A revolutionary advancement of technology in the past decade brought the attention of academics and management practitioners on how to improve the innovative capabilities of organizations. Advice-seeking relationships have an essential role in the knowledge production of modern-day organizations as they enable actors to acquire information, professional support, and knowledge elements they can recombine to form new knowledge. This paper conceptualizes advice-seeking behaviour as part of an inherently complex social world that can best be captured by a multiplex approach to organizational network research. It investigates how different layers of interpersonal relationships in the workplace may contribute to the appearance of advice-seeking interactions. This study examines the cases of three knowledge-intensive organizations and applies binary logistic regression to shed light on the yet invisible relational foundations of workplace collaboration. Implications for Central European audience : Central European countries attempt to improve their economic competitiveness by attracting knowledge-intensive companies as well as incentivizing innovation and digital transformation. Knowledge-intensive firms, such as business services centres or information and communication technology companies, are significant contributors to the economic output of countries like the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Poland. Recommendations derived from the results of this paper provide insights to the leadership of knowledge-intensive companies on how to create organizational environments that foster knowledge sharing and innovation. Measures that promote interpersonal trust, the visibility of expertise, and boundary-spanning behaviour are advised.
{"title":"The Invisible Foundations of Collaboration in the Workplace: a Multiplex Network Approach to Advice-Seeking and Knowledge Sharing","authors":"Máté Baksa, Imre Branyiczki","doi":"10.18267/j.cebr.322","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18267/j.cebr.322","url":null,"abstract":"A revolutionary advancement of technology in the past decade brought the attention of academics and management practitioners on how to improve the innovative capabilities of organizations. Advice-seeking relationships have an essential role in the knowledge production of modern-day organizations as they enable actors to acquire information, professional support, and knowledge elements they can recombine to form new knowledge. This paper conceptualizes advice-seeking behaviour as part of an inherently complex social world that can best be captured by a multiplex approach to organizational network research. It investigates how different layers of interpersonal relationships in the workplace may contribute to the appearance of advice-seeking interactions. This study examines the cases of three knowledge-intensive organizations and applies binary logistic regression to shed light on the yet invisible relational foundations of workplace collaboration. Implications for Central European audience : Central European countries attempt to improve their economic competitiveness by attracting knowledge-intensive companies as well as incentivizing innovation and digital transformation. Knowledge-intensive firms, such as business services centres or information and communication technology companies, are significant contributors to the economic output of countries like the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Poland. Recommendations derived from the results of this paper provide insights to the leadership of knowledge-intensive companies on how to create organizational environments that foster knowledge sharing and innovation. Measures that promote interpersonal trust, the visibility of expertise, and boundary-spanning behaviour are advised.","PeriodicalId":37276,"journal":{"name":"Central European Business Review","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2022-11-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47631575","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ali Shakir Zaidan, K. W. Khaw, Chew XinYing, Alhamzah Alnoor, Y. Ganesan, Abdullah Mohammed Sadaa
This study aims to understand the impact of organizational contingencies such as organizational culture, human resource policies and inter-organizational linkage on financial performance, using the mediating role of crisis management in energy companies in Iraq. To this end, structural equation modelling (SEM) was adopted to test the causal relationships between the study variables. An exploratory design (i.e., a questionnaire) was used to collect data from 379 workers in energy companies in Iraq. The results of this study indicate that organizational contingencies affect financial performance. Besides, crisis management has a complete mediation of the relationship between organizational contingencies and financial performance. From the practitioner's point of view, leaders and practitioners should encourage a creative culture and idea generation to give members enough power to act and focus on goals that support building sustainable organizational capacity. Implications for Central European audience : The findings of this study contribute to providing academics and practitioners with a deep insight into the antecedents of financial performance to develop practices and policies that increase performance.
{"title":"The Influence of Organizational Contingencies on Financial Performance: The Mediating Role of Crisis Management","authors":"Ali Shakir Zaidan, K. W. Khaw, Chew XinYing, Alhamzah Alnoor, Y. Ganesan, Abdullah Mohammed Sadaa","doi":"10.18267/j.cebr.320","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18267/j.cebr.320","url":null,"abstract":"This study aims to understand the impact of organizational contingencies such as organizational culture, human resource policies and inter-organizational linkage on financial performance, using the mediating role of crisis management in energy companies in Iraq. To this end, structural equation modelling (SEM) was adopted to test the causal relationships between the study variables. An exploratory design (i.e., a questionnaire) was used to collect data from 379 workers in energy companies in Iraq. The results of this study indicate that organizational contingencies affect financial performance. Besides, crisis management has a complete mediation of the relationship between organizational contingencies and financial performance. From the practitioner's point of view, leaders and practitioners should encourage a creative culture and idea generation to give members enough power to act and focus on goals that support building sustainable organizational capacity. Implications for Central European audience : The findings of this study contribute to providing academics and practitioners with a deep insight into the antecedents of financial performance to develop practices and policies that increase performance.","PeriodicalId":37276,"journal":{"name":"Central European Business Review","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2022-11-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41528538","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Service Recovery Satisfaction and Commitment in the Context of Spectator Sport Industry: Study on Croatian Football Consumers","authors":"A. Kuzmanić, Jasmina Dlačić, B. Milfelner","doi":"10.18267/j.cebr.321","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18267/j.cebr.321","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":37276,"journal":{"name":"Central European Business Review","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2022-11-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46630864","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Kristína Drieniková, Ľubica Zubaľová, Jana Gordanová
EU stepped up its efforts to reinforce its presence in the Asian region, especially in the Indo-Pacific region, due to increasing geo-strategic importance for the EU, high mutual interconnectedness, as well as trade and investment engagement. In September 2021, the EU adopted its first Indo-Pacific Strategy. The aim of the paper is to point out the development of the partnership between the EU and the Asian (Indo-Pacific) region based on the evaluation of the analysis of trade and investment cooperation between the EU and India with a focus on mutual trade and investment relations between the Visegrad Group countries and India (and point out the comparative advantages that the V4 countries might use to extend mutual trade cooperation). The paper is based on trade analysis, and empirical methods of RCA and Grubel Lloyd indices were used. There is room for expanding cooperation between the V4 countries and India in deepening intra-industry trade in commodities, where countries have a similar RCA profile. Moreover, the cooperation could complement bilateral relations between both regions. Implications for Central European audience : The paper evaluates V4 competitiveness and assesses V4’s export potential (RCA index) with India and potential trade prospects with India (RCA1) to confirm that there is room for expanding trade cooperation between regions. We consider the V4 countries to be one of the regions that could deepen its mutual relations with India and intensify political dialogue and, therefore, take mutual cooperation and relations to the next level as well as deepen cooperation in the Indo-Pacific region.
{"title":"The v4-India Partnership as an Example of Broader EU and the Indo-Pacific Region Partnership","authors":"Kristína Drieniková, Ľubica Zubaľová, Jana Gordanová","doi":"10.18267/j.cebr.318","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18267/j.cebr.318","url":null,"abstract":"EU stepped up its efforts to reinforce its presence in the Asian region, especially in the Indo-Pacific region, due to increasing geo-strategic importance for the EU, high mutual interconnectedness, as well as trade and investment engagement. In September 2021, the EU adopted its first Indo-Pacific Strategy. The aim of the paper is to point out the development of the partnership between the EU and the Asian (Indo-Pacific) region based on the evaluation of the analysis of trade and investment cooperation between the EU and India with a focus on mutual trade and investment relations between the Visegrad Group countries and India (and point out the comparative advantages that the V4 countries might use to extend mutual trade cooperation). The paper is based on trade analysis, and empirical methods of RCA and Grubel Lloyd indices were used. There is room for expanding cooperation between the V4 countries and India in deepening intra-industry trade in commodities, where countries have a similar RCA profile. Moreover, the cooperation could complement bilateral relations between both regions. Implications for Central European audience : The paper evaluates V4 competitiveness and assesses V4’s export potential (RCA index) with India and potential trade prospects with India (RCA1) to confirm that there is room for expanding trade cooperation between regions. We consider the V4 countries to be one of the regions that could deepen its mutual relations with India and intensify political dialogue and, therefore, take mutual cooperation and relations to the next level as well as deepen cooperation in the Indo-Pacific region.","PeriodicalId":37276,"journal":{"name":"Central European Business Review","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2022-11-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47424272","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
B. Kardos, Katalin Balázsiné Farkas, Richárd Kása, Erzsebe Szasz, Iván Bélyácz
{"title":"Ethical Modelling of the Accounting Profession Based on the Value Judgements of Romanian Accounting Professionals","authors":"B. Kardos, Katalin Balázsiné Farkas, Richárd Kása, Erzsebe Szasz, Iván Bélyácz","doi":"10.18267/j.cebr.315","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18267/j.cebr.315","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":37276,"journal":{"name":"Central European Business Review","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2022-09-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44128867","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The true identity of brands fades with changes in a market environment. Growing concerns regarding the decline of long-established brands have caught the attention of academicians and practitioners both. There is undivided attention witnessed in literature to develop a research framework to identify antecedents and intervening factors and their impact on Brand Revitalization. The primary aim of the study is to categorise identified variables into different approaches and integrate intervening variables to propose a research framework for empirical validation. Based on the systematic literature review approach, 93 studies from more than three decades (1984 to 2021) were undertaken after applying inclusion and exclusion criteria. 62 percent qualitative research and 27 percent empirical and mixed research papers were obtained. A total of 63 variables from 18 empirical studies were categorised into two approaches of ‘Brand re-enchantment’ and ‘Brand modernity’, which significantly influenced brand revitalisation. 9 mediators and 12 moderators were obtained from which ‘Advertising’ was introduced as a mediator for effective brand revitalisation. The research paper provides a and latent signs of brand decline and provide possible revitalization strategies to increase market share, aid in internationalization, and strengthen the perceived brand image of Central European brands. Advertising illustrates the brand’s features, benefits, and uses, which may help in conveying the desired image of brands to the audience of central European countries. demographic variables were also reported. The fifth step involved structuring thoughts and ideas to build an integrated research framework.
{"title":"Antecedents and Mediators for Building and Integrated Research Framework towards Successful Brand Revitalisation","authors":"Tarunija Chandra, Vibhuti Tripathi","doi":"10.18267/j.cebr.316","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18267/j.cebr.316","url":null,"abstract":"The true identity of brands fades with changes in a market environment. Growing concerns regarding the decline of long-established brands have caught the attention of academicians and practitioners both. There is undivided attention witnessed in literature to develop a research framework to identify antecedents and intervening factors and their impact on Brand Revitalization. The primary aim of the study is to categorise identified variables into different approaches and integrate intervening variables to propose a research framework for empirical validation. Based on the systematic literature review approach, 93 studies from more than three decades (1984 to 2021) were undertaken after applying inclusion and exclusion criteria. 62 percent qualitative research and 27 percent empirical and mixed research papers were obtained. A total of 63 variables from 18 empirical studies were categorised into two approaches of ‘Brand re-enchantment’ and ‘Brand modernity’, which significantly influenced brand revitalisation. 9 mediators and 12 moderators were obtained from which ‘Advertising’ was introduced as a mediator for effective brand revitalisation. The research paper provides a and latent signs of brand decline and provide possible revitalization strategies to increase market share, aid in internationalization, and strengthen the perceived brand image of Central European brands. Advertising illustrates the brand’s features, benefits, and uses, which may help in conveying the desired image of brands to the audience of central European countries. demographic variables were also reported. The fifth step involved structuring thoughts and ideas to build an integrated research framework.","PeriodicalId":37276,"journal":{"name":"Central European Business Review","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2022-09-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41717065","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Currently, the economic development of countries and regions is not possible without the implementation of the European Green Deal. A set of policy initiatives by the European Commission is closely related to such concepts as greening the economy, green finance, climate finance, climate change adaptation and mitigation, environmental protection, and others. This research is dedicated to highlighting the role of green finance in the environmental protection and development of the financial sector. Green finance connects the worlds of finance and business with environmentally friendly behaviour. In principle, all strategic decisions made by business organisations must take into account the potential impact on the environment, which means that value creation in the long term is integral to the well-being of current and future generations. The novelty of the research lies in the developed conceptual framework of the role of green finance in greening the economy. The conceptual framework covers three main elements of the green economy: the real green economy, green finance, and providers of green finance – the green financial sector and public funds. It is developed by applying the methods of content analysis and synthesis,
{"title":"The Role of Green Finance in Greening the Economy: Conceptual Approach","authors":"V. Aleknevičienė, Asta Bendoraitytė","doi":"10.18267/j.cebr.317","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18267/j.cebr.317","url":null,"abstract":"Currently, the economic development of countries and regions is not possible without the implementation of the European Green Deal. A set of policy initiatives by the European Commission is closely related to such concepts as greening the economy, green finance, climate finance, climate change adaptation and mitigation, environmental protection, and others. This research is dedicated to highlighting the role of green finance in the environmental protection and development of the financial sector. Green finance connects the worlds of finance and business with environmentally friendly behaviour. In principle, all strategic decisions made by business organisations must take into account the potential impact on the environment, which means that value creation in the long term is integral to the well-being of current and future generations. The novelty of the research lies in the developed conceptual framework of the role of green finance in greening the economy. The conceptual framework covers three main elements of the green economy: the real green economy, green finance, and providers of green finance – the green financial sector and public funds. It is developed by applying the methods of content analysis and synthesis,","PeriodicalId":37276,"journal":{"name":"Central European Business Review","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2022-09-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48708087","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Perceived price and perceived quality are two generic factors influencing purchasing decisions. Their importance is also connected with the effect of the country of origin. The main aim of the article is to examine the perception of price and quality in the context of individual countries of origin of the European Union and influence of the consumer ethnocentrism on this perception. From the point of view of methodology, we use general philosophical-scientific methods (analysis, synthesis, scientific abstraction etc.) and, to a large extent, also methods of descriptive and inductive statistics. Specifically, we use correlation analysis to examine the direction and intensity of relationships, cluster analysis to examine the similarities of individual countries of the European Union in terms of perceived price and quality, as well as a one-way ANOVA test to verify hypotheses. Scale tools for measuring perceived quality, perceived price, and the degree of consumer ethnocentrism achieve a high degree of estimation of validity and reliability (estimated using McDonald's omega and Cronbach's alpha). The results indicate differences in the perception of price and quality of individual countries of origin of food. It can be assumed that the level of consumer ethnocentrism is below average in the conditions of Slovakia, and it has an impact on food evaluation only in the home country. The results can be used both for marketing and in the conditions of international trade, tourism, and in many other fields of theory and praxis. Implications for Central European audience: Knowledge of the perception of price and quality of individual countries is important for international trade and marketing. Knowledge of the perception of these two factors helps to create strategies for both domestic and foreign companies operating in Slovakia. In this article, we examine the perception of all countries in the European Union, which allows for comparison. Foods from certain countries perceived better quality and cheaper will be more in demand. Demonstrating the effectiveness of consumer ethnocentrism has an impact on the development of strategies by domestic companies and the government to create support for the purchase of domestic production.
{"title":"Perceived Price and Quality of Food of European Union Countries of Origin by Slovaks: The Influence of Ethnocentric Tendencies","authors":"Marián Čvirik","doi":"10.18267/j.cebr.314","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18267/j.cebr.314","url":null,"abstract":"Perceived price and perceived quality are two generic factors influencing purchasing decisions. Their importance is also connected with the effect of the country of origin. The main aim of the article is to examine the perception of price and quality in the context of individual countries of origin of the European Union and influence of the consumer ethnocentrism on this perception. From the point of view of methodology, we use general philosophical-scientific methods (analysis, synthesis, scientific abstraction etc.) and, to a large extent, also methods of descriptive and inductive statistics. Specifically, we use correlation analysis to examine the direction and intensity of relationships, cluster analysis to examine the similarities of individual countries of the European Union in terms of perceived price and quality, as well as a one-way ANOVA test to verify hypotheses. Scale tools for measuring perceived quality, perceived price, and the degree of consumer ethnocentrism achieve a high degree of estimation of validity and reliability (estimated using McDonald's omega and Cronbach's alpha). The results indicate differences in the perception of price and quality of individual countries of origin of food. It can be assumed that the level of consumer ethnocentrism is below average in the conditions of Slovakia, and it has an impact on food evaluation only in the home country. The results can be used both for marketing and in the conditions of international trade, tourism, and in many other fields of theory and praxis. Implications for Central European audience: Knowledge of the perception of price and quality of individual countries is important for international trade and marketing. Knowledge of the perception of these two factors helps to create strategies for both domestic and foreign companies operating in Slovakia. In this article, we examine the perception of all countries in the European Union, which allows for comparison. Foods from certain countries perceived better quality and cheaper will be more in demand. Demonstrating the effectiveness of consumer ethnocentrism has an impact on the development of strategies by domestic companies and the government to create support for the purchase of domestic production.","PeriodicalId":37276,"journal":{"name":"Central European Business Review","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2022-07-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46430468","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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