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Grounded on the emotion regulation theory, this study aims to examine how and when entrepreneurial fear of failure decreases the well-being of entrepreneurs. It mainly investigates a moderated mediation model, including emotion regulation as a mediator in the association between entrepreneurial fear of failure and psychological well-being and resilience as the moderator between entrepreneurial fear of failure and emotion regulation.

For this study, the primary data was gathered using a reflective-formative scale of entrepreneurial fear of failure from micro-, small- and medium-sized business owners from Lucknow, the capital of India’s most populous state. Hypothesis testing was done using partial least squares structural equation modeling on 250 valid responses.

The findings suggested that fear of failure has a damaging consequence on the psychological well-being of entrepreneurs, and this link is mediated through emotion regulation. In addition, resilience was observed to moderate the link between fear of failure and emotion regulation among entrepreneurs. Furthermore, resilience moderates the indirect impact of emotion regulation concerning fear of failure and well-being among micro-, small- and medium-sized business owners.

The study offers theoretical and practical implications, as the results highlight the role of emotion regulation and resilience in handling the adverse outcomes of entrepreneurial fear of failure. The study asserts that business owners need to learn ways to control their emotions and be resilient to face the destructive consequences of entrepreneurial fear of failure.

The study marks a novel role by unfurling the underlying psychological mechanisms in the association concerning fear of failure and the well-being of existing entrepreneurs from India by examining the moderated mediation model to understand the relationships better. This study is one of the pioneer attempts to uncover the moderating role of resilience and the mediating effect of emotion regulation to explain the outcome of entrepreneurial fear of failure.

Infrastructure financialization plays a critical role in infrastructure development and urban growth around the world. However, on the one hand, the existing research on the infrastructure financialization focuses on qualitative and lacks quantitative country-specific studies. On the other hand, the spatial heterogeneity and influencing factors of infrastructure financialization are ignored. This study takes China as a typical case to identify and analyze the spatial characteristics, development process and impact factors of infrastructure financialization.

To assess the development and characteristics of infrastructure financialization in China, this study constructs an evaluation index of infrastructure financialization based on the infrastructure financialization ratio (IFR). This study then analyzes the evolution process and spatial pattern of China's infrastructure financialization through the spatial analysis method. Furthermore, this study identifies and quantitatively analyzes the influencing factors of infrastructure financialization based on the spatial Dubin model. Finally, this study offers a policy suggestion as a governance response.

The results demonstrate that infrastructure financialization effectively promotes the development of infrastructure in China. Second, there are significant spatial differences in China’s infrastructure financialization. Third, many factors affect infrastructure financialization, with government participation having the greatest impact. In addition, over-financialization of infrastructure has the potential to lead to government debt risks, which is a critical challenge the Chinese Government must address. Finally, this study suggests that infrastructure financialization requires more detailed, tailored,and place-specific policy interventions by the government.

This study not only contributes to enriching the knowledge body of global financialization theory but also helps optimize infrastructure investment and financing policies in China and provides peer reference for other developing countries.

This paper aims to explore the current stage of biodiversity preservation in higher education institutions (HEIs), using samples from German universities and investigating three different dimensions, namely, existing approaches, challenges and future developments.

Semistructured expert interviews were conducted with employees from 14 German Universities. To analyze the data, both deductive and inductive methods of content analysis were conducted to systematically code the results.

This research shows that efforts for biodiversity preservation are frequently made in the areas of student and staff initiatives, green space management, as well as in research and teaching. However, German HEIs face numerous hurdles such as interest conflict, lack of prioritization and financial restrictions, some of which are difficult to overcome. In the future, HEIs should seek a deeper integration of biodiversity into curricula to further raise biodiversity awareness.

This study provides practical implications by providing good practices, which can serve as a guide for implementing measures for biodiversity preservation. By understanding the struggles and future expectations, stakeholders and policymakers could promote targeted measures and relevant policies to advance biodiversity initiatives at and beyond universities. Moreover, the research shows the importance of involving students and staff actively in the planning and executing stage for biodiversity preservation through initiatives to achieve green campuses.

The paper presents an essential research field which is still in its earlier stage. To the best of the authors’ knowledge, it is the first study that focuses on German Universities in this context. This study adds value in providing in-depth insights into this topic to raise awareness of biodiversity preservation in both practice and research.

The cost and duration estimation process is important to be monitored and controlled in construction projects. Estimation variation from actuals presents a problem when attempting to complete a project on planned time and budget. Various studies cover project performance monitoring with different cost and time performance indices. Nevertheless, project monitoring techniques do not take advantage of the available data to assess the performance and accuracy of estimates developed by the estimation team.

This research proposes using statistical process control (SPC) to assess the consistency and stability of the estimation of activities’ costs and durations. The proposed system calculates the deviation of the estimated costs and durations from the actual values. These calculations are the activities’ indices that are used to plot the control chart. The process capability analysis (PCA) is used to determine the accuracy deviation of the estimations from the organization’s targets.

Results of the proposed system application to a real project determine the activities that have inaccurate cost and duration estimations. This result helps the estimation departments to analyze reasons for inaccurate estimations. The proposed system is an easy, effective tool for continuous improvement to the performance of the estimation department.

Some projects are classified as troubled projects when calculating the status of the project with reference to estimations, while the estimations themselves are troubled and need to be corrected. The proposed system of this paper is considered a novel approach by using SPC techniques such as control charts and process capability analysis for continuous monitoring and assessing of cost and duration estimation process performance to improve process accuracy and increase the credibility of estimation teams or departments.

The purpose of this study is to address the relevance of archaeological heritage in the context of supply chains for the tourism industry. It does so by providing converging ideas on the usefulness of individual sites, not in their strict scientific or latent value but as an enhancer for optimizing cultural production in a wider scenario of aggregate demand.

While examples from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) illustrate this reasoning, the underlying principles have a widespread application and point to a need for defragmenting and realigning tangible heritage as a key production factor. Methods used consist of an inductive approach, based on secondary sources and semi-structured interviews.

Results indicate that, while archaeological resources remain central to the promotion of cultural tourism in the UAE, suppliers face challenges when incorporating particular sites into consumer-friendly packages.

The study contributes to the identification of common risks and opportunities for archaeological resource management in the development of UAE tourism products.

This represents an original angle, given the focus on the specific regional, cooperative added value of archaeological resources and the need for optimizing them in a functional supply chain.

This study aims to position work-integrated learning (WIL) as a transformative pedagogy for international business (IB) education. By embedding diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) into WIL, the authors demonstrate how universities can better prepare IB students to navigate global challenges and thrive in multicultural, dynamic business environments. WIL brings together students, industry and higher education providers to meet the needs of the labour market, where DEI increasingly matter from both a business case and social justice perspective. Building on over 30 years of cumulative experience in industry engagement and WIL, the authors discuss key forces, trends, challenges and opportunities in co-creating inclusive WIL opportunities for an increasingly diverse group of learners.

Drawing on illustrative examples and institutional best practices the authors discuss the experiences in WIL and posit that a practically driven pedagogical approach to IB education can co-create an inclusive WIL environment.

Embedding DEI within WIL not only enhances inclusivity but also equips IB students with critical skills such as cultural intelligence adaptability and emotional resilience. These capabilities enable learners to effectively navigate the complexities contexts and connections unique to IB as a field. The authors argue for a systematic DEI-driven WIL approach to foster better integration of academic knowledge with real-world IB practices.

Existing literature discusses WIL as a practice-based learning approach but limited research examines its intersection with DEI in the context of IB education. The viewpoint bridges this gap showcasing specific strategies and best practices that enhance IB students’ readiness for global industries. The authors propose a framework for embedding DEI into WIL informed by both institutional initiatives and theoretical insights to improve employability and global competence diversity co-creation equity and inclusion.

This purpose of the study was to investigate, analyze, and make meaning of student perceptions of social media influencers in the context of leadership and followership.

We investigated whether students perceive social media influencers as leaders, their perceptions of the difference between followers and fans, and the degree of responsibility influencers have over their followers’ behaviors. Existing qualitative data were obtained from n = 41 participants for the study. We used elements of phenomenology within a single case study design (introductory leadership course) to thematically review and analyze students’ discussion posts and agree on common themes.

Our findings show that most students do not believe influencers are leaders based on value differences between influencers and leaders broadly. Students perceived followers as more actively engaged than fans based on their ability to work alongside leaders, while fans are more passive by only consuming and admiring influencers’ content. Lastly, most students noted that influencers are responsible for the behaviors of their followers and should have more awareness of their power and influence online.

As social media continues to influence the perceptions of the younger generations of leaders, our findings seek to provide insights into the evolving and dynamic nature of leadership and followership in the digital age.