This case examines the struggles and triumphs of QuickQuick, a Nigerian QCommerce startup aiming to disrupt the fast-moving consumer goods sector. Founded by an international team, the business faced unique challenges, including unreliable logistics, fluctuating currency values, infrastructure...

This contribution challenges the rosy picture of progress being made in the business and human rights (BHR) field, including the implementation of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights by both states and business enterprises. As a solution, it tries to reimagine two dominant...

Science commercialization combines research with its practical applications, and generates economic value by refining research-based knowledge into innovations that sometimes drive industrial change. It broadly covers all activities that increase the value of scientific knowledge, as measured by...

Agent behavior in simulation models is often mechanistic and lacking in realism. This chapter shows how machine learning (ML) techniques can be harnessed to increase behavioral realism in agent-based models (ABM). We use an inverse reinforcement learning (IRL) algorithm to derive the decision...

The practicalities are considered of how sports international governing bodies have engaged diverse stakeholders in designing the processes of CSR initiatives using sport as a vehicle for community development. This chapter focuses on an initiative by UK Sport and The True Athlete Project. This...

In the twentieth century, especially post-World War II, economics transformed significantly, increasingly mimicking the “hard” sciences like physics and chemistry. This shift involved a greater reliance on mathematical tools and axiomatic methods, overshadowing the discipline's philosophical...

This chapter contributes to the corporate turnaround literature by examining the turnaround of Japan's Hitachi Limited after it posted the largest loss ever reported in the Japanese manufacturing industry. A comparison of Hitachi's turnaround with observations previously reported in the...

This chapter explores how thematic template analysis has been used in qualitative innovation research, highlighting the philosophical and practical issues in applying the approach. Thematic template analysis enables the researcher to adopt a systematic approach to data analysis while maintaining...

Effective leadership is crucial for successful healthcare teams and organizations, necessitating comprehensive leadership education programs. Various organizations have established leadership development programs to address complex healthcare challenges. This chapter explores current healthcare...