Abstract By market capitalisation, Bitcoin, which debuted in 2009, is the biggest cryptocurrency globally. A decentralised ledger system called blockchain is used in the creation, distribution, trading, and storage of Bitcoin, with the original goal being to address the shortcomings of fiat...

Abstract Digital technologies (DTs) have emerged as a major driving force, transmuting the ways Supply Chains (SCs) are managed. The integration of DTs in supply chain management (SCM), Digital Supply Chain Management (DSCM), has fundamentally reshaped the SCM landscape, offering new...

Since approximately 2013, numerous reports have been published that engage in different aspects of the debate about AI and employment and/or AI and the future of jobs. Reading through all those reports suggests to us a process of setting a stage for a new management fashion debate, such as...

This chapter analyzes how firms conduct their dividend policy around the world. In principles, firms are free to pay or not to pay dividends and choose dividend levels. However, in some countries, the government requires firms to pay dividends annually in order to protect minority shareholders....

This chapter highlights a case study at the University of Wyoming (UW) to explore the role of integrating ecotourism and eco-entrepreneurship into higher education at the bachelor’s level. The university has developed a modern, comprehensive curriculum, and practical learning opportunities...

Abstract Over the past two decades, tourism in Zimbabwe was affected by the political and economic situation resulting from bad publicity. As a result, most ecotourism establishments under the CAMPFIRE program collapsed. Of the ecotourism establishments that survived, the revenues are decreasing...

Executive Summary This chapter deals with global sustainability, in its old and modern concepts, typologies, and theories. Most concepts of sustainability, we contend, are anthropocentric, a self-serving attitude that believes in the utmost superiority of man over the rest of the nonhuman...

Abstract In India, women make up 48% of the population, but only around 20% of the labour force. Their empowerment could potentially play a key role in the country’s economic growth. At the household level, most of the decisions are taken by males and the attitude of females has been to accept...