...Alireza Jalali; Ramo Palalić; Mohammad Rezaur Razzak; Sami Al-Kharusi Purpose The purpose of this study is to empirically examine the indirect effect of big data analytics capability (BDAC) on performance through innovativeness and risk-taking among small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs...

...Pallavi Dogra; Arun Kumar Kaushik; Prateek Kalia; Arun Kaushal Purpose Digital technologies emerged as innovative avenues for launching new products, advertising brands, increasing customer awareness and thus leaving a remarkable impact on the online marketplace. The present study analyzed...

...-taking, innovation, competitive aggressiveness and pro-activeness. The study exposes the five dimensions and their ascendancy on business performance. Research limitations/implications The study is operationalized in a small sample, confined to two types of trade, limited to small and medium...

...Fermín Mallén; Emilio Domínguez-Escrig; Rafael Lapiedra; Ricardo Chiva Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyze the effect of leader humility in firm innovativeness. The study highlights the importance of promoting altruism within organizations as a mechanism that may explain why leader...

...Yancy Vaillant; Esteban Lafuente Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the effects of past entrepreneurial experience on the reported innovativeness of serial entrepreneurs’ subsequent ventures. Design/methodology/approach Building on insights from the generative entrepreneurial...

...Chih-Jou Chen Purpose Developing agility and innovativeness as dynamic capabilities are important for firms to sustain their competitive advantage in today’s global economy. The purpose of this paper is to develop and empirically test a framework to investigate how the supply chain agility...

...Birton J. Cowden; Joshua S. Bendickson Purpose Many factors influence entrepreneurs, some of which influence the level of innovation (i.e. innovative or imitative) of new products or services pursued. The purpose of this paper is to explore the impact of the psychological motivations...

...Robin Deman; Ann Jorissen; Eddy Laveren Purpose Although the majority of research explores the direct relationship between family control and innovativeness, the purpose of this paper is to investigate mediators that explain how family control is related to innovativeness. Grounded in agency...

...Hee Song Ng; Daisy Mui Hung Kee Purpose The purpose of this paper is to measure the impact of transformational leadership, entrepreneurial competence and technical competence on firm performance via innovativeness in owner-managed small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Design/methodology...