-leadership in consumer movements: A multi-method investigation
No full textThe rise of Web 2.0 technologies has revolutionized how individuals and organizations use social media, enabling unprecedented levels of collaboration, activism, and innovation. This research examines the intersection of consumer activism and Information Systems (IS) in the context of brand deletion. Through a mixed-methods approach, this research explores the relationship between consumers’ motivations, social media affordances, and e-leadership characteristics in online brand resurrection movements (BRMs). It focuses on social media affordances and how e-leaders of online consumer activism are leveraging them to resurrect beloved discontinued brands. Study 1, by surveying 499 participants from a successful BRM, investigates the psychological drivers for motivating consumers to engage in BRMs through social media platforms. Findings show the significant role of psychological reactance, stemming from perceived threats to freedom and amplified by nostalgic brand love, in driving online activism. Study 2 investigates, by interviewing fifteen e-leaders, how e-leaders of BRMs strategically utilize the affordances of social media technologies to mobilize support, shape narratives, and influence corporate decisions. These studies contribute to the IS literature by (1) applying psychological reactance theory to BRMs; (2) conceptualizing nostalgic brand love as a construct; (3) identifying affordances of social media that facilitate BRM and consumer activism; (4) determining the interplay between technology affordances and e-leadership characteristics in online BRMs; (5) offering insights into the strategic use of social media features for consumer activism and influencing organizational responses. This research highlights how e-leaders of online consumer movements strategically utilize social media’s affordances to foster dialogue with companies, empowering consumers to collaboratively solve problems and achieve collective goals.
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FACTORS INFLUENCING FAMILY FIRM INTERNATIONALIZATION
No full textThe internationalization of firms is a complex phenomenon (Fernández & Nieto, 2005), and it is just as important for family firms to achieve growth and long-term survival (Alayo et al., 2020). Internationalizing a family firm can be regarded as a form of corporate entrepreneurship (Birkinshaw, 1997; Dess et al., 2003; Keupp & Gassmann, 2009; McDougall & Oviatt, 2000; Yiu et al., 2007; Zahra & George, 2002; Zahra et al., 2000; Zahra et al., 1999). This qualitative study examines Mexican small and medium (SME) family firms with two generations working in the operations and have more than four top management team (TMT) members. The TMT members intend to internationalize their operations or have international operations already. The study analyzes the external and internal factors that motivate the internationalization of Mexican family firms. It also analyzes how family members influence the decision-making process to internationalize through the TMT members and act upon opportunities recognized beyond their national borders. TMT members are chosen as the key informants of the study because of their knowledge of the history, operations, and decision-making process of their respective family firms. The study presents findings using grounded theory as the methodology in the context of several industries in different companies in Mexico. A theoretical model is presented where external and internal factors influence the motivation to internationalize the family firm. This motivation impacts the family firm's internationalization, and external obstacles and internal limitations moderate this relationship. The following dissertation is structured as follows. Chapter 1 presents the study's introduction, briefly describing what we know so far, the gaps in the knowledge on the topic, and how these gaps are filled. Chapter 2 is the literature review that presents the definitions of the basic constructs and the scope of the dissertation. Chapter 3 explains the methodology followed in the study. Chapter 4 describes the analysis techniques and how the trustworthiness of the analysis is achieved. Chapter 5 presents the findings of the study and introduces the theoretical model. Finally, Chapter 6 presents the discussion of the findings, theoretical and practical implications are drawn, directions for future research are presented, and a conclusion is made
Culling the brand portfolio: brand deletion outcomes and success factors
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Purpose
It is difficult to ascertain the success factors and outcomes of deleting a brand, since these factors and outcomes differ by type of industries, firms, and brands, and vary based on contextual and organizational situations. Brand managers would benefit by having a guide explaining various factors that contribute to a successful brand deletion and providing measures of brand deletion success. Therefore, the purpose of this article is to present a list of success factors and outcomes of brand deletion, which brand managers can adapt to their specific brand deletion context and which academic researchers can use to further investigate the systemic aspects of brand deletion.
Design/methodology/approach
This article adopts a conceptual viewpoint methodology.
Findings
If brand deletion leads to improvements in business performance represented by better customer relationship management, superior competitive position, and boosts in financial performance without degrading stakeholder relationships, it can be called a success. Various factors contribute to this success such as a proactive approach to brand deletion with the involvement of top management and cross-functional teams, timely implementation of the decision, considering the strategic role and importance of the brand to be deleted in the overall brand portfolio, and managing interests of all key stakeholders affected by and influencing brand deletion.
Originality/value
Marketing practitioners can use the guidelines provided in this article and adapt it to their individual idiosyncratic contexts during brand deletion decision-making and implementation. Researchers are encouraged to further investigate the phenomenon of brand deletion strategy and focus more research attention on developing strong empirical knowledge in this important yet under-researched field.
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