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Seminal contributions and future directions in international business political behavior and nonmarket strategy: A tribute to Jean Boddewyn

Purpose Jean Boddewyn’s (1929–2022) work in international business political behavior launched a stream of research at the intersection of international business (IB) and strategic management that is now referred to as international nonmarket strategy (INMS). This article aims to pay tribute to Boddewyn’s scholarly legacy by providing an overvi…

Global Business Geopolitics
By Maria Andrea De Villa, Jonathan P. Doh, Izzet Sidki Darendeli, Marleen Dieleman, Joao Albino-Pimentel and Robert Grosse
in Multinational Business Review
15 August 2025, vol. 33, no. 3, pp. 401–430, https://doi.org/10.1108/MBR-10-2024-0201
Seminal contributions and future directions in international business political behavior and nonmarket strategy: A tribute to Jean Boddewyn
By Maria Andrea De Villa Jonathan P. Doh Izzet Sidki Darendeli Marleen Dieleman Joao Albino-Pimentel and Robert Grosse
in Multinational Business Review 15 August 2025, vol. 33, no. 3, pp. 401–430, https://doi.org/10.1108/MBR-10-2024-0201
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Purpose Jean Boddewyn’s (1929–2022) work in international business political behavior launched a stream of research at the intersection of international business (IB) and strategic management that is now referred to as international nonmarket strategy (INMS). This article aims to pay tribute to Boddewyn’s scholarly legacy by providing an overvi…
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Predicting returns of listed private equity

We examine the predictive power of the net asset value (NAV)/price ratio for the LPX50 index, a key benchmark in the field of listed private equity, using monthly data from 2002 to 2024. A risk factor model reveals the index’s significant exposure to small-cap and value stocks. Autocorrelation tests indicate market inefficiencies and suggest pot…

Finance
By Arthur Enders, Michel Degosciu, Karl Schmedders and Maximilian Ulrich Werner
in Journal of Portfolio Management
August 2025, vol. 51, no. 9, https://doi.org/10.3905/jpm.2025.1.736
Predicting returns of listed private equity
By Arthur Enders Michel Degosciu Karl Schmedders and Maximilian Ulrich Werner
in Journal of Portfolio Management August 2025, vol. 51, no. 9, https://doi.org/10.3905/jpm.2025.1.736
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We examine the predictive power of the net asset value (NAV)/price ratio for the LPX50 index, a key benchmark in the field of listed private equity, using monthly data from 2002 to 2024. A risk factor model reveals the index’s significant exposure to small-cap and value stocks. Autocorrelation tests indicate market inefficiencies and suggest pot…
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AI agents and agentic systems: A multi-expert analysis

The emergence of AI agents and agentic systems represents a significant milestone in artificial intelligence, enabling autonomous systems to operate, learn, and collaborate in complex environments with minimal human intervention. This paper, drawing on multi-expert perspectives, examines the potential of AI agents and agentic systems to reshape …

Artificial Intelligence Digital
By Laurie Hughes, Yogesh K. Dwivedi, Tegwen Malik, Michael R. Wade and et al.
in Journal of Computer Information Systems
August 2025, vol. 65, no. 4, pp. 489-517, https://doi.org/10.1080/08874417.2025.2483832
AI agents and agentic systems: A multi-expert analysis
By Laurie Hughes Yogesh K. Dwivedi Tegwen Malik Michael R. Wade and et al.
in Journal of Computer Information Systems August 2025, vol. 65, no. 4, pp. 489-517, https://doi.org/10.1080/08874417.2025.2483832
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The emergence of AI agents and agentic systems represents a significant milestone in artificial intelligence, enabling autonomous systems to operate, learn, and collaborate in complex environments with minimal human intervention. This paper, drawing on multi-expert perspectives, examines the potential of AI agents and agentic systems to reshape …
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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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Entrepreneurship as an academic field: Taking stock and new directions

Entrepreneurship has emerged as a vibrant and dynamic field of academic inquiry, capturing the attention of scholars in management and other social science and engineering disciplines. Its significance extends beyond academia to policymakers and practitioners, who recognize entrepreneurship’s crucial role in economic development, innovation and …

Entrepreneurship
By Sophie Bacq, Maribel Guerrero, Donald Siegel and Jonathan Pinto
in International Journal of Management Reviews
18 July 2025, ePub before print, https://doi.org/10.1111/ijmr.70001
Entrepreneurship as an academic field: Taking stock and new directions
By Sophie Bacq Maribel Guerrero Donald Siegel and Jonathan Pinto
in International Journal of Management Reviews 18 July 2025, ePub before print, https://doi.org/10.1111/ijmr.70001
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Entrepreneurship has emerged as a vibrant and dynamic field of academic inquiry, capturing the attention of scholars in management and other social science and engineering disciplines. Its significance extends beyond academia to policymakers and practitioners, who recognize entrepreneurship’s crucial role in economic development, innovation and …
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China’s rise as global scientific powerhouse: A trajectory of international collaboration and specialization in high-impact research

The recent and rapid ascent of China into today’s scientific powerhouse is increasingly debated in circles of economic politics and policy making. Yet, we still know relatively little how such rise has materialized in terms of Chinese scientists’ openness to international collaborations and relative focus on high-impact research, particularly in…

China
By Niccolò Pisani, Hanjo D. Boekhout, Eelke M. Heemskerk and Frank W. Takes
in Research Policy
18 July 2025, ePub before print, 105288, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.respol.2025.105288
China’s rise as global scientific powerhouse: A trajectory of international collaboration and specialization in high-impact research
By Niccolò Pisani Hanjo D. Boekhout Eelke M. Heemskerk and Frank W. Takes
in Research Policy 18 July 2025, ePub before print, 105288, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.respol.2025.105288
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The recent and rapid ascent of China into today’s scientific powerhouse is increasingly debated in circles of economic politics and policy making. Yet, we still know relatively little how such rise has materialized in terms of Chinese scientists’ openness to international collaborations and relative focus on high-impact research, particularly in…
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The state of globalisation

The State of Globalisation brings together leading economists to examine how technology, policy, and geopolitics are simultaneously reshaping the global economy in unprecedented ways. Far from marking a simple retreat, today’s divergent forces are transforming cross-border trade, investment, and supply chains, generating both new risks of fragme…

Geopolitics Global Business Economics
Edited by Richard Baldwin and Michele Ruta
Published by CEPR Press, © 2025
The state of globalisation
By Richard Baldwin and Michele Ruta
Published by CEPR Press ©2025
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The State of Globalisation brings together leading economists to examine how technology, policy, and geopolitics are simultaneously reshaping the global economy in unprecedented ways. Far from marking a simple retreat, today’s divergent forces are transforming cross-border trade, investment, and supply chains, generating both new risks of fragme…
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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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