RAUSP Management Journal
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<p><strong><em>RAUSP Management Journal</em> is a quarterly publication organized by the Business Administration department of the University of Sao Paulo (Brazil).</strong></p> <p>It is a generalist, academic journal, covering all fields of management, including Entrepreneurship; Education, Strategy and Business Economics; Corporate Governance; Finance and Accounting; Environmental Management; Public Management; Technology Management; Marketing; Quality and Productivity; Human Resources and Organizations; and Information Technology.</p> <p>RAUSP Management Journal is ranked among the best Brazilian journals in Business and Management (Qualis-Capes Brazil). It is dedicated to the dissemination of research and ideas that add value to the work of scholars and practitioners in the field of Management, a mission it has been fulfilling for more than 70 years. It publishes articles selected by originality, quality, and creativity.</p> <p>Original manuscripts are welcome in English or in Portuguese, provided that the authors submit an English version of the text prior to publication.</p> <p>RAUSP publishes four issues per annum.</p> <h3>Peer review</h3> <p>RAUSP operates through a double blind peer review model. All articles undergo an initial assessment by the journal editor. If they are considered suitable for peer review, articles will then be reviewed by a minimum of two external reviewers to assess their suitability for publication. Final responsibility for editorial decisions rests with the journal editor.</p> <h3>Open access</h3> <p>All articles published in RAUSP Management Journal are published in Open Access under a CC BY 4.0 licence. For further information on licencing, please see the <a title="author guidelines." href="http://www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com/services/publishing/rausp/authors.htm">author guidelines</a>.</p> <h3>Publishing Services partnership</h3> <p><em>RAUSP Management Journal</em> is published by Emerald Group Publishing on behalf of the University of Sao Paulo (USP) and it is owned by USP. <em>RAUSP</em> is published under a platinum OA arrangement, in that all charges for publishing an OA article in RAUSP are funded by the University of São Paulo. There is no charge to the author.</p> <p>View the journal's <a title="Transparency statement - opens in new window." href="http://www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com/services/publishing/rausp/pdf/trans_statement_rausp.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">transparency statement</a>.</p>Universidade de São Paulo. Faculdade de Economia, Administração e ContabilidadeenRAUSP Management Journal2531-0488<p>Management Department of the School of Economics, Management and Accounting of the University of São Paulo.</p> <p>The publication of article segments is allowed, subject to prior authorization and source identification.</p> <p>Copyright is regulated under <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Licença Creative Commons Attribution</a></p>Consumer buying behavior: IPMA – the technique that deepens the analysis and suggests management strategies
https://www.revistas.usp.br/rmj/article/view/219615
ThinkBoxMario Duarte Dos Santos MachadoPaulo Henrique Bertucci Ramos
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2023-12-042023-12-0436336910.1108/RAUSP-10-2023-275“Ethical leadership: a dual path model for fostering ethical voice through relational identification, psychological safety, organizational identification and psychological ownership”
https://www.revistas.usp.br/rmj/article/view/219613
<p>Purpose/ Objectives: The study aims to identify the impact of ethical leadership on ethical voice by determining two paths covering relational identification and psychological safety. The first path focused on relational identification and psychological safety. Alternatively, the second path focused on organizational identification and psychological ownership leading to ethical voice. The specific objective of the study is to develop and test an integrated model of ethical leadership.</p> <p>Design/ Methodology/ Approach: The objectives were achieved through the adoption of quantitate research techniques. Two hundred forty-eight samples were collected from the banking sector using quantitative research techniques, and data was gathered through a self-administered questionnaire. Exploratory and Confirmatory factor analyses were used through AMOS to generate the results and test hypotheses. </p> <p>Findings: The results suggested a significant impact of ethical leadership on ethical voice, while the other paths' results, such as relational identification, psychological safety, organizational identification, and psychological ownership, suggested partial mediation. The study result adds new insights into ethical leadership and social exchange theory since it tested overlooked paths in the literature, such as relational identification and psychological safety. </p> <p>Originality/ Value: The current study is unique since it is intended to develop and test an integrated model of ethical leadership and ethical voice. This research combines an integrated model, focusing on employees’ identities and self-concepts and examining ethical voice as a behavioral outcome.</p>
Research PaperEthical LeadershipRelational IdentificationPsychological SafetyOrganizational IdentificationPsychological OwnershipEthical VoiceQurat-ul-Ain BurhanMuhammad Asif KhanMuhammad Faisal Malik
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2023-12-042023-12-0434136210.1108/RAUSP-01-2023-0008What type of leadership is more effective for managing change during force majeure? Achieving organizational effectiveness during the pandemic
https://www.revistas.usp.br/rmj/article/view/219609
<p>Purpose: Leaders have been facing serious challenges in managing organizations during COVID-19, which has brought the need for implementing sudden technological change across the globe. Hence, it was important to identify effective leadership styles to successfully manage the transformational process during the period. Therefore the current study tends to explore and compare the effectiveness of transformational and ethical leadership in terms of achieving organizational goals during COVID-19 in public and private sector organizations in Pakistan.</p> <p>Design/Methodology: Comparative research was carried out to find out the effectiveness of transformational and ethical leadership during and pre-COVID-19 in public and private sector organizations using the lens of social exchange theory. Data was collected from 214 respondents representing 67.6% public and 32.4% private sector organizations of Pakistan at two different points in time. Detailed comparative analyses were conducted in AMOS version 24, to assess the effectiveness of leadership styles before and during COVID-19 times. </p> <p>Results: On the whole, transformational leadership was found to have more impact on organizational effectiveness in comparison with ethical leadership in both pre-and during COVID-19 situations. Moreover, the effectiveness of transformational leadership significantly increased and the same decreased for ethical leadership during COVID-19. Additional analyses indicated that transformational leadership was effective for the private sector and ethical leadership for the public sector organizations during COVID-19.</p> <p>Limitations: The study has not considered the mediating mechanisms of employee motivation, engagement, and performance in the relationship between transformational and ethical leadership styles and organizational effectiveness, which can be explored in the future.</p> <p> Implications: These results have important implications for private and public sector organizations and suggest that the adoption of a transformational leadership style will generate better results in the private sector and an ethical leadership style in public sector organizations to achieve organizational effectiveness during uncertain situations like COVID-19.</p> <p>Social Implications: The study shows that leadership with more care and concern for humanity tends to perform better in terms of generating results for organizational effectiveness. Therefore, both transformational and ethical leadership are based on individualized consideration for employees and are effective during COVID-19 in private and public sector organizations in Pakistan.</p> <p>Originality: The study has carried out the comparative analyses in three different ways including leadership styles (Transformational and Ethical), type of organization (private and public), and time frames (pre and during COVID-19), which is a true contribution of the research in the Pakistani context. </p>
Research PaperTransformational LeadershipEthical LeadershipSocial Exchange TheoryCovid-19Organizational EffectivenessForce-MajeurePublic Sector BanksPrivate Sector BanksNazia HabibShaheryar NaveedMuhammad MumtazRabia SultanaShoaib Akhtar
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2023-12-042023-12-0431834010.1108/RAUSP-01-2023-0007The relationship between green packaging awareness, initiatives, and behavior: an exploratory study on India rural population
https://www.revistas.usp.br/rmj/article/view/219606
<p><em>Purpose</em>: This research investigates the antecedents and consequences of green packaging behavior (GPB). A conceptual model has been developed wherein green packaging awareness (GPA) and green packaging initiatives (GPI) are precursors of GPB, and environmental concern and availability of various green packaging alternatives are moderators. The outcomes of GPB in terms of environmental and personal benefits are examined.</p> <p><em>Design/methodology/approach</em>: Unlike most papers focusing on green packaging from a marketing perspective, this study explores the behavior of rural households from 47 villages in southern India. A carefully crafted survey instrument was developed, and data was collected from 395 respondents. After checking the instrument's psychometric properties, the results were analyzed using Hayes's PROCESS macros.</p> <p><em>Findings</em>: The results indicate that (i) GPA and GPI are positively associated with GPB, (ii) GPA predicts GPI, and (iii) GPI mediates the relationship between GPA and GPB. Further, findings suggest that (i) environmental concern moderates the relationship between GPI and GPB, and (ii) three-way interaction between the availability of green packaging (second moderator), environmental concern (first moderator), and GPI influences the GPB. Moreover, the outcomes of GPB in terms of environmental and personal benefits are established.</p> <p><em>Research implications/limitations:</em> This research has several theoretical implications. It documents that individual awareness of green packaging is a precursor to green packaging behavior. This study focused on the rural population from a developing country (India) and hence may suffer from a lack of generalizability across developed nations. However, the results could be generalizable across other developing nations worldwide.</p> <p><em>Practical implications</em>: This study motivates individuals to engage in pro-environmental behavior. Moreover, it highlights the importance of green packaging behavior in deriving environmental and personal benefits. It is also equally crucial for individuals to engage in proper waste management practices so that the environment is not polluted. </p> <p><em>Societal implications: </em>The findings from this research are helpful to society as it focuses on the pro-environmental behavior of individuals. Particularly concerning packaging, this study points out that buying products with green packaging and reusing and recycling such packages is essential to protect the environment.</p> <p><em>Originality/value:</em> This study fills the gaps in the literature by focusing on the green packaging behavior of the rural population. To the best of our knowledge, the moderated-mediation model developed and tested in this research is the first of its kind and thus makes a significant contribution to the literature on green packaging and waste management.</p>
Research PaperGreen Packaging BehaviorGreen Packaging InitiativesEnvironmental BenefitsGreen Packaging AwarenessIndiaHesil Jerda GeorgeSahayaselvi SusainathanSatyanarayana Parayitam
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2023-12-042023-12-0428631710.1108/RAUSP-11-2022-0240Contributing factors to marketing educators’ teaching performance: insights from executive postgraduate programmes in Brazil
https://www.revistas.usp.br/rmj/article/view/219605
<ul> <li> <p>Purpose: to understand how marketing faculty become reference-educators of business executives by exploring the factors that contribute to their teaching performance. </p> <p>Design/methodology/approach: Exploratory qualitative research, using in depth interviews in which the object of the study was the marketing educator, based on three Brazilian business schools.</p> <p>Findings: the teaching performance depends on the teaching practice, which is influenced by technical knowledge, pedagogical factors and personal features. The development of a practitioner educator is a complex process that arises from both formal and informal learning.</p> <p>Research implications: deepens the understanding of marketing educators’ individual factors, proposing a model to expand the knowledge of the factors shaping a reference-educator.</p> <p>Practical implications: raises awareness among managers of Higher Education Institutions of the relevance of the development of its educators considering not only pedagogical skills, but also marketing and social skills.</p> <p>Social implications: Improvements in education generate a positive contribution to society. Better marketing educators may result in better professionals, which could, ultimately, generate more benefits both for corporations and for society.</p> <p>Originality/value: Existing literature has neglected the understanding of how marketing educators’ individual factors may impact on good teaching to create a well-rounded practitioner-educator. This study seeks to address that gap by exploring how marketing faculty, especially practitioners of marketing, become reference-educators, that is, educators identified as exemplars of good practice by their students and peers.</p> </li> </ul>
Research PaperPractitioner EducatorMarketing EducationExecutive EducationExperiential LearningAlexandre Borba SalvadorMariana Bassi-SuterNicola Forsdike
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2023-12-042023-12-0426628510.1108/RAUSP-10-2022-0233Editorial: Repurposing management knowledge production in the Global South context
https://www.revistas.usp.br/rmj/article/view/219601
<p>Serving on editorial boards of management journals for almost a decade has taught us<br>valuable lessons about purposeful research. A key lesson includes the significance of<br>maintaining theoretical and methodological rigour and crafting engaging narratives that<br>effectively convey a study’s methodology and contributions to the management research<br>field. Another equally crucial lesson is recognising that getting management research wrong<br>in Global South [1] contexts may lead to missing significant opportunities to address<br>pressing problems such as increased inequality and unsustainable growth. Nevertheless,<br>much remains overlooked in the debate about the need for and the challenges of producing<br>purposeful context-oriented research in the Global South. Most studies have not sufficiently<br>tapped into the challenges faced by scholars from these developing economies, including the<br>trade-off between local relevance and international publication rigour. The growing<br>pressure to publish and the management education curricula, prioritise content, shape and<br>quantity of research production that aligns with mainstream Global North management<br>knowledge at the expense of local purpose (Trzesniak, Plata-Caviedes, & Cordoba-Salgado,<br>2012; Mattos, 2008; Mascarenhas, Zambaldi, & Moraes, 2011). So, how do we repurpose<br>management research for the local good?<br>This editorial endeavours to discuss some key challenges of developing and publishing<br>management studies about the Global South, proposing potential solutions. Our objective is<br>to invigorate local dialogues on the essence of quality and purpose within the realm of<br>management research in these contexts. To achieve this purpose, we use Brazil as an<br>illustrative case to help us discuss the challenges and the potential benefits of repurposing<br>Global South research. Such a discussion carries profound implications for developing<br>theories addressing global societal challenges that researchers aspire to tackle. At the same<br>time, it also offers the potential to bring about positive changes in developing economies.</p>
EditorialStelvia MatosFlavio Hourneaux Junior
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2023-12-042023-12-0425826510.1108/RAUSP-10-2023-276ThinkBox - One-way road: the impact of artificial intelligence on the development of knowledge in management
https://www.revistas.usp.br/rmj/article/view/217596
<p>This essay provokes the discussion of the impacts and limits of incorporating Artificial Intelligence in producing and disseminating scientific knowledge in Business Administration research. The progressive entry of AI in several areas also reflected in Academia to the point that researchers established rules of conduct for using AI-based applications and universities raised questions about their teaching methods. But, what about scientific knowledge development? How can researchers use these applications without losing the authorial aspect of their productions? This paper seeks to discuss and provoke researchers in the Applied Social Sciences about the impact of Artificial Intelligence on the production of scientific knowledge.</p> <p> </p>
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2023-10-232023-10-2324925510.1108/RAUSP-07-2023-273Frugal innovation and operational performance: the role of organizational learning capability
https://www.revistas.usp.br/rmj/article/view/217592
<p><strong>Purpose:</strong> This study aimed to analyze the Organizational Learning Capability relationship with Operational Performance and Frugal Innovation across Brazilian companies. </p> <p><strong>Design/methodology/approach</strong>: Quantitative research was performed using collected data from 154 firms, which were analyzed using Structural Equation Modelling.</p> <p><strong>Findings:</strong> The results showed that Organizational Learning Capability is an antecedent of frugal innovation. The results also predict a better Operational Performance for companies that actively innovate cost-effectively. Another result was the positive relationship between the Organizational Learning Capability and the Operational Performance. We found that the indirect and positive relationship between Organizational Learning Capability, Frugal Innovation and Operational Performance was confirmed, reinforcing the literature.</p> <p><strong>Research implications: </strong>A theoretical implication of this study can be seen in the establishment of the relationship between Organizational Learning Capability, Frugal Innovation and Operational Performance since no studies linking these variables together were found. Therefore, the Organizational Learning Capability and the Frugal Innovation can be considered facilitators of the Operational Performance.</p> <p><strong>Practical implications: </strong>Managers should consider organizational learning and Frugal Innovation when thinking about firms' Operational Performance. In this way, to facilitate and achieve higher performance, it was found that Organizational Learning Capability and Frugal Innovation have a great deal of impact on Operational Performance.</p> <p><strong>Social implications: </strong>At Frugal Innovation, the needs of citizens are prioritized. It is a great instrument to face crises since it consists of developing simpler and cheaper products and services quickly, making them accessible to a larger group of consumers.</p> <p><strong>Originality/value:</strong> This study seeks to understand whether Brazilian companies are moving towards a more frugal innovation strategy. The study opens the possibility of showing whether the Organizational Learning Capability has also impacted this change.</p>
Research PaperFrugal InnovationOrganizational Learning CapabilityOperational Performance
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2023-10-232023-10-2323324810.1108/RAUSP-12-2021-0249Assessing the moderating role of the extent of implementation of lean methods in predicting productivity improvement
https://www.revistas.usp.br/rmj/article/view/217590
<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>The argument of implementing the lean method to part or whole of an operation is explored by examining the moderating impact of varying levels of the extent of implementation of four different lean methods, along with their functionalities, in predicting productivity improvement.</p> <p><strong>Design:</strong> As the focus of understanding the efficacy of lean principles is shifting from process to industry level, this study tried to generalize the approach by gathering data from 132 large Indian auto component manufacturers. This involves an assessing/monitoring approach rather than measurement.</p> <p><strong>Findings: </strong>Results highlighted the interdependence or individuality of the extent of implementation of lean methods and their functionalities. Findings revealed a significant moderating effect in improving productivity to a greater extent of 50%.</p> <p><strong>Research implications:</strong> Adopting an assessment approach to a measurement study provides a noteworthy contribution to bridging theory and practical consequences. The findings can be appropriately extrapolated to medium and small enterprises forming a critical connection in the entire automobile manufacturing ecosystem.</p> <p><strong>Practical implications:</strong> The study showed that even if a lean method is applied to a certain extent of operations the chances of PI are significant. This is important for decision-makers as they confront problems of optimum resource allocation.</p> <p><strong>Social implications: </strong>Productivity improvement, reduced cost and generalization of results would enable the auto-component industry to become more competitive.</p> <p><strong>Originality:</strong> The examination of the moderation effect of a lean principle implementation extent, along with that of its functionalities to predict the improvement in productivity from its existing level, is a major outcome of this study.</p>
Research PaperLean methodsKanbanSingle Minute of Exchange DieSystematic Layout PlanningStandardized workProductivityAssessment
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2023-10-232023-10-2321923210.1108/RAUSP-08-2022-0196Sustainable supply chain management in a global context: the perspective of emerging economy suppliers
https://www.revistas.usp.br/rmj/article/view/217588
<p><strong>Purpose:</strong> This paper investigates how the extant literature on Sustainable Supply Chain Management (SSCM) empirically explores the perspective of emerging economy suppliers operating in Global Supply Chains (GSCs). It thereby explains the role of emerging economy suppliers in determining the success of SSCM.</p> <p><strong>Design/methodology/approach:</strong> A systematic literature review of 41 empirical papers (published between 2007 and 2021) was conducted, involving both descriptive and thematic analyses. </p> <p><strong>Findings:</strong> Our findings demonstrate that emerging economy suppliers have a key role in SSCM, given their use of positive feedback loops to: (i) proactively create <em>remedies</em> to surpass barriers using their collaboration mechanisms, and (ii) exploit authentic sustainability outcomes as <em>reinforcements</em> to drive further sustainability initiatives. We also demonstrate that suppliers are particularly focused on the cultural and institutional dimensions of sustainability. Finally, we provide an explanatory analytical framework to reduce the institutional distance between buyers and their global suppliers. </p> <p><strong>Research implications:</strong> This review identifies avenues for future research on the role of emerging economy suppliers in SSCM. </p> <p><strong>Practical implications:</strong> Recognising remedies to surpass barriers and reinforcements to drive new actions can aid SSCM in GSCs and improve understanding between buyers and suppliers. </p> <p><strong>Social implications:</strong> The valorisation of cultural and institutional issues can lead to more responsible supplier interactions and improved sustainability outcomes in emerging economies. </p> <p><strong>Originality:</strong> This review only analyses the viewpoint of emerging economy suppliers, whereas prior SSCM reviews have focused on the buyer perspective. Thus we reduce supplier invisibility and institutional distance between GSC participants. </p>
Research PaperSupplier perspectiveGlobal supply chainsSustainable supply chain managementEmerging economiesDeveloping economiesSystematic literature review
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2023-10-232023-10-2319721810.1108/RAUSP-05-2022-0141Editorial: A roadmap for data analysis in qualitative research
https://www.revistas.usp.br/rmj/article/view/217587
<p>Qualitative research is often associated with new developments in theory building and elaboration. At the core of this type of research, data analysis represents a significant challenge. Some scholars consider inductive data analysis a black box because of its creative and unpredictable nature (common features of radical innovations). In response to this challenge, standard protocols (called <em>templates</em>) gained relevance (Harvey & Cornelissen, 2022). This editorial sheds light on how to perform inductive data analysis. We link this crucial process with the three main templates in qualitative research: the Eisenhardt method, the Langley approach, and the Gioia methodology. Moreover, we provide a framework (roadmap) for data analysis, which might facilitate research to build new theories.</p>
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2023-10-232023-10-2319019610.1108/RAUSP-07-2023-274Identifying necessary conditions to deep-tech entrepreneurship
https://www.revistas.usp.br/rmj/article/view/211740
<p>Purpose – Our research aimed to address which resources provided by an entrepreneurial ecosystem (EE) are necessary for deep technology entrepreneurship.</p> <p>Design/methodology/approach – We employ a novel approach known as necessary condition analysis (NCA) to data on EEs and deep-tech startups from 132 countries, collected in a global innovation index and Crunchbase datasets. The NCA makes it possible to identify whether an EEs resource is a necessary condition that enables entrepreneurship.</p> <p>Findings – Necessary conditions are related to political and business environment; education, research and development; general infrastructure; credit; trade; diversification and market size; and knowledge absorption capacity.</p> <p>Research implications – Our results show that business and political environments are the most necessary conditions to drive deep-tech entrepreneurship.</p> <p>Practical implications – Policymakers could prioritize conditions that maximize entrepreneurial output levels rather than focusing on less necessary elements.</p> <p>Social implications – Some resources require less performance than others. So, policymakers should consider allocating policy efforts to strengthen resources that maximize output levels.</p> <p>Originality/value – Studies on deep-tech entrepreneurship are scarce. This study provides a bottleneck analysis that can guide the formulation of policies to support deep-tech entrepreneurship, since it allows to identify priority areas for resource allocation.</p>
Research PaperEntrepreneurial ecosystemsEmerging technologyEduardo Avancci DionisioEdmundo Inacio JuniorCristiano MoriniRuy de Quadros Carvalho
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2023-05-082023-05-0816218510.1108/RAUSP-09-2022-0203Innovation and Performance in Peruvian Manufacturing Firms: Does R&D Play a Role?
https://www.revistas.usp.br/rmj/article/view/211736
<p>Purpose: The paper aims to study whether Peruvian manufacturing firms that implement innovation have positive performance and whether R&D activities moderate these relationships.</p> <p>Design/Methodology/Approach: Using a dataset of Peruvian manufacturing firms from the 2018 National Survey of Innovation, a LOGIT model analysis was applied to 774 companies. Additionally, we fitted different models into subsamples to explore the moderating effects of R&D on manufacturing firms. Finally, the regression models were computed using R software.</p> <p>Findings: The results indicate that product, service, and marketing innovation are associated positively with an increase in market share, while process and organizational innovations are associated positively with productivity. Moreover, companies with R&D are more productivity-oriented than companies without R&D. </p> <p>Research Implications: This study contributes to the literature on innovation management by supporting the assumption that innovation results in increased productivity and expands market demand. In addition, findings highlight that R&D is essential for boosting firms' productivity.</p> <p>Practical Implications: Managers should consider an appropriate combination of the innovation portfolio and R&D investments in order to make progress and increase performance in the company. In addition, policy makers should consider that investments to promote the development of R&D activities in manufacturing companies will likely lead to medium or long-term returns.</p> <p>Originality/Value: These results provide a deeper understanding of how the effects of innovations implemented by manufacturing firms - especially service and process innovation - improve their performance.</p>
Research PaperInnovationR&DPerformanceManufacturingPeruJean Pierre Seclen-LunaPablo Moya-FernandezChristian A. Cancino
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2023-05-082023-05-0814316110.1108/RAUSP-07-2022-0176 Modelling the importance of collaborative culture and its dimensions for supply chain collaboration: a necessary condition analysis
https://www.revistas.usp.br/rmj/article/view/211734
<p>Purpose: This paper assumes necessity rather than sufficiency logic to model the relationship between collaborative culture and supply chain collaboration as triangular rather than linear. Specifically, this study sought to determine (a) whether overall collaborative culture and its dimensions (i.e., collectivism, long-term orientation, power symmetry, and uncertainty avoidance) are necessary for supply chain collaboration and (b) the minimum levels of overall collaborative culture and its dimensions that are required for high levels of supply chain collaboration. </p> <p>Design/methodology/approach: Based on the literature, collaborative culture and its four dimensions, namely, collectivism, long-term orientation, power symmetry, and uncertainty avoidance, were modelled as conditions having supply chain collaboration as their outcome. The study employed the Necessary Condition Analysis to test the triangular relationships between the conditions and the outcome among a sample of firms (N = 166) in the downstream petroleum sector.</p> <p> Findings: The results revealed that collaborative culture and its dimensions are necessary conditions for supply chain collaboration and that high levels of collaboration are possible, although not guaranteed when at least a basic level of collaborative culture or its dimensions are present. Hence, different levels of supply chain collaboration require firms to have different levels of collectivism, long-term orientation, power symmetry and uncertainty avoidance. Thus, at 30% supply chain collaboration, only overall collaborative culture is necessary. </p> <p>Originality/value: As one of the first studies to use necessity rather than sufficiency logic to test the relationship between collaborative culture and supply chain collaboration, this research unearthed the non-linear (triangular) relationship between the constructs. It contributes to understanding how collaborative culture and its dimensions serve as bottleneck conditions constraining supply chain collaboration. </p> <p>Practical implications: The dimensions of collaborative culture are necessary but not sufficient for supply chain collaboration. Therefore, managers should adopt a holistic approach to investment in a collaborative culture, as an over-investment in any of the dimensions may not compensate for an under-investment in the others. </p> <p>Limitations: A significant limitation of this research is that, although several antecedents of supply chain collaboration exist, this study explored only the cultural antecedents of supply chain collaboration.</p>
Research PaperCollectivismLong-term orientationPower symmetryUncertainty avoidanceSupply chain collaborationNecessary Condition AnalysisGhanaInnocent Senyo Kwasi Acquah
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2023-05-082023-05-0812514210.1108/RAUSP-05-2022-0153 Competition and firm performance: evidence from Vietnam
https://www.revistas.usp.br/rmj/article/view/211730
<p>Purpose – This paper aims to examine the impact of competition on firm performance using a dataset of 352 firms listed on Vietnam's stock exchanges from 2015-2019.</p> <p>Design/methodology/approach – The two-step system Generalized Method of Moments is used to estimate this impact.</p> <p>Findings – The findings reveal an inverted U-shaped relationship between competition and firm performance. Competition improves firm performance if its intensity is moderate. However, if the competition intensity exceeds the optimal level, the performance deteriorates accordingly.</p> <p>Research limitations/implications – We have only studied Vietnamese firms due to our limited ability in data collection. It would be better to validate the findings using data from other transition economies.</p> <p>Practical implications – The non-linear relationship between competition and performance implies that government should pay more attention to retaining competition at an appropriate level.</p> <p>Social implications – Firms contribute a lot to the prosperity of Vietnam. Therefore, the findings have a meaningful implication for Vietnam's government to moderate competition to improve its firms' performance.</p> <p>Originality/value – This paper contributes to the extant literature by providing firsthand evidence of the impact of competition on firm performance in Vietnam – a transition economy.</p>
Research PaperBoone indicatorCompetitionLeveragePerformanceVietnamNguyen Le Hoa TuyetLe Khuong Ninh
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2023-05-082023-05-0811112410.1108/RAUSP-03-2022-0094Leisure or work? Shopping behavior in neighborhood stores in a pandemic context
https://www.revistas.usp.br/rmj/article/view/211729
<p>Purpose: This study aims to understand customer’s assessments of neighborhood stores during the COVID-19 pandemic through the influence of in-store environmental factors on patronage intention.</p> <p>Method: Online survey with 528 participants about the last shopping trip in neighborhood retail. We performed data analysis using structural equation modeling techniques.</p> <p>Findings: High-perceived spatial crowding negatively influences shopping experience value perceptions, while human crowding influences patronage intentions through increased perceived hedonic value.</p> <p>Research implications: Results suggest that purchase experience at well-known neighborhood stores during a sanitary crisis is becoming less convenience-oriented and a substitute for leisure activities due to social distancing.</p> <p>Practical implications: Our findings elucidate the social function of neighborhood convenience retailing during the COVID-19 pandemic. The results emphasize that a pleasant shopping experience arising from a good relationship with shopkeepers and other customers is more influential on patronage intention than a good product assortment and store layout.</p> <p>Social implications: This article contributes to the survival of small neighborhood businesses during the financial crisis installed due to Covid-19 by helping businesses become more attractive to their consumers and competitive in the new context.</p> <p>Originality: The combined context of the health crisis due to COVID-19 and neighborhood retail of an emerging country raises the need for tests to better understand established marketing theories. Based on this rationale, our work intends to replicate and extend selected previous findings to the new environment dictated by the pandemic.</p>
Research PaperRetailCOVID-19CrowdingValue PerceptionsPatronage IntentionMarcelo Moll BrandãoArthur França SarcinelliAnanda Bisi BarcelosLuiza Postay Cordeiro
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2023-05-082023-05-089711010.1108/RAUSP-02-2022-0064Editorial: How to navigate in the ocean of indexers, metrics, and rankings in the management field
https://www.revistas.usp.br/rmj/article/view/211722
EditorialFlavio Hourneaux JuniorKavita Miadaira HamzaRonaldo de Oliveira Santos Jhunior
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2023-05-082023-05-08909610.1108/RAUSP-04-2023-272Does employee empowerment moderate the effect of situational and dispositional variables on emotional exhaustion differently? The COVID-19 crisis context
https://www.revistas.usp.br/rmj/article/view/210035
<p>Purpose - Building on the Conservation of Resources (COR) theory, this study investigates employee empowerment's moderation effect on the relationship of situational (job satisfaction, affective commitment) and dispositional (positive affectivity, emotional intelligence) variables toward the emotional exhaustion of service employees amidst the pandemic.</p> <p> </p> <p>Design/methodology/approach - In total, 288 service employees from various sectors in Indonesia participate as the study's respondents. This study applies a two-stage structural equation modeling approach to test the hypotheses.</p> <p> </p> <p>Findings - The results show that employee empowerment moderates situational and dispositional variables differently. While employee empowerment significantly influences situational variables, a different situation is found on dispositional variables, that employee empowerment does not significantly influence these variables. This study's findings portray the COR theory in practice and clarify the importance of employee empowerment for employees with particular attributions.</p> <p> </p> <p>Originality/value - This study contributes to both theoretical and practical understanding. Theoretically, this study adds and promotes using a categorical lens to examine the pattern of interactions between organizations and employees.</p> <p> </p> <p>Practical implications - From a practical perspective, this study reveals which type of service employees are responsive to empowerment policy and which are prone to experience emotional exhaustion, particularly during a crisis.</p> <p> </p> <p>Social implications - By understanding what factors determine employee empowerment's effectiveness, managers could maximize the impacts of their empowerment policies. Subsequently, it will create better service deliveries which might benefit the broader societal scope.</p> <p> </p> <p>Research limitations - The present study bears four limitations: the cross-sectional design; no exploration of dispositional and situational variables' antecedents; the findings are limited to the service workers; lastly, this study only takes Indonesian samples.</p> <p> </p>
Research PaperCOVID-19Emotional exhaustionEmployee empowermentSituational variablesDispositional VariablesConservation of Resources (COR) theoryJaya Addin LinandoM. Halim
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2023-03-292023-03-29698510.1108/RAUSP-06-2022-0168Factors influencing Brazilian sugar and ethanol refineries’ failure
https://www.revistas.usp.br/rmj/article/view/210033
<p>Purpose: This study aims to examine the dimensions of organisational failure in the Brazilian sugarcane and ethanol refineries, as reported in judicial recovery plans.</p> <p>Design/methodology/approach: This paper follows a qualitative, inductive approach that uses content analysis to examine the details of recovery plans. Besides, a cause-and-effect relationship diagram is proposed, making it possible to identify the interconnections between the identified variables.</p> <p>Findings: There is evidence that organisational failures are not a linear outcome. Organisational failures are complex and occur because of several factors, often interdependent and operating at different levels.</p> <p>Research implications: Organisational failures basically have three interrelated levels: the macro-level (external environment); the meso-level (organisational environment); and the micro-level (associated with the decision-maker). The relationship between these levels is not trivial and involves coordinated research efforts.</p> <p>Practical implications: Organisations must consider all types of failure levels when developing business reorganisation plans. Reorganisation plans are more than a formal document to achieve judicial recovery, as they should incorporate strategic factors.</p> <p>Social implications: Failures are a regularity in organisations’ day-to-day. Understanding failure’s sources is vital to design firms’ strategies and public policies.</p> <p>Originality/value: The study of organisational failure involves the analysis of complex and multidimensional phenomena. Judicial recovery plans are the means for companies to get a second chance. To that end, this article addresses the sources of organisational failures through the lens of judicial plans.</p>
Research PaperOrganisational failureJudicial recoveryFailure factorsSusan Yuko HigashiSilvia Morales de Queiroz CalemanLouise ManningLuis Kluwe De AguiarGuilherme Fowler A. Monteiro
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2023-03-292023-03-29556810.1108/RAUSP-05-2022-0154Truces (re)construction at the boundaries of budgeting routines
https://www.revistas.usp.br/rmj/article/view/210031
<p>Purpose: This study aims to contribute to Routine Dynamics literature and organization process practices. The main objective is to identify different ways organizational members (re)construct truces at the boundaries of budgeting routines where (re)plannings face scarce resources and, consequently, require modifications in routines.</p> <p>Design/methodology/approach: The research adopted the phenomenographic theoretical-methodological approach to investigate from a process perspective. Twenty-two professionals from 17 companies were interviewed about their experiences with budgeting. Three conceptions and six explanatory dimensions were organized systematically on a conceptual map, which provided insights for three new propositions.</p> <p>Findings: Three conceptions about truce (re)construction were found: i. Authority Subjection denotes an obedient behavior towards centralized orders for budget cuttings; ii. Prudent Assimilation explains how some specific routines are preserved from resource reduction; and, iii. Participatory Interactions stand for exhaustive and participative efforts for negotiations beyond routine frontiers.</p> <p>Three theoretical propositions are also presented: 1. Awareness of Systemic Complexity (ASC) may strengthen arguments for negotiations; 2. Team's Collective Configuration of Relationship Networks reinforces collective attributes; and 3. Social-Based Learning may be developed through truce (re)construction.</p> <p>Research limitations: Jorgüen Sandberg, who brought the phenomenographic approach to Organization Studies in 2000, stances that it is not assured that conceptions cover all varied forms of the phenomenon.</p> <p>Practical Implications: Implementing these findings in organizations may improve commitment to ecology of routines and decentralized decisions with a sense of responsibility for financial plans. </p> <p>Social Implications: Encourage transparency and ideas for cost-efficient resource use.</p> <p>Originality/value: Providing advance knowledge about truce in routines while encompassing its ecology.</p>
Research PaperOrganizational routinesTruceInterdependenciesBudgetingProcess PerspectiveSamantha Luiza de Souza BromanSandra Regina da Rocha-Pinto
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2023-03-292023-03-29395410.1108/RAUSP-02-2022-0074The role of the organizational and operational dimensions in the open collaboration performance: a strategic alignment perspective
https://www.revistas.usp.br/rmj/article/view/210028
<p>Purpose –The purpose of this paper is to investigate how the business model and the strategic intent to adopt an open collaboration initiative influence the perceived quality of collaboration outcomes.</p> <p>Design/methodology/approach – This paper presents a framework to analyze the role of the strategic dimension and the operational dimension in open collaboration initiatives through multiple case studies in three companies to understand how the open collaboration initiative was deployed and how was the level of the alignment between these two dimensions. </p> <p>Findings – The studied cases revealed that when an open collaboration initiative starts in the strategic dimension and there is an alignment between the organizational dimension and operational dimension the collaboration outcomes are clearer and more traceable.</p> <p>Research implications –The study highlights the need to consider the involvement and the internal alignment between strategic and operational dimensions when deploying an open collaboration activity if they want to achieve all the benefits.</p> <p>Practical implications – The presented framework can help managers to evaluate and understand how open collaboration activities are deployed within the company.</p> <p>Social implications – The study shows that when an open collaboration initiative is planned, its results and benefits can be extended to local communities by developing them.</p> <p>Originality/value - This study aims to analyze the open collaboration initiative's contribution to the overall organizational performance through the alignment between the organizational dimension and operational dimension perspective.</p>
Research PaperOpen collaborationInnovationOrganizational performanceStrategic alignmentKumiko Oshio KissimotoCláudia Aparecida MattosFernando José Laurindo
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2023-03-292023-03-29223810.1108/RAUSP-12-2021-0244Cloud computing projects: critical success factors
https://www.revistas.usp.br/rmj/article/view/210026
<p>Purpose – The purpose of this article is to identify the critical success factors (CSFs) of information<br>technology (IT) projects using cloud computing. CSFs are variables that can influence the success of projects<br>and therefore need to be identified and managed appropriately.</p> <p><br>Design/methodology/approach – This is an exploratory qualitative study with 23 experts in cloud<br>computing projects through semi-structured interviews. The data was analyzed using content<br>analysis.</p> <p><br>Findings – The results present a list of CSFs for projects in a cloud computing environment. The study<br>demonstrated that the CSF with greater relevance to cloud projects is the team’s technical capacity, followed<br>by the support of senior management and the team’s soft skills. In addition, results demonstrated that<br>contract item management is a limiting factor for cloud projects.</p> <p><br>Research limitations/implications – The sample comprised only Brazilian experts, so it may not<br>represent the same scenario as in other locations. The CSF ratio for cloud computing projects may vary<br>depending on the company’s maturity in projects of this nature.</p> <p><br>Practical implications – The CSF relationship can guide managers in properly conducting cloud<br>computing projects, contributing to minimizing the risks and challenges that may interfere with the<br>project.</p> <p><br>Social implications – The relationship of the CSFs in cloud computing projects proposed fills a gap in<br>studies specifically related to this context and tries to minimize project managers’ stress.</p> <p><br>Originality/value – Contract items for the cloud context are added to the CSF literature in IT projects,<br>which have not been addressed so far.</p>
Research PaperCloud computingCritical success factorsProject managementSilvia Regina Veronezi CorreiaCristina Dai Prá Martens Martens
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2023-03-292023-03-29052110.1108/RAUSP-06-2021-0107Editorial: RAUSP Management Journal: past, present, and future challenges
https://www.revistas.usp.br/rmj/article/view/210020
EditorialFlavio Hourneaux JuniorKavita KavitaRonaldo Oliveira Santos Jhunior
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2023-03-292023-03-29020410.1108/RAUSP-02-2023-271The problem of looking at SDGs (only) from the management perspective
https://www.revistas.usp.br/rmj/article/view/204939
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2022-11-252022-11-25457461Does gender diversity moderate the relationship between CSR committees and Sustainable Development Goals disclosure? Evidence from Latin American companies
https://www.revistas.usp.br/rmj/article/view/204937
<div class="intent_sub_item Abstract__block"> <h3 class="intent_sub_title Abstract__block__title mb-1 mt-3">Purpose</h3> <section class="intent_sub_content Abstract__block__text"> <p>This study aims to investigate the association between the presence of a corporate social responsibility (CSR) committee and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) disclosure, as well as the moderating role of gender diversity in this relation.</p> </section> </div> <div class="intent_sub_item Abstract__block"> <h3 class="intent_sub_title Abstract__block__title mb-1 mt-3">Design/methodology/approach</h3> <section class="intent_sub_content Abstract__block__text"> <p>The sample consists of 897 annual observations from 238 firms from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Peru for 2018–2020. The data were collected from the Refinitiv database. The proposed model and hypotheses were tested using the feasible generalized least squares estimation technique with heteroscedasticity and panel-specific AR1 autocorrelation.</p> </section> </div> <div class="intent_sub_item Abstract__block"> <h3 class="intent_sub_title Abstract__block__title mb-1 mt-3">Findings</h3> <section class="intent_sub_content Abstract__block__text"> <p>The results reveal that the presence of CSR committees positively influences the SDGs. Gender diversity positively moderates the relationship between CSR committees and SDGs. Leverage and firm size also positively impact the SDGs. On the other hand, board size and CEO duality negatively affect SDGs disclosure.</p> </section> </div> <div class="intent_sub_item Abstract__block"> <h3 class="intent_sub_title Abstract__block__title mb-1 mt-3">Research limitations/implications</h3> <section class="intent_sub_content Abstract__block__text"> <p>This study extends the scope of stakeholder theory by suggesting that CSR committees and gender diversity enable a better relationship for the firm with its stakeholders.</p> </section> </div> <div class="intent_sub_item Abstract__block"> <h3 class="intent_sub_title Abstract__block__title mb-1 mt-3">Practical implications</h3> <section class="intent_sub_content Abstract__block__text"> <p>The findings support policymakers and managers in improving sustainability disclosure. In addition, the results demonstrate the importance of CSR committees and gender diversity to meet the stakeholders' demands.</p> </section> </div> <div class="intent_sub_item Abstract__block"> <h3 class="intent_sub_title Abstract__block__title mb-1 mt-3">Social implications</h3> <section class="intent_sub_content Abstract__block__text"> <p>This study demonstrates how firms can improve sustainability issues through gender diversity and CSR committees.</p> </section> </div> <div class="intent_sub_item Abstract__block"> <h3 class="intent_sub_title Abstract__block__title mb-1 mt-3">Originality/value</h3> <section class="intent_sub_content Abstract__block__text"> <p>To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this study complements previous literature by being the first to examine the moderating effect of gender diversity on the association between CSR committees and SDGs disclosure in the Latin American context.</p> </section> </div>
Research Papers Sustainable Development Goals, Disclosure, CSR committee, Gender diversity, Stakeholder theory, Latin America
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2022-11-252022-11-25434456Morally transgressive companies and sustainable guidelines: seeking redemption or abusing trust?
https://www.revistas.usp.br/rmj/article/view/204935
<section id="abstract" class="intent_abstract pt-2 mb-5 Abstract" tabindex="0"> <div class="intent_sub_item Abstract__block"> <h3 class="intent_sub_title Abstract__block__title mb-1 mt-3">Purpose</h3> <section class="intent_sub_content Abstract__block__text"> <p>This study aims to evaluate the impact of a sustainable production action on consumer trust and purchase intention by a company involved in moral transgression and also analyze the effect on consumer trust and purchase intention if a company, after green marketing, is identified as greenwashing spreader.</p> </section> </div> <div class="intent_sub_item Abstract__block"> <h3 class="intent_sub_title Abstract__block__title mb-1 mt-3">Design/methodology/approach</h3> <section class="intent_sub_content Abstract__block__text"> <p>This quantitative nature (<em>n</em> = 121) study uses scale’s discriminant and convergent validity analyses, structural equation modeling and Student’s <em>t</em>-test.</p> </section> </div> <div class="intent_sub_item Abstract__block"> <h3 class="intent_sub_title Abstract__block__title mb-1 mt-3">Findings</h3> <section class="intent_sub_content Abstract__block__text"> <p>Even for previously morally transgressive brands, actions of social legitimation, such as embracing environmental causes, positively impact consumer trust and purchase intention. However, consumers drop brand trust and purchase intention when verifying that this action was greenwashing.</p> </section> </div> <div class="intent_sub_item Abstract__block"> <h3 class="intent_sub_title Abstract__block__title mb-1 mt-3">Research limitations/implications</h3> <section class="intent_sub_content Abstract__block__text"> <p>Mediating or moderating variables of ecological awareness, such as religiosity or political view, were not tested.</p> </section> </div> <div class="intent_sub_item Abstract__block"> <h3 class="intent_sub_title Abstract__block__title mb-1 mt-3">Practical implications</h3> <section class="intent_sub_content Abstract__block__text"> <p>This article combines the impact of positive, sustainable management actions for morally transgressive companies and the effects of new transgression on their sustainable management action. Thus, it aims to reduce the gap between organizational practice and management research.</p> </section> </div> <div class="intent_sub_item Abstract__block"> <h3 class="intent_sub_title Abstract__block__title mb-1 mt-3">Social implications</h3> <section class="intent_sub_content Abstract__block__text"> <p>This article shows that embracing society’s emerging causes and helping the world be a better place to live, moving toward the 2030 United Nations agenda, have practical repercussions for organizations.</p> </section> </div> <div class="intent_sub_item Abstract__block"> <h3 class="intent_sub_title Abstract__block__title mb-1 mt-3">Originality/value</h3> <section class="intent_sub_content Abstract__block__text"> <p>This article contributes both to the literature and managerial implications by combining the impact of positive, sustainable management actions for morally transgressive companies and the effects of new transgression on their sustainable management action, thus reducing the gap between management research and organizational practice by unveiling the relations between sustainable actions and their perceived consequences.</p> </section> </div> </section>
Research Papers Sustainable management, Branding, Greenwashing, Brand moral transgression, Institutional legitimation
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2022-11-252022-11-25413433Gender disparities in rural education attainments and agricultural landownership from the perspective of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): evidence from 16 Sub-Sahara African countries
https://www.revistas.usp.br/rmj/article/view/204932
<section id="abstract" class="intent_abstract pt-2 mb-5 Abstract" tabindex="0"> <div class="intent_sub_item Abstract__block"> <h3 class="intent_sub_title Abstract__block__title mb-1 mt-3">Purpose</h3> <section class="intent_sub_content Abstract__block__text"> <p>The purpose of this study is to explore the relationship between gender disparities in rural education attainments and agricultural landownership (ALO) in Sub-Sahara Africa with Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) perspective.</p> </section> </div> <div class="intent_sub_item Abstract__block"> <h3 class="intent_sub_title Abstract__block__title mb-1 mt-3">Design/methodology/approach</h3> <section class="intent_sub_content Abstract__block__text"> <p>This study uses SDG indicators interactions and pairwise correlation analysis.</p> </section> </div> <div class="intent_sub_item Abstract__block"> <h3 class="intent_sub_title Abstract__block__title mb-1 mt-3">Findings</h3> <section class="intent_sub_content Abstract__block__text"> <p>There is a significant negative association between gender disparities in rural education attainments and ALO in Sub-Sahara Africa. Such negative relationship is not influenced by national economic development and living standards.</p> </section> </div> <div class="intent_sub_item Abstract__block"> <h3 class="intent_sub_title Abstract__block__title mb-1 mt-3">Research limitations/implications</h3> <section class="intent_sub_content Abstract__block__text"> <p>The data is limited with 16 Sub-Sahara African countries, and as this is an early output of a number of follow-up studies in the author’s plan, the methodology is relatively simple.</p> </section> </div> <div class="intent_sub_item Abstract__block"> <h3 class="intent_sub_title Abstract__block__title mb-1 mt-3">Practical implications</h3> <section class="intent_sub_content Abstract__block__text"> <p>Reducing gender disparity in rural Sub-Sahara Africa especially in ALO requires more integrated approaches which also address other aspects of sustainable development. This is particularly the situation because of the strong male-favored customary practices in rural Sub-Sahara Africa. The prioritization of different dimensions of sustainable development is also important in Sub-Sahara Africa.</p> </section> </div> <div class="intent_sub_item Abstract__block"> <h3 class="intent_sub_title Abstract__block__title mb-1 mt-3">Social implications</h3> <section class="intent_sub_content Abstract__block__text"> <p>Strong awareness of SDGs is important. Further efforts in collecting data for and use data of sustainable development, especially the SDGs, are essential. Emerging trend of studying the interactions across SDGs reflects the future direction of relevant fields.</p> </section> </div> <div class="intent_sub_item Abstract__block"> <h3 class="intent_sub_title Abstract__block__title mb-1 mt-3">Originality/value</h3> <section class="intent_sub_content Abstract__block__text"> <p>This paper has high originality because it is an early-stage research in the SDG interactions in Sub-Sahara African countries with the perspective of gender, gender disparity, Sub-Sahara Africa, SDGs, ALO and rural education attainments. This paper has both academic and practical values because of its innovative research thoughts and policy-oriented implications.</p> </section> </div> </section>
Research PaperSDGs, Sub-Sahara Africa, Gender disparity, Agricultural landownership, Rural education attainments
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2022-11-252022-11-25401412Challenges of business models for sustainability in startups
https://www.revistas.usp.br/rmj/article/view/204926
<div class="intent_sub_item Abstract__block"> <h3 class="intent_sub_title Abstract__block__title mb-1 mt-3">Purpose</h3> <section class="intent_sub_content Abstract__block__text"> <p>This study aims to analyze the challenges startups face in implementing business models for sustainability. In particular, the research question of this study is: How do the challenges faced by startups affect business models for sustainability in the context of an emerging country?</p> </section> </div> <div class="intent_sub_item Abstract__block"> <h3 class="intent_sub_title Abstract__block__title mb-1 mt-3">Design/methodology/approach</h3> <section class="intent_sub_content Abstract__block__text"> <p>Startups are increasingly incorporating ways to thrive in a competitive environment with innovative sustainable business models, a key factor for competitive advantage and corporate sustainability. This paper analyses startups’ challenges in adopting business models for sustainability through a case study in two startups, using the sustainable value exchange matrix (SVEM) tool through workshops, to carry out the diagnosis of these challenges.</p> </section> </div> <div class="intent_sub_item Abstract__block"> <h3 class="intent_sub_title Abstract__block__title mb-1 mt-3">Findings</h3> <section class="intent_sub_content Abstract__block__text"> <p>The barriers and challenges of business models for sustainability in startups were found in different categories, where the main barriers are linked to the institutional category, the organizational and the market and sales culture. Thus, the authors concluded that there is a need to reformulate public policies and to have greater participation of the actors involved.</p> </section> </div> <div class="intent_sub_item Abstract__block"> <h3 class="intent_sub_title Abstract__block__title mb-1 mt-3">Research limitations/implications</h3> <section class="intent_sub_content Abstract__block__text"> <p>The main limitation of the research is the number of case studies (only two), which makes it difficult to generalize the results.</p> </section> </div> <div class="intent_sub_item Abstract__block"> <h3 class="intent_sub_title Abstract__block__title mb-1 mt-3">Practical implications</h3> <section class="intent_sub_content Abstract__block__text"> <p>The research presents two major contributions. First, through the case studies, it is possible to verify that the barriers and challenges in business models for sustainability have relevance for startups. The second contribution is the adaptation of SVEM in conducting the debate by incorporating the barriers and challenges in value creation and delivery system.</p> </section> </div> <div class="intent_sub_item Abstract__block"> <h3 class="intent_sub_title Abstract__block__title mb-1 mt-3">Social implications</h3> <section class="intent_sub_content Abstract__block__text"> <p>This study contributes to the business models for sustainability literature to better understand the challenges startups face in practice and can serve as insights to help overcome them. As this is an empirical study, the information gathered can help create metrics and public policies to achieve the United Nations sustainable development goals.</p> </section> </div> <div class="intent_sub_item Abstract__block"> <h3 class="intent_sub_title Abstract__block__title mb-1 mt-3">Originality/value</h3> <section class="intent_sub_content Abstract__block__text"> <p>The present research has as originality the analysis of the challenges in startups in implementing business models for sustainability and their relationships with the value proposition, capture and creation, as well as and delivery (adapted to the challenges found in the literature) applying the SVEM tool proposed by Morioka <em>et al.</em> (2018).</p> </section> </div>
Research PaperBusiness model innovation, Sustainable development goals, Sustainable entrepreneurship, Circular economy
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2022-11-252022-11-25382400 Characterization of partnerships and collaborations in US cities' urban resilience plans
https://www.revistas.usp.br/rmj/article/view/204925
<div class="intent_sub_item Abstract__block"> <h3 class="intent_sub_title Abstract__block__title mb-1 mt-3">Purpose</h3> <section class="intent_sub_content Abstract__block__text"> <p>The United Nations Sustainable Development Goal (UN SDG) number 13 calls for urgent action to combat climate change impacts. Urban resilience planning documents often articulate partnerships and collaborations (P&Cs) as critical strategies. This study aims to identify the actors, the topics, processes, and visions of collaboration.</p> </section> </div> <div class="intent_sub_item Abstract__block"> <h3 class="intent_sub_title Abstract__block__title mb-1 mt-3">Design/methodology/approach</h3> <section class="intent_sub_content Abstract__block__text"> <p>This paper explores the characterization of urban resilience partnerships via a thematic content analysis of resilience strategy documents produced in US cities through the 100 Resilient Cities Project.</p> </section> </div> <div class="intent_sub_item Abstract__block"> <h3 class="intent_sub_title Abstract__block__title mb-1 mt-3">Findings</h3> <section class="intent_sub_content Abstract__block__text"> <p>P&Cs are defined broadly, taking several forms to meet various objectives. They act as boundary objects engaging across social groups, but the details of the P&Cs are rarely articulated, which is problematic for their implementation. P&Cs are commonly discussed in relation to the focus of the work; therefore, they less often define the specific actors, processes or transformative visions involved.</p> </section> </div> <div class="intent_sub_item Abstract__block"> <h3 class="intent_sub_title Abstract__block__title mb-1 mt-3">Research limitations/implications</h3> <section class="intent_sub_content Abstract__block__text"> <p>This research focuses only on the resilience plans written in US cities, showing the perspective of US policymakers. Documents analyzed were produced via the Rockefeller Foundation's 100 Resilient Cities Project.</p> </section> </div> <div class="intent_sub_item Abstract__block"> <h3 class="intent_sub_title Abstract__block__title mb-1 mt-3">Practical implications</h3> <section class="intent_sub_content Abstract__block__text"> <p>Understanding and categorizing the who, what, when and why of P&Cs for urban resilience provide a deeper understanding of how these strategies are being described and offer a starting point for tangibly actualizing partnerships and collaborations outside planning documents.</p> </section> </div> <div class="intent_sub_item Abstract__block"> <h3 class="intent_sub_title Abstract__block__title mb-1 mt-3">Social implications</h3> <section class="intent_sub_content Abstract__block__text"> <p>To reach vital urban resilience goals, P&Cs must be designed and managed appropriately. Understanding the shortcoming of current P&C policies can help managers mitigate problems and find better approaches.</p> </section> </div> <div class="intent_sub_item Abstract__block"> <h3 class="intent_sub_title Abstract__block__title mb-1 mt-3">Originality/value</h3> <section class="intent_sub_content Abstract__block__text"> <p>To the best of the author’s knowledge, this paper is the first to analyze how P&Cs are being articulated and described in urban resilience plans. The United Nations Sustainable Development Goal number 13 calls for urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts. As urbanization continues and the effects of climate change escalate, city governments are finding themselves responsible for the resilience of large populations. To cope, increasing numbers of municipalities are developing urban resilience plans. These documents often articulate partnerships and collaborations (P&Cs) as critical strategies for enhancing resilience capacity and implementing resilience policies. Although specific case studies of resilience-related collaborative practices are well documented in urban resilience literature, little is known about the proliferation of P&C strategies collectively. Furthermore, questions remain regarding the characterization of resilience P&Cs by practitioners, including who is involved and what types of projects they undertake. Therefore, this analysis explores urban resilience P&Cs via a thematic content analysis of resilience strategy documents produced in 16 US cities through the 100 Resilient Cities Project. Results indicate that cities prioritize P&Cs in resilience policy implementation, but they often fall short in defining the key components of P&Cs that are vital to their success. The analysis exposes the most common actors, topics, processes and visions described in resilience P&Cs and makes recommendations for how urban resilience P&Cs can be improved in the future.</p> </section> </div>
Research PaperResilience, Urban planning, Partnership, Collaboration, Document analysis, Sustainability
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2022-11-252022-11-25362381Guest editorial: The UN sustainable development goals and management theory and practice
https://www.revistas.usp.br/rmj/article/view/204922
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