Challenges in the humanitarian response at Rohingya camps in Bangladesh: a study of the perceptions of local NGO workers, Md. Sadequle Islam
Md. Sadequle Islam Faculty of Social Sciences University of Chittagong Bangladesh DOI: 10.47556/J.WJEMSD.19.3-4.2023.6 PURPOSE: Myanmar’s Rohingya population has endured decades of institutionalised prejudice and targeted violence. Nearly a million Muslim people fled to Bangladesh as a result of the most recent of these incidents, which occurred in late August 2017, sparking a significant humanitarian catastrophe. Numerous […]
Challenges and constrains faced by small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Al Batinah governorate of Oman, Zaroug Bilal and Nawal Mqbali
Zaroug Osman Bilal College of Commerce and Business Administration Dhofar University, Salalah Sultanate of Oman Nawal Said Al Mqbali Faculty of Business Sohar University, Sohar Sultanate of Oman Email: zosman@du.edu.om DOI: 10.1108/WJEMSD-05-2014-0012 Purpose: Although many studies have been conducted in this area in many countries, there is still, a few studies on these enterprises have […]
Open innovation: so far and a way forward, Mokter Hossain
Mokter Hossain Department of Industrial Engineering and Management Aalto University, Espoo Finland Email: mokter.hossain@aalto.fi DOI: 10.1108/20425941311313083 Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to identify strategic and tactical factors that are crucial to explore, in future, to get insight into the open innovation spectrum. Design/methodology/approach: The study is based on literature review. To explore progress and […]
Reducing waste to landfill in the UK: identifying impediments and critical solutions, Prof. Lukumon Oyedele, Martin Regan, Jason Meding, Ashraf Ahmed, Obas Ebohon and Amira Elnokaly
Prof. Lukumon O. Oyedele, Amira Elnokaly School of Architecture University of Lincoln, Lincoln UK Email: LOyedele@lincoln.ac.uk Martin Regan, Jason von Meding, Ashraf Ahmed School of Planning, Architecture and Civil Engineering Queen’s University Belfast, Belfast UK Obas John Ebohon School of Architecture De Montfort University, Leicester UK DOI: 10.1108/20425941311323136 Purpose: The UK construction industry produces up to one third of all waste to landfill. […]
Prospects for transition to a knowledge-based economy in the Arab region, Prof. Samia Nour
Prof. Samia Satti Osman Mohamed Nour Department of Economics King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah Saudi Arabia Email: samia_satti@hotmail.com DOI: 10.1108/WJSTSD-07-2014-0017 Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine the challenges and opportunities for the transition to a knowledge-based economy in the Arab region. Design/methodology/approach: Both descriptive and comparative approaches are used, together with the framework and […]
Prospects, determinants and challenges of implementing food banking: evidence from Ashanti Region of Ghana, Dr. Nicholas Mensah, Jeffery Asare, Ernest Amrago, Samuel Anang and Tekuni Nakuja
Dr. Nicholas Oppong Mensah, Jeffery Kofi Asare, Ernest Christlieb Amrago, Samuel Afotey Anang, Tekuni Nakuja Department of Agricultural Economics, Agribusiness and Extension University of Energy and Natural Resources, Sunyani Ghana Email: kasare14@gmail.com DOI: 10.1108/WJSTSD-01-2021-0009 Purpose: This paper seeks to examine the prospects and constraints of implementing food banking in the in Kumasi Metropolis in Ghana. Design/methodology/approach: Multistage sampling technique was used to select 385 […]
E-learning and its application for training in organisation: challenges in implementation, Dr Ali Mahmud
Dr Ali Yousef Mahmud University Campus Suffolk United Kingdom Purpose: The report emphasises on the importance of applying e-learning in the training procedure of an organisation and the challenges faced in doing so. The aim is to utilise the innovation in technology for the efficient performance of the organisation. In the current era, e-learning […]
The future of Africa is now! The critical role of capacity development, Dr. Frannie Léautier
Dr. Frannie A. Léautier African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF) Zimbabwe Email: f.leautier@acbf-pact.org DOI: 10.1108/20425945201100008 Abstract: African countries experienced severe macroeconomic shocks in the 1980s, which put them on a reform path that has generated resilience visible in their ability to recover and even grow from the fiscal and economic crises of 2008-2009. Critical to the […]