Dr Sandra Figueira
Lecturer
School of Business
Room 115, Colin Clark building, St Lucia campus
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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
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
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.