We discuss the trust-building process as well as trust violation and distrust in financing for small businesses at Islamic and conventional banks, a topic that receives little attention in the literature. We interview managers of Islamic and conventional banks in Indonesia. We find that the...

Design thinking is defined as using strategies from the field of design to solve problems in the disciplines that are traditionally not considered design. Design is a way of dealing with issues that do not have a unique and decisive solution as scientific problems do and that makes it a good...

Given the unique challenges facing entrepreneurs and firms in Oman stemming from resource constraints and changing institutional frameworks, this study aims to explain how social capital can help improve entrepreneurial business performance, with the contribution of dynamic abilities, innovative...

This study investigates the influence of ChatGPT, a generative AI tool, on the entrepreneurial intentions of final-year university students in Zambia. Grounded in the technology acceptance model (TAM) and theory of planned behaviour (TPB), the research examines how perceived ease of use (PEOU)...

This paper explores the post-grant phase of the Business Acceceleration for Youth (BA4Y) programme implemented at the Malawi University of Science and Technology (MUST), highlighting the transition from grant-supported initiatives to institutionalised innovation education and business growth for...

The goal of inclusive development places financial inclusion at the forefront of sovereign development policies, particularly in economies that are investing in digital technologies. Despite the world's progression towards technology, there is minimal empirical evidence of how efficient these...

This study investigates how cognitive traits and support mechanisms influence entrepreneurial propensity across diverse economic contexts, with a focus on implications for entrepreneurship education. It examines whether creativity and critical thinking function as broadly relevant predictors of...

Smart government uses smartphones to provide services to beneficiaries. Organizations face huge obstacles in their attempts to create an efficient methodology for smart government transformation because of the need for successful strategies. Enterprise resource planning and cloud computing are...

The purpose of this article is to investigate the drivers and barriers to broadband adoption/use by food and drink micro-business owner-managers based in remote-rural Scotland. This study adopts a mixed methods approach consisting of 141 questionnaires involving rural restaurants, which is then...

This study investigates the antecedents of nascent entrepreneurial behaviors in Vietnam, an emerging economy where entrepreneurship is a crucial growth engine. Grounded in social cognitive career theory and identity theory, we examine the relationships between entrepreneurial self-efficacy,...