Allan Discua Cruz
Biographic Data
| ID | 4071506 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Allan Discua Cruz |
| GIVEN NAMES | Allan Discua |
| FAMILY NAME | Cruz |
| SIGNATURE | CRUZ A D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Lancaster University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0069-3092 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
How do firms manage ethically-contested organisational paradoxes? Insights from two historical case studies of modern slavery
Management researchers, particularly those focused on socially important issues such as worker exploitation, are increasingly interested in what this study terms ethically-contested organisational paradoxes. Such paradoxes occur when there is an incongruity between the ethical dimensions of a firm’s action in one area, geographical or functional, and another. To understand how firms manage ethically-contested organisational paradoxes, this study …
Not by what we see
Purpose This study aims to address decision-making processes of Christian entrepreneurs living and working in rural areas. The authors draw on the institutional logics perspective and stewardship perspective to demonstrate how religion influences rationality and entrepreneurial decision-making processes in a rural context. Design/methodology/approach This study adopts a qualitative interpretive approach supported by ethnographic fieldwork. Qualit…
Mind the queue
Purpose This study aims to focus on understanding the tensions experienced by government officials in introducing electronic government (e-government) policies to support entrepreneurs in a developing Latin American country. Design/methodology/approach This study relies on an in-depth qualitative approach based on collaborative and analytic auto-ethnography. The authors concentrate on tensions experienced by a government official and how they wer…
Green innovation in the Latin American agri-food industry
Purpose Over the past few years, several scholars have focused on green innovation in the agri-food industry. In line with this research stream, the purpose of this paper is to cover some unexplored areas regarding if stakeholder pressures have a positive influence on family engagement to implement green innovation practices and socially responsible practices. Design/methodology/approach By adopting a qualitative research methodology, mainly base…
SME Managers’ Perceptions of Competitive Pressure and the Adoption of Environmental Practices in Fragmented Industries
This study explains how managers’ perceptions of pressure from competitors and industry associations to adopt environmental practices are associated with the adoption of such practices, and firm performance in small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in fragmented industries. First, we hypothesize, in fragmented industries, perceived weaker competitive pressure focuses SME managers’ attention on opportunities associated with the adoption of env…
Being different matters! A closer look into product differentiation in specialty coffee family farms in Central America
Purpose There is a growing interest in understanding the strategic behaviour of family firms producing international commodities such as coffee, particularly in contexts where decisions about what products to sell, where to commercialise them and how to promote them appear to be highly based on both business and family aspects. The purpose of this paper is to explore product differentiation strategies in family firms in the specialty coffee indus…
How does an old firm learn new tricks? A material account of entrepreneurial opportunity
Opportunity has become the central concept in entrepreneurship. Discovery-focused accounts assume opportunity to be objective and to exist independently of the entrepreneur. Process-focused studies critique such notions. We contribute to process-based conceptions of entrepreneurship with an account of opportunity as historically specific and materially embedded. Drawing on Latour we argue that opportunities are constituted through dense material …
How does an old firm learn new tricks? A material account of entrepreneurial opportunity
Opportunity has become the central concept in entrepreneurship. Discovery-focused accounts assume opportunity to be objective and to exist independently of the entrepreneur. Process-focused studies critique such notions. We contribute to process-based conceptions of entrepreneurship with an account of opportunity as historically specific and materially embedded. Drawing on Latour we argue that opportunities are constituted through dense material …
How do firms manage ethically-contested organisational paradoxes? Insights from two historical case studies of modern slavery
Management researchers, particularly those focused on socially important issues such as worker exploitation, are increasingly interested in what this study terms ethically-contested organisational paradoxes. Such paradoxes occur when there is an incongruity between the ethical dimensions of a firm’s action in one area, geographical or functional, and another. To understand how firms manage ethically-contested organisational paradoxes, this study …
Being different matters! A closer look into product differentiation in specialty coffee family farms in Central America
Purpose There is a growing interest in understanding the strategic behaviour of family firms producing international commodities such as coffee, particularly in contexts where decisions about what products to sell, where to commercialise them and how to promote them appear to be highly based on both business and family aspects. The purpose of this paper is to explore product differentiation strategies in family firms in the specialty coffee indus…
How does an old firm learn new tricks? A material account of entrepreneurial opportunity
Opportunity has become the central concept in entrepreneurship. Discovery-focused accounts assume opportunity to be objective and to exist independently of the entrepreneur. Process-focused studies critique such notions. We contribute to process-based conceptions of entrepreneurship with an account of opportunity as historically specific and materially embedded. Drawing on Latour we argue that opportunities are constituted through dense material …
SME Managers’ Perceptions of Competitive Pressure and the Adoption of Environmental Practices in Fragmented Industries
This study explains how managers’ perceptions of pressure from competitors and industry associations to adopt environmental practices are associated with the adoption of such practices, and firm performance in small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in fragmented industries. First, we hypothesize, in fragmented industries, perceived weaker competitive pressure focuses SME managers’ attention on opportunities associated with the adoption of env…
Being different matters! A closer look into product differentiation in specialty coffee family farms in Central America
Purpose There is a growing interest in understanding the strategic behaviour of family firms producing international commodities such as coffee, particularly in contexts where decisions about what products to sell, where to commercialise them and how to promote them appear to be highly based on both business and family aspects. The purpose of this paper is to explore product differentiation strategies in family firms in the specialty coffee indus…
Green innovation in the Latin American agri-food industry
Purpose Over the past few years, several scholars have focused on green innovation in the agri-food industry. In line with this research stream, the purpose of this paper is to cover some unexplored areas regarding if stakeholder pressures have a positive influence on family engagement to implement green innovation practices and socially responsible practices. Design/methodology/approach By adopting a qualitative research methodology, mainly base…
Not by what we see
Purpose This study aims to address decision-making processes of Christian entrepreneurs living and working in rural areas. The authors draw on the institutional logics perspective and stewardship perspective to demonstrate how religion influences rationality and entrepreneurial decision-making processes in a rural context. Design/methodology/approach This study adopts a qualitative interpretive approach supported by ethnographic fieldwork. Qualit…
Mind the queue
Purpose This study aims to focus on understanding the tensions experienced by government officials in introducing electronic government (e-government) policies to support entrepreneurs in a developing Latin American country. Design/methodology/approach This study relies on an in-depth qualitative approach based on collaborative and analytic auto-ethnography. The authors concentrate on tensions experienced by a government official and how they wer…
How do firms manage ethically-contested organisational paradoxes? Insights from two historical case studies of modern slavery
Management researchers, particularly those focused on socially important issues such as worker exploitation, are increasingly interested in what this study terms ethically-contested organisational paradoxes. Such paradoxes occur when there is an incongruity between the ethical dimensions of a firm’s action in one area, geographical or functional, and another. To understand how firms manage ethically-contested organisational paradoxes, this study …
Business (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Social science (5 works) · Marketing (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Public relations (4 works) · Qualitative research (4 works) · Economics (3 works) · Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences (3 works) · Family Business Performance and Succession (3 works)