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Optimizing omnichannel assortments and inventory provisions under the multichannel attraction model

Assortment optimization presents a complex challenge for retailers, as it depends on numerous decision factors. Changes in assortment can result in demand redistribution with multi-layered consequences. This complexity is even more pronounced for omnichannel retailers, which have to manage assortments across multiple sales channels. Choice model…

General Management
By Andrey Vasilyev, Sebastian Maier and Ralf W. Seifert
in European Journal of Operational Research
August 2025, vol. 324, no. 3, pp. 799-813, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2025.01.035
Optimizing omnichannel assortments and inventory provisions under the multichannel attraction model
By Andrey Vasilyev Sebastian Maier and Ralf W. Seifert
in European Journal of Operational Research August 2025, vol. 324, no. 3, pp. 799-813, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2025.01.035
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Assortment optimization presents a complex challenge for retailers, as it depends on numerous decision factors. Changes in assortment can result in demand redistribution with multi-layered consequences. This complexity is even more pronounced for omnichannel retailers, which have to manage assortments across multiple sales channels. Choice model…
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The dark side of doing good: A guiding framework for advancing research on the negative outcomes of social entrepreneurship

Existing research on social entrepreneurship has tended to focus on its favorable outcomes and positive societal impacts. While we acknowledge and commend this optimistic perspective, we contend that the lack of robust and systematic attention given to the negative outcomes and effects of social entrepreneurship restricts our understanding of th…

Social Innovation Entrepreneurship
By Sophie Bacq, Frank Janssen, Anne Sophie Sabbatucci and Amélie Wuillaume
in Small Business Economics
8 July 2025, ePub before print, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11187-025-01094-3
The dark side of doing good: A guiding framework for advancing research on the negative outcomes of social entrepreneurship
By Sophie Bacq Frank Janssen Anne Sophie Sabbatucci and Amélie Wuillaume
in Small Business Economics 8 July 2025, ePub before print, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11187-025-01094-3
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Existing research on social entrepreneurship has tended to focus on its favorable outcomes and positive societal impacts. While we acknowledge and commend this optimistic perspective, we contend that the lack of robust and systematic attention given to the negative outcomes and effects of social entrepreneurship restricts our understanding of th…
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Female entrepreneurs’ thirst for knowledge and the dark side of customer learning actions

This study investigates whether male and female entrepreneurs exhibit systematic differences in the customer learning actions they pursue, and how those actions convert to venture performance. Drawing from a dyadic sample of founders and startup advisors in the high-technology context, we explore the effects of two alternative customer learning …

Entrepreneurship Customer Centricity
By Matthew R. Marvel, Marcus T. Wolfe, Emily Neubert, Donald F. Kuratko and Sophie Bacq
in Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice
July 2025, vol. 49, no. 4, pp. 1129-1161, https://doi.org/10.1177/10422587241311119
Female entrepreneurs’ thirst for knowledge and the dark side of customer learning actions
By Matthew R. Marvel Marcus T. Wolfe Emily Neubert Donald F. Kuratko and Sophie Bacq
in Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice July 2025, vol. 49, no. 4, pp. 1129-1161, https://doi.org/10.1177/10422587241311119
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This study investigates whether male and female entrepreneurs exhibit systematic differences in the customer learning actions they pursue, and how those actions convert to venture performance. Drawing from a dyadic sample of founders and startup advisors in the high-technology context, we explore the effects of two alternative customer learning …
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The role of artificial intelligence capabilities in enhancing export performance: A study of ambidexterity and dynamic capabilities

Considering ambidexterity and dynamic capability theories, the present study aims to examine the relationship between AI capabilities, export market exploration and exploitation, international marketing capabilities and export performance. Moreover, the moderating effect of environmental dynamism and competitive intensity is measured.

Artificial Intelligence
By Sachin Kumar, Vandana, Vinod Kumar, Sheshadri Chatterjee, Marcello M. Mariani and Alfredo De Massis
in International Marketing Review
3 June 2025, ePub before print, https://doi.org/10.1108/IMR-10-2024-0426
The role of artificial intelligence capabilities in enhancing export performance: A study of ambidexterity and dynamic capabilities
By Sachin Kumar Vandana Vinod Kumar Sheshadri Chatterjee Marcello M. Mariani and Alfredo De Massis
in International Marketing Review 3 June 2025, ePub before print, https://doi.org/10.1108/IMR-10-2024-0426
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Considering ambidexterity and dynamic capability theories, the present study aims to examine the relationship between AI capabilities, export market exploration and exploitation, international marketing capabilities and export performance. Moreover, the moderating effect of environmental dynamism and competitive intensity is measured.
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The anatomy of family business conflict

Understanding conflict in family businesses is a complex but essential study area for practitioners and academics. To enhance theoretical precision and provide practical insights, this article presents a comprehensive framework of family business conflict that integrates perspectives from the family business, organizational, management, psycholo…

Customer Centricity Family Business
By Marco Mismetti, Barbara Del Bosco, Cristina Bettinelli and Alfredo De Massis
in Journal of Family Business Strategy
June 2025, vol. 16, no. 2, 100660, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfbs.2025.100660
The anatomy of family business conflict
By Marco Mismetti Barbara Del Bosco Cristina Bettinelli and Alfredo De Massis
in Journal of Family Business Strategy June 2025, vol. 16, no. 2, 100660, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfbs.2025.100660
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Understanding conflict in family businesses is a complex but essential study area for practitioners and academics. To enhance theoretical precision and provide practical insights, this article presents a comprehensive framework of family business conflict that integrates perspectives from the family business, organizational, management, psycholo…
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Balancing resilience and efficiency: A literature review on overcoming supply chain disruptions

The supply chain risk management literature differentiates between disruption risk that arises from supply disruptions to normal activities and recurrent risk that arises from problems in coordinating supply and demand in the absence of disruptions (Kleindorfer and Saad 2005). Over the past decades, significant research has been carried out to b…

Supply Chain Resilience
By Florian Lücker, Anna Timonina-Farkas and Ralf W. Seifert
in Production and Operations Management
June 2025, vol. 34, issue 6, https://doi.org/10.1177/10591478241302735
Balancing resilience and efficiency: A literature review on overcoming supply chain disruptions
By Florian Lücker Anna Timonina-Farkas and Ralf W. Seifert
in Production and Operations Management June 2025, vol. 34, issue 6, https://doi.org/10.1177/10591478241302735
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The supply chain risk management literature differentiates between disruption risk that arises from supply disruptions to normal activities and recurrent risk that arises from problems in coordinating supply and demand in the absence of disruptions (Kleindorfer and Saad 2005). Over the past decades, significant research has been carried out to b…
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Necessity entrepreneurship: Getting beyond the binary: Volume 92

Necessity entrepreneurship is broadly understood as the identifying and seizing of business opportunities to address basic needs such as food and shelter. This volume proposes new ways of seeing, theorizing, and researching necessity entrepreneurship. Scholars from across the management field expand our collective understanding, presenting neces…

Entrepreneurship Organizational Design Value Creation
Edited by Sophie Bacq, Katrin M. Smolka, Angelique Slade Shantz and Pursey Heugens
Published by Emerald Group Publishing Limited, © 2025
Necessity entrepreneurship: Getting beyond the binary: Volume 92
By Sophie Bacq Katrin M. Smolka Angelique Slade Shantz and Pursey Heugens
Published by Emerald Group Publishing Limited ©2025
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Necessity entrepreneurship is broadly understood as the identifying and seizing of business opportunities to address basic needs such as food and shelter. This volume proposes new ways of seeing, theorizing, and researching necessity entrepreneurship. Scholars from across the management field expand our collective understanding, presenting neces…
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