Empowering Rural Development Through Sustainable Entrepreneurship DOI
Swetha Thiruchanuru,

Jayachandra Bingi

IGI Global eBooks, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 393 - 416

Published: March 28, 2025

This chapter explores the transformative potential of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in empowering rural Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) to drive sustainable entrepreneurship inclusive growth. Rural SMEs, often constrained by limited resources, infrastructure, digital literacy, play a critical role economic development job creation. Through AI-driven innovations, these enterprises can overcome barriers, optimize operations, gain competitive edge, enabling them thrive increasingly markets. The examines key applications AI for such as market analysis, supply chain optimization, customer engagement, while also addressing barriers like financial constraints, skill gaps, infrastructural limitations. It offers actionable solutions, affordable tools, community-driven training programs, public-private partnerships bridge gaps. Real-world case studies illustrate successful integration contexts, best practices supportive ecosystem ensure contributes

Language: Английский

Sowing the seeds for sustainability: A business model innovation perspective on artificial intelligence in green technology startups DOI Creative Commons
Philip Jorzik, Jerome L. Antonio, Dominik K. Kanbach

et al.

Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 208, P. 123653 - 123653

Published: Aug. 24, 2024

In today's data-driven era, ubiquitous concern about environmental issues pushes more startups to engage in business model innovation that promotes environmentally friendly technologies. The goal of these is create technology-based products and services enhance sustainability. this context, artificial intelligence promises be a key instrument create, capture, deliver value. However, the existing literature lacks deep understanding how using AI innovate their models achieve positive impact. Therefore, paper investigates green technology utilize from perspective for We conduct qualitative, exploratory multiple-case study Eisenhardt methodology, based on interview data analyzed qualitative content analysis. derive five predominant manifestations AI-driven identify archetypical connections between dimensions. Further, we establish three overarching associations among cases. doing so, contribute theory practice by providing deeper account attempt maximize impact through AI. results also highlight driven can support society securing sustainable future.

Language: Английский

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Artificial intelligence (AI) for good? Enabling organizational change towards sustainability DOI Creative Commons

Julia Schwaeke,

Carolin Gerlich,

Hong Linh Nguyen

et al.

Review of Managerial Science, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Jan. 22, 2025

Language: Английский

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4

Enhancing top managers' leadership with artificial intelligence: insights from a systematic literature review DOI Creative Commons
Simone Bevilacqua, Jana Masárová, Francesco Antonio Perotti

et al.

Review of Managerial Science, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Jan. 22, 2025

Language: Английский

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3

Empowering Thai SMEs through IT competency, digitalization and digital transformation for new product development DOI Creative Commons
Pittawat Ueasangkomsate

Cogent Business & Management, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 12(1)

Published: Feb. 4, 2025

Language: Английский

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1

Artificial intelligence adoption dynamics and knowledge in SMEs and large firms: A systematic review and bibliometric analysis DOI
Samuel Godadaw Ayinaddis

Journal of Innovation & Knowledge, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 10(3), P. 100682 - 100682

Published: March 23, 2025

Language: Английский

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1

The Impacts of Artificial Intelligence on Business Innovation: A Comprehensive Review of Applications, Organizational Challenges, and Ethical Considerations DOI Creative Commons
Rubén Machucho-Cadena, Ortíz González

Systems, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 13(4), P. 264 - 264

Published: April 8, 2025

This review synthesizes current knowledge on the transformative impacts of artificial intelligence (AI)—computational systems capable performing tasks requiring human-like reasoning—on business innovation. It addresses potential AI to reshape strategies, operations, and value creation across various industries. Key themes include AI-driven model innovation, human–AI collaboration, ethical governance, operational efficiency, customer experience personalization, organizational capability development, adoption disparities. enables scalable product personalized service delivery, data-driven strategic decisions. Successful implementations hinge overcoming technical, cultural, barriers, with enhancing consumer trust competitiveness, positioning responsible innovation as a imperative. For practitioners, this offers evidence-based frameworks for aligning objectives. academics, it identifies research frontiers, including longitudinal impacts, context-specific roadmaps small- medium-sized enterprises, sustainable pathways. conceptualizes driver systemic transformation, continuous learning, foresight, ability competitive advantage.

Language: Английский

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Evaluating the impact of digital and financial literacy on MSME performance DOI

Purari Kumar,

Akriti Chandra,

Shivani Shivani

et al.

Journal of the International Council for Small Business, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 1 - 13

Published: Oct. 9, 2024

The objective of this study was to determine the critical success factors that contribute performance micro-, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) in context digital financial literacy. This employed total interpretive structural modeling approach construct a hierarchical model important elements analyze their direct indirect interconnections. article specifies six impact MSMEs, with consideration effects value generation leading enhanced performance. results indicate entrepreneurial orientation literacy are primary components developed model, all collectively contributing overall By identifying categorizing key within strategic provides MSME founders systematic way enhance business competency, which has significant consequences for growth success. research assists policy makers practitioners improving MSMEs.

Language: Английский

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4

The human element in digital transformation: The role of talent management for SMEs DOI
Albena Pergelova, Desislava Yordanova

Journal of the International Council for Small Business, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 1 - 15

Published: Oct. 9, 2024

The role of digitalization for business performance has attracted significant research interest. While many studies have advanced the literature with insights on digital tools and strategies, what is less well understood human factor in this process. objective study to assess element small medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Theoretically, we draw sociotechnical theory dynamic capabilities underline importance integrating technology aspects enhancing SME performance. Empirically, use a representative dataset 1,000 Bulgarian SMEs perform structural equations modeling. Our findings reveal that existence strategies by themselves may not lead improved unless they are integrated appropriate talent management practices support organizational agility. results underscore considering pathways through which strategy affects SMEs.

Language: Английский

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A DESCRIPTIVE STUDY IN RESPECT TO APPRAISAL OF BLUE OCEAN LEADERSHIP STYLE DOI

Mehak Gulati,

Anju Singh,

Satnam P. Mathur

et al.

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INNOVATIONS & RESEARCH ANALYSIS, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 04(04(I)), P. 209 - 212

Published: Jan. 9, 2025

Managers and leadership activities are at the core of any organization's operation control is mechanism she/he offers. Retaining talented employees crucial for an organization’s sustainable development, ineffective often leads to employee disengagement. Blue Ocean Leadership tries bring one significant reform fundamental level leadership, which has impact on organisations where disengaged work force standard. The paper only identifies by employing secondary data contrast it with traditional models, defines "concept" Leadership, then performs a thorough analysis.

Language: Английский

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Exploring the effect of financial technology on the sustainability of small and medium enterprises in Mogadishu, Somalia DOI Creative Commons

Mohamed Abdi Elmi,

Faadumo Osman Abdulkadir,

Akram Mahad Mohamud

et al.

Cogent Business & Management, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 12(1)

Published: Feb. 4, 2025

Language: Английский

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