... of entrepreneurs who have the ability to establish and operate new business ventures in an emerging economy which is characterized by a high psychic distance. Design/methodology/approach – Using Siu's work on immigrant laborers, the paper suggests that skilled, professional entrepreneurs from Israel, who...

... for research and practice are discussed. Design/methodology/approach Questionnaires were delivered by e‐mail to 190 entrepreneurs participating in non‐academic programs at five centers for entrepreneurial support in Israel (three university‐based centers and two government‐based centers). The respondents...

...Khaled Mohammed Abu‐Asbah; Sibylle Heilbrunn Purpose Drawing upon the disadvantage theory, the purpose of this paper is to investigate patterns of entrepreneurship evolving under conditions of double discrimination characterizing the situation of Arab women entrepreneurs in Israel. Design...

...Tanhum Yoreh Purpose Recycling facilities are not available in most Ultra‐Orthodox (Haredi) Jewish neighborhoods in Israel. Servicing Ultra‐Orthodox communities would offer significant relief for rapidly bloating landfills. Haredi communities have highly religious lifestyles, very large families...

... perspective in this field, was used for this assessment. The methodology used was based on two national samples from Canada and Israel (n=235) which included mostly members of a private business networking organization. Questionnaires were distributed to the respondents; only entrepreneurs...

... – constituting 22 percent of the population of Kibbutz communities in Israel – was investigated over a period of ten years. The same questionnaire was administered to the same sample Kibbutzim (Kibbutzim is the plural of Kibbutz) in 1994, 1997 and 2004. Collected data include number and types of enterprises...