Business Incubators and Start-up Ecosystems in Indonesia: The Role of Digital Social Innovation, Dr Diesyana Pramesti, Dr Catur Sugiarto, Dr Imam Putra, Benita Purnamasari, Alhadi Saputra, Harlin Turiah
Dr Diesyana Ajeng Pramesti Master of Management and Entrepreneurship, Faculty of Economic and Business, Universitas Muhammadiyah Magelang Center for Digital Economy, Marketing, and Consumer Insight (CDEMCI), Faculty of Economic and Business, Universitas Sebelas Maret Indonesia ORCID: 0000-0002-6111-9254 Dr Catur Sugiarto Center for Digital Economy, Marketing, and Consumer Insight (CDEMCI), Faculty of Economic and Business Universitas […]
The “Fairness Paradox” and “Small-Firm Growth Resistance Strategies”, Dr. Farid Ullah and Dr. Robert Smith
Dr. Farid Ullah Aberdeen Business School Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen UK Dr. Robert Smith School of Business and Enterprise University of the West of Scotland, Dumfries UK Email: f.ullah1@rgu.ac.uk DOI: 10.1108/WJEMSD-02-2015-0005 Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine and explore why “Small-Businesses” resist employing outside the immediate family and investigate the employee as […]
The role of business incubators for start-ups development in Brazil and Portugal, Prof. Luisa Carvalho and Dr. Simone Galina
Prof. Luisa Margarida Cagica Carvalho Departamento de Ciências Sociais e de Gestão (DCSG) Universidade Aberta, Lisboa Portugal Email: luisam.carvalho@uab.pt Dr. Simone Vasconcelos Galina Faculdade de Economia, Contabilidade e Administração Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo Brazil DOI: 10.1108/WJEMSD-05-2015-0023 Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to present a comparative study about features, services and networks offered by […]
The attitudes of accountants towards corporate environmental disclosure (CED) in Libya: A review and future direction, Prof. Nassr Ahmad
Prof. Nassr Saleh Mohamad Ahmad Business School Libyan Academy, Tripoli Libya Email: nassr.ahmed@hotmail.com DOI: 10.1108/WJEMSD-07-2013-0040 Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to complement the literature reviews on corporate environmental disclosure (CED) with special focus on the developing countries. The paper focuses on the attitudes of accountants towards CED in Libya. Design/methodology/approach: A desk-based research […]
Adaptive leadership responses : Introduction to an emerging classification of zeitgeist enactments, practices and virtues for a VUCA world, Dr. Vikram Murthy and Aasha Murthy
Dr. Vikram Murthy Academy for Collaborative Futures, Sydney Australia Email: vikram@academy-collaborative-futures.org Aasha Murthy Australian Council for Educational Leaders, Sydney Australia DOI: 10.1108/WJEMSD-05-2013-0029 Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to posit a hierarchical classification of enactments, practices and virtues that comprise an emerging adaptive leadership response to the prevailing volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous (VUCA) conditions. Design/methodology/approach: […]
Integrating corporate social responsibility into efforts to realize millennium development goals : Lessons from Uganda, Prof. David Katamba, Dr. Cedric Nkiko, Dr. Charles Tushabomwe-Kazooba, Sulayiman Mpisi, Imelda Kemeza and Dr. Christopher Wickert
Prof. David Katamba Department of Marketing and International Business Makerere University Business School (MUBS),Kampala Uganda Chairman, Uganda Chapter for Corporate Social Responsibility Initiatives (UCCSRI), Kampala Uganda Dr. Cedric Marvin Nkiko Derbyshire County Council, Derby UK Uganda Chapter for Corporate Social Responsibility Initiatives (UCCSRI), Kampala Uganda Dr. Charles Tushabomwe-Kazooba Department of Management Science, Mbarara University of […]
Exploring customer attachment behaviour to sustain the retail industry in Malaysia, Rozita Mohamed and Halimahton Borhan
Dr. Rozita Naina Mohamed, Dr. Halimahton Borhan Faculty of Business Management University Technology Mara, Melaka Malaysia Email: hali@bdrmelaka.uitm.edu.my DOI: 10.1108/WJEMSD-08-2013-0044 Purpose: The effectiveness of customer experience management to current market growth and perhaps business sustainability has drawn the attention of practitioners and academicians. This paper aims to address the gap by empirically investigating the effect of service […]
Learning from praxis How high-profile winners and losers inform business’s extant theories on longevity, environment, and adaptation, Dr. Vikram Murthy
Dr. Vikram Murthy Academy for Collaborative Futures, Sydney Australia Email: vikram@academy-collaborative-futures.org DOI: 10.1108/WJEMSD-03-2013-0024 Purpose: This paper uses a number of current examples from a variety of industries both regional and global, to explore the relationship between business longevity, environment, and adaptiveness to argue that only adaptive responses contingent on a proper classification of external circumstance will […]
Issues and constraints perceived by young entrepreneurs of Pakistan, Saad Aslam and S Hasnu
Saad Aslam, S.A.F. Hasnu Department of Management Sciences COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Abbottabad Pakistan Email: m.saad.aslam@hotmail.com DOI: 10.1108/WJEMSD-03-2015-0015 Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to find out intentions of business graduating students regarding launching their own business, and their perception regarding issues and constraints entrepreneur would encounter after entering into entrepreneurial activities. In addition, it focusses […]
Asia Pacific productivity development determinants, Prof. Elsadig Ahmed and Rahim Kialashki
Prof. Elsadig Musa Ahmed Faculty of Business Multimedia University, Melaka Malaysia Email: elsadigmusa@yahoo.com Rahim Kialashki Faculty of Management Multimedia University, CyberJaya Malaysia DOI: 10.1108/WJEMSD-01-2016-0002 Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to measure the factors determining the productivity development in the Asia Pacific countries such as Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Philippines, Thailand, China, Japan, Korea, India, Australia and […]