Business Information Research Articles

METHODOLOGY FOR IMPROVING THE CYBER THREAT PROTECTION SYSTEM

The article presents the results of a study of the enterprise information security system and the development of proposals for its implementation. The article considers security as a system that includes tools and processes used by organizations to protect information. This includes policy settings that prevent unauthorized persons from accessing business or personal information. Information security is positioned as a growing and developing industry, covering a wide range from network and infrastructure protection to testing and auditing. The article analyzed IT products designed to ensure information security that are used in small and medium-sized businesses, explored problem areas and current applications that entrepreneurs use. One of the most pressing problems in the IT industry today, in the era of big data, is the rapid growth of the volume of unstructured content. Virtually every corporate data center (Docs) has file servers, corporate portals, Microsoft Exchange folders, network and cloud storage locations that contain many documents, including the content of important information. In addition, the repeated increase in volume and the growing variety of information stored and processed significantly complicates the task of managing this data.

Business resilience strategies for informal traders in the post-COVID-19 pandemic era in Gweru, Zimbabwe

Purpose: The informal trading business is a springboard for employment and poverty reduction, even during disruptions, such as those brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic. Accordingly, this study examines the business resilience strategies adopted by informal traders to improve their livelihoods in the post-COVID-19 pandemic era in Gweru, Zimbabwe. Research methodology: An exploratory research design underpinned this study’s data collection and thematic analysis approaches. Thirteen purposively sampled participants participated in face-to-face in-depth interviews. Findings: Participants identified social networking, consignment sale agreements, business analysis, and financial capital boost as some of the business resilience strategies used by both male and female traders to improve their livelihoods in the post-COVID-19 pandemic period. Limitations: The study used a qualitative approach, whose findings could not unravel all resilience strategies adopted in the post-COVID-19 era in the whole country, as a study using a quantitative methodology could have. Accordingly, the study’s results are limited as they cannot be generalized to other cities. Contribution: This study incorporates informal traders’ business resilience strategies adopted in the post-COVID-19 pandemic era to sustain livelihoods and fight poverty and hunger. These strategies have not yet been used to explain the sustainability of livelihoods in post-pandemic disruptions. Novelty: Despite the COVID-19 pandemic’s disruptions, the resilience strategies adopted by informal traders enabled them to sustain their livelihoods and mitigate poverty and hunger. Consequently, the applicability of the sustainable livelihood approach has broadened in emerging economies.

İncir Üretiminde Risk Kaynakları, Aydın ili örneği

Amaç: Bu araştırmanın temel amacı, incir üreten çiftçilerin karşılaştıkları risk kaynaklarını belirlemek, bunları önem derecesine göre sıralamak ve birbiri ile olan ilişkilerini analiz etmektir. Tasarım/Metodoloji /Yaklaşım: Bu araştırma Aydın ilinde faaliyetlerini sürdüren 101 incir üreticisi ile yapılan anketlerden elde edilen verilere dayanmaktadır. Araştırmada çiftçilere ait risk kaynaklarının varlığı faktör analizi yardımıyla açıklanmıştır. Ayrıca DEMATEL yöntemi kullanılarak risk faktörleri önem derecesine göre sıralanarak birbirleriyle olan etkileşimleri keşfedilmiştir. Bulgular: Araştırmada belirlenen 9 faktör önemine göre iklim, üretim, piyasa, gıda güvenliği, işletme, arazi, pazarlama, toprak ve teknik bilgi riskleri şeklindedir. İklim, piyasa, arazi ve teknik bilgi riskleri diğer risk faktörlerini önemli derece etkilemektedir. İklim riski tüm diğer riskleri etkilerken, pazarlama riski tüm risk faktörlerinden etkilenen konumdadır. Özgünlük/Değer: Bu araştırmada incir üreticileri için özgün bir yöntem kullanılarak kapsamlı bir risk analizi oluşturulmuştur. Böylece bu alandaki literatürün gelişimine önemli bir katkı sağlanmıştır. Sosyal çıkarımlar: Sonuçlar incir üreticilerinin risk faktörlerini daha iyi yönetmek için sürdürülebilir üretim, tarım sigortası ve yayım hizmetlerine ihtiyaç duyduğunu göstermektedir.

Application of Business Information Management in Cross-border Real Estate Project Management

Cross-border real estate project management is inherently challenging due to its complexity and diversity. This study investigates the efficacy of business information management systems (BIMS) in managing such projects and employs machine learning models for performance prediction analysis. Utilizing data from 250 valid questionnaires and 15 in-depth interviews, multiple regression analysis, classification algorithms, and clustering analysis models were applied. The results indicate that system quality, information quality, and service quality significantly enhance project management efficiency and user satisfaction. Specifically, the adoption of BIMS reduces average project completion time and cost overrun rates, thereby improving management effectiveness. Commercial real estate projects reported the highest average investment at $70 million, mixed-use projects exhibited the longest average completion time of 25 months, and residential real estate projects achieved the highest management efficiency score, averaging 8.0. The regression model's coefficient of determination (R²) was 0.68, the classification model achieved an 85% accuracy in identifying risk factors, and clustering analysis categorized projects into high-efficiency management, risk-concentrated, and resource-intensive types. These findings underscore the substantial value of BIMS in cross-border real estate project management, providing robust management tools and decision support. However, the study's limitations include a small sample size and restricted data sources. Future research should aim to expand the sample size and incorporate more diverse data sources to enhance the findings' generalizability and accuracy.

Dampak Dinasti Politik Terhadap Culture Demokrasi Pancasila di Indonesia

Abstract This article examines the development of political dynasties in Indonesia and their impact on Pancasila democracy. The phenomenon of dynastic politics at the local level, which is increasingly prevalent in various regions of Indonesia, is the background of this discussion. The emergence of politics under this dynasty presents various positive and negative aspects, which reflect the dynamics of the political culture of Indonesian society in politics and democracy. Families maintain power by placing their members in strategic positions in the formal (government) and informal (business or project) sectors. The history of Indonesian governance shows the existence of political dynasties that last for years. If not addressed, these political dynasties can flourish, creating pros and cons amidst the implementation of Pancasila democratic governance. This research aims to explore the implementation of governance in Indonesia and understand how political dynasties affect the development of Pancasila democracy in the country.

Analysis of the key factors for small and medium-sized enterprises growth using principal component analysis

Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) significantly contribute to national economic development worldwide. However, numerous factors affect the growth of SMEs, particularly in developing economies. Due to the complexity of these variables, it is challenging to determine where to begin improving SMEs. This study aims to identify and analyse the factors that hinder the overall performance of (SMEs) to gain insights into the principal variables constituting problems. A literature survey identified and abstracted 36 variables that influence SME growth. A structured questionnaire was created using the variables and administered to the respondents in the SME sector. We collated and converted the respondents' scores into primary data. The data was analysed using Kendall's Coefficient of Concordance (W) and Principal Component Analytics (PCA) tools, and the results were presented. The result of Kendall's Coefficient of Concordance analysis was (W) = 0.52, indicating that the judges strongly agree that the 36 variables affect SME growth. The PCA analysis identified the critical variables affecting SME growth. These variables, along with their corresponding factor loading, include Marketing information = 0.80, Cost of transportation = 0.81, Information technology = 0.83, Economic initiatives = −0.83, Financial constraints = −0.80, Cultural change = 0.80, Technical know-how = 0.822, Economic factors = −0.80, and Business information system = 0.813. The implication of the study's findings for management is that SMEs should begin process improvement for effective overall performance by addressing the problems associated with the critical variables. The perceived limitation of the study is that the respondents' opinions may not reflect 100 % of the opinions of the unsampled population in the SME sector. This study's originality includes (i) holistic documentation of the myriad of variables influencing SMEs, which are fragmented in the literature, and (ii) pinpointing the critical variables affecting SME development with measurable evidence not found in the literature.

A Deep Learning-Based Method for Preventing Data Leakage in Electric Power Industrial Internet of Things Business Data Interactions.

In the development of the Power Industry Internet of Things, the security of data interaction has always been an important challenge. In the power-based blockchain Industrial Internet of Things, node data interaction involves a large amount of sensitive data. In the current anti-leakage strategy for power business data interaction, regular expressions are used to identify sensitive data for matching. This approach is only suitable for simple structured data. For the processing of unstructured data, there is a lack of practical matching strategies. Therefore, this paper proposes a deep learning-based anti-leakage method for power business data interaction, aiming to ensure the security of power business data interaction between the State Grid business platform and third-party platforms. This method combines named entity recognition technologies and comprehensively uses regular expressions and the DeBERTa (Decoding-enhanced BERT with disentangled attention)-BiLSTM (Bidirectional Long Short-Term Memory)-CRF (Conditional Random Field) model. This method is based on the DeBERTa (Decoding-enhanced BERT with disentangled attention) model for pre-training feature extraction. It extracts sequence context semantic features through the BiLSTM, and finally obtains the global optimal through the CRF layer tag sequence. Sensitive data matching is performed on interactive structured and unstructured data to identify privacy-sensitive information in the power business. The experimental results show that the F1 score of the proposed method in this paper for identifying sensitive data entities using the CLUENER 2020 dataset reaches 81.26%, which can effectively prevent the risk of power business data leakage and provide innovative solutions for the power industry to ensure data security.

Implementasi ERP Odoo untuk Peningkatan Sistem Informasi Bisnis Perusahaan menggunakan Metode Accelereted SAP

The development of information technology in the business world is important for companies, one of which is the development of information systems in solving problems and managing various business transactions. Implementing ERP in companies is one of the developments in business information systems. This research aims to implement the Odoo ERP system business processes to improve the company's business information system so that work can be more efficient and integrated in one business process. The Odoo application was implemented using the Accelerated SAP method starting from the project preparation phase to the final preparation phase. Analysis was carried out by observation and interviews. This research involved 1 Acount Recevaibel staff member, and 1 HRD at PT Tiara Fajar Transportindo as research subjects. System testing using black box is carried out to minimize errors in the functions used.. The findings show that the document module, recruitment module and employee module in the Odoo application can be used as an update to the existing business system. Testing in black box tasting shows that the system is in accordance with expectations. Therefore, implementing the Odoo application is suitable for use at PT Tiara Fajar Transportindo.

Numerical study on the influence of venting interlayer structure on the explosion venting effects

Catering is an important business format of commercial complexes in Chinese Mainland, and most of its kitchens use natural gas as fuel. However, once natural gas leaks, it is very easy to cause explosion accidents. For kitchens without external windows in large commercial complexes, the horizontally arranged explosion venting interlayers should be installed to lead the explosion vents from the kitchens to the exterior walls of the buildings. The paper conducts modeling research on linear and 90° bend, as well as interlayers containing structural beams (obstacles), and obtains the explosion propagation laws of different explosion venting interlayer structures. After the flame enters the venting interlayer, the presence of obstacles can cause flame acceleration; the peak pressure in the kitchen shows an increasing-sudden decreasing-increasing trend as the distance between obstacles and the explosion outlet decreases. When the obstacle is located 2.5 m away from the interlayer inlet, the maximum flame propagation speed can reach 356.5 m/s. The effects of the bend structure on the propagation process of gas explosion venting have been investigated. The peak overpressure of 90° bend venting interlayer is 1.52 times that of the linear interlayer. However, there is a notable reduction in peak overpressure (approximately 26.6%) observed post-bend. Additionally, an increase in the distance preceding the bend results in an initial rise followed by a decline in peak overpressure, while the shock wave attenuation coefficient displays a trend of first increasing and then decreasing.

Profiling dan pemetaan riset innovation ambidexterity melalui pendekatan bibliometrik

This study aims to provide a comprehensive picture of current conditions and future research potential in innovative ambidexterity research. To achieve this goal, this study uses a bibliometric approach, the data sources used are secondary data sources, where the data used is in the form of 81 research articles taken in the Scopus database. In addition, selected articles are published by well-known publishers, namely Elsevier, Inderscience Publishers, Springer, Emerald, Routledge, Cogent, and Sage Publications. The results of the co-occurrence analysis and thematic map outline various emerging research topics in its clusters. Dimanqa cluster 1 covers issues such as Construction Industry, Corporate Social Responsibility, Environmental Innovation, Finance, Functional Laterity, Hemispheric Dominance, Human Resources Management, Management Practice, Manufacturing, Microfoundation, Open Innovation, Performance, Social Capital, and Sustainability. Cluster 2 raised topics such as business development, competitiveness, digital transformation, information management, information processing, innovation performance, investment, marketing, organizational framework, performance assessment, regression analysis, social network, and sustainability development. Meanwhile, cluster 3 highlights The third cluster consists of empirical analysis, entrepreneurial orientation, exploitation, exploration, industrial performance, intellectual capital, pharmaceutical industry, strategic entrepreneuship, technological development. The fourth cluster consists of business performance, dynamic capabilities, enterprise resource management, industrial management, information analysis, knowledge management, knowledge transfer, least squares approxima, radical innovation. Meanwhile, the fifth cluster consists of connectedness, decision making, environmental dynamis, firm performance, knowledge management, technological innovation, top management team. The sixth cluster consists of absortive capacity, business process performance, exploitative innovation, exploration innovation, and Small Medium Enteprise. And, the seventh cluster consists of competitive intensity. Future research themes in the realm of innovation ambidexterity can be presented or connected with strategic entrepreneurship, exploitative innovation, digital transformation, and innovation performance.

INNOVATIVE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES IN THE MODERNIZATION OF BUSINESS INFORMATION SUPPORT

Introduction. Expansion and improvement of the technology of electronic formation and transmission of accounting data requires a review of the key principles of information processing systems and accounting. Automation of the primary recording of accounting data using modern coding systems is of great importance in this regard. The purpose of the study is to determine the possibilities for the complex use of two-dimensional barcoding in the form of QR coding for business information provision, electronic data exchange, electronic documentation and document flow. Methods. The study uses historical and bibliographic methods, scientific abstraction, methods of comparative analysis, statistical and logical methods. Results. As part of the study the genesis of the introduction and development of barcoding technology and its use for information exchange has been studied. The expediency of using the technology of two-dimensional barcoding in the form of QR coding has been substantiated. Conclusions.The advantages and ways of using QR codes for business information support have been highlighted. New ways of applying barcoding for accounting purposes have been presented, in particular, for registering the movement of inventory, payment for goods, works, services, personnel management, access to information data on a website or other information resource, registration of relationships between business entities and exchanging documents.

Matrix Approach for Modeling the Interrelationships of Business Processes and Organizational Structure of an Educational Institution

The complex model describing and taking into account the interrelationships between business processes, organizational structure and information systems of a secondary special education institution is considered. To represent the model the matrix approach with the use of matrix theory tools is used. Weight coefficients of interrelation of model elements are described using the method of expert evaluation and taking into account the zone of responsibility of employees in the performance of certain business processes. The model construction is based on the description of the operational business process “Training of specialists at the level of secondary specialized education”, including subprocesses of theoretical and practical training. The obtained model, consisting of three matrices, allows for accounting and analysis of organizational elements of the educational institution structure for errors, assessment of completeness and cohesion of interaction between structures in order to their further optimization and automation.

“NON-TRADITIONAL” AUTHORITIES OF COMMERCIAL COURTS REGARDING THE CONSIDERATION OF PETITIONS OF THE ANTIMONOPOLOGY COMMITTEE OF UKRAINE FOR THE GRANT OF PERMISSIONS FOR INSPECTIONS OF BUSINESS ENTITIES, INCLUDING ACCESS TO THE PREMISES, INSPECTION, SEALING, AREAS STATEMENT AND EXTRACTION OF PROPERTY

The article is devoted to the legal regulation of the powers of commercial courts regarding the granting of permission to carry out inspections, imposing arrests, seizing documents and information, as well as obtaining access to the premises and electronic communications systems of business entities, associations, authorities, local self-government bodies, administrative and economic bodies management and control at the request of the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine (hereinafter – AMCU) according to Article 252-1 of the Economic Procedure Code of Ukraine. It was determined that one of the innovations of the European integration changes to the legislative framework of Ukraine was the possibility of commercial courts to consider petitions of the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine regarding inspections of business entities, imposing arrests, seizing documents and information, as well as obtaining access to premises and electronic communications systems in cases of violations legislation on the protection of economic competition. It was established that the powers of the commercial court to consider petitions of the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine under Article 252-1 of the Economic Procedural Code of Ukraine fulfil the role of judicial control and should become a counterweight to abuses by the bodies of the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine. It was analyzed that access to the judicial practice of commercial courts regarding the granting of permission to the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine for inspection is not open and is not subject to publication in electronic form during the year. Accordingly, it is possible to analyze the real results of such European integration legislative changes no earlier than the end of the current or the beginning of the next calendar year. Changes are proposed to the provisions of domestic legislation, namely to the Commercial Procedure Code of Ukraine by including them in the powers of first instance courts in Section III “Claim Proceedings” and excluding them from the powers of appellate bodies in order to avoid instance conflicts and to part 4 of Art. 4 of the Law of Ukraine “On Access to Court Decisions” regarding the terms of publication of resolutions granting the right to the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine for inspection from one year to the date of completion of the inspection.

Opportunity for informal business networking to reshape the institutional capacity of community in housing revitalization projects: learning from Bandung and Surakarta, Indonesia

ABSTRACT Growing enthusiasm for collaborative planning and housing revitalization projects has instigated change in the institutional arena from government to multi-stakeholder domains for more democratic and sustainable outcomes. However, several projects, especially at the community level, failed to strengthen community power and voice, resulting in short-term community-driven activities. Amidst growing academic concerns over the efficacy of collaborative planning in housing revitalization projects and community empowerment, this paper presents two case studies from Indonesia – Laweyan (Surakarta) and Cibangkong (Bandung) – as counter-examples. The discussion is centred on the institutional capacity of urban poor communities, which has been historically perceived as weak and passive, to contribute ideas and initiatives in sustaining collaborative planning practices despite decreasing support from the government. The findings suggest that the relational resources, maintained through informal business networking within the poor community led by community leaders, are critical in reshaping their institutional capacity.

Bridging the Gap Transnationally—Coupling Migrants' Informal and Formal Business Activities Through Hybrid Business Models

Bridging the Gap Transnationally—Coupling Migrants' Informal and Formal Business Activities Through Hybrid Business Models

Reducing fraud in organizations through information security policy compliance: An information security controls perspective

As more business processes and information assets are digitized, computer resources are increasingly being misused to perpetrate fraudulent activities. Research shows that fraud committed by (or with) trusted insiders (called occupational fraud or internal organizational fraud) is responsible for significantly more damage than that committed by external actors (for example, cyber fraud). Current fraud research has primarily focused on the person perpetuating the fraud instead of the internal mechanisms organizations can employ in reducing fraud. The study examines the relationship between compliance with organizations' technology controls (primarily focused on information security) and its impact on computer-based occupational fraud. Based on general deterrence and fraud triangle theories, the study proposes information security control proficiency (ISCP) modeled as an integration of the quality of information security policy and its enforcement as a key factor that influences information security policy compliance. We further postulate that compliance with information security policy mediates the relationship between information security control proficiency and computer-based-occupational fraud. Empirical assessment supports the structure of the information security control proficiency construct. Model testing shows that information security control proficiency positively impacts information security policy compliance, which further deters the use of a company's computer systems and resources to conduct fraudulent activities. Thus, if an organization establishes high-quality information security policies and supports the policies with effective enforcement, it correspondingly leads to better compliance. Furthermore, less fraud is committed when compliance with information security controls is high. We offer various managerial implications and future research extension ideas.

Towards Open-Source Cloud Adoption : Exploring the Determinants

The trends in cloud computing development have become fundamental building blocks to many business information system models and innovations, the architects are designing cloud systems to be as effective and beneficial as possible. In this paradigm, open-source cloud platforms are part of the design philosophy that drives innovation in cloud services. The adoption of open-source cloud has become pervasive in the modern enterprise; this has been accelerated by perceived benefits of openness. The power in the community of developers and openness fosters development of hardened, secure and reliable solutions. These features enable a collaborative source code, modification and customization geared towards innovation with positive impact on the design, aligning perfectly with the dynamic nature of open-source cloud solutions. However, the slow adoption rate in the modern enterprises has been attributed to a lack of understanding of open-source cloud adoption. This study explores the determinants of open-source cloud adoption in the context of higher learning institutions. A deductive thematic analysis technique was utilized in the study.

Digitalization of Local Business Information and Job Opportunities Platform: A Proposal for a Mobile-Based Business Directory Application

In the digital era, the transformation of local business information and job opportunities into online formats is a promising development. The digitalization process has become a big factor to elevate the local workforce competitiveness by equipping them with digital skills and competencies that meet global standards thus fostering digital innovation and entrepreneurship. On the other hand, online business directory plays an essential role in the local economy because it assists consumers in discovering local businesses and understanding the services available. However, many consumers still encounter challenges when seeking out establishments in less familiar locations, particularly in Surigao City. The absence of a local digital directory means lack of visibility especially for Small-Medium Enterprise (SME) owners who may experience difficulty in attracting the customer base. It is for this reason that this study was conducted to address the gap. An explanatory research methodology has been applied on determining and examining the data that were gathered from the related literature and conducted survey questionnaire. Based on findings collected from 52 respondents of the survey questionnaires, majority of them have agreed that the identified challenges are valid in terms of identifying business establishments as well as the difficulty on contacting the business and comparing products and services among competition. Meanwhile, business owners, particularly those of start-ups, strongly agreed the difficulties in promoting their businesses locally and acquiring customers in the absences of an accessible platform. With the proposed digitalization of business information via a mobile-based application could significantly improve customer experience and bolster local businesses in the city. This means that the application is expected to address the challenges identified by customers and business owners. It also can also potentially create new job opportunities and contribute to the city's economic growth. The study has offered valuable insights and recommendations for the application's development, underscoring the need for ongoing feedback and enhancements to ensure its success and user adoption.

Factors Affecting Performance of Micro and Small Scale Enterprises (Case of Karat Town, Konso)

The aim of the study was to examine factors that affects the performance of micro and small scale enterprises with the special emphasis on manufacturing, construction, service, trade and urban agriculture sector in Karat town. The study sought to achieve the following objectives: examining effect of business information services, analyzing the effect of access to finance, determining the effect of access to infrastructure, examining the effect of managerial experience and lastly investigating the effect of working premises on performance of MSEs in karat town. The study was applied explanatory research design. In order to get the representativeness of each sector stratified random sampling technique was used to select sample of 185 MSEs. The study used close- ended questionnaires to collect the primary data from the sample respondents. Correlation and multiple regression analysis were used to analyze the data. The result of the study indicated that there is positive and significant relationship between the dependent and the independent variables, but the effect of access to infrastructure on MSEs’s performance was found positive and insignificant. 62.5 percent variations in performance were explained by the predictor variables.

PARIBHAASHA

As in world increasingly reliant on digital communication, effective writing skills are paramount. However, for “Hindi” language users, finding tools that take their unique linguistic needs presents a challenge. This abstract will come with a novel solution: a Grammarly-like platform precisely designed to empower Hindi writers by offering advanced language correction and enhancement features tailored specifically for the nuances of the Hindi language. At the core of our platform lies a sophisticated text analysis engine, powered by state-of-the-art natural language processing algorithms meticulously trained on vast corpora of Hindi text. Our platform offers a seamless user experience, with a user-friendly interface designed to facilitate effortless interaction in single time of corrections. Users can simply input their “Hindi” text into the platform, and within moments, receive comprehensive feedback and suggestions aimed at refining their writing to perfection. In addition to its high dynamic language correction capabilities, our platform also features advanced plagiarism detection functionality. Leveraging cutting-edge algorithms that is particular focusing on platform thoroughly scans user-submitted text against an extensive database of online sources, academic papers, and published works to ensure originality and integrity, vulnerable and fully secured. Furthermore, our platform goes beyond mere error correction to offer personalized writing insights and guidance. Users can set custom writing goals based on their intended audience, style preferences, and communication objectives. Our platform then provides tailored suggestions and recommendations aimed at helping users achieve their desired writing outcomes, whether it be crafting formal business documents, creative literature, or casual social media posts. This engine enables our platform to accurately identify and rectify a myriad of grammatical errors, spelling mistakes, and stylistic inconsistencies commonly encountered in Hindi writing.