Neeta Baporikar

Neeta Baporikar

Neeta Baporikar is Professor (Management) at Harold Pupkewitz Graduate School of Business (HP-GSB), Namibia University of Science and Technology, Namibia. Prior to this, she was Head-Scientific Research with Ministry of Higher Education CAS-Salalah, Sultanate of Oman, Professor (Strategic Management and Entrepreneurship) at IIIT Pune and BITS India. With more than a decade of experience in industry, consultancy, and training, she made a lateral switch to research and academics in 1995. Prof. Baporikar holds D.Sc. (Management Studies) USA, PhD in Management, University of Pune INDIA with MBA (Distinction) and Law (Hons.) degrees. Apart from this, she is also an external reviewer, Oman Academic Accreditation Authority, Accredited Management Teacher, Qualified Trainer, Doctoral Guide and Board Member of Academics and Advisory Committee in accredited B-Schools. She has to her credit many conferred doctorates, and is international and editorial advisory board member and reviewer for Emerald, IGI Global, and Inderscience refereed journals. She published numerous refereed research papers, and authored books in the areas of entrepreneurship, strategy, management, and higher education.

Publications

Ecosystem Dynamics and Strategies for Startups Scalability
Neeta Baporikar. © 2024. 333 pages.
Those who venture into the realm of ecosystem advantage will discover a complex web of relationships, interfaces, and processes designed to efficiently deliver customer value....
Innovation and Resource Management Strategies for Startups Development
Neeta Baporikar. © 2024. 298 pages.
In business, success hinges not only on individual performance but on the vitality of the broader ecosystem in which a company operates. However, crafting a thriving ecosystem...
Infrastructure Development Strategies for Empowerment and Inclusion
Neeta Baporikar. © 2024. 510 pages.
Despite its crucial role in economic growth and societal development, infrastructure projects often fail to reach their full potential. In many cases, the benefits of...
Adopting Effective Leadership Strategies for Managing Diversity
Amdy Diene, Neeta Baporikar, Theresa T. Obuobisa-Darko. © 2024. 22 pages.
In this study, 15 participants from a West African organization participated in interviews and surveys. The themes that emerged from the data analysis were organization conflict...
Diversity Management Strategies for Enhancing Organizational Performance
Neeta Baporikar. © 2024. 20 pages.
Diversity brings in different perspectives and helps to strengthen the quality of decision-making. Hence, diversity is of importance at all levels of organizations. With...
Micro Lessons Approach in Management Education to Develop Graduate Attributes
Neeta Baporikar. © 2024. 16 pages.
Management education has always relied on applied and learner-centered approaches to ensure that the right graduate attributes are acquired and the students are industry-ready...
Blockchain Implications and Utility for Higher Education
Neeta Baporikar. © 2024. 23 pages.
Blockchain has emerged as an important concept at the interface of ICT and higher education. Blockchain is perceived as a revolutionary technology offering a considerable impact...
Financial Literacy in Entrepreneurship Education: Inclusion Strategy for Small Entrepreneurs
Neeta Baporikar. © 2024. 17 pages.
Small entrepreneur performance is always seen along with the complete proportions of financial, strategic, and structural development. The socioeconomic function performed by...
Impact of Training and Development on Employee Performance at Public Enterprises
Neeta Baporikar. © 2024. 29 pages.
Public enterprises have many challenges when it comes to achieving objectives, growth, performance, and sustainability. Reasons could be ineffective leadership, dubious...
Effective Strategic Implementation for Organizational Sustainability
Neeta Baporikar. © 2024. 22 pages.
Strategic implementation is a crucial and critical pillar in the process of strategic management. As more organizations are focused on ensuring sustainability, it becomes...
Strategic Elements of Sustainable Supply Chain Management
Neeta Baporikar. © 2024. 18 pages.
The sustainability of supply chain management is a growing concern due to global value chains becoming more critical for economic and social development. This has led to...
Barriers and Impact of the Digital Economy
Neeta Baporikar. © 2024. 16 pages.
The digital economy is growing fast, especially in developing countries. Yet the meaning and metrics of the digital economy are both limited and divergent. The core of the...
Contemporary Leadership Styles and Challenges for Governance
Neeta Baporikar. © 2024. 22 pages.
Leadership styles vary as per the context and environment in which the organizations exist. Today's environment for organizations is not the same as it was two decades back....
Revisiting Governance Theories for Understanding ESG and Sustainability Nexus
Neeta Baporikar. © 2024. 27 pages.
Governance theories form the bedrock of governance mechanisms. But a lot has flowed over the bridge from the time these theories were postulated. The world has become more...
Role of Information Technology in Enhancing Healthcare Services
Neeta Baporikar. © 2024. 25 pages.
The purpose of this study was to investigate the role of information technology (IT) in enhancing healthcare services. It aimed to evaluate the status of health information...
Compass and Connotation of Multigenerational Leadership in the Contemporary Workplace
Neeta Baporikar. © 2024. 24 pages.
Businesses and organizations operate as a group at some point or another. They may be permanent groups, ad hoc groups, virtual groups, or just-in-time groups. In any field, there...
Training and Development to Enhance Motivation and Knowledge Transfer
Neeta Baporikar. © 2024. 21 pages.
Training and development have been a part of human resource development strategies for ages. However, many times these strategies have been merely to develop or improve the...
Diversity and Inclusion: An Imperative in Global Talent Management
Neeta Baporikar. © 2024. 17 pages.
Today, no country can claim that its business can be local or national due to the effects of globalization. The world of business has become international. In this new...
Critical Success Factors for Succession Planning Implementation
Neeta Baporikar. © 2024. 32 pages.
The majority of the literature on the effectiveness of organizations in the public and commercial sectors highlights the necessity of having access to talented workers for...
Governance as a Catalyst for Public Sector Sustainability
Neeta Baporikar. © 2023. 392 pages.
Proper implementation and the practice of governance in the public sector improve organizational performance through increased efficiency, productivity, quality, and innovation....
Role of Microfinance for Entrepreneurial Success
Mufaro Dzingirai, Neeta Baporikar. © 2023. 18 pages.
The main objective of the paper is to analyze the influence of microfinance on entrepreneurial success of Zimbabwean SMEs. Adopting explanatory research design with a sample that...
Leadership and Governance for Sustainability
Neeta Baporikar. © 2023. 350 pages.
Although the study of governance is not new, it has only been recognized in the last two decades as being a crucial factor for organizational success. Successful implementation...
Opportunities and Challenges of Circular Economy for Designing Sustainable Supply Chains
Neeta Baporikar. © 2023. 17 pages.
Circular economy (CE) is not a new concept. It dates the back to late 1970s and has been shaped by a number of schools such as “regenerative design,” “industrial ecology,” and...
Strategic Outlook for Big Data Management
Neeta Baporikar. © 2023. 16 pages.
In the last two decades, big data has come to prominence in all spheres, from politics to business. Big data is seen as a resource to enhance business operations and also as a...
Critical Review of University Ranking Systems
Neeta Baporikar. © 2023. 19 pages.
Rankings and accreditations are increasingly sought after by universities the world over. However, there is skepticism about the role played by rankings in defining a good...
Board-Level Diversity Management as a Strategy to Enhance Organizational Performance
Neeta Baporikar. © 2023. 22 pages.
Diversity brings in different perspectives and helps to strengthen the quality of decision-making. Hence, diversity is of importance at all levels of organizations, and more so...
Strategies to Promote Powerful Learning in Management Education
Neeta Baporikar. © 2023. 24 pages.
Management education is sought globally due to its applicability and employable characteristics. Management education, however, is delivered differently in different parts of the...
Critical Issues Influencing Higher Education Systems in Emerging Countries
Neeta Baporikar. © 2023. 12 pages.
Globally, higher education systems are changing due to costs, technology, opportunities, etc. In addition, the pandemic has influenced how education is perceived and sought, as...
Entrepreneurial Intent and Opportunities Linkage for the Sustainable Tourism Sector
Neeta Baporikar. © 2023. 19 pages.
Travel and tourism are emergent new service sectors that are likely to shape and drive economic growth and social change. Tourism is one of the major forces for economic, social...
Millennial Leadership in Global Society and Future Prospects
Neeta Baporikar. © 2023. 21 pages.
Leadership has always been an interesting but challenging and dynamic area of management studies. Be it the theories on leadership or the evolution of leadership or what makes...
Public-Private Partnership as a Strategy for Infrastructure Development
Neeta Baporikar. © 2023. 24 pages.
Infrastructure development (ID) is a major force behind progress in developing nations and a crucial enabler of productivity and long-term economic growth. The crucial element...
Intergenerational Leadership for Improved Knowledge Transfer
Neeta Baporikar. © 2023. 26 pages.
Inter-generational leadership has been defined as leadership aware of the generational differences and their potential contributions, where leaders from different generations are...
Handbook of Research on Global Institutional Roles for Inclusive Development
Neeta Baporikar. © 2022. 398 pages.
With the history of multilateral governance and the impact of the global pandemic, there is no doubt that we are at a transition between the system that marked the decades after...
Graduate Development Program as an Interventional Strategy for Talent Management
Neeta Baporikar, Isaac O. Randa. © 2022. 21 pages.
Organizations have recognized the need to have a workforce that can give the company direction and help it adapt to continuous market changes. Many organizations have taken note...
Trends and Patterns in Turnaround Strategies: A Bibliometric Perspective and Future Research Agenda
Mufaro Dzingirai, Neeta Baporikar. © 2022. 15 pages.
The paper aims to examine the publications on turnaround strategies and identify scientific gaps. Hence, bibliographic couplings of countries, institutions, journals...
Strategies to Manage and Preserve Indigenous Knowledge
Neeta Baporikar. © 2022. 16 pages.
The knowledge society globally has made us realize that knowledge is an important resource in gaining not only a competitive advantage but also for social and economic...
Trends for Business Education Post COVID-19
Neeta Baporikar. © 2022. 17 pages.
COVID-19 has brought about tremendous changes in all occupations. Education in general and business education, in particular, is no exception. In the normal course, business...
Business Incubation Initiatives' Impacts on Entrepreneurs and SMEs
Thobile Makhosazana Dlamini, Oyebanjo Oyebanjo Ogunlela, Chux Gervase Iwu, Neeta Baporikar. © 2022. 21 pages.
Business incubation (BI) is a strategic tool that helps a country to grow its entrepreneurial base and reduce the high mortality rate of SMEs. Kingdom of Eswatini adopted the...
ICT Adoption Implications for SME Innovation and Augmentation
Neeta Baporikar. © 2022. 20 pages.
The adoption of information communication technology (ICT) by small and medium enterprises (SMEs) plays a critical role in their development, growth, and expansion. To achieve a...
Contemporary Perspective on Supply Chain Management Regarding Drug Sourcing Shortages
Neeta Baporikar. © 2022. 24 pages.
Safeguarding the supply of drugs and satisfying the needs of patients is a strategic priority of any healthcare system especially in these pandemic times. The pharmaceutical...
Role of Microfinance in Entrepreneurship Development
Neeta Baporikar. © 2022. 27 pages.
Entrepreneurship and entrepreneurship development are crucial for social and economic development. Various studies highlight and reckon this aspect of entrepreneurship...
Public-Private Partnership for Urban Housing Through Civic Engagement
Neeta Baporikar. © 2022. 23 pages.
Public-private partnership (PPP) is a contractual arrangement between a public agency and a private sector, whereby the private sector performs a public function in accordance...
International Human Resource Management Strategies for Multicultural Organizations
Neeta Baporikar. © 2022. 22 pages.
The increasingly global nature of construction has highlighted the importance of multiculturalism and the new challenges it brings to execution especially in the light of the...
Strategic Framework for Innovative Tourism and Sustainable Development in Namibia
Neeta Baporikar. © 2022. 16 pages.
Globally the importance of the tourism sector for economic and sustainable development has already been acknowledged. Namibia is no exception. Endowed with natural beauty...
Turnaround Strategy Implementation for Service Efficacy and Citizenry Satisfaction in Government Organizations
Neeta Baporikar. © 2022. 22 pages.
The Government Enterprise (GE) implemented a turnaround strategy to enhance service efficacy and citizenry satisfaction in 2014. However, this GE takes too long like three months...
Entrepreneurial University Challenges and Critical Success Factors to Thrive
Neeta Baporikar. © 2022. 15 pages.
Higher education and universities have transformed due to the evolution of knowledge-based societies. This also led to the rise and growth of the “entrepreneurial university”...
Exploring Challenges and Opportunities for the Sustainability of Indian Information Technology
Neeta Baporikar, Dileep Baburao Baragde. © 2022. 17 pages.
The hallmark of the Indian growth story since the 1980s has been the information technology (IT) industry. This industry has relied heavily on global markets and built deep...
Alternative Building Technologies as a Delivery Mechanism for Affordable Housing
Isaac O. Randa, Neeta Baporikar. © 2022. 27 pages.
In terms of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, each one has a fundamental right to decent housing. This is to ensure adequate access to a safe, secure, habitable, and...
Corporate Social Responsibility for Sustainable Strategy
Neeta Baporikar. © 2022. 16 pages.
Growing importance of CSR is making the industry, governments, policy makers and international associations seriously view the issue of corporate social responsibility (CSR) with...
Tech Industries Pattern Case Study in Modern Society Based on Political Economy
Neeta Baporikar. © 2022. 13 pages.
The media and communication political economics approach examines the production, distribution, and consumption of resources, especially communication resources while the...
Social Enterprise Financing Case Study
Neeta Baporikar, Lucia Sauti. © 2022. 18 pages.
Enterprises require sufficient finances on a sustainable basis to achieve their set goals and deliver effective, efficient, innovative, and quality services. More so the social...
Exploring Online Shopping Adoption for Innovations in Market Development
Neeta Baporikar. © 2022. 29 pages.
Online shopping technology is important as it helps businesses to gain value from lesser operational expenditures due to the reduced workforce and physical space. Despite its...
Collaborative Governance Contribution for Improving Post-Crash Responsiveness at Motor Vehicle Accident Fund
Isaac O. Randa, Neeta Baporikar. © 2022. 25 pages.
This study explores the link between accountability, crash investigations, legal processes, and enabling care, through collaborative governance during post-crash response. The...
Preventing Academic Misconduct: Student-Centered Teaching Strategies
Neeta Baporikar. © 2022. 13 pages.
Cheating in academics has been on the increase and it reflects a lack of integrity on the part of students. If no efforts are made to prevent academic misconduct/dishonesty, it...
Critical Success Factors for Timely Delivery of Road Construction Projects
Neeta Baporikar. © 2022. 24 pages.
Road network is an essential infrastructure to enable efficient logistics and also forms the backbone of social and economic development. However, despite various efforts made by...
Performance Management System Implementation Challenges in State-Owned Enterprises
Neeta Baporikar. © 2022. 17 pages.
It is common especially in developing countries that implementing a performance management system (PMS) in public institutions face numerous challenges. This may be due to poor...
Comparative Analysis of Factors Influencing Informal Investors of Spain and the United States
María de las Mercedes Barrachina, Neeta Baporikar. © 2022. 14 pages.
Informal investors play a significant and critical role in the investment field. Apart from that, informal investors promote entrepreneurship as they are a funding source...
Innovation Management Case Study
Neeta Baporikar. © 2022. 11 pages.
Apple Inc. (Apple), is one of the world's most valuable companies in terms of market capitalization. Apple led the global technology market by creating innovative products...
Financial Restructuring and Commercial Banks Performance Nexus in Zimbabwe
Mufaro Dzingirai, Neeta Baporikar. © 2022. 13 pages.
Corporate restructuring has gained considerable salience in strategic management in recent years. Effective corporate restructuring has permitted strategic managers of ailing...
Understanding Top Management Teams' Characteristics for Effective Turnaround Management: Evidence From the Zimbabwean Manufacturing Sector
Mufaro Dzingirai, Neeta Baporikar. © 2022. 14 pages.
The recently witnessed economic downturn prompted by the COVID-19 pandemic rekindled the interests of management professionals, policymakers, academicians, and researchers in...
Strategic Perspective on Challenges and Opportunities in Big Data Management
Neeta Baporikar, K. S. Sastry Musti. © 2022. 15 pages.
Big data has come to eminence in all spheres from politics to business and is seen as a resource to enhance business operations and a tool to work efficiently and streamline the...
COVID-19 Pandemic's Socio-Economic Impact on SMEs
Neeta Baporikar. © 2022. 15 pages.
The COVID-19 pandemic global health crisis has also snowballed into social and economic crises. Globally, around 75 million confirmed cases were reported until December 2020...
Tax Education to Enhance Tax Compliance for Socio-Economic Development
Neeta Baporikar. © 2022. 28 pages.
Tax collection by governments globally is to generate revenue so that they can deliver basic services to citizens like health, education, roads, infrastructural development, and...
Handbook of Research on Sustaining SMEs and Entrepreneurial Innovation in the Post-COVID-19 Era
Neeta Baporikar. © 2021. 676 pages.
A multidimensional approach to entrepreneurship, especially in the post-COVID-19 era, will have an important influence on the state of business and government, especially when...
Fintech Challenges and Outlook in India
Neeta Baporikar. © 2021. 18 pages.
Fintech refers to the novel processes and products that become available for financial services due to the digital technological advancements. Fintech includes technologically...
Stakeholder Approach for Quality Higher Education
Neeta Baporikar. © 2021. 27 pages.
Higher education is not necessary for economic growth and development is a general presumption, the belief being literacy and primary education is. Increased concerns for...
Developing Managerial Quotient for Sustainable Client Servicing in Insurance Sector
Neeta Baporikar. © 2021. 23 pages.
The insurance sector consists of two branches: life and non-life. Non-life is commonly referred to as general insurance. Insurance is a service industry and client retention...
Preface
Neeta Baporikar. © 2021. 9 pages.
This Preface is included in the book Handbook of Research on Strategies and Interventions to Mitigate COVID-19 Impact on SMEs.
International Human Resource Management Strategies for Multicultural Organizations
Neeta Baporikar. © 2021. 22 pages.
The increasingly global nature of construction has highlighted the importance of multiculturalism and the new challenges it brings to execution especially in the light of the...
Quality Management Principles for Entrepreneurial Sustainability
Neeta Baporikar. © 2021. 16 pages.
Quality definitions have been altered with the transition of time, needs, and demands. But the vitality has more or less been progressed to resolve the issue by compliance to...
ICT Sector Perspective for Circular Economy in the Digital Era
Neeta Baporikar, Dileep Baragde. © 2021. 18 pages.
Though the ICT sector strongly supports the circular economy, it is an economic and social system in which there is no waste, which is regenerative and restorative by design....
Role of Microfinance for Entrepreneurial Success
Mufaro Dzingirai, Neeta Baporikar. © 2021. 16 pages.
The main objective of the paper is to analyze the influence of microfinance on entrepreneurial success of Zimbabwean SMEs. Adopting explanatory research design with a sample that...
Outlook on Aquaculture Community-Based Projects for Socio-Economic Development: A Case Study
Neeta Baporikar. © 2021. 21 pages.
Few studies have explored the perceptions-behavior relationship and outlook towards the sustainability of community-based agricultural projects, especially the aquaculture....
Effect of Reward on Motivation and Job Satisfaction
Neeta Baporikar. © 2021. 40 pages.
The goal of all organizations is success in the current economic environment, which is increasingly uncertain and competitive. Companies, irrespective of size or industry, make...
Reflective Teaching and Technology Integration in Management Education
Neeta Baporikar. © 2021. 18 pages.
Reflective practice supports critical thinking and assessment skills through analyzing one's own life experiences, and the role of reflection in learning is well reckoned....
Stakeholder Approach for Land Reform Programme to Enhance Access and Equity
Neeta Baporikar. © 2021. 24 pages.
Globally, the land is a valuable resource. Many years of colonialism resulted in the majority of the population having no access to agricultural land especially in many African...
Human Resource Management for Managing Cultural Diversity
Neeta Baporikar. © 2021. 29 pages.
Manager awareness of culture and cultural diversity is subjective and as such, managers use their own cultural knowledge to make judgments on issues that relate to cultural...
Relook at University Planning-Development for Sustainability in Higher Education
Neeta Baporikar. © 2021. 16 pages.
Universities frequently suffer when they use linear, mechanistic thinking. Leaders can make too many erroneous assumptions about the future. In addition, when users view...
Cooperative Model as Organizational Mechanism for Poverty Reduction and Economic Development
Neeta Baporikar. © 2021. 22 pages.
Poverty reduction and economic development are the focus of both developed and developing countries. Internationally, cooperatives make an immense contribution to poverty...
Adult Literacy Programme for Poverty Reduction: A Citizenry Approach
Neeta Baporikar, Martha Namufohamba. © 2021. 21 pages.
Citizens who lack basic skills and knowledge end up with unemployment or low-paying jobs. This leads to existence in poverty and a lack of opportunity to even voice. Low literacy...
Fallacies in Decision Making From an Asian Perspective
Michael Sony, Neeta Baporikar. © 2021. 16 pages.
Decision making is integral for organizational success, and for that, the basic tenet is rationality. Yet, no decisions in the workplace are purely rational. Irrational...
Knowledge Management for Business Sustainability
Neeta Baporikar. © 2021. 15 pages.
Knowledge management is crucial in this knowledge-based society. Further, knowledge is a critical resource when it comes to business competitiveness and sustainability. Hence, to...
Financial Literacy as Strategy for Enhancing Financial Inclusion of Small Entrepreneurs
Neeta Baporikar. © 2021. 14 pages.
Small entrepreneur performance is always seen along with the complete proportions of financial, strategic, and structural development. The socioeconomic function performed by...
Succession Planning for Enhanced Performance in State-Owned Enterprises: Role of Age Diversity
Neeta Baporikar. © 2021. 27 pages.
Age diversity plays an important role and as a tool can transform the organization, culture, and performance. Research indicates a need to have a balance between the older and...
Strategies to Mitigate COVID-19's Impact on Indian SMEs
Neeta Baporikar, Mukund Deshpande. © 2021. 16 pages.
SMEs are small firms with small budgets, workforces, and scales of operations compared to large enterprises, and their risk-bearing ability is low. The recent outbreak of...
Talent Retention for Succession Planning in the Defence Forces
Neeta Baporikar. © 2021. 20 pages.
Retaining a talented workforce in any sector is crucial to gaining growth in this competitive environment. Defence is no exception, especially in the current geopolitical...
Post-Pandemic Restorative Talent Management Strategy for SME Development
Neeta Baporikar. © 2021. 17 pages.
Indian economy post-COVID 19 pandemic may witness a massive reengineering of all its economic activities. Some will cherish the change, while others will perish over time. The...
Strategic Brand Management in SMEs for Competitive Advantage
Neeta Baporikar, Rosalia Fotolela. © 2021. 21 pages.
This study aimed to explore how SME owner-managers perceive their roles in marketing and brand management as a strategic approach to enhance their competitiveness to ensure...
Influence of Business Competitiveness on SMEs Performance
Neeta Baporikar. © 2021. 22 pages.
Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) play a pivotal role in fostering socioeconomic development especially in developing countries. They create employment opportunities, empower...
Health Institution Governance: An Imperative to Enhance Public Health Services
Neeta Baporikar. © 2021. 19 pages.
Health institutions are essential for an economy to grow and develop and moreover in case of emerging economies, it is imperative. However, health institutions, in general, do...
Innovative Systems Structure for Real Corporate Governance
Neeta Baporikar. © 2021. 20 pages.
All around the world, trends of globalization and industrialization have been experienced both in the development of large corporations and conglomerates. These larges firms...
Quality Management Implementation in Higher Education: Practices, Models, and Case Studies
Michael Sony, Kochu Therisa Karingada, Neeta Baporikar. © 2020. 462 pages.
Although initially utilized in business and industrial environments, quality management systems can be adapted into higher education to assess and improve an institution’s...
Quality Management Principles and Policies in Higher Education
Neeta Baporikar, Michael Sony. © 2020. 361 pages.
One of the key elements in determining the socio-economic significance of education is quality. Quality management plays an integral role in higher education by ensuring that...
Reflective Teaching and Technology Integration in Management Education
Neeta Baporikar. © 2020. 17 pages.
Reflective practice supports critical thinking and assessment skills through analyzing one's own life experiences, and the role of reflection in learning is well reckoned....
Role and Room for Knowledge Management in Small and Medium Enterprises
Neeta Baporikar. © 2020. 20 pages.
In the present day, success and worth of businesses depend more on intellectual capital. So, knowledge is a critical resource, for any organizational growth and sustainability....
Leadership for Enhancing Organisational Performance Through Workforce Reskilling
Neeta Baporikar. © 2020. 39 pages.
Leadership styles adopted influence employee performance, but merely appropriate style without workforce reskilling cannot ensure sustainable and holistic organizational...
Understanding Entrepreneurial University: A Framework for Emerging Economies
Neeta Baporikar. © 2020. 20 pages.
Universities globally are facing new challenges and rapid changes like the increased pace of technological progress, demographic shifts, reduced funding, new skills requirement...
Enhancing Innovation Adoption to Boost SMEs Performance
Neeta Baporikar, Sigried Shikokola. © 2020. 20 pages.
SMEs contribute to economic growth, employment and thereby reduce poverty. Hence, they are considered as an engine of growth, especially in the developing countries like Namibia....
Strategic Brand Management in SMEs for Competitive Advantage
Neeta Baporikar, Rosalia Fotolela. © 2020. 19 pages.
This study aimed to explore how SME owner-managers perceive their roles in marketing and brand management as a strategic approach to enhance their competitiveness to ensure...
Handbook of Research on Entrepreneurship Development and Opportunities in Circular Economy
Neeta Baporikar. © 2020. 696 pages.
With the need for sustainability, a focus on developing an economic system that aims at minimizing waste, commonly referred to as the circular economy, is emerging. Circular...
Information and Communication Technology for SMEs' Competitiveness
Neeta Baporikar. © 2020. 17 pages.
Competitiveness of a firm is its capacity to achieve its targets. These targets are likely to be expressed in a variety of terms depending on the context (Barney 2002). Within a...
IT Strategic Planning through CSF Approach in Modern Organizations
Neeta Baporikar. © 2020. 20 pages.
Although the purpose of strategic planning is straightforward - to outline where an organization wants to go and how it's going to get there - its nature is complex and...
E-Marketing for SMEs
Neeta Baporikar, Rosalia Fotolela. © 2020. 19 pages.
This article describes that though there are few studies conducted on SMEs' life cycle, there are no studies specifically done around the globe with focus on electronic...
Understanding Knowledge Management Spectrum for SMEs in Global Scenario
Neeta Baporikar. © 2020. 17 pages.
Knowledge that exists within organization is a sustainable source of competitive advantage. Though enormous research on knowledge management (KM) has taken place, little focus...
Dynamics in Implementation of Public Private Partnerships
Neeta Baporikar. © 2020. 31 pages.
Governments all over the world play a crucial role in the development of infrastructure and the provision of basic services to the citizens. With increasing population...
Strategy for ICT Adoption in SMEs
Neeta Baporikar. © 2020. 16 pages.
Adoption of ICT can help SMEs cut costs by improving their internal processes, improving their product through faster communication with their customers. In retrospect, even with...
Regional Development via Entrepreneur Multi-Perspective Approach
Neeta Baporikar, M. V. Deshpande. © 2020. 20 pages.
Entrepreneurs and entrepreneurship have always been highlighted for overall development. This chapter aims to understand the entrepreneurs' multi-perspective approach as a...
Sustainability of Social Enterprises
Neeta Baporikar. © 2020. 22 pages.
Evidence supporting the budding role of social enterprises in fostering sustained socio-economic development of regions and communities across the globe are evolving...
Human Resource Management for Managing Cultural Diversity
Neeta Baporikar. © 2020. 26 pages.
Manager awareness of culture and cultural diversity is subjective and as such, managers use their own cultural knowledge to make judgments on issues that relate to cultural...
Stakeholder Strategy to Lessen Agriculture Distress
Mukund Deshpande, Neeta Baporikar. © 2020. 22 pages.
Agriculture distress is a reality. Hence, the phenomenon of farmer suicides continues. This is, in spite of government support through financial aids. On the other hand, climatic...
Action Research-Learning Approach for Social and Organizational Development
Neeta Baporikar. © 2020. 29 pages.
Education and research play a decisive role in the creation, dissemination, and use of knowledge. They form an important foundation for innovation at all levels. In recent years...
Logistics Effectiveness Through Systems Thinking
Neeta Baporikar. © 2020. 16 pages.
Various emerging concepts influence logistics management as scholars are developing the body of knowledge. So also, the progress and the multidisciplinary aspect of knowledge...
Public-Private Partnership for Urban Housing Through Civic Engagement
Neeta Baporikar. © 2020. 28 pages.
Public-private partnership (PPP) is a contractual arrangement between a public agency and a private sector, whereby the private sector performs a public function in accordance...
Strategic Approach to Tourism Development in Namibia
Neeta Baporikar. © 2020. 13 pages.
Tourism is a powerful vehicle for economic growth and job creation is now a recognized phenomenon worldwide. International tourist arrivals to SSA have been on increase. This...
Strategic Approach to Tourism Development in Namibia
Neeta Baporikar. © 2020. 13 pages.
Tourism is a powerful vehicle for economic growth and job creation is now a recognized phenomenon worldwide. International tourist arrivals to SSA have been on increase. This...
Financial Literacy Imperative for Success of Women Entrepreneurship
Neeta Baporikar, Susan Akino. © 2020. 21 pages.
Women entrepreneurship can be the driving force to steer nations globally towards the achievement of economic and social development goals through job creation and poverty...
Adult Literacy Programme for Poverty Reduction: A Citizenry Approach
Neeta Baporikar, Martha Namufohamba. © 2020. 26 pages.
Citizens who lack basic skills and knowledge end up with unemployment or low-paying jobs. This leads to existence in poverty and a lack of opportunity to even voice. Low literacy...
Supply Chain Management Perspective on Shortages in Drugs Sourcing
Neeta Baporikar, Dofilia Sinangui Kaloia. © 2020. 24 pages.
Drug supply shortages globally make hospitals vulnerable. It effects service delivery and patient satisfaction apart from endangering lives. Further, drug sourcing to ensure...
Information Technology Adoption Dynamics for SMEs in the Manufacturing Sector of Namibia
Neeta Baporikar, Sigried Shikokola. © 2020. 18 pages.
Small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) account for employment, technological advancements, and competitive advantages in developed and developing countries. SMEs face intense...
Learning Link in Organizational Tacit Knowledge Creation and Dissemination
Neeta Baporikar. © 2020. 19 pages.
Knowledge that is not well managed and shared disintegrates easily, especially, tacit knowledge that resides in the mind and is accumulated over time. In the realm of knowledge...
Employees Outlook Regarding Quality and CRM Link for Enriched Competitive Strategy
Neeta Baporikar. © 2020. 21 pages.
The business environment is dynamic and faces frequent changes driven by macro and micro factors. Due to these changes, businesses are forced to either evolve or exit. Those that...
ICT Adoption Cordons in SMEs for Competitive Advantage
Neeta Baporikar. © 2020. 16 pages.
Every SME needs to use ICT artifacts to cope with business development. The adoption and use of ICT involve different actors who make sense of ICT in relation to their work...
Finer Student Engagement via Quality and Lifelong Learning for Sustainable Education
Neeta Baporikar. © 2020. 18 pages.
The education sector needs to attract large-scale investments as that is the key to access, affordability, and equity. It is also a critical factor necessary for economic growth...
Organizational Design for Performance Management in State-Owned Enterprises
Neeta Baporikar, Isaac Okoth Randa. © 2020. 25 pages.
Countries all over the world established state-owned enterprises to ensure improved efficiency and governance. Namibia is no exception, and with the government's desire for...
Emotional Intelligence a Critical Factor in Organizational Performance
Neeta Baporikar. © 2020. 30 pages.
The objective of this study is to understand how employee EI is a critical factor for improved organizational performance. Adopting a qualitative approach with a case study...
Student Satisfaction Approach for Enhancing University Competitiveness
Booysen Sabeho Tubulingane, Neeta Baporikar. © 2020. 24 pages.
Universities contribute to the creation of a knowledgeable and skilled national workforce. The world over, universities are hailed as one of the old forms of organizations that...
Innovation to Harness Youth Entrepreneurial Potential
Neeta Baporikar. © 2020. 15 pages.
Youth face challenges like unemployment, poverty, career gloom, poor mentorship, resources shortage, including access to facilities and information. A small percentage of the...
Socio-Cultural Facets for Sustainable Entrepreneurship Development
Neeta Baporikar, Rosalia Fotolela. © 2020. 23 pages.
Entrepreneurship and development of entrepreneurship have been the focus of all economies, but more so of emerging economies. However, there are many barriers including social...
Challenges Facing Humanitarian Logistics in a Nonprofit Organization
Neeta Baporikar, Liina Bibi Shangheta. © 2019. 24 pages.
Global and sudden disasters like earthquakes, tsunamis, hurricanes and epidemics and slow-onset disasters like droughts, floods and famines contribute significantly to increasing...
Current Scenario of Youth Entrepreneurship in India
Neeta Baporikar. © 2019. 10 pages.
Entrepreneurship is gaining added attention in the present economic predicament. Entrepreneurship is not only a key facet of economic dynamism but also an imperative for economic...
Significance and Role of Entrepreneurial University in Emerging Economies
Neeta Baporikar. © 2019. 16 pages.
Universities have been among the oldest organizations who have stood unchanged until the advent of globalization, the information explosion, and the convergence of information...
Institutionalizing Academic Integrity: The Present Need
Neeta Baporikar. © 2019. 21 pages.
Academic dishonesty can come in a variety of forms. Hence, there is a need for academics to stay abreast of the many and varied methods of cheating, and potentially, utilize an...
E-Learning Strategies for Emerging Economies in the Knowledge Era
Neeta Baporikar. © 2019. 22 pages.
With the coming of the digital age over a period of the last three decades, the letter “e” is used to refer to the electronic world. Formerly known as computer-based training...
Antecedents of Irrationality in Organizational Decision Making
Michael Sony, Neeta Baporikar. © 2019. 16 pages.
All other things being equal, it is the quality of decisions which decide the fate of any organization. Hence, decision-making is critical to the success and growth of any...
Preventing Academic Misconduct: Student-Centered Teaching Strategies
Neeta Baporikar. © 2019. 18 pages.
Cheating in academics has been on the increase and it reflects a lack of integrity on the part of students. If no efforts are made to prevent academic misconduct/dishonesty, it...
Students Perception Re-Learning Challenges
Neeta Baporikar, Lucia Sauti. © 2019. 18 pages.
Students' perception to learning a subject is crucial for deeper learning. Accounting is one of the scarce skills but a field which gives lucrative career options leading to...
Influence of Business Competitiveness on SMEs Performance
Neeta Baporikar. © 2019. 25 pages.
Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) play a pivotal role in fostering socioeconomic development especially in developing countries. They create employment opportunities, empower...
Supply Chain Efficacy in Relief Delivery
Neeta Baporikar, Frans Atshipara. © 2019. 19 pages.
Supply chain efficacy in disaster relief operations is crucial as disaster in any form brings grief and suffering. It also leads to colossal losses for those effected. The...
Challenges for Social Enterprises in Special Education
Neeta Baporikar. © 2019. 23 pages.
Social entrepreneurship is a rapidly growing discipline that is attracting the interest of governments, researchers, media, and organizations. Social enterprises have the ability...
Talent Management in Higher Education Institution
Neeta Baporikar, Adri Smith. © 2019. 22 pages.
Institutions are losing talented and skilled personnel to competitors because employees opine that their abilities and skills are not valued. There are also no practices in place...
Knowledge Management Dynamics and Public Sector Organization Development
Neeta Baporikar. © 2019. 17 pages.
In general, organizations should identify the skills, expertise, creativity, and motivation of the people if they have to become more competitive and enhance their performance....
Higher Education Quality and BRICS Network University Pact: Academic Leadership as a Booster
Neeta Baporikar, Shalaka Parker. © 2019. 13 pages.
Education is a universal tool, which empowers and sets the progressive tenor for future humankind and globe. In view of this, BRICS Network University (NU) has created a...
Perceptions re Community-Based Projects for Economic and Societal Development
Neeta Baporikar. © 2019. 26 pages.
Perceptions and expectations are integral aspects which affect people's decision making to support community-based development programs. Few studies have explored the...
Global Practices in Knowledge Management for Societal and Organizational Development
Neeta Baporikar. © 2018. 475 pages.
As entrepreneurs seek to gain an advantage against their competitors, understanding how to share information throughout their organization will be vital in their success....
Foreword
Neeta Baporikar. © 2018. 3 pages.
This Foreword is included in the book Handbook of Research on Sustainable Development and Governance Strategies for Economic Growth in Africa.
Critical Success Factors for Executives in Global Economy
Neeta Baporikar. © 2018. 17 pages.
With the convergence of information, communication and technology and global collaboration drives in modern management, it becomes imperative and crucial to understand the...
Current Scenario of Youth Entrepreneurship in India
Neeta Baporikar. © 2018. 9 pages.
Entrepreneurship is gaining added attention in the present economic predicament. Entrepreneurship is not only a key facet of economic dynamism but also an imperative for economic...
Knowledge Integration Strategies for Entrepreneurship and Sustainability
Neeta Baporikar. © 2018. 413 pages.
Information is considered essential in every business model. Effective usage of this information to direct goals and drive missions can lead to successful enterprises. Knowledge...
Holistic Perspective on Student Retention: Focus Master's Programmes
Neeta Baporikar. © 2018. 23 pages.
Student retention is becoming critical as the budgets for higher education are shrinking and the economies are becoming more and more knowledge driven. Student retention if not...
SMEs and Branding Strategies
Neeta Baporikar, Mukund Deshpande. © 2018. 15 pages.
SMEs, in a competitive world, have been realizing that they are not just selling products or services but a mass of branded products, services and people to sustain in the...
Augmenting Research Competencies for Management Graduates
Neeta Baporikar. © 2018. 20 pages.
Research and research competencies are usually discussed in context. Research is recognised as an important facet of development both social and economic. In fact, the progress...
Agricultural Schemes in Namibia for Meeting Essential Needs
Neeta Baporikar, Konis Elungi. © 2018. 23 pages.
Namibia has been striving to improve the rural poor quality of life through policies and schemes in line with the national development framework (Vision 2030). Sustained food...
Study Abroad Management Programs: Strategies for Enhancing Returns
Neeta Baporikar. © 2018. 20 pages.
Combination of study undertaken in the native settings, combined with abroad studies, creates better environment for acquiring holistic perspectives. This is truer for management...
Innovation and Sustainability in SMEs
Neeta Baporikar. © 2018. 19 pages.
Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) are the engines of economic growth, promote equitable development and create more opportunities for being innovative in providing sustainable...
Faculty Motivation in Management Education
Neeta Baporikar. © 2018. 26 pages.
It is often observed that some institutions though better endowed in terms of, the management, leadership style, qualification and experience of the faculty and staff, the...
Policy Perspective of Tourism Sector
Neeta Baporikar. © 2018. 19 pages.
True, studies and research on tourism policy had a slow start, but today, most aspects of tourism policy are covered well in the literature, and notably, there has been a marked...
Infrastructure Development as a Catalyst for Social-Economic Advancement
Neeta Baporikar. © 2018. 14 pages.
Government identifies scaling-up investment in infrastructure as one of the key enablers to achieve its development objectives - these include achieving high and sustained growth...
Contemporary Perspectives on Women Entrepreneurship in India
Neeta Baporikar. © 2018. 26 pages.
An entrepreneur is a person who initiates and establishes an enterprise. Entrepreneurship refers to the decisions one takes in setting up and running a new enterprise. The...
Stakeholders Approach for Relief Provision to Distressed Farmers
Neeta Baporikar, MV Deshpande. © 2018. 16 pages.
Farmer distress has been increasing to such an extent that this has led many of them to give up life and commit suicides. There are no signs of relief for farmers. This is...
Corporate Social Responsibility for Sustainable Strategy
Neeta Baporikar. © 2018. 14 pages.
Growing importance of CSR is making the industry, governments, policy makers and international associations seriously view the issue of corporate social responsibility (CSR) with...
Management Education for Global Leadership
Neeta Baporikar. © 2017. 321 pages.
An individual’s success as a manager is largely dependent on the effectiveness of the training and education they received. However, as new technologies and management techniques...
Innovation and Shifting Perspectives in Management Education
Neeta Baporikar. © 2017. 352 pages.
Effective education and training is essential to the positive development of a manager in corporate or organizational settings. In order to stay abreast of current management...
Knowledge Transfer Issues in Teaching: Learning Management
Neeta Baporikar. © 2017. 21 pages.
Professional schools typically build their raison d'être on the mission of developing knowledge that can be translated into skills that advance the practice of the...
Technology Integration and Innovation during Reflective Teaching
Neeta Baporikar. © 2017. 10 pages.
With emerging innovations, the use of technology tools to make learning process effective is foreseeable. Hence, appropriate incorporation of technology can make a valuable...
Enhancing Scholarly Communication through Research Culture
Neeta Baporikar. © 2017. 26 pages.
Research is a vital part of the social tapestry of a modern society. It is imperative to find suitable ways to respond to societal priorities. It can be an open-ended enquiry...
Entrepreneurial Approach to Biotechnology Policies and Development in India
Neeta Baporikar. © 2017. 25 pages.
Biotechnology is globally recognized as a rapidly emerging and far-reaching technology. It is aptly called “technology of hope”, as its promising to be powerful enabling...
Institutionalizing Academic Integrity: The Present Need
Neeta Baporikar. © 2017. 21 pages.
Academic dishonesty can come in a variety of forms. Hence, there is a need for academics to stay abreast of the many and varied methods of cheating, and potentially, utilize an...
Learner Centred Approach for Global Leadership in Management Education
Neeta Baporikar. © 2017. 19 pages.
Management education institutions world over are adopting learner centred approaches with a hope to enhance the effectiveness of teaching learning process and also ensure...
Technology Adoption as a Student-Driven Learning Strategy
Neeta Baporikar. © 2017. 21 pages.
The use of technology for learning and teaching brings optimism and opportunity for education. It liberates both the teacher and the student in the scholarly enterprise by...
Foreword
Neeta Baporikar. © 2017. 2 pages.
This Foreword is included in the book Handbook of Research on Strategic Alliances and Value Co-Creation in the Service Industry.
Corporate Leadership and Sustainability
Neeta Baporikar. © 2017. 20 pages.
Due to pressures of globalization and competition, the quality of corporate leadership has come under great scrutiny as questions are being raised worldwide regarding the ability...
Business Excellence Strategies for SME Sustainability in India
Neeta Baporikar. © 2017. 18 pages.
Accepted worldwide Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) are fueling the engine of economic growth apart from promoting equitable development. They provide large employment...
Innovation Implementation: The Critical Facets
Neeta Baporikar. © 2017. 14 pages.
Due to rapid evolution of technology, innovations are vital to most organizations (Choi & Chan, 2009, p. 245). Nevertheless, the results of innovations are in many cases not...
Imperatives in Leading Institutions of Higher Learning: Focus B-School
Neeta Baporikar. © 2017. 14 pages.
Being an academic leader is a tough job and leading institutions of higher learning is definitely challenging in current scenario. It has become more challenging due to shrinking...
Critical Review of Entrepreneurship in Oman
Neeta Baporikar. © 2017. 28 pages.
Entrepreneurship has assumed super importance for accelerating economic growth both in developed and developing countries. It promotes capital formation and creates wealth in...
IT Strategic Planning through CSF Approach in Modern Organizations
Neeta Baporikar. © 2017. 20 pages.
Although the purpose of strategic planning is straightforward - to outline where an organization wants to go and how it's going to get there - its nature is complex and...
Critical Review of Tourism in India
Neeta Baporikar. © 2017. 21 pages.
Tourism plays a pivotal role in socio-economic development. It fosters international understanding, trust among people and brings many social benefits. According to United...
Global Perspective on Talent Management: The South African Experience
Neeta Baporikar. © 2017. 18 pages.
Today, no country can claim that its business can be local or national due to the effects of globalization. The world of business has become international. In this new...
Strategies for Successful Implementation of Innovation
Neeta Baporikar. © 2017. 13 pages.
Innovations are vital to most organizations especially in this competitive and globalized scenario. Nevertheless, the results of innovations are in many cases far from...
Business Excellence Strategies for SME Sustainability in India
Neeta Baporikar. © 2017. 18 pages.
Accepted worldwide Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) are fueling the engine of economic growth apart from promoting equitable development. They provide large employment...
SMEs and Branding Strategies
Neeta Baporikar, Mukund Deshpande. © 2017. 13 pages.
SMEs, in a competitive world, have been realizing that they are not just selling products or services but a mass of branded products, services and people to sustain in the...
Significance of Critical Success Factors for Indian eBusiness
Neeta Baporikar. © 2017. 23 pages.
India is in an envious leading position as far as Information Technology (IT) development and related service is concerned. This has also lead to a boom in India for ecommerce...
Sustainable Framework to Attract, Develop, and Retain Global Talent
Neeta Baporikar. © 2017. 25 pages.
Effective talent management is essential for ‘competitive edge and future survival' (Marchington & Wilkinson, 2012, p. 200). Moreover, volatile economic context makes talent...
Genesis and Development of Social Entrepreneurship in India
Neeta Baporikar. © 2017. 15 pages.
Societies world over are urgently seeking innovative approaches to address persistent social problems of health care, poverty, child labour, literacy etc. These problems not only...
Youth Entrepreneurship in India: Outlook and Obstacle
Neeta Baporikar. © 2017. 24 pages.
Governments and local communities globally have recognized that key to building prosperity and stimulating regional growth is fostering entrepreneurship - mainly youth...
Societal Influence on the Cognitive Aspects of Entrepreneurship
Neeta Baporikar. © 2017. 16 pages.
Social history in last century has witnessed a transformation not experienced in any period before. How people are affected - what sort of characteristics individuals have – how...
Critical Review of Entrepreneurship in Oman
Neeta Baporikar. © 2017. 21 pages.
Entrepreneurship has assumed super importance for accelerating economic growth both in developed and developing countries. It promotes capital formation and creates wealth in...
Cluster Approach for Entrepreneurship Development in India
Neeta Baporikar. © 2017. 16 pages.
Clusters are increasingly recognised as an important feature of modern economies. Their presence has become more pronounced in the global economy—not less, as was sometimes...
Economic Development Through Regional Approach: Case Study of India
Neeta Baporikar. © 2017. 28 pages.
Entrepreneurship has potentially short, medium, and long-term consequences for regions, including the creation of employment and wealth. Efficient firms grow and survive while...
Organization Communiqué Effect on Job Satisfaction and Commitment in Namibia
Neeta Baporikar. © 2017. 23 pages.
Contemporary organizations, consider human resources to be the most strategic assets. Further to realize these assets to optimum, communication is crucial. With technology driven...
Demarketing Tobacco Products Strategy to Impact Customers for Social Change
Neeta Baporikar, Rosalia Fotolela. © 2017. 15 pages.
This article describes how demarketing is a strategy aimed at reducing the demand for the product and thereby the consumption. This strategy is well suited for harmful products...
Youth Entrepreneurship in India: Outlook and Obstacle
Neeta Baporikar. © 2016. 25 pages.
Governments and local communities globally have recognized that key to building prosperity and stimulating regional growth is fostering entrepreneurship - mainly youth...
Organizational Barriers and Facilitators in Embedding Knowledge Strategy
Neeta Baporikar. © 2016. 26 pages.
The knowledge that exists within organizations is a sustainable source of competitive advantage. This makes knowledge management a strategic imperative for all. Much has been...
Holistic Approach for Balanced Scorecard as Managerial Decision Making Tool
Neeta Baporikar. © 2016. 12 pages.
Recent times have seen the supply side of management knowledge be it consultants, management gurus, business schools and popular press invent and diffuse countless managerial...
Technology Integration and Innovation during Reflective Teaching
Neeta Baporikar. © 2016. 9 pages.
With emerging innovations, the use of technology tools to make learning process effective is foreseeable. Hence, appropriate incorporation of technology can make a valuable...
Stakeholder Approach for Quality Higher Education
Neeta Baporikar. © 2016. 26 pages.
Higher education is not necessary for economic growth and development is a general presumption, the belief being literacy and primary education is. Increased concerns for...
Student Learning and Information Technology Nexus
Neeta Baporikar. © 2016. 12 pages.
The evidence illustrating enhancement in student learning through information technology (IT) is still questioned in many disciplines, yet education institutions world over are...
Faculty Motivation in Management Education
Neeta Baporikar. © 2016. 25 pages.
It is often observed that some institutions though better endowed in terms of, the management, leadership style, qualification and experience of the faculty and staff, the...
Talent Management Integrated Approach for Organizational Development
Neeta Baporikar. © 2016. 27 pages.
Increased competition for competencies has created opportunities to collaborate, lead, formulate and execute winning Talent Management (TM) strategies to ensure Organizational...
Business Process Management
Neeta Baporikar. © 2016. 14 pages.
In today's business environment it is impossible for one or one group of people to fully know or understand all the dynamics associated with the operational business...
Strategies for Enhancing the Competitiveness of MNEs
Neeta Baporikar. © 2016. 22 pages.
Globalization has dramatically changed the competitive landscape in many national markets. Dunning (1993) provided evidence that Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) had doubled and...
Genesis and Development of Social Entrepreneurship in India
Neeta Baporikar. © 2016. 15 pages.
Societies world over are urgently seeking innovative approaches to address persistent social problems of health care, poverty, child labour, literacy etc. These problems not only...
Infrastructure Development as a Catalyst for Social-Economic Advancement
Neeta Baporikar. © 2016. 13 pages.
Government identifies scaling-up investment in infrastructure as one of the key enablers to achieve its development objectives - these include achieving high and sustained growth...
Academic Entrepreneurship for Scaling Innovation
Neeta Baporikar. © 2016. 19 pages.
Academic Entrepreneurship in the last three decades has risen to greater heights. There are various reasons too. Indian's education sector has been undergoing sea changes in...
Strategic Approach to Tourism Development in Namibia
Neeta Baporikar. © 2016. 12 pages.
Tourism is a powerful vehicle for economic growth and job creation is now a recognized phenomenon worldwide. International tourist arrivals to SSA have been on increase. This...
Urban Development Through Smart Cities in India
Neeta Baporikar. © 2016. 14 pages.
India is on the path of developing its smart cities at a faster pace in near future. But what constitutes a smart city and what is purpose of this focus remains to be explored....
Information and Communication Technology for SMEs' Competitiveness
Neeta Baporikar. © 2016. 15 pages.
Competitiveness of a firm is its capacity to achieve its targets. These targets are likely to be expressed in a variety of terms depending on the context (Barney 2002). Within a...
Drivers of Innovation
Neeta Baporikar. © 2015. 21 pages.
Innovation helps organizations to grow. Growth, though measured in turnover and profit, can also occur in knowledge, experience, efficiency, and quality. Innovation is the...
Strategic Management Overview and SME in Globalized World
Neeta Baporikar. © 2015. 18 pages.
Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) play an important role in each economy. Some of them even became market leaders from an international perspective. This stands in stark...
Knowledge Management Initiatives in Indian Public Sector
Neeta Baporikar. © 2015. 36 pages.
Today, knowledge management has come to be accepted and recognized as a source of competitive advantage in the private sector. Although Knowledge Management (KM) has been gaining...
Critical Review of Academic Entrepreneurship in India
Neeta Baporikar. © 2015. 24 pages.
Academic Entrepreneurship in the last three decades has risen to greater heights. There are various reasons, too. India's education sector has been undergoing sea changes in...
Strategies for Promoting Research Culture to Support Knowledge Society
Neeta Baporikar. © 2015. 15 pages.
Research is deemed to be of more value when it rightly augments the economic development processes. Research is all the most important in today's era as the society today is...
Understanding Professional Development for Educators
Neeta Baporikar. © 2015. 13 pages.
Professional development refers to different educational experiences related to an individual's work. Doctors, lawyers, educators, accountants, engineers, businessmen and...
Holistic Framework for Evolving Effective Information Systems Strategy
Neeta Baporikar. © 2015. 14 pages.
The world today is an information society, with most of its workforce employed as knowledge workers, thus increasing the complexity of management. There is general recognition of...
Societal Influence on the Cognitive Aspects of Entrepreneurship
Neeta Baporikar. © 2015. 15 pages.
Social history in last century has witnessed a transformation not experienced in any period before. How people are affected - what sort of characteristics individuals have – how...
International Journal of Applied Management Sciences and Engineering (IJAMSE)
Carolina Machado, J. Paulo Davim. Est. 2014.
The International Journal of Applied Management Sciences and Engineering (IJAMSE) is a refereed, multidisciplinary journal that publishes high-quality articles on management...
Knowledge Management Initiatives in Indian Public Sector
Neeta Baporikar. © 2014. 37 pages.
Today, knowledge management has come to be accepted and recognized as a source of competitive advantage in the private sector. Although Knowledge Management (KM) has been gaining...
Business Research and New Technologies
Neeta Baporikar. © 2014. 27 pages.
The development and exploitation of new scientific and technological knowhow is a prime engine of economic growth. Different innovation systems have developed different...
Organizational Barriers and Facilitators in Embedding Knowledge Strategy
Neeta Baporikar. © 2014. 25 pages.
The knowledge that exists within organizations is a sustainable source of competitive advantage. This makes knowledge management a strategic imperative for all. Much has been...
Technology Imperative in Managerial Decision-Making
Neeta Baporikar. © 2014. 19 pages.
Decisions can make or mar an organization. Decision-making is a multifaceted and intricate process. This process becomes even more complicated and complex when it comes to...
Innovation in the 21st Century Organization
Neeta Baporikar. © 2014. 27 pages.
“When memories exceed dreams, the end is near. The hallmark of a truly successful organization is the willingness to abandon what made it successful and start fresh” (Friedman...
Innovation Strategies in SME: Global Perspective
Neeta Baporikar. © 2014. 27 pages.
Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) play a vital role in a country's economic development. The current trend of economic growth and rapid industrial development has made many...
Handbook of Research on Higher Education in the MENA Region: Policy and Practice
Neeta Baporikar. © 2014. 527 pages.
As the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region becomes increasingly intertwined in the global economy, investment continues to be made in the educational sector....
Strategic Management Overview and SME in Globalized World
Neeta Baporikar. © 2014. 18 pages.
Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) play an important role in each economy. Some of them even became market leaders from an international perspective. This stands in stark...
Introduction
Neeta Baporikar. © 2014. 7 pages.
Education is a significant sector, and higher education plays a great role in this knowledge era. Education is not only important and dynamic but also ever changing as per the...
Critical Review of Academic Entrepreneurship in India
Neeta Baporikar. © 2013. 24 pages.
Academic Entrepreneurship in the last three decades has risen to greater heights. There are various reasons, too. India’s education sector has been undergoing sea changes in...
Strategic Imperatives for Customer Centric Approach
Neeta Baporikar. © 2013. 20 pages.
Organizations have been forced to transform themselves from “product-centric” to “customer-centric” for various reasons. Becoming customer centric is one of the most important...
ICT Challenge for eBusiness in SMEs
Neeta Baporikar. © 2013. 12 pages.
This paper forms the basis of a crafting eBusiness strategy. The aim of this strategy is to encourage and assist organizations in general and SMEs in particular, in the non-ICT...
21st Century Higher Education Trends in Sultanate of Oman
Neeta Baporikar. © 2013. 16 pages.
Education is all pervasive. It is rightly said that “to educate is to enlighten,” and the only way for developing either the self or the nation is through education. This is well...
CSF Approach for IT Strategic Planning
Neeta Baporikar. © 2013. 13 pages.
Although the purpose of strategic planning is straightforward - to outline where an organization wants to go and how it’s going to get there - its nature is complex and dynamic....
Entrepreneurship in a Modern Networked Indian Economy
Neeta Baporikar. © 2013. 19 pages.
Entrepreneurship is important in the daily business environment and is plays a crucial role in the world economy. Entrepreneurship is an interesting topic as it deals with the...
Emerging Trends in Tourism Industry in Oman
Neeta Baporikar. © 2012. 20 pages.
Tourism industry is the largest industry world wide and is the main source of economic development of countries like Singapore, Bangkok and Dubai. It is also the main source of...
Strategic Imperatives for Customer Centric Approach
Neeta Baporikar. © 2012. 20 pages.
Organizations have been forced to transform themselves from “product-centric” to “customer-centric” for various reasons. Becoming customer centric is one of the most important...
Developing Right Graduate Attributes through Project-Based Teaching
Neeta Baporikar. © 2012. 16 pages.
Engineering education all over the world is of paramount importance as it is this education which provides economies with opportunities for development and growth. Engineering...
Technology Policy Perspective: Critical Review of Software Technology Parks in India
Neeta Baporikar. © 2012. 16 pages.
Clusters are geographic concentrations of interconnected companies, specialized suppliers, service providers, and associated institutions in a particular field that are present...
Emerging Trends in Tourism Industry in Oman
Neeta Baporikar. © 2012. 19 pages.
Tourism industry is the largest industry world wide and is the main source of economic development of countries like Singapore, Bangkok and Dubai. It is also the main source of...
Academic Strategies for Distance Education
Neeta Baporikar. © 2012. 13 pages.
Education all over the world is of paramount importance as it provides economies with opportunities for development and growth. Education is important for both – developed and...
Knowledge Management and Entrepreneurship Cases in India
Neeta Baporikar. © 2011. 22 pages.
Entrepreneurs in general, do contribute to the development of national economies. We need their innovation and risk-taking to create wealth, generate employment and fuel the...
International Journal of Strategic Information Technology and Applications (IJSITA)
Mehdi Khosrow-Pour. Est. 2010.
The International Journal of Strategic Information Technology and Applications (IJSITA) provides state-of-the-art research on the optimization of performance in corporations...