Distributed control is a technology and a design philosophy that, albeit superior to centralized control, cannot spread because it would require restructuring existing industries. It survives, however, in specific market niches. In this case-study we report on a small firm creating a novel...

Domain-specific dictionaries have prevailed, when conducting the dictionary-based approach to measure the sentiment of textual data in finance. Through the contributions of Bannier et al. (2019a) and Pöferlein (2021), two versions of a dictionary suitable for analyzing German finance-related...

Vor dem Hintergrund einer hochdynamischen Entwicklung weltweiter Cybervorfälle und der stetig wachsenden Bedeutung der Cyberforschung untersucht dieser Beitrag anhand einer systematischen und strukturierten Inhaltsanalyse die in der Wissenschaft und praxisnahen Literatur postulierten...

Scholars have called to study how social cohesion is discursively negotiated and produced in communication behavior. However, empirical evidence remains scarce. In this study, we investigate to what extent and how civil society organizations (CSOs), part of the backbone of social integration in...

Sustainability and the concept of circular economy are two of the most prominent approaches in the fashion industry to meet global challenges. Advocated by different interest groups, these concepts primarily follow an environmental and economic perspective on sustainability. In turn, the social...

In this volatile post-COVID environment where customers look for ways to order products online using personal computers and mobile devices, a traditional sale/delivery of products via single distribution channel needs to be reassessed. As a revolutionary alternative to a conventional...

Background: This study presents a comprehensive review of blockchain technology with a sustainability orientation in supply chains and logistics. Methods: The publications are extracted from the Scopus and Web of Science databases, comprising 552 publications between 2017 and 2022. Several...

Growing environmental awareness coupled with stricter governmental regulations has fueled the need for integrating sustainability into supply chain and logistics activities. Accordingly, recent studies in the literature have emphasized the significance of environmentally concerned logistics...

Research Question: Which chemical companies from CEE countries are pioneers in both disclosing SDGs achievements and progressing in fulfilling self-imposed targets? Motivation: Revealing SDGs is unfruitful if it is not supported by relevant indicators to highlight progress against targets (EY, 2017;...

Every stakeholder who is a part the contemporary business world is constantly seeking for high-value information that might represent a competitive advantage opposed to other market participants. Therefore, the reporting system needs to take into account not only financial aspects, but also...