Abstract Most industry players in the tourism sector are small-scale businesses that are prone to failure, especially within five years of establishment. Coopetition can be an innovative alternative strategy that enables small-scale business owners to compete and cooperate in a destination. The...

Abstract The “VUCA world” is an environment characterized by unprecedented levels of volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity (VUCA). In such a turbulent environment, corporate entrepreneurship is key for all businesses, especially family firms. Corporate entrepreneurship is a...

Corporate social responsibility (CSR) has gained great attention among regulators, stock market authorities, and firms' stakeholders for many decades. In this chapter, we first review the main regulations, standards, and laws issued by UAE federal authorities namely the Company Commercial Law of...

The COVID-19 pandemic has led to widespread disinformation about the virus and its treatments on social media. This study analyzes the factors behind this phenomenon and its effects on public health using U.S.-based COVID-19-specific datasets, a validation dataset from Georgia State University,...

While most discussions on cryptoassets from Islamic perspectives have focused on their legality, this chapter presents a framework to assess their status from the legal and ethical attributes of property (maal). The key attributes of maal from an Islamic perspective is identified as permissible,...

This chapter focuses on Pope Francis’ call for change through his Laudato Si’ letter, specifically challenging Catholic institutions to address sustainability and commit to seven social and environmental goals. The chapter outlines the reaction of a small private Catholic university to the...

Abstract This chapter aims to identify the current challenges facing women entrepreneurs. Female entrepreneurship must be analyzed from a binary perspective: the position of women in society and the role of entrepreneurship in society. The study focused on women entrepreneurs in the European...

Dee Doks is a third-generation supplier of groceries and household items in Ile-Ife, Nigeria. He has expanded a family business he inherited in the 1980s from the hawking of snacks and provisions on a tray, to a large building, warehouse, and three branches, each operated by one of his wives....

Customer experience management is one of the most important aspects of hospitality and tourism management, so understanding different service encounters is critical for strategic firm success. Therefore, this chapter first discusses the different service encounters in today’s environment....