Tatiana Zalan

• American University in Dubai

The purpose of the paper is to investigate the challenges and implications related to blockchain adoption in the private and public sectors, and from the entrepreneurs’ perspective. Based on 46 semi-structured interviews, a data-driven conceptual framework is proposed focussing on the environmental, organizational and technological challenges of bl...

Purpose: Blockchain technology has the potential to significantly impact, both in positive and negative terms, the way business operates. While it is still considered to be in the relatively early stages of adoption, numerous applications of the technology have been adopted in a variety of fields, from finance to agriculture. Yet, little attention...

In the past two decades, digital technologies have substantially changed the ways in which individuals and firms communicate and transfer knowledge, with wide-ranging implications for organisations and institutions. From an organisational perspective, the emergence of digital technologies has enhanced the materialisation of new business models (Fos...

In this paper, we investigate the realities, challenges and socio-economic implications of blockchain technology adoption from the ecosystem perspective, mainly the public and private sectors stakeholders, and entrepreneurs and start-ups. A holistic, theoretical framework is proposed as well as strategies to overcome the challenges and accelerate t...

Purpose Tasting experiments involving willingness to pay (WTP) have grown over the past few years; however, most of them occur in formal wine-tasting conditions, removed from real-world experience. This study aims to conduct experiments on wine appreciation and willingness to pay in both settings, to allow a comparison of how tasters reached conclu...

The literature on antecedents of corporate social responsibility (CSR) strategies of firms has been predominately content driven. Informed by the managerial sense-making process perspective, we develop a contingency theoretical framework explaining how political ideology of managers affects the choice of CSR strategy for their firms through their C...

While the trade sector has long been the backbone of growth followed by real estate development in Dubai, the impact of reduced oil revenues in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) has affected Dubai. GCC countries have identified innovation and transitioning to a knowledge-based economy as critical components of sustainable growth in the post-oil wo...

The higher education system worldwide is on the cusp of disruptive change due to innovative education providers such as digital platforms and universities offering fully online or blended programs. While the e-learning industry in the UAE is projected to grow significantly, the level of adoption of e-learning has not been high. The overall purpose...

We empirically examine the relationship between price and willingness to pay (WTP) for wines by conducting a wine-tasting experiment with a manipulation of price similar to that used by Plassman et al. (2008); that is, with the same wines being presented at different prices. We find that for non-expert wine consumers a complex interaction exists be...

Descriptive, instrumental and normative aspects of stakeholder theory have been dominant theoretical perspectives for studying the determinants of corporate social responsibility (CSR) strategies of firms. Informed by cognitive theory, we develop and test a contingent framework contextualizing the link between political ideology, CSR mindset and CS...

Extant studies tend to focus on firms’ technology collaboration with other firms or universities, rather than with public research institutes (PRIs). Unlike universities which have the mission for education and research, PRIs focus primarily on research. PRIs, unlike profit-oriented firms, have social and economic agenda in promoting industry adopt...

Management consulting firms frequently assist their clients by providing merger and acquisition advice on a contingency basis. Drawing on a field study of acquisition decisions, the paper describes the common rationale for such behaviour and the pitfalls to which it may lead. These pitfalls include, among others, a loss of revenue that could be ava...

In today’s ‘celebratory culture’ there is a tendency to mythologise people who have succeeded in business, particularly where new technologies are involved. This clouds our understanding of entrepreneurship as a vital economic process whereby at a particular point in time certain individuals harness exogenous change to create new economic value in...

Foster's Group is an Australia-based global alcoholic beverages company which produces a wide range of beer and wine. Case (A), set in February 2008, opens up with damning media reports, questioning the ability of Foster's CEO Trevor O'Hoy to deliver satisfying financial performance. The case then traces the evolution of Foster's Group, originally...

In this article we present an alternative approach to assessing competitive advantages of a firm and operationalizing the resource-based view (RBV) of the firm in the context of strategic outsourcing. When resource bundles are viewed in the form of activities, they become easier to observe, identify, understand and measure, thus activities can be u...

The unprecedented worldwide growth in the aggregate transaction value of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) has been accompanied by a concomitant increase in the advisory fees. Management consultants have challenged the status of banks in the latter's largely exclusive domain of M&A advisory services. Based on an in-depth inquiry into M&A decisions mad...

In this study we address the existing gap in the literature on the strategic evolution of Australian MNCs and the effect their administrative heritage, developed in the domestic market, had on their ability to compete internationally. We explore the administrative heritage of eleven large Australian-owned firms in four industries and conclude that...

Recent empirical studies established that Australian multinational corporations (MNCs) have been unsuccessful in international markets and explained the reasons behind this lack of success. The purpose of this paper is to elaborate on issues that flow from this recent empirical work. We develop propositions to stimulate further research into the ec...

In this theoretical paper we are investigating the important question of why, in the face of strong evidence that mergers and acquisitions (M&As) do not generate returns for acquiring company shareholders, CEOs continue to pursue these strategies. Drawing on a variety of theoretical perspectives, we argue that the firm's agents (the CEO and executi...

The purpose of the paper is to shed light on 'private' private equity, a frequently overlooked segment of the industry not captured in the existing classification of PE firms. 'Private' PE shares many of the characteristics of organized, intermediated PE, but relies on funds from private investors rather than the public capital markets via institut...