This study explores the evolution and direction of scientific discourse on retirement savings for working women, framed by life-cycle theory and the permanent income hypothesis. Using a systematic literature review of Scopus and OpenAlex records filtered through the PRISMA protocol to 51 articles spanning 1973–2026, it identifies three periods: the integration of women into the labour market, persistent structural challenges, and a recent focus on financial education and capacity building. Preliminary conclusions suggest that greater labour force participation has not automatically translated into economic security in old age, and call for gender-sensitive public policy, contextualised financial education and more flexible pension systems.

This research investigates the role of retrospectives as a critical success factor in scaled agile program management. Through a systematic literature review, the study aims to identify gaps in the academic and grey literature, particularly concerning inter-team retrospectives. Expected outcomes include strategies for optimal use of retrospective meetings and identifying gaps in scaled agile frameworks.

This research explores the relationship between CEO risk tolerance, as indicated by their involvement in riskier sports hobbies, and its impact on non-GAAP earnings. Utilizing data from CEOs’ sports hobbies and firm-quarter observations, it evaluates whether risk-taking behaviors are reflected in financial disclosures and earnings management. The study applies logistic regression and statistical analysis to uncover patterns in CEO behavior and their financial outcomes.

This research examines the association between CEO risk-taking, represented by sports hobbies, and their influence on non-GAAP earnings. The study uses a regression analysis of firm characteristics and CEO traits, finding significant results on risk levels and GAAP earnings exclusions.

This study examines whether directors with executive sales experience positively influence firm valuation (EV/Sales) in industrial firms compared with directors with marketing experience, introducing the concept of sales governance as a distinct dimension of board expertise. Grounded in Upper Echelons, Resource Dependence and Agency theories, it uses a quantitative longitudinal panel design on industrial and construction firms listed on the Mexican Stock Exchange, measuring Board Sales Expertise against EV/Sales with ROA as a supplementary indicator. It anticipates a positive and significant relationship between board sales experience and valuation that exceeds the effect of marketing experience.

This study examines how engagement in business networks influences the success of Black women-owned businesses in the U.S. Using interpretive epistemology and intersectional feminist lenses, the research identifies key factors like network characteristics, entrepreneurial self-efficacy, and social support as contributors to entrepreneurial success. The findings highlight the unique challenges faced by Black women entrepreneurs, such as undercapitalization and systemic barriers, while also showcasing the resilience and strategies adopted for growth and sustainability.

This study examines the role of business networks in enhancing the success of Black women entrepreneurs, highlighting key factors like network characteristics, self-efficacy, and access to social and financial support. By addressing challenges and leveraging strategic networking, the research aims to improve economic outcomes for the Black community and society at large.

This study reframes grit as a socially embedded capability rather than an individual trait, asking to what extent support density and identity strain within social identity groups predict grit, and whether childhood trauma exposure moderates these relationships among adults with siblings. Integrating Social Identity Theory, research on adverse childhood experiences and organisational behaviour literature on grit and resilience, it proposes a quantitative cross-sectional survey analysed with multiple regression, moderation analysis and possibly structural equation modelling. The work aims to help organisations build conditions in which grit can emerge, by increasing support density and reducing identity strain in roles and systems.

This research paper, submitted to the 16th Annual Engaged Management Scholarship (EMS) Conference, presents rigorous empirical evidence on the structural relationship between Socially Responsible Investment (SRI) and corporate performance across European listed companies. Drawing on a comprehensive dataset spanning 2020–2022, the study investigates two fundamental questions: first, whether SRI directly influences the environmental performance of investee corporations; and second, to what extent SRI moderates the relationship between a firm's environmental trajectory and its subsequent financial performance. The findings are both significant and counterintuitive. While SRI succeeds in driving short-term compliance gains, particularly in emissions management and resource efficiency, it demonstrably fails to incentivize long-term environmental innovation, particularly within carbon-intensive sectors. More strikingly, SRI intensity amplifies the market penalty faced by polluting firms that improve their environmental scores, revealing a structural paradox at the heart of responsible finance. These empirical contradictions form the evidentiary foundation for the study's central practical contribution: the Net-Zero Innovation Fund (NZI Fund), a hybrid investment vehicle designed to break the cycle of short-termism that afflicts current SRI frameworks. By co-investing in both listed transition leaders and unlisted green-tech start-ups, the NZI Fund proposes a systemic solution to the innovation deficit identified in the data.

Building on a model presented at EMS 2025, this study develops a three-stage agent-based model (Idea, Prototype, Scaling) of public deep-tech funding to examine when public support crowds in private co-investment and which innovation stage should receive marginal budget increases. Grounded in market failure, systems of innovation, mission-oriented and signalling perspectives, and calibrated to EIC, EIB and OECD data, the model reproduces persistent Prototype-stage congestion. Results show that stronger signalling increases bankable exits and lowers public cost per outcome, and that Scaling-focused budget increases outperform proportional allocation while upstream-only increases reduce throughput, yielding governance heuristics for public innovation funders.