Journal of Enterprising Communities: People and Places in the Global Economy: Volume 14 Issue 3

Handicaps and new opportunity businesses: what do we (not) know about disabled entrepreneurs?

Irisalva Mota, Carla Marques, Octávio Sacramento

The process by which disabled individuals become entrepreneurs can be influenced by factors of different orders. Throughout their entrepreneurship careers and projects, disabled…

God in the marketplace: Pentecostalism and marketing ritualization among Black Africans in the UK

Sanya Ojo, Sonny Nwankwo

This paper aims to examine market-mediated transformative capacities of Black African Pentecostalism. It does this by exploring the interface between religion, culture and…

Individual learning behavior: do all its dimensions matter for self-employment practice among youths in Uganda?

Christopher Kusemererwa, John C. Munene, Orobia A. Laura, Juma Waswa Balunywa

The purpose of this paper is to establish whether all the dimensions of individual learning behavior matter for self-employment practice among youths, using evidence from Uganda.

ICT adoption, competition and innovation of informal firms in West Africa: a comparative study of Ghana and Nigeria

Alhassan Abdul-Wakeel Karakara, Evans Osabuohien

This study aims to investigate how ICT adoption enhances the innovativeness of informal firms in West Africa, using the cases of Ghana and Nigeria.

Religious entrepreneurial communities as a solution for socioeconomic injustice

Omar Javaid, Aamir Feroz Shamsi, Irfan Hyder

There are many entrepreneurial communities in the Asian subcontinent, which are known for their economic resilience and religious orientation but have received limited attention…

Determinants of solo and employer entrepreneurship in Visegrád countries: findings from the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia

Ondřej Dvouletý, Marko Orel

This study aims to extend the existing body of literature on the individual-level determinants of self-employed persons with (employer entrepreneurs) and without employees (solo…

Innovative scenario planning of petrochemical enterprises in the Iranian community

Babak Ziyae, Rosnani Jusoh, Hamidreza Madadian

Research studies on futures studies have recently gained significant attention to create a desirable future based on the environmental change. Futures studies follow discovery…