title: The use of social networking technologies for home-based online businesses: The case of Saudi Arabian female entrepreneurs

authors: Alshawaf, Arafat

subjects: Social Networking Technologies

abstract: Over the years, many Saudi Arabian female entrepreneurs have adopted social networking technologies, also called social networking sites, to overcome certain cultural challenges and to manage their home-based online businesses. The effectiveness of adopting social networking technologies to produce business benefits is an area that has received significant attention. However, most of the previous studies focus on ‘what social networking technologies do’ rather than ‘what impact social networking technologies have’. The purpose of this study is to better understand how Saudi Arabian female entrepreneurs -- a group about which little is known -- use social networking technologies to derive benefits from their utilisation and to enhance their home-based online businesses. It employs a qualitative approach to explore the opportunities and challenges that they experience when they use these technologies to run their businesses. 

The research questions centre around the business benefits derived from the use of social networking technologies in a home-based context, the motivations that drove the adaptation of these platforms, and the most critical issues women face when using these platforms for business activities. Interviewees in this study describe how they negotiate between entrepreneurship and technology values, in light of their cultural roles. They discuss how the available technology enables their personal growth and allows them to create jobs for themselves and to enter the labour market without physically leaving their homes.

The study reveals that the use of social networking technologies by Saudi female entrepreneurs achieves multiple objectives, including building their business brand, organising networks, and extending their customer base beyond family circles. The motivations of these female entrepreneurs are largely driven by personal desire, a need for professional growth and personal development, and a desire to serve their communities. The use of these technologies helps to create job opportunities and to achieve financial security, but the entrepreneurs also face a range of challenges. These include determining the most appropriate social networking technology to use for their specific business objectives, an initial lack of online marketing and management skills, and the need for additional resources to help them manage their online presence. In examining how social networking technologies are employed by Saudi female entrepreneurs, this study contributes to the extant literature on home-based entrepreneurship by focusing on a group about which minimal knowledge exists.

text: The use of social networking technologies for home-based online businesses: The case of Saudi Arabian female entrepreneurs Over the years, many Saudi Arabian female entrepreneurs have adopted social networking technologies, also called social networking sites, to overcome certain cultural challenges and to manage their home-based online businesses. The effectiveness of adopting social networking technologies to produce business benefits is an area that has received significant attention. However, most of the previous studies focus on ‘what social networking technologies do’ rather than ‘what impact social networking technologies have’. The purpose of this study is to better understand how Saudi Arabian female entrepreneurs -- a group about which little is known -- use social networking technologies to derive benefits from their utilisation and to enhance their home-based online businesses. It employs a qualitative approach to explore the opportunities and challenges that they experience when they use these technologies to run their businesses. 

The research questions centre around the business benefits derived from the use of social networking technologies in a home-based context, the motivations that drove the adaptation of these platforms, and the most critical issues women face when using these platforms for business activities. Interviewees in this study describe how they negotiate between entrepreneurship and technology values, in light of their cultural roles. They discuss how the available technology enables their personal growth and allows them to create jobs for themselves and to enter the labour market without physically leaving their homes.

The study reveals that the use of social networking technologies by Saudi female entrepreneurs achieves multiple objectives, including building their business brand, organising networks, and extending their customer base beyond family circles. The motivations of these female entrepreneurs are largely driven by personal desire, a need for professional growth and personal development, and a desire to serve their communities. The use of these technologies helps to create job opportunities and to achieve financial security, but the entrepreneurs also face a range of challenges. These include determining the most appropriate social networking technology to use for their specific business objectives, an initial lack of online marketing and management skills, and the need for additional resources to help them manage their online presence. In examining how social networking technologies are employed by Saudi female entrepreneurs, this study contributes to the extant literature on home-based entrepreneurship by focusing on a group about which minimal knowledge exists.

year: 2020

title: Marine-derived nitrogen and carbon in freshwater-riparian food webs of the Copper River Delta, southcentral Alaska

authors: Hicks, Brendan J.

subjects: stable isotopes

abstract: After rearing to adulthood at sea, coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) return to freshwater to spawn once and then die on or near their spawning grounds. We tested the hypothesis that spawning coho salmon return marine N and C to beaver (Castor canadensis) ponds of the Copper River Delta (CRD), Cordova, southcentral Alaska, thereby enhancing productivity of the aquatic food webs that support juvenile coho salmon. We sampled three types of pond treatment: (1) natural enrichment by spawning salmon, (2) artificial enrichment via addition of salmon carcasses and eggs, and (3) ponds with no salmon enrichment. All ponds supported juvenile coho salmon. Seasonal samples of stable isotopes revealed that juvenile coho salmon, threespine sticklebacks (Gasterosteus aculeatus), caddisfly larvae, leeches, and chironomid midge larvae were enriched with marine N and C. The aquatic vascular plants bur reed (Sparganium hyperboreum), pondweed (Potamogeton gramineus), and mare’s tail (Hippuris vulgaris) were enriched with marine N only. Riparian vegetation (Sitka alder Alnus viridis ssp. sinuata and willow Salix spp.) did not show enrichment. Artificial additions of adult carcasses and eggs of coho salmon increased the δ15N and δ13C values of juvenile coho salmon. In this dynamic and hydrologically complex coastal environment, spawning coho salmon contributed marine N and C comprising 10–50% of the dietary needs of juvenile coho salmon through direct consumption of eggs and carcass material. Invertebrates that have assimilated marine N and C yield a further indirect contribution. This perennial subsidy maintains the productivity of the ecosystem of the coho salmon on the CRD.

text: Marine-derived nitrogen and carbon in freshwater-riparian food webs of the Copper River Delta, southcentral Alaska After rearing to adulthood at sea, coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) return to freshwater to spawn once and then die on or near their spawning grounds. We tested the hypothesis that spawning coho salmon return marine N and C to beaver (Castor canadensis) ponds of the Copper River Delta (CRD), Cordova, southcentral Alaska, thereby enhancing productivity of the aquatic food webs that support juvenile coho salmon. We sampled three types of pond treatment: (1) natural enrichment by spawning salmon, (2) artificial enrichment via addition of salmon carcasses and eggs, and (3) ponds with no salmon enrichment. All ponds supported juvenile coho salmon. Seasonal samples of stable isotopes revealed that juvenile coho salmon, threespine sticklebacks (Gasterosteus aculeatus), caddisfly larvae, leeches, and chironomid midge larvae were enriched with marine N and C. The aquatic vascular plants bur reed (Sparganium hyperboreum), pondweed (Potamogeton gramineus), and mare’s tail (Hippuris vulgaris) were enriched with marine N only. Riparian vegetation (Sitka alder Alnus viridis ssp. sinuata and willow Salix spp.) did not show enrichment. Artificial additions of adult carcasses and eggs of coho salmon increased the δ15N and δ13C values of juvenile coho salmon. In this dynamic and hydrologically complex coastal environment, spawning coho salmon contributed marine N and C comprising 10–50% of the dietary needs of juvenile coho salmon through direct consumption of eggs and carcass material. Invertebrates that have assimilated marine N and C yield a further indirect contribution. This perennial subsidy maintains the productivity of the ecosystem of the coho salmon on the CRD.

year: 2005

title: Te whakatau i te mita o Ngāti Kahungunu; tōna hītori, tōna whanaketanga me tōna ahunga whakamua

authors: MacLeod, Jeremy Tātere

subjects: Ngāti Kahungunu, Dialect

abstract: He Whakamāramatanga

Ko Te Whanganui-a-Tara te maunga,
Ko Waingōngoro te awa,
Ko Takitimu te waka,
Ko Waimārama te marae,
Ko Taupunga te whare,
Ko Ngāti Kahungunu te iwi,
Ko Ngāti Kurukuru te hapū.

Ko te reo Māori taku reo tuarua. He mea ako ahau e ētahi o ngā tino mātanga reo o te motu. He reo takitini tōku, arā, he whenumitanga nō ngā momo reo o te motu. Ko te nuinga o ōku kaiako nō Ngāti Kahungunu, nō Ngāi Tūhoe me Ngāti Porou hoki. I a au ka tīmata ki te ako i taku reo nei, tere tonu taku rongo i ngā rerekētanga o ngā reo o aku kaiako o Tūhoe me Ngāti Porou. He āhuatanga tērā kāore au i rongo i aku kaiako o Kahungunu nei. Koirā te wā i tīmata ai te kōrori o te tōmina o roto i au ki te rangahau i ngā momo rerekētanga ā-reo o aku tīpuna o Ngāti Kahungunu nei. Nō te tau 2010 ka kopoua ahau hai Pouarataki Reo ki Te Kaporeihana ā-Iwi o Ngāti Kahungunu. Ko taku mahi matua ko te whakatinana i te rautaki whakarauora reo Māori a Ngāti Kahungunu. Ko te whāinga matua o te rautaki i taua wā, ko te whakahoki mai i te ‘reo o Kahungunu’ hai reo kōrero mō Ngāti Kahungunu. Uaua ana ki a au tērā te whakatutuki nā taku kore i āta mārama he aha rā taua reo o Kahungunu nei. 

He ruarua rawa atu ngā kōrero mō te kaupapa nei, arā, te mita, ngā mita rānei o Ngāti Kahungunu. Koinei anō tētahi take i kaha hiahia ahau ki te rangahau i te kaupapa nei. Kai reira anō ētahi rangahau pēnei i ā Dr. Joseph Te Rito rāua ko Lee Smith, engari, kāore anō kia āta whakatauhia he aha oti te mita o Kahungunu, mehemea rānei he mita tōna, ōna rānei. Kāore anō kia āta rangahautia ngā motuhaketanga ā reo o ngā tīpuna o Ngāti Kahungunu mai i runga ki raro. Ko ētahi kua rangahau i ngā putunga kōrero ā-oro nei, ko ētahi kua rangahau i ngā kupu i roto i ngā tuhinga a ngā kaumātua, engari kāore anō tētahi rangahau kotahi kia āta tātari i ngā rerekētanga matua e toru o tēnei mea te mita, arā, ngā rerekētanga ā-wetereo, ā wetekupu, ātangi anō hoki. 

Ko te kaupapa matua o taku tuhinga nei ko: Te whakatau i te mita o Ngāti Kahungunu; tōna hītori, tōna whanaketanga me tōna ahunga whakamua. 


Ko ngā pātai mātāmua:
 He aha oti te mita o Ngāti Kahungunu – tōna hītori, tōna whanaketanga me tōna āpōpō?
 He aha te wāhi ki te mita i roto i te rautaki whakarauora reo pae tawhiti a te iwi?


Ko ngā pātai mātāmuri:
 He aha tēnei mea, te mita?
 He aha tēnei mea, te mita i roto i te reo Māori?
 Ko wai a Ngāti Kahungunu?
 He mita rānei tō Ngāti Kahungunu?
 He aha te wāhi ki te mita i roto i ngā mahere whakarauora reo?


Ko tētahi atu take nui, ko tēnei kupu, te mita. Ko ētahi e whakamahi ana i te mita hai tohu i ngā motuhaketanga ā-reo o tēnā iwi, o tēnā rohe. Ko ētahi e whakamahi ana i te reo ā-iwi, ko ētahi e whakamahi ana i te rangi o te reo. Kāore anō tētahi tangata kotahi kia āta wetewete i te kupu mita, me te wānanga āe rānei e tika ana tērā kupu mō tēnei mea te rerekētanga ā-reo o tētahi rohe, o tētahi rōpū rānei. He kupu mino te kupu mita, arā, he mea tiki ake i te reo Pākehā. E hia nei ōna whakapākehātanga. Ko tētahi mate nui ko te korenga o tētahi kupu wairua Māori nei hai kupu matua mō ngā rerekētanga ā-reo nei. Hai te upoko whakamutunga o taku tuhinga nei ahau hoatu ai i tētahi kupu hou mō te mita, arā, ko te tūreo. Ko te tikanga o te tūreo, ko ngā tūmomo rerekētanga o te reo e motuhake ana ki tētahi rōpū, ki tētahi rohe rānei. Ki te wetewetehia te kupu tūreo nei ka kitea kua honoa mai ko te ‘tū’ me te ‘reo’ kia kotahi te kupu. Ko taua ‘tū’ rā, he kupu anō mō te momo. Ka noho ko te tūreo nei hai kupu whānui mō ngā tūmomo rerekētanga ā-reo e motuhake ana ki tētahi rōpū, ki tētahi rohe rānei. Ki a au, me ruke te kupu mita ki tāhaki, ka whakamahi ai i te kupu tūreo ā muri ake nei. Ka heke mai i taua kupu ko ngā momo tūreo e rua nei – ā-pāpori me te ā-rohe. Nā, ka heke mai i aua momo tūreo e rua ko ngā wāhanga e toru e tohu ana i ngā momo rerekētanga o te reo – ā wetereo, ā-wetekupu, ā-tangi anō hoki. Kua oti nei tētahi anga mita hou hai āwhina i te hunga rangahau.

Kua oti i a au tētahi tūāpapa mō te kohinga kōrero ā-tuhi me te kohinga kōrero ā-oro. Ka noho ko aua kohinga e rua hai puna mātauranga mō ngā mahi rangahau i ngā kōrero a ngā tīpuna me kore e kitea iho ētahi tū āhuatanga ā-reo hai whakahoki mai ki te reo o ēnei wā nei. Ko te tūtohunga nui ko te waihanga i tētahi tūreo ā pāpori hou hai kinaki i te reo ā-motu nāna nei i ora ai te reo huri noa ki roto o Ngāti Kahungunu. Me waihanga tētahi tūreo hou hai tohu tuakiritanga mō Ngāti Kahungunu kia riro ai mā ētahi tū āhuatanga o tōna reo hai whakaatu atu nō Kahungunu te tangata e tū atu nei. 

E tutuki ai tēnei moemoeā me tautoko te hunga kōrero Māori katoa o Ngāti Kahungunu nei. Kai te kaupapa nei ōna anō papatoiaketanga, pēnei i te kimi i te pūtea e taea ai te utu te hunga rangahau i te kohinga kōrero. E ea ai te wawata nei, me kaha te whakaemi mai a Ngāti Kahungunu ki te tautoko i te kaupapa rangahau, ka 10 tau pea tōna roa, ā, oti rawa ake kua whai tūreo ā-pāpori hou a Ngāti Kahungunu hai kinaki i te reo ā-motu, hai tohu tuakiritanga anō hoki.

text: Te whakatau i te mita o Ngāti Kahungunu; tōna hītori, tōna whanaketanga me tōna ahunga whakamua He Whakamāramatanga

Ko Te Whanganui-a-Tara te maunga,
Ko Waingōngoro te awa,
Ko Takitimu te waka,
Ko Waimārama te marae,
Ko Taupunga te whare,
Ko Ngāti Kahungunu te iwi,
Ko Ngāti Kurukuru te hapū.

Ko te reo Māori taku reo tuarua. He mea ako ahau e ētahi o ngā tino mātanga reo o te motu. He reo takitini tōku, arā, he whenumitanga nō ngā momo reo o te motu. Ko te nuinga o ōku kaiako nō Ngāti Kahungunu, nō Ngāi Tūhoe me Ngāti Porou hoki. I a au ka tīmata ki te ako i taku reo nei, tere tonu taku rongo i ngā rerekētanga o ngā reo o aku kaiako o Tūhoe me Ngāti Porou. He āhuatanga tērā kāore au i rongo i aku kaiako o Kahungunu nei. Koirā te wā i tīmata ai te kōrori o te tōmina o roto i au ki te rangahau i ngā momo rerekētanga ā-reo o aku tīpuna o Ngāti Kahungunu nei. Nō te tau 2010 ka kopoua ahau hai Pouarataki Reo ki Te Kaporeihana ā-Iwi o Ngāti Kahungunu. Ko taku mahi matua ko te whakatinana i te rautaki whakarauora reo Māori a Ngāti Kahungunu. Ko te whāinga matua o te rautaki i taua wā, ko te whakahoki mai i te ‘reo o Kahungunu’ hai reo kōrero mō Ngāti Kahungunu. Uaua ana ki a au tērā te whakatutuki nā taku kore i āta mārama he aha rā taua reo o Kahungunu nei. 

He ruarua rawa atu ngā kōrero mō te kaupapa nei, arā, te mita, ngā mita rānei o Ngāti Kahungunu. Koinei anō tētahi take i kaha hiahia ahau ki te rangahau i te kaupapa nei. Kai reira anō ētahi rangahau pēnei i ā Dr. Joseph Te Rito rāua ko Lee Smith, engari, kāore anō kia āta whakatauhia he aha oti te mita o Kahungunu, mehemea rānei he mita tōna, ōna rānei. Kāore anō kia āta rangahautia ngā motuhaketanga ā reo o ngā tīpuna o Ngāti Kahungunu mai i runga ki raro. Ko ētahi kua rangahau i ngā putunga kōrero ā-oro nei, ko ētahi kua rangahau i ngā kupu i roto i ngā tuhinga a ngā kaumātua, engari kāore anō tētahi rangahau kotahi kia āta tātari i ngā rerekētanga matua e toru o tēnei mea te mita, arā, ngā rerekētanga ā-wetereo, ā wetekupu, ātangi anō hoki. 

Ko te kaupapa matua o taku tuhinga nei ko: Te whakatau i te mita o Ngāti Kahungunu; tōna hītori, tōna whanaketanga me tōna ahunga whakamua. 


Ko ngā pātai mātāmua:
 He aha oti te mita o Ngāti Kahungunu – tōna hītori, tōna whanaketanga me tōna āpōpō?
 He aha te wāhi ki te mita i roto i te rautaki whakarauora reo pae tawhiti a te iwi?


Ko ngā pātai mātāmuri:
 He aha tēnei mea, te mita?
 He aha tēnei mea, te mita i roto i te reo Māori?
 Ko wai a Ngāti Kahungunu?
 He mita rānei tō Ngāti Kahungunu?
 He aha te wāhi ki te mita i roto i ngā mahere whakarauora reo?


Ko tētahi atu take nui, ko tēnei kupu, te mita. Ko ētahi e whakamahi ana i te mita hai tohu i ngā motuhaketanga ā-reo o tēnā iwi, o tēnā rohe. Ko ētahi e whakamahi ana i te reo ā-iwi, ko ētahi e whakamahi ana i te rangi o te reo. Kāore anō tētahi tangata kotahi kia āta wetewete i te kupu mita, me te wānanga āe rānei e tika ana tērā kupu mō tēnei mea te rerekētanga ā-reo o tētahi rohe, o tētahi rōpū rānei. He kupu mino te kupu mita, arā, he mea tiki ake i te reo Pākehā. E hia nei ōna whakapākehātanga. Ko tētahi mate nui ko te korenga o tētahi kupu wairua Māori nei hai kupu matua mō ngā rerekētanga ā-reo nei. Hai te upoko whakamutunga o taku tuhinga nei ahau hoatu ai i tētahi kupu hou mō te mita, arā, ko te tūreo. Ko te tikanga o te tūreo, ko ngā tūmomo rerekētanga o te reo e motuhake ana ki tētahi rōpū, ki tētahi rohe rānei. Ki te wetewetehia te kupu tūreo nei ka kitea kua honoa mai ko te ‘tū’ me te ‘reo’ kia kotahi te kupu. Ko taua ‘tū’ rā, he kupu anō mō te momo. Ka noho ko te tūreo nei hai kupu whānui mō ngā tūmomo rerekētanga ā-reo e motuhake ana ki tētahi rōpū, ki tētahi rohe rānei. Ki a au, me ruke te kupu mita ki tāhaki, ka whakamahi ai i te kupu tūreo ā muri ake nei. Ka heke mai i taua kupu ko ngā momo tūreo e rua nei – ā-pāpori me te ā-rohe. Nā, ka heke mai i aua momo tūreo e rua ko ngā wāhanga e toru e tohu ana i ngā momo rerekētanga o te reo – ā wetereo, ā-wetekupu, ā-tangi anō hoki. Kua oti nei tētahi anga mita hou hai āwhina i te hunga rangahau.

Kua oti i a au tētahi tūāpapa mō te kohinga kōrero ā-tuhi me te kohinga kōrero ā-oro. Ka noho ko aua kohinga e rua hai puna mātauranga mō ngā mahi rangahau i ngā kōrero a ngā tīpuna me kore e kitea iho ētahi tū āhuatanga ā-reo hai whakahoki mai ki te reo o ēnei wā nei. Ko te tūtohunga nui ko te waihanga i tētahi tūreo ā pāpori hou hai kinaki i te reo ā-motu nāna nei i ora ai te reo huri noa ki roto o Ngāti Kahungunu. Me waihanga tētahi tūreo hou hai tohu tuakiritanga mō Ngāti Kahungunu kia riro ai mā ētahi tū āhuatanga o tōna reo hai whakaatu atu nō Kahungunu te tangata e tū atu nei. 

E tutuki ai tēnei moemoeā me tautoko te hunga kōrero Māori katoa o Ngāti Kahungunu nei. Kai te kaupapa nei ōna anō papatoiaketanga, pēnei i te kimi i te pūtea e taea ai te utu te hunga rangahau i te kohinga kōrero. E ea ai te wawata nei, me kaha te whakaemi mai a Ngāti Kahungunu ki te tautoko i te kaupapa rangahau, ka 10 tau pea tōna roa, ā, oti rawa ake kua whai tūreo ā-pāpori hou a Ngāti Kahungunu hai kinaki i te reo ā-motu, hai tohu tuakiritanga anō hoki.

year: 2021