The purpose of this paper is to provide a gender entrepreneurship slant to the revolving landscape in the 'culinary underbelly'. The primary aim of this conceptual study is to extend the boundaries of the identified female-dominated occupations beyond the usual suspects – i.e., social work,...

Drawing upon the scant literature on women's entrepreneurship in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), this paper explores the motivations of women business owners in the country based on 10 in-depth interviews. Considering the patriarchal socio-cultural environmental context associated with the...

Research has suggested that the United Arab Emirates is very competitive in the global higher education market. This raises questions as to whether its competitive advantage should be emphasised at the local, as opposed to global content in the instruction curriculum. In other words should the...

This viewpoint paper assesses the place of Indian B-Schools, and especially the MBA, within the context of the global economy. The study highlights the trend in MBA provision in India with a view to exploring how MBA graduates may be better equipped, and positioned, to take up managerial...

The 'horsemeat scandal' that engulfed most of Europe in 2013 raises some interesting customer behaviour questions (Xie, Bagozzi, & Østli, 2013), with further implications for business relationships involving multiple buyers and a single supplier. This meta-analytical study explores these...

The purpose of this exploratory study is to highlight the potential of sports and especially football as nation branding tool. Taking the particular case of a developing Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) country, Thailand, which has been embroiled in a catalogue of negative brand...

Purpose – This paper reflects on recent events in the global football landscape and their implications for the Middle East, especially in their ambitious aspiration to be the future destination of the sport. Design/methodology/approach – By drawing on a mixture of interviews, personal...

Objectives - The purpose of this paper is to highlight the strategies being undertaken by higher education institutions (HEIs) to leverage their bottom-line especially in situations where public funding has been removed and they are left with no other option but self-funding. Strategies have...

As the instability in the South China Sea rages on, Pyongyang defies the United Nations (UN), China chastises its enfant terrible protégé, South Korea instigates an emergency UN session on the subject, other events have taken the world by storm. “Oppan Gangnam style”, which translates into...