Purpose – Recycling facilities are not available in most Ultra‐Orthodox (Haredi) Jewish neighborhoods in Israel. Servicing Ultra‐Orthodox communities would offer significant relief for rapidly bloating landfills. Haredi communities have highly religious lifestyles, very large families and...

Purpose – Despite the ability of small and medium enterprise (SME) to successfully outsource production to low‐cost labour markets, some SMEs continue to produce in the domestic market. A sharp decline in the number of New Zealand manufacturers of consumer goods has been observed in the last...

Purpose – Despite the ability of small and medium enterprise (SME) to successfully outsource production to low-cost labour markets, some SMEs continue to produce in the domestic market. A sharp decline in the number of New Zealand manufacturers of consumer goods has been observed in the last...

Purpose – The two decades of civil war have left Angola plagued with about ten millions landmines, causing destructions to human conditions and communities. Thus, the purpose of this paper is to create awareness of the landmine-related problems among the business community and propose...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the ways in which suburban governments contend with market and citizen pressures to influence land use policy. Design/methodology/approach – The paper utilizes a comparative case study approach by analyzing primary documents and conducting...

Purpose – Marine fisheries are one of the few economic activities present everywhere along the Kenyan coastline. The local population is involved mainly in artisanal fishing which uses small non-motorized fishing crafts that stay close to shore. Some of the catch is destined for local...

Purpose – Recycling facilities are not available in most Ultra-Orthodox (Haredi) Jewish neighborhoods in Israel. Servicing Ultra-Orthodox communities would offer significant relief for rapidly bloating landfills. Haredi communities have highly religious lifestyles, very large families and tend...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to aim at assessing the impacts of the embedded nature of ethnic Chinese businesses on the management of business failure in China ventures. Design/methodology/approach – Upon reviewing the key literature on ethnic Chinese transnational business...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to identify and describe the pervasiveness and importance of various types of institutional and organizational interactions across multiple levels for the management of a community forest enterprise. Design/methodology/approach – The paper analyzes a...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore how a “capital-based” framework can be used by a small local government to plan sustainable development to promote the social, economic, environmental and cultural well-being of their communities. Design/methodology/approach – This New...