Purpose The purpose of this qualitative multiple case study was to gain a deeper understanding of the views of stakeholders residing within impoverished communities in Angola on rapid technology diffusion and its implication on labor market challenges within their regions. To address this gap,...

Cover -- Guest editorial -- Entrepreneurship and agriculture resources on national productivity in Africa: exploring for complementarities, synergies and thresholds -- The role of entrepreneurship in reducing poverty in agricultural communities -- Towards an agricultural entrepreneurship...

Cover -- Growth of enterprising community of women entrepreneurs in emerging economies -- Competencies development for women edupreneurs community - an integrated AHP-TOPSIS approach -- Role of NGOs in women empowerment: case studies from Uttarakhand, India -- Women entrepreneurship and...

Cover -- Customer perception of adoption and use of digital financial services and mobile money services in Uganda -- Diffusion of innovations and labor market challenges: a multiple case study from Angola -- Supply chain risks, technological and digital challenges facing grocery retailers in...

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to explore women’s participation in cooperative societies and the constraints in attaining management positions. Despite the importance of gender equality as a tool for national economic growth gaining prominent attention, women’s access to leadership...

Purpose: This study aims to examine the extent to which board size, the use of power by venture capital investors and entrepreneurs’ interpersonal tactics such as persuasion to sway board decisions, influence the long-term survival of start-ups. Design/methodology/approach: This study used a...

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to study the production methods and potential of self-help groups (SHGs) for linking to micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME) in the Union Territory of Puducherry region. Design/methodology/approach: The variables for the research work were identified...

Purpose: This study aims to examine the moderating effect of firm age and size on the relationship between network characteristics (network centrality, network density and tie strength) and firm performance. This study also aims to investigate the difference in the effect of network...

Purpose: Economic integration of refugees remains a challenge for developed countries. Although refugees differ greatly from labor migrants in available resources and motivation toward self-employment, prevailing studies on minority and ethnic entrepreneurship tend to lump these different...