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  1. #26: Breakdown - Legitimate incongruity: Strategic positioning within hybrid categories

    MAR 10

    #26: Breakdown - Legitimate incongruity: Strategic positioning within hybrid categories

    The primary purpose of this research is to examine the extent to which positioning hybrid ventures as more or less congruent with their category influences perceptions of their legitimacy. To do so, we first introduce and define the notion of a hybrid category as an institutional context which combines two or more dominant institutional logics that both constrain and enable organizational action. We then construct a theoretical framework instantiated within a hybrid category, suggesting that moderate incongruence between a new venture’s identity narrative and the expectations most strongly associated with the category will positively influence perceived legitimacy. We further predict specific relationships among dimensions of perceived legitimacy, as well as their downstream effects on an individual’s willingness to contribute resources. Across three studies in which we experimentally manipulate congruence with a hybrid category, we find a consistent pattern of support for our hypotheses and reveal a unique benefit for new hybrid ventures who position themselves in a manner that is moderately incongruent with the hybrid category. In addition, our results suggest that moral legitimacy perceptions act as a precursor to cognitive legitimacy perceptions in new hybrid categories. Authors: Alexiou, Kostas, Jennifer Wiggins, and Md Fourkan

    8 min
  2. #27: Breakdown - Can mobile promotion automation decrease overall purchases? The role of promotion pattern predictability in customer habit formation

    MAR 10

    #27: Breakdown - Can mobile promotion automation decrease overall purchases? The role of promotion pattern predictability in customer habit formation

    Automating mobile promotions facilitates customization through geo-location and temporal targeting; however, this can lead the geographic and temporal patterns of promotions to become predictable. We argue that this predictability enables customer habit formation as the promotion, the context in which it is received, and the purchase behavior become associated in the customer's memory through repeated co-occurrence. This results in the customer purchasing only when promotions are expected to occur, decreasing their overall purchase likelihood. Across four studies, including empirical data from two different industries in different global regions and two controlled laboratory experiments focused on different purchase scenarios, we find that customers exposed to predictable promotion patterns shift their purchases to when promotions are expected, decreasing overall purchase probability. These effects are stronger for customers with consistent past purchase patterns or low involvement with the product, and predictability of promotion patterns does not impact customer attitudes, providing evidence that they are driven by customer habit formation. Authors: Lamei, Pezhman, Milad Mohammadi Darani, Jennifer Wiggins, and Christopher Mahar.

    10 min
  3. #28: Breakdown - What restricts SMEs from adopting sophisticated capital budgeting practices?

    MAR 10

    #28: Breakdown - What restricts SMEs from adopting sophisticated capital budgeting practices?

    The lack of robust financial management is an integral growth constraint faced by small and medium enterprises (SMEs). For the sustainability and growth of SMEs, it is vital to choose the correct long-term projects. Yet, literature shows that SMEs across the globe hardly practice the sophisticated capital budgeting (CB) method. The present study identifies, prioritizes, and proposes a structural model of the barriers to CB practices. The study adopts an integrated method combining the Fuzzy Analytical Hierarchy Process (F-AHP) and the Fuzzy Decision-Making Trial and Evaluation Laboratory (F-DEMATEL) approach to evaluate the barriers to CB practices among SMEs in India. The prioritization obtained through the F-AHP suggests that the knowledge barrier of the decision-makers and the inherent barrier associated with the CB techniques are the most weighted main barriers impeding the practice of CB among SMEs. Also, the most important sub-barriers are time consumption and high complexity of the methods, lack of financial education and training of decision-makers, and lack of computation technology. F-DEMATEL provides a reliable quantitative measure of the association of the barriers to implementing sophisticated CB practices among SMEs. To the best of the authors' knowledge, this study is the first to identify, prioritize and structure the barriers to CB practices. Also, it is the first to apply multi-criteria decision-making tools in this field of research. Our findings can help financial managers/practitioners of SMEs to formulate sophisticated CB techniques in their investment decision strategies and efficiently manage their long-term funds. Authors: Sureka, Riya, Satish Kumar, Deepraj Mukherjee, and Christina Theodoraki

    7 min
  4. #29: Breakdown: The predictor role of perceived consumer effectiveness and environmental concern in consumer green behavior: A meta-analysis with cultural-level moderators

    MAR 10

    #29: Breakdown: The predictor role of perceived consumer effectiveness and environmental concern in consumer green behavior: A meta-analysis with cultural-level moderators

    Consumers do not always act in accordance with their environmental concerns and intentions. Researchers have posited that Perceived Consumer Effectiveness (PCE), or the belief that one’s behaviors are efficacious in ameliorating environmental impact, is a more appropriate explanatory variable. Yet, there have been contrasting results regarding the comparative effect of PCE, environmental concern, and intentions on green behavior. To address this question and to better understand the generalizability of the results to multiple cultures, the authors integrate PCE and environmental concern into a theoretical model based on the Theory of Planned Behavior. The results from a meta-analysis consisting of 118 studies, and 813 effect sizes, and 26,968 respondents reveal several key insights. First, cultural characteristics, such as power distance, masculinity, indulgence, and uncertainty moderate the relationship between PCE and green behavior. Second, contrary to prevailing assumptions, both PCE and environmental concern exhibit similar magnitudes in explaining overall green behavior. Third, a model with PCE and environmental concern demonstrates greater explanatory power for green behavior when compared to the traditional Theory of Planned Behavior model. These results offer valuable insights for researchers, managers, non-governmental organizations, and policymakers seeking culturally nuanced guidance to promote consumer green behavior more effectively. Authors: Valter Afonso Vieira, Clécio Falcão Araújo, Christopher Groening

    14 min
  5. #17: Breakdown - The Neurosocial Alchemy of Entrepreneurial Transformation: A Deep Dive into Extended Mirror Neuron System and Neuroplasticity

    MAR 7

    #17: Breakdown - The Neurosocial Alchemy of Entrepreneurial Transformation: A Deep Dive into Extended Mirror Neuron System and Neuroplasticity

    This study by Vaneet Kaur introduces a novel framework that integrates social neuroscience and entrepreneurship to explore how neuronal pathways enable the transformation of individuals into entrepreneurs with robust capabilities. Moving beyond traditional individual-centric views, it investigates inter-individual neural and social synchronization, identifying neurosocial mediators that drive the development of entrepreneurial competencies within enterprises. By leveraging the extended mirror neuron system and neuroplasticity, this conceptual paper demonstrates how social learning processes activate and strengthen neural networks, resulting in emergent entrepreneurial behaviors. Employing a theory-bridging approach, this research develops a nomological network to predict relationships between entrepreneurial and neurosocial constructs, clarifying causal linkages, antecedents, outcomes, and contingencies. This framework offers a comprehensive understanding of how individual capabilities evolve into entrepreneurial capabilities, moving beyond assumptions of serendipity and simplistic aggregation.

    8 min
  6. #18: Breakdown - Effects of Bank Capital and Lending on Leverage, Risk, and Growth of Nonfinancial Firms

    MAR 7

    #18: Breakdown - Effects of Bank Capital and Lending on Leverage, Risk, and Growth of Nonfinancial Firms

    This paper examines the impact of bank capital on the capital structure of non-financial firms, focusing on lenders and commercial borrowers from 2000 to 2019. We find a positive relationship between firm leverage and bank capital, with lending serving as a key channel for this effect. Additionally, increased lending is associated with higher firm risk and slower growth. Our deal-level analysis reveals consistent findings with those at the firm level: greater lending is linked to higher spreads, more tranches, more secured loans, fewer lenders per deal, and longer maturities, all of which indicate increased borrower risk. This study offers new insights into how bank capital structure policies influence the financial structure of non-financial firms and contributes to the broader debate on the spillover effects of risk-reduction measures in the financial sector, such as capital regulation, on the real economy. Authors: Baran, Lindsay, Ajay Patel, and Nonna Sorokina.

    11 min
  7. #19: Breakdown - Employer Wage Subsidy Caps and Part-Time Work

    MAR 7

    #19: Breakdown - Employer Wage Subsidy Caps and Part-Time Work

    Using tract-level Census data and triple difference estimators, the authors test whether firms increase their use of part-time workers when faced with capped wage subsidies. By limiting the maximum subsidy per worker, such subsidies create incentives for firms to increase the share of their payroll that is eligible for the subsidy by increasing use of part-time or low-wage workers. Results suggest that firms located in federal Empowerment Zones in the United States responded to the program’s capped wage subsidies by expanding their use of part-time workers, particularly in locations where the subsidy cap is likely to bind. There is also a shift toward hiring lower-skill workers. Authors: Elvery, Joel A., C. Lockwood Reynolds, and Shawn M. Rohlin.

    11 min
  8. #20 - Breakdown: The effect of property taxes on businesses: Evidence from a dynamic regression discontinuity approach

    MAR 7

    #20 - Breakdown: The effect of property taxes on businesses: Evidence from a dynamic regression discontinuity approach

    We employ a dynamic regression discontinuity design comparing business outcomes in areas that passed additional school property taxes to business outcomes in areas that failed to do so. On average, these referenda increase local property taxes by approximately 8 percent. We find little evidence that passage of a property tax referendum influences the total number of establishments in the district in the following years. Further, there is little evidence that property taxes affect total establishment births or deaths. Heterogeneity analysis does not find differences across various measures of firm exposure to property taxes. Authors: Enami, Ali, C. Lockwood Reynolds, and Shawn M. Rohlin

    7 min
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Presented by the Ambassador Crawford College of Business and Entrepreneurship at Kent State University to provide students with a mobile-first, micro-learning experience.

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    Ambassador Crawford College of Business & Entrepreneurship
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    2019 - 2025
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