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Although handicrafts portray the Malaysian culture and heritage legacy brought forward from previous generations, over the years, due to industrial revolution and technological advancements, the handicraft industry has been severely affected. However, entrepreneurship is one of the ways forward to sustainably preserve the handicraft industry.…

The current paper offers a reflection derived from the results of the qualitative research component in the author’s PhD thesis on Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) and entrepreneurial dynamics in Portugal over the last thirty years (Couto, 2013). Relying on a limited, but diverse body…

Family-oriented companies are a predominant type of company in the context of the Portuguese private business fabric. At the heart of this business typology, two structural aspects of the life of individuals coexist: work (company) and family, with multiple challenges experienced by those who create,…

Micro entrepreneurs contribute significantly to economic growth, and poverty eradication through self-employment, and job creation. However, micro-entrepreneurs are believed to wrestle with effective financial recording and planning. In the absence of proper bookkeeping, business analysis, and hence future growth planning are difficult. This exploratory study…

The effective functioning of small and medium enterprises in Ukraine is due to multifactorial impact formation of a competitive environment according to the deepening market relations. The approval of positive trends and the implementation of measures to improve business in the regions are directly dependent…

This article points to the internal problem of nation states and the Warsaw Pact at the turn of the 1950s and 1920s. It also indicates the threats to European security. Events threatening destabilization in the Warsaw Pact countries took place in Poland (1967-1968) and Czechoslovakia…

The article is an attempt to describe the perception of the social economy and social entrepreneurship as well as evaluate their prospects and obstacles to their development in the context of entrepreneurial intentions of students. From the point of view of academic research, the social…

The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly affected the transport industry functioning. Changes in the volume of transported cargo were observed in particular transport modes, and above all in ports transshipments. The aim of the article is to investigate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the…

The paper presents the specificity of the group of consumers belonging to the so-called generation Z. Regardless of whether the biological or educational criterion of age is taken into account, this segment of the market requires detailed knowledge, as well as the determination of specific…

In this article, the author substantiates, presents the main aspects of the analysis of financial instruments. This is a rather complex set of measures that takes into account both external and internal factors. During the study, the current regulatory framework for financial instruments was analyzed,…