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CEO’s temporal focus and business model innovation in family firms under environmental dynamism

Business model innovation (BMI) is critical for firms’ long-term survival under environmental dynamism and depends heavily on CEOs’ cognition. While Socioemotional Wealth (SEW) explains why family CEOs may resist or engage in BMI, it largely assumes homogeneous responses under similar environmental conditions. Upper echelons theory (UET), in tur…

Family Business
By Muhammad Anwar, Matheus Franco, Thomas Clauss and Alfredo De Massis
in Long Range Planning
August 2026, vol. 59, no. 4, 102656, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lrp.2026.102656
CEO’s temporal focus and business model innovation in family firms under environmental dynamism
By Muhammad Anwar Matheus Franco Thomas Clauss and Alfredo De Massis
in Long Range Planning August 2026, vol. 59, no. 4, 102656, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lrp.2026.102656
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Business model innovation (BMI) is critical for firms’ long-term survival under environmental dynamism and depends heavily on CEOs’ cognition. While Socioemotional Wealth (SEW) explains why family CEOs may resist or engage in BMI, it largely assumes homogeneous responses under similar environmental conditions. Upper echelons theory (UET), in tur…
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“China shock 3.0” is coming. And it’ll be AI-powered robots

The world’s attention is fixed on frontier artificial intelligence (AI) models, but China’s robot-making factories deserve just as much attention. Chinese e-commerce company JD.com has predicted that robots would ultimately replace its 700,000 delivery workers, while workers at South Korean carmaker Hyundai are threatening strike action over iss…

Artificial Intelligence
By Mark J. Greeven
in South China Morning Post
5 July 2026
“China shock 3.0” is coming. And it’ll be AI-powered robots
By Mark J. Greeven
in South China Morning Post 5 July 2026
Summary
The world’s attention is fixed on frontier artificial intelligence (AI) models, but China’s robot-making factories deserve just as much attention. Chinese e-commerce company JD.com has predicted that robots would ultimately replace its 700,000 delivery workers, while workers at South Korean carmaker Hyundai are threatening strike action over iss…
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Why the Fed is not ready to bet on AI just yet

Kevin Warsh focused his first conference as Federal Reserve chair on June 17 on a familiar problem: fast-rising prices fuelled by the Iran war. Yet another challenge facing central banks goes beyond the immediate inflation shock. As investors place ever bigger bets on artificial intelligence and politicians tout its economic promise, policymaker…

Artificial Intelligence Finance
By Karl Schmedders
in The National
29 June 2026
Why the Fed is not ready to bet on AI just yet
By Karl Schmedders
in The National 29 June 2026
Summary
Kevin Warsh focused his first conference as Federal Reserve chair on June 17 on a familiar problem: fast-rising prices fuelled by the Iran war. Yet another challenge facing central banks goes beyond the immediate inflation shock. As investors place ever bigger bets on artificial intelligence and politicians tout its economic promise, policymaker…
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