Sustainable Craft Culture: Socio‐Cultural Drivers and Economic Impact on Sustainable Development DOI Creative Commons
Bablu Kumar Dhar, Udit Chawla,

Devika Mulchandani

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Sustainable Development, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Nov. 19, 2024

ABSTRACT The craft culture of West Bengal, India, is deeply rooted in rich socio‐cultural traditions and plays a crucial role advancing economic development sustainability. This study explores the intricate drivers that shape Bengal's examines their profound impact on sustainable development. research delves into historical, religious, social dynamics influence both commercialization preservation traditional crafts. qualitative was performed using Grounded Theory laddering technique, which highlighted significance cultural preservation, identity, community engagement while illuminating close relationship between craftspeople trade. quantitative highlights industry influenced by eight major factors. It further identified factors having were Perceived Cultural Preservation, Identity, Community Engagement, Education Awareness, highlighting these areas play maintaining culture. When considered collectively, studies offer thorough grasp relevance influencing artisan traditions. By bridging gap imperatives, this provides comprehensive framework for supporting resilience vitality crafts contemporary global landscape.

Language: Английский

The impact of environmental policy, technological innovations, and digitalisation: Does context matter in natural resource management in Sub-Sahara Africa? DOI Creative Commons
Emmanuel Kwaku Manu, Simplice Asongu

The Extractive Industries and Society, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 22, P. 101608 - 101608

Published: Jan. 5, 2025

Language: Английский

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Contextually balanced engagement: Navigating paradoxes of localisation and cultural embedding in rural health information systems implementation DOI
Israr Qureshi, Dhirendra Mani Shukla, Babita Bhatt

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Information Systems Journal, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 34(6), P. 2024 - 2059

Published: April 10, 2024

Abstract Although health information systems (HIS) play an important role in elevating standards, a comprehensive understanding of how to effectively implement HIS rural areas is lacking. This issue becomes more significant when considering that globally majority the approximately 1.5 million deaths children under age five 2019 were attributable vaccine‐preventable diseases occurred areas. Accordingly, we ask two questions. How does rurality influence implementation and communication technology for development (ICT4D) projects? do organisations navigate challenges associated with during these Our findings, derived from in‐depth case study social enterprise India, reveal paradoxes pose effective settings: localisation paradox cultural embedding paradox. We found contextually balanced engagement was comprised four organisational responses—prioritising; localising; adjustment; engaging stakeholders—that help posed by paradoxes. Synthesising develop process model shows shaped descriptive sociocultural characteristics rurality. Further, require dynamic approach, multiple responses over time inherent implementation. suggest paradoxical tensions stemming lead e nabled findings contribute ICT4D projects

Language: Английский

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Sustainability and livelihood of small-scale handicraft producers in India: A SWOT analysis of Dhokra artisans DOI Creative Commons

Devid Deshmukh,

Chetna Sharma Rajput,

Sayan Das

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Social Sciences & Humanities Open, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 10, P. 101160 - 101160

Published: Jan. 1, 2024

Language: Английский

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Exploring key drivers of residents’ support for community-based tourism DOI
Watchara Chiengkul, Thanawat Tantipanichkul, Wanita Boonchom

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Anatolia, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 1 - 15

Published: Jan. 12, 2025

While most research on citizenship behaviour focuses conventional formal organizational contexts, few studies examine its role in destination organizations, such as community-based tourism (CBT). This study addresses that gap by investigating the effects of community (CCB), technological optimism, and creative self-efficacy (CSE) residents' support for Khon Kaen Province, Thailand. Using a two-step structural equation modelling approach, data from 500 residents involved CBT were analysed. The findings reveal CSE partially mediates relationship between CCB tourism, while optimism positively moderates CCB-CSE link. These insights provide valuable guidance policymakers practitioners developing CBT.

Language: Английский

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Social Inclusion/Exclusion in Information Systems: A Review and Roadmap for Research DOI Open Access
Ilkay Nehir Tanyel, Jaime Windeler, Thant Syn

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Information Systems Journal, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Jan. 13, 2025

ABSTRACT Over the past four decades, scholars in information systems (IS) have explored intricacies of social inclusion/exclusion within IS (SI/E IS). Despite 40 years investigation, there remains a notable absence systematic analysis accumulated knowledge SI/E research. Addressing this gap, our research aims to organise literature, identify trends and gaps propose future directions for IS. Recognising as an umbrella concept, we employ ontological analysis, offering comprehensive depiction domain's scope, boundaries, key constructs relationships. We construct ontology it compare literature from 20 established journals with broader range publications—from examine 4211 articles code 897. This unveils potential avenues highlights distinctive focus scholarship compared other fields. The aids conceptualising landscape guiding investigations

Language: Английский

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Transforming lives: the power of entrepreneurial motivation, bricolage, and mobile payments in strengthening livelihoods for micro-entrepreneurs DOI Creative Commons
Reshmi V Suresh,

Chandni M. C,

Ali Saleh Alshebami

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Discover Sustainability, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 6(1)

Published: March 3, 2025

Language: Английский

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Spatial embeddedness in indigenous rural entrepreneurship: a systematic literature review DOI
Mauro Vivaldini, Victor Silva Corrêa

Journal of Enterprising Communities People and Places in the Global Economy, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: March 13, 2025

Purpose The literature associating embeddedness and entrepreneurship usually considers the social economic aspects of embeddedness, disregarding spatial dimension. In turn, on indigenous emphasises entrepreneurs according to culture characteristics their ethnic groups. This study aims investigate whether research understands as agents embedded in structures based dimension, which is an integral part concept. Design/methodology/approach paper systematically reviews published Scopus Web Science over past 14 years. authors appropriate two resources: a bibliometric sample description content analysis. Findings Despite relevance association between themes, there needs be more theoretical practical interactions entrepreneurship. Data from suggest that development enterprises seems partly associated with ability build solid internal ties closed networks while simultaneously having create external ties, overcoming structural gaps different networks. Originality/value presents five propositions extensive future agenda for researchers field. Simultaneously, it suggests need new thinking about embeddedness. Furthermore, addressed studies entrepreneurship, differentiated rural indicating unexplored opportunities area.

Language: Английский

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ICT-Related Crowdsourcing and Best Practices in Public-Private Partnerships for Economic Development DOI
José Manuel Saiz‐Álvarez, Uriel Hitamar Castillo-Nazareno

IGI Global eBooks, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 243 - 266

Published: April 2, 2025

Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs), related crowdfunding combined with best practices in public-private partnerships (PPPs) are vital as a solidarity aid strategy for economic development women's empowerment. This chapter analyzes how ICT-related PPPs e tool developing. To this end, 779 microloans granted through crowdsourcing between 2009 2024 to 6,514 low-income beneficiaries from 78 countries working 15 productive sectors have been examined determine the impact of repayment schedule gender on loan repayment. The main findings (1) women tend repay loans better than men, which favors empowerment group lending by non-profit lenders; (2) there no significant differences microcredit when combining (male-female) (end-of-term, irregular, monthly). concludes practical recommendations participating projects.

Language: Английский

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Breaking Barriers in Entrepreneurship for Gender and Social Inclusion in Marginalized Communities DOI
Raed Awashreh

IGI Global eBooks, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 23 - 54

Published: March 28, 2025

This research examines how entrepreneurship empowers marginalized rural communities by fostering self-reliance, resilience, and sustainable development. It explores the role of government initiatives like microloans training programs in reducing welfare dependency expanding economic opportunities. Through qualitative analysis, study shows can overcome barriers such as limited education, financial resources, market access, driving growth social inclusion. also addresses gendered challenges for female entrepreneurs, youth tackling unemployment, technology reaching new markets. The highlights empower groups, including people with disabilities, older adults, Bedouins. concludes policy recommendations to improve access infrastructure, tailored support, particularly women, youth, suggestions future on effectiveness these interventions.

Language: Английский

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The IT‐driven ridesharing economy at the base of the pyramid: Unravelling the impact of uncertainty reduction on drivers' engagement in ridesharing DOI
Xusen Cheng, Zhang Xiao-ping, Xin Luo

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Information Systems Journal, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Aug. 6, 2024

Abstract Despite the potential benefits for drivers at base of pyramid (BoP) IT‐driven ridesharing businesses, are susceptible to uncertainty owing their low education and incomes, potentially compelling them engage less in over time. Although this important sociotechnical phenomenon has garnered increasing attention, IS studies on topic scarce. Drawing reduction theory, we explored mechanisms reducing BoP drivers' building trust enable ridesharing. We identified three means levels: passengers, platforms, effectiveness institutional mechanisms. Using a sequential, triangulated mixed‐methods approach, conducted 30 semi‐structured interviews explore with used data provided by 303 quantitatively test proposed research model. found that perceived empathy information congruity increased whereas effective escrow services, justice, matching accuracy, high level privacy control motivating more frequently platforms. Furthermore, results indicated both passengers platforms improving can enhance engagement follow‐up corroborate quantitative draw robust inferences.

Language: Английский

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