COVID-19 disrupted the flow of remittances from overseas migrant workers to Pakistan. Although records did not show a noticeable decrease in remittances throughout the pandemic, households revealed a substantial drop in remittances. A household survey in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province,...

This chapter examines various measures of inflation expectations from surveys of professional forecasters and financial markets in the United States from 1998 to 2023. These measures span different horizons, forming a term structure of inflation expectations analogous to a yield curve. The...

This study explores whether there are signs that sport-related CSR disclosure has been used by a corporation affected by a legitimacy-threatening event to repair its legitimacy during and in the aftermath of the event. The corporation examined is Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. (known as Petrobras)...

This chapter concurs with the view that scale-ups are a subset of high-growth firms. It begins by discussing firm growth and focuses on factors that are external to the firm but internal to the region where the firm resides, and which contribute to firm growth. Locational choice is critical,...

This chapter explores the concept of corporate social innovation (CSI) and positions strategic communication as a key mechanism for integrating CSI into business strategy and culture. As societal pressures mount for companies to address complex challenges, CSI has gained traction for its focus...

The role of marketing in addressing the SDGs in three organizations at the bottom of the pyramid in India was examined. The organizations, mainly founded to market members' products and get fair prices, have not only achieved the primary purpose of generating better returns but also helped in...

Often, media-sharing, knowledge-based, and service platforms, as well as social media sites, form the backbone for the operation and customer engagement of various creative business entities in areas like design, fashion, photography, and the performing arts. Given that the Caribbean region...

The learning health system (LHS) conceptually integrates multiple health information systems (HIS) data sources to inform clinical, organizational, system, and population health decision-making. This chapter examines how the core constructs of LHS – data collection, integration, analytics,...

No longer a tick-box exercise, this chapter explores how vision, mission, values and strategic ambitions should inform the creation of a board of advisors, how to engage them and how to ensure that the board is impactful. It examines different types of advisory boards, the variety of roles to...