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Purpose: This study is the complex interplay among corporate social responsibility (CSR), governance, and ethics in the context of tourism management in India. It shows us how businesses engage in sustainable practices that contribute to social economics tourism.

Methodology: This research takes a multi-face approach, theoretical framework, and practice case study to indicate the relationship based on the CSR corporate governance, and business ethics. The study shows that the real case study in Jaipur and Indore.

Research limitations and implications: Given the limitations of the case study research, such as potential basis and limited generalization, this study is necessary for future empirical investigation to validate and expand upon the findings presented here.

Social implications: The chapter discusses the societal significance of business practices. It promotes greater corporate engagement in addressing social, environmental, and economic challenges by showing the positive impact of CSR initiatives on local communities.

Findings: Through case studies and empirical analysis, this chapter reveals how CSR initiatives can improve corporate governance, promote ethical business practices, and positively impact the local economy and environment. It also shows how important evidence-based decision-making matters.

Originality/value: In India's tourism management context, this chapter comprehensively examines corporate governance, business ethics, and CSR. Its usefulness provides practical insights into the practical ramifications of responsible business practices.

Whenever social injustice tackled by social movements receives heightened media attention, charitable crowdfunding platforms offer an opportunity to proactively advocate for equality by donating money to affected people. This research examines how the Black Lives Matter movement and the associated social protest cycle after the death of George Floyd have influenced donation behavior for campaigns with a personal goal and those with a societal goal supporting the black community.

This paper follows a quantitative research approach by applying a quasi-experimental research design on a GoFundMe dataset. In total, 67,905 campaigns and 1,362,499 individual donations were analyzed.

We uncover a rise in donations for campaigns supporting the black community, which lasts substantially longer for campaigns with a societal than with a personal funding goal. Informed by construal level theory, we attribute this heterogeneity to changes in the level of abstractness of the problems that social movements aim to tackle.

This research advances the knowledge of individual donation behavior in charitable crowdfunding. Our results highlight the important role that charitable crowdfunding campaigns play in promoting social justice and anti-discrimination as part of social protest cycles.

Although large-scale construction projects can stimulate economic development, they can also cause unanticipated environmental stress. In addition, there are indications that such projects can collide with local cultural structures and create negative social impacts. With a focus on Building with Nature – an initiative towards sustainable hydraulic engineering – this chapter illustrates how nature conservation can be integrated into the daily operation of large-scale construction projects. Also, some insights are presented on the effects of voluntary green behaviour, particularly about challenges and benefits associated with enforcing corporate responsibility. The chapter concludes with a discussion on the role of integrative systematic approaches in analysing the complexity related to multi-stakeholder involvement for the embodiment of SDG14 Life Below Water. Also, some arguments are provided on the value of intergenerational knowledge exchange – linking expertise and experience of industry representatives with innovative concepts from higher education actors – for realising goals linked to sustainable development embracing future generations.

This study examines the link between the knowledge creation process, ambidextrous innovation, and competitive advantage. Further, this study also tested the moderating role of organizational agility on the relationship between the knowledge creation process and ambidextrous innovation.

The empirical study’s data were collected by surveying 306 respondents employed in 140 Pakistani Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs). The questionnaire was designed according to the study’s requirements and was based on theoretical knowledge and findings from previous research on the knowledge-creation process, ambidextrous innovation, and competitive advantage. All hypotheses were tested using a structured regression method.

The study indicates that the knowledge creation process significantly impacts a firm’s competitive advantage. Additionally, this study demonstrates that ambidextrous innovation can moderate the relationship between the knowledge-creation process and competitive advantage.

Future studies should examine mediating factors, such as organizational culture, leadership style, and industry characteristics, as well as moderating variables, such as environmental turbulence.

This study guides SME leaders on the importance of knowledge creation and ambidextrous innovation in achieving operational success and gaining a competitive advantage.

This study explores how the knowledge creation process directly and indirectly, enhances organizational capacity for competitive advantage through the mediating roles of ambidextrous innovation and the moderating role of organizational agility.

Early termination of public–private partnerships (PPPs) in China is caused by various risk factors, resulting in significant losses. This study aimed to clarify the key factors and identify the causal relationships among these factors.

Social network analysis (SNA) was used to analyze 37 risk factors that were summarized from 97 early terminated PPP cases and to identify the relationships among these key risk factors. Interpretive structural modeling (ISM) was conducted to explore the causal relationships. Data were collected from case documents, questionnaires and interviews.

A total of 17 key risk factors were identified and distributed in a hierarchical structure with six tiers. Among these key risk factors, the root causes affecting the early termination of PPP projects were government oversight in decision-making, local government transition, policy and law changes and force majeure. The direct cause was insufficient returns. Furthermore, local government and private sector defaults were essential mediating factors. Local government transition and the low willingness of the private sector were highlighted as potential key risks.

The cases and experts were all from China, and outcomes in other countries or cultures may differ from those of this study. Therefore, further studies are required.

This research provides knowledge regarding the key risk factors leading to the early termination of PPP projects and guidance on avoiding these factors and blocking the factors' transmission in the project lifecycle.

This study contributes to the knowledge of risk management by emphasizing the importance of local government transition, the low willingness of the private sector and project cooperation and operation, whose significance is ignored in the existing literature. The proposed ISM clarifies the role of risk factors in causing early termination and explains their transmission patterns.

In the global food processing industry, corporate social responsibility (CSR) is garnering increasing attention from companies, employees, consumers, and regulatory bodies. The purpose of this chapter is to identify areas insufficiently addressed in the existing literature, yet significant and specific to the food processing sector, and those exerting the greatest impact on global society. CSR initiatives in the global food industry are diverse, and companies in the food sector are increasingly recognizing the importance of CSR not only for ethical reasons but also to enhance competitiveness, consumer trust, and overall sustainable business development, including mitigating risks associated with the environmental, social, and governance (ESG) area. The methodology used includes a literature review and a critical analysis of the scientific literature. The research question identified by the author is: “Whether and why CSR is important in the global food processing industry from various perspectives and what key aspects require further analysis and research in this field?” Two hypotheses were delineated: H1: *CSR is of paramount importance and possesses a vast scope of influence in the global food industry and H2: *Need for further analysis of key CSR aspects in the food industry. To identify research areas of focus, the Scopus database was utilized. Due to insufficient literature, this chapter was enriched with additional sources of scientific literature. Stakeholder engagement, transparency, and compliance with standards are vital for effective CSR implementation. The role of independent verification and consumer awareness in enhancing companies’ legitimacy lacks research. Insufficiently explored are also tools for all market participants to curb harmful practices and promote healthy competition and development on the market.

This paper aims to explore how value co-destruction (VCD) impacts on guests perceived value in Airbnb, peer-to-peer (P2P) accommodation platform.

This study applies an interpretive exploratory research approach to explore VCD on consumer perceived values. Data were collected via personal in-depth semi-structured interviews with guests who have experienced in staying Airbnb. Thematic analysis was conducted to analyse data.

Drawing on the theory of consumption values, the findings show that five dimensions of value; functional, social, economic, emotional and epistemic value are destroyed due to negative interactions between guests and hosts. Moreover, this study revealed that host’s unaccepted behaviours, miscommunication, lack of resources, expectations and issues in procedures lead to destroy guest’s perceived value. The findings of the study provide several insights for the tourism and hospitality sector, P2P accommodation platforms and policymakers to prevent from VCD and optimise the customer experience.

This study provides a greater understanding of how and which activities lead to destroy guest’s perceived values after experiencing VCD. To the best of the author’s knowledge, this study is the first to apply theory of consumption values in the P2P accommodation context and research field related to “VCD”.

This study aims to investigate the effect of different microstructures and its grain boundary character distribution (GBCD) on the corrosion behavior of weathering bridge steel.

The rust layer characteristics and corrosion resistance of specimens with different microstructures in the simulated industrial environment were studied by Electron Probe X-ray Micro-Analyzer, wavelength-dispersive spectrometer and electrochemical techniques. Electron backscatter diffraction technique was used to characterize the GBCD in steels with different microstructures.

Results revealed a significant difference in the corrosion susceptibility among the four microstructures, with corrosion rates decreasing in the following order: ferrite + pearlite > ferrite + bainite > bainite > martensite. The variation in corrosion resistance is primarily influenced by the microstructure type and the proportion of special grain boundaries, rather than the alloying elements. The proportion of Σ3 boundaries within the coincidence site lattice boundaries is positively correlated with improved corrosion resistance. A higher Σ3 boundary fraction resulted in a lower effective grain boundary energy, elevated self-corrosion potential, increased polarization resistance and reduced areas of localized galvanic corrosion; this led to enhanced inhibition of the electrochemical corrosion reaction, consequently reducing the corrosion rate.

This study elucidates and quantifies the intrinsic relationship between microstructure, GBCD and corrosion rate. This understanding is crucial for enhancing the corrosion resistance of weathering bridge steels in industrial atmospheric corrosion environments.