This article introduces a new theoretical concept, the "foreign champion", which attempts to solve the principal-agent problem and improve academic understanding of foreign market entry decisions by analyzing what experts in the field consider to be best practices. Based on empirical research...

Purpose: This paper aims to explore and describe how companies manage the level of standardisation of improvement practices in a multisite context. It seeks to explain the managerial strategies applied to change the standardisation level in manufacturing companies with multiple production sites...

The field of MLOps (Machine Learning Operations), which focuses on effectively managing and operationalizing ML workflows, has grown because of the advancements in machine learning (ML). The goal of this study is to examine and contrast the difficulties encountered in the implementation of MLOps...

The purpose of this study was to model the impact of mentoring on women's work-life balance. Indeed, this study considered mentoring as a solution to create a work-life balance of women. For this purpose, semi-structured interviews with both mentors and mentees of Tehran Municipality were...

Grounded theory is an inductive research methodology aiming at the construction of new concepts or new theories able to explain emerging phenomena. The objective of this paper is to provide insights on the usage of grounded theory in management research. We showcase how grounded theory can bring...

Exploring the constituent elements of teacher leadership is an important research direction for bringing innovation and entrepreneurship within teacher leadership research. However, there are very few studies on the components of teacher leadership based on the perspective of innovative teacher...

Purpose This work aims to analyze the university-industry interaction in innovation ecosystems. The problem under study addresses how agents can operate in university-industry interactions to enhance the connections, specifically in the aspect of operational mechanisms of an innovation...

This Grounded Theory examines the in-depth dynamics of cybersecurity professionals working in financial organizations regarding stress management, risk handling, communication challenges, and perceived benefits from work. This study conducted a grounded theory approach with cybersecurity...

The disruptive innovation framework has become a topical issue in recent years. Despite its popularity, as well as the perceived strategic advantages it bestows on entrant firms, little is known about the disruptive innovation capability of new-technology-based firms (NTBFs) in the South African...

Recent research has documented that companies are pursuing a variety of strategies to enhance supply-chain resilience. This paper examines how managers actually think about resilience strategies, and then analyzes the relationship between operations, supply-chain characteristics, and the...

Part I- Introduction to Qualitative Research Approach -- 1. Overview of Qualitative Research -- Part II- Qualitative Research Strategies -- 2. Research Strategies According to the Constructivist Paradigm -- 3.Research Strategies According to the Pragmatic Paradigm -- 4. Research Strategies...