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Innovative pathways to sustainable community development through youth entrepreneurship

Jessica Lichy Ayoub Kohli Nefzi Sabrine Bouallegue Houda Rahali

Publication Name: Asian Education and Development Studies

Publication Date: 2026-01-01

Volume: Unknown

Issue: Unknown

Page Range: 1-24

Description:

Purpose – Sustainable entrepreneurship (SE) is gaining momentum as an innovative pathway for tackling global environmental challenges and fostering sustainable community development. Underpinned by the theory of planned behavior, this study aims to identify the main determinants influencing Higher Education students' intentions to undertake SE (a behavior essential for community-level transformation) while also examining the moderating role of perceived feasibility. Design/methodology/approach – Empirical data were collected from 280 university graduates in Tunisia, providing a critical “global insight” into youth engagement in sustainable practices within an emerging economy context. Findings – Data analysis using partial least squares structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM) shows that several factors significantly and positively predict sustainable entrepreneurial intention (SEI): environmental values (a psychological factor), green consumption commitment (a sustainable behavior lever), environmental citizenship (a community engagement factor) and education for sustainable entrepreneurship (an innovative educational pathway). These intentions subsequently affect sustainable entrepreneurial behavior, and the relationship is significantly moderated by perceived feasibility. Originality/value – This research provides an original contribution by developing and expanding the literature on SE by identifying specific educational and psychological antecedents that empower youth, a key demographic for community change, to pursue sustainable ventures. Furthermore, it is among the rare studies to investigate the moderating role of perceived feasibility in the transition from sustainable entrepreneurial intention to concrete sustainable entrepreneurial behavior. This approach brings a novel perspective on how youth entrepreneurship can foster sustainable community development. It offers direct, evidence-based insights for managers and practitioners to design innovative strategies and educational programs that stimulate the sustainable entrepreneurial actions and mindsets necessary for community development.

Open Access: Yes

DOI: 10.1108/AEDS-10-2025-0517

CHARACTERISTICS OF SEGMENTS ACCORDING TO THE PREFERENCE SYSTEM FOR JOB SELECTION, OPPORTUNITIES FOR EFFECTIVE INCENTIVES IN EMPLOYEE GROUPS

Laszlo Vasa Mónika Garai-Fodor Katalin Jäckel

Publication Name: Decision Making Applications in Management and Engineering

Publication Date: 2023-10-01

Volume: 6

Issue: 2

Page Range: 557-580

Description:

In addition to economic challenges, employers are also facing a growing generation gap. Generations that are significantly different in terms of values, mindsets and preferences need to be effectively managed in a workplace, which requires complex solutions. In this paper we present sub results of our primary research. In a quantitative procedure, we conducted a pre-tested standardized questionnaire online survey with random sample making method, resulting in 1146 evaluable questionnaires. Descriptive statistics to evaluate the results presented in this study. Descriptive statistics, bivariate and multivariate analyses were applied to process the quantitative results, to test the hypotheses put forward. The main focus of our research is to investigate the factors that influence employees' choice of jobs, and we analyzed the structure of their preference system. As a result of the research, we were able to identify distinct clusters according to the preference system of job selection. In the context of the resulting segments, we also analyzed which motivational tools could be most effective in encouraging higher performance. We believe that our research has useful implications for practice, by highlighting how to differentiate the pool of employees in terms of job choice and how to apply effective incentives to a specific segment.

Open Access: Yes

DOI: 10.31181/dmame622023761

Operator semigroups for convergence analysis

Imre Fekete István Faragó Petra Csomós

Publication Name: Lecture Notes in Computer Science Including Subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics

Publication Date: 2015-01-01

Volume: 9045

Issue: Unknown

Page Range: 38-49

Description:

The paper serves as a review on the basic results showing how functional analytic tools have been applied in numerical analysis. It deals with abstract Cauchy problems and present how their solutions are approximated by using space and time discretisations. To this end we introduce and apply the basic notions of operator semigroup theory. The convergence is analysed through the famous theorems of Trotter and Kato, Lax, and Chernoff. We also list some of their most important applications.

Open Access: Yes

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-20239-6_4

A demographic study of natural heritage visitation intentions in tourism in Győr-Moson-Sopron County, in Hungary

Csaba Kőmíves

Publication Name: Journal of Infrastructure Policy and Development

Publication Date: 2024-01-01

Volume: 8

Issue: 12

Page Range: Unknown

Description:

At the beginning of the 21st century, sustainability is today’s most important issue, but it is achieved only in those areas where there is environmental awareness. Natural heritage is a part of heritage tourism in terms of the grouping of attraction types. The conceptualization of heritage and cultural heritage itself is not uniform in the national and domestic literature, with some considering heritage tourism to be synonymous with cultural tourism and others interpreting it as a connotation. This study aims to present the natural heritage of Győr-Moson-Sopron County (Hungary). Quantitative research was used to analyze the topic (N = 666), the sample is not representative and the selection of respondents was random. Data were collected between 1 September 2023 and 31 October 2023 using electronic questionnaires shared on Google Drive. Data were processed using SPSS 25.0 and MS Office Excel in addition to the descriptive statistical data (modus, median, standard deviation), correlation, and cross-tabulation analyses. In the framework of quantitative research, respondents’ travel willingness to visit tourist attractions, their specific expenditures, and their intention to participate in various events were conducted. The following questions are addressed in the study, whether all three national parks (Fertő-Hanság, Pannontáj-Sokoróand Szigetköz) are equally popular among tourists, whether the educational level of tourists influences the visitation of Lake Fertő, whether the respondents’ place of residence and the Danube floodplain influence the visitation of the lake and whether the age of the respondents influences the visitation of the 700-year-old oak in Hédervár. The significant finding of the study is that the mean of non-young people’s visitation is higher than that of young people in all three national parks.

Open Access: Yes

DOI: 10.24294/jipd.v8i12.9084

On the design of stable, consistent, and conservative high-order methods for multi-material hydrodynamics

József Bakosi Jacob Waltz Aditya Pandare Weizhao Li Hong Luo

Publication Name: Journal of Computational Physics

Publication Date: 2023-10-01

Volume: 490

Issue: Unknown

Page Range: Unknown

Description:

Obtaining stable and high-order numerical solutions for multi-material hydrodynamics is an open challenge. Although slope limiters are widely used to maintain monotonicity near discontinuities, typical limiting procedures violate closure laws at the discrete level when applied to multi-material hydrodynamics equations. Due to this, the high-order expansions of quantities related by the closure laws are no longer consistent. The commonly observed symptom of this consistency-violation is that the numerical method fails to maintain constant pressure and velocity across material interfaces. This leads to sub-optimal convergence rates for smooth multi-material problems as well. Specialized limiting procedures that satisfy consistency while maintaining conservation need to be developed for such equations. A novel procedure that re-instates consistency into slope-limited high-order discretizations applied to the multi-material hydrodynamics equations is presented here. Using simple examples, it is demonstrated that the presented method satisfies closure laws at the discrete level, while maintaining conservative properties of the high-order method. Furthermore, this procedure involves a projection step which relies on the compact basis of the underlying spatial discretization, i.e. for discontinuous schemes (viz. DG and FV) the projection is local, and does not involve global matrix solves. Comparisons with conventional approaches emphasizes the necessity of the consistent closure-law preserving limiting approach, in order to maintain design order of accuracy for smooth multi-material problems.

Open Access: Yes

DOI: 10.1016/j.jcp.2023.112313

A two-step digitalization level assessment approach for manufacturing companies

Ádám Szaller Tamás Várgedő Gábor Nick Thomas Scheuer Günther Schuh

Publication Name: Procedia Manufacturing

Publication Date: 2020-01-01

Volume: 54

Issue: Unknown

Page Range: 25-30

Description:

Manufacturing companies are facing the fourth industrial revolution, which concerns itself with the real-time data-based communication and connection between cyber-physical systems and people. To initiate a successful digital transformation, many organizations turn to Industry 4.0 maturity models for orientation and advice. This paper aims to enable companies to find the model that suits them best. Therefore, several existing models are introduced and two of them, a quick-assessment model (CCMS) and a more extensive approach (Industry 4.0 Maturity Index), are described in detail. These two complementing models are combined into a new resource-efficient approach to assessing Industry 4.0 maturity.

Open Access: Yes

DOI: 10.1016/j.promfg.2021.07.005

Detecting contours of pathological forms in colonoscopy images using a hybrid method

Plamen Petrov Veska Georgieva Brigita Sziova Szilvia Nagy

Publication Name: Communication Electromagnetics and Medical Application

Publication Date: 2018-01-01

Volume: 2018-October

Issue: Unknown

Page Range: 27-30

Description:

As colonoscopy is needed for screening colorectal polyps, and the first step of classification these polyps is recognizing them, it is worth to research, whether the colonoscopy databases could be improved by image processing and contour detection. In the following considerations a reflection filtering and background subtraction with large-sized mean filter is used as image preprocessing tools, and hybrid method for segmentation of pathological forms, based on template matching and active contour model as contour fitting for segmentation of the image is made.

Open Access: Yes

DOI: DOI not available

Evolving Social Capital in Indigenous Communities: Perspectives on Trust, Reciprocity, and Cultural Preservation Among Irula Elders

Nail Öztaş Muhammad Shakil Ahmad Ashifa Kariveliparambil R. A. Rasi Fatma Sila Ayan

Publication Name: Journal of Social Service Research

Publication Date: 2026-01-01

Volume: 52

Issue: 1

Page Range: 147-166

Description:

This study investigates the transformation of social capital within the Irula tribal community in Tamil Nadu, India, focusing on how traditional practices and communal bonds adapt in the face of modernization, urban migration, and generational shifts. Adopting a qualitative phenomenological approach, ten Irula elders were selected using purposive and snowball sampling. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews conducted in the local language and analyzed using Braun and Clarke’s thematic analysis. Themes were derived inductively to ensure cultural and contextual sensitivities. Seven key themes emerged: trust and reciprocity, community engagement, inter-generational knowledge transmission, the impact of technology, resilience of social capital, redefinition of community, and cultural identity. The findings reveal that collective resilience persists during crises while everyday mutual aid and cultural exchange weaken. Social capital is not disappearing but reconfiguring—activated selectively based on needs and generational experience. This study extends classical social and cultural capital theories by situating them in an indigenous context. From this perspective, the significance of these studies for future research, applications, and services should be carefully evaluated. Practical implications emphasize the need for culturally embedded policies, intergenerational programmes, and digital tools to support continuity. This research affirms that tradition and change coexist, reflecting the adaptive nature of indigenous social structures in contemporary society. Future research could explore how digital platforms and participatory methods can be leveraged to enhance cultural transmission and strengthen intergenerational ties.

Open Access: Yes

DOI: 10.1080/01488376.2025.2579519

Controlled Fuzzy 2-Metric Spaces: A Soft Computing Framework with Dynamic Applications

Clemente Cesarano Osama Oqilat Hijaz Ahmad Tarapada Bag Abhishikta Das Waleed Mohammed Abdelfattah Dipti Barman Osama Oqilat

Publication Name: International Journal of Analysis and Applications

Publication Date: 2026-01-01

Volume: 24

Issue: Unknown

Page Range: Unknown

Description:

In this article, we introduce the concept of a controlled fuzzy 2-metric space, formulated by incorporating three control functions that flexibly regulate the fuzzy distance relationships among triplets of points. This structure provides a flexible analytical tool for modeling systems influenced by uncertainty, interdependence, and approximate reasoning. We establish several fundamental properties of this structure and derive fixed-point results. To demonstrate its practical relevance, we apply the proposed framework to a dynamic market-equilibrium problem, in which agents’ interactions are governed by fuzzy relations and control-dependent adjustments. The study also discusses implications for soft computing and decision-making systems, highlighting the framework’s potential in modeling adaptive and uncertain environments.

Open Access: Yes

DOI: 10.28924/2291-8639-24-2026-110