This paper presents a new approach to coaching entrepreneurship students to practice innovation and to identify adequate high-impact business opportunities. The coaching approach is based on the methodology for guided experience learning that was developed by Caine, Caine, McClintic, and Klimek...

Este trabajo tiene como objetivo analizar la influencia que la internacionalización puede tener sobre la adopción de una estrategia medioambiental más proactiva por parte de las empresas. ara conseguir este objetivo realizamos 103 entrevistas personales a los directores generales de empresas...

There is little research on corporate social responsibility (CSR) in Central Asian countries, in particular, in Kazakhstan. To understand the development of CSR in Kazakhstan the following issues are addressed: CSR perceptions and expectations of different stakeholders, driving forces and...

This paper examines the perceptions of corporate annual report users (mainly academic) on the various aspects of Internet financial reporting (IFR). The perceptions of corporate annual report users were solicited using a survey mailed questionnaire. From a survey, it was found that promote...

Islamic finance consists of Islamic banking, Islamic insurance and Islamic capital market. Being one of the major elements, takaful (Islamic insurance) does have a significant role in the industry. The concept of takaful is where a group of people participate in a scheme that enables them to...

This survey is conducted to understand the current state of CSR development and to assess the degree of CSR practices in Kazakhstan. In-depth questionnaires are disseminated among business companies of different size and ownership. Respondents are top and middle managers and rank-and-file...

Marketing management is an important managerial dimension that must be continually assessed to ensure profit. It includes understanding target markets that could provide desired return to the organization, but are difficult to access. In the contexts of museums in Malaysia, this potentially...

Human resource management (HRM) practices play an important role in improving productivity, performance and survival of the organization. By adopting the practices of human resources, it will enable the organization to attract, retain and motivate employees to support the mission, objective and...

Since hotel industry is major contributor to the growth of Tourism Industry in Malaysia, it is vital to take into consideration of issues that are being carried by the industry. For example the high turnover of employee in hotel due to poor strategy conducted by hotels’ management. This paper...

This study explores the complexities of multiple paradigms and overlapping influences in university leadership today. The perceptions of the key issues and challenges facing higher education leaders in their work are discussed. The study found that much challenges centred around the need for...