As a pedagogical tool in higher education, flipped learning allows instructors to design and implement learning activities that increase students’ cognitive engagement. This chapter proposes blending learning frameworks to create a rich framework that emphasizes the higher cognitive engagement...

Dollarization is a phenomenon that has different forms, all of which are meant to solve a number of problems affecting a variety of countries across the world. In this chapter, a typology of dollarization is presented in order to expand on its alleged merits and actual shortcomings. The first...

By comparing and distinguishing startups from scaleups, this chapter explores the transition phase from startup to scaleup, emphasizing the unique operational, managerial, and strategic challenges. It highlights the distinction between startups, characterized by uncertainty and resource...

This chapter provides an overview of price indexes, highlighting the links between price measurement and economic theory. By differentiating between the requirements derived from theoretical, practical, and other considerations, it highlights the technical and political dimensions of inflation...

Poetic contextualization helps to reclaim a multidimensional sense of being in the world. In our turbulent times of polycrisis, it is urgently needed in order to look for different modes of organizing on all systemic levels, to overcome the trap of “no alternative”. Poetic contextualization...

In this chapter, I explore the transformative potential of Experiential Learning Theory (ELT) in management education. Rooted in the foundational philosophies of Dewey, Lewin, and Piaget, ELT revolutionizes traditional learning paradigms by emphasizing experiential engagement. I delve deeper to...

Acknowledging the ecological imperative to change current unsustainable behaviours, WITH Trees was set in place to identify new collaborative strategies for working with biobased materials as alternatives to petroleum, in particular, biomass (cellulose fibres) from the forest. Three...

The chapter makes the case for adopting a professional-practitioner approach to the teaching and assessment of macroeconomics. Drawing on my own experiences as both a professional and academic economist, I discuss the benefits of doing so. These include mitigating the perpetuation of the hard...