In the Candle Talk exercise, learners practice open and friendly talk about a personal failure experience. The exercise requires looking at a candle flame while speaking, which increases focus. We tend to experience candles as joyful (birthday candles) and relaxing or concentration-enhancing...

While existing scholarship predominantly studies the careers of gig workers who find and perform work via online labour platforms, the aim of this chapter is to extend the focus beyond gig workers to a range of different online labour platforms (OLP) and related gig economy stakeholders. Besides...

This chapter develops the case for a stronger and more collaborative intergovernmental approach to fighting climate change in India. The prevalent approach to combating climate change in India, based on sectoral policies, is incomplete because it fails to specify what level of government is...

The Smart World is a space fraught with all sorts of changes and breakthroughs: technological, social, cultural, and environmental. While some give rise to new opportunities, others are the source of crises. Technological changes initiate these processes in a particular way. They shape new...

This chapter explores how entrepreneurial learning emerges through entrepreneurs’ participation in action learning sets. Using empirical data from an entrepreneur development programme, it uses concepts of communities of practice and social capital to identify how the learning processes...

Digital transformation (DT) has revolutionised how businesses operate and make decisions. DT has led to new business models and improved operational performance in manufacturing. Companies need a clear digital strategy focused on data-driven decision-making and system integration to succeed in...

This chapter examines the marketing ethics dimensions/norms of three multinational breweries from Ethiopia's brewery sector, which is a controversial sector due to the nature of the products it produces. The study utilized web-based data as other methods were impossible due to the sensitive...

Abstract: The case study chronicles the real-world entrepreneurial journey of Mae, a teenager diagnosed with epilepsy and depression who founded Fearless Movement, a non-profit organization focused on empowering young people struggling with mental health and epilepsy. The case tracks Mae's...

The contentious literature concerning the relationship between corporate corruption and firm performance suggests a potential research avenue to examine the influence of gender on corruption. Two-stage least squares estimations performed on a sample of EU countries reveal a robust negative...

Conflict is often presented as a key characteristic of academic life. For a department head it can offer a major challenge. Conventional accounts suggest that conflict can be approached in a rational and planned fashion. As a way of opening up some of the complexities encountered by department...