Author:  L. Kareem Affiliation:  Independent Researcher Abstract The idea of “making your own country” has resurfaced this week across online forums, entrepreneurship circles, and civic-technology communities—often framed as a response to rising bureaucracy, polarization, and dissatisfaction with public service delivery. Rather than treating the trend as a purely utopian or illegal fantasy, this article analyzes it as a contemporary management and governance phenomenon shaped

Author:  M. Al-Khatib Affiliation:  Independent Researcher Abstract Toshiba once stood as a symbol of Japan’s industrial strength: a diversified “empire” spanning consumer electronics, heavy infrastructure, energy, and advanced components. Yet its later trajectory—accounting scandal, strategic overreach, activist pressure, and eventual take-private restructuring—has become a warning case for modern management. This article explains Toshiba’s transformation as a “bankruptcy mo

Author:  L. Hartwell Affiliation:  Independent Researcher Abstract The McDonald’s Monopoly promotion—built through partnerships among a global fast-food firm, an IP owner, and specialist marketing/security vendors—looks like a nostalgic “prize game.” Yet its long history, including the early-2000s fraud scandal in the United States and the later redesign of controls, offers an unusually clear window into how modern economies are shaped by attention, trust, and platform-style

Author:  Said Khalifa Affiliation:  Independent Researcher Abstract This paper explores the evolving paradigms of management and leadership in the twenty-first century, focusing on how globalization, digital transformation, and sociocultural dynamics reshape the understanding of authority, coordination, and organizational identity. Drawing upon Pierre Bourdieu’s concept of capital, Immanuel Wallerstein’s world-systems theory, and the framework of institutional isomorphism, th

Author:  Sholpan Rakhimova Affiliation:  Independent Researcher Abstract In 2025, Switzerland was ranked as the world’s most competitive...