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- Opening Pandora's Box: Everything We (Do Not) Know About the Global StrategyPublication . Veiga, Pedro; Figueiredo, Ronnie; Teixeira, Sérgio; Fernandes, CristinaGlobal strategy research is rapidly increasing in quantity but is found in divergent literature and disciplines. Now is the time to offer a comprehensive review that identifies, synthesizes, and integrates previous research and highlights knowledge gaps and the way forward. This methodical literature search helped to identify 338 articles in the Web of Science database published until 2018. Using a systematic and in-depth content analysis using bibliometric techniques, the authors reviewed the articles and identified the main theories used and the methodological guidelines in these articles. This review helps to identify significant knowledge gaps in terms of theoretical orientation and core content. The main contributions of this paper are to outline and summarize a multilevel analysis of emerging global strategy literature, integrate and extract potential theoretical contributions in this field, and indicate directions for future research.
- The impact of innovation management on the performance of NPOs: Applying the Tidd and Bessant model (2009)Publication . Adro, Francisco José Nave do; Fernandes, Cristina; Veiga, PedroThe literature is consistent in stating that innovation helps in improving the performance of nonprofit organizations (NPOs), highlighting how there remains the scope for further research designed to better understand the dimension supporting social innovation. Through the application of the Tidd and Bessant model, which reflects an important contribution to this specific sector, this study seeks to meet a shortcoming in analyzing just which innovation management factors influence the performance of NPOs. To this end, we applied a quantitative methodology based on a survey made of Portuguese NPOs that received a total of 135 valid responses. Based upon the application of multiple linear regression models, this study concludes that there are five innovation management models with a positive impact on NPO performance levels. In terms of the implications, these results, consistent with earlier research of a different nature, strengthen the idea that private business sector methods may undergo successful adaptation to the social sector and assist such entities to implement measures that offset their organizational, and consequent financial, weaknesses.
- Green growth versus economic growth: Do sustainable technology transfer and innovations lead to an imperfect choice?Publication . Fernandes, Cristina; Veiga, Pedro; Ferreira, João José de Matos; Hughes, MathewA concern with the mitigation of climate change cuts a transversal line across economic agents, epitomized by two contradictory viewpoints. Some defend that green growth can be achieved without harming economic growth; others argue that it is not possible to respect sustainability if intensive consumption of goods continues to foster economic growth. Our research aims to analyze the role that sustainable technology transfer and sustainable innovations play in green growth and ascertain the impact of green growth on economic growth. We use aggregated country-level data provided by the OECD, including national accounts, population, and environment statistics (including patents) between 1990 and 2013 for 32 countries, corresponding to an unbalanced panel of 591 observations. We estimate econometric models based on dynamic panel methodologies to capture differences that exist over time. The results show that sustainable technology transfer and sustainable innovation promote green growth, which in turn positively impacts economic growth. We contribute new insight to the green growth versus economic growth debate and provide several political and management implications.
- The role of market orientation in the performance of NPOsPublication . Adro, Francisco José Nave do; Fernandes, Cristina; Veiga, PedroWith the downturn in the global socioeconomic panorama, the market orientation (MO) and the performance of non-profit organisations (NPOs) have come in for growing levels of attention. However, authors remain unanimous in emphasising the scope there remains for further research designed to better understand the role of MO on the performances achieved by NPOs. The objective of this research is thus to analyse the influence of MO on the performance standards of NPOs. To this end, we deployed a quantitative methodology based on the application of a survey of NPOs that received a total of 135 valid responses. The results demonstrate a statistically significant positive effect on the dimensions of orientation towards users, towards the competition, the incentive system even while the effect of interfunctional coordination lacks in significance. Despite the data collection having taken place at a particular moment in time, in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, which significantly hindered this process and correspondingly preventing this study from attaining still greater representativeness, our results serve to strengthen the theory and practice on market orientation in NPOs. The research results also generate important implications across two levels: at the NPO level and for their decision-makers; it also deepens knowledge on this theme and helps to complete a gap found in the existing literature. In terms of practice, this contributes to NPO managers and policy makers to grasp how MO is not a phenomenon exclusive to the private sector but also extends across the non-profit sector.
- Digital entrepreneurship platforms: Mapping the field and looking towards a holistic approachPublication . Fernandes, Cristina; Ferreira, João José De Matos; Veiga, Pedro; Kraus, Sascha; Dabic, MarinaEntrepreneurship is widely advocated as a driver of innovation and economic growth. Given today's technological and digital challenges, digital entrepreneurship in particular is a phenomenon on the rise, both through the digitization of existing businesses and the creation of digital enterprises. Debates on the relevance of digital entrepreneurship have been published in a range of journals that vary in terms of their purpose and readership. As such, scholarly contributions to this topic remain largely fragmented. To address this gap, this review aims to map academic literature on digital entrepreneurship in order to facilitate a better understanding of antecedents and future work. This study combines bibliometric approaches to examine literature on digital entrepreneurship platforms, forming a holistic picture of the field's different aspects and trends. The content and thematic analysis of 97 articles allows us to identify five approaches: i) Digital Entrepreneurship Success Factors, ii) Digital Entrepreneurial Ecosystems and Smart Cities, iii) Digital Entrepeneurial Models, iv) Sharing Entrepreneurial Platforms, and v) Digital Platforms about Entrepreneurship Co-creation. Our findings further highlight the various gaps in digital entrepreneurship literature and raise some research questions that warrant future academic research. Our holistic model holds several implications for the theory and practice of the different aspects of digital entrepreneurship.
- Digital transformation in business and management research: An overview of the current status quoPublication . Kraus, Sascha; Durst, Susanne; Ferreira, João José de Matos; Veiga, Pedro; Kailer, Norbert; Weinmann, AlexandraIt is no surprise that research on digital transformation (DT) has raised vast interest among academics in recent decades. Countries, cities, industries, companies, and people all face the same challenge of adapting to a digital world. The aim of the paper is twofold. First, map the thematic evolution of the DT research in the areas of business and management, because existing research in these areas to date has been limited to certain domains. To achieve this, articles were identified and reviewed that were published in the Chartered Association of Business Schools’ (ABS) ≥ 2-star journals. Based on these findings, the second objective of this paper will be to propose a synergistic framework that relates existing research on DT to the areas of business and management, which will help form the evolutionary perspective taken in this paper. Considering the emerging development of the topic under investigation, the framework is understood as a sound basis for continued discussion and forthcoming research.
- Social entrepreneurship orientation and performance in non-profit organizationsPublication . Adro, Francisco José Nave do; Fernandes, Cristina I.; Veiga, Pedro; Kraus, SaschaWith the downturn in the global socioeconomic panorama, the social entrepreneurship orientation (SEO) and the social performance of non-proft organizations (NPOs) have become subject to growing levels of attention. The objective of this study is to analyze the infuence of SEO on the performance of NPOs. To this end, we deployed a quantitative methodology based on the application of a survey of NPOs, which received a total of 135 valid responses. Our results demonstrate a positive efect for the dimensions of social innovation and social proactivity even while reporting no efect for the acceptance of social risks on performance. These results hold important implications across two diferent levels: in terms of the NPOs and policy-makers.
- Global talent management during the covid-19 pandemic? The Gods must be crazy!Publication . Fernandes, Cristina; Veiga, Pedro; Lobo, Carla; Raposo, MárioThe ongoing Covid-19 pandemic has brought terrifying effects for labour markets all around the world. Just as we witness rapid changes in terms of the ways of working (working from home), we are also observing an increase in unemployment. The ways in which major corporations with international operations process their global talent management (GTM) already represents a challenge in relatively stable times and clearly, in a period of such great and sustained turbulence as current experienced, this task becomes still more difficult. Hence, our research aims to study the impact of GTM on the international performance of major companies during the COVID-19 pandemic period. To this end, we surveyed a sample of 59 large companies that act in external markets. Through recourse to multiple linear regressions, we conclude that GTM practices return positive impacts on levels of international performance. Our research returns theoretical implications in terms of the application of integrated GTM models and with the results of significant relevance to corporations operating internationally, enabling them to better understand which strategic human resource management policies will return the best GTM results.
- Perspetivas multinível da competitividade: uma abordagem global, nacional e regionalPublication . Veiga, Pedro Miguel Lopes Mota; Ferreira, João José de MatosA grande mobilidade do capital a nível internacional e o aumento do grau de abertura dos mercados nacionais são os principais motivos para que o tema da competitividade tenha sido alvo de uma extensa e intensiva discussão científica nas últimas décadas, potencialmente influenciadora das decisões empresariais e governamentais. A comunidade científica tem estabelecido diversas abordagens conceptuais e terminológicas para estudar o comportamento da competitividade, pelo que até o próprio conceito de competitividade é alvo de aceso debate. Esta Tese tem como objetivos analisar a competitividade a dois níveis, nomeadamente ao nível regional e ao nível nacional. Os objetivos gerais desta Tese são: (1) Realizar um mapeamento das publicações científicas, estrutura intelectual e tendências de investigação relacionadas com a competitividade das nações e regiões; (2) Analisar os fatores determinantes da competitividade de um país e analisar a competitividade da economia portuguesa comparativamente aos países da União Europeia, aos países com programas de ajustamento (Grécia e Irlanda) e em termos globais; (3) Analisar as relações entre os fatores da competitividade nacional para todos os países incluídos no Global Competitiveness Index e para os países da União Europeia, bem como a determinação dos fatores que têm uma maior preponderância na competitividade de um país; (4) Determinar um índice de competitividade das regiões portuguesas (NUTS III), calcular índices para os fatores que compõem essa competitividade regional e efetuar uma caraterização da taxonomia da mesma. Os resultados revelam que existem essencialmente três abordagens na literatura de competitividade: (2) Clusters e Regiões; (2) Empresas; (3) Nações e Global. Alguns dos estudos de Porter são marcantes e fulcrais nesta temática. Os fatores mais importantes para a competitividade global são a competitividade microeconómica de um país, bem como as suas infraestruturas sociais e instituições políticas, a educação, a tecnologia disponível e a inovação. Em relação aos fatores que influenciam a competitividade das nações, observou-se efeitos causais entre os mesmos que potenciarão a competitividade por efeitos diretos e indiretos. Em termos de competitividade da economia portuguesa, observaram-se bastantes limitações face aos países da Zona Euro e da União Europeia. Ao nível nacional a Área Metropolitana de Lisboa é a mais competitiva, e pelo contrário as menos competitivas são as NUTS Viseu Dão-Lafões e Serra da Estrela - Beira Interior.