Purpose: This study aims to analyze the nature of challenges facing five low-tech Palestinian small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) clusters and to understand their dynamics. The study proposes a number of key policies necessary to foster start-ups and the growth of the current clusters....

Purpose: This study addresses the impact of the corona crisis on the performance of women small- to medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) and explores the adopted innovative strategies by these women to stay in their businesses. Design/methodology/approach: Both quantitative and qualitative methods...

This study explores the relationship between corporate governance mechanisms and firm value for companies listed on a new frontier market, the Palestine Stock Exchange before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. We study the effects of corporate governance mechanisms and firm value of two years...