The transition to a low carbon future will require intensive mining for metals and minerals for green technologies. Scholars raise concerns that increased demand is already exacerbating many of the existing challenges around mining, including social conflict, land dispossession, gender-based...

This case spotlights the launch, challenges, pivots, and growth of a student-run multimedia firm and a new arts entrepreneurship class at Millikin University. Through this case, the reader will gain insights into how this entrepreneurial sandbox was designed to allow for the students to learn...

The present chapter (1) articulates the conceptual meaning of three foundational brand benefits: enabling, enticing, and enriching benefits, (2) explores and delineates the process by which these three benefits lead to brand attachment, and (3) examines novel theory about the critical role of...

We discuss research on nonprofit accounting in the broader world, and particularly the way that nonprofit regulation in various jurisdictions impacts the questions posed, methods used and conclusions made. Other jurisdictions’ regulation often differs significantly from US nonprofit...

Despite the great technological, economic, and social advances and the significant progress achieved by women from the last century until today, there is still a clear division between men and women in the labor market: more women are working, but their salaries are lower, as are their positions...

Junior (or second-tier) stock markets provide an alternative to listing on main markets, especially for innovative and growth companies and those with relatively low market capitalization. One of the most established such markets is the UK's Alternative Investment Market (AIM), with over 800...

In this chapter, the author argues that in order to meet the United Nations’ sustainable development goal 4 which calls for education to “ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all by 2030,” transformative leadership may be key....

This qualitative descriptive research study served to clarify sustained social and economic natures of African business innovation and entrepreneurial development leadership. The research question included interviewed African leader participants (5), “How do you describe your experience in...

Generational differences are not only a hot topic in popular press, but also in human resource management (HRM). We have been keen, therefore, to research whether the level of burnout differs across age groups (i.e., generations) and if so, to identify potential workplace factors (demands and...

By bringing the point of service closer to the client, both literally in terms of physical distance, but also in terms of social proximity, agent networks have improved the provision of micro-banking services in terms of client convenience and lower costs. Evidence from multiple studies shows...