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The role of governance in shaping CSR and financial outcomes in Portuguese SMEs
Pereira, R.; Omar, M. N.; Gafur, S.; Chirindza, F.This study examines the influence of corporate governance mechanisms on financial performance and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) investments in Portuguese-listed small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). This research explores how governance structures, such as board size, CEO duality, and board independence, affect both financial outcomes and CSR decisions through the lens of Agency Theory and Stakehol...
The interplay between social capital and community-based financing: Using bibli...
Raharja, B. S.; Indarti, N.; Pereira, R.; Anggadwita, G.Purpose This research examines previous studies on the relationship between social capital and community-based financing (CBF), focusing on the essential role of social capital in enabling an inclusive financial ecosystem. The antecedent, mediator/moderator, outcome (AMO) framework will delineate the functions of these concepts to clarify the positioning of social capital within the empirical model related to C...
When does role ambiguity escalate into diminished change-oriented organizationa...
De Clercq, D.; Pereira, R.This research investigates how employees’ experience of role ambiguity may dampen their change-oriented organizational citizenship behavior (OCB), a harmful process that might be buffered by employees’ access to relevant resources, stemming from their work (work passion), coworkers (peer harmony), or employing organization (affective commitment). If the hardships induced by unclear job descriptions can be subdu...
Beyond funding: How digital finance transforms SME innovation
Pereira, R.; Omar, M. N.; Gafur, S.; Mussá, N.Purpose This study aims to explore the relationship between Fintech integration and innovation performance in French SMEs listed on Euronext Growth Paris and investigates the effects of digital finance adoption on the financial performance of UK-listed SMEs. Design/methodology/approach The French study uses a balanced panel of 186 SMEs from 2022 to 2024, using fixed-effects regression to examine how Fintech ado...
Designing and implementing SMILE: An AI-driven platform for enhancing clinical ...
Pesqueira, A.; Sousa, M. J.; Pereira, R.; Schwendinger, M.Rising levels of anxiety, depression, and burnout among healthcare professionals (HCPs) underscore the urgent need for technology-driven interventions that optimize both clinical decision-making and workforce well-being. This innovation report introduces the Support, Management, Individual, Learning Enablement (SMILE) platform, designed to integrate advanced AI-driven decision support, federated learning for da...
Kingdom’s capital charting the dynamic future of private equity
Salloum, C.; Rossi, M.; Jarrar, H.; Najem, J.; Pereira, R.Purpose This study aims to examine the drivers of private equity (PE) investment in Saudi Arabia, focusing on economic stability, governance practices and cultural dynamics, framed within Vision 2030. Design/methodology/approach A survey methodology was adopted, gathering data from 213 PE investors and firms in Saudi Arabia. Multiple regression analysis assessed how variables like market fundamentals, governanc...
The relationship between the cloud computing model and Information Technology I...
Bianchi, I.; Pinto, A.; Pereira, R.Cloud Computing is widely recognized as a recent computing paradigm of digital transformation, in which scalable and elastic computational resources are delivered as a service through internet technologies. Understanding the impacts of the Cloud model on how companies organize their processes is essential. This study aims to investigate the main impacts of the Cloud Computing model on the processes within the I...
DevSecOps practices and tools
Prates, L.; Pereira, R.Nowadays, software development happens at a fast pace. At the same time, Information Technology organizations face higher demands and competition while struggling with external threats such as cyberattacks. Therefore, many organizations adopt DevOps as a working culture to improve their Software Development Lifecycle (SDL). However, the success of DevOps adoption remains inconsistent, and recently, IEEE introdu...
A lack of clarity, a lack of OCB: The detrimental effects of role ambiguity, th...
De Clercq, D.; Pereira, R.If employees lack information about their job responsibilities, do they halt their voluntary work efforts, and if so, why and when? To answer these questions, this study attempts to unpack the relationship between employees’ role ambiguity and organizational citizenship behavior (OCB) and proposes both a mediating role of procedural injustice and a moderating role of relational resources (i.e. social interactio...
Mapping DevOps capabilities to the software life cycle: A systematic literature...
Amaro, R.; Pereira, R.; Silva, M. M. da.Context: Many IT organizations are looking towards DevOps to make their software development and delivery processes faster and more reliable, while DevOps revolutionized the industry by emphasizing collaboration between development and operations teams. Nonetheless, there still exist challenges in harmonizing cultural, technical, measurement and process capabilities for its successful adoption. Objective: To re...