In the era of the digital economy, how digital transformation (DT) contributes to economic development has become a topic of growing interest. This study focuses on business model innovation (BMI) driven by DT in the manufacturing sector. From this perspective, we aim to explore how DT can...

Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) are vital to economic growth, job creation, and sustainable development. However, sustainability remains a challenge, especially for SMEs in developing countries facing resource limitations, market fluctuations, and technological constraints. Among them,...

Recently, in the Hospitality 5.0 era, the Smart Tourism industry has experienced disruptions due to the widespread integration of cutting-edge technologies (Artificial Intelligence, Internet of Things, Robots, Big Data, and others) enabling the overall tourist experience enhancement. This study...

Industrial policies have been on the rise with subsidies provided to firms accounting for the lion's share of interventions. The effects of these measures on productivity, trade, investment and other economic and non-economic variables are largely an open question. This paper examines...

In the dynamic business environment, manufacturing companies need a competitive advantage for long-term survival, and this can be achieved by focusing on CSR, HR practices, and innovation. While CSR is often viewed as a tool for enhancing corporate reputation and addressing societal concerns,...

Background: Competitive dynamics has been a central theme in business, management, and finance research, addressing how firms interact strategically to gain and sustain competitive advantage. Over the past 25 years, this field has evolved significantly, incorporating theoretical and empirical...

This study identifies critical success factors contributing to the digital transformation of SMEs. Despite their crucial role in the economy, limited research explores how they navigate digitalization challenges. This study addresses this gap by proposing the DASAT framework with four cyclically...

Although the Middle East is often perceived as politically, economically, and socially unstable, Saudi Arabia offers a different narrative. Inspired by the country's vision (Vision 2030) and the growing body of research exploring its socio-economic transformation, this article examines how...

This paper identifies the salient features of feedforward control and the advantages that it provides vis-à-vis feedback control. These advantages are especially salient in strategic control situations and also during periods of environmental turbulence and extreme strategic discontinuity....

The concept of digital maturity has gained prominence in the context of digital transformation. It refers to an organization's ability to effectively adapt to changing environments using digital technologies. At the same time, the dynamic capabilities of an organization play a crucial role in...

In order to understand generative AI and its mechanisms of action, players need a high level of abstraction (Saitta and Zucker, 2013). However, many companies lack the necessary expertise for the technology. In addition to cultural factors, this lack of expertise is the main barrier to a...

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) face unique challenges that can be effectively addressed through the adoption of data mining and business intelligence (BI) tools. This systematic literature review scrutinizes the deployment and efficacy of BI and data mining technologies across SME...

Background: In today's rapidly evolving business environment, organizational agility (OA) has become increasingly critical for companies to maintain competitiveness and sustainability. Business intelligence (BI) is pivotal in enabling organizational agility by providing the necessary tools and...

This research investigates the interrelationships between lean supply chain activities (LSCA), supply chain cost reduction (SCCR), and competitive advantage (CA) among Iraqi food and beverage SMEs. This study assessed the moderating effect of information technology (IT) on the relationship...

The aim of this study is to fill the gap in the literature regarding the empirical analysis of digital competitive advantage and to extend the knowledge about its antecedents such as digital culture and digital creativity. The subject of this study is micro, small and medium-sized enterprises...

Based on industry use cases, we identify six distinct types of digital transformation (DT), each grounded in a specific concept or enabling technology. These DT types can be implemented individually or combined to drive transformation initiatives. While deploying a single DT type often focuses...

While big data analytics capabilities (BDAC) have been pivotal to retail companies, their effects on innovation capabilities and sustainable performance have not been investigated systematically thus far. Therefore, this study explores the influence of BDAC on the innovation capabilities and...

This study intends to prove and analyze three causal relationships in Indonesian hospitals. The first is the impact of human capital (HC) and competitive advantage (COMAD) on business performance. The second is the influence of HC on COMAD. The last is the mediating effect of COMAD on the...

This study examines how the knowledge management processes of knowledge creation, integration, implementation, and sharing affect innovation and organizational performance. The study also examines the mediating role of innovation in the relationship between these knowledge management processes...

The importance of customer orientation and value creation on economic sustainability is well established in the literature. However, studies on customer orientation and value creation majorly focused on performance of Smal and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) and the banking sector. Instead, this study...

The aim of the study is to investigate the influence of training in multiple functions, communication of strategy, and feedback on performance on competitive advantage while assessing the mediating role of corporate image. A cross-sectional survey design was used in this study. Three hundred and...

Diversity management is a contemporary human resource (HR) trend that underscores the development of human potential through the respectful consideration of age, gender, culture, health, sexual orientation, race, religion, and overall organizational diversity. However, the effectiveness of these...

The digital revolution has fundamentally changed how businesses create value. Small and medium enterprises (SMEs), with their limited resources, must adapt to this new landscape to maintain a competitive edge through digital transformation (DT). This paper explores how SMEs can build sustainable...

This study aims to explore how augmented reality (AR) and a company's unique resources optimize competitive advantage to improve marketing performance using a qualitative approach with triangulated in-depth interviews. The findings of this study revolve around three main themes: improving...