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Tourism as a Catalyst for Blue Carbon Restoration and Conservation: Pathways, Gaps, and Opportunities

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Tourism is a major driver of coastal economies worldwide, yet it is also a growing source of pressure on blue carbon ecosystems (BCEs) such as mangroves, seagrasses, and salt marshes. Nowadays, tourism‐led conservation/restoration is increasingly promoted under the banner of regenerative tourism, but how these projects are motivated ...
Ahalya Suresh, Enayat A. Moallemi, Melissa Wartman, A. Rifaee Rasheed, Phebe I. Rowland, Peter I. Macreadie   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Sustainable Tourism and Projectification: Evidence from South‐Eastern Italy

The Political Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract This article examines how public policy can be used to promote local tourism and steer it towards sustainability. It uses the municipality of Lecce—a medium‐sized city in south‐eastern Italy—and the broader Salento region as a critical case study, drawing on descriptive statistics, administrative data on local policy projects promoting culture
Lorenzo Mascioli
wiley   +1 more source

Conceptual Design in Informal Metalworking Microenterprises of Tanzania

, 2023
Product design is a key aspect of human intelligence and creativity, attracting not only experts but also people without any formal design training.
Keshwani, Sonal,, Opiyo, Eliab, Jagtap, Santosh, Opiyo, Eliab,, Santosh Jagtap, Sonal Keshwani, Keshwani, Sonal, Jagtap, Santosh,, Eliab Opiyo   +8 more
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The impact of electronic commerce adoption on the performance of microenterprises: Do technological context, organizational context, and external environment matter? [PDF]

Problems and Perspectives in Management
Electronic commerce is gaining importance as a hub for product sourcing, helping businesses earn a competitive edge, and connecting with consumers. Despite its enormous benefits, very few microenterprises in Indonesia adopted electronic commerce.
Suyanto Suyanto, Arvin Winatha, Olivia Tanaya   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Unpacking China's Digital Ascent in the Global South: The Case of Huawei in North Africa

Global Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Despite frequent concerns in Western policy and media circles about the risks of using Chinese telecommunications suppliers, firms like Huawei have encountered little resistance from governments or citizens in the Global South. Empirical research explaining this acceptance remains limited.
Tin Hinane El Kadi
wiley   +1 more source

The impact of ICT use on livelihoods of microenterprises : case of South Africa

, 2011
This thesis aims to contribute to the understanding of impact of using Information and Communications Technology (ICT) on the livelihoods of microenterprises in the developing countries ...
Makoza, Frank
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Microenterprises’ entrepreneurs’ attitudes to managing financial risks [PDF]

, 2017
The aim of this paper is to define and quantify significant financial risk factors for microenterprises in the current dynamic economic environment and to compare the position of these enterprises by gender and education of entrepreneurs and age of a ...
Belás, Jaroslav, Habanik, Jozef, Vojtovič, Sergej   +2 more
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Comarative analysis of the development of small enterpreneurship in the European Union and Russia

Путеводитель предпринимателя, 2020
In the article there presented the ananlysis and there opened out main problems of the development of small enterpreneurship in the European Union and Russia, as well as there considered instruments applied by the government for the development of small ...
L. F. Sultanova
doaj  

The institutional paradox of a substantivist conception of the economy in public policy: Insights from public procurement for solidarity economy in Ecuador

Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Ecuador's 2008 Constitution advanced an ambitious substantive economic vision through Buen Vivir (Good Living), recognizing a plural economy which encompasses private, public and solidarity economy (SE) sectors. This paper aims to analyze public procurement programs in Ecuador, one of the flagship Buen Vivir policies for SE promotion.
Maria‐José Ruiz‐Rivera, Andreia Lemaître   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Navigating Contested Spaces: Gendered Interactions in Everyday Entrepreneuring Among Jua Kali Women in Rural Kenya

Gender, Work &Organization, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines the daily experiences of Jua Kali women entrepreneurs in Western Kenya, unpacking how gendered power relations are enacted within informal marketplaces and how women entrepreneurs mobilize agency within these structurally and institutionally constrained contexts.
Tabitha Sindani, Cécile Guillaume, Mayra Ruiz‐Castro, Carole Elliott   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source