The Everglade Hotel had just completed a lengthy period of renovations to the public areas, including the lobby and the restaurant. Anticipation was high for a busy summer season and occupancy rate was forecast to be around 77%. When COVID-19 became a public health issue the Hotel had to shift ge...

Patrick Scott, an impetuous college student, caught a live shark with his bare hands while his friend recorded the feat. He decided to post the video of his antics on his personal Instagram account to impress friends and followers. In the digital age, content spread quickly through the power of s...

Chef Bill Manson had created a small community event, the Local Wild Food Challenge in 2008 in Eastbourne, New Zealand. The event had since become a network of communities holding yearly events in different countries celebrating the culinary skills of local people. With expansion Manson recognize...

Women like Gulabi Devi and girls like Ammu in rural India experience period poverty and are subject to stigma, shaming, and trauma around menstruation, which leads to exclusion and attrition. An acute lack of awareness about the risks of using unsanitary products, the lack of usage of sanitary me...

Mr. Rajesh Patel, the owner of Patel Farms was relying on rainwater for cultivation. Due to the weak monsoon season for the last several years, Mr. Patel needed to procure water from the outside. The situation worsened as there was a drastic rise in the cost of water. Mr. Patel’s son Rohit sugg...

Sarah Martin, CEO of Sandy Shores Care Center, was faced with a significant direct care (i.e., CNA) staffing challenge in her skilled nursing center. She and her leadership team had to conduct an analysis of their current staffing retention practices, consider new ideas for implementation, and be...

In April 2018, Rashon Nelson and Donte Robinson, 23-year-old black male entrepreneurs, had a meeting at a Philadelphia Starbucks store. Shortly after being denied access to the bathroom because they had not purchased anything, they were arrested. Their arrests sparked public outrage. In response,...

Khushboo, the founder and owner of K’s Kitchen, wants to expand the K’s Kitchen market geographically. The expansion is expected to improve the sales and profitability of her small home kitchen service in Nagpur, India. The uncertain environment due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the competitio...

Maple Leaf Adventures offered small ship cruises and multi-day excursions in Canada’s spectacular coastal locations on the west coast of British Columbia. On April 8, Kevin Smith reflected on the seismic change that had occurred over the space of 4 weeks and the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. ...

The new head of the C.D.C., Dr. Rochelle Walensky, began her job in January 2021 during the middle of the worst pandemic in modern history and had a tumultuous start. She was criticized for giving confusing public guidance on safeguarding themselves from Covid-19. In January 2022, she was questio...

Lauran Fuller, founder of Caked Up! LLC, realizes that after several years of running her local bakery business without taking a consistent salary, she needs to make a decision about how to proceed with the business. Having expanded the business from a home-based side project to a Main St. storef...

Following in her father’s footsteps, Dr. Pat was the owner and head veterinarian at North River Veterinary Hospital. Recently, the hospital had begun to look more like a zoo. Surgeries were being overbooked, patients with appointments were left waiting, and confusion seemed to be around every c...

The downtown square in Granbury, Texas, was booming! Due in large part to popular new outdoor music venues, tourism revenue had increased. Was the music too loud? Some citizens and owners of lodging establishments complained that it was. They asked the police department to make it stop. Music ven...

The researcher investigates the major factors that influence the life satisfaction and self-confidence of young Saudi women. This research focus on health, education, income, empowerment, family status, and social status. The study also predicts the stress and
compares the stress level. Initi...