We analyze entrepreneurial learning in the context of social entrepreneurship. Social entrepreneurship entails the simultaneous pursuit of commercial and social missions, presenting unique challenges for the learning process. Externally, embeddedness and the situated nature of entrepreneurial...

Policing in the UK (and globally) is at a crossroads as numerous political, social, and technological developments impact police operational effectiveness. Against this backdrop, the authors introduce a ‘new’ approach to police culture – Entrepreneurial Policing. Public entrepreneurship...

This chapter delves into the influence of human capital on entrepreneurial decision-making. The study, based on data from two cohorts of the Panel Study of Entrepreneurial Dynamics, examines the impact of interactions between general human capital (education and work experience) and specific...

Abstract: One view of scenario planning's (SP) purpose is that it is for correcting deviations from rationality in the form of framing effects and biases. That view implies Rational Choice Theory (RCT) to be a normative standard to which decision-makers should aspire. However, this chapter shows...

This case study examines the decision-making processes of an insurance company as it evolves its project practices. The case examines the organization's journey through its leadership and technical departments as they determined that pure scrum was not delivering on their value expectations. The...

Leadership paradigms have shifted from a traditional, positional focus to a process-oriented approach that occurs in all spaces and places. However, leadership education is widely implemented in higher education and organizational contexts and remains inaccessible to many, restricted by...

Abstrac t This chapter explores the essential nature of tourism forecasting and addresses the following question: in NOA, how is the prediction accuracy of models affected by different levels of aggregation (daily, weekly, monthly)? It compares the performance between Bottom-Up Aggregate (BU)...

The purpose of this chapter is to draw attention to several fundamental aspects of social science that require greater attention. It is suggested that a greater appreciation for the philosophy of science (POS), methodology, theory and theory testing, as well as the components of practical...

Although family firms are the most common form of enterprise worldwide, what is currently known about the decline and turnaround of family businesses remains ambiguous. Therefore, a systematic literature review is required. Based on a review of the literature, the unique complexities that emerge...