Households as well as community water-supply systems for utilisation of underground aquifers are massive consumers of energy. Prevailing energy crisis and focus of the government on demand-side energy policies (i.e., energy conservation) in Pakistan raises need of using energy efficient...

This study measures productive inefficiency in the textile sector of Faisalabad due to recent energy crisis in Pakistan. Primary data is collected randomly from 125 firms of the industry. Results explain that these firms are facing huge production loss which varies from 23 to 65 percent in...

This paper explores the role of network usage, by the start-up self- employed, as a means of attracting customers. Following the theoretical rationale developed here, the network need only be used by business owners who sell goods/services which entail customer-perceived risk. For others, it may...

Draws upon a study of the ways in which entrepreneurs use trust to mediate customer perceived risk at the start of a venture in order to show how researchers can combine elements of both approaches in an epistemologically consistent way. Specifically, researchers seeking to use an...