This case study explores Thilshan Rajakaruna's transition from being an architecture student to an entrepreneur in Sri Lanka's batik fashion industry. Driven by financial necessity and creative passion, he founded Abaa Batik, introducing “Eco batik”, a fusion of traditional batik and...

Abstract: This chapter critically reflects on a transformative learning journey of 78 second-year undergraduate tourism students participating in a Management, Entrepreneurship & Leadership course at the University of Applied Sciences & Arts Western Switzerland. The students were tasked with...

The livestock sector is a considerable contributor to global greenhouse gas emissions. One path to a more sustainable livestock sector is using principles from circular economy (CE). For biological production, this is particularly relevant as output from one sector (such as fish farming) can be...

We present a board game prototype for discussing ethics in participatory workshops for technologically oriented projects. The board game acts as an artefact through which the participants can explore various boundaries found in cross-cultural and multidisciplinary projects. It was designed to...

This chapter investigates the role of mentoring in fostering expatriate professional development, focusing on overcoming unique challenges such as cultural differences, language barriers, and geographical distance. Despite the recognised benefits of mentoring for career advancement and learning,...

In a finance course such as Markets & Institutions or International Finance, the case study method can be used to demonstrate how a country's currency crisis can affect its various financial markets at home as well as in markets overseas. In this chapter, we show how a case study can be employed...

Abstract: The authors explored creativity and insight in the scenario process (SP), mainly focusing on the SP's effectiveness. The exploration started by looking at creativity as a product, and the authors argued for including surprise as a dimension of creativity. Additionally, the exploration...

This chapter starts a dialogue about reconsidering the nature and purpose of research methodology in entrepreneurship. The focus is on the articulation of the issues involved in establishing and signaling the validation of qualitative entrepreneurship research, but this raises more wide-ranging...

Financial analysts are important information intermediaries and play a significant role in the Chinese capital market, which has attracted considerable attention from researchers. In this chapter, we first provide an overview of the sell-side analyst profession in China and then review the...

Despite the rise in flexible working practices across the world, especially after the Covid-19 pandemic, stigmatised views against flexible workers are still prevalent. This chapter examines what this flexibility stigma is, why such views exist, and provides an overview of the prevalence of this...