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Which individual‐level factors motivate women to become a social entrepreneur? To answer this question, we examined the direct impact of problem‐solving skills, networking ability, and entrepreneurial knowledge with social entrepreneurial intention. Furthermore, we tested the indirect effects of these three factors through self‐efficacy. The study hypotheses were tested using a sample of 234 Bangladeshi women. In this research, Smart PLS 3.0 has been used to assess the study hypotheses. Our findings confirmed a positive and significant relation among problem‐solving skills, networking ability, and entrepreneurial knowledge with social entrepreneurial intention. Moreover, our data confirmed that self‐efficacy mediates the relationship among problem‐solving skills, networking ability, and entrepreneurial knowledge with social entrepreneurial intention.

Purpose
This study aims to investigate the factors that influence the sustainable online purchase intentions of consumers during the COVID-19 pandemic. This study also examines the role of relational benefit and site commitment in the study model.


Design/methodology/approach
Data were obtained from a survey of 356 Bangladeshi consumers who were voluntarily using the internet during the COVID-19 pandemic. Data were analyzed using partial least square structural equation modelling with Smart PLS 3.0 and SPSS V25 tools.


Findings
The results show a positive and significant relationship between consumers' personal innovativeness and impulse purchase orientation with their relational benefit and site commitment, social influence with relational benefit, relational benefit with site commitment, site commitment with the intention to purchase. Moreover, the study found that relational benefit mediates the relationship between impulse purchase orientation and social influence with site commitment. The results also indicate that site commitment mediates the relationship between personal innovativeness and impulse purchase orientation with the intention to purchase. The results further indicate that site commitment mediates the relationship between relational benefit and intention to purchase.


Practical implications
The findings allow online stores to consider crucial factors in their policies when making strategic decisions regarding the factors impacting consumers' online purchasing intention during the COVID-19 pandemic.


Originality/value
In this study, a research framework is developed with a focus on the sustainable consumer intention to purchase. This study, therefore, adds to the existing literature by analyzing the factors that determine online purchase intentions during the COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh, given the limited number of studies on the online consumer behavioral intentions in related circumstances to COVID-19.

The main objective of the article was to explore the impact and consequences of Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) on the FMCG Industry in Bangladesh. To achieve the research objective Qualitative methodology was applied by using focus group discussion on the online platforms during the movement restriction period. We collected data from four informants and they were chosen based on their professional relevancy with the FMCG industry. Existing documents also analyzed. This study found that COVID-19 has significant negative impacts on the fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) industry. The informants provide the miserable scenario of the industry during this pandemic besides suggesting possible corporate strategies. This article discusses the impacts of COVID-19 in Bangladesh, in order to provide a better understanding to government and practitioners of why improving the management of response to infectious disease outbreaks is so critical for a country's economy, its society, and its place in the global community.

The perception of halal is a serious concern for all Muslims worldwide. The majority of the population in Bangladesh are Muslims. Restaurants providing halal food are important as the religion advocates that Islamic principles and beliefs must be practised in all transactions. A sample of 317 Generation Z (Gen Z) respondents was selected from 10 halal restaurants in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Gen Z comprises anyone born between 1996 and 2010 who are usually tech‐savvy. Which factors motivate customers from this young generation to revisit halal restaurants? To answer this question, the study examined the direct impact of service quality, physical environment, and price perception on their revisit intention, and tested the indirect effects of these three factors based on customer satisfaction, using Smart PLS 3.0 to test the research hypotheses. The findings confirmed a positive and significant relationship between service quality, physical environment, and price perception with revisit intention. The analysis also confirmed that customer satisfaction mediates the relationship between physical environment and price perception with customer revisit intention. However, the study did not establish any relationship in the mediation role of customer satisfaction with service quality and customer revisit intention. This study contributes to the existing body of knowledge by highlighting the importance of each factor in the hotel and hospitality sector. Its application in the hospitality business and implications for future research are also discussed.