Malay Women Entrepreneurs: Do Resilience and Emotional Quotient Contribute towards Business Sustainability During the Economic Crisis?

What Impact Do Economic Issues Have on the Sustainability of Small, Medium and Micro Entrepreneurs?

The article presents evidence from SMME entrepreneurs regarding their experiences on economic issues which impact negatively on their sustainability. The inception of the democratic government resulted in the fast boom of small, medium and micro enterprises (SMMEs) due to the introduction black economic empowerment (BEE) initiatives. Using structured questionnaires, the data were collected by p...

Business transformation towards sustainability

Economic Crisis, ‘Political Sustainability’ and the International Financial Architecture

We examine some recent cases in which stabilisation has failed for political reasons, in the process developing a model of political response to crisis which stems from the ‘survival strategy’ literature. Alongside the ‘standard’ correlations of stabilisation failure with inequality and deficiencies in social capital, we also draw attention in this context to the ability of ‘pro-poor expenditur...

Manifestations of Economic Resilience in Hospitals: What do managers say?

Introduction: The area of healthcare requires crucial measures in the area of economic resilience. Regarding the important role of hospital managers in reaching the healthcare goals and realizing instances of the economic resilience in hospitals, the present study was conducted. The aim was to explore the perception of educational and healthcare centers’ managers in Isfahan regarding the concep...

Surviving or Flourishing? Integrating Business Resilience and Sustainability

Purpose Businesses are always seeking resilient strategies so they can weather unpredictable competitive environments. One source of unpredictability is the unsustainability of commerce’s environmental, economic or social impacts and the limitations this places on businesses. Another is poor resilience causing erroneous and unexpected outputs. Companies prospering long-term must have both resil...