Journal of Enterprising Communities: People and Places in the Global Economy
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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…
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…
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…
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.
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Workforce management in operations: what enterprising communities can learn from this?
Cristina Fernandes, João Ferreira, Pedro Mota VeigaThe purpose of this study is use a bibliometric analysis to explore the relational nature of knowledge creation in WFM in operations. Companies live under constant pressure to…
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…
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…
Social entrepreneurship and cow tourism: exploring the new vistas of experiential economy
Ayush, Amit Gangotia, Biswabhusan PradhanThis study acclaims the social entrepreneurship based on cow rearing experiential tourism in Himachal Pradesh. This study aims to illustrate the role of indigenous cows in the…
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…
Women entrepreneurs’ success factors of Northern Indian community: a person–environment fit theory perspective
Meghna Chhabra, Lata Bajpai Singh, Syed Asif MehdiWomen entrepreneurs contribute significantly to Asian economies. However, women in this region face an alarming array of barriers to entrepreneurship. This research study aims to…
Analysing the marketing strategies that fish farming businesses in the UK can use to gain a competitive advantage
Christiana Adeola Olawunmi, Andrew Paul ClarkeThis study aims to explore marketing strategies that UK fish farming businesses can use to gain a competitive advantage. The marketing strategies examined include product branding…
Status and determinants of poverty among women-owned micro-businesses in Wolaita zone, southern Ethiopia
Alemayehu Elda Ergo, Deirdre O’ Connor, Tekle Leza MegaMicro-businesses contribute to economic development by improving individual welfare. Women are the primary drivers and owners of such businesses in urban Ethiopia. The purpose of…
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…
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…
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…
Collective action in social entrepreneurial ventures: the role of shared meaning
Diana Nandagire Ntamu, Waswa Balunywa, Isa Nsereko, Godwin KwemariraSocial entrepreneurs engage in collective action to adapt and solve social problems in complex environments. Through collective action, they mobilise and access resources to…
Altruism and female entrepreneurship: evidence from the Turkish community in Kosovo
Afërina Skeja, Nora Sadiku-Dushi, Gülay KeskinAltruism has an important place in shaping a healthy and developed society for the present and the future. Altruism refers to exhibiting good behavior that does not expect a…
Awareness and participation in input credit scheme: evidence from smallholder rice farmers in Ghana’s North East region
Camillus Abawiera Wongnaa, Alhassan Abudu, Awal Abdul-Rahaman, Joel Atta Ennin, Dadson Awunyo-VitorOutgrower scheme as a contractual agreement between farmers and some funding entities has in recent times found proliferation among resource poor farmers in Ghana, especially in…
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.
How does patriotism and institutional support affect the social entrepreneurial orientation (SEO) in the presence of social valuation and experiential learning for social ventures
Rimsha Makeel, Jawaria Ashraf, Fitri Rini Ariyesti, Sumran AliThe individuals take an active interest in society to change it into a better one. For this reason, this study aims to investigate the influence of patriotism with the…
A bibliometric study of reference literature on youth unemployment
Alisha Ralph, Akarsh AroraThis study aims to investigate the global issues of youth unemployment using bibliometric analysis covering the period from 1983 to 2022. There is a dearth of a bibliometric study…
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…
Empowerment of women through participation in self-help groups: a bibliometric analysis and systematic review
Tanushree Mahato, Manish Kumar Jha, Akhaya Kumar Nayak, Neelam KaushalThe purpose of the paper is to conduct a comprehensive bibliometric analysis and systematic review to examine the research landscape of women empowerment through participation in…
Small is beautiful? Entrepreneurship ecosystems in small towns of Montana
Yasuyuki Motoyama, Christina HendersonMuch of extant literature on entrepreneurship ecosystems is geared toward mid- and large-size metropolitan areas, and small cities are considered disadvantageous without essential…
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…
Gender inequalities in rural labour markets: the role of corporate social responsibility in Niger Delta, Nigeria
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…
Exotic meets suave: the micro dynamics of homophily in the Cambridge cluster
Edwina Pio, Shailendra Vyakarnam, Shima Barakat, Margaret McCammonThe purpose of this study is to discuss how ethnicity and gender influence high-tech entrepreneurship in the Cambridge cluster emphasizing homophily and how and why bridging and…
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…
How indigenous entrepreneurs negotiate cultural and commercial imperatives: insights from Aotearoa New Zealand
Admiral Munyaradzi Manganda, Jason Paul Mika, Tanya Jurado, Farah Rangikoepa PalmerThis paper aims to explore how Maori entrepreneurs in Aotearoa New Zealand negotiate cultural and commercial imperatives in their entrepreneurial practice. Culture is integral to…
A review on unprecedented influence of COVID-19 on stock market: what communities should know?
Jonika Lamba, Esha JainThis paper aims to show the pragmatic studies that examine whether novel COVID-19 affects the national and international stock markets and reinforces the existing literature by…
The key for success in the value chain of a social entrepreneur in Vietnam
Minh Ngoc DoThis paper intends to analyze a social enterprise as a case example of fulfilling social missions and achieving financial profitability at the same time. This paper aims to…
Regional green economy and community impact on global sustainability
Samet Gunay, Selma Kurtishi-Kastrati, Kristina KrsteskaThis study aims to explore the impact of regional green economies and communities on global sustainability. This study attempts to show if the empirical results align with the…
Exploring the transition from informal to formal jobs and its consequent impacts on the livelihood of migrant youths in Lagos metropolis
Oluyemi T. Adeosun, Kayode E. Owolabi, Idongesit C. Eshiet, Temitope J. OwolabiThe upsurge in global youth migration remains a major concern for policymakers, politicians and academia at large. Given the emerging interests in youth migration and informal…
Exchanged actors behind the creation of sense of place value in indigenous tourism enterprise Karangrejo Borobudur Indonesia
Cicilia Larasati Rembulan, Astrid Kusumowidagdo, Melania RahadiyantiAccording to the Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy, there are 7,275 indigenous tourism enterprises in Indonesia. However, only 0.5% of these are certified as a sustainable…
Internal factors affecting the performance of employee-based savings and credit cooperatives: evidence from Nigeria
Innocent Otache, Ifeoma Jeraldine Echukwu, Kadiri Umar, Acho Yunusa, Samson AuduDrawing upon stewardship and resource-based view theories, the purpose of this study is to empirically examine the impacts of management committee effectiveness (MCE), member…
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