This chapter addresses the impact of gendered social capital in developing countries to understand the barriers and opportunities to women's entrepreneurship with social capital development and also to examine factors influencing the development of social capital for women and how the identified...

The following study employed a qualitative research methodology in order to explore the views of Iranian business professionals about the opportunities, drivers and barriers of corporate social responsibility (CSR). Thirteen Iranian business professionals with 9.2 years of overall working...

Purpose – The current study aims to investigate gender differences in hedonic and utilitarian values on Iranian young consumers' intentions for eating in fast‐casual restaurants. Design/methodology/approach – By testing a sample of 189 young consumers, aged 18 to 24, this study applied...

Purpose This study seeks to explore the importance of CSR for SMEs in Malaysia and uncover the perception of Malaysian SMEs on CSR. Design/methodology/approach This research is based on qualitative data derived from semi-structured interviews with ten Malaysian SMEs. The interviews were...

E-learning has been applied in education systems in many universities and is accepted by students in the world especially by graduate students. One of the educational fields presented in e-learning systems is entrepreneurship. Increasing demand for entrepreneurship education in Iran, especially...

Business accelerators are playing a key role in facilitating the process of new venture creation. Start-ups generally look for the best accelerators to make their long journey short. Media start-ups also look for a supportive mechanism to fasten their start-up experience. In this process, one of...

OBJECTIVES Today, startup companies are an integral part of any emerging economies. Despite their high failure rates, recently their success stories revealed that there might be some critical points behind such achievements. A variety of support bodies are playing a critical role in this success...