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Antecedents and capabilities of relational strategy-based collaboration in digital multi-sided platform
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prof. dr. Asta PUNDZIENĖ |
state-funded |
Research Topic Summary.
During last five years, the digital multi-sided platforms research attracted attention of strategic management and innovation scholars. So far, a lot is said in regard to inter-organisational cooperation, however there is still lack of understanding how different type of actors of digital multi-sided platforms collaborate under new organisational boundaries and rules set. The manner in which the different sides of the platform interact is the core factor empowering network effect and growth of the digital multisided platforms. Furthermore, it is still unknown how platforms develop capabilities that can shift prevailing transactions-based collaboration into relational strategy-based – complementary collaboration. The research question is - how to foster relational strategy-based complementary collaboration in digital multi-sided platform in that way unlocking networks growth potential. Research aim is to assess internal and external factors that make impact on collaboration of different sides of digital multi-sided platforms; and to develop relational strategy-based complementary collaboration model.
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Implication of future creating technologies into HRM systems in accordance with the principles of sustainable human resource management
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prof. dr. Asta SAVANEVIČIENĖ |
state-funded |
Research Topic Summary.
Globalization and rapid development of future creating technologies, such as Big Data, Artificial Intelligence (AI), virtual reality and robotics lead to major changes in society. Future creating technologies are advancing quickly, dramatically changing the nature of decision-making, performing the HRM practices and influencing the work relations and organizational culture. In addition it rises the ethical aspect of decision-making using future creating technologies. Moreover, many researchers emphasize technostress as a consequence because of intense future creating technologies’ use at work. Meanwhile the concept of “harm” stresses that human resource should be managed sustainably. The research will investigate how future creating technologies (virtual reality, artificial intelligence) can be integrated into human resource management in accordance with the principles of sustainable human resource management. Expected results. • Disclosed the extent and nature of future creating technologies (VR, AR, AI, etc.) in HRM • Revealed the social, mental and ethical tensions caused by the usage of future creating technologies in HRM.
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| The effects of affordances of digital technologies on process exploration and exploitation |
prof. dr. Mantas VILKAS |
state-funded |
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Impact of digital technologies on ethics and judgment in auditing
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prof. dr. Lina DAGILIENĖ |
state-funded |
Research Topic Summary.
Accounting companies are reporting the use of AI, Big Data (BD) in their auditing and advisory functions to enhance the effectiveness and accuracy of decision making (Gunz & Thorne, 2020). Quite a few studies have discussed and analysed broad areas of AI and BD in auditing by drawing the attention to more conceptual issues (Munoko et al., 2020; Preece, 2018), impact on audit quality (Brown-Liburd et al., 2015; Vasarhelyi et al., 2015), efficiency and effectiveness of financial audits (Dagiliene and Kloviene, 2019; Gepp et al., 2018), additional competencies and technological capabilities (Enget et al., 2017; Appelbaum et al., 2018). On the other hand, digital technologies have undoubted benefits but also consequences. As regards accounting and auditing domain, only few papers analyse effects of digital technologies on ethical aspects and social responsibility. Berger et al. (2020) considers the use of peer-to-peer platforms and their effect on the honesty of tax reporting. LaMothe and Bobek (2020) explores the influence of technology adoption on ethical decision making by examining the interface between taxpayers’ tendency to honestly report and the use of tax software. In particular audit companies and auditors have a social and legal responsibility by making professional judgments. Typically judgement and ethical decisions involve tradeoffs between different options, neither of which is absolutely ethically acceptable (Issa et al. 2016; Sutton et al. 2016; Kokina and Davenport 2017). Moreover, the ethical implications associated with the adoption of AI are underresearched (Munoko et al., 2020). To sum up, there is a research gap about effects of digital technologies on ethical decision making in auditing.
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| The Relationship between Materialism and Pro-environmental Consumer Behaviour |
doc. dr. Beata ŠEINAUSKIENĖ |
state-funded |
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Technology upgrading in digitalised global value chains: antecedents, capabilities and firm strategies
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prof. dr. Monika PETRAITĖ |
state-funded |
Research Topic Summary.
The major aim of the research to explore the position, dynamics and determinants of the Baltic catching up countries and regions in the context of industrial and technology upgrading within the wider Europe and internationally, including firm, sector and macro level implications on business model innovation for sustainable social and economic growth within Industry 4.0. The expected results are based on the development of the new, theoretically relevant and empirically grounded understanding of the relationship between R&D, technology and economic growth and competitiveness. In the course of PhD 4 papers in high level journals shall be developed (Technology forecasting and social change, R&D management, Management decision and the like), and at least 2 international conference presentations.
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AI-Driven Innovation Management
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prof. dr. Maximilian Joachim Von Zedtwitz |
state-funded |
Research Topic Summary.
AI (artificial intelligence)-support tools have become accepted in management, driven by technological progress in AI systems and data collection & analytics. In the context of the management of new product development (NPD) and innovation, this dissertation investigates how AI systems can a) make meaningful contributions in human-centered domains, i.e. creativity, problem solving, and decision-making under complexity and uncertainty; b) initiate, improve and execute managerial processes in NPD in the earliest innovation stages. The project is carried out in collaboration with international partners in both academia and industry.
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| Entrepreneurial firms’ responses to GVCs disruptions and other crises in the digital era: implications and strategies of resilience |
prof. dr. Jurgita SEKLIUCKIENĖ |
state-funded |
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Value co-creation in sharing economy platforms: relations between collaborative and sustainable consumption
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doc. dr. Agnė GADEIKIENĖ |
state-funded |
Research Topic Summary.
Scientific literature emphasizes that sharing economy platforms (SEP) open new value co-creation opportunities. However, there is still a lack of studies seeking to answer such research questions: - What is the mechanism of value co-creation in SEPs, considering the dual nature of consumption motives (altruistic and selfishness)? 8 - What are the relations between collaborative and sustainable consumption in the case of SEPs? What are their antecedents and consequences? Aim of the dissertation – to investigate relations between collaborative and sustainable consumption in the case of value co-creation in sharing economy platforms. Objectives. 1. To reveal the conceptual essence of value co-creation and its peculiarities in the case of SEPs. 2. To define collaborative and sustainable consumption concepts and describe their relations. 3. To investigate antecedents and consequences of collaborative and sustainable consumption and their expression in the case of value co-creation in SEPs. 4. To develop empirical research methodology to empirically test theoretically distinguished relations between collaborative and sustainable consumption in the case of value co-creation in SEPs. 5. Based on theoretical and empirical research, to reason theoretical and managerial implications and future research streams. Expected results. Dissertation research would contribute to the development of co-creation and consumer behaviour theories. It would provide recommendations for SEP developers, which would allow to better correspond to consumer motivation to share assets and engage in value co-creation in SEPs.
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| Impact of Artificial Intelligence based service innovations on consumer behaviour: role of consumer trust |
prof. dr. Jūratė BANYTĖ |
state-funded |
| Artificial intelligence for SME’s digital financial inclusion |
prof. dr. Gerda ŽIGIENĖ |
state-funded |
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Human resource management role in developing sustainable organization in the context of digital transformation
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doc. dr. Živilė STANKEVIČIŪTĖ |
state-funded |
Research Topic Summary.
Increasing interest in business sustainability in modern society is related to the growing pressure faced by organizations from customers, communities, non-governmental organizations and other stakeholders to become more responsible and to be more actively involved in the solution of social and environmental concerns (Podgorodnichenko et al., 2019). According to Elkington (1998), sustainable business organization is based on three principles: environmental integrity, social equity and economic prosperity, referred to as the Triple Bottom Line. Hereby, financial aspect is insufficient when it comes to explaining the long-term success of organizations (Dyllick and Hockerts, 2002). Recently, the number of organizations committed to sustainability has been growing (Podgorodnichenko et al., 2019). However, on the road to sustainability organizations face with some challenges, namely how sustainability might be integrated into the strategic management processes of organizations (Chams and Garcia-Blandon, 2019). Particularly, this concern becomes more relevant tackling the context of digital transformation when work design and employment are changing (Moniz and Krings, 2016; Schweer and Sahl, 2017; Dengler and Matthes, 2018; Webster and Ivanov, 2020). For detailed information please contact the supervisor of the topic.
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