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....

As digital technologies become increasingly sophisticated and pervasive, even industries that until recently were thought to be shielded from digitalization - such as the professional service industry - now face digital transformation. Technological developments enable new, tech-based firms to...