Entrepreneurship and Management in an Islamic Context
Beschreibung:
Veland Ramadani is an Associate Professor at South-East European University, Republic of Macedonia, where he teaches both undergraduate and postgraduate courses in entrepreneurship and small business management. He is Coordinator of Integrated Study Programme Department: Contemporary Enterprise Management, within South-East European University. He formerly served as Visiting Lecturer of Entrepreneurship at Universum College and AAB University, Republic of Kosovo. His research interests include entrepreneurship, small business management and venture capital investments. He authored or co-authored more than forty research articles and ten books. Among his recent books is 'Family businesses in transition economies', published by Springer. Veland also serves as a member of editorial and reviewer board of several international journals. He was engaged by the President of Republic of Macedonia as a member of experts' committee to analyse the economical, technological and juridical conditions for establishing techno-parks in the Republic of Macedonia. He has also delivered different trainings to the heads of departments in the Ministry of Economy of Macedonia.
The aim of this volume is to explore entrepreneurship and business from the perspective of Islamic principles, which are usually based on collaboration, teamwork, generosity and altruism.
The contributions deal with the confluence of Islamic Principles with entrepreneurial and business ownership characteristics; resource use by entrepreneurs; means of entrepreneurial success, and ethics and social responsibility.1 An Introduction to Entrepreneurship and Management in an Islamic Context.- 2 Islamic Entrepreneurship and Management: Culture, religion and society.- 3 Islamic Leadership Models: Lessons from Early Islam.- 4 Micro-Entrepreneurial Motivations in Ghana: Do Muslims Differ?.- 5 The Process of New Venture Creation in the Islamic World: An Organizing Framework.- 6 Ethnic and Migrant Entrepreneurship: The Case of Muslim Lebanese Entrepreneurs in Dearborn.- 7 The Foundation of Islamic Knowledge Management Practices.- 8 Islamic finance: Entrepreneurial management perspective.- 9 Ethics and Social Responsibility in Islamic Finance.-10 Social Entrepreneurship in an Islamic context.- 11 Youth Entrepreneurship in an Islamic Context.- 12 Female Micro-entrepreneurship: The Key to Economic Growth and Development in Islamic Economies.- 13 Encouraging Female Entrepreneurship in Jordan: Environmental Factors, Obstacles and Challenges.- 14 Islamic entrepreneurship and management: Future research directions.