The shared goal of social entrepreneurship, corporate social responsibility and social innovation is the advancement of society. The business model of social enterprises is characterized by unique strategies based on the competencies of the entrepreneurs, and is not aimed primarily at the maximization of profits, but rather at carrying out goals for the benefit of society. Corporate social resp...

Unavoidable disturbances induce the necessity of operations control and dispatching tasks in the timetable-driven rail traffic. Therefore, dispatching becomes one of the most relevant challenges for the economic success, since it directly affects the timeliness of passengers, which is a core indicator of customer satisfaction. Thus, the integration of passenger preferences into dispatching stra...

This comparative paper adds to the literature by exploring connection between policy entrepreneurship and collaboration among street-level bureaucrats (SLBs) in two countries. We asked if SLBs, as entrepreneurs, promote collaborative efforts their work. If so, what ways? The study was based on qualitative research in-depth semistructured interviews with 20 SLBs social services Israel Germany. O...

Urban marketplace fires in Ghana are chronic, devasting economic losses and disproportionately impacting informal sector workers. Yet, the scholarly works on urban disasters have focused hydrometeorological other man-made to neglect of fires, particularly challenges risk communication between emergency management agencies In seeking extend emerging but scant work Ghana, this paper analysed fire...

In a typical spatial search problem, (mobile) users search for (stationary or mobile) entities that have spatial attributes. The user’s current location and/or the entities’ locations are considered to assess the relevance of the search result. On one hand, we believe that the user’s future location is more relevant to the search result than the current location. Hence, we study spatial search ...