This paper goes beyond the stereotype of Thailand as being all about sex tourism, zero tolerance to drugs (capital punishment), murder capital of Southeast Asia and a non entity in the field of sports. Taking the purview of sports and economic development, the paper argues that the game of...

Purpose – The purpose of this article is to be a conceptual contribution to the special issue on “Is the Middle East the land of the future?”. It aims to provide a holistic picture of the efforts of the Middle East towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), using...

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,...

Purpose – This paper aims to highlight efforts of an emerging market economy, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), in complementing the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) initiative. This is a growing phenomenon that has brought about a major shift in the international business landscape...

Purpose – This paper seeks to evaluate the impact of the country-of-origin (COO) effects on the consumption patterns of “made in” Nigeria Guinness as opposed to Guinness “owned by” Ireland. It aims to trace the trend of Nigerian Guinness in the international market – taking London as...

This exploratory study pools together two complementary streams of literature – i.e. marketing and entrepreneurship, drawing upon a single case study of “Auntie Muni,” an informal woman-owned business in the food sector in Ghana’s East Legon area. In our estimation and based on our...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to highlight the marketing challenges facing the Nigerian movie industry – Nollywood. The paper also attempts to make a case for due recognition to this multimillion dollar industry in management research as opposed to being pigeonholed in the domain of...

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...

This paper is based on a personal reflection of a course tutor in the earlier years of his teaching career and obtaining a teaching qualification. The article is reproduced from a term paper on the importance of constructive alignment in learning and teaching in higher education - taken from the...

As the world embarked upon the Road to Rio (i.e., Rio de Janeiro), global attention to ‘saving the world from itself’, became renewed. In a bid to cut back the carbon footprints for which the Middle East is renowned, it is interesting to see that a member of the United Arab Emirates (UAE)...