Increasing alertness to new opportunities: the influence of positive affect and implications for innovation

L Levasseur, J Tang, M Karami, L Busenitz… - Asia Pacific Journal of …, 2020 - Springer
Understanding how entrepreneurs' positive affect influences firm innovation through the
cognitive processes (eg, entrepreneurial alertness to business opportunities) is important …

Being alert to new opportunities: It is a matter of time

J Tang, L Levasseur, M Karami, L Busenitz - Journal of Business Venturing …, 2021 - Elsevier
Time perspective (TP) has been shown to influence individual behavior and decision-
making. Although rarely addressed, we suggest that bringing TP into entrepreneurship is …

Brand systems: Integrating branding research perspectives

SMF Padela, B Wooliscroft… - European Journal of …, 2022 - emerald.com
Brand systems: integrating branding research perspectives | Emerald Insight Books and
journals Case studies Expert Briefings Open Access Publish with us Advanced search Brand …

Defending the right lines of division: Ritzer's prosumer capitalism in the age of commercial customer surveillance and big data

D Zwick - The Sociological Quarterly, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
In a set of recent essays, including the one in this special section, George Ritzer (see also,
eg, Ritzer and Jurgenson 2010; Ritzer forthcoming) has been advancing a new grand …

Cultural values and consumers' expectations and perceptions of service encounter quality

M Karami, MM Maleki, AJ Dubinsky - International Journal of …, 2016 - emerald.com
Purpose The purpose of the study is to explore the impact of cultural values on perceptions
of service encounter quality by examining the potentially mediating role of service encounter …

Resource mobilization and technology adoption by small firms to co-create opportunities in uncertain environments

M Karami, M Hossain, A Ojala… - Journal of Research in …, 2024 - emerald.com
Purpose Resource mobilization and technology adoption by small firms are mainly studied
separately, although considering them together is crucial for understanding how resources …

Key cultural values underlying consumers' buying behaviour: a study in an Iranian context

M Karami, O Olfati, AJ Dubinsky - Journal of Islamic Marketing, 2017 - emerald.com
Purpose By reviewing Iranian cultural values, this paper aims to identify Iranian cultural
values that underlie consumers' buying behaviours. Design/methodology/approach The …

Insomnia: An important antecedent impacting entrepreneurs' health

L Levasseur, J Tang, M Karami - Journal of risk and financial …, 2019 - mdpi.com
Insomnia (and sleep deprivation) has an important impact on multiple outcomes such as
individuals' cognitive abilities, decision-making, and affect. In this paper, drawing from sleep …

Struggling and Thriving: Effectuation in Social and Economic Stress

M Karami, B Wooliscroft, M Hejazinia - Sustainability, 2024 - mdpi.com
How do citizens respond when provisioning systems are severely changed and curtailed?
We apply effectuation theory from the entrepreneurship literature to address a socio …

Rural women entrepreneurship: when femininity compensates for institutional hurdles

M Karami, YM Karimi, M Akbari, J Gnoth - Asian business & management, 2024 - Springer
The present study investigates the influence of femininity as a cultural value on overcoming
institutional hurdles and facilitating entrepreneurial opportunity development by rural women …