...’ mutually beneficial networking is directly connected to multi-actor networks that continuously simplify their local access to affordable franchise financing, mentors and supportive leaders. Also, the same association is mediated through PPP supported franchise-business information and widely appealing...

... can be reduced by up to 20 per cent compared to traditional approaches. Other studies from Australia and Canada also indicate successful track records for PPPs. The successful PPPs mentioned are not directly related to the SDGs. Business Sustainable development goals Public–private partnerships...

... Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Business FDI spillover effects Asia Pacific Sustainable productivity growth According to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) “beyond the initial macroeconomic stimulus from the actual investment, FDI influences...

...Saad Aslam; S.A.F. Hasnu Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to find out intentions of business graduating students regarding launching their own business, and their perception regarding issues and constraints entrepreneur would encounter after entering into entrepreneurial activities...

...Luisa Margarida Cagica Carvalho; Simone Vasconcelos Galina Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present a comparative study about features, services and networks offered by business incubators (BI) to encourage start-ups development in Portugal and Brazil. Recently, these countries have...

...Farid Ullah; Robert Smith Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine and explore why “Small-Businesses” resist employing outside the immediate family and investigate the employee as an outsider and entrepreneurial resource. Design/methodology/approach – The authors review...

... of these variables, a lower score indicates that a greater degree of corruption is perceived to exit. Organised Crime: in your country, to what extent does organised crime (mafia-oriented racketeering, extortion) impose costs on businesses? (1=to a great extent; 7=not at all)|2012-2013 weighted average...

... supported by the government. If this happens, realization of the MDGs is likely to be stepped up. CSR's potential contributions to the MDGs were found to be hindered by corruption and cost of doing business. Lastly, MDG 8 and MDG 3 were perceived to be too ambiguous to be integrated into company CSR...

... leadership responses to the challenges and opportunities of a dynamically changing environment. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2014 Strategy Business Management The body of evidence and available empirical analyses make a compelling case that businesses have limited life spans...

... countries in general and in Libya in particular. This paper provides a foundation for future research and development in the area of CED. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2014 The business community faces many pressures from the green consumer, environmental groups, employees and investors...

...Rozita Naina Mohamed; Halimahton Borhan Purpose – The effectiveness of customer experience management to current market growth and perhaps business sustainability has drawn the attention of practitioners and academicians. This paper aims to address the gap by empirically investigating the effect...

...Vikram Murthy Purpose – This paper uses a number of current examples from a variety of industries both regional and global, to explore the relationship between business longevity, environment, and adaptiveness to argue that only adaptive responses contingent on a proper classification of external...