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Gupta, Atul, Sara Bennett, Meghan Moss, and Angela Satya Gupta. "An Empirical Analysis of Employee Attitudes in Service Sector." International Journal of Human Resource Studies 3, no. 4 (December 28, 2013): 231. http://dx.doi.org/10.5296/ijhrs.v3i4.4851.
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The purpose of this paper is to empirically examine the relationship between sense of belonging and job satisfaction in hospital-based nurses. By discovering what contributes to job satisfaction, organizations will be able to better retain their nurses. This empirical paper used a non-experimental design to test a proposed model based on a review of relevant literature. Working nurses in a hospital setting completed surveys capturing the constructs researched. The findings of this research suggest that sense of belonging leads to positive outcomes and higher job satisfaction. Older employees tend to be less satisfied than their younger counterparts. While this study offers some insight into the factors affecting the job satisfaction of nurses, the sample was limited to respondents who were working at local hospitals in Southeastern United States. Thus these results may not represent the views of all nurses in the health care sector. To retain high-valued nurses it is important that an organization has a work environment that enhances their commitment to their occupation. These research findings provide evidence that nurses who feel as though they are part of an organization will be more motivated to better their respective organizations. In turn, these profitable organizations invest back in the community they operate in, improving the overall socio-economic fabric of local economy. Although a considerable amount of research has been done evaluating the value of a sense of belonging, none of these studies link it to job satisfaction based on gender. This contribution is also of special importance amid the recent criticism of the healthcare costs by prominent management scholars. Keywords – Sense of Belonging, Job Satisfaction, Healthcare, Age, Work Experience
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Arora, Mamta, and Arpita Kaul. "Green Human Resource Management: An Empirical Study of India." Visegrad Journal on Bioeconomy and Sustainable Development 9, no. 2 (November 1, 2020): 61–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/vjbsd-2020-0012.
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Abstract Purpose: The broad over-arching goals of this work were to study the existing constituents of green human resource management (HRM), to understand the green HRM practices being followed by different companies in India (belonging to certain sectors) and to compare the different sectors in terms of adoption of green HRM. Methodology: A questionnaire was meticulously prepared by the authors to collect the data for this study and was sent to various Indian companies belonging to four sectors: IT/IT services, banking/finance, consultancy and engineering/technology. The questionnaire included a carefully selected collection of questions to gain rich insights into different aspects of green HRM implementation. Findings: most of the companies included in this study are following green HRM (though to varying extents). Green recruitment, green training and development & green safety and health management are the most prominent green HRM functions while green performance appraisal is the least popular green HRM function among these organizations. The IT/IT services sector is most actively using green HRM practices while the banking/finance sector is the most reluctant to adopt green HRM. Practical Implications: a rigorous structure for companies to implement green HRM is provided.
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George, Elizabeth, and Zakkariya K.A. "Job related stress and job satisfaction: a comparative study among bank employees." Journal of Management Development 34, no. 3 (April 13, 2015): 316–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jmd-07-2013-0097.
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine whether job satisfaction and job-related stress differ among employees of different banking sectors. Design/methodology/approach – Questionnaire were administered to 337 employees from various banks belonging to private sector, public sector and new generation banks. One way ANOVA was conducted to find out whether job satisfaction and job relates stress varied on the basis of three different sectors of banks. Further post hoc test was conducted to find out which sector differs significantly. Findings – Results indicated that employees of different sectors of bank had different level of job satisfaction and job-related stress. Further it was revealed that public sector banks have lower job-related stress when compared to private sector banks and new generation banks; and higher job satisfaction when compared to new generation banks. Practical implications – With the rapid developments and competition in banks, measures should be taken in private sector banks and new generations banks to reduce job-related stress and enhance job satisfaction level of employees. This may also result in increased quality of services and reduced labour turnover in banks. Originality/value – The study is original and empirical in nature. It shows that the job satisfaction and job-related stress differ among employees of different groups of banks in the banking sector. If banking sector is considered as a true representative of the service sector, the results of this study has wider implication in the service industry as a whole.
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Cerioni, Eva. "Fostering Stakeholder Engagement through Companies’ Website: A Comparison between Sector." International Journal of Business and Management 16, no. 2 (January 30, 2021): 96. http://dx.doi.org/10.5539/ijbm.v16n2p96.
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During the years, different authors underline the role of CSR communication as an instrument of transparency towards the stakeholders of each company. In the scenario emerge the importance of stakeholder engagement for estabilish between company and stakeholders “proactive and ongoing dialogue”, trough Internet and it’s tools as a facilitator of corporate communicative action. With the aim of communicating with the stakeholders, companies can implement different methods of engagement. Operating in different sectors many time it is an additional variable that influences the practice of CSR communication, will it be the same for the stakeholder engagement methods adopted? This contribution analyses, through a content analysis, all the stakeholder engagement tools used by the 316 companies listed in DJSI on their institutional websites. The DJSI companies are strongly motivated to commit in economic, social and environmental terms and belonging to 24 different sectors thus allowing to carry out inter-sectoral analyzes. There are two main results: prevailing use of one-way communication tools regardless of the sector of the company and a widespread choice to use social media as the main two-way communication tool. If the sector of belonging, in other study has turned out to be an influential variable, the same cannot be said in relation to stakeholder engagement tools. This study has three main limitations: data change speed, language and method. In the future, understanding the expectations and needs of stakeholders related to CSR communication could be intersting to analyse.
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Ennis, Crystal A. "Citizenship without Belonging? Contesting Economic Space in Oman." International Journal of Middle East Studies 52, no. 4 (November 2020): 759–64. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0020743820001063.
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How do perceptions of not belonging inform economic life? For many young Omanis, the labor market is a site of contestation and a space of struggle. In this essay, I explore a neglected dimension of belonging in the Gulf—citizen labor—by looking at Omani millennials in the labor market. Despite holding legal citizenship, a sense of belonging remains elusive in much of the private sector. Many Omani young people perceive a tenuous economic citizenship, complicating narratives around belonging or not belonging in the Arabian Peninsula. I draw from lessons learned while researching my current book and exploring social relations and regulation of labor markets, and reflect on how the knowledge and theories produced concerning Gulf labor markets rarely engage with the citizens in them.
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KUNDU, ANIRBAN, and BISWARUP MUKHOPADHYAYA. "A GENERAL HIGGS SECTOR: CONSTRAINTS AND PHENOMENOLOGY." International Journal of Modern Physics A 11, no. 29 (November 20, 1996): 5221–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/s0217751x9600239x.
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We have investigated some phenomenological aspects of an SU (2) × U (1) scenario where scalars belonging to arbitrary representations of SU(2) are involved in electroweak symmetry breaking. The resulting interaction terms are derived. Some constraints are obtained on the arbitrary scalar sector from the requirement of tree-level unitarity in longitudinal gauge boson scattering. We also show that there is a remarkable complimentarity between the constraints on a general structure from the ρ parameter and those from precision measurement of the [Formula: see text] vertex. Finally, some salient features about the production of such Higgs bosons in e+e− collision are discussed.
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Tripathi, Vanita, and Priti Aggarwal. "Is value premium sector-specific? Evidence from India." Managerial Finance 46, no. 12 (August 24, 2020): 1605–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/mf-02-2020-0049.
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PurposeThis paper is an attempt to explore the fact that whether the literature-promised value premium has any sector orientation. The paper tests the relationship between the value premium and Indian sectors: fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG), financials, healthcare, information technology (IT), manufacturing and miscellaneous.Design/methodology/approachThe paper analyses around 210–480 companies listed on BSE-500 for the period of the recent 18 years ranging from March 1999 to March 2017. The paper employed Welch's ANOVA to examine whether the price-to-book market ratio is significantly different across sectors. Two prominent asset pricing models – single factor market model and Fama–French three-factor model – were used to examine the existence of value premium within sectors for full period and two sub-periods.FindingsThe empirical results of the paper suggest that the difference in the P/B ratio both between sectors and within sectors is statistically significant. The results further suggest that the value premium exists within the sectors irrespective of their value-growth orientation.Research limitations/implicationsThe paper is not free from certain limitations. Firstly, due to the non-availability of data in the public domain, the time period before 1999 could not be considered. Secondly, the study has used data pertaining to the Indian stock market only. To add to it, our study has concentrated on BSE-500 companies only; however, the future researchers can include both NSE and BSE companies.Practical implicationsThe paper has important implications for portfolio managers and retail investors following a top-down approach of investing. The portfolio manager can strategically build up the portfolios to concentrate more on the companies belonging to sectors like healthcare, manufacturing and FMCG. Investors following the top-down approach should avoid the underperforming growth stocks belonging to the growth sectors and allocate their funds to value stocks in the growth sector.Originality/valueThe paper is first of its kind to study the relationship between the value premium and Indian sectors. The paper contributes to portfolio management and asset pricing literature for an emerging market.
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Kanitkar, Ajit, and N. V. Belavadi. "Board of Directors : Theory and Practice in Dairy Cooperatives." Vikalpa: The Journal for Decision Makers 18, no. 4 (October 1993): 21–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0256090919930403.
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Theoretically, the Board of Directors (BOD) of organizations belonging to corporate as well as cooperative sectors is expected to have a long-term, strategic focus. However, a critical difference between the BOD of a corporate organization and a cooperative organization is that the latter is constituted by user-members and are, therefore, expected to truly reflect user-owners' commitment to the organization. Against this backdrop, this paper by Ajit Kanitkar and N V Belavadi examines the dominant concerns of the BOD of cooperative sector organizations by analysing the agenda-items of Board meetings of federated dairy cooperatives. According to the authors, the BOD in this sector is more concerned with day-to-day operations than strategic issues.
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González-Moreno, María José, Carmen María Salvador-Ferrer, and Juan Carlos Checa-Olmos. "Corporate Social Responsibility in the Management of Human and Environmental Resources: Andalucian Perspectives." Resources 8, no. 4 (October 10, 2019): 165. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/resources8040165.
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There are a number of objectives that guide this work. First, we aimed to identify the general characteristics of Andalusian companies in terms their approach to social responsibility, particularly in the area of human resources and environmental impact. Second, we aimed to identify the particularities of social responsibility within the productive sector. For this, a questionnaire was designed, which was administered to 365 executives belonging to different sectors. The results show that the greatest concern of Andalusian companies is the satisfaction of their employees, followed by energy saving measures, and environmental impact. We also found differences according to the productive sector studied. In particular, while in the agricultural and livestock sectors the human elements appear to be of importance, the industrial and commercial sectors pay more attention to environmental elements. However, the data highlight the need to continue working within this area of research, adopting a preventive or proactive approach.
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Matuła, Przemysław, and Michał Seweryn. "Weighted Strong Law of Large Numbers for Random Variables Indexed by a Sector." Journal of Probability and Statistics 2011 (2011): 1–16. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/701952.
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Stephan-Emmrich, Manja. "Playing Cosmopolitan: Muslim Self-fashioning, Migration, and (Be-)Longing in the Tajik Dubai Business Sector." Central Asian Affairs 4, no. 3 (July 3, 2017): 270–91. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/22142290-00403001.
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Linking Central Asian and Gulf studies, this article explores how young, well-educated, and multilingual Tajiks involved in Dubai’s various business fields create, shape, and draw on a sense of cosmopolitanism to convert their uncertain status as “Tajik migrants” into that of economically autonomous “Muslim businessmen.” Specifically, Tajik migrants mobilize religion to claim belonging to Dubai as a “Muslim place,” while they simultaneously make sense of their experiences as Central Asian labor migrants in Russia and pious Muslim travelers in secular Tajikistan. “Playing cosmopolitan” is a transnational social project that merges the political project of branding the Arabian Gulf with the lived realities of a culturally diverse mercantile Persian Gulf. Thus, Tajik Muslims engage in alternative forms of belonging abroad. Pointing to the mutual conditionality of longing and belonging in migrant cosmopolitanism, the article offers a nuanced picture of everyday life in Dubai that goes beyond the “spectacularity” of the city, challenging the prevailing representation of Tajik Muslims’ engagement in transnational Islam as a security matter only.
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Bose, Aritra K., Dilip D. Kadam, and Anusha C. P. "An epidemiological study to evaluate morbidity patterns among wood workers belonging to unorganized sector." International Journal Of Community Medicine And Public Health 6, no. 5 (April 27, 2019): 2246. http://dx.doi.org/10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20191852.
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Background: Wood workers are predisposed to many occupational diseases. Studying work place environment and its association with the morbidities would provide practical insights to promote the health and prevent disease in wood workers. Present study intends to study the epidemiological determinants of health and morbidity in wood workers.Methods: Quantitative method of research is used. All One hundred and five wood workers in the study area were recruited after taking informed consent. A semi-structured, pre-validated, questionnaire consisting of questions on sociodemographic profile, working pattern, morbidities experienced and working environment was prepared. Data was collected using one to one interview at their workplace. Environmental factors like iIllumination (In LUX) and noise level (in db) at the work place was measured using a Lux meter and sound level meter respectively. Association between different variables were analysed using Chi-square test or t-test wherever applicable.Results: Participants were all male belonging to economically productive age group. They were predominantly Muslims, belonging to lower socioeconomic status. Morbidities experienced by the wood workers were musculoskeletal pain (52%), skin problems (57%), eye problems (57.14%) and ear problems (32.38%). Inadequate illumination (<100 LUX) and noise levels more than 90 db were significantly associated with increased accidents and ear morbidities respectively.Conclusions: Poor working environment and non-compliance with the working standards prescribed by ILO (Indian Labour Organisation) are associated with morbidities among the workers. Environmental modification, use of protective devices, availability of basic minimum facilities for working and continuous monitoring of the workplaces by competent authority would help in decreasing the prevalence of morbidities among woodworkers.
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Artto, Karlos A., Hans Georg Gemünden, Derek Walker, and Pirjo Peippo-Lavikka. "Is there only one way of project management theorizing, or are there multiple sector-specific project management domains?" International Journal of Managing Projects in Business 10, no. 1 (January 4, 2017): 203–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijmpb-07-2016-0057.
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Purpose Many literature reviews on project management (PM) research are limited to studies published only in PM journals but some reviews do expand their analysis on PM research published also in journals belonging to the management studies field. However, the authors found no previous literature reviews comparing the PM content in different sectors outside the management studies field. Therefore, the analysis and findings of PM content derived from the sector-specific engineering and technology-focused journals are new. The paper aims to discuss this issue. Design/methodology/approach The authors analyze PM content in nine different sectors, where each sector and its inherent research is connected to specific engineering, technological, or industry-related disciplines. The authors conduct an evidence-informed literature review on PM knowledge in the distinct literatures of these nine sectors. The period of analysis is 24 years from 1986-2009. The authors discuss potential consequences of the findings’ sector-specificity for future PM domain development. Findings The perspective on different origins of PM leads to a meta-level PM concept covering several different PM domains, each with its own sector specific and separated development path. Research limitations/implications The literature analysis purposefully excluded PM journals and management studies, and the authors focused only on sector-specific engineering and technology-focused journals that represent knowledge and wisdom of different PM contents in nine sectors. Practical implications The findings have significant potential to contribute to scholarly discussion on the development of a universal PM theory. For applicability across sectors, the authors suggest a modular PM theory with different sector-specific modules for knowledge, concepts, and underlying assumptions. Originality/value Currently, this discussion has been mainly focused on theorizing concepts and approaches in management studies only. This study expands the understanding to engineering and technology-focused journals across nine industry sectors/domains.
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J., Aloy Niresh, and Pratheepan T. "The Application of Altman’s Z-Score Model in Predicting Bankruptcy: Evidence from the Trading Sector in Sri Lanka." International Journal of Business and Management 10, no. 12 (November 19, 2015): 269. http://dx.doi.org/10.5539/ijbm.v10n12p269.
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Prediction of bankruptcy is crucial as the early warning may change entire complications and may avoid the high cost that is associated with distress. The main purpose of this study is to examine the likelihood of bankruptcy of the firms belonging to the Trading Sector in Sri Lanka. The research used data from the financial reports of seven trading companies for a period of the last five years from 2010 to 2014. Altman’s original (1968) bankruptcy model has been applied in order to classify the companies in various levels of financial position namely safe, grey and distress. Findings reveal that 71% of the companies belonging to the Trading Sector were in financial distress and the rest of whole 29% were in the grey zone. The fact that none of the companies lie under the safe zone highlights that as a whole the sector is in a menace.
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Kolesnichenko, Milana, and Olga Burova. "Social aspects of innovation management in digital sector." SHS Web of Conferences 116 (2021): 00045. http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/shsconf/202111600045.
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Innovation management in the digital sector requires taking into account the institutional, socio-structural and socio-cultural context. The article discusses the thesis about unevenness of digitalization in different spheres of society and for different social groups. The actual implementation and use of innovations in everyday life depends not only on development of infrastructure and digital literacy, but also on emerging social norms, including associated with peculiarities of culture of society, belonging to the “artificial” or “natural” type. Artificial intelligence and digital innovations affect the field of health, human corporeality, bioethics, biosociality, etc. There are new sociological approaches which make it possible to study the management of innovations, for example, atypical sociology, augmented reality, concept of posthumanism, etc. An information policy is needed that allows representatives of social groups to perceive innovations more adequately.
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TLAPANCO-LIMON, J. F. "TOPOLOGICAL FOUR-DIMENSIONAL GRAVITY AND KODAMA STATE BEYOND INSTANTONS." International Journal of Geometric Methods in Modern Physics 08, no. 02 (March 2011): 315–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/s0219887811005154.
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By using the two-component spinor formalism and the symplectic geometry of the phase space, it is shown that the Kodama state actually exist within a topological phase where the Weyl spinor does not vanish. This topological phase, belonging to the complete topological sector of general relativity (GR), is bigger than the one associated with gravitational instantons. The conditions of projection onto the sector of gravitational instantons are discussed as well.
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Govori, Florije, and Amant Fejzullahu. "The Impact of Foreign Direct Investment by Economic Activity on Gross Domestic Product Growth in Kosovo." Academic Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies 9, no. 6 (November 19, 2020): 78. http://dx.doi.org/10.36941/ajis-2020-0113.
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The effects of the foreign direct investment (FDI) on economic growth, both in developed and non-developed countries, have been investigated for decades. In Kosovo's new economy, the FDI's presence is essential for economic and social development. This study aims to examine the impact of FDI by economic activities, known as "high-level aggregation," on the gross domestic product (GDP) growth for the period 2010-2019. The multiple regression is used to analyze the strength and direction of the FDI's impact on the GDP. The results show that FDI in the activities belonging to the primary sector has negatively impacted the GDP. In contrast, the FDI in activities of the secondary sector indicates a positive impact. Concerning the tertiary sector, the result differs among the types of activities. The FDI in real estate, renting, and business activities have a positive impact on GDP. Also, the FDI in public administration, education, human health, and social work activities has a substantial impact on GDP growth. The other FDIs belonging to the tertiary sector showed adverse impacts. So, the findings suggest that in a new economy, the FDI in activities that are more apt to induce positive externalities has more potential to increase the GDP in the long run. Otherwise, the impact may be low or adverse.
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Schimmenti, Emanuele, Antonio Asciuto, Antonino Galati, and Rosario Carapezza. "La competitivitŕ del comparto florovivaistico del Mezzogiorno d'Italia sul mercato internazionale." ECONOMIA AGRO-ALIMENTARE, no. 2 (October 2009): 187–210. http://dx.doi.org/10.3280/ecag2009-002010.
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- In the last few years the Italian flower and ornamental plant sector has been characterized by a significant dynamicity, becoming one of the most important sectors of the Italian agricultural system. In terms of competitiveness, however, the above sector has faced several market crises due to the globalization process which has brought about an increasing supply of flower and ornamentals in the world market. In a national context, Mezzogiorno is an important area in terms of production source for flowers and ornamental plants, in relation to both extremely favourable climatic conditions and specific economic situations which positively affect profitability of firms operating in some productive sub-sectors (e.g., the ornamental plant sector). The paper points out the apparent growth signs of the Mezzogiorno flower and ornamental plant sector, though its contribution to the specialization of agrofood products is still marginal. An important feature of the Italian "Mezzogiorno" flower and ornamentals sector highlighted by this study is the relevant incidence of intra-eu trade flows with regard both to import and export. Within the single items belonging to chapter 6 "Living trees and flowers", the results of the analysis indicate a specialization in the category of live plants, also as a consequence of a growing demand for such products from foreign markets. The competitiveness analysis has pointed out that these Italian regions are characterized by a comparative advantage mainly with regard to some eu countries (Greece, Malta and France); and by a heavy disadvantage with the Netherlands and, less important, with Thailand.JEL Codes: F140 - Country and industry Studies of Trade, Q170 - Agriculture in International TradeKey words: competitiveness, flowers and ornamental plants sector, international trade, "Mezzogiorno"
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Rostek, Katarzyna, and Agnieszka Skala. "Differentiating Criteria for High-Tech Companies." Management and Production Engineering Review 5, no. 4 (December 10, 2014): 46–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/mper-2014-0035.
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Abstract Manufacturing companies operating within the high-technology sector are of interest to science, industry and national authorities because of the special economic importance attached to them. However, in order to investigate the condition of those companies, support their growth and monitor the effects of the aid awarded to them, it is first necessary to properly identify the business entities belonging to that sector. To identify the entities belonging to the high-technology industry, it is necessary to perform a sequence of activities which form the procedural algorithm. Usefulness of the algorithm has been verified using the example of a group of Warsaw high-tech companies which were subject to investigation under the European project Warsaw Entrepreneurship Forum. The algorithm could be used as the basis for the implementation of an IT tool for the identification and description of high-tech businesses.
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Maji, Santi Gopal, and Mitra Goswami. "Intellectual capital and firm performance in emerging economies: the case of India." Review of International Business and Strategy 26, no. 3 (September 5, 2016): 410–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ribs-03-2015-0019.
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of intellectual capital (IC) on Indian traditional sector and compare the relative importance of IC on corporate performance of Indian knowledge-based sector (engineering sector) and traditional sector (steel sector). Design/methodology/approach Secondary data on 100 listed Indian firms, comprising of 44 firms from the engineering sector and 56 from the steel sector, are collected from “Capitaline Plus” Corporate database for a period of 14 years from 1999-2000 to 2012-2013. IC and its components are computed using Pulic’s value-added intellectual coefficient model and firm performance is measured by return on asset. Fixed effect regression model is used to investigate the hypothetical relationship between IC and firm performance. Further, quantile regression is used to check the robustness of the results. Findings The results indicate that IC efficiency and physical capital efficiency are positively and significantly associated with the firm performance for both the sectors. Regarding the components of IC, the coefficient of human capital efficiency is positive and significant, but the present effort fails to disentangle any significant influence of structural capital efficiency on firm performance. However, the results indicate that the influence of IC efficiency on firm performance is significantly greater in case of knowledge-based sector than that of traditional sector. Practical implications The findings of the study are useful for the decision makers, as the results indicate that the IC plays crucial role in value creation not only for knowledge-based firms but also for the firms belonging to the traditional manufacturing sector. Originality/value In the Indian context, this is the first study to examine the relative importance of IC in a knowledge-based sector and a traditional sector using appropriate methodology.
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Hedija, Veronika, and Martina Kuncová. "Relationship between efficiency and profitability: The case of Czech swine sector." Spanish Journal of Agricultural Research 19, no. 1 (March 16, 2021): e0102. http://dx.doi.org/10.5424/sjar/2021191-16876.
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Aim of study: The study aims to examine the link between economic efficiency and profitability of firms belonging to the swine sector.Area of study: This study is devoted to the Czech swine sector that forms the traditional and essential part of agriculture in the Czech Republic.Material and methods: Data from the Albertina CZ Gold Edition database for the period 2008-2017 were used. To evaluate the economic efficiency, the data envelopment analysis models are applied. Return on equity, return on assets and return on sales are used to measure profitability. To assess the relationship between economic efficiency and profitability, the Pearson correlation coefficient is used.Main results: The results demonstrate that there is no clear link between the economic efficiency of firms and their profitability in this industry. The correlation between all three profitability ratios and efficiency score were predominantly positive but not statistically significant in many cases. The economies of scale and scope and the construction of profitability indicators could be the main factors explaining the fact that companies achieving higher efficiency are not also more profitable.Research highlights: The study provides material useful to owners, managers, and customers of Czech agriculture firms. It identifies the relatively high efficiency of firms measured relatively to the best Czech company. In the European context, however, the efficiency of Czech firms belonging to the swine sector is low. It also reveals that the profitability of the firms is not a representative proxy for economic efficiency.
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Chakraborty, Apurba. "Unorganised Labour Migration in India with Special Reference to Changing Pattern of Socio-Economic Conditions in Colonial Epoch." International Journal of Advances in Management and Economics 8, no. 5 (August 30, 2019): 51–53. http://dx.doi.org/10.31270/ijame/v08/i05/2019/7.
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Unorganised labours in India are classified in different clusters. Historian, social scientists and economists mainly have followed that the majority portion of the Unorganised working people are migrating permanently or temporarily inter-state, inter-district, within districts during a specific time of the year searching better opportunities. Various Acts for the benefit of workers of the organized sectors has been introduced time to time by the Government but unfortunately large populations of the working community who are belonging to the unorganized sectors have not come to the focus in true sense light of the Acts in the context of socio-economic conditions. Keywords: Informal Sector Migrated Labour, Marginal Labour, Bonded Labour, Social Security Act, Landless Labour, Seasonal Labour.
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Zimon, Grzegorz, and Dominik Zimon. "The Impact of Purchasing Group on the Profitability of Companies Operating in the Renewable Energy Sector—The Case of Poland." Energies 13, no. 24 (December 14, 2020): 6588. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/en13246588.
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Purchasing groups are multi-entity organisations that operate in practically every sector. Their greatest role is to improve the financial situation of small and medium enterprises (SMEs). In the case of enterprises operating in the sectors that are just developing, especially those belonging to SMEs, it is particularly difficult to obtain favourable financial results. In Poland, such sectors include, among others, renewable energy, which is slowly developing, but has not yet reached the size set in climate policy. The purpose of the paper is to present how functioning under group purchasing organisations (GPOs) affects the profitability of companies related to the renewable energy sector. For the example of the largest industry purchasing groups, the analysis showed that high profitability results were achieved by enterprises operating in them compared to entities operating independently in the market. In total, 71 enterprises operating in the sector related to the renewable energy sector in Poland were analysed. The enterprises were divided into units operating in the purchasing groups of 46 enterprises, and those that operate independently in the market of 25 enterprises. The research period covered the years 2016–2019. The analysis showed that the scale effect allowed companies to increase profits and had a positive effect on their financial liquidity. The research proved that in the case of commercial enterprises operating in the sector related to renewable energy, functioning within the industry purchasing group allowed high profitability and financial liquidity. There is a dependency that the liquidity increases with a growth in profitability.
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Martono, S., Arief Yulianto, Rini Setyo Witiastuti, and Angga Pandu Wijaya. "The Role of Institutional Ownership and Industry Characteristics on the Propensity to Pay Dividend: An Insight from Company Open Innovation." Journal of Open Innovation: Technology, Market, and Complexity 6, no. 3 (September 3, 2020): 74. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/joitmc6030074.
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The purpose of this study is to test the free cash flow agency theory hypothesis; namely, (a) whether differences in industrial sector affect a company’s propensity to pay dividends, and (b) whether institutional ownership is able to substitute for the propensity to pay dividends as a bonding mechanism. The analysis uses logistic regression to explore the existence of institutional ownership as a substitute for paying cash dividends in companies belonging to different industrial sectors. The results show that companies in the manufacturing sector have a greater propensity to pay dividends compared to those in non-manufacturing sectors. The results also indicate that low institutional ownership, as an external monitoring mechanism, can substitute for increasing the propensity to pay dividends. Overall, the results are consistent with implications in dividend policy. The results support the notion that the propensity to pay dividends accommodates different behavioral factors, considering sectoral differences. In addition, the results illustrate the relevance of alternative theories in explaining dividend policy from the perspective of agency theory. The results show that sectoral comparisons, in addition to institutional ownership factors, play important roles in the propensity of Indonesian companies to pay dividends. This study shows that each industry sector has different income characteristics, which affect the differences in propensity to pay dividends.
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YILMAZ, Mustafa Kemal. "A STUDY ON STANDARDIZATION OF GROUND SERVICES TRAININGS IN THE AVIATION SECTOR: IS A UNIVERSITY-SECTOR COLLABORATION POSSIBLE?" IEDSR Association 6, no. 15 (September 20, 2021): 277–87. http://dx.doi.org/10.46872/pj.365.
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Vocational training in the aviation industry depends on standards and certification processes. Currently, the question arises to what extent the meets the aviation training provided with these requirements by universities in Turkey. In this context, universities lecturing education in the field of ground handling in Turkey are the main subject of the research. With this study; In order to ensure university-sector collaboration in the field of ground handling services in the aviation sector and to contribute to the employment process, training processes are researched and a model proposal is presented. In this context, a detailed content analysis has been made regarding what requirements universities must meet in order to provide vocational training in the field of ground handling services, training periods and training contents. In this respect; this study are expected to contribute to the training of human resources in the field of ground handling, in accordance with international and national standards and with the needs of the sector, to use all resources belonging to public and private enterprises effectively and efficiently, and to facilitate the employment process for all stakeholders.
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González-Mendoza, Julio Alfonso, William Avendaño, and Gerson Rueda-Vera. "Perceptions of the Colombian business sector regarding its role in the post-conflict." Cuadernos de Administración 35, no. 64 (June 19, 2019): 36–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.25100/cdea.v35i64.7611.
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The objective of this research is to analyze the role of the Colombian business sector in the post-conflict scenario and the construction of peace from the perception of entrepreneurs. It is a study framed in the empirical-analytical paradigm and the quantitative approach. The research has an explanatory level and non-experimental design. A questionnaire was used as a tool that was applied to 200 companies, from the main cities of Colombia, belonging to the commercial, services, manufacturing and financial sectors. The main findings show that entrepreneurs are willing to participate in post-conflict from different mechanisms, although there is a lack of knowledge of most of these. Likewise, employers’ concerns about the scope of their participation in the post-conflict are evident, which allows concluding the need for the State to establish clearly and precisely the linkage of the private sector in the process, and the ways of articulating the institutional activity with the possible support of companies.
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Espidio, Joaquin Bernardo Varela, Axel Rodríguez Batres, Javier Antonio Flores Delgado, and Edgar Mauricio Flores Sánchez. "Analogue valuation of micro companies belonging to the retail sector in Mexico using key financial indicators." International Journal of Economics and Accounting 10, no. 1 (2021): 27. http://dx.doi.org/10.1504/ijea.2021.10034889.
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Sánchez, Edgar Mauricio Flores, Axel Rodríguez Batres, Javier Antonio Flores Delgado, and Joaquin Bernardo Varela Espidio. "Analogue valuation of micro companies belonging to the retail sector in Mexico using key financial indicators." International Journal of Economics and Accounting 10, no. 1 (2021): 27. http://dx.doi.org/10.1504/ijea.2021.112785.
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Kashuk, L. I., Z. A. Arynova, S. V. Bespaly, and D. I. Zakirova. "Tools for a systematic approach to implementing cluster initiatives in real sector industries." Bulletin of "Turan" University, no. 3 (October 4, 2020): 49–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.46914/1562-2959-2020-1-3-49-54.
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The main problem of the innovative development of the regions of Kazakhstan is the lack of innovative activity of enterprises, which is reflected in the volume, periodicity and impact of their innovations. At the same time, the majority of enterprises belonging to the real sector of the economy have sufficient resources for the development of innovative activities. However, the prospects for their interaction with enterprises in other sectors and sectors of the economy for technology transfer are insignificant. In this connection, the studies defining the main ways and methods of forming cluster initiatives in the regional economy are relevant. The analysis of the investment activity of industrial enterprises in the region predetermined the multidimensional nature of the research methodology, the need to use methods of system, statistical, comparative and logical analysis, grouping. The practical significance of the study is to develop specific recommendations to increase the investment attractiveness of Pavlodar region through the implementation of several cluster initiatives in the real sector. The results of the study allowed to develop some recommendations on the formation of a system for the implementation of cluster initiatives in the region, differing in their adaptation to the specifics of the industry, which made it possible to identify priority areas for the development of clusters in the real sector of the regional economy.
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Ilyas, Mohammad, Fariha Kifayat, Faryal Gul, Salman Khan, Sumaira Saeed, and Adam Khan Danish. "Prevalence and severity of temporomandibular joint disorders among house officers & post-graduate residents of private & public sector medical hospitals in Peshawar, Pakistan." Journal of Gandhara Medical and Dental Science 6, no. 1 (September 1, 2019): 2–8. http://dx.doi.org/10.37762/jgmds.6-1.85.
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OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the prevalence and severity of TMDs in house officers and postgraduate students belonging to public and private sector medical and dental colleges.METHODOLOGY:This was a cross sectional study carried out from July 2018 to September 2018 in Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Sardar Begum Dental College and Hospital, Peshawar. After approval from ethical committee Gandhara University, an informed consent was obtained and Fonseca questionnaire was used to evaluate TMDs from 320 subjects who voluntarily want to participate in the study; selected with equal genders from public and private sectors medical and dental hospitals, Peshawar. Those who have musculoskeletal, neurological, systemic problems and orthodontics treatment subjects were excluded from the study.RESULTS:The age range selected was 22-32 years and the mean age presentation was 26.5 ± 3.4 years. Results showed that female postgraduate residents of private sector consider themselves tenser (18.8%) than others. 70.17% female house officers of private sector have noticed TMJ clicking and 83.17% of male house officers clenched or grind their teeth than others.CONCLUSION:The study concluded that mild and moderate TMDs are more common in-house officers and postgraduate residents.KEYWORDS: Temporomandibular Disorders, Prevalence, Temporomandibular Joint, Fonseca’s Anamnestic Index, Cross-Sectional Study
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Stoddart, Jennifer, Amy Conley Wright, Margaret Spencer, and Sonja van Wichelen. "‘I’m the centre part of a Venn diagram’: belonging and identity for Taiwanese-Australian intercountry adoptees." Adoption & Fostering 45, no. 1 (March 2021): 71–89. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0308575921989825.
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Intercountry adoptees face many challenges in developing their identity and achieving a sense of belonging in post-assimilation Australia. This study uses a constructivist approach to analyse narrative interviews with a sample of Taiwanese intercountry adoptees in Australia ranging in age from early to middle adulthood. Social identity theory and postcolonial theory are used to frame thematic findings about the impact of micro, meso and macro influences on identity development and belonging. The article concludes with discussion of the importance of analysing the impact of colonisation and broader societal discourse in social work practice when working within the adoption sector.
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Pererva, I. M. "Substantiating the Creative Industry Criteria." Business Inform 1, no. 516 (2021): 27–33. http://dx.doi.org/10.32983/2222-4459-2021-1-27-33.
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The article is aimed at researching the specifics and features of the concept of «creative industries» and defining the criteria that would identify activities as belonging to the creative sector precisely; studying the concept of «creative industries» and their relationship with «cultural industries»; disclosing the essence of various classifications of cultural and creative industries; generalization of theoretical approaches to the studies on this sector. As result of the research, the main approaches of scholars, practitioners and organizations on the definition of the concepts of «cultural industries» and «creative industries» and the peculiarities of the development of this sector of the economy are analyzed and disclosed. The genesis of these concepts in various literary sources is highlighted and the formation of the creative industry as an integral part in the transition from industrial society to intellectual is shown. The relationship and the proportion of cultural and creative industries are examined. The role of creative industries in innovative processes is considered, which allows to identify their impact on both economic and social development of society. Both the personal and the organizational models of classification of creative industries in historical retrospective of periods of creative industries development are provided. The peculiarities and characterizations of the models of classification of creative industries and the basic conditions for the inclusion of industries in the creative sector are determined. Based on the analysis and generalization, the main criteria are allocated that will allow identifying activities as belonging to the creative sector. Prospects for further research in this direction are the use of creative industry criteria to develop a universal system of classification of creative industries and a comprehensive idea of development of the creative sector in general.
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de Pedro, Mariano Meseguer, María Isabel Soler Sánchez, María Concepción Sáez Navarro, and Mariano García Izquierdo. "Workplace Mobbing and Effects on Workers' Health." Spanish Journal of Psychology 11, no. 1 (May 2008): 219–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1138741600004261.
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In this work, we analyze various consequences of the phenomenon of mobbing on the health of a work sector with special characteristics: the agro fruit sector. For this purpose, we collected data from a sample of 396 workers (61 men and 331 women) belonging to this sector in the Region of Murcia (Spain). A questionnaire with the following measurement instruments was administered: a Spanish adaptation of the revised Negative Acts Questionnaire (Sáez, García, & Llor, 2003), the Psychosomatic Problems Questionnaire (Hock, 1988), and a measure of absenteeism. The results revealed a significant and positive relation between workplace mobbing and psychosomatic symptoms, but not with absenteeism. The implications of the results for future research are discussed.
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İnce, Hüseyin, Salih Zeki İmamoğlu, Hülya Türkcan, and Gülsüm Akca. "Antecedents and Consequences of Trust in Public Sector Websites and Social Media." EMAJ: Emerging Markets Journal 10, no. 1 (September 23, 2020): 21–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.5195/emaj.2020.182.
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Rapidly developing information and communication technologies have an influence on the whole world and have become an ordinary part of everyday life. Not only people, but businesses and governments are affected by these changes. In this respect, governments use several online media platforms as their own digital face and thus keep pace with the developing technology. Considering the lacks in previous researches, the aim of this paper is to investigate the critical factors influencing the citizens' trust in public sector websites and social media and also the relationship among trust in the public sector, citizen satisfaction and trust in public sector websites and social media. By studying 607 citizens who are users of the website or social media service belonging to the municipalities in Turkey, we found that: (i) perceived quality, perceived usefulness, and facilitation conditions are the factors that affect the citizens' trust in public sector websites and social media, (ii) trust in the public sector websites and social media affects trust in the public sector and, (iii) trust in the public sector affects citizen satisfaction.
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Munro, Rolland. "Belonging on the Move: Market Rhetoric and the Future as Obligatory Passage." Sociological Review 46, no. 2 (May 1998): 208–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1467-954x.00117.
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Recent neglect of the concept of belonging may be traced to its subsumption under matters of locality or kinship (concepts that have left its theorising rather static and underdeveloped), as well as to theoretical understandings which try to keep distinct a logic of belonging from a logic of the market. In reworking a sociological tradition that formerly associated the work of managers with a specific responsibility to induce conditions of belonging, at least within bureaucratic organisations, the present study examines closely the rhetoric deployed in a large private sector organisation alongside its invention of ‘internal’ markets. Adopting a consumption perspective, the paper argues that a ‘rubbishing’ of the past within organisations may be being aimed at undermining aspects of members' belonging, especially matters of tradition, loyalty and custom. In so much as these aspects once offered themselves as ‘resources’ for managers' accounts (to themselves, their colleagues and their superiors), their effacement as resources can be understood as helping reframe accounts in ways that not only colonise the present and characterise the future, but sustain ambiguities vital to the imposition of pseudo-market relations, such as those between ‘purchasers’ and ‘providers’.
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Pollock, Tiffany. "Migration, Affinities, and the Everyday Labor of Belonging among Young Burmese Men in Thailand." Boyhood Studies 12, no. 2 (December 1, 2019): 114–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.3167/bhs.2019.120207.
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Fire dancers in Southern Thailand, almost exclusively young, intra-/international migrant men from rural Thailand and Myanmar, are paid to entertain tourists at nightly beach parties. An unacknowledged economy fueled largely by tips, fire dancing is fast becoming an iconic symbol of Thailand’s young backpacker tourism sector but is not considered an acceptable form of labor or a valued artistic practice, because tourist beach spaces are perceived as sites of immorality, excessive drinking, and sexuality. Male fire dancers, then, come to be known as young social deviants who do not belong in the national imaginary and thus must maneuver around a complex politics of belonging with vast differences in social and economic power. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork, this article examines how belonging is negotiated among Burmese fire dancers working in Thailand, and how experiences of belonging are shaped by spatialized gendered moralities and masculinities that operate within the fire dancing scene.
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Khuntia, Janmejoy, and Shiba C. Panda. "Distribution of number of MSMEs and employment therein with reference to social groups in India – An inter- state comparison using fourth MSME census data." VEETHIKA-An International Interdisciplinary Research Journal 2, no. 4 (December 31, 2016): 38–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.48001/veethika.2016.02.04.007.
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Since independence, India’s focus has consistently remained on the development of small industrial sector for its role in promoting industrial democracy and providing employment to local population. During the last six-decade period after independence, India has continuously modified and upgraded the policy relating to small sector which is now popularly known as micro, small and medium enterprise (MSME) sector. The enterprises in this sector are owned by population belonging to different social groups such as scheduled caste (SC), scheduled tribe (ST), other backward classes (OBC) and others in the general category spread over different states of the country. It will be interesting to know the distribution of number of micro, small and medium enterprises and employment of the social groups therein in order to get an idea of the performance of the states in this field of industrialisation
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Kaur, Kuldip, and Sunil Kumar. "Corporate Ownership and the Technical and Scale Efficiency of Pharmaceutical Firms in India - Empirical Evidence." South East European Journal of Economics and Business 5, no. 2 (November 1, 2010): 95–106. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/v10033-010-0019-y.
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Corporate Ownership and the Technical and Scale Efficiency of Pharmaceutical Firms in India - Empirical EvidenceIn the existing literature, the theoretical models suggest that foreign-owned firms perform better than domestic firms and that private sector firms perform better than public sector firms. The present study is a modest attempt in this regard to empirically test and compare the differences in the technical and scale efficiencies of 36 public limited companies, private sector firms and foreign firms belonging to the pharmaceutical industry of India using the DEA model. The analysis shows that overall technical efficiency was different in the case of private domestic and public sector firms in the year 1990, i.e., the pre-reform period. The difference was also significant in the case of private foreign and public sector firms, though it was not significant in the case of private domestic and private foreign firms in the pre-reform period. However, in the subsequent post-reform years, there were no significant differences.
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Masters, Mariek F., and Robert Atkin. "Bargaining Representation and Union Membership in the Federal Sector: A Free Rider's Paradise." Public Personnel Management 18, no. 3 (September 1989): 311–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/009102608901800305.
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The federal government is extensively organized in terms of the number of employees belonging to exclusively recognized bargaining units. Yet, the largest federal-employee union is in serious financial trouble because of its relatively small membership. This article examines bargaining representation and union membership data among the three principal federal-employee unions during the 1981–1987 period. It finds that 1) each union faces a sizable free rider problem, and 2) the magnitude of the problem differs substantially across unions. The article discusses the financial implications of this problem and offers insights as to future directions in federal-sector unionism.
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Qureshi, Sarfraz Khan. "Political Economy of Land Tax in Pakistan." Pakistan Development Review 25, no. 4 (December 1, 1986): 839–53. http://dx.doi.org/10.30541/v25i4pp.839-853.
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Taxation of the agricultural sector is a major instrument for mobilization of the surplus to finance development projects within the agricultural sector and/or the rest of the economy. For many years, the need for a heavier taxation of agricultural land has formed part of the conventional wisdom regarding the ways of extracting agricultural surplus and increasing the tempo of agricultural development in poor countries. Land taxes have both equity and efficiency properties that gladden the hearts of both economists and vocal politicians belonging to urban areas. Taxes on land promote efficiency in the allocation of scarce resources by creating incentives for farmers to increase their effort and reduce their consumption, thus expanding the amount of agricultural produce available to the non-agricultural sectors of the economy. A tax on land has an important redistributive function because its incidence falls squarely on the landlord and is shifted neither forward to consumers nor backwards to suppliers of agricultural inputs; nor does it introduce distortions in the allocation of productive resources.
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Agarwal, Anuja, and Deepali Singh. "RETRACTED: PRM Scale: An Innovative Tool for Indian Automobile Sector." Management and Labour Studies 39, no. 4 (November 2014): 411–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0258042x15578017.
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The research study aims at developing a reliable partner relationship management (PRM) scale specific to Indian automobile sector. The review of literature on PRM has revealed a need to develop such scale for more effective implementation of PRM practices with sound value-laden relationship between the manufacturer and the channel partners. Literature review is followed by questionnaire development through depth interview with some of the automobile manufacturers and channel partners belonging to the northern and southern regions of India. A questionnaire survey was carried out and a standard methodology was used consisting of exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis for analyzing data and ultimately for scale development. Findings of the study revealed PRM as a multidimensional construct comprising five factors, namely organizational structure, trust, commitment, customization and market orientation. These factors should be given the utmost importance for relationship enhancement among channel partners specifically in the Indian automobile sector. The novelty of the research work lies in proposing a reliable and valid measurement instrument for enhancing PRM effectiveness.
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Bhangu, Parneet Kaur. "Persistence of profitability in top firms: does it vary across sectors?" Competitiveness Review: An International Business Journal 30, no. 3 (January 2, 2020): 269–87. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/cr-12-2018-0087.
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyze variations in the degree of persistence of profitability across diverse economic sectors and industry groups over the time period of 1990-2014 for a sample of top publically listed firms belonging to a selected set of developed and developing economies. Design/methodology/approach Degree of profit persistence has been estimated using Mueller’s (1990) autoregressive methodology. Firms were classified into different economic sectors and industry groups as per the Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS). The examination of inter-sectoral variations in profit persistence has been performed by comparing mean values of estimated short-run and long-run profit persistence parameter for all firms and between firms belonging to the developed and developing countries, respectively. Findings Firms in consumer staples, consumer discretionary and health care enjoy persistent above the norm returns, unlike firms in traditional industries, utilities and energy sectors, which are characterized by low persistence and below the norm returns. A high degree of profit persistence is observed in health care and idea- and technology-intensive sector in the developed countries; however, in the developing countries, profits persist higher in consumer discretionary and capital-intensive telecommunication services sectors. Originality/value The study provides a holistic examination of inter-sectoral variations in profit persistence of top firms in developed and developing economies using a uniform methodology and data set. It can serve as an aid to the competition commissions and anti-trust regulatory authorities to formulate policies for curtailing anti-competitive activities in certain sectors.
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Moultaka, Gilbert, Michel Rausch de Traubenberg, and Damien Tant. "Low energy supergravity revisited (I)." International Journal of Modern Physics A 34, no. 01 (January 10, 2019): 1950004. http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/s0217751x19500040.
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General forms of the Kähler and superpotenials that lead to consistent low energy broken Supersymmetry originating from N[Formula: see text]=[Formula: see text]1 Supergravity have been classified and used for model building since more than three decades. We point out the incompleteness of this classification when hidden sector vacuum expectation values are of the order of the Planck mass. Focusing in this paper mainly on the case of minimal Kähler potential, we adopt a rigorous approach that retrieves on the one hand the known forms, and demonstrate on the other hand the existence of a whole set of new forms for the superpotential of which we give a complete classification. The latter forms involve a new type of chiral superfields having the unusual property of belonging neither to the hidden sector nor to the conventional observable sector. Comparing the obtained forms with the conventional ones, we argue how new possibilities for model building can arise, and discuss the gravity mediation of soft as well as additional hard (but parametrically small) Supersymmetry breaking, in the presence of the new type of chiral superfields. In the simplest case, we study the vacuum structure, characterize the masses and couplings of the scalar components to the hidden and observable sectors and discuss briefly the physical role they could play. In the generic case, we estimate the magnitude and possible consequences of the hard breaking of Supersymmetry in terms of the interplay between hidden and visible sector mass scales.
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Zawislak, Paulo Antônio, Edi Madalena Fracasso, and Jorge Tello-Gamarra. "Technological intensity and innovation capability in industrial firms." Innovation & Management Review 15, no. 2 (April 16, 2018): 189–207. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/inmr-04-2018-012.
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Purpose Over time, technological intensity has been used as a proxy for innovation capability of firms in an industrial sector. However, not only firms belonging to the stratum of high technological intensity are able to innovate. Therefore, this study aims to explore a potential association between technological intensity and innovation capability in firms from different industrial sectors, using the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)’s classification and the components of innovation capability proposed by Zawislak et al. (2012, 2013). Design/methodology/approach The authors conducted an exploratory research with four case studies focusing on the innovation capability of Brazilian firms. Findings The results show that the four firms, each belonging to one stratum of technological intensity, have innovation capability, and the differences regarding this feature can be explained by the balance and development of all firms’ capabilities (technological, operational, managerial and transactional). Originality/value In the literature, studies that relate technological intensity and innovation capability are scarce. Therefore, the originality of this research is to relate these two concepts. The most important is that firms can be innovative regardless of their stratum of technological intensity, which shows the importance of other capabilities to ensure the innovation’s success.
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Gaschi-Uciecha, Agnieszka. "Risk Management in SMES." Transport Economics and Logistics 82 (May 7, 2019): 91–99. http://dx.doi.org/10.26881/etil.2019.82.08.
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Risk management is a process concerning not only large organizations, but also enterprises belonging to the SME sector. When this process is managed effectively, it is possible to eliminate the greatest and most frequent disturbances and also appropriately respond to the occurring changes and use the available opportunities. The activity of the SME sector and the impact of the risk management process on the competitive position of these enterprises increasingly gain significant importance. Therefore, it is worth considering how to help these enterprises to overcome the difficulties which they encounter. The article presents the results of the research conducted on enterprises from the SME sector and operating in the Silesian Voivodeship, using a research survey. The research concerned the application of risk management in these enterprises and the way of documenting it.
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McEachin, Andrew J., Richard Osbourne Welsh, and Dominic James Brewer. "The Variation in Student Achievement and Behavior Within a Portfolio Management Model." Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis 38, no. 4 (August 6, 2016): 669–91. http://dx.doi.org/10.3102/0162373716659928.
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A growing number of states experimented with alternative governance structures in response to pressure to raise student achievement. Post-Katrina experimentation in New Orleans was widely regarded as a model example of new governance reforms and provided a unique opportunity to learn about the variation in student achievement and behavior within and between school sectors and school types. Our results indicated many of the sector and school type combinations that produced higher math and English Language Arts achievement also positively impacted students’ behavior, suggesting that the achievement results were not merely driven by teaching to the test. Finally, our results suggested in a low-performing district, schools may benefit from the collaborative opportunities of belonging to a local school district or network of schools.
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GR, Navyashree, and Savita Bhat. "Drivers of ICT investments in bakery and sugar confectionery processed food sub-sector in India." Journal of Agribusiness in Developing and Emerging Economies 10, no. 2 (April 14, 2020): 191–202. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jadee-01-2019-0001.
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PurposeInformation and communication technology (ICT) is a general-purpose technology, which plays an important role in improving the efficiency of a business firm. Nowadays, investment on ICT has become necessary for every business firm in different sectors of the economy. However, firms need to be very cautious while investing on a particular ICT, which is suitable for their businesses. Thus, it becomes necessary for the firm to understand its internal organizational characteristics to invest better on ICT. Therefore, the objective of the present study is to understand the organizational factors, which influence investment on ICT at the firm level.Design/methodology/approachThe technology–organization–environment (TOE) framework is adopted to understand the organizational factors which influence a firm's ICT investment. The sample for the study is the firms belonging to bakery and sugar confectionery sector, which is one of the important sub-sectors of processed food industry in India. The data for analysis is extracted from a secondary source, namely the Prowess Database. The study uses two-step system GMM, a method of generalized method of moment (GMM), to identify the organizational determinants of ICT investment at the firm level.FindingsThe study finds that previous-year investment on ICT has a significant impact on firms' present-year investment on ICT. The result of the econometric method also shows that firms which are larger, labour-intensive and highly liquidated are the ones investing more on ICT in the present study.Research limitations/implicationsAs mentioned, the study examines the ICT investment determinants of firms belonging to one of the important sub-sectors of processed food industry of the Indian economy. However, the result of the study is not to be generalized since it is related only to a specific industry. Further, the data used in the study is limited by secondary sources and therefore, requires data from primary sources for in-depth investigation of ICT investment determinants at the firm level.Originality/valueThis paper bridges a research gap by examining the determinants of ICT investment of one of the important industry sectors in particular to developing countries. The paper contributes to the growing research on information technology adoption by using factors within the TOE framework to explain a processed food firm's investment on ICT.
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Zarim, Zainal Abu, and Hafizah Omar Zaki. "Creating A Sense of Belonging For Gen Y at The Workplace." International Journal for Innovation Education and Research 3, no. 5 (May 31, 2015): 39–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.31686/ijier.vol3.iss5.356.
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The upbringing of today’s world has focused much on the advancement of the use of technology and where works are also technology driven. Correspondingly, the IT-Savvy are the Generation Y also known as “Gen Y”. The Gen Y are mostly immersed in the use of technology from an early age. They are more energetic, futuristic, multi-tasking, and are motivated towards their work. Despite the technology driven generation, they are also people oriented where meeting people and making networking are essential. As compared to the other three generations such as the Silent Generations, Baby Boomers, and Generation X; Generation Y prefer challenging and meaningful work that could lead to work betterment. The increasing number of young gen Y employees has made the study an important aspect of research. The purpose of running this short study is to identify the current trends in the workforce arena which involves Gen Y. This paper also discusses on the categorization of Gen Y, managing Gen Y, and specifically on creating a sense of belonging for Gen Y. Discussions on random surveys for gen Y employees in selected areas in Malaysia has been done. The survey in the form of one to one interview took place at malls and office buildings in Klang Valley targeted at random number of employees ranging from all facet of working sector. A number of 35 samples were successfully interviewed.
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Bossemeyer, Ilca Marion Knewitz, and Maria Lacy Cezimbra Weis. "Gênero Crenicichla da região central do RS: Crenicichla lepidora Heckel, 1840." Ciência e Natura 11, no. 11 (December 11, 1989): 119. http://dx.doi.org/10.5902/2179460x25555.
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Eighty three specimens of fish known as "joanas", belonging to the Zoological Collection of the Biology Department, University of Santa Maria, originating from the Ibicui River and the Dam of the Pisciculture Sector of the same Institution were studied and identified as Crenicichla lepidota Heckel, 1840 and theyr meristic and morphometric data compared with the data available in the literature.
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Sanz, José Ángel, Ana María Bedate, and Mariano Durántez. "Determining Some Factors of the Financial Situation in the European Union Publishing Sector." Review of Economic Perspectives 18, no. 1 (March 1, 2018): 25–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/revecp-2018-0002.
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Abstract The publishing sector is probably a cultural industry with one of the greatest economic projections due to its huge turnover and contribution to the Gross Domestic Product of countries. In order to gain a better understanding of this sector, this paper examines a sample of the most important companies belonging to this sector in the European Union, focusing on studying their economic-financial profile. In order to achieve this, multivariate statistical techniques are used to create indicators on the evolution of the main variables and financial ratios of these companies over recent years. The specific objectives are: to summarise the information in a smaller number of factors, which in turn enable us to construct a robust and reliable synthetic indicator; and investigate the relationship between the constructed index and different variables such as company age, size and localisation. The changes experienced in this sector are reflected in the obtained results and provide a richer understanding of cultural industries.