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  1. A social-cognitive perspective on business model diversification

    Article • Digital Business, December 2026, Elsevier

    Dr. Shahrokh Nikou

  2. Design thinking as a practice system for knowledge-enabled digital transformation: microfoundations of dynamic capabilities

    Article • Journal of Knowledge Management, October 2026, Emerald

    Dr. Shahrokh Nikou

  3. Sustaining aviation: A decision-tree framework for recycling aircraft cabin interiors

    Article • Journal of Air Transport Management, September 2026, Elsevier

    Dr. Shahrokh Nikou

  4. Discovery–driven capabilities in SMEs: A Kirznerian perspective on firm–level opportunity discovery and adaptation

    Article • Journal of the International Council for Small Business, August 2026, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Shahrokh Nikou

  5. From Compliance to Circularity: A Design‐Led Approach to Recyclable Packaging

    Article • Business Strategy and the Environment, December 2025, Wiley

    Dr. Shahrokh Nikou

  6. Automating Customer Feedback Analysis in E-commerce: A Multi-Model Approach

    Article • Expert Systems with Applications, December 2025, Elsevier

    Dr. Shahrokh Nikou

  7. Operationalising Sufficiency in an Organisational Context: A Systematic Literature Review

    Article • Business Strategy and the Environment, November 2025, Wiley

    Dr. Shahrokh Nikou

  8. Sufficiency in the kitchen: Intention to reuse food leftovers and associated design strategies

    Article • Food Quality and Preference, October 2025, Elsevier

    Dr. Shahrokh Nikou

  9. The sustainability scale-up framework: A tool to design scale-up strategies for sustainable businesses

    Article • Sustainable Production and Consumption, October 2025, Elsevier

    Dr. Shahrokh Nikou

  10. Navigating sustainability challenges in design: Bridging theory and practice with tactical sustainability cards

    Article • Journal of Cleaner Production, April 2025, Elsevier

    Dr. Shahrokh Nikou

  11. A configurational perspective on comparative international entrepreneurship: a new approach to examining entrepreneurial activity combining clustering and qualitative comparative analysis

    Article • International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research, March 2025, Emerald

    Dr. Shahrokh Nikou

  12. From Elusive to Opaque Boundaries of the F&A Function: An Assessment of Digitalization Impact

    Article • Information Systems Management, March 2025, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Shahrokh Nikou

  13. Factors Influencing Users’ Perceptions of Digital Platform Indispensability: A Comparative Study of Korea and Finland

    Article • Behavioral Sciences, June 2024, MDPI AG

    Dr. Shahrokh Nikou

  14. Health susceptibility perceptions among Iranian, Afghan and Tajik minorities in three Nordic countries

    Article • International Journal of Migration Health and Social Care, April 2024, Emerald

    Dr. Shahrokh Nikou, Ph.D Hamed Ahmadinia

  15. Understanding influences on entrepreneurship educator role identity

    Article • Education + Training, January 2024, Emerald

    Dr. Shahrokh Nikou

  16. Case Study 1: Logistic Service Provider

    Article • January 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Shahrokh Nikou

  17. Case Study 2: Employment Agency

    Article • January 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Shahrokh Nikou

  18. Case Study 3: Construction and Building Company

    Article • January 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Shahrokh Nikou

  19. Case Study 4: Financial Services Provider

    Article • January 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Shahrokh Nikou

  20. Conclusion: Limitations and Future Research

    Article • January 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Shahrokh Nikou

  21. Configurational Thinking Approach

    Article • January 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Shahrokh Nikou

  22. Cross-Case Analysis

    Article • January 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Shahrokh Nikou

  23. Positioning Business Services

    Article • January 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Shahrokh Nikou

  24. Quantitative Research

    Article • January 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Shahrokh Nikou

  25. Digitalisation of Global Business Services

    Article • January 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Shahrokh Nikou

  26. Introduction

    Article • January 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Shahrokh Nikou

  27. Literature Review

    Article • January 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Shahrokh Nikou

  28. Orchestrating a global business services portfolio in a plural sourcing context: the mediating role of modularised business processes

    Article • Journal of Enterprise Information Management, November 2023, Emerald

    Dr. Shahrokh Nikou

  29. Study destination preference and post-graduation intentions: a push-pull factor theory perspective

    Article • Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education, September 2023, Emerald

    Dr. Shahrokh Nikou

  30. Digital proctoring in higher education: a systematic literature review

    Article • The International Journal of Educational Management, August 2023, Emerald

    Dr. Shahrokh Nikou, Shengnan Han

  31. Exploring key themes and trends in international student mobility research —A systematic literature review

    Article • Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education, August 2023, Emerald

    Dr. Shahrokh Nikou

  32. The push-pull factor model and its implications for the retention of international students in the host country

    Article • Higher Education Skills and Work-based Learning, July 2023, Emerald

    Dr. Shahrokh Nikou

  33. Entrepreneurship educators: a configurational analysis of factors influencing pedagogical choices

    Article • International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research, March 2023, Emerald

    Dr. Shahrokh Nikou

  34. FsQCA in entrepreneurship research: Opportunities and best practices

    Article • Journal of Small Business Management, December 2022, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Shahrokh Nikou

  35. An investigation of health information needs and use of healthcare services among people with asylum seeking background living in Norway

    Article • Informaatiotutkimus, October 2022, Informaatiotutkimus

    Dr. Shahrokh Nikou, Ph.D Hamed Ahmadinia

  36. An investigation of unmet health-related information and healthcare services needs of people with asylum-seeking backgrounds

    Article • Informaatiotutkimus, October 2022, Informaatiotutkimus

    Dr. Shahrokh Nikou, Ph.D Hamed Ahmadinia

  37. Reducing consumer materialism and compulsive buying through emotional intelligence training amongst Lithuanian students

    Article • Frontiers in Psychology, October 2022, Frontiers

    Dr. Shahrokh Nikou

  38. Factors Influencing Entrepreneurship Educators’ Pedagogical Choices—A Configurational Approach

    Article • Sustainability, September 2022, MDPI AG

    Dr. Shahrokh Nikou

  39. Perspectives on management theory’s application in the internet of things research

    Article • Information Systems and e-Business Management, August 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Shahrokh Nikou, Dr Payam Hanafizadeh

  40. Finnish university students' satisfaction with e-learning outcomes during the COVID-19 pandemic

    Article • The International Journal of Educational Management, August 2022, Emerald

    Dr. Shahrokh Nikou

  41. Entrepreneurs’ Information-Seeking Behaviors in the Digital Age–A Systematic Literature Review

    Article • Journal of Small Business Management, August 2022, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Shahrokh Nikou

  42. Health literacy, health literacy interventions and decision-making: a systematic literature review

    Article • Journal of Documentation, June 2022, Emerald

    Dr. Shahrokh Nikou, Professor Isto Huvila

  43. Workplace literacy skills—how information and digital literacy affect adoption of digital technology

    Article • Journal of Documentation, May 2022, Emerald

    Dr. Shahrokh Nikou

  44. Health information seeking behaviour during exceptional times: A case study of Persian-speaking minorities in Finland

    Article • Library & Information Science Research, April 2022, Elsevier

    Dr. Shahrokh Nikou, Ph.D Hamed Ahmadinia

  45. A fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis of factors influencing successful shared service center implementation

    Article • Industrial Management, March 2022, Emerald

    Dr. Shahrokh Nikou

  46. Emotional intelligence and materialism: the mediating effect of subjective well-being

    Article • Journal of Consumer Marketing, January 2022, Emerald

    Dr. Shahrokh Nikou

  47. Avoiding negative information as a strategy for emotion regulation

    Article • Information Research an international electronic journal, January 2022, University of Boras, Faculty of Librarianship, Information, Education and IT

    Dr. Shahrokh Nikou

  48. Effective factors influencing individual’s shared health decision making

    Article • Information Research an international electronic journal, January 2022, University of Boras, Faculty of Librarianship, Information, Education and IT

    Dr. Shahrokh Nikou

  49. Understanding University Students’ Health Information Seeking Behaviours on Social Media During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Developing Country Perspective

    Article • January 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Shahrokh Nikou

  50. Do Demographics Matter in Consumer Materialism?

    Article • Engineering Economics, October 2021, Publishing House Technologija

    Dr. Shahrokh Nikou

  51. Hide and seek – the role of personality, sense of coherence and experiential information in hidden information needs

    Article • Journal of Documentation, October 2021, Emerald

    Dr. Shahrokh Nikou

  52. The Effect of Emotional Intelligence on Materialism and Compulsive Buying

    Article • Drustvena istrazivanja, October 2021, Institute of Social Sciences Ivo Pilar

    Dr. Shahrokh Nikou

  53. Business model innovation and firm performance: Exploring causal mechanisms in SMEs

    Article • Technovation, September 2021, Elsevier

    Dr. Shahrokh Nikou

  54. Entrepreneurs’ Information Retrieval: The Role of Affective Aspects through the Media Richness Theory

    Article • August 2021, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr. Shahrokh Nikou

  55. Are social and traditional entrepreneurial intentions really that different?

    Article • International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research, August 2021, Emerald

    Dr. Shahrokh Nikou

  56. The impact of literacy on intention to use digital technology for learning: A comparative study of Korea and Finland

    Article • Telecommunications Policy, August 2021, Elsevier

    Dr. Shahrokh Nikou

  57. Aligning artificial intelligence with human values: reflections from a phenomenological perspective

    Article • AI & Society, July 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Shahrokh Nikou

  58. Exploring user experience of learning management system

    Article • International Journal of Information and Learning Technology, July 2021, Emerald

    Dr. Shahrokh Nikou

  59. The role of youths’ perceived information literacy in their assessment of youth information and counselling services

    Article • Information Research an international electronic journal, June 2021, University of Boras, Faculty of Librarianship, Information, Education and IT

    Dr. Shahrokh Nikou

  60. Workplace information literacy

    Article • Journal of Information Literacy, June 2021, CILIP Information Literacy Group

    Dr. Shahrokh Nikou

  61. An analysis of students' perspectives on e-learning participation – the case of COVID-19 pandemic

    Article • International Journal of Information and Learning Technology, May 2021, Emerald

    Dr. Shahrokh Nikou

  62. Health-seeking behaviours of immigrants, asylum seekers and refugees in Europe: a systematic review of peer-reviewed articles

    Article • Journal of Documentation, May 2021, Emerald

    Dr. Shahrokh Nikou, Ph.D Hamed Ahmadinia

  63. The nexus between dynamic capabilities and competitive firm performance: the mediating role of open innovation

    Article • European Journal of Innovation Management, April 2021, Emerald

    Dr. Shahrokh Nikou

  64. An assessment of the interplay between literacy and digital Technology in Higher Education

    Article • Education and Information Technologies, February 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Shahrokh Nikou

  65. Implementing Global Business Services in a Plural Sourcing Context: Conceptualizing Modes of Service Governance

    Article • January 2021, HICSS Conference Office

    Dr. Shahrokh Nikou

  66. Artificial Intelligence Value Alignment Principles: The State of Art Review from Information Systems Research

    Article • January 2021, Faculty of Law, University of Maribor

    Dr. Shahrokh Nikou

  67. Health Information Literacy: The Saving Grace During Traumatic Times

    Article • January 2021, Faculty of Law, University of Maribor

    Dr. Shahrokh Nikou

  68. Students’ Satisfaction with e-Learning Systems During the COVID-19 Pandemic—An International Comparative Study

    Article • January 2021, Faculty of Law, University of Maribor

    Dr. Shahrokh Nikou

  69. User Information Satisfaction Among Female Refugees and Immigrants as Assessed by the Level of Information Literacy on Social Media

    Article • January 2021, Faculty of Law, University of Maribor

    Dr. Shahrokh Nikou

  70. The Entrepreneurship Educator: Understanding Role Identity

    Article • Entrepreneurship Education and Pedagogy, December 2020, SAGE Publications

    Dr. Shahrokh Nikou

  71. The interplay between literacy and digital technology: a fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis approach

    Article • December 2020, University of Boras, Faculty of Librarianship, Information, Education and IT

    Dr. Shahrokh Nikou

  72. More honour'd in the breach: predicting non-compliant behaviour through individual, situational and habitual factors

    Article • Behaviour and Information Technology, September 2020, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Shahrokh Nikou

  73. An assessment of academic library services!

    Article • Library Management, July 2020, Emerald

    Dr. Shahrokh Nikou

  74. The revitalization of service orientation: a business services model

    Article • Business Process Re-engineering &amp Management Journal, June 2020, Emerald

    Dr. Shahrokh Nikou

  75. Usability and UX of Learning Management Systems: An Eye- Tracking Approach

    Article • June 2020, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr. Shahrokh Nikou

  76. Business model (BM) experimentation as a step towards BM experimentation capabilities.

    Article • Journal of Business and Industrial Marketing, March 2020, Emerald

    Dr. Shahrokh Nikou

  77. Digital Natives and Digital Immigrants in the Creative Economy

    Article • January 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Shahrokh Nikou

  78. Exploring the Role of Digital Source Selection and Information Literacy

    Article • January 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Shahrokh Nikou

  79. Business Model for Mobile Payment in China

    Article • January 2020, IGI Global

    Dr. Shahrokh Nikou

  80. Challenging the Concept of Digital Nativeness – Through the Assessment of Information Literacy and Digital Literacy

    Article • January 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Shahrokh Nikou

  81. Trust and Respect in Entrepreneurial Information Seeking Behaviours

    Article • January 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Shahrokh Nikou

  82. Review of the Nexus Between Trust and Respect in Entrepreneurs’ Information-Seeking Behaviour

    Article • January 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Shahrokh Nikou

  83. Factors driving the adoption of smart home technology: An empirical assessment

    Article • Telematics and Informatics, December 2019, Elsevier

    Dr. Shahrokh Nikou

  84. Digital healthcare technology adoption by elderly people: A capability approach model

    Article • Telematics and Informatics, November 2019, Elsevier

    Dr. Shahrokh Nikou

  85. Digitalization, business models, and SMEs: How do business model innovation practices improve performance of digitalizing SMEs?

    Article • Telecommunications Policy, October 2019, Elsevier

    Dr. Shahrokh Nikou

  86. Entrepreneurial intentions and gender: pathways to start-up

    Article • International Journal of Gender and Entrepreneurship, September 2019, Emerald

    Dr. Shahrokh Nikou

  87. What technology enabled services impact business models in the automotive industry? An exploratory study

    Article • Futures, May 2019, Elsevier

    Dr. Shahrokh Nikou

  88. Mobile Health and Wellness Applications: A Business Model Ontology-Based Review.

    Article • January 2019, IGI Global

    Dr. Shahrokh Nikou

  89. Digital natives’ intention to interact with social media: Value systems and gender

    Article • Telematics and Informatics, May 2018, Elsevier

    Dr. Shahrokh Nikou

  90. The impact of digitalization on business models

    Article • Digital Policy Regulation and Governance, March 2018, Emerald

    Dr. Shahrokh Nikou

  91. Fuzzy optimization to improve mobile health and wellness recommendation systems

    Article • Knowledge-Based Systems, February 2018, Elsevier

    Dr. Shahrokh Nikou

  92. Prioritizing the Roles of Control Mechanisms in Digital Platform

    Article • January 2018, IGI Global

    Dr. Shahrokh Nikou

  93. The Impact of Multidimensionality of Literacy on the Use of Digital Technology: Digital Immigrants and Digital Natives

    Article • January 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Shahrokh Nikou

  94. Impact of Playing Pokémon Go on Wellness

    Article • January 2018, HICSS Conference Office

    Dr. Shahrokh Nikou

  95. Value systems and intentions to interact in social media: The digital natives

    Article • Telematics and Informatics, July 2017, Elsevier

    Dr. Shahrokh Nikou

  96. Mobile application driven consumer engagement

    Article • Telematics and Informatics, July 2017, Elsevier

    Dr. Shahrokh Nikou

  97. Mobile Health and Wellness Applications

    Article • International Journal of E-Business Research, January 2017, IGI Global

    Dr. Shahrokh Nikou

  98. Conjoint Analysis

    Article • January 2017, SAGE Publications

    Dr. Shahrokh Nikou

  99. SMEs’ online channel expansion: value creating activities

    Article • Electronic Markets, September 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Shahrokh Nikou

  100. Domestication of smartphones and mobile applications: A quantitative mixed-method study

    Article • Mobile Media & Communication, July 2016, SAGE Publications

    Dr. Shahrokh Nikou

  101. Why Controls Are Used in Platform Ecosystems?

    Article • International Journal of E-Services and Mobile Applications, July 2016, IGI Global

    Dr. Shahrokh Nikou

  102. The interplay of costs, trust and loyalty in a service industry in transition: The moderating effect of smartphone adoption

    Article • Telematics and Informatics, November 2015, Elsevier

    Dr. Shahrokh Nikou

  103. A Process View to Evaluate and Understand Preference Elicitation

    Article • Journal of Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis, July 2015, Wiley

    Dr. Shahrokh Nikou

  104. Mobile technology and forgotten consumers: the young-elderly

    Article • International Journal of Consumer Studies, April 2015, Wiley

    Dr. Shahrokh Nikou

  105. Business Model for Mobile Payment in China

    Article • International Journal of Systems and Service-Oriented Engineering, April 2015, IGI Global

    Dr. Shahrokh Nikou

  106. Ubiquitous use of mobile social network services

    Article • Telematics and Informatics, August 2014, Elsevier

    Dr. Shahrokh Nikou

  107. Mobile tethering

    Article • Info, May 2014, Emerald

    Dr. Shahrokh Nikou

  108. Enriched presence information on converged communication platforms

    Article • Convergence The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies, February 2014, SAGE Publications

    Dr. Shahrokh Nikou

  109. Visual conjoint analysis (VCA): a topology of preferences in multi-attribute decision making

    Article • Quality & Quantity, January 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Shahrokh Nikou

  110. An Exploratory Smartphone Measurement: Perception vs. Actual Use

    Article • January 2014, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr. Shahrokh Nikou

  111. A Consumer Perspective on Mobile Service Platforms: A Conjoint Analysis Approach

    Article • Communications of the Association for Information Systems, January 2014, Association for Information Systems

    Dr. Shahrokh Nikou

  112. Evaluation of mobile services and substantial adoption factors with Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP)

    Article • Telecommunications Policy, November 2013, Elsevier

    Dr. Shahrokh Nikou

  113. The Diffusion of Mobile Social Network Service in China: The Role of Habit and Social Influence

    Article • January 2013, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr. Shahrokh Nikou

  114. The potential of converged mobile telecommunication services

    Article • Info, August 2012, Emerald

    Dr. Shahrokh Nikou

  115. Mobile services put in context: A Q-sort analysis

    Article • Telematics and Informatics, February 2012, Elsevier

    Dr. Shahrokh Nikou

  116. Mobile Converged Rich Communication Services: A Conjoint Analysis

    Article • January 2012, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr. Shahrokh Nikou

  117. Virtuelles Wasser — Chancen und Probleme eines Wasserfußabdrucks

    Article • Wirtschaftsdienst, August 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Shahrokh Nikou

  118. Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) Approach for Selecting Mobile Service Category (Consumers' Preferences)

    Article • June 2011, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr. Shahrokh Nikou

  119. Context, cognition and female entrepreneurial intentions: it is all about perceived behavioral control

    Article • Edward Elgar Publishing

    Dr. Shahrokh Nikou

  120. On the use of configurational analysis in entrepreneurial research

    Article • Edward Elgar Publishing

    Dr. Shahrokh Nikou