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South African HIV/AIDS programming overlooks migration, urban livelihoods, and informal workplaces
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Jo Vearey --- , South Africa Marlise Richter --- , South Africa Lorena Núñez --- , South Africa Khangelani Moyo --- , South AfricaSouth Africa has the largest population of people living with HIV globally and is associated with high population mobility. The majority of migrants move in search of improved livelihood opportunities, and many who migrate (both internally and across borders) move... -
Are African penguins worth saving? The ecotourism value of the Boulders Beach colony
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: SEF Lewis --- Percy FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, DST/NRF Centre of Excellence, South Africa JK Turpie --- Percy FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, DST/NRF Centre of Excellence, South Africa PG Ryan --- Percy FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, DST/NRF Centre of Excellence, South AfricaPopulations of the African penguin Spheniscus demersus have decreased dramatically over the past century, due in part to competition for food with commercial fisheries, and the species is now endangered as a result. Economic arguments are used to favour fisheries... -
A Conceptual Framework for Implementing Sustainable Livelihoods and Innovation in Biofuel Production among Smallholder Farmers
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Chipo Nyamwena-Mukonza --- , South AfricaThere has been renewed interest in biofuel production globally as a response to the continuous increase in oil prices, the depletion of fossil fuels and as nations move towards a low carbon economy. The paper is a work in progress... -
Government R&D Impact on the South African Macroeconomy
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Radhika Perrot --- Mapungubwe Institute for Strategic Reflection, South Africa (MISTRA) David Mosaka --- Beracah Consulting, South Africa Lefentse Nokaneng --- Beracah Consulting, South Africa Rita Sikhondze --- Wits Business School, Wits University, South AfricaThis article analyses the impact of government R&D on the macro-economy of South Africa. Most literature on the impact of R&D on the economy has been on advanced countries, where R&D expenditure as per cent of the GDP has been... -
Felicitas Publica and community well-being: nourishing relational goods through dialogic conversations between deprived and privileged populations
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Helena Águeda Marujo --- School of Social and Political Sciences, Portugal Luis Miguel Neto --- School of Social and Political Sciences, PortugalThis article discusses the theoretical justifications, presumed relevance and value of using community interventions designed to be appreciative and strengths based, participatory and conversational, context sensitive and value driven, to promote well-being actions and coordinated meaning between privileged persons and... -
The Human Economy Project: first steps
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: John Sharp --- The Human Economy Project, Faculty of Humanities, South Africa Theodore Powers --- The Human Economy Project, Faculty of Humanities, South Africa Vito Laterza --- The Human Economy Project, Faculty of Humanities, South AfricaThe Human Economy Project is interdisciplinary in scope, but relies extensively on anthropological research methods. These methods are an appropriate counter to the methods adopted in mainstream economics, which has been criticised for its isolation from ‘the ordinary business of... -
On law and legality in post-apartheid South Africa: insights from a migrant street trader
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Jürgen Schraten --- The Human Economy Project, Faculty of Humanities, South AfricaThis article focuses on the experience of law and legality by a migrant street trader in post-apartheid South Africa. The experiences of this stall vendor are analysed alongside theoretical notions of law and the legal system. The ways that law... -
A broken link: two generations in a rural household in Massinga district, southern Mozambique
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Albert Farré --- The Human Economy Project, Faculty of Humanities, South AfricaLabour migration has long been a recurrent topic in southern Africa, owing to the appearance of industrialised mining production in the mid-nineteenth century, and its overall effects on land and agriculture. In Mozambique, historically one of the main suppliers to... -
Towards a human economy: reflections on a new project
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: John Sharp --- Department of Anthropology and Archaeology, South AfricaThe University of Pretoria's Human Economy project began at the end of 2010. To date it has involved eighteen post-doctoral fellows, drawn from around the world, and eight doctoral candidates, all from Africa. This paper reviews the project's progress, drawing... -
Some notes towards a human economy approach
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Vito Laterza --- The Human Economy Project, Faculty of Humanities, South AfricaThe diverse research activities carried out in the Human Economy Project focus on the economic practices that people on the ground perform in their everyday life, and the interactions between these actions and larger-scale political and economic structures and institutions... -
Most at-risk populations: contextualising HIV prevention programmes targeting marginalised groups in Zanzibar, Tanzania
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Naheed Ahmed --- Department of Anthropology, FloridaAccording to a 2009 UNAIDS report the HIV/AIDS prevalence rate in Zanzibar, Tanzania, is low in the general population (0.6%), but high among vulnerable groups, specifically sex workers (10.8%), injecting drug users (15.1%), and men who have sex with men... -
Rational agent-based understanding of the informal sector: A critical assessment
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: René Rivera-Huerta --- Postgraduate programme in Economics and Management of Innovation, MexicoThe main economic theories that have studied the informal sector have had little success in explaining the consistencies founded empirically and in proposing efficient policies to bring up to date the non-structured sector. This work proposes that more suitable theoretical... -
A new informal economy in Africa: The case of Ghana
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Franklin Obeng-Odoom --- School of Built Environment, Australia Stephen Ameyaw --- Department of Real Estate and Land Management, Faculty of Planning and Land Management,This paper reveals a new informal economy in Ghana, Africa – the ‘in formal informal economy’ – where the actors are highly educated and skilled, and neither migrants nor ‘dropouts’ from the formal sector. Cast in the same setting where... -
Growth and structural change in Africa: development strategies for the learning economy
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Bengt-Åke Lundvall --- Department of Management and Business Studies, Denmark Rasmus Lema --- Department of Management and Business Studies, DenmarkThis paper discusses opportunities and policy options for African countries seeking innovation and learning based development strategies. What kind of policies and institutions are necessary in order to transform the current increase in rents from commodities exports into industrial investment... -
Consumption of sachet water in Nigeria: quality, public health and economic perspectives
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: David O. Omole --- Department of Civil Engineering, South Africa Julius M. Ndambuki --- Department of Civil Engineering, South Africa Kehinde Balogun --- Department of Civil Engineering, NigeriaDemand for drinking water is met by different methods in different parts of the world. Water packaging into polyethylene sachets (as a form of water vending) has assumed an innovative status which has spread from its origin in Nigeria to... -
Window onto a world of waste: cultural aspects of work in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Vivienne Ward --- Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology, South Africa Frans Kamsteeg --- Department of Culture, The NetherlandsIn the Western Cape a system has emerged in recent years where informal groupings of poor people make a living by recycling waste material in exchange for cash. There are several dynamic interfaces in this process and this short study... -
The Human Economy Project: first steps
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: John Sharp --- The Human Economy Project, Faculty of Humanities, South Africa Theodore Powers --- The Human Economy Project, Faculty of Humanities, South Africa Vito Laterza --- The Human Economy Project, Faculty of Humanities, South AfricaThe Human Economy Project is interdisciplinary in scope, but relies extensively on anthropological research methods. These methods are an appropriate counter to the methods adopted in mainstream economics, which has been criticised for its isolation from ‘the ordinary business of... -
On law and legality in post-apartheid South Africa: insights from a migrant street trader
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Jürgen Schraten --- The Human Economy Project, Faculty of Humanities, South AfricaThis article focuses on the experience of law and legality by a migrant street trader in post-apartheid South Africa. The experiences of this stall vendor are analysed alongside theoretical notions of law and the legal system. The ways that law... -
A broken link: two generations in a rural household in Massinga district, southern Mozambique
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Albert Farré --- The Human Economy Project, Faculty of Humanities, South AfricaLabour migration has long been a recurrent topic in southern Africa, owing to the appearance of industrialised mining production in the mid-nineteenth century, and its overall effects on land and agriculture. In Mozambique, historically one of the main suppliers to... -
Towards a human economy: reflections on a new project
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: John Sharp --- Department of Anthropology and Archaeology, South AfricaThe University of Pretoria's Human Economy project began at the end of 2010. To date it has involved eighteen post-doctoral fellows, drawn from around the world, and eight doctoral candidates, all from Africa. This paper reviews the project's progress, drawing... -
Some notes towards a human economy approach
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Vito Laterza --- The Human Economy Project, Faculty of Humanities, South AfricaThe diverse research activities carried out in the Human Economy Project focus on the economic practices that people on the ground perform in their everyday life, and the interactions between these actions and larger-scale political and economic structures and institutions... -
Universities and think-tanks as partners in the African knowledge economy: Insights from South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Claudious Chikozho --- Gauteng City-Region Observatory, South Africa Davison Saruchera --- Independent Consultant, South AfricaThere is a paucity of knowledge regarding the nature of interactions between universities and think-tanks in Africa and how their collaboration could be promoted to enable them to contribute more effectively to the knowledge economy. Relying on primary and secondary... -
Knowledge in the economic growth of developing economies
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Manjinder Kaur --- Department of Economics, India Lakhwinder Singh --- Centre for Development Economics and Innovations Studies (CDEIS), IndiaIn the modern era, the success of a developing economy has become more dependent on the capacity to produce and use knowledge, which leads to the emergence of a knowledge economy. Keeping in view the significance of the knowledge economy... -
Green economy transition and the sustainability of the Nigerian aquaculture industry: Policy perspectives and the way forward
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Zelda A. Elum --- College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, South Africa Vuyo Mjimba --- Institute for Corporate Citizenship, South AfricaSustainable development and green economy transition call for innovations that address the simultaneous realisation of economic growth, and improved human and environmental well-being. A holistic and appropriate policy and legislative regime is important to ensure the efficacy of these innovations... -
South Africa’s pedagogical transformation for participation in the global knowledge economy: Is it a panacea for modern development?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Tlou Ramoroka --- Department of Development Planning and Management, South Africa Johannes Tsheola --- Department of Development Planning and Management, South Africa Mokoko Sebola --- Department of Public Administration, South AfricaThe advent of computer and Internet technologies has brought continuous and rapid transformations in technology specifically for global and national development purposes. Additionally, computer and the Internet technologies are the basis for so called the ‘e’ phenomenon such as ‘e-communication,... -
How millennials perceive leisure luxury hotels in a sharing economy?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Andy Heyes --- Hotel Management School, The Netherlands Ajay Aluri --- College of Business and Economics, USAThe introduction of both the experience and sharing economies can potentially be seen to be the start of a new type of luxury accommodation, but is that really true? The generation best adapted to such changes, who are also the... -
The BRIC and African Countries’ Informal Economies: Differences, Similarities and Some General Observations
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Aareni Ammal Uruthirapathy --- School of Business, Trent University, Canada Moses N. Kiggundu --- Sprott School of Business, Carleton University, CanadaThis study examines whether African countries can learn from the experiences of BRIC countries that have informal economies. Our analysis revealed that some characteristics of the informal economy are common in both the BRIC and the select African group. The... -
Structure and Management of Formal and Informal Business Activities in Entrepreneurial Family and Small Firms in Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Moses N. Kiggundu --- Sprott School of Business, Carleton University, Canada Siva P. Pal --- Sprott School of Business, Carleton University, CanadaThis article focuses on the meso-micro levels of entrepreneurial family-owned and small firms operating in Africa’s informal economy. It examines how these firms manage formal and informal business activities, and how entrepreneurs manage business risks associated with market imperfections. After... -
The Informal Economy in pan-Africa: Review of the Literature, Themes, Questions, and Directions for Management Research
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Katia M. Galdino --- Georgia Southern University, USA Moses N. Kiggundu --- Sprott School of Business, Canada Carla D. Jones --- Sam Houston State University, USA Sangbum Ro --- University of Tampa, USAThe informal economy is an important phenomenon in African countries, accounting for up to 90% of the jobs in the lowest income Sub-Saharan countries such as Central African Republic and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Management research about Africa,... -
An overview of themes in the agrarian and environmental history of the Karoo since c.1800
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Range & Forage Science • Authors: William Beinart --- African Studies Centre, UKThis article explores some themes in the agrarian and environmental history of the Karoo since 1800. It argues that environmental change cannot be understood without incorporating social, economic and political history. This is especially so in the case of the... -
Understanding memorable tourism experiences: A case study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Miranda Cornelisse --- Tourism, The NetherlandsThe desire for new experiences that are truly authentic has become an important mainstream in the tourism industry. The main goal of this empirical case study was twofold: 1) To determine which concept of authenticity in tourism literature is most... -
Navigating competing institutional logics in a developing economy
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Kassa Woldesenbet Beta --- Strategic Management and Marketing, UK John Storey --- People and Organization, UK Bruce T. LamontThis paper examines how senior managers in a developing economy, Ethiopia, navigate between, and draw upon, the competing logics of ‘state’ and ‘market’ when seeking to explain their firm’s business strategies. This fault-line is especially critical in such contexts. The... -
Exploring technological adaptation in the informal economy: A case study of innovations in small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Zimbabwe
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Tarisai Kudakwashe Manyati --- College of Economic and Management Sciences, South Africa Morgen Mutsau --- Centre for Applied Social Sciences, ZimbabweLittle attention has been given to the processes and factors that facilitate technological adaptation by informal innovators operating in small and medium enterprises in Zimbabwe. This article sought to establish how and why technological adaptation occurs in the informal economy... -
A dialogue on the informal economy in Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Tiara Nicole Dungy --- Lilly School of Philanthropy, USA Hermann Achidi Ndofor --- Kelley School of Business, USAAlthough ubiquitous, very little is generalizable about the informal economy. This is especially the case within Africa wherein the informal economy also intersects with the indigenous economy. The diversity of papers in the special issue (AJOM, Volume 4 Issue 3)... -
Care, contagion and the good mother: narratives of motherhood, tuberculosis and healing
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Ziyanda Majombozi --- School of African and Gender Studies, Anthropology and Linguistics, South AfricaSouth Africa is reported as one of the countries with a high burden of tuberculosis (TB). In response to the epidemic, the country’s national Department of Health attempted to improve access to health care and TB treatment with a variety... -
What motivates people to become Airbnb hosts – do we know enough? — an exploration of the literature
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Simon Lind Fischer --- Dania Academy, Denmark Henrik S Pahus --- Dania Academy, Denmark Anne Bager --- Dania Academy, DenmarkAirbnb hosts open their doors to provide hospitality for strangers in 7 million homes in more than 100 000 cities around the world. On top of that, Airbnb hosts offer 40 000 guided local experiences across more than 1 000... -
The Africa we want and the Africa we see: How scholarship from Africa stands to enrich global scholarship
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Helena Barnard --- , South AfricaThis paper grew out of a keynote I delivered at the Academy of International Business Africa chapter meeting in Ghana, 2019, and was further honed in the review process. I share how emotionally challenging I sometimes find it to be... -
National digital taxes – Lessons from Europe
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Accounting Research • Authors: Stefanie Geringer --- , AustriaDigitalisation has done more to shape the 21st century than virtually any other phenomenon. However, international tax law has seemingly failed to keep pace with rapid technological developments, which has likely led to inequalities between the tax burden of traditional... -
The normal tax consequences of home swaps for residents owning property in the Republic of South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Accounting Research • Authors: Magdel Zietsman --- , South Africa Andrea Herron --- , South Africa“Home swapping” has become more accessible due to a global phenomenon, known as the sharing economy. Technological advancement has removed the barriers to international trade and members of home swapping programmes exchange rights to provide each other with accommodation in... -
Exploring the antecedents of entrepreneurship success in information technology firms in Nigeria
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Akinyele Okeremi --- , Nigeria Kwasi Amoako-Gyampah --- , USA Livingstone Divine Caesar --- , SwitzerlandWe examine four antecedents of IT entrepreneurship success in Nigeria. Particularly, two of the investigated antecedents are general human capital factors (i.e., having experience with entrepreneurial parents and business training) and the other two (IT education and spirituality) are specific... -
An evaluation of the legislative and policy response of tax authorities to the digitalisation of the economy
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Accounting Research • Authors: Helena Strauss [cor1] Danie Schutte --- , South Africa Tyson Fawcett --- , AustraliaTax administration and reform within the digitalised economy is an ongoing global debate. In the study, the global tax response to various elements introduced by the digitalisation of the economy is synthesised, analysed and evaluated. The study is set apart... -
The value of volunteers in tourism and events: A leadership perspective
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Henrik Sølvbjerg Pahus --- , Denmark Simon Lind Fischer --- , Denmark Bianca Bradescu --- , DenmarkThis article is part of a three-year research project on volunteerism and the value for organisations employing volunteers, volunteers themselves and finally the tourists who meet the volunteers in various settings. Employing a mixed methods approach, we conducted a mutual... -
The future of hospitality jobs: The rise of the gig worker
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Georges El Hajal --- , The Netherlands Bill Rowson --- , The NetherlandsThis review article aims to analyse the different perspectives on the gig economy and gig workers, specifically in the hospitality industry, and establish a research base that contributes to future research. The article examines the perceptions of both employers and... -
Digital innovations for transitioning to circular plastic value chains in Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Muyiwa Oyinlola --- , UK Patrick Schröder --- , UK Timothy Whitehead --- , UK Oluwaseun Kolade --- , UK Kutoma Wakunuma --- , UK Soroosh Sharifi --- , Barry Rawn --- , Rwanda Victor Odumuyiwa --- , Nigeria Selma Lendelvo --- , Namibia Geoff Brighty --- , UK Bosun Tijani --- , Nigeria Tomi Jaiyeola --- , Rwanda Lukonga Lindunda --- , Zambia Radhia Mtonga --- , Zambia Soroush Abolfathi --- , UKThe paper analyzes the current state of plastic value chains in Africa and the potential of digital innovations adopted by African entrepreneurs to contributing to a circular plastic economy. We provide an overview of plastic waste trade to African countries... -
Adoption of eco-bricks for housing: the case of Yelwa, Nigeria
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Uche Emmanuel Edike --- , Nigeria Omotayo Aina --- , Nigeria Adebowale Babalola Adeoye --- , NigeriaThe benefits of eco-bricks have been highlighted in contemporary literature. Notwithstanding, the adoption of eco-bricks masonry for the construction of houses in rural communities of low-income countries is significantly low. This study investigated the features, benefits, drivers and barriers to... -
Social capital and firm performance nexus: The role of new product development capability and environmental dynamism in an emerging economy
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Patrick Awusak Akanpaaba --- , Ghana Ahmed Agyapong --- , Ghana Henry Kofi Mensah --- , Ghana Samuel Yaw Akomea --- , GhanaThis paper seeks to examine the argument that the social capital and market performance link is more pronounced when it is channelled through the new product development capability of the firm. The study further argues that the indirect effect of... -
Exploring preferences of market traders of the type and delivery methods of HIV services in Lilongwe, Malawi
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: James Jere --- , Malawi Alinane Linda Nyondo-Mipando --- Kamuzu University of Health Sciences, MalawiBackground: Reaching all people with HIV services, including traders in the informal economy, is critical to meeting UNAIDS’ 95-95-95 goals. However, traders prioritise their business over attendance at health facilities. This limits their access to health services. This study explores... -
Impact of tourism on residents’ well-being amid the CoVID-19 pandemic in Bali
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Larissa Huser --- Universitas Triatma Mulya International, Indonesia Erna Wiles --- Universitas Triatma Mulya International, Indonesia Rodney Westerlaken --- NHL Stenden University of Applied Sciences, The NetherlandsBy being dependent on one of the most impacted industries, the travel industry, Balinese residents experienced a considerable downturn in their well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic. This research aims to examine the extent to which sociocultural, economic and environmental aspects... -
A circular economy approach to plastics in hospitality: a Frisian case study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Livia Westgeest --- University of Groningen, The NetherlandsDespite its importance and influence on global plastic consumption, plastic management in the hospitality industry remains largely under-researched. This study aimed to investigate the perceived opportunities and barriers to reducing, reusing and recycling single-use plastics among a group of Frisian... -
Global concentration of wood-pulp production, 1961–2021
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern Forests: a Journal of Forest Science • Authors: Luiz Moreira Coelho Junior --- Federal University of Paraiba, Brazil Thaisa de Sousa Selvatti --- Federal University of Lavras, Brazil Filipe Vanderlei Alencar --- Federal University of Paraiba, Brazil Anna Manuella Melo Nunes --- Federal University of Paraiba, Brazil Maisa Santos Joaquim --- Universidade de Brasilia, Brazil Edvaldo Pereira Santos Júnior --- Federal University of Paraiba, Brazil Alvaro Nogueira de Souza --- Universidade de Brasilia, BrazilWood pulp is one of the main products of forestry worldwide, being a necessary intermediate product for all types of paper produced. In order to understand the market dynamics of this product, this study analyses the global concentration of the... -
Towards developing a national framework for industry 4.0 in African emerging economies
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Olugbenga Ayo Ojubanire --- Euromed University of Fes, Morocco Hicham Sebti --- Euromed University of Fes, Morocco Sabrina Berbain --- ISG International Business School, FranceUnlike past industrial eras, the Fourth Industrial Revolution (industry 4.0) is accelerated and continues to gain momentum. While developed economies are making remarkable progress and contributing geometrically to the global value chain, African emerging economies have continued to grapple with... -
Contemporary dining room professionals: towards a “hip” style of hospitality identity
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Kajsa Hult --- Culinary Arts & Meal Science, Örebro University, Sweden Henrik Scander --- Culinary Arts & Meal Science, Örebro University, Sweden Ute Walter --- Culinary Arts & Meal Science, Örebro University, SwedenInterest in having an occupation that connects with consumption practices of taste has increased in the contemporary creative economy. In addition, the restaurant scene in Sweden as well as globally has recently been moving towards a casualisation of high-quality restaurants,... -
Analysing the socioeconomic characteristics of fisheries-dependent communities in the context of the blue economy in Ghana
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Alhassan Abdul-Wakeel Karakara --- University of Cape Coast, Ghana James Atta Peprah --- University of Cape Coast, Ghana Isaac Dasmani --- University of Cape Coast, GhanaFor centuries resource economists have persistently debated and discussed the potential of the green economy and how it should be protected and used sustainably. Most studies to date on the economic value of natural resources have thus concentrated on the... -
Beauty and materiality: Subjective social class mediation of self-perceived physical attractiveness and materialism in Chinese college students
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Baoyan Yang --- Northwest Normal University, China Xiaoyue Zhao --- Northwest Normal University, China Mengmeng Zhu --- Northwest Normal University, China Yiting Wang --- Northwest Normal University, China Qiaoqiao Du --- Northwest Normal University, ChinaThis study examines the relationship between self-perceived physical attractiveness and materialism, and the mediating role of subjective social class in that relationship. Participants were 375 Chinese college students (female = 79%; sophomore = 29%; mean age = 21.99; SD =... -
Regenerative economy: A pathway to a future-ready, sustainable Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Judith L. Walls --- Institute for Economy and the Environment, University of St.Gallen, Switzerland Leo Luca Vogel --- University of St.Gallen, SwitzerlandAfrica is experiencing a period of rapid economic growth, booming population, and migration as biodiversity is deteriorating and the climate is warming. Together, these represent grand societal and environmental challenges. The African Union and the United Nations both promote sustainable... -
Analysis of patents and citations for selected areas of the bioeconomy in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Thabang Lazarus Bambo --- University of Pretoria, South Africa Anastassios Pouris --- University of Pretoria, South AfricaThe South African bioeconomy strategy did not clearly articulate the measurement framework to monitor the implementation of the strategy. This paper provides an analysis of bioeconomy patents, the most prolific organizations and citations at the EPO and USPTO for South... -
Awareness and adoption of circular economy in the consumption and production value-chain among MSMEs towards sustainable development
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Yusuf Opeyemi Akinwale --- Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Saudi ArabiaThe global value-chain was hugely disrupted by the Covid-19 pandemic which collapsed many micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) globally, especially in Africa where little or no support was received from governments. The circular economy (CE) is recognized as a... -
Exploring participatory scenario planning for sustainable urban tourism development
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Miranda Cornelisse --- Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences, The Netherlands Arjen van Klink --- Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences, The NetherlandsThis viewpoint article explores the potential of multistakeholder participatory scenario planning (PSP) as a tool to foster a sustainable visitor economy in underprivileged neighbourhoods. Feijenoord, a district in Rotterdam, is such an area. While the visitor economy offers economic benefits,... -
Assessing the socio-economic value of shark diving in the Protea Banks Marine Protected Area, South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: ML Dicken --- , South Africa AV Towner --- Rhodes University, South Africa B Mauz --- , South Africa R Mauz --- , South AfricaProtea Banks, a reef off the east coast of South Africa and a renowned dive destination, attained marine protected area (MPA) status in 2019. This study investigates the economic significance of the shark diving industry at this MPA and examines... -
Tourism resilience in Iran: navigating sanctions, diplomacy and emerging opportunities
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Research in Hospitality Management • Authors: Masood Khodadadi --- University of the West of Scotland, United KingdomThe re-election of Donald Trump as the 47th president of the United States in 2024 marks a significant shift in US-Iran relations, with far-reaching consequences for Iran’s tourism sector. This brief report examines the potential impact of Trump’s foreign policy,... -
An empirical investigation into dynamics of growth of Indian economy impacted by public and private sector investment: Is there evidence of crowding out effect?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Priya Gupta --- Jawaharlal Nehru University, India Pratibha Rai --- University of Delhi, India Vijeta Pundir --- University of Delhi, India Bhawna --- Jawaharlal Nehru University, IndiaThis study examines the dynamic effects of public and private investments on India’s economic growth, focusing on disaggregating public sector investments into infrastructure and non-infrastructure Gross Fixed Capital Formation (GFCF). Key questions include: How do public infrastructure and non-infrastructure investments... -
Dialoguing hunger and survival during the Zimbabwe COVID-19 lockdowns through WhatsApp jokes
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of African Languages • Authors: Hugh Mangeya --- Midlands State University, Zimbabwe Ashton Mudzingiri --- Midlands State University, ZimbabweThis article analyses the dialogue on hunger and survival issues emanating from viral COVID-19-induced jokes circulated via WhatsApp during Zimbabwe’s consecutive lockdowns. The lockdowns were part of public health measures to curb the spread of COVID-19. They, however, disrupted the... -
Reimagining corporate planning practices for operational flexibility and sustainability in emerging economy: A reflection on the Nigerian private sector
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Daniel E. Ufua --- Centre for Economic Policy and Development Research (CEPDeR ), Mamdouh Abdulaziz Saleh Al-Faryan --- The Saudi Economic Association, Saudi Arabia Basit Ali --- ILMA University, PakistanThis study examined corporate planning and operational flexibility in an emerging economy, the Nigerian private sector. The research aimed to develop learning on the practice of corporate planning, with a view from the perspectives of the affected stakeholders who are... -
When and how does creativity influence performance? An examination of SMEs in an emerging economy
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Ahmed Agyapong --- Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana Felicity Asiedu Appiah --- Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana Hannah Vivian Osei --- Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana Suzzie Aidoo --- York St John University, UKUnderpinned by the resource-based view and social capital theories, this study examines the mediating role of innovation in the relationship between creativity and the performance of SMEs in an emerging economy. We propose additionally that the innovation created through the... -
Renewable energy transition and employment dynamics in an emerging oil-producing economy: A case study of Ghana
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Clement Oteng --- University of Cape Coast, Ghana Iledare Omowumi --- SPE Africa Region and Member Board of the Society of Petroleum Engineers International (SPEi), Nigeria James Atta Peprah --- University of Cape Coast, Ghana Pius Gamette --- University of Cape Coast, GhanaShifting to sustainable renewable energy is justified by the failures of global markets brought on by climate change. However, many workers are uncertain about retraining their current employment considering the dynamics associated with renewable energy transition. This has become a... -
Challenging the bottom-of-the-pyramid narrative in Africa: A cross-cultural management perspective on the impact of mobile money
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Africa Journal of Management • Authors: Terence Jackson --- Middlesex University, UK Ellis L.C. Osabutey --- Northumbria University, UKThe “bottom-of-the-pyramid” (BoP) narrative underpins the introduction of fintech initiatives such as mobile money into Africa’s largely informal economies by multinational enterprises (MNEs) often endorsed by the international development community. This is claimed to enhance financial inclusion and enterprise development... -
Potentials of fabric scraps management for value creation among fashion designers in South West Nigeria
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Oluwafeyikemi E. Bashorun --- Olabisi Onabanjo University, Nigeria Idris O. Badiru --- University of Ibadan, Nigeria Mojisola F. Oyewole --- University of Ibadan, Nigeria Taibat T. Adebisi --- University of Ilorin, Nigeria Olufunmilayo O. Braide --- Federal University of Agriculture, Nigeria Adenike O. Lawal --- Olabisi Onabanjo University, NigeriaThe global fashion industry generates substantial fabric waste, contributing to severe environmental pollution. Fabric Scraps Management (FSM) practices offer a pathway to mitigating waste while fostering value creation. This study investigates the quantity of Fabric Scraps (FS) produced, the level... -
Drivers of timber supply in an archetypical African economy, Cameroon: some policy implications for sustainable development
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern Forests: a Journal of Forest Science • Authors: Ernest L Molua --- University of Buea, CameroonTimber features as an important commodity in the trade portfolio of some African countries as it is accessible, lucrative, and necessary for construction and development. For these reasons, the supply of timber has implications for sustainable development. This research evaluated...