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Navigating the Challenges: Entrepreneurship and Leadership in the Modern Global Business Landscape

A special issue of Administrative Sciences (ISSN 2076-3387). This special issue belongs to the section "Strategic Management".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 October 2025 | Viewed by 1140

Special Issue Editors

Prof. Dr. Dinko Primorac

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Department of Economy, University North, 48000 Koprivnica, Croatia
Interests: entrepreneurship; business
Dr. Domagoj Hruska

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Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Zagreb, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Interests: agriculture business models; strategy; decision making; leadership; governance
Prof. Dr. Bojan Morić Milovanović

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1. Faculty of International Business and Economics, Libertas International University, Trg John F. Kennedy 6B, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
2. Institute of Public Finance, Smičiklasova 21, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Interests: entrepreneurship; innovation; public sector; economics; energy economics; managerial economics
Dr. Jasmina Dlacic

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Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Rijeka, Rijeka, Croatia
Interests: marketing; consumer behaviour

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

The special issue aims to explore the multifaceted challenges encountered by entrepreneurs and leaders in navigating the dynamic and complex international business environment. Through a blend of theoretical perspectives, empirical research, and practical insights, journal delves into various aspects of entrepreneurship and leadership within the global context. Topics of interest include but are not limited to:

  • Emerging trends and innovations in international entrepreneurship.
  • Strategies for successfully launching and scaling ventures in diverse global markets.
  • Cross-cultural leadership challenges and effective management approaches.
  • The impact of globalization on entrepreneurial activities and leadership practices
  • Ethical dilemmas and corporate social responsibility in international business.
  • Managing risk and uncertainty in the global marketplace.
  • The role of technology and digitalization in shaping entrepreneurial ventures and leadership styles.
  • Gender dynamics and diversity in entrepreneurship and leadership roles.
  • Government policies and regulatory frameworks affecting international business ventures.
  • Case studies highlighting real-world challenges and successful entrepreneurial endeavors.

This special issue would welcomes original research articles, review papers, case studies, and thought-provoking perspectives that contribute to a deeper understanding of the complexities inherent in entrepreneurship and leadership within the modern global business landscape. It seeks to foster dialogue among scholars, practitioners, policymakers, and students interested in advancing knowledge and best practices in this field.

Prof. Dr. Dinko Primorac
Dr. Domagoj Hruska
Prof. Dr. Bojan Morić Milovanović
Dr. Jasmina Dlacic
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • entrepreneurship
  • leadership
  • global business landscape
  • agile leadership
  • sustainable business practices
  • digital transformation
  • cross-cultural leadership
  • innovation management
  • resilience in business
  • emerging markets
  • ESG (environmental, social, governance)
  • VUCA (volatility, uncertainty, complexity, ambiguity)
  • technology and business
  • strategic leadership
  • entrepreneurial innovation

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WHO–WHAT–HOW: A Product Operating Model for Agile, Technology-Enabled Digital Transformation
by Raul Ionuț Riti, Claudiu Ioan Abrudan, Laura Bacali and Nicolae Bâlc
Adm. Sci. 2025, 15(9), 368; https://doi.org/10.3390/admsci15090368 - 17 Sep 2025
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Organizations face rising market volatility, while legacy, plan-driven structures struggle to translate strategy into adaptive execution. Prior studies discuss product-centric operating models, yet typically treat decision rights, product definition, and technology-enabled execution separately. This paper introduces the WHO–WHAT–HOW framework, an authorial synthesis that [...] Read more.
Organizations face rising market volatility, while legacy, plan-driven structures struggle to translate strategy into adaptive execution. Prior studies discuss product-centric operating models, yet typically treat decision rights, product definition, and technology-enabled execution separately. This paper introduces the WHO–WHAT–HOW framework, an authorial synthesis that links decision boundaries (WHO), product scope and value hypotheses (WHAT), and workflow and technology routines (HOW) into a single, operational model. A triangulated design is employed, comprising a systematic document analysis of 62 sources published between 2018 and 2024, illustrative case studies of Amazon and Spotify, and a scenario-based organizational illustration that contrasts a baseline hierarchy with a WHO–WHAT–HOW configuration. Rather than constituting empirical validation, these elements serve as illustrative demonstrations of conceptual plausibility. Indicative composite indices, synthetically constructed from document-coded constructs and simulated rules, suggest improvements in decision speed, cycle time, and coordination; these indices are heuristic and non-inferential. The contribution is threefold: First, it provides a pragmatic five-step implementation roadmap. Then, we make the mechanisms concrete via a construct-to-rule mapping and three rule-based vignettes (incident pathway, value-hypothesis experiment, cross-team dependency), showing how WHO–WHAT–HOW compresses decision time, cycle time, and coordination without introducing new measurement programs. Finally, the composite indices remain heuristic and non-inferential. Limitations include reliance on secondary evidence and a scenario-based, non-empirical illustration; robust validation requires longitudinal, multi-sector primary data and testing in regulated or low-automation settings. Full article
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Opportunities, Threats, and Strategic Choice: The Modifying Role of Emotion
by Camilla Aarøen and Marcus Selart
Adm. Sci. 2025, 15(9), 331; https://doi.org/10.3390/admsci15090331 - 25 Aug 2025
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Business models often transform due to adaptation in response to external changes. However, relatively little is known about what causes these types of adaptations. We suggest that threat-rigidity as well as prospect theory have the potential to explain what causes business model adaptation [...] Read more.
Business models often transform due to adaptation in response to external changes. However, relatively little is known about what causes these types of adaptations. We suggest that threat-rigidity as well as prospect theory have the potential to explain what causes business model adaptation in response to gains and losses. Firm leaders’ inclination to adapt their business model is sensitive to risk that is perceived as a gain or a loss in the macro-economic environment. We apply threat-rigidity and prospect theories to examine the relationship between risk perception and business model adaptation. We also investigate if emotion has explanatory value for how managers adapt to business models. We test our hypotheses in a field experiment involving 95 Scandinavian managers. Here, we relate managers’ inclinations to adapt to different business models under different risk scenarios. The results reveal that, in general, managers are more risk seeking in gain scenarios than in loss scenarios. This finding is in line with the threat-rigidity theory. In addition, emotional style is found to relate more to risk aversion than to risk seeking in the domain of potential gain. We argue that emotional style has explanatory value for how managers adapt to business models, because emotions are key influencers on risk perception. Full article
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