Changing Business Research Articles

Building Scalable Data Warehouses: Best Practices and Case Studies

In today's data-driven world, the ability to manage, store, and analyze large volumes of data is crucial for business success. The demand for scalable data warehouses has risen dramatically as organizations seek to handle the explosion of data generated by modern applications and digital transactions. "Building Scalable Data Warehouses: Best Practices and Case Studies" explores the key strategies, methodologies, and technologies involved in designing and implementing scalable data warehouses that meet the demands of today and the future. The paper highlights the importance of architecture choices, data modeling techniques, and performance optimization in creating data warehouses that can grow with an organization’s needs. Additionally, it provides case studies that demonstrate the real-world application of these principles in various industries, showing how scalable data warehouses have enabled companies to maintain high performance, reduce costs, and enhance decision-making capabilities. The paper begins by defining what constitutes a scalable data warehouse, emphasizing the importance of a flexible and adaptive architecture that can accommodate growing data volumes and changing business requirements. It explores different architectural approaches, including the benefits and challenges of traditional on-premises data warehouses versus cloud-based solutions. The paper also discusses the role of data modeling, including dimensional and normalized approaches, in ensuring that the data warehouse can handle increasing complexity without compromising performance.

Creating Comprehensive Cybersecurity Policies: Balancing Network Protection and Compliance with Privacy Laws

Since of the development of advanced devices, cybersecurity is presently an vital portion of both trade and government. "Making Comprehensive Cybersecurity Approaches: Adjusting Organize Security and Compliance with Security Laws" talks around how difficult it is to create cybersecurity frameworks that secure systems well whereas moreover taking after strict security laws. As the dangers against businesses change rapidly, they have to be put in put rules that lower risks like data hacks, ransomware, and dangers from interior the company. But they also have to be taken after protection rules like GDPR and HIPAA, which push to protect information, get consent from clients, and be open and legitimate. This exposition looks at how cybersecurity strategies and taking after the law can work together, centring on the leading ways to adjust desires of organizations for security with people's rights. It talks around critical things like encryption; get to rules, emergency activity plans, and ways to keep information as little as conceivable. By looking at real-life case ponders and administrative frameworks, this paper points to allow policymakers valuable data for making rules that are both secure and legitimate.

The extraordinary events as an environment for the development and implementation of the monetary policy of the National Bank of Ukraine

The paper establishes that the extraordinary events represented by the pandemic and martial law over the past five years have become powerful catalysts for changes in the banking business. It is shown that maintaining the financial stability and defense capability of the country in the conditions of martial law are the main tasks of the NBU. It was established that due to the consistent and predictable position of the NBU, balanced monetary and regulatory policy, it was possible to ensure the stability of the financial system of Ukraine even in the difficult conditions of martial law. It has been proven that the introduction of restrictive measures is a necessary step to ensure the stability and security of the financial system of Ukraine in conditions of extraordinary events. It is shown that the banking system of Ukraine demonstrates the ability to function effectively, even in the extraordinary conditions of war, thanks to a high level of liquidity, sufficient capital and the ability to generate income. The main stages of monitoring the Monetary Policy Strategy of the NBU are proposed. It is shown that its main principles in the conditions of martial law are: preservation of the stability of the financial system and liquidity of banks; development and implementation of a monetary strategy that takes into account the peculiarities of the martial law; financial support to banks and the economy; restrictions and control on the foreign exchange market; readiness to take emergency measures; effective communication with the public and business community. Recommendations for improving the monetary policy have been developed, aimed at increasing its efficiency and flexibility, ensuring the stability of the financial system and supporting the economy in the conditions of martial law. It has been proven that a set of measures for analyzing and evaluating the effectiveness of monetary instruments, implementing changes to improve efficiency, revising target inflation indicators, analyzing the situation on the foreign exchange market, strengthening the communication strategy, conducting stress tests, coordinating with other branches of government, creating reserves and flexible mechanisms will make it possible to minimize the negative consequences of martial law and contribute to the faster recovery of Ukraine’s economy.

Implementing Agile Methodologies in Data Warehouse Projects

Agile techniques have transformed project management and software development by stressing flexibility, collaboration, and customer-centricity. Data warehouse initiatives have traditionally used a waterfall methodology, which may delay, cost more, and misalign with business needs. Agile techniques are applied to data warehouse projects in this article, examining their pros and cons. The study starts with Agile fundamentals including iterative development, incremental delivery, and adaptive planning. It compares these concepts with the linear, sequential waterfall approach employed in data warehousing. Agile approaches like Scrum or Kanban may help data warehouse projects adapt to changing business demands and improve results. The report recommends creating cross-functional Agile teams with data administration, analytical, and development competence to execute Agile in data warehouses. Collaborative teams encourage communication and feedback loops. Sprints, stand-ups, and retrospectives help data warehousing teams make quick changes and meet business goals, according to the report.

Are you game? Health Gamification during disruptions due to the pandemic for sustainability

The new normal has transformed IT company employees' working styles and patterns to accommodate changing business demands. It brings back the attention required for self-health, and the pandemic has demonstrated the importance of Health. The prominence of Gamification and its adaptation is growing in the education and learning industries. This research paper aims to study, analyze, and understand users' intention to use gamified health monitoring tools or applications with emerging health disruptions in the post-pandemic era. The study gathered data from Indian users as the primary source, where the participants' backgrounds were from Information Technology (IT) companies, and the survey gathered 185 responses online from Gen Z women. This study shows a significant association between the gamified engagement approach and user intention to engage. Considering the ongoing business uncertainty and growing work-from-home hours for IT employees, disruption may persist while creating the need for gamified health engagement.

Analysis of Business Process Re-Engineering in the Implementation of Robotic Sorting Machines in the Middle Mile Process at PT Pos Indonesia (Persero)

PT Pos Indonesia faces challenges in improving courier service business processes due to business change trends. This study aims to identify and analyze inefficiencies in the middle mile supply chain business process of PT Pos Indonesia Processing Centre Surabaya and determine the number of robotic mega bots needed to improve efficiency. The research method uses quantitative information, observations, interviews, computer simulations, Value Stream Mapping process flow charts, and Business Process Reengineering concepts. The results showed that the use of mega bot robots had a positive and significant impact on the company's reputation, and the sorting process carried out using robotic mega bots was appropriate because it had a significant impact on the effectiveness and efficiency of business process improvements at PT Pos Indonesia (Persero).

Public R&D and Growth: A dynamic Panel Vector-Error-Correction Model Analysis for 14 OECD Countries

This paper addresses the controversial issue of the direct and indirect effects of public R&D on growth. We look at six variables of R&D-driven growth jointly for 14 OECD countries using methods of dynamic systems for panel data analysis: GDP, technical change, domestic and foreign businesses and public R&D. Cointegration tests suggest four long-run relations for the six variables. We estimate these relations using group mean versions of fully modified and dynamic OLS. Domestic public R&D has positive long-run regression coefficients for direct effects on productivity and indirect ones via private R&D. Here, we build a panel vector-error-correction model with these long-term relations. Shocks to domestic public R&D enhance domestic private R&D, technical change and the GDP. Permanent changes in foreign public and private R&D have positive growth effects, which are transitional for foreign public R&D.

An exploratory study on the adaptation strategies of longtail boat tour operators to an evolving marine business landscape: a case study of Phuket Island, Thailand

ABSTRACT In Thailand's marine tourism, longtail boat operators play a vital role in local economic growth, cultural heritage preservation. Recognizing their significance, it is important to support these operators by understanding their adaptation to the fast changing business landscape. This study investigates the situation and adaptation strategies of longtail boat tour operators in Phuket, Thailand. Semi-structured interviews were conducted to gather data and discuss the findings’ implications. Findings indicate a resurgence in tourism and a corresponding increase in revenue, driven by a sense of optimism and renewed investment among boat operators. Amidst this rebound, operators exhibit different service design strategies, with some retaining traditional business practices. However, the emergence of new domestic and foreign competitors in marine tourism has prompted a shift towards community empowerment. Simultaneously, the study underscores the pressing issue of business succession. The reliance of traditional maritime skills and the transfer of the skills across generations is at risk due to the younger generation's employment preferences. Emerging environmental challenges, such as climate change and unseasonal weather, further complicate the situation, along with increased water traffic. This research enhances understanding of how longtail boat tour operators adapt to business challenges, offering insights for stakeholders and policymakers in marine tourism.

Standardization of the Modeling System for Choosing the Reengineering Form to Change Business Processes at Critical Energy Infrastructure Enterprises: Challenges for Human Capital Security

The topic of standardizing the modeling system for choosing the reengineering form to change business processes at critical energy infrastructure enterprises presents a complex interplay between technological advancements, process optimization, and the safeguarding of human capital. This discussion spans over several facets of organizational management, highlighting both the opportunities and challenges inherent in such transformative endeavors. The purpose of the article is to model the choice of the reengineering form to change business processes at critical energy infrastructure enterprises. The object of the study is a critical energy infrastructure enterprise. The methodology of the study involves the use of the IDEF0 method. As a result of the modeling, a model for choosing the reengineering form to change business processes at critical energy infrastructure enterprises is presented.

The intellectual structure of sustainable business development studies

This paper aims to examine the intellectual structure of sustainable business development studies and to gain an in-depth perspective on its future development. To achieve the research objectives, we applied methods of bibliometric analysis (WoS tools, co-citation analysis, co-word analysis, and bibliographic coupling) to the dataset extracted from the Web of Science. The main research domains of the researched field were distinguished based on the cluster interpretation. Specifically, both co-word analysis and bibliographic coupling demonstrated the overlap between the two research domains: "Sustainable Development and Entrepreneurship" and "Corporate Social Responsibility and Stakeholder Theory," while the "Sustainable Development: Theoretical Foundations of the Research" cluster obtained via bibliographic coupling partially converged with the "Sustainable Development and Entrepreneurship" cluster received from the co-word analysis. However, the clusters "Company Performance and Innovations" extracted from co-word analysis and "Competitive Analysis and Sustainable Development" obtained from bibliographic coupling did not coincide. Furthermore, we concluded that over the last 40 years, sustainable business development studies have gone through the process of structuring induced by global changes in business and the economy.

External Successors and Performance Change in Small Businesses: The Upper-Echelon Perspective

External Successors and Performance Change in Small Businesses: The Upper-Echelon Perspective

Beyond Information Overload: Leveraging How the Brain Learns for Meaningful Impact

Abstract: This article discusses the importance of understanding neuroscience principles of how the brain learns and integrates new information with prior knowledge through its natural associative processes, as when new concepts are linked to past experiences through meaningful connections and context. Emotion is also key to effective memory and learning, as emotional experiences are more vividly remembered due to evolutionary priorities, yet interactions often lack meaning and human connection to optimize learning. Practical applications for organizations are suggested, such as frontloading context in new initiatives by relating them to past strategies and challenges faced, explicitly connecting new hire onboarding information to personal experiences, enhancing trainings with impactful real-world examples, and leveraging empathy during product development by mapping user needs and tying features back to core motivations. By consciously activating neural networks through association, emotion, context and meaning, organizations can optimize the brain's innate learning abilities compared to passive data consumption, forming deeper, more accessible insights through simple yet intentional techniques. This allows companies to cut through information overload and strategically leverage knowledge in today's changing business environment by operationalizing cognitive principles of learning.

Embracing Business Sustainability: The Case of Small and Micro Tourist Accommodation In The Upper East Region

Purpose: This study holds significant importance as it delves into the degree to which small and micro tourist businesses (SMTBs), particularly small lodging businesses in the Upper East Region of Ghana, have adopted the concept of sustainability. This investigation is crucial for understanding the current state of sustainability in the tourism industry. Design/Methodology/ Approach: This study employed a purposive sampling technique and conducted a comprehensive survey of 196 lodging facility owner-managers. The responses of 144 participants were meticulously examined to gauge the level of sustainability embraced by their companies. A 5-point Likert-type scale, ranging from 1 (not at all) to 5 (very much so), was used to measure the responses. The statistical techniques of ANOVA and frequency analysis were employed to investigate and test the means of the variables and their significance across business categories. Findings: The findings revealed that, depending on the type of business, there are notable variations in the following areas: 1) attitude toward accepting sustainability; 2) application of sustainability for their enterprises; and 3) understanding of the obstacles to applying sustainability among owner-managers of lodging houses. Research Limitation/Implication: This study was only exploratory due to some practical constraints and methodological limitations that prevented the inclusion of a wide range of sectors. It also focused on SMTBs in only the Upper East Region of Ghana. Practical Implication: A policy foundation is necessary for small businesses to respond dynamically to changing business and social environment trends. For example, environmental marks in the manufacturing industry, environmental tourism management practices, and environmental tourism consumption experiences should be introduced and rewarded, and related promotion measures should be specified. Social Implication: The study recommends policy options for improving SMTB sustainability and how their establishments can impact the environment and society. Originality/Value: The study's originality is how SMBTs respond to environmental sustainability concerning their business characteristics at the local level. Secondly, the Upper East Region of Ghana has many tourism businesses; hence, there is a need to understand the concept of sustainable tourism specifically applied to business activities.

Business as usual? Unraveling the impact of Brexit on UK‐EU business links

AbstractWe present the first systematic evidence on the impact of Brexit on the business links between the United Kingdom (UK) and the European Union (EU) through the lens of international visits. We find important asymmetry in the direction of changes in business visits between the two regions following the referendum. Specifically, we observe a significant drop in EU‐to‐UK trips, while UK‐to‐EU trips increased noticeably after the vote. These results support the claim that Brexit has made the UK less attractive to EU businesses, but also reveal that UK businesses are investing more in their relationships with EU partners to offset the uncertainty.

The Interactive Study of Legal Risk Management and Litigation Dispute in the Business Environment

This study discusses the mutual influence and cross-relationship between legal risk management and litigation dispute management in the business environment. With the intensification of globalization and digitalization, the legal risks faced by enterprises are increasingly complex and diverse, and litigation disputes occur frequently. This paper, on the basis of the basic concept and framework of legal risk management and litigation dispute management, analyzes the influence of legal risk management to reduce litigation disputes, the feedback of legal risk management strategy and the interaction between the two, reveals the weak link in legal risk management, and the improvement of litigation dispute feedback. It is found that effective legal risk management can significantly reduce the occurrence probability of litigation disputes, and the management experience of litigation disputes in turn provides practical feedback for legal risk management and promotes its optimization and improvement. This paper puts forward specific suggestions for improving legal risk management and litigation dispute management in the business environment, including comprehensive risk identification and assessment, scientific strategies and tools, systematic system construction, active culture construction and advanced technology application. Through these measures, enterprises can improve the ability to prevent and control legal risks in the complex and changeable business environment, reduce the occurrence of litigation and disputes, and maintain the ability of competitive advantage and sustainable development.

Systematic Review Strategi Pengembangan Talenta dalam Era Digital: Membangun Sumber Daya Manusia Unggul di Masa Depan

In the fast-changing digital era, human capital (HR) has become a strategic asset for organisations to maintain competitive advantage. However, organisations face challenges in developing employee talent to deal with technological disruption, changing demographics and new skill needs. This study conducted a systematic review of the literature to identify talent development strategies that are effective in building superior human capital in the digital era. The results show that key strategies include digital skills development, identification of talent for digital initiatives, a culture of innovation and flexibility, utilisation of technology and data analytics in talent development, and a holistic and strategic approach. A combination of these strategies is needed to effectively face the challenges of the digital era, so that organisations can build excellent, adaptive and ready-to-face human resources for the changing business environment.

Digital-based business model design and firm performance: the mediating role of ambidextrous innovation

PurposeBusiness model design (BMD) is essential for firms to interact with stakeholders and gain competitive advantages in a changeable business environment. The advances in digital technologies create plenty of opportunities for the transformation of BMD. However, the effect of digital-based BMD on firm performance and the underlying mechanisms are unclear. Based on dynamic capability theory, this paper aims to introduce a framework elaborating on how digital-based novelty- and efficiency-centered BMD impact firm performance.Design/methodology/approachTo examine the hypotheses, the authors collect data from 277 Chinese manufacturing firms and use hierarchical regression analysis to process the data.FindingsThe results indicate that ambidextrous innovation partially mediates the impacts of digital-based novelty- and efficiency-centered BMD on firm performance. Interorganizational learning only strengthens the impact of digital-based efficiency-centered BMD on ambidextrous innovation.Originality/valueThis study reveals the impacts of two distinct digital-based BMD on firm performance and uncovers the underlying mechanisms, which enrich the BMD literature and provide a deeper understanding of B2B marketing.

Security Assessment in Software Defined Networks (SDN): Vulnerabilities, Challenges and Research Prospects

Conventional internet architecture facilitating users for different services and applications but facing number of challenges like network management, QoS management for network virtualization, IP multicasting, deployment of IPV6, crucial security measures, end to end connectivity, inter and inter domain routing. To meet the demand of these services due to rapid growth of technologies and traffic, an emerging network architecture termed as Software Defined Network (SDN) with programmable technology has brought unprecedented management to control networks. Due to separation of data, control and application planes software defined network provides cost effective, openness, centralized automation, programmable features as per users own demands and high resilience to network administrators. OpenFlow evolved as a first standard protocol for software defined network control and data planes communication to meet changing business requirements. Although, Software Defined Network brings enormous advancements in networks to support business applications but it is severely affected with cyber-attacks at data, control and application planes. Middle boxes plays a significant role to manage network effectiveness and provide adequate security control from external and internal security threats but require proper management and configuration otherwise it leads to devastating effect. The main contribution of this paper are: (1) It explores various potential security attacks at SDN layers and inconsistent policies, (2) It provides various security concerns in SDN planes and preventive measures against these prevailing attacks, (3) It discusses security threats challenges and research opportunities in software defined network keeping in view critical security controls like spam detector, IDS/IPS, Firewall and policy management. This article assists researchers to comprehend security concerns and state of the art development and challenges explored by scientific community in SDN.

Business, Human Rights and Climate Change: The Gradual Expansion of the Duty of Care.

This article investigates how human rights considerations are increasingly shaping tort law by focusing on the gradual expansion of the duty of care in business and human rights cases. For decades, victims have attempted to hold parent companies to account for extraterritorial human rights abuses committed by their foreign subsidiaries. Recently, the Supreme Court ruled that UK courts have jurisdiction over such business and human rights cases. These cases are not only jurisdictional. They also contributed to developing the duty of care case law on parental liability. But how much can human rights considerations stretch the boundaries of tort law? The article analyses the case of climate change litigation to assess whether a further development in tort law jurisprudence would be necessary to hold corporations accountable for their contribution to climate change.

Enhancing Operations for Sustainability in Indonesian SMEs through Climate Change Awareness and Business Orientation

This study aims to identify the level of climate change awareness among small-medium scale entrepreneurs (SMEs) and to investigate its impact on future business orientation, with individual self-perception acting as a mediating variable. Addressing a significant gap in the literature, this research explores the reciprocal influence between SMEs and climate change—an area previously underexplored. Conducted in West Sumatra, Indonesia, this study employs a quantitative causal analysis approach using Structural Equation Modelling-Partial Least Squares (SEM-PLS) for robust analysis. The findings indicate that while awareness and self-perception of climate change among SMEs are low, they significantly influence potential changes in business orientation. The study reveals that although many SMEs possess a high level of educational attainment, this does not necessarily translate into heightened awareness or self-perception regarding climate change. This disconnect underscores the critical role of tailored educational initiatives and support systems to bridge the gap between knowledge and action. Additionally, the study finds that SMEs often prioritize immediate financial stability over long-term environmental sustainability, driven by the necessity to meet daily operational demands. These results underscore the urgent need for pre-emptive government policies to guide SMEs toward sustainable practices. Effective interventions should include financial incentives, technical assistance, and educational programs designed to enhance climate change awareness and capabilities among SMEs. Furthermore, this study contributes to the field of industrial engineering by identifying opportunities to optimize SME operations. By integrating environmental sustainability into business strategies, SMEs can enhance their resilience and competitiveness while contributing to broader environmental goals. This research advances the understanding of the dynamic interplay between SMEs and climate change, providing a foundation for future studies aimed at promoting sustainable industrial practices.