Worldwide, family businesses form the most common type of business and families act as critical platforms for business and enterprise development. This paper draws upon the concept of space to propose a new framework within which family business can be considered. Starting from the proposal that...

The purpose of this paper is to reflect on an innovative initiative taken spontaneously by producers in the supply chain of the table grapes and wine industry to empower employees. Empowerment is a fundamental force for change in doing business in South Africa and its societies, especially in...

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the cultural determinants of local subsidiaries' initiatives. An exploratory and qualitative research, conducted in a Polish subsidiary in the telecommunication sector, indicated that the entrepreneurial culture of the subsidiary is not the unique...

Micro-enterprises represent significant proportions of small firms in most economies yet they are not routinely profiled or studied. This paper examines business processes and activities of micro home-based businesses (HBB) from an empirical study of 522 firms in New Zealand. Key findings...

Entrepreneurship is important for any country, as a way of empowering people, to create employment, to create wealth for the country and to reduce the dependency on the welfare state. Individuals take up entrepreneurship as a means to create wealth and employment for themselves, relatives and...

As a country nearing EU accession, Croatia faces many political, legal and economical challenges. Harmonisation with EU laws within the public sector is one of the most challenging steps in Croatia's accession process. Under the rubric of public sector services, public healthcare is one of the...

This paper deals with economic development in the Western Balkans, the effect of the European Union (EU) and its likely entrepreneurial sustainability. An 'EU Factor' has been introduced, as it indicates that further EU enlargement could have a positive significant impact on business and...

With the implementation of the Western China Development Strategy and the establishment of a market economy system, tourism development has rapidly prevailed in China in recent years and more and more tourism plans of natural reserves are involved. However, since most of plans are economic...

Within the UK, the market for local food seems to be growing rapidly. This paper explores how the UK's leading food retailers are responding to the growing demand for local food and offers some reflections on their responses. The paper begins with a discussion of the various definitions of what...

Climate change produces future risks and increasing climate variability produces current risks. Reducing disaster risk is addressed at the national level using approaches usually developed by the United Nations. These approaches, particularly in the developed world, address resilience building...