Results 121 to 130 of about 276,484 (303)
In search of rationality : business students on family-owned firms
Economics and Business Review, 2013 The objective of this paper is to explore the attitudes of business students towards family firms and family entrepreneurship. The culture of Poland is profoundly family-oriented and entrepreneurship is found more and more as an attractive career path in society.
openaire +1 more source
British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract Grounded in principles of epistemic justice, this article examines the educational impacts of Zambia's COVID‐19 school closures on Indigenous girls in two districts and highlights community‐led pathways for resilience. National responses prioritised broadcast and digital delivery but presupposed access to electricity, digital devices and ...
Marcellus Forh Mbah +5 more
wiley +1 more source
British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract There is much interest in the potential for an alternative funding system for higher education students in England to support the spiritual and worldly needs of British Muslim students. At the heart of this issue lies a tension over whether the student financing system in English HE is haram, or forbidden under Islamic (Shari'ah) law, because ...
Richard Hall +2 more
wiley +1 more source
Family ownership, innovation and other context variables as determinants of sustainable entrepreneurship in SMEs: An empirical research study [PDF]
This study focuses on the prediction of sustainable entrepreneurship, that is, behavior which demonstrates a firm’s concern about the natural environment, especially among small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs). Using a random sample of 382 Dutch SMEs
Gerrit de Wit +3 more
core
British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract This paper analyses differences in academic achievement associated with attendance at publicly funded private schools and public schools across 11 European countries. Using eight waves of PISA data (2000–2022), we apply OLS, IPW and IPWRA estimators to account for observed heterogeneity and mitigate selection bias.
Priya Maurya +2 more
wiley +1 more source
Global sourcing of family firms [PDF]
, 2010 In Europe, a huge share of firms is family owned. Since family firms are known to be more risk averse concerning international transactions, an interesting question emerges: Do family firms adopt a different international sourcing pattern.
Horgos, Daniel
core
Allocating Risk Across Pyramidal Tiers: Evidence from Thai Business Groups [PDF]
This paper shows that pyramidal ownership can be used to control downside risk. The research setting is Thailand before and after the 1997 Asian crisis. The focus is on family business groups that owned banks. The results show that the controlling family
Bunkanwanicha, Pramuan +1 more
core
Digital Transformation for Eco‐Innovation: Evidence From Agriculture 4.0 Adoption in Wine Firms
Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Firms face a fundamental strategic dilemma: how to align digital transformation with environmental sustainability while maintaining competitive advantage. Drawing on the eco‐innovation and green business strategy literature, this paper investigates how Agriculture 4.0 technologies act as enablers of sustainability strategies.
Alessandro Muscio +2 more
wiley +1 more source
Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Collaborations with nonprofits can enhance firms' legitimacy, yet the relationship between their communication and corporate environmental legitimacy remains poorly understood. Furthermore, research lacks an analysis of the communication of business‐nonprofit collaborations through multiple actors' perspectives.
Andrea Rizzuni +3 more
wiley +1 more source
SAGE OpenThis study examines whether board gender diversity encourages green innovation in Chinese family firms, using 1,200 firm-year observations from 2015 to 2024.
Chia-Hsien Tang, Enjing Xu
doaj +1 more source