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Research on Public Management, Urban Entrepreneurship and Sustainability

A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Sustainable Urban and Rural Development".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (28 August 2023) | Viewed by 8586

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Muhammad Salman Shabbir

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Guest Editor
UBD School of Business and Economics (UBDSBE), Universiti Brunei Darusslam, Gadong BE1410, Brunei
Interests: entrepreneurship; sustainability; management practices; entrepreneurial ecosystem
Prof. Dr. Ahmed Faisal Imtiaz Siddqi

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Guest Editor
UCP Business School, University of Central Punjab Lahore, Lahore, Pakistan
Interests: data science; sustainable development; applied statistics; managerial statistics
Dr. Normalini Md Kassim

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School of Management, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Gelugor, Malaysia
Interests: operation management; technology management; Management Information System (MIS); e-government; electronic commerce; business analytics; big data
Dr. Mohammed Bait Ali Sulaiman

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College of Commerce and Business Administration, Dhofar University, Salalah, Oman
Interests: strategic management; entrepreneurship; consumer behavior; strategic planning; innovation

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Given the UN’s 2030 Agenda Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), sustainability studies have gained increased attention from the scientific and political communities, as well as from regional and public decision makers, confirming that enterprises must redefine new urban demands. Based on this, the role of entrepreneurs and micro-, small- and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) has steadily gained recognition and been considered as feasible to develop people's latent talents to transform ideas into action and to utilise entrepreneurship to find possibilities with economic, social, and environmental value creation potential. In these conditions, entrepreneurship is related to new models of making companies smart, and it plays a critical role in the establishment of sustainable corporations in cities. The city is a dynamic idea, and cities today are quickly developing in all aspects. Concepts of urbanisation and automation are at the forefront of these urban developments. Cities all around the globe strive to become smarter as part of their strategic and creative urban plans aimed at tackling current urban concerns and dangers. Furthermore, experts have claimed that smart cities may begin, enhance, and engage innovation, solve urban challenges, and fulfil inhabitants' expanding requirements.

Smart cities are centered on entrepreneurship and sustainability. Realising the socioeconomic and institutional features of entrepreneurial ecosystems will also pave the way for smart cities to arise. Smart cities create millions of transactions and a large amount of data. This created data adds value to governments and businesses (public organisations), encourages businesses to employ data-driven strategies to improve quality and efficiency in smart cities, and improves business interaction and sustainability. Furthermore, competent public administration may increase the quality and efficiency of services provided in order to achieve sustainable urban growth. Based on this information, a Special Issue is proposed which includes, but is not limited to, the following topics:

  • A public management perspective on urban entrepreneurship and sustainability;
  • Urban entrepreneurship and sustainable businesses in smart cities;
  • Pursuit of sustainability in urban policy design and public management;
  • Indicators of sustainable urban entrepreneurship;
  • Sustainability of new public management in smart cities;
  • Institutional entrepreneurship in sustainable urban development;
  • Private–public partnership to promote urban entrepreneurship;
  • A framework for urban entrepreneurship for SMEs;
  • Sustainability models for entrepreneurial cities;
  • New theoretical perspectives on urban entrepreneurship and public management;
  • Emerging trends in the urban entrepreneurship literature;
  • Urban entrepreneurship through public-policy interventions;
  • Entrepreneurship driven public management reforms;
  • Urban sustainability as a new form of governance;
  • Impact of entrepreneurship on urban sustainability initiatives;
  • The politics of urban entrepreneurialism;
  • Assessment of urban entrepreneurialism for sustainable development.

Dr. Muhammad Salman Shabbir
Prof. Dr. Ahmed Faisal Imtiaz Siddqi
Dr. Normalini Md Kassim
Dr. Mohammed Bait Ali Sulaiman
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • urban entrepreneurship
  • sustainability
  • public management
  • sustainable entrepreneurship
  • urban sustainability

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Exploring the Influence of the Information and Communication Technology Dimensions on the Sustainability of Competitiveness in Small and Medium-sized Enterprises in the Hail Region
by Bassem Kahouli, Amine Nafla, Nahla Chaaben and Zied Elleuch
Sustainability 2023, 15(23), 16325; https://doi.org/10.3390/su152316325 - 27 Nov 2023
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The main purpose of this research paper is to investigate the role of information and communication technology (ICT) in providing small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) with a competitive advantage. To do this, we propose five dimensions to detect ICT (human resources, equipment and [...] Read more.
The main purpose of this research paper is to investigate the role of information and communication technology (ICT) in providing small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) with a competitive advantage. To do this, we propose five dimensions to detect ICT (human resources, equipment and devices, databases, software, and networks) and four dimensions (service quality, market control, creativity and development, and operational efficiency) to decide competitive advantage. To achieve this paper’s purposes, a questionnaire was developed to collect data from respondents to a sample of 128 subjects by using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) for the survey data analysis. Several methods have been used in the statistical analysis of the data, including descriptive statistics tests, a normal distribution test (one-sample Kolmogorov–Smirnov test), simple linear regression coefficient (simple regression), variance analysis (one-way ANOVA), and a T-test for independent samples. This study reports a series of findings, underlined by the significant role of ICT with its various dimensions and the competitive advantage of SMEs. This study concludes with several suggestions including that SMEs must increase their investments in ICT components and take more care of creativity and development for the preemption to create new services. Full article
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Driving Sustainable Growth for Small and Medium Enterprises in Emerging Urban–Rural Economies
by Ndivhuho Tshikovhi, Krantisagar More and Zamaswazi Cele
Sustainability 2023, 15(21), 15337; https://doi.org/10.3390/su152115337 - 26 Oct 2023
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Rural economies are crucial for global development, with more than 80% of the world’s population living in rural areas and agriculture providing livelihoods for approximately 2.5 billion people worldwide. However, these economies are often vulnerable to various factors, including climate change, natural disasters, [...] Read more.
Rural economies are crucial for global development, with more than 80% of the world’s population living in rural areas and agriculture providing livelihoods for approximately 2.5 billion people worldwide. However, these economies are often vulnerable to various factors, including climate change, natural disasters, and a lack of progressive economic policies. The main aim of making rural economies more sustainable is to promote long-term economic development, protect the environment, and improve the quality of life in urban–rural communities. This paper explored certain strategies for enhancing rural economies to be more sustainable. The results show that smart growth has been rapidly growing in urban cities, while certain communities outside urban areas have been left behind. However, both urban and rural communities need economic growth and be adaptive to smart growth to serve their communities and adhere to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the new era of innovation. Thus, we argue that rural areas are a big part of emerging economies. As such, they cannot be left behind in any smart growth. In this study, we found that rural economies need training and up-skilling in order to improve their sustainability and efficiency targets. Through a systematic review, this paper looked at various ways rural communities can solve their challenges toward smart growth and the sustainability of their resources. As a result, we propose solutions for urban–rural communities to implement in daily activities in terms of policy and practice approaches. Full article
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Riyadh: Evolving to Become as One of the MENA Region’s Key Entrepreneurial Ecosystems
by Muhammad Azam Roomi, Alicia Coduras and José Manuel Saiz-Alvarez
Sustainability 2023, 15(20), 15109; https://doi.org/10.3390/su152015109 - 20 Oct 2023
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Riyadh’s entrepreneurial ecosystem is one of the most important drivers of entrepreneurship and innovation in the MENA region, as Saudi Arabia aims to achieve economic diversification within its industry, and thus reduce its dependence on oil. This paper analyzes how Riyadh’s entrepreneurial ecosystem [...] Read more.
Riyadh’s entrepreneurial ecosystem is one of the most important drivers of entrepreneurship and innovation in the MENA region, as Saudi Arabia aims to achieve economic diversification within its industry, and thus reduce its dependence on oil. This paper analyzes how Riyadh’s entrepreneurial ecosystem is achieving these goals and explores the differences between entrepreneurs and owner-managers operating in the Riyadh ecosystem to identify their strengths and weaknesses in guiding Saudi policymakers’ decision-making. Using GEM data for Saudi Arabia and analyzing the ten pillars (connectivity, leadership, knowledge, talent, finance, culture, formal institutions, services and intermediaries, physical infrastructure, and demand) of the Stem model, the authors applied ANOVA tests for the quantitative variables and Chi-squared tests for the qualitative variables and rescaled the results to 0–10-point scales for ease of interpretation. We found that among the ten pillars studied, there were four that have improved the most in the Riyadh entrepreneurial ecosystem: two systemic (networks, talent) and two environmental (physical infrastructure and formal institutions), while it was in the systemic pillars (leadership, financing, and knowledge) where the least progress has been made in the period 2019–2022. Full article
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Unlocking the Potential of Microfinance Solutions on Urban Woman Entrepreneurship Development in East Africa: A Bibliometric Analysis Perspective
by Ahmed Idi Kato
Sustainability 2023, 15(20), 14862; https://doi.org/10.3390/su152014862 - 13 Oct 2023
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Empowering women is essential for poverty alleviation and open involvement of woman entrepreneurs in line for entrepreneurship development. Nonetheless, several woman-led enterprises and woman entrepreneurs have scarce opportunities to revitalize beyond the dearth of financial services to realize financial freedom. This article’s approach [...] Read more.
Empowering women is essential for poverty alleviation and open involvement of woman entrepreneurs in line for entrepreneurship development. Nonetheless, several woman-led enterprises and woman entrepreneurs have scarce opportunities to revitalize beyond the dearth of financial services to realize financial freedom. This article’s approach hinges on a bibliometric analysis to survey recent developments and trends in microfinancing woman-owned enterprises and how this field is expected to transform to recent financial technological progress over successive years. We review existing evidence from 402 published articles indexed in the Scopus database from January 2003 to March 2023 to explain the current research development and interrelated prospects for enhancing studies on microfinance for woman entrepreneurship. The results vividly indicate that access to a stream of microfinancing credit is fundamental to the prosperity of urban woman-led enterprises across all countries. Despite this, woman entrepreneurs still encounter several obstacles when starting new businesses or expanding existing ones. With a growing demand for substantial sums of external financing to transition to sustainable business practices, their contribution to sustainable development is most often unreachable. Thus, any financing strategies focused on allowing access to microfinance credit by woman entrepreneurs are necessary to enable this sector to receive the benefits of economic freedom. This study offers good insights for current and potential entrepreneurs to bridge the financing gaps in emerging economies as a strategy for strengthening the capability of woman entrepreneurs to pursue economic opportunities that can inspire sustainable business enterprises and contribute to sustainable development. Finally, the study provides a foundation for future research in the domain of entrepreneurial financing for MSMEs. Full article
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Green Innovation, Self-Efficacy, Entrepreneurial Orientation and Economic Performance: Interactions among Saudi Small Enterprises
by Ali Saleh Alshebami
Sustainability 2023, 15(3), 1961; https://doi.org/10.3390/su15031961 - 19 Jan 2023
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The stiff competition in the market, and continuous pressures from various stakeholders such as customers, business owners, environmental authorities, and society, in general, to produce unique products and services, protect the environment, and obtain competitive advantage continue to challenge the sustainability of enterprises [...] Read more.
The stiff competition in the market, and continuous pressures from various stakeholders such as customers, business owners, environmental authorities, and society, in general, to produce unique products and services, protect the environment, and obtain competitive advantage continue to challenge the sustainability of enterprises in the market, especially the small ones. Accordingly, to minimize the effect of these challenges and pressures, small enterprises can improve their performance by directing their practices and processes towards developing innovative products and services that can help obtain a competitive advantage, protect the environment and better market share. Accordingly, this study aimed to explore the necessary antecedents contributing to developing innovative green products and services among small enterprises in Saudi Arabia. The study targeted a sample of 284 small entrepreneurs across various regions of Saudi Arabia. The responses were collected with a convenience sample through an online questionnaire. The data were analyzed using partial least squares structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM). The findings revealed that both green entrepreneurial self-efficacy (GESE) and green entrepreneurial orientation (GEO) have a positive relationship with green innovation (GI). The findings also reported that GI mediates the relationship between GESE, GEO and economic performance (EP). Full article
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