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Purpose: This paper systematically reviews the managerial literature on Industry 4.0 (I4.0) in emerging markets (EMs) using bibliometric analyses.

Theoretical framework: Over the past decade, I4.0 has gained immense importance in the global industrial sector. It has attracted significant attention from scholars and researchers due to its potential to revolutionize product design, manufacturing processes, operations and services. This transformative capacity has had a profound impact on company behaviors and strategies. Additionally, I4.0 has been instrumental in enabling companies to attain greater economic and efficiency gains.

Methodology: Through bibliographic coupling analysis (BCA), 345 peer-reviewed journal articles from the Web of Science database are analyzed. Complementing BCA, social network analysis and content analysis are employed to study resulting literature clusters.

Findings and implications: Findings reveal four thematic clusters: (1) Adoption of I4.0 in EMs; (2) Impact on organizational aspects and financial performance in EMs; (3) I4.0, lean management and operational performance in EMs; and (4) I4.0 and sustainable practices in EMs. The study also identifies research gaps and recommends future avenues for each cluster.

Objective: This paper aims to develop and test a theory linking organizations' normative deviance to countries' agrarian origins, focusing on the influence of property rights and informal institutions evolved from early agriculture.

Theoretical framework: The theory posits that the definition of property rights and the evolution of informal institutions in agrarian societies affect organizations' normative deviance, with a specific focus on rice cultivation's influence.

Methodology: The study examines quantitatively the relationship between rice cultivation in 2000 BCE and firms' normative deviance regarding socially responsible behaviors.

Results/Implications: The findings suggest that organizations based in countries with agrarian origins tied to rice cultivation exhibit lower normative deviance. This contributes to understanding societal expectations' influence on organizational behavior, emphasizing the importance of nuanced explanations of institutional traits. The study enriches the social control literature and sheds light on the origins of organizations' compliance with societal norms.

Objectives: The study investigates how stakeholder awareness and sustainable practices at airports impact the triple bottom line. It aims to discern the relationship between stakeholder engagement, sustainable initiatives, and the economic, environmental, and social outcomes of airport operations, thus contributing to a comprehensive understanding of airport sustainability dynamics.

Theoretical framework: The airport industry significantly impacts global development but poses sustainability challenges in social, economic, and environmental aspects, affecting the triple bottom line. Success hinges on balancing environmental stewardship, economic growth, and social responsibility, emphasizing outcomes beyond finances.

Methodology: The study conducts a systematic review to analyze literature on airport sustainability, aiming to contextualize contributions and identify research gaps. In addition, it establishes a research framework and selects suitable methodologies. WOS (Web Of Science) and SCOPUS databases are used for publication searches.

Results: The literature review highlights a lack of studies on stakeholder awareness of airport sustainability and its impact on sustainable practices. Additionally, there's limited research on stakeholder knowledge, attitudes, and behavior, which influence awareness and practices. Limited research explores stakeholder impact on triple bottom line, often prioritizing financial outcomes. The findings underscore the importance of stakeholder integration for enhancing triple bottom line performance.

Based on transaction cost theory, this paper aims to investigate the role and dimensionality of social capital as a governance mechanism in agrifood cooperatives. Cooperatives are organizations that have their own peculiarities in terms of corporate governance. Their democratic functioning means that special attention is paid to the heterogeneity of the members to guarantee colaboration. Although several authors have tried to approach these concepts theoretically, no empirical approach has yet been produced. This research fills this gap by carrying out a confirmatory factor analysis and a structural equations modeling on a sample of 151 members belonging to a Spanish agrifood cooperative.

The results confirm the role of social capital as a protective mechanism that, together with formal norms, prevents the emergence of frictions and opportunistic behavior. In addition, we also review the dimensionality of this intangible asset, confirming that there are two levels: the first groups relational and structural social capital and the second is cognitive social capital. Moreover, the results also confirm that cognitive social capital is more important in preventing opportunistic behavior and reacts differently to the heterogeneity of members’ interests. This is an important novelty that management teams should consider to ensure the sustainability of cooperatives.