The COVID-19 pandemic tested the educational sector and its readiness to tackle situations such as online learning. Management and instructors of colleges/universities made efforts to make learning easier as not all students have access to the internet and smartphones/computers. The current...

The aim of this chapter is to provide an overview of COVID-19 patenting activity in 2020–2022 for different filing routes, inventor countries, owners, and technology fields. A descriptive analysis of the main trends unveils a preference for the WIPO PCT international filing route for COVID-19...

This case familiarises students with a distinct perspective on financial reporting, the value-added statement (VAS). Instead of focusing on profits (shareholder perspective), the VAS presents how economic value is created and distributed with different stakeholders. The VAS shows a clearer...

Abstract: Flipped learning (FL), in which students view lectures at home and engage in homework-like activities in the classroom, is related to positive student learning outcomes and increased motivation and engagement. Nevertheless, as first experienced, FL in a Human Resource Management (HRM)...

This chapter presents my reflections on using Action Learning (AL) in Pakistani business schools, highlighting some of the challenges arising from the uncritical integration of Western approaches in non-Western contexts. I argue that critical discourses emerging from the West often neglect the...

This conceptual chapter aims to introduce the facilitating role of prudence in the entrepreneurial learning process. Prudence, being both an intellectual and a moral category, is defined as practical wisdom acquired over time through the accumulation of experience, enabling an individual to act...

In Europe, the development of the bioeconomy is identified as a potential response to challenges like climate change, food security, biodiversity loss, and energy security. There are many regulatory challenges to transforming the current linear, fossil-based economy towards a circular...

Scaling strategies are multifaceted approaches that entrepreneurial firms pursue to grow rapidly and achieve a competitive scale and market position. They involve interrelated strategic choices regarding when, how, and where to scale. Focusing on young digital businesses, we provide a...

Rigor is the strict adherence to certain rules in order to meet a particular standard of scientific objectivity. In economics, one can find different codifications of rules, which can be labeled as statistical rigor, measurement with theory, mathematical rigor, experimental rigor, and empirical...

Innovation is the most important resource for human beings, and only through innovation can we acquire new resources. A second-order lead user is a lead user who has a more advanced and profound understanding of needs, as well as a more solid and precise perception of needs. The characteristics...