Elias Hadjielias

Elias Hadjielias
Cyprus University of Technology · Department of Management, Entrepreneurship, and Digital Business

BA (Hons), MSc, PhD

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Purpose This paper has a dual purpose. The first is to provide a thorough analysis of developments in international marketing in relation to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic; the second is to capitalize on these developments to set an agenda for future research in the field of international marketing. Design/methodology/approach Th...
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The purpose of this introduction and Special Issue (SI) is to offer a unique and timely opportunity to explore, revisit and critically examine key methodological debates and tensions with the purpose of advancing diversity and novel theorizing in the field. We join voices with the authors of the five papers of this SI to problematize taken‐for‐gran...
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This is the 2023 conference booklet for the European Academy of Management SIG Family Business Research. Read more for information on presentations, people, places, social events, and contact information (the document is constantly updated).
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COVID-19 pandemic, a consensus crisis that has had a profound effect on societies and economies globally, compelled family businesses to respond strategically in order to remain afloat. We examine the role of their owner-managers’ emotions in the strategic response to the COVID-19 pandemic, drawing on 38 in-depth interviews with owner-managers of s...
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Purpose This paper aims to highlight the importance of interdisciplinary services marketing research and identify basic prerequisites for inter-disciplinary work in the field of services marketing, and to offer directions to services marketing scholars regarding future interdisciplinary research work. Design/methodology/approach Building on the av...
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The outbreak of COVID‐19 has brought the world to a standstill, with severe consequences on economic and health systems, requiring the identification and implementation of innovative solutions. This study's aims are threefold: first, to examine the impact of balanced and combined dimensions of ambidexterity on for‐profit organizations' innovation p...
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The purpose of this study is to explore the extent to which intelligent automation (IA) should be used to provide the best possible service quality and experience to customers, an area that needs further exploration. The study draws on an inductive qualitative inquiry from the supply side which has been rather overlooked despite its significant rol...
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New digital technologies, combined with the challenges faced by the pandemic, have prompted several organizations, including small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs), to innovate their business models. We extent this article by studying the impact of strategic leaders’ entrepreneurial persistence on digital transformation and business model innova...
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The creation of value is a key theme in knowledge management. Researchers have identified that in rural communities, many family businesses are members of cooperatives or other consortia. Yet, there is limited understanding about how family businesses associated with a cooperative create and appropriate value. Based on an embeddedness perspective w...
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The Symposium provides an international multidisciplinary platform to bridge discussions across different themes and levels of analysis. The aim is to get a better grasp of the relationship between family business, sustainability, and context. The symposium features presentations from leading academics, parallel round table discussions, and conclud...
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Disruptive technologies are changing the car insurance sector, with behavioral and adaptive impacts for individuals as well as organizations. An innovative factor in this industry is connected to telematics and concerns the installation of a small device called a ‘black box’, which is becoming more and more widespread, with consequent financial imp...
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Purpose-The purpose of this study is to analyse the CSR communication of the Fortune top-100 companies during the COVID-19 pandemic. Specifically, we examine the messages of international companies' CSR communication to their customers during the pandemic, focusing particularly on their posts on Twitter. In addition to identifying what internationa...
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Drawing on 62 interviews with 23 family businesses in Cyprus concerning the 2013-2018 (Eurozone) debt crisis and the Covid-19 pandemic, this study offers new knowledge on why and how family social capital reconfigures during external crises to support survivability. The findings reveal new psychological and situational mechanisms motivating structu...
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Current literature provides limited understanding on the processes through which interorganizational relationships contribute to social impact. We focus on a context, which is uniquely suited to understanding this phenomenon: a cooperative composed of family firms that operate in a rural community. We draw on stewardship and embeddedness perspectiv...
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Plain English Summary The psychological resilience of owner-managers provides novel insights towards a better understanding of small business resilience during exogenous shocks, such as the COVID-19 pandemic. Psychological resilience involves an individual’s ability to adapt or thrive in the face of life’s adversities and uncertainties. We conduct...
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The way knowledge hiding co-exists with knowledge sharing in organizations remains under-researched and under-theorized. We focus on family farms, a context where knowledge sharing has been previously heralded as a critical activity for business continuity. We frame our study within stewardship theory and adopt a multiple case study research design...
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The present study investigates the way strategic agility underpins digitalization and customer value outcomes in tourism. Drawing on an abductive logic, in-depth interviews were carried out with 34 managers of tourism organizations in Cyprus. The findings highlight the role of three interrelated agility capabilities - customer, partnering, and oper...
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Submission deadline: October 31st, 2022 CFPs at https://www.springer.com/journal/10551/updates/19656826
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Artificial intelligence (AI) can bring both opportunities and challenges to human resource management (HRM). While scholars have been examining the impact of AI on workplace outcomes more closely over the past two decades, the literature falls short in providing a holistic scholarly review of this body of research. Such a review is needed in order...
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This paper examines how social capital facilitates entrepreneurial process in international multiunit franchise outlets, operating under an area development agreement. Despite empirical evidence showing that international multiunit franchisees pursue entrepreneurial objectives, there is shortage of knowledge as to how these occur. This study reveal...
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Purpose: The purpose of this study is to systematically collate and scrutinize the state of the art on consumer cosmopolitanism (CCOS) from an international marketing perspective and to provide a foundation for future research on the subject matter to proliferate and prosper. Design/methodology/approach: A systematic review of the extant literatur...
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to study the way in which family ties influence the entrepreneurial preparedness of the diaspora family business owner. Design/methodology/approach In-depth interviews were carried out with 15 Cypriot family business owners hosted in various countries. The paper draws on social capital theory and uses an abduct...
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This paper examines how dynamic capabilities evolve in relation to familiness resources in order to facilitate family business growth and the way the context underpins dynamic capabilities in the family business. Drawing on an abductive research logic, it explores through a longitudinal in-depth case study and document analysis the way that dynamic...
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COVID-19: advancing international marketing theory and guiding practice. Special Issue at International Marketing Review Paper submission deadline: 31 December 2021 Link: https://www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com/journal/imr/covid-19-advancing-international-marketing-theory-and-guiding-practice
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This study examines the drivers and conditions of senior entrepreneurship in tourist places using place embeddedness theory. Drawing from semi-structured interviews with senior business owners, study findings identify the different roles they play according to their entrepreneurial orientation and level of place embeddedness. By depicting these alo...
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Digital innovations are revolutionizing the way businesses and industries operate. Yet, the functioning of teams dealing with digital innovations remains elusive. This study offers new theoretical and empirical insights about how innovation teams function within the context of digital transformation through a better understanding of the team proces...
Conference Paper
Senior entrepreneurship has received scant attention within tourism, despite seniors being recognised as a promising entrepreneurial group that plays an important part in economic activity as population ages (Amoros et al., 2013). Within tourism, the importance of senior entrepreneurs is unquestionable, as they often become part of the tourist expe...
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The value of silence is increasingly acknowledged in an era of noisy phenomena, with concerns being raised over the well-being of those who are involved in tourism. This study investigates whether silence is craved by entrepreneurs who are often required to work in urban, bustling, and noisy tourism places. The findings enable the conceptualization...
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Motivated by the paucity of studies examining the effects of strategic decision-making processes on accelerated internationalization, this study draws on the organizational information processing theory and the resource-based view of the firm to argue that procedural rationality and politicization have a negative effect on accelerated international...
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This article is the editorial for the special issue on 'Entrepreneurial Families in Business Across Generations, Contexts, and Cultures'. We aim to develop a road map that can help academics and practitioners navigate the findings of the articles contained in this special issue. We also suggest future lines of research around the topic of entrepren...
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The remedying effects of silence on individuals, are increasingly acknowledged by considering the impacts of noise on people particularly in urban settings. The research community has overlooked the role of silence for tourism entrepreneurs who are often required to work extensively in settings that are often linked with overcrowding phenomena and...
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The compound term philanthropy means friend of the human species and it has been described by Sir Francis Bacon as the habit of doing good. Despite a number of useful studies on philanthropy, it remains a largely unexplored notion that lacks of conceptualisation. The aim of this study was to examine the notion of philanthropy and more specifically,...
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The amount of academic attention given to the notion of philanthropy has increased recently. Despite its significance at an organizational and societal level, philanthropy remains a rather obscure notion-an issue that the present study aims to address. In-depth interviews were conducted with owners of organizations within a rural tourism context wh...
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The amount of academic attention given to the notion of philanthropy has increased recently. Despite its significance at an organizational and societal level, philanthropy remains a rather obscure notion – an issue that the present study aims to address. In-depth interviews were conducted with owners of organizations within a rural tourism context...
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Nostos derives from the ancient Greek νόστος, essentially describing the desire for a return journey. Since archaic eras, humans have been faced with a disgruntled yearning to relive the past, often leaving them with a sense of ache (algos). In current days, the tourism industry and organizations within often stimulate nostalgia, in an endeavor to...
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Purpose: This study explores the dynamics enabling Strategic Account Management (SAM) to function as a value co-creation selling model in the pharmaceutical industry. Methodology: Using an inductive qualitative research design, data are collected within eleven industry customers in Canada. This work focuses on hospitals as strategic accounts of p...
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the conditions underpinning the cooperative relationships between family businesses. The role of trust is also explored, given the focus on informal conditions nested within the cooperation between firms. Design/methodology/approach – A case study research method is adopted in this paper. This...
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This study examines how family involvement affects the performance of UK companies listed on the London Stock Exchange (LSE). Using a panel dataset from 1998 to 2008, the econometric models evaluate the effect of family involvement in terms of ownership and management on firm performance (measured with accounting ratios and Tobin's Q) while control...
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This paper makes a case for the study of entrepreneurial learning within the family business at the group level, emphasising the need to focus on the "Family Management Group", which refers to the group of (controlling) family members that are actively engaged into the family business. Since entrepreneurship within the family business is crucial in...
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This paper examines the impact of EU harmonization on promoting exports by SMEs. The paper develops hypotheses on the positive impact of EU harmonization in enhancing stimuli and reducing barriers to exporting beyond the immediate or direct effect of harmoniza- tion. The empirical focus of the paper is on the food & beverage sector in Cyprus, emplo...

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