municipalities in developing countries spend the highest proportion of their annual budget on unsatisfactory solid waste management service. until recently, solid waste management services in ethiopia were mainly the responsibilities of municipalities, which culminated in inadequate service provision. thus, the integration of micro and small enterprises (mses) by the government has recently bei...

in this study the association between social capital and entrepreneurial locus of control among small and medium-sized enterprises’ managers is evaluated. the innovation of this study is theorizing and clarifying the role of social capital and its dimensions in fostering managers' internal locus of control. internal locus of control is one of the most frequently mentioned personal characte...

iran’s small and medium enterprises (smes) have been widely introduced in the market these days. in the emerging trend of electronic data interchange, iran’s political, economical and social issues have been diverted to a more aggressive approach to the world of e-commerce, that despite the shadowing issues of the past, iran already internalized the promising craft of e-commerce through various...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Over recent years the employment creation discussion was massively raised especially about university graduates and demands from Iran's government increased. The prediction of the youth unemployment rate during the period from 2015 to 2021 showed that with an annual growth rate of 5%, in the last year of the period, the unemployment rate for youth wou...

Despite the increased number of SME adopters of information communication technology for their business, there are limited studies that address the factors affecting SME’s adoption decision. Especially, a theoretical perspective on E-business adoption model for SMEs is required to understand better the SME’s complex adoption decision and, in turn, to provide a realistic means of guidelines for ...