Advanced Business Research Articles

Israeli environmental policy as role in reducing gases pollutants in parallel with improving economic performance

The rise in environmental awareness characterizes most governments and institutions in the Western world. In addition, integration into the European market and trade with OECD countries requires compliance with stringent environmental standards. The markets that Israel exports require that the supply chain meets high standards. Increased awareness of global environmental risks and increased enforcement and demands from world market firms have led to rapid growth of tech clean markets (Israeli companies offering alternative energy technologies, such as Ormat and Solel companies) are experiencing rapid economic growth. As a country with a lot of human capital and an innovative high technology industry, Israel has the ability to innovate and lead in finding solutions to environmental problems in the world. There is a real business advantage for market leaders operating at the forefront of technology and development, and preferably, the state will assist the business sector to realize this advantage.

Roles of trade logistics to the development of international trade: A perspective of Nigeria

Background: Trade logistics service delivery is a key aspect in a country’s economic success in both national and international trade activities. It is critical in attaining competitive advantages for businesses actively involved in international trade. The improvement of services, infrastructure and logistics has helped to reduce delays and cost in cross-border goods transactions, resulting in a considerable growth in international trade.Objective: The study investigates the contribution of trade logistics service delivery to the growth of international trade. Overall improvement of logistics services could be a significant step towards long-term facilitation of trade.Methods: Respondents were given questionnaires using a simple random selection technique. Structural equation modelling was then used to examine the structural relationships among variables that had been assessed.Findings: The results reveal that the delivery of trade logistics services has a substantial impact on trade development. Improving the logistics industry also allows for increased trade volume.Conclusion: It was suggested that governments, specifically middle-income nations, explore trade performance measurements in order to better enhance the exports and imports processes as well as to efficiently and effectively boost trade through the optimisation of the supply chain management.

There Is No Free Lunch: The Cost of Informal Networking for Entrepreneurs in Southeast Europe

This article investigates informal networks of entrepreneurs in Southeast Europe. Informal networks are defined as based on trust relationships and used for seeking competitive advantage in business. We assess the costs of informal networks, including their non-monetary and monetary components, on the basis of in-depth interviews with entrepreneurs in small and medium-sized business in the region. The evidence points to an ambivalence towards informal networks, perceived to be both affective and instrumental, and the prevalence of double standards. Informal networks are welcome when they help but resented when they help others, thus reproducing the pressure of maintaining informal networks.

MENUMBUHKAN MINAT KEWIRAUSAHAAN PADA MASA PANDEMI COVID - 19 MELALUI STUDI KELAYAKAN BISNIS

This review plans to cultivate understudy business venture interest during the Coronavirus pandemic through a business attainability study joined with issue based learning. The number of inhabitants in this review were all understudies of the Administration S1 concentrate on program at Triatma Mulya University. The example utilized in this review was chosen utilizing a purposive examining technique, utilizing the models of understudies who have gotten a business attainability concentrate on course. The consequences of the review show that in acknowledging understudy interest in becoming business visionaries, it very well may be done in the educating and learning process with learning techniques that underline business achievability considers, albeit this exploration is restricted to Blossom's intellectual area, the emotional space and psychomotor space play a significant part in molding interest in turning into a business person. The after effects of the meeting show that understudies are keen on becoming business visionaries as well as they have run it, both as ambitious innovators and business visionaries through a business attainability concentrate on that was dissected beforehand, and this review understudies' advantage in business through a business possibility study to turn into a pioneering understudy was effectively made.

Serverless E-commerce Recommendation System

Over the last decade, recommender systems have been widely applied by major e-commerce websites for personalized user experience. However, few efforts have been focused so far on recommender systems architecture. In addition, Big Data technologies present opportunities to create unprecedented business advantage and better service delivery at low cost. The recommender system architecture may vary according to the context in which e-commerce is inserted and with the adopted business settings. Consequently, from smaller to bigger companies, each recommendation system has his individual architecture with distinct implementations, but sharing similar issues. With the rapid development of e-commerce, its information structure is becoming more and more complex, and the amount of information is becoming larger and larger. Users are often lost in massive commodity information, and merchants cannot establish effective customer relationships in massive user information. In order to improve the service level and market competitiveness of Internet commerce, many e-commerce websites begin to introduce cloud computing technology. According to users' purchase records and historical browsing records, they can find the goods they like and recommend them to users. In order to manage massive commodity information and user information more efficiently, this paper proposes a solution to build e-commerce recommendation system on the cloud computing platform to improve the ability of massive data mining and business intelligence analysis, and realise high-performance computing at a lower cost.

Technology Transfer Model to Enhance Sustainable Competitiveness of SMEs

Thailand is implementing the Thailand 4.0 policy that aims to bring technology and innovation to build sustainable competitiveness for the private sector. However, in the context of SMEs, the ability to transfer technology from universities is still a limitation. The objective of this research is to identify the technology assistance needs of SMEs, as well as, to study the key factors that make the technology transfer successful in the context of collaboration between universities, government agencies and SMEs. The sample group of this research is 226 SME entrepreneurs participating in the Boost up New Entrepreneurs with Technology and Innovation Program carried out by The Office of SMEs Promotion and Thammasat University between 2019-2020. The research results indicated that to create sustainable competitiveness, SMEs need technology assistance in 4 areas: (1) enhancing digital marketing capabilities, (2) developing product innovations, (3) raising product standards, and (4) improving production efficiency. In addition, this research also indicated that the technology transfer success factors for SMEs has 3 key elements: (1) a technology transferor who stands out for collaboration between researchers and business consultants, (2)atechnology transferee who has key characteristics of entrepreneur orientation and absorptive capacity of SMEs, and (3)the technology characteristics which can be connected to the original business processes of the organization which is a technology that gives SMEs’ products uniqueness that is difficult for competitors in the market to copy.

Closing the Implementation Gap Comment on "Insights Gained From a Re-analysis of Five Improvement Cases in Healthcare Integrating System Dynamics Into Action Research".

Holmström et al provide an interesting and thought-provoking contribution to a perennial problem: why, despite a vast number of applications of simulation modelling in healthcare over the past 70 years, there is still remarkably little evidence of successful implementation of model results. Their paper is a retrospective analysis of five case studies, all undertaken as consultancy, that used a blend of system dynamics (SD) modelling and action research (AR). This commentary assesses the effectiveness of this approach in achieving implementation, based on the evidence presented, and discusses some of the issues raised. These issues include a comparison of Holmström's approach with group model building (GMB) in SD, the differences between healthcare modelling projects undertaken by (a) business consultants and (b) academics, and the challenges of undertaking 'systematic' reviews of the grey literature.

MUHASEBE ALANINA GÜNCEL YAKLAŞIMLAR: METİN MADENCİLİĞİ

Metin madenciliği; bilgi bilimleri, dilbilim, bilgisayar bilimleri ve veri bilimleri gibi farklı alanlardan kavram ve teknikleri içeren çok disiplinli bir bilgi dalıdır. Kuruluşların kâğıt verilerden elektronik belgelere ve dijital kayıtlara geçmesiyle birlikte, iş süreçlerinin hızla dijitalleşmesi metin madenciliğine olan ilgiyi artırmıştır. Muhasebe alanındaki verilerin giderek büyümesinden dolayı metin madenciliği teknolojisi bu alan için önemli bir araştırma konusu olmuştur. Bu çalışmanın amacı; muhasebe alanında, metin madenciliğinin kullanımına yönelik bilgiler verilerek gelecekte bu teknolojinin kuruluşlara ve kişilere etkisini özlü bir şekilde ortaya koymaktır. Sonuç olarak metin madenciliği teknolojisinin muhasebe alanında kullanımı; muhasebe otomasyonu, denetim otomasyonu, vergi otomasyonu ve iş danışmanlığı otomasyonu şeklinde ele alınmış ve açıklamalar yapılmıştır. Ayrıca yapay zekâ ve makine öğrenmesi yaklaşımlarıyla birleştirilen metin madenciliğinin, işlemleri çok daha fazla otomatikleştirmesinden dolayı kuruluşlara ve muhasebe meslek mensuplarına önemli fırsatlar sunacağı ön görülmektedir.

Effect of Start-Up Capital on the Sustainable Growth of Igbo Businesses in Anambra State, Nigeria

In this study, a start-up capital is referred to as a fund given to an apprentice by a mentor (Oga) during “settlement”, and it was acclaimed by many to be the nucleus of Igbo business model. It has also proved to be one of the pillars that aided the pervasiveness and growth of Igbo businesses across Nigeria, and equally contributed to the robust economic and even development of Igbo nation. This idea is fast waning due to the unwillingness of some mentors denying or offering an apprentice that diligently served him with little or no start-up capital after graduation, This attitude by some Igbo businessmen has engendered the awakened interest for empirical investigation to probe and ascertain the effect of start-up capital on the sustainable growth of Igbo businesses in Anambra state, Nigeria. Related conceptual, theoretical and empirical literatures were reviewed. The study was built on Resource based theory. The questionnaire was used for data collection on a sample size of 327 respondents drawn from commercial cities in Anambra, Nigeria State using Borg and Gall sampling technique. Data collected were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. Findings revealed that seed capital has a significant positive influence on the sustainable growth of Igbo businesses in Anambra state, Nigeria. The study recommend that, government should support Igbo businesses in raising capital by giving them low or interest free loans and business advice that will aid their survival.

Эффективное управление данными как конкурентное преимущество субъектов предпринимательства

The relevance of the research lies in the increasing influence of data management efficiency on all spheres of the modern economy. Today, no one disputes the importance of information for ensuring effective management decision-making and sustainable business development. The activity of any organization is accompanied by the collection, accumulation, processing, transmission of data necessary for effective business management and the formation of a corporate interaction environment. The purpose of this study is to identify trends in the development of corporate data management systems that provide sustainable competitive advantages of business. In accordance with the goal, the following tasks were set: identify changes in data management approaches that will provide a sustainable competitive advantage; to develop a universal architectural concept of an effective big data management system at all levels of business interaction; to develop recommendations for the transition of business to the proposed architecture of a digital data management platform. In the process of research, the authors of the article used such methods as theoretical (analysis, generalization, synthesis, abstraction, formalization, concretization) and general philosophical analysis (system method, analysis, observation). The authors use legal methods (formal- logical) as the basis for drawing conclusions. The article discusses the issues of managing integration processes of data management in the context of the development of the digital economy. The problems related to the efficiency of corporate data management at the present stage of development are analyzed. It is shown that the influence of corporate data management functions is characterized by significant features, which is why the effectiveness of their management is evaluated ambiguously at the current stage of economic development. Solving these problems requires rethinking the existing approaches to data management, as well as developing a new architecture of the special tools used. As a result of the research, the concept of a multi-level architecture of a corporate data management system (ecosystem) at all levels of business in any field of activity has been developed, taking into account the economic conditions of the country. Recommendations on the transition of companies to the proposed architecture of the corporate data management system have been developed.

Influence Financial Technology, Financial Literacy, and Intellectual capital on financial inclusion in Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs)

Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) grow and compete in a constantly changing business environment such as the current digital era, this change makes Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) need follow-up for more advanced business development. Many found that Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) that have been established have finally had to stop operating due to improper management. Of course, this is a joint concern considering that Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) are the heart of economic development. Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) are businesses with high GDP contributors and also new job seekers. The study was conducted by conducting preliminary observations by looking at the data on the number of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in Lubuklinggau City totaling 5,303 registered in Lubuklinggau City. with data analysis technique use linear regression . As a result, there are significant influence between the variable.

COMPETITIVENESS ASSESSMENT IN BANTEN CULTURAL TOURISM DESTINATIONS: A STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELLING APPROACH

This study aims to determine the impact of stakeholder orientation, strategic capability, and mutual value creation on competitiveness in cultural tourism destinations in Banten Province. The survey method and quantitative methods were employed in this study. In data processing, the author includes structural Equation Modelling (SEM) with Lisrel software. The research findings conclude that the results of testing the hypothesis have a direct, positive, and significant effect on the variables studied, including stakeholder orientation, which has a direct, positive, and significant impact on competitiveness. Value creation has a direct, positive, and significant impact on competitiveness, and the two have a direct, positive, and significant impact on competitiveness. This research is expected to assist in advanced business management science, particularly in strategic management, and encourage members to undertake additional research into strategic capabilities, joint value creation, and increased competitiveness of cultural tourist destinations in Banten Province, and tourism destinations in Indonesia in general. The limitation of this study is that the locus used only represents Banten Province; therefore, additional research in a broader regional scope can be conducted. Further research is expected to use more specific topics and can be applied in Banten Province or across 34 Indonesian provinces.

The Role of Athletic Knowledge Management in Obtaining a Competitive Advantage in the Sports Work Environment

The capacity of successful sports companies to maintain their competitive advantage over time and achieve their goals is directly correlated to the level of knowledge management such organizations use. This study's purpose is to investigate the management of athletic knowledge and the necessity of doing so in Pakistan in order to gain a competitive advantage in the sports business. Specifically, the research will focus on the following: The study sample is comprised of sixty male and female students who are currently enrolled inside the Sports Organization and Management Course at a several of higher education institutions in Lahore, Pakistan. These students are from different universities which are studied in HEIs (Higher Education Institutions) of Lahore Pakistan. The research was carried out using a quantitative approach because of the kind of the data that was gathered. To better understand how athletic knowledge management may be used to gain an edge in the sports industry, and how it can be used to improve the sports industry as a whole, a survey was sent to respondents that split its focus between these two areas. The overwhelming majority of respondents, 98%, are in agreement that effective knowledge management is necessary for achieving a competitive advantage in the sports work environment and for making improvements to the sports work environment. In addition, the data imply that knowledge management adds greatly to both the operations of knowledge management and the growth of the sports workplace. According to the findings, there are no distinguishing characteristics between males and females that can be supported by statistical analysis. There have been a number of key proposals made, one of the most important of which is the provision of safe, stable, methodical, and planned conditions for all courses in order to enhance and improve the athletic performance of employees. In order to materialize this concept, the upper management of the organization must place the provision of both physical and moral structure at the very top of their list of responsibilities

Investigating the Influences of Smart Port Practices and Technology Employment on Port Sustainable Performance: The Egypt Case

In this digital age, sustainable development and competitive advantage of port businesses rely on their capacity to adapt to changing business requirements. Although many previous studies develop a relation between smart port, technology, and sustainable performance, there is an urgent need to address such issues practically among ports, especially in developing countries. Therefore, this research aims at investigating to what extent the Egyptian ports could apply the smart practices and employ technology to achieve and improve sustainable port performance. The Egyptian ports have been selected to serve as an empirical study in this research, assessing their current performance and evaluating their level of readiness and adaptability to smart practices and technology employment. Interviews have been conducted with a group of 10 different stakeholders from government, private sectors, and experts in the field of port management. The interview results showed the main challenges and obstacles that might face the adaptation of technology and sustainable practices in Egyptian ports. This was followed by a focus group with experts in the field to discuss and conclude some procedures that can be adapted to facilitate the implementation of smart practices and technology employment in the Egyptian ports in order to improve their sustainable performance from different perspectives (economic, social, and environmental), deal with the obstacles facing adaptation, and suggest solutions The research adopted ‘content analysis’ for both phases. The research showed the great potential of technology employment to achieve sustainable performance in Egyptian ports while highlighting the main obstacles and challenges that might face the adaptation with suggestions and recommendations to those obstacles in order to adopt the digital transformation towards a sustainable smart port performance. Nevertheless, there are some limitations that could be an open issue to future researchers and practitioners who can benefit from those suggestions to employ technology and adapt sustainable procedures in ports, foster new practical research initiatives to adapt the smart port practices in different countries, and test their impact on port sustainable performance.

KUALITAS MANAJEMEN PENYAKIT KAMBING SAPERA PADA CV BHUMI NARAYA FARM

This study aims to determine the nature of the economic value for breeders in maintenance because it does not really need a large area of ​​land, the source of feed is easy to obtain, besides that the advantages of this Sapera goat are fast breeding and relatively high milk production, ranging from 1.5 - 2 liters. per day. In addition, the advantage of this Sapera dairy goat business is that it can provide the availability of community milk and income for farmers. The need for animal protein in Indonesia continues to increase. According to Anonymous (2021), that the average annual per capita milk consumption in 2019 was 2.44 liters/capita/year, in 2020 it was 16.27 liters/capita/year and has increased from 2019. In livestock business goats, of course there are many obstacles that must be faced. The obstacles that must be faced in the maintenance of dairy goats, among others, the emergence of diseases that attack goats. Therefore, health management is one of the most important roles in goat farming. In livestock health management, disease prevention is still the best course of action.

Effect of Despotic Leadership on the Employee Work Withdrawal Behavior and Acquiescent Silence

Purpose: The main aim to conduct this research is to identify whether LMX mediates the relationship between despotic leadership and acquiescence silence. In addition, the study also takes into account the role of Quality of work life as a mediator in the relationship between despotic leadership and work withdrawal behavior. Methodology: The data was collected by sharing the adopted questionnaire with the target population a total of 247 valid responses were received from the employee working in the manufacturing sector of Pakistan. Smart PLS was used to measure the model. The research is conducted for the managers leading a team of professionals and the community of Human Resource Development that includes business consultants, advisors, employees, top management, scholars, specialists, and students. Findings: The study found that despotic leadership increases withdrawal behavior and acquiescence in silence among employees. Moreover, leader-member exchange mediates the relationship between despotic leadership and work withdrawal behavior and quality of work-life mediates the relationship between despotic leadership and work withdrawal behavior. Conclusion: The findings declared that despotic leadership has a destructive influence on subordinates concerning increased work withdrawal behavior and acquiescent silence.

Family involvement and innovation

This literature review systematizes and analyzes the results of studies on innovation in family businesses, considering the involvement of the family. Following the protocol of a systematic review of literature, relevant studies on the topic were identified and analyzed. The results show that family businesses have distinct resources and capacities that are difficult to duplicate, resulting from the interaction of the family system with the business system itself. These capabilities enable family members to interact with the business system in a quick, flexible, and unstructured way, which promotes company competition and supports innovation. This study contributes to understanding that family involvement may increase and restrict the components of the capacity for innovation and these effects may imply the competitive advantage of the family business. The effects of family involvement demonstrate the heterogeneity among family businesses and offer insight into how these companies manage and are capable of maximizing or minimizing the effects of such involvement on company innovation. At the end of this review, we present a structure of topics related to innovation based on family involvement derived from the categorization and analysis of the reviewed studies.

A Review of Transnational Migrant Entrepreneurship: Perspectives on Unequal Spatialities.

The spatialities of migrant entrepreneurship have changed dynamically in recent decades. Movements and exchanges transcend national borders more than ever, and transnational migrant entrepreneurship has become a burgeoning field of research. Yet, knowledge is dispersed across disciplines, and an understanding of contemporary spatialities is limited. We review 155 articles published in English, French, German, and Spanish since 2009, thereby providing an overview of existing knowledge on transnational migrant entrepreneurship and suggesting avenues for future research. We identify five current topical areas of research: (1) the business advantages of transnational migrant entrepreneurship, (2) the determinants of becoming a transnational migrant entrepreneur, (3) the transnational networks of migrants, (4) the economic impacts of transnational migrant entrepreneurship on home and host countries, and (5) whether local environments enable or deter entrepreneurial success. Building on our synthesis of the most recent literature, we propose three crucial dimensions which have been under-researched in past and current work, and which address the diversity of geographical locations, spatial connections, and spatial mobilities involved in transnational migrant entrepreneurship. Moreover, we put forward a set of questions for future research which will advance a comprehension of unequal opportunities among transnational migrant entrepreneurs.

MULTI-CRITERIA DECISION-MAKING TECHNIQUE FOR PERSONNEL SELECTION: PSI SAMPLE

Considering that it will not be easy to make an improvement in production factors without any cost, the most critical field for businesses to minimize costs is logistics and supply chain structures. Likewise, the most important production factor that provides competitive advantage for businesses is human resources, also known as intellectual capital. In this context, it is vital to assign the right personnel to the right job. In case of selection and assignment of personnel based on merit, efficient use of business resources will be ensured and the final efficiency of the business will be positively affected, thereby paving the way for competitive advantage. Today, a wide variety of applications and tests are carried out for personnel selection. These methods, most of which are based on intuitive and personal judgments, can sometimes lead to wrong selection. It is obvious that short job interviews and/or job trial periods will not be enough to get to know the individual with his/her personality. In this context, the importance of multi-criteria decision-making techniques, which are frequently used in choosing the most suitable one among different personnel alternatives, is mentioned in the study. Multi-criteria decision-making techniques are an important aid for decision makers in personnel selection, as in many different areas. Although a significant part of the methods still require intuitive approaches such as expert opinion, the PSI method used in the study allows for the impartial evaluation of the alternatives and to reach conclusions on the numerical values they have, with the application stages in a completely rational way. In the study, a personnel selection decision to be made under the influence of many criteria with different importance levels is solved with the PSI method, which is one of the multi-criteria decision-making techniques and has been frequently used in different fields recently, and the results are shared. In this context, one of them is cost-oriented (C1-Negative Personality Traits) and the others are benefit-oriented (C2-Foreign Language Grade, C3-Year of Experience, C4-Team Work Skill, C5-Empathy Ability, C6-Problem Solving Ability and C7-Appearance) considering a total of 7 criteria, the most suitable one among 6 candidates was determined.

Correlation between Differentiation Strategy and Cost Leadership of Private Energy Businesses in the Sulaymaniyah City of Kurdistan Iraq.

Abstract: This study is concentrated on the correlation between two of porter’s general strategic strategies which are bringing leadership and isolation strategy and how it's related to the contending advantage in the private power businesses in the megacity of Sulaymaniyah in the Iraqi Kurdistan area. A quantitative system has been applied for analysis and an aggregate of 100 questionnaires was distributed among the directors of every order of all the private power businesses out of which 93 responded. The first part of the exploration is determining the positive relationship between the cost leadership and contending advantage, other part is concentrated on determining the possibility of a positive relation between isolation strategy and contending advantage. If we see the issues after the different analyses of the first hypothesis. The value of beta B is0.691 for cost leadership which means it's prognosticating the competitive advantage. Therefore, it supports our first thesis. After viewing the results of the analysis of the alternate hypothesis. The value of beta B is0.130 for the isolation strategy which means it's also Prognosticating the competitive advantage significantly Keywords: Private Energy Businesses, Porter’s Generic Strategies, Competing Advantages.