Private Voluntary Organizations in Egypt

Participation in voluntary organizations

Economic theories explaining participation have focused on individual preferences, private and public failures as explanations for participation in voluntary organizations. These theories do not look at the relevance of the institutions that affect public and market failures that in turn, affect participation. My essay considers and empirically examines the effect those different institutions a...

Voluntary Knowledge Sharing in Organizations

Knowledge is a fundamental asset for firms in the contemporary economy. Promoting knowledge sharing within organizations is an increasingly important challenge for managers. Past literature in organizational studies has focused on personal motivations to explain knowledge sharing behaviors. We see an organization as consisting of multiple networks simultaneously, e.g. informational, structural,...

Understanding Perception and Factors Influencing Private Voluntary Health Insurance Policy Subscription in the Lucknow Region

Background Health insurance has been acknowledged by researchers as a valuable tool in health financing. In spite of its significance, a subscription paralysis has been observed in India for this product. People who can afford health insurance are also found to be either ignorant or aversive towards it. This study is designed to investigate into the socio-economic factors, individuals’ health i...

The Business Environment in Egypt: Constraints to Private Sector Development

Sharing Knowledge in Voluntary Service Not-for-profit Organizations

Knowledge sharing has shown itself to be a phenomenon of great interest to both academics and practitioners. However, literature from both communities seems to have neglected a crucial part of our society: the non-profit sector. This study examines the factors that potentially influence knowledge sharing in voluntary service not-for-profit organizations (VSNFPs). Its examination of survey respo...