Abstract The informal sector contributes significantly to the growth of the Nigerian economy, accounting for over 40 percent of the annual growth of the gross domestic product and employing a majority of the nation's workforce. Indigenous manufacturing in the informal sector, which affects all...

The private sector has a crucial role to play in fostering sustainable development, and business organizations must be involved if significant progress toward the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is to be made. This study aggregates the scholarly literature to clarify how different types of...

This chapter provides a survey of studies on the macroeconomic effects of intellectual property rights (IPR). The first part of this chapter introduces different patent-policy instruments and reviews their effects on R&D and economic growth. This part also discusses the distortionary effects and...

A context is a holistic environment within which phenomena exist and are explored. Attention to context means recognizing the complex ecosystem that surrounds any observation. Context is multifaceted and can be examined at various levels of analysis, from macro to micro. Choosing what, why and...

In March 2020, educators were forced to move their courses online, often in only a matter of days. Since then, many institutions have begun to offer more online courses. As instructors develop online courses, student learning should be a primary focus and applying the science of learning can...

One of the oft-cited factors driving management accounting change is information technology and systems. This chapter is in essence a literature review. It first reviews how management accounting change in general has been studied, highlighting how information systems and technologies have been...

Abstract A key lesson from the COVID-19 pandemic was the extent to which the collapse of tourism activity underlined the sensitivity of the industry with regard to mass and over-tourism. In previous decades, we were aware of the effects of such events as terrorist attacks and environmental...

This chapter revisits core ideas from my 1994 article “Managing for Organizational Integrity” and explores a critical issue not discussed in the article: the role of corporate boards. In the chapter, I first re-examine the article’s ideas about the origins of corporate misconduct using...

Abstract This chapter describes the importance of marketing activities at airports. The link between marketing and airports has been reinforced by new technologies and digital marketing tools. This technological combination has had a high penetration in the user's smartphones and airport...