Journal of Business and Socio-economic Development , Open Access

Navigating the challenges of female leadership in the information and communication technology and engineering sectors

Prabha Ramseook-Munhurrun, Perunjodi Naidoo, Sandhya Armoogum

This paper addresses the issue of the underrepresentation of women in leadership positions within the information and communication technology (ICT) and engineering fields. The…

Multilevel relationships and loyalty in the microfinance industry: evidence from Tanzania

Amani Gration Tegambwage

The operations and viability of microfinance institutions (MFIs), crucial for socioeconomic development and poverty reduction, heavily rely on the multilevel relationships among…

Organizational theory – a three-dimensional tool to analyze and enhance collaboration in healthcare systems

Kiran Bharatam Kaundinya

Healthcare systems receive criticism from both providers and recipients. The diversity in these systems throughout the world makes innovation and change difficult. However, a…

Game theory in entrepreneurship: a review of the literature

Abdallah M.H. AlOmari

The purpose of this paper is to review the utilization of game theory in the entrepreneurship literature. Game theory can potentially be employed to assess strategies…

Insights from forensic accounting educators and practitioners within the KSA context regarding the optimal forensic accounting skills set: an implication on the socioeconomic development

Mohammed A. Alzahrane

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the current state of forensic accounting education in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), as well as to identify the desired aims and…

The quest for surviving COVID-19: adoption of online technologies by self-employed women in Mauritius

Harshana Kasseeah

This study sheds light on the impact of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) on self-employed women in Mauritius and delves into their coping strategies amid unprecedented…

Stakeholder expectations, inter-organizational coordination and procurement practices among humanitarian organizations

Henry Mutebi, Wilbroad Aryatwijuka, Aloysious Rukundo, Ronald Twongyirwe, Naster Tumwebembeire, Miriam Tugiramasiko

This paper aims to examine the interconnectedness between stakeholder expectations (SE), inter-organizational coordination (IOC) and procurement practices within humanitarian…

Socio-economic governance and economic growth in Nigeria

Olalekan Charles Okunlola, Imran Usman Sani, Olumide Abiodun Ayetigbo

The study examines the impact of socio-economic governance on economic growth in Nigeria. It measures socio-economic governance from the perspective of fiscal policy, using…

Systematic review of religiosity and social responsibility

Mahmoud Amer

The objective of this study is to establish a link between religiosity and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) by conducting a systematic literature review in the field of CSR…

Structural transformation and poverty alleviation in Sub-Saharan Africa countries: sectoral value-added analysis

Betrand Ewane Enongene

This study aims to examine the effect of structural transformation on poverty alleviation in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) countries with a higher share of services as a percentage of…

The role of institutional efficiency in achieving the SDGs: evidence from Africa

Alhassan Musah

The objective of this study is to analyze the influence of institutional quality on the attainment of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) using a data set comprising 45…

Promoting sustainable and human-centric industry 5.0: a thematic analysis of emerging research topics and opportunities

Sivarajah Rajumesh

The study aims to explore the overall growth trend, top publishing countries, co-authorship and author keywords in the field of Industry 5.0.

The economic consequence of corporate philanthropic donations: evidence from Jordan

Husam Ananzeh

The purpose of this study is to investigate the impact of Corporate Philanthropic Donations (CPD) on the Corporate Economic Performance (CEP) of a group of Jordanian public…

Against all odds: women's motivation to become STEM entrepreneurs in Sri Lanka

Arosha Adikaram, Ruwaiha Razik

This paper aims to explore the motivations behind women in a developing South Asian country – Sri Lanka – to embark on entrepreneurship in science, technology, engineering and…

Governance boards of trustees: quality of higher education and the outputs of scientific research

Bahaa Awwad, Mohammad Anaewah, Bahaa Razia, Muhammed Salameh

This study investigates whether there are relationships between the characteristics of the boards of trustees of universities in the Arab region, higher education quality…

Sustainability reporting, board gender diversity and earnings management: evidence from East Africa community

Peter Nderitu Githaiga

The purpose of this study is to investigate the moderating effect of board gender diversity on the relationship between sustainability reporting (SR) and earnings management (EM…

Industrial impact analysis of foreign direct investment on economic development in Cambodia

Sovath Kenh, Qidi Wei

Cambodia's sustained and robust growth performance since the post-reform era in 1993 has been attributed to the boom in inward foreign direct investment (FDI) attracted to the…

Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA): a case study on sustainability

Amjad Suri, Abdullah Al-Hadrami, Adel Sarea, Ali ElAsad

The main purpose of the Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) sustainability case is to allow students to explore how nonfinancial information reported in sustainability…

Drivers of foreign direct investment: new evidence from West African regions

Emmanuel Korsah, Richmell Baaba Amanamah, Prince Gyimah

This paper aims to empirically investigate the factors attracting foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows into emerging economies.

Sustainability management and the success of international development projects: the role of political and social skills

Dieudonné Sawadogo, Seydou Sané, Somnoma Edouard Kaboré

The objectives of this study are twofold: first, to identify the effect of sustainability management on the success of international development projects, and second, to…

The Tunisian stock market before invoking Article 80 of the Constitution: the (in)direct impact of government interventions during the sanitary crisis

Wassim Ben Ayed

The purpose of this study is to investigate the impact of government policies adopted by the Tunisian government to cope with the COVID-19 sanitary crisis on stock market return.

The effect of entrepreneurial characteristics on attitude and intention: an empirical study among technical undergraduates

Pushkar Dubey

Unemployment is the biggest issue for all the developing countries, especially India, where millions of educated people are passed out every year from different educational…

Selected macroeconomic determinants and economic growth in Cameroon (1970–2018) “dead or alive” an ARDL approach

Kesuh Jude Thaddeus, Chi Aloysius Ngong, Njimukala Moses Nebong, Akume Daniel Akume, Jumbo Urie Eleazar, Josaphat Uchechukwu Joe Onwumere

The purpose of this paper is to examine key macroeconomic determinants on Cameroon's economic growth from 1970 to 2018.