Life is form, and form is the modality of life," declared the art historian H. Focillon, celebrating the various forms in our universe. This conceptual article explores business process patterns that are perceived, analyzed, and visualized as whole entities or Gestalten. Sensually understanding...

The study aims to examine how technological leapfrogging, as a smart and sustainable adaptation strategy, influences organizational resilience in small and medium-sized manufacturing enterprises (SMEs) of the developing economies. It also highlighted employees' digital capabilities as mediators...

Digital transformation, defined as the adoption and application of emerging digital technologies, is becoming a growing trend. However, the academic literature still lacks a comprehensive understanding of the impacts of these technologies in human resource management (HRM) at organisational and...

As artificial intelligence (AI) adoption accelerates globally, its sustainability implications remain insufficiently integrated into organizational capability frameworks. This study develops and validates the organizational sustainable AI capabilities (OSAIC) construct, extending dynamic...

Job crafting is a multidimensional construct rather than a one-dimensional variable. However, prior research often treats it as a holistic concept or examines its impacts through isolated dimensions. Employing action theory and fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis (fsQCA), this study...

This mixed-methods study investigates the strategic management of digital transformation in Bulgarian schools by analysing principals' self-reported leadership practices and styles. Using data from a nationally representative sample (N = 349) gathered through the SELFIE tool, complemented by 30...

Trotz zunehmendem Interesse an Familienunternehmen ist das Verständnis von Führungs- und Organisationspraktiken, die sich aus dem Zusammenspiel von Familie und Unternehmen ergeben, bislang begrenzt – insbesondere mit Blick auf Dezentralisierung. Mit dem Wandel der Arbeitswelt haben einige...

In the contemporary dynamic world, where unforeseen situations are increasingly routine for organisations and the successful integration of new technologies is inevitable, creativity and resilience have emerged as essential characteristics of modern organisations. To explore the links between...

Literature on digital collaboration often focuses on individual aspects, but rarely combines them into a unified, practical and sustainability-friendly management tool. The paper fills this critical gap by presenting a comprehensive framework for enhancing digital collaboration, integrating AI,...

This technical note, prepared for Moldova’s Ministry of Economic Development and Digitalization (MOEDD), assesses the Moldovan Insolvency Law (MIL) against the European Union (EU) Preventive Restructuring Directive (2019/1023) and provides a road map to bring Moldovan legislation in line with...

Digital public infrastructure has become a foundation for building modern, inclusive digital economies. Its three core pillars - digital ID, fast payment systems (FPS), and trusted data exchange - enable secure participation, efficient service delivery, and innovation across sectors. Yet in most...

This study examines how digital competencies, digital human resource management, and organizational culture influence the digital transformation of small and mediumsized enterprises (SMEs) in Lima, Peru. A quantitative, non-experimental, cross-sectional approach was applied to a sample of 307...

This study examines how six different competencies or soft skills (leadership, critical thinking, teamwork, communication, resilience, and problem-solving) contribute to innovation in the workplace. Partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) was used to analyze a sample of 125...

Firms are facing a substantial challenge in their journey towards a twin transformation to achieve greater environmental sustainability and digitalization simultaneously. Research lacks a deeper understanding on how firms respond to the need for a twin transformation. This study examines...

Despite global advances, the digital transformation of public services in developing countries often fails to meet its objectives. This study argues that a primary reason for this is an overemphasis on technological solutions and a neglect of the broader institutional context. Through a...

This research explores how the information technology capabilities of board directors contribute to firm performance. Using a multisectoral sample of 3752 observations from 2008 to 2021, comprising 268 companies listed in the S&P 500 index, a discontinuous growth model was applied to analyze...

Banks in Ghana operate in a constantly evolving regulatory environment, making the management of regulatory changes critical to their survival and performance. Guided by institutional theory, this study assessed how banks effectively managed regulatory changes, focusing on the rise in minimum...

"Redefining Management: The Manager/Leader-Relevant Stakeholder Paradigm presents a groundbreaking shift in management philosophy, theory, and practice, introducing the innovative concept of the manager/leader-relevant stakeholder. This paradigm challenges the traditional manager-subordinate...

The rule of law, a foundational value of the European Union as enshrined in Article 2 of the Treaty on European Union, faces challenges in implementation due to historical and political factors that have evolved over the past decade, particularly within Member States in the administrative...

This study systematically reviews 53 peer-reviewed articles on public sector innovation published between 2021 and 2025 to synthesize knowledge on how innovation is conceptualized, triggered, enacted, and constrained. Findings reveal that innovation is framed across technological,...

Public-sector innovation is frequently portrayed as the domain of dedicated innovation labs and experimental units, obscuring how innovation capacity can emerge within core bureaucratic institutions. This article explores how Norway's Brønnøysund Register Centre (BRC), mainly a registry...

This study examines how digital transformation (DX) unfolds in Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) through an analytical integration of dynamic capabilities (DCs) and service-dominant logic (SDL). While DX research is abundant, existing studies tend to discuss internal organizational...

There is a saying that it takes a village to raise a child. Similarly, it takes a whole Culture to achieve sustainable innovation in a repeatable and reliable manner. So, how can companies and nonprofit organizations turn sustainability strategies into real-world practice? How can they innovate...

This study investigates how authentic leadership facilitates innovation within the bureaucratic structure of Indonesian State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs), focusing on psychological empowerment as a mediating mechanism and leader personal power as a moderating factor. A cross-sectional survey was...

Entities worldwide continue to engage in knowledge management practices (KMP) and organizational agility (OA); however, little is known about their relationship with firms' inter-organizational learning (IOL) and innovation speed. Moreover, risk-taking rationales are used as moderators. Partial...

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...

This study examines the factors that influence user trust in AI-powered digital agents within organizational contexts. Employing an integrated framework that combines the Expectation Confirmation Model and the Technology Acceptance Model, we investigated how user expectations, attitudes toward...

In the current unpredictable business landscape, organisational resilience is essential for firms, particularly small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), to navigate crises such as the COVID-19 pandemic. Given the typically limited resources of SMEs, this study sheds light on how...