Authors: Terry L. Howard, Gregory W. Ulferts ABSTRACT The purpose of this research was to conduct a survey of entrepreneurs to gain insight into the use of financing by small businesses. The results of an initial qualitative case study of … Continue reading
Authors: Grigoris Giannarakis, Nikolaos Sariannidis, George Konteos ABSTRACT The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of the main Corporate Governance (CG) characteristics on the corporate environmental performance. In addition, it focuses on global food companies as this … Continue reading
Authors: Falih M. Alsaaty, Hany H. Makhlouf ABSTRACT Small business is universally recognized as the engine of the world economy. It is praised for adding substantially to every country’s gross domestic product (GDP), employment, innovative ability, and tax base. However, … Continue reading
Authors: Raja Mejri, Mahmoud Zouaoui ABSTRACT Encouraging the creation of companies has become the leitmotif for solving the economic and social problems of states, especially when it comes to companies with real potential for growth, which constitutes the real levers … Continue reading
Authors: Donel J. Richemond, Charles Needham ABSTRACT This study examines the impact of wellness programs on employee job satisfaction in Colleges and Universities. Utilizing a sample of full time or part time college and university faculty members of for-profit and … Continue reading
Authors: Ziyun Shu, Shuk-Yu Tsang, Taoxuan Zhao ABSTRACT The paper examines the status quo of traditional Chinese banks under the attack of the new digital giants in China—Alibaba (Alipay) and Tencent (WeChat). Traditional banks urgently need their own analysis and … Continue reading
Authors: Prashanth U. Nyer, John B. Broughton, Candace E. Ybarra ABSTRACT This case study uses data from a Southern California Edison residential customer on a grandfathered tiered rate plan to investigate 1) whether it was economically beneficial for the customer … Continue reading
Author: Prashanth Nyer ABSTRACT We compared student learning outcomes (using test scores) across three modes of delivering lectures: 1) using a traditional face-to-face lecture, 2) using online instruction where the lecture was delivered using a video recording of the classroom … Continue reading
Author: Min Shi ABSTRACT The development of e-commerce has prompted traditional enterprises to open up online channels and form a dual-channel sales model. The increase in the number of channels has led to an increase in the number of orders, … Continue reading
Authors: Sandrine Fuentes, Hugo Valenzuela-Garcia ABSTRACT This paper reveals one of the most critical challenges faced by Spanish social entrepreneurship: either prioritizing ethical, social and environmental objectives or profit-seeking. Social entrepreneurship (those initiatives that pursue social and environmental objectives as … Continue reading