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Navigating economic crises in central and Eastern Europe: consumer coping strategies and resilience

Economic crises profoundly shape how we shop – from saving and cutting back to seeking ethical ways to consume. Based on a survey of 1,544 consumers from Poland, Hungary, and Slovenia, the study identifies three crisis-era consumer types: resilient shoppers with stable habits, crisis adapters focused on affordability, and ethical balancers who maintain their values despite constraints.

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https://doi.org/10.1108/IJOEM-12-2024-2246 (Opens in a new window)

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  • Katarzyna Dziewanowska, University of Warsaw, Faculty of Management
  • Agnieszka Kacprzak, University of Warsaw, Faculty of Management
  • Anita Kéri, University of Szeged, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration

Year

2025

Timely justice as a determinant of economic growth

The speed of justice is not just a legal matter – it is an economic one. Analysing 169 countries between 2004 and 2019, this study shows that slower courts increase uncertainty, encourage opportunistic behaviour, and hinder economic growth. The effect is particularly pronounced in fast-growing economies, countries with lower human capital, and civil law jurisdictions.

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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2025.107235 (Opens in a new window)

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  • Simeon Djankov, London School of Economics
  • Alessandro Melcarne, University of Padova
  • Giovanni B. Ramello, University of Torino

Year

2025

Populist constitutional backsliding and judicial independence: Evidence from Türkiye

Can apparent legal modernisation reshape the very foundations of democratic institutions? This study of Türkiye reveals how the 2010 constitutional reforms, framed as modernisation, triggered a lasting and marked decline in judicial independence – well before the more overt centralisation of 2017. The article raises critical questions about how populist reforms subtly erode checks on executive power and what this means for institutional development.

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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.irle.2025.106301 (Opens in a new window)

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  • Nuno Garoupa, George Mason University, Antonin Scalia Law School

Year

2025

Uptake and Effectiveness of Outpatient vs. Residential Cardiac Rehabilitation After Myocardial Infarction: A Nationwide Analysis

The study shows that participation in cardiac rehabilitation after myocardial infarction significantly improves survival and reduces hospital readmissions. The introduction of comprehensive outpatient rehabilitation in Slovenia increased patient participation and achieved better outcomes than traditional short-term residential programmes.

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https://doi.org/10.5334/gh.1470 (Opens in a new window)

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  • Borut Jug, University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Medicine
  • Zlatko Fras, University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Medicine
  • Tjaša Furlan, University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Medicine
  • Marko Novaković, University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Medicine
  • Jerneja Tasič, University Medical Centre Ljubljana
  • Mitja Lainščak, University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Medicine
  • Jerneja Farkaš, National Institute of Public Health
  • Dalibor Gavrić, Health Insurance Institute of Slovenia

Year

2025

Slovenians between Divisions and Unity: Slovenian Transition Strategies during the Post-War Period of the Kingdom of SCS

The article aims to present the adaptations of the Slovenian political elite caught in the whirlwind of geopolitical restructuring in Europe after World War I and to contextualize their responses within the theory of strategic positioning of small nations in international relations.

The article is freely accessible at:

https://doi.org/10.1177/08883254251370015 (Opens in a new window)

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Year

2025

Servicification of manufacturing in global value chain: how services trade and foreign direct investment shape export quality and volume

This study examines the role of services trade and foreign direct investment (FDI) in shaping export performance among manufacturing firms participating in global value chains. Results highlight the critical role of services trade and FDI in global value chain upgrading and suggest that policies promoting servicification and strategic international investments can enhance firms' competitiveness in global markets.

The article is freely accessible at:

https://doi.org/10.15458/2335-4216.1358 (Opens in a new window)

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Year

2025

The value of leaders we trust and leaders who make us stronger: Exploring the distinct contributions of different components of identity leadership to group member outcomes

This study investigates the critical role of social identity in leadership, specifically examining identity leadership (IL) and the unique contributions of its four subdimensions: identity prototypicality, identity advancement, identity entrepreneurship, and identity impresarioship.

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https://doi.org/10.1177/13684302251341818 (Opens in a new window)

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  • Kira Bibic, Goethe University Frankfurt
  • Svenja B. Frenzel, Leibniz Institute for Psychology
  • Rudolf Kerschreiter, Freie Universität Berlin, et al.

Year

2025

International marketing strategies leveraging country-of-origin effects in luxury market: a systematic review and research agenda

How does a brand’s country of origin shape its success in the global luxury market? This study synthesises findings from 79 academic papers to provide the first comprehensive overview of how luxury brands use country-of-origin cues to influence consumer perceptions of quality, identity, and value. Through a systematic review and bibliometric analysis, it identifies key strategic drivers, theoretical gaps, and future research opportunities in international luxury marketing.

The article is freely accessible at:

https://doi.org/10.1108/IMR-01-2025-0016 (Opens in a new window)

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  • Tathagata Ghosh, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, T A Pai Management Institute
  • Rajeev Kumra, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, T A Pai Management Institute
  • Melanie Pius Dsouza, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, School of Commerce and Economics
  • Maciej Mitrega, VSB - Technical University of Ostrava, Faculty of Economics
  • Vojtech Spačil, VSB - Technical University of Ostrava, Faculty of Economics

Year

2025

A self-determination approach towards capitalising on autonomy and innovative work behaviour in task performance

This study draws upon the self-determination theory and the ambidexterity theory to explore the microfoundations of task performance; in particular, it examines the effect of job autonomy on task performance.

The article is freely accessible at:

https://doi.org/10.1111/caim.70014 (Opens in a new window)

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  • Saleh Samimi Dehkordi, University of Trieste, DEAMS ‘Bruno de Finetti’
  • Ivan Radević, University of Montenegro, Faculty of Economics
  • Guido Bortoluzzi, University of Trieste, DEAMS ‘Bruno de Finetti’

Year

2025

Exposure of Domestic Cats (Felis catus) to Rodenticidal Compounds

Anticoagulant rodenticides (ARs) are highly effective, but can be of environmental concern due to primary and secondary non-target exposure, with the latter possible being relevant to domestic cats. Therefore, liver residues of ARs and an alternative rodenticide, α-chloralose, were systematically monitored in domestic cats for the first time in the current study.

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https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics13080663 (Opens in a new window)

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  • Vesna Cerkvenik-Flajs, University of Ljubljana, Veterinary Faculty
  • Detlef Schenke, Julius Kühn Institute (JKI), Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants, Berlin
  • Anton Perpar, University of Ljubljana, Biotechnical Faculty
  • Jens Jacob, Julius Kühn Institute (JKI), Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants, Berlin
  • Susanne Schwonbeck, Fraunhofer Institute for Toxicology and Experimental Medicine ITEM, Hannover
  • Sven Kleine Bardenhorst, University of Münster, Institute of Epidemiology and Social Medicine
  • Torsten Hahn, Fraunhofer Institute for Toxicology and Experimental Medicine ITEM, Hannover
  • Marko Cvetko,University of Ljubljana, Veterinary Faculty
  • Mitja Gombač, University of Ljubljana, Veterinary Faculty

Year

2025

(Techno)stress and subsequent burnout: how job autonomy enables working professionals to regulate demands with control

This paper focuses on how technostress relates to job stress, and subsequently results in burnout in digitised workplaces. We also propose that job autonomy can buffer the negative effect of technostress.

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  • Aldijana Bunjak, University of Stavanger, Business School
  • Sut-I Wong, BI Norwegian Business School

Year

2025

Context Effects on Importer Dependence in Export Business Relationships: The Fire Smolders Under the Ice

This study examines importer dependence and challenges the dominant view that firm dependence primarily yields beneficial outcomes in exporter–importer relationships. Using identity theory and bilateral deterrence theory, we show that in the presence of information asymmetry, psychic distance, high import market growth, and exporter trust, the expected beneficial effects of importer dependence morph into importer opportunism.

The article is freely accessible at:

https://doi.org/10.1007/s11575-025-00589-1 (Opens in a new window)

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  • Claude Obadia, ESCE International Business School, Paris

Year

2025

Returning to work in the digital age: why smartphone interventions must go further

Returning to work after a long absence due to illness or other reasons is a complex process, one that digital interventions could help to ease. This study explores how smartphone applications can support employees in this transition, highlighting that existing solutions often fail to meet all needs, lack sufficient personalisation, and are not well integrated into real workplace settings.

The article is freely accessible at:

https://doi.org/10.1038/s41746-025-01894-7 (Opens in a new window)

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  • Conor Wall, Northumbria University
  • Andrej Kohont, University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Social Sciences
  • Alan Godfrey, Northumbria University

Year

2025

The Missing Window of Opportunity and Quasi-Experimental Effects of Institutional Integration: Evidence from Ukraine

What’s the cost of staying out? This study reveals how Ukraine’s absence from European Union integration has hindered institutional quality across its provinces. Using machine learning and Bayesian analysis, the findings expose serious governance setbacks compared to Central and Eastern European countries that pursued EU accession.

The article is freely accessible at:

https://doi.org/10.1515/rle-2024-0056 (Opens in a new window)

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  • Chiara Natalie Focacci, University of Oxford, Institute of Population Ageing

Year

2025

Dark Sides of Digital Asset Consumption and Consumer Well-Being: Impact of Psychological Ownership

The research reveals that perceived psychological ownership is positively related to both digital piracy and digital hoarding. Digital hoarding increases consumer anxiety and indirectly lowers perceptions of well-being. Digital piracy increases anxiety; however, for highly collectivistic consumers, it also enhances perceptions of well-being, while lowering them for more individualistic consumers.

The article is freely accessible at:

https://doi.org/10.1002/cb.70011 (Opens in a new window)

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  • Monika Kukar-Kinney, University of Richmond, Robins School of Business

Year

2025

AI meets IA: A typology of generative-AI-supported work through individual ambidexterity

The study develops a typology of GenAI-supported work grounded in individual ambidexterity (IA), which highlights employees’ capacity to balance exploration and exploitation while navigating competing demands.

The article is freely accessible at:

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bushor.2025.06.006 (Opens in a new window)

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  • Nikolina Dragičević Rogge, University of Zagreb, Faculty of Economics and Business
  • Saša Batistič,Tilburg University, School of Social & Behavioral Sciences

Year

2025

The exact region determined by Blomqvist’s beta, Spearman’s footrule and Gini’s gamma

In this paper we study the ternary relation between three well-known (weak) concordance measures, namely Blomqvist’s beta, Spearman’s footrule and Gini’s gamma. In other words, given the values of Blomqvist’s beta and Spearman’s footrule, we determine the degree of freedom a copula has at taking the value of Gini’s gamma.

The article is freely accessible at:

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cam.2025.116861 (Opens in a new window)

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Year

2025

Marketing communications of brand-related stereotypes and consumer responses: a mixed-method approach

This is the first study using the SCM that simultaneously investigates brand-related stereotypes from a company (i.e. supply-side) and a consumer (i.e. demand-side) perspective. The findings offer insights into how communicated stereotypes (in terms of warmth and competence) of the brand origin, the brand itself and the buyer/user of the brand differentially influence consumer attitudes toward the focal brand.

The article is freely accessible at:

https://doi.org/10.1108/JPBM-10-2024-5562 (Opens in a new window)

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  • Maja Arslanagić-Kalajdzić, University of Sarajevo, School of Economics and Business
  • Emmanuella Plakoyiannaki, University of Vienna
  • Adamantios Diamantopoulos, University of Vienna

Year

2025

Demand-Side Perspective on the Informal Economy: A Review and Research Agenda

This study presents a focused and cohesive investigation into the demand side of the informal economy through a systematic literature review. While previous research has predominantly addressed supply-side dynamics, this study shifts the focus to consumer related factors within informal markets.

The article is freely accessible at:

https://doi.org/10.1111/ijcs.70084 (Opens in a new window)

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  • Agnieszka Małecka, University of Economics in Katowice
  • Maciej Mitręga, University of Economics in Katowice

Year

2025

Asymmetry of copulas with a given opposite diagonal section

In this paper we investigate bivariate copulas with a given opposite diagonal section. We determine the exact lower bound for all such copulas and derive an explicit formula for the maximal asymmetry for copulas with a given opposite diagonal section.

The article is freely accessible at:

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fss.2025.109496 (Opens in a new window)

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  • Nik Stopar, University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Civil and Geodetic Engineering

Year

2025