Pub Date : 2015-05-14DOI: 10.1504/IJSEI.2015.069353
Marcos Komodromos
There has been a significant increase in corporate social responsibility (CSR) during the last five years in Cyprus and Greece. This paper is aimed at both researchers and public relations (PR) practitioners. The contribution of CSR practice from organisations is regarded as an important topic for Cyprus and Greece, and is a topic that received academic and practice attention and is becoming a mainstream issue for many organisations. This research represents a study of current practice of CSR and an examination of their contribution and the fulfilment of its three pillars - social, economic, and environmental - understanding better the thematic areas of CSR currently taking place in both countries. This research employs a qualitative methodology. Understanding how communication practitioners contribute and practice CSR in Cyprus and Greece can have a positive impact in terms of greater public visibility of organisations that create interest in the different sectors, and leads to greater public scrutiny of these firms.
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Pub Date : 2015-05-14DOI: 10.1504/ijsei.2015.069354
V. Ratten
Healthcare organisations are adopting innovation and entrepreneurial management strategies as a way to compete and succeed in the global marketplace. Increasing numbers of healthcare providers are utilising innovative technologies and services that have a direct impact upon patient's physical and mental health. In addition, individuals, businesses and governments in the healthcare industry are becoming more entrepreneurial in the way they access and give services to patients as a mechanism to improve success rates and be more financially savvy. This paper will discuss the role of innovation and entrepreneurship for healthcare organisations as a way of adapting to change. The importance of creativity in healthcare organisations by placing importance on user-innovation and entrepreneurial ideas is examined in the literature review. Healthcare innovation and entrepreneurship are then discussed as a mode to increase the performance of management strategies. Managerial implications for healthcare organisations are stated that highlight the evolution of hospitals, primary care providers and community practitioners in utilising innovative and entrepreneurial techniques. Suggestions for future research are included, which stress the importance of continual innovation and entrepreneurship in healthcare organisations.
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Pub Date : 2015-01-26DOI: 10.1504/IJSEI.2015.072528
Fakhrul Anwar Zainol, W. Daud, Z. Abdullah, M. Yaacob
Malaysia has made great strides in eradicating poverty. Based on the latest figures of the 9th Malaysian Plan Mid-term Review, the overall hard core poverty percentage is down to 0.7%, and only 3.6% of the Malaysian population is living below the overall poverty line. The government has taken efforts successfully through various developmental projects to alleviate poverty in rural area. Today, urban poverty in Malaysia has increasingly visible phenomenon due to rural-urban migration and the natural population growth in urban areas. As a result of emerging new forms of poverty, there is a dire need to re-examine and re-visit urban poverty in Malaysia. This study affirmed that social entrepreneurship organisations in Malaysia have tried to overcome the urban poverty through social entrepreneurship. The new framework has been developed as a result of this study. It shows that social entrepreneurship contributed to the organisational effectiveness. This result indicates that social entrepreneurship is important to increase the socio economy and achieve the organisation's mission. Therefore, this study has proven that social entrepreneurship is beneficial to Malaysians.
{"title":"Social entrepreneurship and organisational effectiveness: evidence from Malaysia","authors":"Fakhrul Anwar Zainol, W. Daud, Z. Abdullah, M. Yaacob","doi":"10.1504/IJSEI.2015.072528","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/IJSEI.2015.072528","url":null,"abstract":"Malaysia has made great strides in eradicating poverty. Based on the latest figures of the 9th Malaysian Plan Mid-term Review, the overall hard core poverty percentage is down to 0.7%, and only 3.6% of the Malaysian population is living below the overall poverty line. The government has taken efforts successfully through various developmental projects to alleviate poverty in rural area. Today, urban poverty in Malaysia has increasingly visible phenomenon due to rural-urban migration and the natural population growth in urban areas. As a result of emerging new forms of poverty, there is a dire need to re-examine and re-visit urban poverty in Malaysia. This study affirmed that social entrepreneurship organisations in Malaysia have tried to overcome the urban poverty through social entrepreneurship. The new framework has been developed as a result of this study. It shows that social entrepreneurship contributed to the organisational effectiveness. This result indicates that social entrepreneurship is important to increase the socio economy and achieve the organisation's mission. Therefore, this study has proven that social entrepreneurship is beneficial to Malaysians.","PeriodicalId":187252,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Social Entrepreneurship and Innovation","volume":"27 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-01-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128135431","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2014-09-17DOI: 10.1504/IJSEI.2014.064823
S. Shahzad, H. Awan, A. Qureshi
This paper explores the impact of religious beliefs and other aspects of culture on decision-making of investors by using analytical hierarchy process (AHP). The study reveals that there is no significant relationship between the religion, values and material part of culture with the investor’s decision-making. This study has practical significance for brokers, managers of banks, mutual fund, bond dealers and government saving schemes holders who are developing different plans for the investors and making policies to attract them for their investments. This study gives them the implication that by focusing on the needs and goals of investor and their behavioural decision-making is more important that have an effect on the decision-making while the religion and other aspects of culture like values and material artefact that are insignificant with the overall decision-making.
{"title":"Influence of religion and culture on investment behaviour of Muslim investors in Pakistan","authors":"S. Shahzad, H. Awan, A. Qureshi","doi":"10.1504/IJSEI.2014.064823","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/IJSEI.2014.064823","url":null,"abstract":"This paper explores the impact of religious beliefs and other aspects of culture on decision-making of investors by using analytical hierarchy process (AHP). The study reveals that there is no significant relationship between the religion, values and material part of culture with the investor’s decision-making. This study has practical significance for brokers, managers of banks, mutual fund, bond dealers and government saving schemes holders who are developing different plans for the investors and making policies to attract them for their investments. This study gives them the implication that by focusing on the needs and goals of investor and their behavioural decision-making is more important that have an effect on the decision-making while the religion and other aspects of culture like values and material artefact that are insignificant with the overall decision-making.","PeriodicalId":187252,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Social Entrepreneurship and Innovation","volume":"18 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-09-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130883063","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2014-09-17DOI: 10.1504/IJSEI.2014.064825
Vishal Vyas, Sonika Raitani, V. Mathur
Social entrepreneurship in India has progressed significantly over the last decade. Social entrepreneurs – those who bring an entrepreneurial approach to solving social problems – are a growing breed in India. There is a lack of studies related to social entrepreneurship in literature. Therefore, this study aims to investigate the association between the institutional environment and social entrepreneurial self-efficacy. Based on the existing literature and theories, we have first proposed a model, and then empirically tested it using the structural equation modelling technique. Data was collected using a structured questionnaire from a sample of 284 entrepreneurial students of Rajasthan based on quota sampling. Analysis resulted that regulatory, normative and cognitive environment positively influence the social entrepreneurial self-efficacy. Results suggested that financial assistance, social legitimacy and acknowledgement are the most important factors necessary to enhance the growth of social entrepreneurship in India. Training is vital to create a pool of social entrepreneurs.
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Pub Date : 2014-09-17DOI: 10.1504/IJSEI.2014.064827
K. H. Briggs
Entrepreneurship is often linked to economic growth and is increasingly popular as a tool for economic development. However, entrepreneurship and cross-cultural management in Africa is still an under researched area. This paper aims to contribute to the understanding of how different perceptions of a fruitful project are a key aspect in the management of social entrepreneurship projects. It reports on a Swedish social entrepreneurship initiative in Uganda which was longitudinally studied from 2007 to 2010. Data was collected during field studies and interviews. The conclusion points at the fact that the interpretation of the results is influenced by the cross-cultural management perspective of the interpreter and easily follows the same ethnocentric pattern that we try to avoid when formulating projects. Those findings could be applied in similar projects anywhere in the world.
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Pub Date : 2014-09-17DOI: 10.1504/IJSEI.2014.064832
T. Chahine, Z. Farhat
Among the Arab countries, Lebanon has among the most established civic sectors, providing social goods and services in underserved communities. While donations and grants decline, social entrepreneurship is gaining momentum. We propose the use of loans to build social enterprises, and present the results of interviews and discussions with established and aspiring social entrepreneurs. Our observations indicate that there is a market for loans in the social sector, depending on key factors including the organisation’s financial maturity and the ability to overcome the cultural fear of loans. It is likely that similar patterns will be observed in other Arab countries, but further studies are needed.
{"title":"Financing social entrepreneurship in the Arab world: the case of Lebanon","authors":"T. Chahine, Z. Farhat","doi":"10.1504/IJSEI.2014.064832","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/IJSEI.2014.064832","url":null,"abstract":"Among the Arab countries, Lebanon has among the most established civic sectors, providing social goods and services in underserved communities. While donations and grants decline, social entrepreneurship is gaining momentum. We propose the use of loans to build social enterprises, and present the results of interviews and discussions with established and aspiring social entrepreneurs. Our observations indicate that there is a market for loans in the social sector, depending on key factors including the organisation’s financial maturity and the ability to overcome the cultural fear of loans. It is likely that similar patterns will be observed in other Arab countries, but further studies are needed.","PeriodicalId":187252,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Social Entrepreneurship and Innovation","volume":"44 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-09-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133588093","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2014-09-17DOI: 10.1504/IJSEI.2014.064831
V. Ratten
The purpose of this paper is to consider collaborative entrepreneurship and its relevance to entrepreneurialism in developing countries. The paper provides some background to the role of collaboration in society including how individuals, businesses and organisations interact with governments to encourage economic and society activity in developing country economies. The academic literature on collaborative entrepreneurship is examined with an emphasis on entrepreneurialism to try and understand how entrepreneurship is conducted in developing countries. The determinants of collaborative entrepreneurship are stated with the key themes being individual level, social networks, institutional factors, community nature and international experience. The paper comments on a proposed collaborative entrepreneurship research agenda, which contributes to the entrepreneurship literature by illustrating how collaborative entrepreneurship and entrepreneurialism are adapted and used in developing countries to suit the social and market conditions.
{"title":"Collaborative entrepreneurship and the fostering of entrepreneurialism in developing countries","authors":"V. Ratten","doi":"10.1504/IJSEI.2014.064831","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/IJSEI.2014.064831","url":null,"abstract":"The purpose of this paper is to consider collaborative entrepreneurship and its relevance to entrepreneurialism in developing countries. The paper provides some background to the role of collaboration in society including how individuals, businesses and organisations interact with governments to encourage economic and society activity in developing country economies. The academic literature on collaborative entrepreneurship is examined with an emphasis on entrepreneurialism to try and understand how entrepreneurship is conducted in developing countries. The determinants of collaborative entrepreneurship are stated with the key themes being individual level, social networks, institutional factors, community nature and international experience. The paper comments on a proposed collaborative entrepreneurship research agenda, which contributes to the entrepreneurship literature by illustrating how collaborative entrepreneurship and entrepreneurialism are adapted and used in developing countries to suit the social and market conditions.","PeriodicalId":187252,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Social Entrepreneurship and Innovation","volume":"8 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-09-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130387314","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2014-08-05DOI: 10.1504/IJSEI.2014.064094
Khadeegha Alzouebi
In this paper, I present a historical account of the settlement of the Yemeni community in Sheffield, a town in the North of England, providing a detailed account of the community in the 70s, 80s, 90s and a comprehensive look at the current community. I acknowledge the important contribution that this paper may make to the paucity of literature on Yemeni communities in England. It is also hoped that this paper will play a part in the process of greater recognition and understanding of one of the longest established ethnic minority communities in England, and in particular add to expanding the literature on the Yemeni community. In the second part of the paper, I provide a discussion of the migration patterns of Yemeni women and a detailed look at their unique important role in the establishment of the Yemeni community in Sheffield.
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Pub Date : 2014-08-05DOI: 10.1504/IJSEI.2014.064105
Bindu J. Vyas
Eradicating poverty, or even alleviating extreme poverty, has been a long-sought goal of governments, aid agencies, non-governmental organisations, the United Nations, and even the poor themselves. Doing something about extreme poverty became the number one target for the United Nations’ Millennium Development Goals, and the United Nations has been encouraging and supporting public and private initiatives aimed at poverty eradication. In recent years, attention has moved from governmental-supported and even non-governmental-supported efforts to locally-supported efforts as a key for effective and sustainable poverty alleviation. One such local effort in South Asia is the Self-Employed Women’s Association (SEWA), a unique membership based organisation (MBO) that was established in 1971 as a trade union working to alleviate poverty at the local level by helping poor women obtain work, income and food security. The objective of this article is to examine the organisation, structure and strategy of SEWA as a way to learn what works best for locally-based organisations in their efforts to alleviate poverty. The conclusion is that SEWAs organisational structure and strategies are important reasons for its success, and that the more organisations like SEWA empower their beneficiaries and collaborate with other poverty alleviation-oriented organisation, the more likely they are to achieve success in poverty alleviation.
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