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... rooted in India's traditional healing practices and is now emerging through the mixture of the latest innovative approaches. Voigt et al. (2011) examined the wellness tourists’ needs and highlighted that their motivation is often rooted in a desire for personal transformation, like curing lifestyle...

... experience, contributing to economic sustainability. The chapter concludes with policy recommendations that emphasize the need for digital innovation, global collaboration, and community empowerment to ensure long-term economic sustainability in cultural heritage tourism. Cultural heritage tourism economic...

... an even broader view, approaching problems holistically and encouraging a learning culture leading to innovative, out-of-the-box solutions – particularly valuable for addressing complex and strategic challenges. Executive action checklist: Promote awareness of single-loop, double-loop, and triple...

...While we expect a negative relationship between resilience and innovation performance, this relationship may not hold uniformly across different firm characteristics. The expansion of GVC s increases the complexity a firm needs to manage, which is particularly challenging in disruptive...

...Overview The assertion that science, technology and innovation (STI) are the principal drivers of the global economy has become almost a cliché in contemporary discourse. Yet, this truism masks a more profound reality: the pace of innovation continues to accelerate, fundamentally reshaping...

... these challenges and achieve SDG 2 and SDG 3, given the current conditions on the continent and the fast pace of innovation and technological transformation? The innovation system (IS) concept provides a framework for analysing these two fundamental development challenges and the options for reorientation...

...Introduction More than 70% of the population in Africa depend on informal livelihoods, whether in agriculture, manufacturing, trade or services ( International Labour Organization [ILO], 2023 ). The innovation potential of the informal sector ¹ is now seen as important to drive...

...Introduction The output modes were classified based on three primary dimensions: (a) market reach, (b) novelty of product innovations and (c) the origin of innovations. Market reach was used to differentiate firms operating in international markets from those that operated only in domestic markets...

... education facilitates a localised innovation system where each participant contributes to improved outcomes. In low-resourced settings in South Africa, school-going children face significant challenges, including poor infrastructure and socio-economic hardship. In Imizamo Yethu – the focal community...

...Bold Beginnings This third volume of the Innovation Africa series, Transforming Africa: Fostering a New Innovation Agenda, embarked on a critical and ambitious mission: to propose an innovation agenda centred on transformative action to fundamentally shift Africa’s socio-economic...

... important, especially for middle-income countries, innovation measures such as R&D spending and patents filed are very low ( Figs. 11.13 and 11.14 ). The levels of R&D expenditure to GDP are low compared to the best performers such as Korea, but more important they are low even when controlling...

... innovation waste diversion waste management technology sand digital integration circular economy Introduction The Importance of Waste Diversion Environmental Benefits By reducing landfill use, the environment benefit from fewer greenhouse gas emissions, and conserving of natural resources ( U.S...

... practices on a continuum based on levels of sophistication and performance ( Cross Knowledge, 2023 ). Maturity models have been used to describe innovation in digital transformation (e.g., Deloitte Digital Maturity Model), data analytics (e.g., Gartner’s Data Maturity Model) and overall organizational...

...- Diana Joseph Diana worked with Dr. Arthur Boni to develop a new innovation dashboard, ² grounded in a well-known management system called the Balanced Scorecard ³ and in experience with Diana’s clients. The new dashboard was designed to generate alignment among...

...Open Innovation Works: Successfully Leveraging Your External Ecosystem for Impactful Change is a hands-on guide for leaders of large organizations ready to move beyond the limitations of internal R&D. As global challenges such as regulatory pressure, supply chain instability, and talent...

...Open Innovation Works: Successfully Leveraging Your External Ecosystem for Impactful Change is a hands-on guide for leaders of large organizations ready to move beyond the limitations of internal R&D. As global challenges such as regulatory pressure, supply chain instability, and talent...

... be developed in both the management of destinations and the administration of customer interactions by utilizing the opportunities provided by AI . 5. Conclusion and Recommendations Wearable technologies powered by AI have emerged as a notable innovation in the realm of halal tourism recently. Smartwatches...

... of digital innovation in enhancing Muslim travellers’ experience . The Journal of Muamalat and Islamic Finance Research , 21 ( 1 ), 16 – 31 . 10.33102/jmifr.546 Azwar , A. , & Usman , A. H. ( 2025 ). Artificial intelligence in the halal industry: Trends and global research...

... business model innovations based on strong association and collaboration can generate solutions to social and environmental challenges’ ( Gallo et al., 2018 ; Ryan et al., 2024 ). They study collaborative actions in the bean-to-bar chocolate industry, a model where manufacturers ‘strive to control...