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Benrimoj, Shalom I., and Michael S. Frommer. "Community pharmacy in Australia." Australian Health Review 28, no. 2 (2004): 238. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/ah040238.
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This article describes the evolution of community pharmacy in the Australian health system, and assesses its current and potential future contribution to health care. A central theme is the unique extent and accessibility of community pharmacy to the public, with a vast and dispersed infrastructure that is funded by private enterprise. The viability of community pharmacy as a retail trade depends on a diversification of its service roles and retention of its product-supply roles. Initiatives by the pharmacy profession, the pharmacy industry and the Australian Government are likely to give community pharmacy an increasingly prominent place in health promotion and primary, secondary and tertiary prevention, especially in relation to the management of chronic diseases.
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Reese, Henry. "Shopgirls as Consumers: Selling Popular Music in 1920s Australia." Labour History: Volume 121, Issue 1 121, no. 1 (November 1, 2021): 155–74. http://dx.doi.org/10.3828/jlh.2021.22.
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The mid-1920s were boom years for the Australian gramophone trade. The most prominent multinational record companies had established local branches, and a handful of new factories produced millions of records for sale on the local market. Department stores joined an established network of music traders in retailing these cultural products. This article explores the labour of women involved in the retail sale of gramophone records in Melbourne. Selling recorded sound animated a charged rhetoric of musical meliorism, class and taste, according to which the value of the product was determined by the supposed musical quality thereof. Australian saleswomen or “shopgirls” were required to perform evidence of their modernity in the commercial encounter. I propose that conceiving of record saleswomen as simultaneously sellers and consumers provides valuable insight into the entangled nature of capitalism and culture in the realm of Australian music. This exploration of the process of commercialisation of recorded music illuminates the connection between labour and culture, leisure and society in colonial modernity.
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Barden, Graeme. "Regulation of Microbial Organisms in Australia – A Technical Overview." Phytoprotection 79, no. 4 (April 12, 2005): 14–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.7202/706150ar.
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The National Registration Authority for Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals (NRA) is the regulatory body responsible for the coordinated registration, regulation and review of agricultural and veterinary (agvet) chemicals up to and including the point of retail sale. This role is defined by the Agvet Code, 1994. Each of Australia's eight states and territories retains its own jurisdictional controls over the use of agricultural and veterinary products. The NRA may issue permits to exercise control over research agricultural and veterinary (agvet) chemicals. Under defined emergency conditions, the NRA can also issue "emergency use" permits, and can approve the use of agvet chemicals for minor uses that do not normally appear on product labels, and would otherwise be illegal. The Existing Chemicals Review Program of the NRA reviews registered agvet chemical products to ensure that they meet contemporary standards for efficacy, safety and health, and pose no undue risk to the environment or trade. Recently reviewed chemicals include atrazine, metham sodium, endosulfan and ethylene dibromide, and certain changes to their registration and labelling are being implemented. Several other chemicals are currently under review. The Special Review Program allows the NRA to review registered agvet products if there are any special issues arising that may alter the terms of their original registration. Current challenges to the NRA include the management of insecticide and weed resistance, particularly in relation to the regulation of genes expressing insecticides and herbicide tolerance. Specific guidelines for the registration of microbiological products are currently being reviewed. Issues relating to the release of microbial organisms into existing agricultural Systems and environments require considered risk assessment prior to any approval. Macrobiological control agents are specifically excluded from regulation by the NRA. They may, however, be regulated under other pieces of legislation.
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Austen, Dick. "Foreword to 'Producing and Processing Quality Beef from Australian Cattle Herds'." Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture 41, no. 7 (2001): I. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/eav41n7_fo.
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Markets for Australian beef throughout the 20th century have been moulded by world wars, economic depressions, droughts, transport technology, cattle breeding, trade barriers, global competition, livestock disease eradication, human health risks, food safety, Australian Government policy, consumerism and beef quality. Major ‘shocks’ to beef marketing include the development of successful shipments of chilled carcases to Britain in the 1930s, the widespread trade disruption caused by World War II, expansion (early 1950s) and then a reduction in beef exports to Britain (1956), the introduction and then proliferation of Bos indicus derived cattle in northern Australia (1960s), licensing and upgrading of Australian abattoirs to export to USA and the consequential brucellosis and tuberculosis eradication campaign leading to record export tonnages of Australian processing beef to USA (1960–70). In 1980, increased beef trade to Japan began, leading in the late 1980s to expansion of high-quality grain finished products into that market. By 1993, beef exports to Japan (280.5 kt) exceeded those to USA (274.4 kt), signalling the significant shift in beef exports to Asia. Commencing in about 1986, the USA recognised the value of beef exports to Asian markets pioneered by Australia. Australia’s share of the Japanese and South Korean markets has been under intense competition since that time. Another major influence on Australia’s beef market in the early 1990s was growth in live cattle exports to Asian markets in Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines. Live exports accounted for 152000 heads in 1992 and 858000 heads in 1996. Improved management systems (e.g. fences) and consequent regulation of cattle supply even in the wet season, a by-product of the brucellosis and tuberculosis eradication campaign, were indirect drivers of the growth in live exports. Throughout the period 1940–2000, domestic consumption of beef and veal declined from 68 to 33.3 kg/head.year, reflecting competition from other foods, perceptions of health risks, price of beef, periodic food safety scares, vegetarianism, changes in lifestyle and eating habits and lack of consistency of eating quality of beef. Despite this decline, the domestic Australian beef market still consumes a significant component (37%) of total Australian beef production. In 1984–85, the reform of the Australian Meat and Livestock Corporation set in train a major directional change (‘New Direction’) of the beef sector in response to beef market trends. Under Dick Austen’s leadership, the Australian Meat and Livestock Corporation changed the industry’s culture from being ‘production-driven’ to being ‘consumer-driven’. Market research began in Australia, Japan and Korea to establish consumer preferences and attitudes to price, beef appearance and eating quality. Definite consumer requirements were identified under headings of consistency and reliability. The AusMeat carcass descriptors were introduced and a decade later traits like tenderness, meat colour, fat colour, meat texture, taste, smell, and muscle size were addressed. These historical ‘shocks’ that shaped the Australian beef markets have all been accompanied by modification to production systems, breeding programs, herd structure, processing procedures, advertising and promotion, meat retailing and end-use. The increasing importance of the food service sector and the ‘Asian merge’ influence on beef cuts usage in restaurant meals and take-away products are the most recognisable changes in the Australian food landscape. The Cooperative Research Centre¿s research portfolio was built around the changing forces influencing beef markets in the early 1990s. Australia needed to better understand the genetic and non-genetic factors affecting beef quality. One example was the poor success rate of cattle being grain-fed for the Japanese premium markets. Another was the relative contribution of pre- and post-slaughter factors to ultimate eating quality of beef. The Meat Standards Australia scheme was launched in 1997 to address this problem in more detail. The Cooperative Research Centre contributed significantly to this initiative. In the year 2001, Australia, with only 2.5% of world cattle numbers retains the position of world number one beef trader. We trade to 110 countries worldwide. The Australian beef sector is worth A$6 billion annually. The diversity of Australian environments, cattle genotypes and production systems provides us with the ability to meet diverse specifications for beef products. A new set of market forces is now emerging. Strict accreditation rules apply to Australian producers seeking access to the lucrative European Union market. Transmissible spongiform encephalopathies like bovine spongiform encephalopathy and scrapie are a continuing food safety concern in Europe. This and the foot and mouth disease outbreak in Britain early in 2001 have potentially significant indirect effects on markets for Australian beef. And the sleeping giant, foot and mouth disease-free status of Latin American countries Brazil, Uruguay and Argentina continues to emerge as a major threat to Australian beef markets in Canada and Taiwan. As in the past, science and technology will play a significant role in Australia¿s response to these market forces.
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Bindon, B. M., and N. M. Jones. "Cattle supply, production systems and markets for Australian beef." Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture 41, no. 7 (2001): 861. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/ea01052.
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Markets for Australian beef throughout the 20th century have been moulded by world wars, economic depressions, droughts, transport technology, cattle breeding, trade barriers, global competition, livestock disease eradication, human health risks, food safety, Australian Government policy, consumerism and beef quality. Major ‘shocks’ to beef marketing include the development of successful shipments of chilled carcases to Britain in the 1930s, the widespread trade disruption caused by World War II, expansion (early 1950s) and then a reduction in beef exports to Britain (1956), the introduction and then proliferation of Bos indicus derived cattle in northern Australia (1960s), licensing and upgrading of Australian abattoirs to export to USA and the consequential brucellosis and tuberculosis eradication campaign leading to record export tonnages of Australian processing beef to USA (1960–70). In 1980, increased beef trade to Japan began, leading in the late 1980s to expansion of high-quality grain finished products into that market. By 1993, beef exports to Japan (280.5 kt) exceeded those to USA (274.4 kt), signalling the significant shift in beef exports to Asia. Commencing in about 1986, the USA recognised the value of beef exports to Asian markets pioneered by Australia. Australia’s share of the Japanese and South Korean markets has been under intense competition since that time. Another major influence on Australia’s beef market in the early 1990s was growth in live cattle exports to Asian markets in Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines. Live exports accounted for 152000 heads in 1992 and 858000 heads in 1996. Improved management systems (e.g. fences) and consequent regulation of cattle supply even in the wet season, a by-product of the brucellosis and tuberculosis eradication campaign, were indirect drivers of the growth in live exports. Throughout the period 1940–2000, domestic consumption of beef and veal declined from 68 to 33.3 kg/head.year, reflecting competition from other foods, perceptions of health risks, price of beef, periodic food safety scares, vegetarianism, changes in lifestyle and eating habits and lack of consistency of eating quality of beef. Despite this decline, the domestic Australian beef market still consumes a significant component (37%) of total Australian beef production. In 1984–85, the reform of the Australian Meat and Livestock Corporation set in train a major directional change (‘New Direction’) of the beef sector in response to beef market trends. Under Dick Austen’s leadership, the Australian Meat and Livestock Corporation changed the industry’s culture from being ‘production-driven’ to being ‘consumer-driven’. Market research began in Australia, Japan and Korea to establish consumer preferences and attitudes to price, beef appearance and eating quality. Definite consumer requirements were identified under headings of consistency and reliability. The AusMeat carcass descriptors were introduced and a decade later traits like tenderness, meat colour, fat colour, meat texture, taste, smell, and muscle size were addressed. These historical ‘shocks’ that shaped the Australian beef markets have all been accompanied by modification to production systems, breeding programs, herd structure, processing procedures, advertising and promotion, meat retailing and end-use. The increasing importance of the food service sector and the ‘Asian merge’ influence on beef cuts usage in restaurant meals and take-away products are the most recognisable changes in the Australian food landscape. The Cooperative Research Centre¿s research portfolio was built around the changing forces influencing beef markets in the early 1990s. Australia needed to better understand the genetic and non-genetic factors affecting beef quality. One example was the poor success rate of cattle being grain-fed for the Japanese premium markets. Another was the relative contribution of pre- and post-slaughter factors to ultimate eating quality of beef. The Meat Standards Australia scheme was launched in 1997 to address this problem in more detail. The Cooperative Research Centre contributed significantly to this initiative. In the year 2001, Australia, with only 2.5% of world cattle numbers retains the position of world number one beef trader. We trade to 110 countries worldwide. The Australian beef sector is worth A$6 billion annually. The diversity of Australian environments, cattle genotypes and production systems provides us with the ability to meet diverse specifications for beef products. A new set of market forces is now emerging. Strict accreditation rules apply to Australian producers seeking access to the lucrative European Union market. Transmissible spongiform encephalopathies like bovine spongiform encephalopathy and scrapie are a continuing food safety concern in Europe. This and the foot and mouth disease outbreak in Britain early in 2001 have potentially significant indirect effects on markets for Australian beef. And the sleeping giant, foot and mouth disease-free status of Latin American countries Brazil, Uruguay and Argentina continues to emerge as a major threat to Australian beef markets in Canada and Taiwan. As in the past, science and technology will play a significant role in Australia¿s response to these market forces.
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Bowden, Bradley. "Australian Union Transformation and the Challenge for Labour Historians." Labour History: Volume 118, Issue 1 118, no. 1 (May 1, 2020): 105–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.3828/jlh.2020.6.
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The purpose of this article is two-fold. First, it confronts misconceptions that explain union decline in Australia; misconceptions that are entrenched in labour history and industrial relations scholarship. We are told that decline “commenced in the early 1980s,” when in fact it began in 1948; that union decline primarily results from attacks by conservative governments “bent on their destruction,” when the rate of decline has often been steepest under Labor governments; that unions invariably redress the plight of society’s poorest, when union agreements negotiated in retail and hospitality routinely leave workers in a worse position than those employed under relevant awards. The article’s second purpose is to trace the sociological consequence of union decline. While unions claim to speak for society’s battlers, more than 40 per cent of unionists today are managers and professionals. In terms of wage cohorts, the propensity to join increases with wealth. Although unions retain representation rights for society’s battlers, and publicly advocate their cause, the fact remains: society’s poorest members are no longer found in much number in union ranks. In part, at least, the unwillingness of labour historians to confront harsh realities stems from an understandable desire to defend labour’s cause, rather than serve primarily as dispassionate academic observers.
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Pan, Wei-Fong, and Ting Li. "The measurement of tracking errors of commodity ETFs in China." Investment Management and Financial Innovations 13, no. 2 (July 4, 2016): 184–88. http://dx.doi.org/10.21511/imfi.13(2-1).2016.06.
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This paper presents the first study on the measurement and determinants of tracking errors using the daily figures for gold exchange-traded funds (ETFs) in China. This study employs three methods to measure tracking errors – one that involves calculating the absolute error measure, one that involves calculating the differences between the standard deviation of the benchmark index and that of the ETF, and a regression analysis of empirical returns. In general, the results suggest that the tracking errors of these ETFs in China are lower than those of equity-based ETFs in Hong Kong, the United States, and Australia. We also observe that distinct ETFs have different determinants. Our results provide valuable insight for both institutional and retail investors, as well as opportunities for them to be exposed to a wide range of commodity ETFs in China
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Zhu, Lequn, Ran Zhou, Xiaojun Li, and Jie Chen. "Evolutionary Analysis of Supply Chain Integration Strategy on Chinese Steel-Producing Firms considering Policy Risk Cost Factor." Computational Intelligence and Neuroscience 2022 (June 25, 2022): 1–11. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2022/1136601.
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Despite a number of adverse factors, China’s steel industry has maintained a rapid growth trend. China continues to consume two-thirds of the world’s iron ore, the majority of which is imported. In this context, Chinese steel companies have begun to consider integrating their supply chains to increase efficiency and lower costs. However, the increasingly volatile international environment makes this an extremely risky proposition. As a result, the issue of how Chinese steel producers should participate in global supply chain integration has emerged as a critical research question that requires investigation. In this paper, we examine the supply chain integration problem using a typical China–Australia steel trade as an example. Specifically, we discuss in detail whether relevant firms should continue to promote supply chain integration in the Chinese–Australian steel industry, as well as the decision boundary of influence, using evolutionary game theory and policy risk cost factors. The empirical analysis demonstrates that policy risk has a range of effects on different types of steel firms. Even when international tensions are considered, smaller steel companies may retain a greater willingness to integrate their supply chains. Overall, the above findings can provide necessary decision support for enterprises to formulate supply chain management strategies.
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Erol, Isil, and Tanja Tyvimaa. "Explaining the premium to NAV in publicly traded Australian REITs, 2008–2018." Journal of Property Investment & Finance 38, no. 1 (September 17, 2019): 4–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jpif-06-2019-0078.
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the levels and determinants of net asset value (NAV) premiums/discounts for publicly traded Australian Real Estate Investment Trust (A-REIT) market during the last decade. A-REITs were severely affected by the global financial crisis as S&P/ASX 200 A-REIT index-listed property stocks experienced 47 per cent discount to NAV, on average, in 2008–2009 crisis. Since 2013, A-REIT sector has exhibited a strong recovery from the financial crisis and traded at high premiums to date. Understanding the relationship between pricing in the public and private real estate markets has taken on great importance as A-REITs continue to trade at significant premium to NAV unlike their counterparts in the USA and Europe. Design/methodology/approach This paper follows a rational approach to explain variations in NAV premiums and explores the company-specific factors such as liquidity, financial leverage, size, stock price volatility and portfolio diversification behind the A-REIT NAV premiums/discounts. The study specifies and estimates a model of cross-sectional and time variation in premiums/discounts to NAV using semi-annual data for a sample of 40 A-REITs over the 2008–2018 period. Findings The results reveal that A-REIT premiums to NAV can be explained not only by the liquidity benefit of listed property stocks but also positive financial leverage effect. During the past decade, A-REITs have followed an aggressive approach in financing their growth by using borrowed funds to purchase assets as the income from the property offsets the cost of borrowing and the risk that accompanies it. Debt-to-equity ratio has to be considered as an important source of NAV premiums as highly geared A-REITs that favoured debt financing over equity financing traded at significant premiums to NAV of their underlying real estate assets. Practical implications The paper includes implications for the REIT market investors. The regression analysis shows that specialty A-REITs with a focus on creative market niches traded at higher premiums compared with other property stocks, especially in the post-GFC recovery period. Specialty REITs are more highly valued by the market than their traditional specialised counterparts (e.g. office and retail REITs), and those pursuing a diversified strategy. Originality/value This paper presents an Australian case study as the A-REIT market provides a suitable environment for testing the effect of financial gearing on the REIT premium to NAV. The study provides empirical evidence supporting the importance of debt-to-equity ratio in explaining the variation in A-REIT NAV premiums.
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Foran, B. D. "Sifting the future from the past: a personal assessment of trends impacting the Australian rangelands." Rangeland Journal 29, no. 1 (2007): 3. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/rj07019.
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The fore-sighting exercise undertaken at the Australian Rangeland Society Conference at Port Augusta 10 years ago in 1996 developed four scenarios: ‘economic growth’, ‘best practice’, ‘extra green’ and ‘partial retreat’. These were later collapsed into two broad directions, ‘looking out’ (the economic rewards generated by a full application of free market policies with rangeland enterprises having strong external linkages will result in production and management efficiencies which benefit the Australian economy) and ‘looking in’ (rangeland Australia and its human, economic and ecological resources will be best served by the development and maintenance of strong local communities in each rangeland region). It was anticipated that ‘looking out’ would apply to only a few rangeland regions where pastoral production is highly valued and rangelands are resilient; ‘looking in’ would apply to the majority of the rangelands where other values might outweigh pastoral production in the future and where the rangeland resource is considered less resilient. Given the world’s embrace of economic and trade globalisation, and the dominance in the federal sphere of one coalition government and one prime minister, it seems inevitable that across Australia the last 10 years were dominated by the ‘looking out’ direction, while many marginal rangelands had few options but to ‘look in’. The 1996 discussions failed to appreciate fully the importance in shaping today’s world of singular issues such as terrorism, global climate change, potential disease pandemics, the emergence of China and India and, in an Australian rangelands context, the continuing success of the northern beef industry. In the interim, rangelands science has produced an impressive underpinning of integrative information led both by industry investment and government funding. However, long-term resilience is still not assured in many areas of Australia’s rangelands. It continues to be outpaced by those four horsemen of the (rangelands) apocalypse: the need for growth, periodic droughts, personal gain and introduced organisms. During the next 2 decades the rangelands will be buffeted by many of the same old issues and well as obvious emerging ones. Important human-centric ones will be the tension between European and Aboriginal demographic trends, the increased economic dominance of mining, tourism and defence in the rangelands, and the ‘sponge effect’ of successful towns and particular enterprises. Ecological and bio-physical issues will include carbon trading, energy generation, water catchments, weeds and diseases and agricultural incursions into the northern rangelands. The broad directions of ‘looking out’ and ‘looking in’ still retain some currency for today’s rangeland decision makers but are now embedded in far stronger and shifting currents that are frequently determined by global and national dynamics, rather than local issues. A distinguishing feature of the Australian rangelands is that they are still essentially intact (apart from their fauna) in a world context and may gain future ecological and economic advantage by remaining so. How to retain this status remains one of the great challenges for the next generation of Australian rangelanders.
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Sok, Phyra, Lan Snell, Wai Jin (Thomas) Lee, and Keo Mony Sok. "Linking entrepreneurial orientation and small service firm performance through marketing resources and marketing capability." Journal of Service Theory and Practice 27, no. 1 (January 9, 2017): 231–49. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jstp-01-2016-0001.
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Purpose The literature establishes complex relationships between entrepreneurial orientation (EO) and performance, with mixed findings suggesting the variability of the magnitude of the relationship between the two. Some studies report a positive relationship, some negative, while some report an insignificant relationship between EO and performance. These conflicting findings suggest that the EO-performance relationship is more complex than a simple main-effects-only relationship. The literature offers two distinct approaches – integrating moderating or mediation variables in advancing the EO-performance relationship. The purpose of this paper is to extend current knowledge by examining underlying processes through which EO contributes to performance and the specific conditions under which this process is facilitated. Design/methodology/approach To test the hypotheses the authors chose small service firms in Australia. Industry representation included: accommodation and food services; health care services; rental, hiring and real estate services; transport, postal and warehousing; arts and recreation services; retail trade; construction and training services; and professional, scientific and technical services. The services sector offers a unique opportunity to analyze variances in entrepreneurial engagement and organizational outcomes given the competitive intensity within the service sector which requires firms to engage in venturing, renewal and innovation. The proposed hypotheses were tested through a hierarchical regression analysis. Findings This study finds the support for the mediation effect of marketing capability on the EO-performance relationship. Critically, this study also finds that marketing resources moderates on the indirect effect of EO on performance via marketing capability. The findings supporting both the mediation and moderation effects of marketing capability and marketing resources on the EO-performance relationship (moderated mediation model) suggests that greater insight into how EO influences small service firm performance can be achieved through considering in combination with other firm-level constructs (marketing capability and marketing resources in this study). Originality/value It addresses the call by prior studies to link the EO construct to theory by embedding marketing resources and marketing capabilities in the EO-performance relationship. Importantly, by accounting for both mediation and moderation effects the authors provide a more complete picture of the EO-performance relationship that highlights the mediating role of marketing capability and the moderating role of marketing resources. This approach helps to reconcile the critical but separate directions proposed by prior studies in advancing the EO-performance relationship.
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Kaushal, Leena Ajit. "FDI in India's retail trade." International Journal of Business and Globalisation 22, no. 2 (2019): 143. http://dx.doi.org/10.1504/ijbg.2019.098730.
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Kaushal, Leena Ajit. "FDI in India's retail trade." International Journal of Business and Globalisation 22, no. 2 (2019): 143. http://dx.doi.org/10.1504/ijbg.2019.10019926.
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Lukic, Radojko. "Inventory management in food retail in Serbia." MASO INTERNATIONAL – JOURNAL OF FOOD SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 11, no. 1 (May 1, 2022): 3–10. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/mjfst-2022-0001.
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Abstract In this paper, the determinants (return gross margin on inventory, return gross margin on sales, inventory turnover ratio, firm size, capital intensity) of inventory management efficiency in Serbian trade are investigated. An econometric approach is used. The research established that the key factors in the efficiency of inventory management in Serbian trade are: return gross margin on sales (gross margin/sales) and inventory turnover ratio (sales/inventories). Their effective control can achieve the target profit of food retailers in Serbia.
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Louw, Elmarie, John Hall, and Leon Brümmer. "Working capital management of South African retail firms." Journal of Economic and Financial Sciences 9, no. 2 (December 18, 2017): 545–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/jef.v9i2.58.
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The way a firm manages its working capital can have a decisive influence on the firm’s profitability and liquidity. In view of the prominent role that the retail industry plays in the South African economy, the purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of working capital management on the profitability of South African retail firms. Eighteen retail firms that were listed on the Johannesburg Securities Exchange for a period of nine years (2004-2012) were analysed. The findings show that a strategy of reducing investment in inventory and trade receivables, while increasing trade payables, appears to improve the profitability of South African retail firms. Inventory management seems to have the strongest statistically significant impact on a firm’s profitability. Hence, it is recommended that retail firms implement advanced inventory management systems in order to optimise inventory levels and enhance profitability.
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Hallsworth, Alan G. "Credit Indebtedness and the UK Retail Trade." Service Industries Journal 11, no. 4 (October 1991): 491–96. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02642069100000071.
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Liu, Yu-Lun, Kathleen A. Keeling, and K. Nadia Papamichail. "Should retail trade companies avoid recruiting maximisers?" Management Decision 53, no. 3 (April 20, 2015): 730–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/md-06-2014-0402.
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate differences in characteristics, job outcome experiences and attitudes of maximiser and satisficer decision-making style groups working in the retail trade. Design/methodology/approach – A survey of 140 participants who have accepted a job offer in the retail trade in the past six months in the USA was conducted on Amazon Mechanical Turk. The survey examined participants’ opinions and attitudes towards their present job and established which job information source(s) they had used to search for retail trade job-related information. Findings – The results show that compared to satisficers, maximisers exert more effort when searching job information, have higher uncertainty avoidance and need for cognition, and experience more post-decisional regret. In this sample, any significant differences between maximisers and satisficers in relation to job satisfaction, company commitment, and intention to quit their present job are restricted to certain groups. For recruitment information sources, while satisficers rely on their families and friends for information, maximisers are more likely to obtain job-related information from other sources such as online discussion forums. Practical implications – Even though some studies suggest that maximisers are unhappy with their choices, this research recommends that retail trade companies should not exclude maximisers from their recruitment pools. Retailers should enhance their candidate pools with both maximisers and satisficers by managing different recruitment information sources. Originality/value – Research of decision-making style in recruitment is relatively limited. This research illustrates the differences of attitudes between maximisers and satisficers towards their present retail job, and also demonstrates the preferences of maximisers and satisficers in recruitment information sources.
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Suthinopparrattanakul, Kullachet, and Vichit U-on. "Model Customer Relationship Management of Modern Trade Retail Business." Universal Journal of Management 4, no. 6 (June 2016): 337–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.13189/ujm.2016.040603.
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Sobko, Olha, Iryna Boichyk, Ihor Krysovatyy, and Svitlana Smereka. "DEVELOPMENT OF INTELLECTUAL CAPITAL AND MANAGEMENT OF INNOVATIVE PROJECTS IN TRADE." Economic Analysis, no. 30(2) (2020): 7–16. http://dx.doi.org/10.35774/econa2020.02.007.
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Introduction. The innovative vector of trade development as a perspective direction of its modernization in the conditions of strengthening of digitalization processes and growth of scale of crisis phenomena is investigated. The concept of "innovation project management" as a promising area of project management is clarified, which allows to generate intellectual added value based on the strengthening of innovation and intellectualization of commercial processes. The growth of the influence of intellectual capital in ensuring the intelligence capacity of innovative projects in trade is proved. The state and dynamics of development of retail trade of Ukraine are analyzed. The tendencies of formation of intellectual property in the part of the submitted applications for certificates for marks for goods and services in Ukraine are estimated. Intellectual reserves have been established to improve the management of innovative projects and revive trade. The subject of the study is the development of intellectual capital and management of innovative projects in trade. The purpose of the study is to substantiate the feasibility of developing intellectual capital in order to improve the management of innovative projects in trade. Method (methodology). In the research a set of general scientific and special methods was used to substantiate the provisions given in the article, in particular: historical-logical - in the study of innovations in trade and development of intellectual capital to improve the management of innovative projects; analysis and synthesis - to assess the state of development of retail trade in Ukraine; comparison and grouping - to systematize the indicators used in the evaluation of intellectual capital in trade; correlation-regression analysis - to predict changes in trade in Ukraine's retail trade and intellectual property; graphic method - for visual presentation of the results of analytical research; abstract-logical - for theoretical generalization and formulation of conclusions. Results. Bottlenecks have been identified in increasing the intelligence intensity of innovative projects in trade. Forecast models of changes in the number of submitted applications for certificates for marks for goods and services in Ukraine have been built; dynamics of the volume of trade turnover in retail trade of Ukraine, the share of the volume of trade turnover of food (non-food) goods in the total volume of trade turnover in retail trade of Ukraine. The expediency of strengthening the intellectual component of innovative projects to increase their efficiency, the use of innovative forms of trade organization and its revival in modern conditions is substantiated. Scope of results. The development of intellectual capital in terms of intensifying the process of obtaining certificates for certificates for marks for goods and services, will update the management of innovative projects, increase their intelligence and competitiveness, which will positively affect the recovery of trade.
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Medvedeva, Yulia. "Marketing orientation as a basis for retail structures’ innovative development." E3S Web of Conferences 210 (2020): 13042. http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/202021013042.
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Transformation of trade processes together with a system approach is the prerequisite for research of marketing management of innovative development of trade enterprises. The development of theoretical and conceptual provisions of marketing management of retail structures’ (RS) innovative development is based on the study of the evolution of marketing concepts in conjunction with the genesis of retail trade, based on the change of technological structures. The transformation of retail trade development guidelines is determined, depending on changes in the subjects of influence. The most relevant concepts for innovative development are relationship marketing, co-creation marketing, customer experience marketing, and sustainable marketing. An integrated concept of marketing management of RS innovative development is proposed, the task of which is to provide catalyzing market innovation on the one hand and the resulting support for the commercialization of innovations. Based on the study of hierarchical relationships of marketing concepts in trade, features of innovative development of trade, the article defines the multi-paradigm of modern marketing in trade, which allows us to form the concept of marketing management of RS innovative development. Its content means the implementation of a customer-oriented and customer-involved retail enterprise management doctrine and is a process designed and managed by marketing, aimed at transforming technologies, methods, forms, and formats of trade
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Parracho Sant’Anna, Annibal, Lidia Angulo Meza, and Rodrigo Otavio Araujo Ribeiro. "Probabilistic composition in quality management in the retail trade sector." International Journal of Quality & Reliability Management 31, no. 6 (May 27, 2014): 718–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijqrm-04-2013-0061.
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to discuss the application of a method for combining multiple criteria based on the transformation of numerical evaluations into probabilities of preference. It is applied to compare failure risks and to measure efficiency in the retail trade sector. Design/methodology/approach – The main conceptual aspect of the method employed is taking into account uncertainty. Its other important feature is allowing for the combination of evaluations in terms of joint probabilities. This avoids the need of assigning weights to the criteria. In the context of failure modes and effects analysis (FMEA) it provides a probabilistic derivation for priority scores. An application of FMEA to the sector of services is discussed. Another area of application investigated is the assessment of efficiency. Findings – Details of the application of the probabilistic composition in the evaluation of modes of failure and in the comparison of operational efficiencies of retail stores are evidenced. Research limitations/implications – The study is limited to the retail market. Other factors might be considered in the reliability analysis and other inputs and outputs might be added to the productivity evaluation. The extension of the study to other cases and sectors is straightforward. Practical implications – Features of the evaluation of modes of failure and of productivity in the retail sector are revealed. Originality/value – The main contribution of this paper is showing how to use a probabilistic framework to measure efficiency in services management.
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Paul, Souma Kanti, Sadia Riaz, and Suchismita Das. "Adoption of Artificial Intelligence in Supply Chain Risk Management." Journal of Global Information Management 30, no. 8 (September 1, 2021): 1–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/jgim.307569.
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The study aims to examine factors that influence the adoption-diffusion process of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Supply Chain Risk Management (SCRM) across manufacturing, wholesale trade, retail trade, and transportation industries in India. As part of this study, eleven constructs that influence the adoption-diffusion stages of AI in SCRM were identified and examined. A survey was conducted to collect data from supply chain executives, risk professionals, and AI consultants across the manufacturing, wholesale trade, retail trade, and transportation industries in India. Partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) was used to study the data. Results show that these factors have varying degrees of influence and direction on the three stages of adoption of AI in SCRM. The study will enable the leadership team in the organizations to build a roadmap for the adoption, implementation, and routinization of AI in SCRM.
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Lal, Rajiv. "Manufacturer Trade Deals and Retail Price Promotions." Journal of Marketing Research 27, no. 4 (November 1990): 428. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/3172628.
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Daunfeldt, Sven-olov, Niklas Rudholm, and Fredrik Bergström. "Entry into Swedish Retail and Wholesale Trade Markets." Review of Industrial Organization 29, no. 3 (October 12, 2006): 213–25. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11151-006-9119-3.
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VELIKOROSSOV, V. V., L. SYZHUI, and A. Zh YAKUSHEV. "THE ESSENCE AND DIRECTIONS OF REGULATION OF BUSINESS PROCESSES IN RETAIL TRADE." EKONOMIKA I UPRAVLENIE: PROBLEMY, RESHENIYA 2, no. 6 (2021): 65–72. http://dx.doi.org/10.36871/ek.up.p.r.2021.06.02.011.
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Subject. The essence and directions of regulation of business processes in retail trade. Objectives. Development of recommendations for improving the regulation of business processes of retail enterprises. Methods. The study involves methods of logic, economic analysis and synthesis on the basis of the systems and creative approach. Results. The theoretical issues of the company's business process management are considered. The analysis of the characteristics and quality of business processes is carried out. The analysis of the effective-ness of business management as the main tool for increasing the company's profit is carried out. The main qualitative and quantitative indicators of evaluating the effectiveness of business processes of an enterprise are highlighted, and a methodology for evaluating them is proposed. Recommendations for improving the regulation of business processes of retail trade enterprises have been developed. Conclusions and Relevance. In the context of the economic crisis, the retail trade enterprises direct their efforts to ensure the reliability and rhythm of their activities. In this case, the improvement of business processes is an effective tool for maintaining the stability of the life of the retail business in the environment, and also contributes to the creation of new consumer values. The management of business processes of retail enterprises involves their continuous improvement. Recommendations for improving the regulation of busi-ness processes of retail trade enterprises are proposed.
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Shtal, Tatyana, and Nadiia Proskurnina. "Trends of structural dynamic changes in retail trade." Economics of Development 17, no. 3 (December 6, 2018): 64–73. http://dx.doi.org/10.21511/ed.17(3).2018.06.
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The article is devoted to the presentation of structural shifts, factors and trends of dynamic changes in retail trade, taking into account, above all, institutional changes. The main theories explaining changes in retail trade are analyzed. The shift in the balance of power in the distribution channels from the manufacturer to the retailer is shown, and the tendency of increasing the number of supermarkets and hypermarkets is presented. It was found that there is a gradual takeover by large retail chains of small retail operators and the growth of the role of supermarkets and hypermarkets, as evidenced by the increase in the trading floor area of the stores of the indicated trade formats. The main features of different types of stores are systematized and the advantages and disadvantages of strategies for the development of retail objects - small operators and large chain stores. It is established that small independent retail operators lose a significant market share. Constant consolidation of retail operators, as well as increased competition in retail markets, force retailers to look for new ways to grow their business. The positions of retail operators in the rating of the largest enterprises of Ukraine for 2016 are analyzed and it is established that among operators of retail trade the operators that sell food products are the most dynamically developing. Generalized tendencies of structural shifts in retail trade according to theories of institutional changes and certain stages on which the largest retail operators of Ukraine are located. It is determined that the market of goods and services becomes more consolidated and concentrated and requires the formation of an adequate dynamic organizational structure of management, transformation of marketing functions, adaptation to a complex modern environment.
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Knego, Nikola, and Halid Konjhodžić. "RETAIL TRADE IN THE TOURIST SUPPLY OF THE REPUBLIC OF CROATIA." Tourism and hospitality management 6, no. 1-2 (December 2000): 169–82. http://dx.doi.org/10.20867/thm.6.1-2.14.
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The paper looks into the position and role of retail trade as one of the economic activities which contributes towards creating the tourist supply in receptive tourist regions. The relationship between trade and tourism is not one way. We can speak of the interdependent development of trade and tourism and vice versa with tourism and trade. The paper emphasizes the achieved level of retail structure development in the Republic of Croatia and the anticipated changes which could be expected with the development of the overall economy. Data on the state and changes of retail structures in European countries are presented, some of which represent significant emissive and/or receptive tourist countries. The paper deals with the level of tourist satisfaction in terms of the tourist supply element regarding shopping potential.
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Bryncev, A. "Risk Management of Retailers as Participants of the Ecosystem of the Russian Retail Trade." Scientific Research and Development. Economics of the Firm 11, no. 1 (March 31, 2022): 65–71. http://dx.doi.org/10.12737/2306-627x-2022-11-1-65-71.
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The article examines the concepts of "risk management" and "ecosystem", as well as provides a detailed analysis of the ecosystem of the Russian retail trade, the participants of which are domestic retailers. The retailers X5 Retail Group and VkusVill are considered as an example of effective use of the e-commerce ecosystem. As a result of research, the main problems in the risk management of retailers X5 Retail Group and VkusVill were identified, and practical recommendations for their elimination were proposed.
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Valeeva, Yu. "Classification of Retail Chain services." Scientific Research and Development. Economics of the Firm 10, no. 3 (October 18, 2021): 55–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.12737/2306-627x-2021-10-3-55-60.
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The relevance of the development of theoretical provisions for the classification of services of retail trade networks is predetermined by the modern transformation of the trade industry, where the services provided by the chains are formed on the basis of building communications with all participants in the consumer market. The main purpose of the article is to generalize the approach to the classification of services and the implementation of a value-oriented and process approach to the content and identification of the classification features of services of retail trade networks. The article presents modern foreign and domestic approaches to the classification of retail trade services. Certain features are highlighted and the expediency of taking into account the network forms of organizing trade services in the formation of classification signs is indicated. In the presented article, the service of a retail trade network is considered as a result, an action and a process. On the other hand, the retail chain service is viewed through the prism of value for suppliers, end-users and owners on the network. The implementation of the value approach allows taking into account consumer preferences, as well as the interests of the network owners in the development of retail facilities, ensuring the quality of trade services, developing the infrastructure of the territory, paying attention to the requests and proposals of agricultural producers, processors, service providers. which create services according to the format of goods circulation. The application of the process and value approach made it possible to single out the components of the service and propose their own classification. This classification will allow, in the future, to develop an appropriate methodology for assessing the effectiveness of retail trade network services, as well as to develop management decisions at the enterprise level, to build more effective communications with all participants in the consumer market.
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Phillips, Simon, and Andrew Alexander. "An Efficient Pursuit? Independent Shopkeeping in 1930s Britain." Enterprise & Society 6, no. 2 (June 2005): 278–304. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1467222700015342.
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During the 1930s, the small-scale retailer was regarded by many commentators as being responsible for the apparent inefficiencies of the retail trade in Britain. Using a range of documentary evidence from the period, this article draws attention to debate on the merits of large- and small-scale retailers, highlighting a concern for the latter’s contribution to wider community well-being and to developments in retail trade practices. The relative inefficiency of the small trader was frequently explained in relation to a lack of awareness of sound shop management. Consequently, emphasis was placed by commentators on the need for small traders to enhance their knowledge of retail management practices in order to improve their own competitive position and efficiency in the retail trade more widely. Both the popular and trade press offered small traders a range of advice that was intended to improve their fortunes. This article considers the form and content of such advice.
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de Jorge Moreno, Justo. "Efficiency and regulation in Spanish hypermarket retail trade." International Journal of Retail & Distribution Management 36, no. 1 (February 2008): 71–88. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/09590550810847009.
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Bozulenko, Olena, and Yurii Chaplinskyі. "INNOVATIVE RETAIL DEVELOPMENT CONCEPTS." BULLETIN OF CHERNIVTSI INSTITUTE OF TRADE AND ECONOMICS 2, no. 86 (June 30, 2022): 79–95. http://dx.doi.org/10.34025/2310-8185-2022-2.86.06.
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According to the results of the research, the main trends that determine the innovative component of retail enterprises were revealed: a significant increase in the share of online sales, the involvement of augmented and virtual reality technologies, artificial intelligence, robotics, which led to a change in the consumer experience, simplification of the product selection process, saving time for making a purchase; optimization of innovative communication; blurring the lines between traditional offline and online retailers; the opening of new sales channels, such as trade through social networks and marketplaces. Implementation of innovations in the field of trade is the only prerequisite for their survival and a catalyst for increasing all components of innovation potential, which in the future will ensure comprehensive innovative development of the enterprise. The relevance of the research topic is characterized by the need to determine the innovative mechanism of retail development in the context of strengthening the need to implement opportunities for enterprises to use the achievements of scientific and technological development in order to create a basis for the formation of a new type of economy in Ukraine. Practical experience proves that the insignificant effectiveness of innovations occurs precisely at the micro level, therefore, the issues of innovative development of enterprises are defined as topical directions of scientific research, which is determined by the need to create a scientific and methodological basis capable of realizing the possibility of the process of innovative development of trade enterprises and its management mechanisms. The purpose of the study is to determine the essence, structure and types of innovative technologies of retail development. The tasks set in the article were solved using general scientific research methods, namely: analysis, systematization and generalization. The article examines the essence and advantages of using the latest technologies in retail trade, highlights the main trends in the use of innovations in retail, and examines their manifestations both for the consumer and for the enterprise itself. The practical value of the statements given in the article can be used to improve the adaptive management system of innovative retail activities, as well as to study disciplines under the educational programs of the field of knowledge 07 "Management and Administration". Prospects for further research. Analyzing world experience of modern trends in innovative development of retail and determination of strategies for innovative improvements in domestic enterprises.
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Ilyenkova, Karolina M. "Management of the Company Product Policies: Traditional Retail and Category Management." Economics of Contemporary Russia, no. 4 (January 8, 2020): 136–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.33293/1609-1442-2019-4(87)-136-152.
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The purpose of this work is a comparative analysis of existing approaches to the management of the company’s assortment policy (traditional approach and category management), determining their main differences, advantages and disadvantages, as well as identifying the amount of each of them. The article gives a brief description and definitions of existing approaches to the management of the company’s assortment policy. On the basis of 17 criteria the comparative analysis of approaches allowing to reveal their main differences is carried. According to the survey of 18 category managers of the retailers of the Urals Federal district revealed that at present category management is actively implemented in the commercial networks of the Ural Federal district; it is gradually substituting the traditional approach. However, the trading network of the Ural Federal district did not take the traditional approach or category management, demonstrating the predominance of mixed forms of management of the assortment policy of trade networks. The degree distribution of these approaches in various retailers varies significantly between the research allowed to identify a large potential for further development and growth of the trade networks of the Ural Federal district, which will allow them to get better financial results from the trading activities.
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Wrzesińska-Kowal, Joanna, and Małgorzata Raczkowska. "DIRECTIONS OF CHANGES IN POLAND’S RETAIL TRADE." Annals of the Polish Association of Agricultural and Agribusiness Economists XXII, no. 1 (March 12, 2020): 369–79. http://dx.doi.org/10.5604/01.3001.0014.0198.
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The aim of the research was to present changes taking place in retail trade in Poland after economic transformation. The diversity of retail sales forms was presented. Five stages of transformation of this sector were isolated. The directions of changes as well as the perspectives for the development of retail trade were indicated. The period under study was the years 1990-2018. This article was prepared mainly on the basis of literature and data obtained from the GUS (Eng. Central Statistical Office) and studies of the former Instytut Badań Rynku, Konsumpcji i Koniunktur (Eng. Institute for Market Research, Consumption and Business Cycles) in Warsaw. During the period under study, retail trade developed in Poland; both in terms of quantity and quality, in addition to a change in the structure of stores. Ensuing changes positively influenced the development of this sector, which, due to increasing demands of consumers, high competition, changes in legal regulations and technological innovations, will require further transformation. There are plans to create unmanned stores in Poland in the near future, without traditional cash registers, to use secure and fast payments thanks to biometrics and use artificial intelligence to optimise turnover and sales management.
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Brandimarti, Maquel E., Rachael Gray, Fabiola R. O. Silva, and Catherine A. Herbert. "Kangaroos at maximum capacity: health assessment of free-ranging eastern grey kangaroos on a coastal headland." Journal of Mammalogy 102, no. 3 (March 30, 2021): 837–51. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyab022.
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Abstract Sprawling urban development is fragmenting the landscape and native wildlife habitats on the Australian east coast. The impact of this rapid urbanization on wildlife health is largely unknown. This study surveyed the health of a high-density (5.4 individuals per ha) population of eastern grey kangaroos (Macropus giganteus) affected by urban encroachment and prolonged drought. Blood parameters (hematological and serum protein), trace element and heavy metal concentrations, and parasite counts (fecal worm egg counts, ticks, and mites) are reported for a sample of ≤ 54 kangaroos at Look at Me Now Headland, New South Wales, Australia. These parameters were compared to lower density kangaroo populations from other sites in New South Wales. We found the health and welfare of this population to be severely compromised, with nonregenerative anemia and nutritional deficiencies evident. Our results indicate that high-density kangaroo populations isolated by urban encroachment are at significant health risk. To prevent further decline in this population’s health, we discuss management strategies that could be employed, concurrent with ongoing health and disease monitoring, to mitigate the poor health outcomes in this population. We conclude that it is essential to retain habitat connectivity when altering land use in areas with resident kangaroo populations if managers are to maintain healthy populations.
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Korechkov, Yu V., V. V. Rezvova, V. A. Kozlov, S. L. Ozerov, and A. Zh Yakushev. "MODERN TRENDS IN THE ELECTRONIC MARKET FOR HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCES AND ELECTRONICS." EKONOMIKA I UPRAVLENIE: PROBLEMY, RESHENIYA 3, no. 10 (2021): 63–75. http://dx.doi.org/10.36871/ek.up.p.r.2021.10.03.007.
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The article presents an overview of the current state and trends in the development of retail trade. The main factors affecting the functioning of this area are identified. The dynamics of retail trade turnover in Russia, including by form of ownership, is presented. It is noted that the priorities of the development of the sphere remain the development of category management, as well as digital service and e-commerce, i.e. innovative technologies – the present and future of trade.
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Нагибина and N. Nagibina. "Tools of Labour Effi ciency Management at Foodretail." Management of the Personnel and Intellectual Resources in Russia 5, no. 1 (February 17, 2016): 57–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.12737/18143.
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Labour effi ciency management is the priority providing competitive advantages to food retail which are connected with high staff cost and low labour
productivity. However, the modern labour economics does not pay enough attention to labour management aspects. Based on the concept of fl exible control
of volumes and structure of staff costs at food retail, the set of tools has been developed to provide planned profi ts when all types of work are carried out
at a shop according to its trade format. Structure and characteristics of labour management tools in the context of labour cost and results are presented.
Principles of labour effi ciency management at food retail are stated. Also stages of forming the set of corresponding tools are described.
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Baranova, S., L. P. Golovina, E. Lidinfa, and A. Panin. "Staff motivation as a growth factor labor productivity and efficiency in the service sector." Normirovanie i oplata truda v sel'skom hozyajstve (Rationing and remuneration of labor in agriculture), no. 3 (March 1, 2021): 4–13. http://dx.doi.org/10.33920/sel-06-2103-01.
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The scientifi c article deals with the organization of the functioning of retail retail companies. The possibility of using marketing tools in personnel management in the "Trade" industry is shown. Recommendations are given for the formation of key Performance Indicators (KPI) when evaluating the quality of professional tasks performed by employees in the industry. The analytical basis confi rming the signifi cance, relevance and need to adjust the terms of use of the KPI system in the Trade industry was the offi cial information posted on the websites of retail retail companies and customer reviews of the Austin LLC, Zolla LLC and Gloria Jeans JSC store chains. The scientifi c article presents the author’s subjective opinion on the degree of customer satisfaction with the organization of the functioning of retail retail companies included in the research base
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Jany-Catrice, Florence, and Steffen Lehndorff. "Who bears the burden of flexibility? Working conditions and labour markets in the European retail trade." Transfer: European Review of Labour and Research 8, no. 3 (August 2002): 504–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/102425890200800313.
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The retail trade is currently undergoing fundamental changes in terms of employment, working time, and working conditions, all of which deserve detailed analysis. The present study is focussed on the interaction between efforts of large retail firms at ‘flexibilising’ their workforces on the one hand, and on the existing structures of labour supply on the other. The main result of the study is a sceptical assessment of the current development: work in the retail trade is becoming more stressful and less attractive, and the share of those to whom it serves as the basis for an independent livelihood is decreasing. The labour market in this industry is undergoing major changes in Europe. This state of affairs presents trade unions with extremely intricate challenges, the form of which varies considerably from one country to another.
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Gasparri, Stefano, Peter Ikeler, and Giovanna Fullin. "Trade union strategy in fashion retail in Italy and the USA: Converging divergence between institutions and mobilization?" European Journal of Industrial Relations 25, no. 4 (December 19, 2018): 345–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0959680118817681.
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We investigate trade union strategies in fashion retail, a sector with endemic low wages, precarity and a representation gap. Unions in Milan organized ‘zero-hours contract’ workers, while their counterparts in New York established an alternative channel of representation, the Retail Action Project. We argue, first, that the dynamics of both cases are counterintuitive, displaying institution-building in the USA and grassroots mobilization in Italy; second, union identity stands out as a key revitalizing factor, since only those unions with a broad working-class orientation could provide an effective representation for fashion retail workers.
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Luthfiyanti, Nur Khalizah, and Lely Dahlia. "The Effect of Enterprise Risk Management on Financial Distress." Journal of Accounting Auditing and Business 3, no. 2 (July 27, 2020): 30. http://dx.doi.org/10.24198/jaab.v3i2.25910.
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Lately, the retail industry has been suffering financial performance problem caused by some factors, such as the trade competition with online trading. Companies in the retail industry sector had to handle this risk to minimize further financial performance problem. The aim of this study is to determined the impact of the implementation of enterprise risk management in avoiding financial distress. This study used binary logistic regression for tool analysis. The sample of this study involved 21 retail companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange from 2013 to 2017. The sample has been selected using a purposive random sampling method. Variable control, namely, liquidity, profitability, leverage, and company size, are included. The result of the study indicates that enterprise risk management implementation was found affecting financial distress
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Kopchykova, Inna. "FEATURES OF THE DEFINITION «OPERATIONAL ACTIVITY OF TRADE NETWORKS»." Scientific Bulletin of Mukachevo State University. Series “Economics” 1(13) (2020): 92–96. http://dx.doi.org/10.31339/2313-8114-2020-1(13)-92-96.
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From the formation of effective strategic goals and improvement of operational activities depends on the optimization of production methods, planning the development of new products, changing the cost of production, planning and forecasting sales. The introduction of new areas of operational activity is an effective strategic development. The relevance of the research topic is due to the development of modern formats of trade and the need to implement new solutions for operational management, in terms of improving the effectiveness and quality of basic management functions – planning, organization, management and control. The retail industry is in a constant process of transformation. Economists cannot say how much the new formats will be in demand. Determining the mechanism of functioning of trade networks in Ukraine has not yet been the subject of extensive research, which has a negative impact on the practice of their operation. The article raises the relevance of the concept of operational activity of retail chains as an economic category. The essence of retail operations is considered. The purpose of the article is to study the concept and clarify the economic category «operational activities of the trade network». The main task is to study the nature and components of retail operations, as well as to develop ways to optimize operational management, the main of which are well-developed logistics schemes, electronic sales channels, organization of food halls and food courts, digitalization and personalization, construction of omnichannel communication networks and the consumer, the use of big data to improve customer service. Based on the use of general economic research methods, the approaches of scientists to the interpretation of the concept of "operational activity" are analyzed and systematized. The scientific novelty of the study is to clarify the essence and highlight the most important characteristics of the operational activities of retail in Ukraine. The practical significance lies in the substantiation of the main components of the operational activity of the trade network. Based on the study, it is determined that operating activities in the process of financial and economic activities occupy a basic place, as they are the basis for stimulating the development of entrepreneurial activity. Keywords: means of operational activity, objects of operational activity, operational activity, components of operational activity, trade network.
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Deery, Stephen, and Helen Cieri. "Determinants of Trade Union Membership in Australia." British Journal of Industrial Relations 29, no. 1 (March 1991): 59–73. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8543.1991.tb00228.x.
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Valeeva, Yu. "Management Decisions of Service Development in Trading Networks Based on Client-Oriented, Value-Oriented and Integrated Approaches." Scientific Research and Development. Economics of the Firm 11, no. 3 (October 14, 2022): 46–53. http://dx.doi.org/10.12737/2306-627x-2022-11-3-46-53.
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Retail chains play a great role in development of trade branch in the territory, their contribution to GRP in Tatarstan makes 30% (2021). The development of retail network services, the introduction of modern tools and solutions to improve the quality of trade services can provide a higher level of end user satisfaction, the competitiveness of trade organizations. The main purpose of the research is to summarize modern organizational, economic and managerial solutions, which allow introducing service development measures. The article substantiates the necessity of using process, customer-oriented, integral approaches, which in complex allow optimizing business processes of a trade network, form own standards of interaction of all stakeholders inside the chain of consumer value chain of trade network, conduct integral assessment of service development, develop On the basis of the conducted assessment of three regional trading networks "Bakhhetle", "Edelweiss" a number of organizational-economic, managerial decisions, which are relevant to the practice and will allow to ensure the effective development of services and be sustainable in the consumer market, were proposed.
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Voskanian, Zarui A. "Methodical Approaches to the Introduction of Digital Technology of the Logistics System of a Retail Trade Enterprise." Business Inform 9, no. 536 (2022): 19–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.32983/2222-4459-2022-9-19-26.
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The purpose of writing this article is to develop methodological approaches to the introduction of digital technology of the logistics system of a retail trade enterprise. For the efficient function of a retail trade enterprise in the context of globalization and transformation, it is necessary to digitalize the processes of logistics activities. The following approaches and principles are proposed: systematic approach, principle of total costs, principle of competitiveness, operational method, principle of optimization, principle of innovation and openness to change. The model of obstacles and factors for the success of digital transformation is considered, because during the digitalization of the processes of the logistics system, retail trade enterprises often face such problems as excessive dependence on physical labor and the use of paper for certain operations, customer service, etc. The analysis of the level of digitalization of logistics systems of retail market entities in Ukraine, also analysis of indicators of the efficiency of logistics cost management by leading companies are carried out; trends and the ratio of transport costs, logistics, sales revenue growth for 2019-2020 at such enterprises as «Silpo-FOOD» LLC and «ATB-MARKET» LLC are observed. The proposed methodological approaches to the introduction of digital technology of the logistics system will allow managers of retail trade enterprises to identify individual ways of improving the efficiency of their own logistics systems, develop and further on implement measures aimed at optimizing costs and time, providing high-quality services in the supply chain of goods to their consumers, and successfully competing in the retail trade market. The proposed methodological approaches to the introduction of digital technology of the logistics system of retail trade enterprises will facilitate the creation of innovative supply chains of goods in the markets in the conditions of the digitalization era.
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Kuwahara, Hidechika. "Concentration and productivity in the retail trade in Japan." International Review of Retail, Distribution and Consumer Research 7, no. 2 (January 1997): 109–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/095939697343067.
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Anderson, Joan L., Laura D. Jolly, and Ann E. Fairhurst. "Customer relationship management in retailing: A content analysis of retail trade journals." Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services 14, no. 6 (November 2007): 394–99. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jretconser.2007.02.009.
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Safarov, Bahtiyor Jurakulovich. "FEATURES OF MANAGEMENT AND MODELING OF BUSINESS PROCESSES AT RETAIL TRADE ENTERPRISES." Theoretical & Applied Science 73, no. 05 (May 30, 2019): 467–72. http://dx.doi.org/10.15863/tas.2019.05.73.71.
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This article deals with a Project office formation based on classical models, taking into account the specifics of the projects implemented in retail trade companies. Based on the definition of Project Office�s role and place in company structure and its core functions, the authors propose an algorithm to select the most suitable model of project management office for retail companies.
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de Leeuw, Sander, Beatriz Minguela-Rata, Ehsan Sabet, Jaap Boter, and Runa Sigurðardóttir. "Trade-offs in managing commercial consumer returns for online apparel retail." International Journal of Operations & Production Management 36, no. 6 (June 6, 2016): 710–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijopm-01-2015-0010.
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate how online apparel retailers make trade-offs in achieving efficiency in handling consumer returns, attempting to reduce the number of consumer returns they are faced with and increasing sales through returns management. Design/methodology/approach – The authors use literature to develop propositions and employed a case study research design to understand how online apparel retailers make trade-offs in returns management practices in order to verify the propositions. Case study subjects have been anonimized. Findings – The authors have developed and verified five propositions with the aim to understand how retailers make trade-offs in reducing the number of online consumer returns, increasing the effectiveness of handling online consumer returns and increasing sales through returns management. Research limitations/implications – The research is limited by the use of interview data from cases, a focus on apparel retail only and by the use of companies located in the Netherlands only. Practical implications – The propositions help managers make trade-offs in reducing the number of returns versus increasing sales through returns management versus increasing the effectiveness of handling consumer returns. Social implications – Consumer returns lead to a significant flow of items from consumers back to online retailers, in particular in fashion. Reduction of this flow decreases social and environmental impacts through reduced transport and handling requirements. Originality/value – Several authors identify that more empirical research is welcome in the area of returns management. The research aims to contribute to this gap by focussing at how online apparel retailers make trade-offs in achieving efficiency in handling returns, increasing sales through returns management and attempting to reduce the number of consumer returns they receive.