Conventional perceptions of the labor force say that occupational dichotomy includes just the majority of wage or salary dependent and the minority of entrepreneurs. This notion is over-simplified and not adequate to grasp the dynamic and multidimensional system of social and economic...

Zimbabwe, whose economy is under life support; continues to be characterized by company closures with many workers losing their jobs through retrenchments (Nyathi et al, 2018). This fragile economic situation has resulted in a number of Zimbabweans resorting to entrepreneurship as their last...

The financial planning plays in the decision making on entrepreneurship, by providing an image of the efforts and rewards that the entrepreneur could expect. In this paper we approach two stages of the financial planning process: analysis of the external environment and prediction of the...

This paper reports a longitudinal analysis of 20 necessity driven micro-entrepreneurs operating in Beira, Central Mozambique, who received funding and training from the same NGO to establish or grow their business activities and reports the development of these entrepreneurs in terms of their...

In this paper, a qualitative model is inductively developed describing a dynamic “policy mix” -system of innovation enabling and outbalancing dimensions for the deployment of narrow artificial intelligence (AI) in the manufacturing value chain. A literature review first identifies and...

There are many social changes in the era of new economy. The most important change is exploitation of the up to date information and communication technologies. At present we do not only automate existing processes, but form completely new structures of processes and activities. We can consider...

In today´s digital 21st century, almost all businesses face intense competition from competitors all around the globe. There are no borders and business area for the all companies is almost unlimited. As the main supports of mentioned fact are globalization and ICT´s development. Influences...

E-commerce systems became a standard interface between sellers (or suppliers) and customers. One of basic condition of an e-commerce system to be efficient is correct definitions and describes of the all internal and external processes. All is targeted the customers´ needs and requirements. The...

This paper has as objective to approach the "Governance of Innovation in the different countries of the World", using information from World Economic Forum. The improve of cooperation between richest and poorest countries and between the poorest countries (between South Africa and Zambia, for...