Pub Date : 2013-03-22DOI: 10.1504/IJSEI.2013.052770
Omnia Kelig
This research aims to introduce a comprehensive Shari’ah-compliant financial services offering in Egypt, to be utilised as a growth engine for Egypt’s small and medium-size enterprises (SMEs). The applied methodology utilises available literature on Islamic finance and primary information derived from Egypt’s banking and investment practices and SMEs status and problems. The findings reveal that Egypt offers a valuable opportunity to rejuvenate its Islamic finance offering. The findings serve as a first guidance towards creating an Islamic finance offering while eliminating the funding bias towards larger corporations. The topic is original and not tackled by previous literature; useful for both academics and practitioners.
{"title":"Islamic finance and its role in SME development case in point: Egypt","authors":"Omnia Kelig","doi":"10.1504/IJSEI.2013.052770","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/IJSEI.2013.052770","url":null,"abstract":"This research aims to introduce a comprehensive Shari’ah-compliant financial services offering in Egypt, to be utilised as a growth engine for Egypt’s small and medium-size enterprises (SMEs). The applied methodology utilises available literature on Islamic finance and primary information derived from Egypt’s banking and investment practices and SMEs status and problems. The findings reveal that Egypt offers a valuable opportunity to rejuvenate its Islamic finance offering. The findings serve as a first guidance towards creating an Islamic finance offering while eliminating the funding bias towards larger corporations. The topic is original and not tackled by previous literature; useful for both academics and practitioners.","PeriodicalId":187252,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Social Entrepreneurship and Innovation","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-03-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115784334","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 : 2013-03-22DOI: 10.1504/IJSEI.2013.052761
M. Saeed, Aysha Karamat Baig
The purpose of this paper is to identify the perceptions of Pakistani fashion consumers and variables that have an impact on their satisfaction level. The findings from this study are limited to consumers on the eastern side of Pakistan. A survey was conducted to examine the factors that affect customer satisfaction regarding fashion. Convenience sampling was used and data was collected from three sites. A total of 100 usable questionnaires were collected from Pakistani consumers. Fashion consciousness is rapidly increasing in Pakistan. A key factor behind the purchasing behaviour of people is that they are not compromising on the comfort of shoes, but they want to differentiate themselves from others. This study suggests that the foot wear industry should focus on certain important factors to attract and satisfy young fashion-conscious consumers, and other age groups should also be focused on and engaged. Most of the fashion-related studies have been conducted in developed countries but in developing countries like in Pakistan, this area is barren. Fashion and customer satisfaction have not been utilised to explain consumers’ perceptions. This paper tries to focus on key factors regarding satisfaction level of footwear consumers in the province of Punjab, Pakistan.
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Pub Date : 2013-03-22DOI: 10.1504/IJSEI.2013.052758
T. Baazeem, Ursula S Bougoure, Larry Neale
Religion remains a significant influence on many consumers’ lives, affecting consumer behaviour in terms of moral standards, thoughts, judgments, attitudes, and actions. In previous research, religion has been shown to affect consumer decision making, and ethical judgments towards the marketers and the communication tools they use. However, due to the sensitivity of issues surrounding religious beliefs and actions, religiosity related to consumer behaviour has remained an under-researched area. Furthermore, social networking sites (SNS) such as Twitter and Facebook have become a significant part of millions of lives around the world. The importance of religion and the importance of SNSs in people’s lives provide high possibility for interactive relationships between them. Hence, there is still a need not only to develop a theoretical explanation of how individual religiosity impacts consumer behaviour, but also to improve our theoretical understanding of the relationship between consumers’ religiosity and risk perceptions surrounding the use of SNS. Based on insight from Hunt-Vitell’s General Theory of Marketing Ethics (1986), this paper develops a conceptual argument that aims to improve our theoretical understanding of the relationship between consumers’ religiosity and risk perceptions surrounding the use of SNS.
{"title":"The relationship between consumers’ religiosity and risk perceptions surrounding the use of SNS","authors":"T. Baazeem, Ursula S Bougoure, Larry Neale","doi":"10.1504/IJSEI.2013.052758","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/IJSEI.2013.052758","url":null,"abstract":"Religion remains a significant influence on many consumers’ lives, affecting consumer behaviour in terms of moral standards, thoughts, judgments, attitudes, and actions. In previous research, religion has been shown to affect consumer decision making, and ethical judgments towards the marketers and the communication tools they use. However, due to the sensitivity of issues surrounding religious beliefs and actions, religiosity related to consumer behaviour has remained an under-researched area. Furthermore, social networking sites (SNS) such as Twitter and Facebook have become a significant part of millions of lives around the world. The importance of religion and the importance of SNSs in people’s lives provide high possibility for interactive relationships between them. Hence, there is still a need not only to develop a theoretical explanation of how individual religiosity impacts consumer behaviour, but also to improve our theoretical understanding of the relationship between consumers’ religiosity and risk perceptions surrounding the use of SNS. Based on insight from Hunt-Vitell’s General Theory of Marketing Ethics (1986), this paper develops a conceptual argument that aims to improve our theoretical understanding of the relationship between consumers’ religiosity and risk perceptions surrounding the use of SNS.","PeriodicalId":187252,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Social Entrepreneurship and Innovation","volume":"36 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-03-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130013142","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 : 2013-03-22DOI: 10.1504/IJSEI.2013.052759
Hira Javed
Generation Y is a confident and ambitious group of young individuals that is globally connected and politically active in its communities. Despite being a more conformist generation than those before them, Generation Y wants to determine its religiosity on its own terms. In a post-9/11 Western world, Muslim Generation Y is reclaiming its religious identity and, as a result, is energising the ‘Muslim’ brand. These enterprising young Muslims are changing the packaging to reflect a cooler, hipper, wittier, and more confident ‘Muslim’ persona. Novelty t-shirts are the medium that allows all members of this consumer base to put on this packaging and associate themselves with this energised brand called ‘Muslim’. Any product or service targeted towards Muslim Generation Y must also share this energy and reflect the energised ‘Muslim’ brand.
{"title":"How generation Y is energising the ‘Muslim’ brand through novelty t-shirts","authors":"Hira Javed","doi":"10.1504/IJSEI.2013.052759","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/IJSEI.2013.052759","url":null,"abstract":"Generation Y is a confident and ambitious group of young individuals that is globally connected and politically active in its communities. Despite being a more conformist generation than those before them, Generation Y wants to determine its religiosity on its own terms. In a post-9/11 Western world, Muslim Generation Y is reclaiming its religious identity and, as a result, is energising the ‘Muslim’ brand. These enterprising young Muslims are changing the packaging to reflect a cooler, hipper, wittier, and more confident ‘Muslim’ persona. Novelty t-shirts are the medium that allows all members of this consumer base to put on this packaging and associate themselves with this energised brand called ‘Muslim’. Any product or service targeted towards Muslim Generation Y must also share this energy and reflect the energised ‘Muslim’ brand.","PeriodicalId":187252,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Social Entrepreneurship and Innovation","volume":"118 3","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-03-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114044713","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 : 2013-03-22DOI: 10.1504/IJSEI.2013.052771
A. Noroozi
Customer satisfaction’s key role in marketing has led to the development of models to measure this concept. Customer satisfaction has been used as a critical index of business’ success. It could gradually find its way through other managerial tools and performance measurements, and has even led to the development of national customer satisfaction indices. In any concept related to the human sciences, kinds of ontological, epistemological, and human nature assumptions do have an effect on the quality of concept. The dominance of utilitarianism over global business environment has driven the concept of customer satisfaction toward a tool to generate more profit. Islamic thought opposes the aforementioned perspective in customer satisfaction. The Muslim way of thought is led by an endeavour to reach God’s satisfaction as a final goal of life whether on an individual level or a social level, whether in a for-profit environment or a not for-profit environment. By considering God’s satisfaction as the final goal, gaining customer satisfaction would be acceptable. In addition, customer satisfaction has to respect the human position, which in Islamic literature is called Takrim. Using grounded theory to build a theory on this proposition, several interviews with Islamic experts have been conducted.
{"title":"A study of Islamic customer satisfaction","authors":"A. Noroozi","doi":"10.1504/IJSEI.2013.052771","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/IJSEI.2013.052771","url":null,"abstract":"Customer satisfaction’s key role in marketing has led to the development of models to measure this concept. Customer satisfaction has been used as a critical index of business’ success. It could gradually find its way through other managerial tools and performance measurements, and has even led to the development of national customer satisfaction indices. In any concept related to the human sciences, kinds of ontological, epistemological, and human nature assumptions do have an effect on the quality of concept. The dominance of utilitarianism over global business environment has driven the concept of customer satisfaction toward a tool to generate more profit. Islamic thought opposes the aforementioned perspective in customer satisfaction. The Muslim way of thought is led by an endeavour to reach God’s satisfaction as a final goal of life whether on an individual level or a social level, whether in a for-profit environment or a not for-profit environment. By considering God’s satisfaction as the final goal, gaining customer satisfaction would be acceptable. In addition, customer satisfaction has to respect the human position, which in Islamic literature is called Takrim. Using grounded theory to build a theory on this proposition, several interviews with Islamic experts have been conducted.","PeriodicalId":187252,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Social Entrepreneurship and Innovation","volume":"172 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-03-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121304034","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 : 2013-03-22DOI: 10.1504/IJSEI.2013.052762
Ramana Sheikh, M. Ahammad
The paper investigates the feasibility of establishing Islamic banks in the UK. Based on the responses obtained from Muslim and non-Muslim participants in Nottingham City, we found strong evidence of successful establishments of Islamic banks in the UK. We found that only 45% of respondents were aware of the existence of an Islamic banking system in the UK. This suggests that Islamic banks need to focus more on marketing and promotion of Islamic banking services in order to increase awareness among potential customers. Most of the respondents perceived non-interest-bearing banking services and the profit and loss sharing concept of Islamic banking as an attractive alternative to the conventional banking system. However, one of the most difficult challenges identified by the respondents was the name of the Islamic banks. Respondents indicated that Islamic products and services could be more attractive if they were not labelled Islamic.
{"title":"The feasibility of establishing Islamic banks in the UK: the case of Nottingham","authors":"Ramana Sheikh, M. Ahammad","doi":"10.1504/IJSEI.2013.052762","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/IJSEI.2013.052762","url":null,"abstract":"The paper investigates the feasibility of establishing Islamic banks in the UK. Based on the responses obtained from Muslim and non-Muslim participants in Nottingham City, we found strong evidence of successful establishments of Islamic banks in the UK. We found that only 45% of respondents were aware of the existence of an Islamic banking system in the UK. This suggests that Islamic banks need to focus more on marketing and promotion of Islamic banking services in order to increase awareness among potential customers. Most of the respondents perceived non-interest-bearing banking services and the profit and loss sharing concept of Islamic banking as an attractive alternative to the conventional banking system. However, one of the most difficult challenges identified by the respondents was the name of the Islamic banks. Respondents indicated that Islamic products and services could be more attractive if they were not labelled Islamic.","PeriodicalId":187252,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Social Entrepreneurship and Innovation","volume":"3 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-03-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114708792","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 : 2013-03-22DOI: 10.1504/IJSEI.2013.052756
Nor Azura Adzharuddin
The advertising trend has stimulated towards communicating persuasive messages of a product using two or more media, especially through the integration of traditional media and new media. Contributing to this current issue in advertising research, the purpose of this paper is to explore the current advertising trend through the latest literature on integration of marketing communication of new media and traditional media. The investigation through the traditional medium (television) and the new medium (the internet), which in particular was based on the peripheral routes of persuasion using celebrity endorsement, showed support that the integration of these two mediums can promote memory performance and encourage positive attitudes on the part of consumers. The position of new media especially the internet has also progressed rapidly for the past years. Therefore, new media can play a significant role in contributing to the effectiveness of a marketing mix when integrated with traditional media, specifically with television.
{"title":"Marketing mix through the integration of new and traditional media: a review of recent literature","authors":"Nor Azura Adzharuddin","doi":"10.1504/IJSEI.2013.052756","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/IJSEI.2013.052756","url":null,"abstract":"The advertising trend has stimulated towards communicating persuasive messages of a product using two or more media, especially through the integration of traditional media and new media. Contributing to this current issue in advertising research, the purpose of this paper is to explore the current advertising trend through the latest literature on integration of marketing communication of new media and traditional media. The investigation through the traditional medium (television) and the new medium (the internet), which in particular was based on the peripheral routes of persuasion using celebrity endorsement, showed support that the integration of these two mediums can promote memory performance and encourage positive attitudes on the part of consumers. The position of new media especially the internet has also progressed rapidly for the past years. Therefore, new media can play a significant role in contributing to the effectiveness of a marketing mix when integrated with traditional media, specifically with television.","PeriodicalId":187252,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Social Entrepreneurship and Innovation","volume":"108 1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-03-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130146030","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 : 2013-03-22DOI: 10.1504/IJSEI.2013.052760
Anna Khan, Mohammed Naved Khan, T. Siddiqui
Rapid deterioration of environment poses a serious threat to our planet. Emerging economies like India have been slow in realising that the threat is for real. It is in this context that the present paper attempts to gauge the attitude of Indian respondents and their sensitivity towards the environment primarily using new environmental paradigm (NEP) scale originally developed by Dunlap and Van Liere (1978). Findings suggest that while age and gender do not have significant effect on the attitude of individuals toward the environment, educational level does a role to play in how a person reacts towards his surroundings. The study has an applied bias as the findings can be of vital importance to policy makers in the government in deciding on environment related regulations and public awareness programs; and by the marketers in dovetailing promotional strategies and embracing green initiatives.
{"title":"Gauging attitudes towards the environment through NEP: a case study from India","authors":"Anna Khan, Mohammed Naved Khan, T. Siddiqui","doi":"10.1504/IJSEI.2013.052760","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/IJSEI.2013.052760","url":null,"abstract":"Rapid deterioration of environment poses a serious threat to our planet. Emerging economies like India have been slow in realising that the threat is for real. It is in this context that the present paper attempts to gauge the attitude of Indian respondents and their sensitivity towards the environment primarily using new environmental paradigm (NEP) scale originally developed by Dunlap and Van Liere (1978). Findings suggest that while age and gender do not have significant effect on the attitude of individuals toward the environment, educational level does a role to play in how a person reacts towards his surroundings. The study has an applied bias as the findings can be of vital importance to policy makers in the government in deciding on environment related regulations and public awareness programs; and by the marketers in dovetailing promotional strategies and embracing green initiatives.","PeriodicalId":187252,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Social Entrepreneurship and Innovation","volume":"5 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-03-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116924453","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 : 2013-03-22DOI: 10.1504/IJSEI.2013.052757
R. M. Ayyub, Adeela Rana, Abdul Rahman Abdul Bagi, Abdul Aziz Al-Thomaly
There is around $580 billion (US dollar) global halal market. Being an Islamic country, Pakistani meat is predominantly perceived as halal. The present study has been designed to explore the future potential markets for Pakistani halal meat. There is no comprehensive study in this respect, and so the present study fills this gap. The study is based on secondary data collected from journal articles, government, United Nations Organization (UNO) reports and news/online articles. The data is organised across a wide range of aspects to be used in strategic market planning for emerging markets of five countries. It was found that the demand of halal meat is increasing day by day and Pakistan has unlimited market opportunities in non-conventional markets including western countries as well. It is also substantiated that Pakistan can enjoy increased earnings by penetrating these markets. The findings have implications for meat export organisations and governmental authorities to go for prudent approaches and sel...
{"title":"Exploring future markets for Pakistani halal meat export","authors":"R. M. Ayyub, Adeela Rana, Abdul Rahman Abdul Bagi, Abdul Aziz Al-Thomaly","doi":"10.1504/IJSEI.2013.052757","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/IJSEI.2013.052757","url":null,"abstract":"There is around $580 billion (US dollar) global halal market. Being an Islamic country, Pakistani meat is predominantly perceived as halal. The present study has been designed to explore the future potential markets for Pakistani halal meat. There is no comprehensive study in this respect, and so the present study fills this gap. The study is based on secondary data collected from journal articles, government, United Nations Organization (UNO) reports and news/online articles. The data is organised across a wide range of aspects to be used in strategic market planning for emerging markets of five countries. It was found that the demand of halal meat is increasing day by day and Pakistan has unlimited market opportunities in non-conventional markets including western countries as well. It is also substantiated that Pakistan can enjoy increased earnings by penetrating these markets. The findings have implications for meat export organisations and governmental authorities to go for prudent approaches and sel...","PeriodicalId":187252,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Social Entrepreneurship and Innovation","volume":"7 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-03-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129822473","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 : 2012-07-06DOI: 10.1504/IJSEI.2012.047627
V. Ratten
This paper examines the role of entrepreneurship and innovation in the context of healthcare management by offering a number of research propositions. In recent years, hospitals have attracted ever growing commentary about rising costs and the need for improving information technology systems. Whilst there have been some service innovations introduced from other industries, particularly the manufacturing industry, there have been few service innovations originating from the healthcare sector. In the healthcare sector, there are a number of service innovations, which are discussed in this paper in terms of their relevance to managerial roles of hospital staff members. In addition, this paper examines the role of entrepreneurial managers in determining innovative technology behaviour in healthcare organisations. Literature from innovation management, corporate intrapreneurship and healthcare management is used to explain the findings of this paper and future areas of research are also proposed.
{"title":"A theoretical framework of entrepreneurship and innovation in healthcare organisations","authors":"V. Ratten","doi":"10.1504/IJSEI.2012.047627","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/IJSEI.2012.047627","url":null,"abstract":"This paper examines the role of entrepreneurship and innovation in the context of healthcare management by offering a number of research propositions. In recent years, hospitals have attracted ever growing commentary about rising costs and the need for improving information technology systems. Whilst there have been some service innovations introduced from other industries, particularly the manufacturing industry, there have been few service innovations originating from the healthcare sector. In the healthcare sector, there are a number of service innovations, which are discussed in this paper in terms of their relevance to managerial roles of hospital staff members. In addition, this paper examines the role of entrepreneurial managers in determining innovative technology behaviour in healthcare organisations. Literature from innovation management, corporate intrapreneurship and healthcare management is used to explain the findings of this paper and future areas of research are also proposed.","PeriodicalId":187252,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Social Entrepreneurship and Innovation","volume":"6 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-07-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122175875","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}
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