Dr Sandra Figueira
Lecturer
School of Business
Room 115, Colin Clark building, St Lucia campus
Book Chapters
Torres de Oliveira, Rui and Figueira, Sandra (2019). How China’s business system works. The Savvy Investor's Guide for Doing Business in China. (pp. 1-1) Phoenix, AZ, United States: Marquette Books.
Torres de Oliveira, Rui and Figueira, Sandra (2018). How China’s business system works. The savvy investors guide for doing business in China. (pp. 159-185) edited by Gary Bonvillian. Phoenix, AZ United States: Marquette Books.
Journal Articles
Torres de Oliveira, Rui, Ghobakhloo, Morteza and Figueira, Sandra (2023). Industry 4.0 towards social and environmental sustainability in multinationals: enabling circular economy, organizational social practices, and corporate purpose. Journal of Cleaner Production, 430 139712, 1-13. doi: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2023.139712
Figueira, Sandra, Torres de Oliveira, Rui, Verreynne, Martie-Louise, Nguyen, Tam, Indulska, Marta and Tanveer, Asif (2023). Entrepreneurs: gender and gendered institutions' effects in open innovation. Industrial Marketing Management, 111, 109-126. doi: 10.1016/j.indmarman.2023.04.002
Toth-Peter, Agnes, Torres de Oliveira, Rui, Mathews, Shane, Barner, Leonie and Figueira, Sandra (2023). Industry 4.0 as an enabler in transitioning to circular business models: a systematic literature review. Journal of Cleaner Production, 393 136284, 1-15. doi: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2023.136284
Figueira, Sandra, Gauthier, Caroline and Torres de Oliveira, Rui (2023). CSR and stakeholder salience in MNE subsidiaries in emerging markets. International Business Review, 32 (5) 102159, 1-17. doi: 10.1016/j.ibusrev.2023.102159
Figueira, Sandra and Torres de Oliveira, Rui (2022). The Chinese business system and its authoriliberal economic model. Thunderbird International Business Review, 64 (1), 51-66. doi: 10.1002/tie.22239
Figueira, Sandra, Torres de Oliveira, Rui, Rottig, Daniel and Spigarelli, Francesca (2021). Lessons on a novel integration approach of emerging market acquisitions in developed countries. International Journal of Emerging Markets, 16 (4), 645-673. doi: 10.1108/IJOEM-01-2019-0077
Ajwani-Ramchandani, Raji, Figueira, Sandra, Torres de Oliveira, Rui and Jha, Shishir (2021). Enhancing the circular and modified linear economy: The importance of blockchain for developing economies. Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 168 105468, 1-15. doi: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2021.105468
Torres de Oliveira, Rui, Gentile-Lüdecke, Simona and Figueira, Sandra (2021). Barriers to innovation and innovation performance: the mediating role of external knowledge search in emerging economies. Small Business Economics, 58 (4), 1953-1974. doi: 10.1007/s11187-021-00491-8
Ajwani-Ramchandani, Raji, Figueira, Sandra, de Oliveira, Rui Torres, Jha, Shishir, Ramchandani, Amit and Schuricht, Louisa (2021). Towards a circular economy for packaging waste by using new technologies: The case of large multinationals in emerging economies. Journal of Cleaner Production, 281 125139, 1-16. doi: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.125139
Torres de Oliveira, Rui, Verreynne, Martie-Louise, Figueira, Sandra, Indulska, Marta and Steen, John (2020). How do institutional innovation systems affect open innovation?. Journal of Small Business Management, 60 (6), 1-45. doi: 10.1080/00472778.2020.1775466
Torres de Oliveira, Rui, Sahasranamam, Sreevas, Figueira, Sandra and Paul, Justin (2019). Upgrading without formal integration in M&A: the role of social integration. Global Strategy Journal, 10 (3) gsj.1358, 619-652. doi: 10.1002/gsj.1358
Torres de Oliveira, Rui and Figueira, Sandra (2018). The specificities of interviewing in China. Qualitative Market Research, 21 (1), 118-134. doi: 10.1108/QMR-11-2016-0117
Torres de Oliveira, Rui, Menzies, Jane, Borgia, Daniel and Figueira, Sandra (2017). Outward foreign direct investment from emerging countries: theoretical extension and evidence from China. The International Trade Journal, 31 (5), 402-428. doi: 10.1080/08853908.2017.1358679
Conference Papers
Irving, Gemma L., Pereira, Sandra, Middleton, Stuart, Figueira, Sandra, Felstead, David and Berrington, Catherine (2024). Using space to manage risk in interpersonal interactions during an extreme event: management educators experiences of teaching during COVID-19. European Group for Organizational Studies, Milan, Italy, 3-6 July 2024.
Toth-Peter, Agnes, Torres de Oliveira, Rui, Mathews, Shane, Barner, Leonie and Figueira, Sandra (2022). How can digitalisation enable the transition to a circular economy?. The 82nd Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management: A Hybrid Experience, Seattle, WA USA, 5-9 August 2022. Briarcliff Manor, NY USA: Academy of Management. doi: 10.5465/ambpp.2022.13901abstract
Torres de Oliveira, Rui and Figueira, Sandra (2017). The Chinese business system and its transitional economic model. ANZIBA 2017 Conference, Adelaide, SA, Australia, 15 - 17 February 2017.
Torres de Oliveira, Rui and Figueira, Sandra (2016). The specificities of interviewing in China. Academy of International Business - SE, Tampa, FL, United States, 10 - 14 November 2016. East Lansing, MI, United States: Academy of International Business.