As family business scholarship has evolved, studies have progressed from comparing family and nonfamily firms to examining the differences among family firms. However, despite the increased insights on family firm heterogeneity, the types of differences examined remain inconsistent and...

We present a new ethical dimension of mixed methods research (MMR) with embedded artificial intelligence (AI), referred to as responsible MMR (RMMR). First, we present an overview of ethical principles applied to research from several national and international perspectives before dealing...

Strategic management is traditionally seen as an exclusive managerial task rather than inclusive where accountability is reserved for top managers. However, contemporary strategy management practices increasingly pay attention to equality, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) by engaging with broader...

The hope that the widespread use of digital technologies would promote democratic norms has gradually diminished. Both states - democratic and authoritarian ones - and the private sector, collect via the social media, a vast amount of data and conduct digital surveillance. Regardless of the...

This chapter synthesizes the economics, law, and technology of security tokens and security token offerings (STOs). Security tokens are an increasingly important instrument in decentralized finance (DeFi) markets. They are blockchain-based investment contracts that are subject to securities law....

Fintech businesses have the tendency to revolutionize the entire world. Especially, the tasks associated with banking needs, and therefore, there is a significant scope for Fintech in the banking industry. Although when the country’s major population is unbanked and most of the population is...