Journal of Enterprising Communities: People and Places in the Global Economy
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The drivers of seniors’ entrepreneurial intentions: a conceptual framework
Nawal Al Hosni, Ramo Palalić, Mohammad Rezaur RazzakThis paper aims to reveal the role of two theories that impact seniors’ entrepreneurial intentions. Both the socioemotional selectivity theory (SST) and the self-determination…
Forcibly displaced refugee women entrepreneurs in Glasgow-Scotland
Dina Modestus Nziku, Chanel BikorimanaForcibly displaced refugee entrepreneurs face extra challenges that are beyond the barriers that face immigrants and hosts in their journey towards starting up, growing and…
Ideating a framework for sustainable livelihood of handicraft producers at the bottom of the pyramid: a mix-method study from India
Arunava Dalal, Subhajit Bhattacharya, Subrata ChattopadhyayThe handicraft sector is unorganized with huge potential for the economic upliftment of the bottom of the pyramid (BOP) craft producers. To ensure the sustainable livelihood of…
Impact of transformational leadership on leadership effectiveness: the mediating effect of emotional skills in the Lebanese small and medium-sized enterprises context
Khodor Shatila, Frank Boateng Agyei, Wassim J. AloulouThis study aims to examine the impact of transformational leadership on leadership effectiveness and the mediating effect of emotional skills in this relationship.
Determinants, processes, and impacts of indigenous entrepreneurship: a systematic literature review
Aaesha Ahmed AlMehrzi, Syed Awais Tipu, Abu Elias SarkerThis paper aims to provide a systematic review of the academic literature on the determinants, processes and impacts of indigenous entrepreneurship (IE), highlights its…
Entrepreneurial intentions’ temporal stability – intraindividual and group-level analyses
Ricardo Figueiredo Belchior, Roisin LyonsEntrepreneurial intention (EI) has been studied prolifically, as a precursor to entrepreneurial action, and a desired outcome of entrepreneurship education. Yet, the paucity of…
Inner knowledge management, an innovative model for managers and decision makers
Irina de la Flor, Maria Sarabia, Fernando Crecente, Maria Teresa del ValThis study seeks to enhance productivity, motivation and well-being of workers by improving decision-making processes. Using inner knowledge management (IKM), this study aims to…
Promotion, public policies and decent work: how to foster community cohesion and common vision?
Ganimete Podvorica, Valon MuratiThis paper aims to investigate perceptions of the employees on decent work and explore the path how employees, employers, social partners and public policymakers contribute to a…
Predicting the impact of big data analytics capability and green absorptive capacity on green entrepreneurship orientation and eco-innovation
Lahcene MakhloufiBased on the dynamic capability view, this study aims to draw for the first time the missing link between big data analytics capabilities (BDAC) on both green absorptive capacity…
The effects of institutions, firm-level factors and rational decision-making on entrepreneurial behaviors of MSMEs: lessons and opportunities for transition communities
Liridon Kryeziu, Besnik A. Krasniqi, Mehmet Bağış, Vjose Hajrullahu, Genc Zhushi, Donika Bytyçi, Mirsim IsmajliThis study aims to examine the impact of regulatory, normative and cultural cognitive institutions and firm and individual factors on entrepreneurial behavior.
Age, entrepreneurial and intrapreneurial intentions: the mediating role of individual entrepreneurial orientation
Šejma Aydin, Emil Knezović, Azra Bičo, Hamza SmajićThis study aims to investigate the relationship between age and entrepreneurial and intrapreneurial intentions considering the mediating role of individual entrepreneurial…
How do we choose whom to support? Different approaches to selection criteria in business pre-incubation
Marcin BielickiThe purpose of this study was to gain a deeper understanding of the selection criteria used in preincubation programs. Particular focus has been placed on examining the exclusive…
Personal initiative, risk-taking, creativity and opportunity discovery among students
Ana Junça-Silva, Henrique Duarte, Susana C. SantosDiscovering opportunities is a key entrepreneurship competence for those who want to start their own business and who choose to enter the workforce. In this study, the authors…
Find your limits and break them! Nurturing students’ entrepreneurship competence through innovative teaching methods and self-assessment
Gilda Antonelli, Urve Venesaar, Angelo Riviezzo, Marianne Kallaste, Tomasz Dorożyński, Agnieszka Kłysik-UryszekThis study aims at measuring the results of the use of an improved and innovative teaching method, specifically designed for supporting the development of students’…
Vulnerability and resilience among women migrant street vendors during the COVID-19 pandemic
Pham Tien Thanh, Pham Bao DuongWomen migrant street vendors are considered a vulnerable group in societies, thereby being hard hit during a crisis. This research aims to examine effects of COVID-19 social…
The role of collective intelligence and collective agency in enterprising communities
David Rae, Per BlenkerThis paper aims to introduce the concept of Entrepreneurial Collective Intelligence (ECI) as a means of understanding how communities of entrepreneurial actors learn to act both…
Green product consumption behaviour, green economic growth and sustainable development: unveiling the main determinants
Barış Armutcu, Rasim Zuferi, Ahmet TanThe purpose of the current study is to help remove the obstacles to sustainable production and consumption by revealing the determinants of green consumption behaviour, which is…
Do the networks always reveal the truth? The case of tripartite business incubator in Kenya, Uganda and Zambia
Anika TotojaniThe existing literature on business incubators has rarely addressed network establishments thus far. The purpose of this study is to shed light on the process of network formation…
Impact of returnee entrepreneurs’ education and knowledge transfer on business development: moderating effect of time living abroad
Agron Hajdari, Iliriana Miftari, Veland Ramadani, Gadaf Rexhepi, Vjosë LatifiThe purpose of this study is to investigate the impact of returnee entrepreneurs’ education and knowledge transfer (KT) on business development (BD) as well as the moderating…
The talent management business model and its impact on business performance
Arturo Orea, M. Teresa del Val, Carmelo GarcíaThis paper aims to empirically analyse the relationship between the business model and the evolution of employment during the Great Recession, based on data from 75 industrial…
The optimisation of Qardhul Hasan management in Islamic banking: enhancing its role in empowering the community
Peni Nugraheni, Rifqi MuhammadQardhul Hasan (QH) is a type of Islamic contract that prioritises benevolent aspects between beneficiaries and the fund provider. The effective management and distribution of QH…
The effects of cross-cultural differences on HRM functions: the case of multinational corporations in Kuwaiti community
AbdulWahab Esmaeel BarounWith increasing globalization, the importance of referring to cross-cultural contexts is also amplifying in the contemporary era. The models, framework and dimensions devoted to…
Do refugee inflows contribute to the host countries’ entrepreneurial rates? A dynamic panel data analysis, 2000–2019
Sajad Noorbakhsh, Aurora A.C. TeixeiraThis study aims to estimate the impact of refugee inflows on host countries’ entrepreneurial rates. The refugee crisis led to an increased scientific and public policy interest in…
Developing citizen science ecosystem: critical factors for quadruple helix stakeholders engagement
Aelita Skarzauskiene, Monika Maciuliene, Sabine Wildevuur, Maya van den Berg, Thomas Bakratsas, Artemis Psaltoglou, Efstratios Stylianidis, Ioannis Tavantzis, Kostas KaratzasThe purpose of this paper is to provide answers regarding the factors that motivate or discourage the quadruple helix (QH) stakeholders and the wider public in citizen science…
The influencing factors of personality that affect entrepreneurship development among people with disabilities
Al-Shami Samer Ali, Abdu Azim RashidEntrepreneurial personalities have been widely recognised as important drivers for the development of entrepreneurial competencies, which are the skills, knowledge and abilities…
Can retained knowledge from business schools make better enterprising communities? Evidence from transition economies
Kumrije Gagica, Sejdi XhemailiThe purpose of this paper was to explore how retained knowledge from degrees in business administration or management served entrepreneurs in building up successful enterprises in…
The role of narcissism in entrepreneurial activity: a systematic literature review
Bastian Burger, Dominik K. Kanbach, Sascha KrausRecent years have seen a meteoric rise in the study of narcissism in entrepreneurship, although little consolidation has occurred in this area. The purpose of this paper is the…
Workplace spirituality and entrepreneurial behavior among employees in organizations: the role of psychological ownership
Meba Tadesse Delle, Ethiopia Legesse SegaroThis study aims to understand the mechanisms through which workplace spirituality affects employees’ entrepreneurial behavior. It proposes and tests a mediation model in which…
Does being religious or not matter? A qualitative investigation of community fundraising events
Rıdvan Kocaman, Müjdat Özmen, B. Zafer ErdoğanIn the extant literature, the concepts of charity and philanthropy have been differentiated based on the belief that charity stems from religious motivations and philanthropy is…
Evolution, roots and influence of the rural entrepreneurship literature: a bibliometric account
Ehsan Masoomi, Kurosh Rezaei-Moghaddam, Aurora Castro TeixeiraThis paper aims to investigate the evolution, roots and influence of the rural entrepreneurship literature.
Techniques to strengthen entrepreneurship: is mindfulness a useful concept for resilience development?
Alba Yela Aránega, Rafael Castaño Sánchez, Samuel Ribeiro-NavarreteThe purpose of this study is to increase the resilience capacity of residential health-care professionals to achieve intrapreneurial development in workers. Through training based…
Reframing Indigenous tourism entrepreneurial personality, experience, sense of community and challenges in community-based tourism-related business
Mohd Hafiz Hanafiah, Norol Hamiza Zamzuri, Tengku Intan Suzila Tengku Sharif, Bung-on ChartrungruangThis study aims to investigate the Malaysian Mah Meri Indigenous tourism entrepreneur’s personality, experience, sense of community traits and current challenges in…
The interplay between framing effects, cognitive biases, and learning styles in online purchasing decision: lessons for Iranian enterprising communities
Amir Emami, Zeinab Taheri, Rasim ZuferiThis paper aims to investigate the interactive relationship between learning styles and cognitive biases as two essential factors affecting information processing in online…
Religiocentrism in consumption: a literature review
Nur Nadia Adjrina Kamarruddin, Mahmut Sami IslekThis paper aims to conceptually extend the religious aspect of consumption beyond the intrinsic motivation, i.e. religiosity, to a broader consideration of its social and cultural…
A qualitative exploration of factors driving sustainable innovation in small-and medium-sized enterprises in Jordan
Saad Zighan, Tala Abuhussein, Zu’bi Al-Zu’bi, Nidal Yousef DwaikatBusiness excellence relies heavily upon sustainable innovation. Still, sustainable innovation is an emerging concept in business practices and has yet to reach a common perception…
The community of Chinese “expat-preneurs”: understanding the challenges of doing business abroad
Luisa Helena Pinto, Emilia Fernandes, Li XinyanTo date, research on migration and entrepreneurship has rarely focused expat-preneurs. Based on recent developments in both fields, this paper aims to investigate the…
Paradoxes on sustainable performance in Dhaka’s enterprising community: a moderated-mediation evidence from textile manufacturing SMEs
Mohammad Imtiaz Hossain, Boon Heng Teh, Mosab I. Tabash, Mohammad Nurul Alam, Tze San OngManufacturing small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are heading towards smart manufacturing despite growing challenges caused by globalisation and rapid technological…
Business interest associations in the USA and Europe: evaluation of digital marketing techniques applied on their websites and social networks
José M. Ponzoa, Andrés Gómez, Ramón ArillaThis study aims to develop a proprietary indicator to measure the digital presence of the institutions: the digital presence index.
Food in tourism in a time of critical shift: four reflexive case studies in Aotearoa New Zealand
Elizabeth LathamThis study aims to explore the values, resilience and innovation of four food businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic and their responses to the chaotic environment they find…
Entrepreneurship education and entrepreneurial communities in India: does gender really play a role?
Maheshkumar P. Joshi, Deepak Pandit, Shalini Rahul Tiwari, Archana ChoudharyUsing the extant literature review, this paper aims to explore the relationship between gender, entrepreneurial education (EE) and entrepreneurial intention (EI) in the Indian…
The use of ESG scores in academic literature: a systematic literature review
Alexandre Clément, Élisabeth Robinot, Léo TrespeuchEnvironmental, social and governance (ESG) scores are becoming increasingly relevant in academic literature and the corporate world. This is partly because the themes covered by…
The impact of CSR on rural women custodians of seed, food and climate change resilience in Nigeria’s Niger Delta region
Joseph Ikechukwu Uduji, Elda Nduka Okolo-ObasiThe purpose of this paper is to critically examine the multinational oil companies’ (MOCs) corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives in Nigeria. Its special focus is to…
How do women entrepreneurs influence the strategic orientation of family businesses? A typology of Swedish decision-making in Småland community
Shqipe Gashi NulleshiThis paper aims to add to the theorization of family dynamics and women’s entrepreneurship by examining women’s influence on decision-making in family businesses. Business…
Reducing barriers to female entrepreneurship in Oman: does family matter?
Fatma Abd El Basset, Robin Bell, Buthaina Al KharusiPrevious research has found that family characteristics, including family income, entrepreneurship/business experience and family size, can influence offspring’s entrepreneurial…
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