Credible Partner Research Articles

Selection of a Sustainable Strategy Using DSS for Students in Selecting the Faculty of Economics and Business with the Topsis Method

Universities must be able to predict opportunities and challenges with the right interest in the students choosing majors in higher education in the digitalization era. This study provides the right strategy for FEB UDINUS by proposing a structural hierarchical model to analyze changes in student decision-making patterns in choosing the Faculty of Economics and Business at Dian Nuswantoro University in the digital market era by taking the context of sustainable value. The data collection techniques used in-depth interviews to determine student’s decision-making criteria in choosing FEB majors. The analysis of decision making factors was processed using TOPSIS (Technique for Order Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solution). The results of this study show the ranking strategy of the most appropriate ranking such as the strategy to find credible partner, the strategy to provide additional community benefits, the strategy to educate the community, the strategy for building collaboration between students, the strategy for creating iconic brands, the strategy for building collaboration between faculty and students, the strategy for building new learning models, and the strategy for building a new learning culture. Keywords:Sustainable strategy, DSS, Topsis Method

The ‘Palm Oil Wars’ or How the EU’s ‘Inflated’ Common Commercial Policy Might Need to Prioritize Its Non-trade Values

In this article I rely on the recent ‘Palm Oil Wars’ between the EU, Malaysia, and Indonesia to illustrate how the EU’s ‘inflated’ Common Commercial Policy (CCP) is becoming increasingly difficult to manage. The CCP’s expansion in scope, the external effects of internal EU environmental legislation, the increased role of the European Parliament in the conclusion of international agreements, as well as the EU’s constitutional mandate to pursue non-trade values in its external and trade relations has increased the number of issues and players that can affect the negotiation of preferential trade agreements. As a possible solution, I propose that the EU should prioritize its non-trade values and objectives, among which one can mention the protection of human rights, the promotion of democratic values, the rule of law, sustainable development, environmental protection, and investment protection. For higher non-trade values, the EU should follow a principle-based approach, even if the risk is that no agreement will be concluded; for medium-level values, the EU should follow a more concessionary approach and accept certain trade-offs in order to keep concluding trade agreements and remain a credible international partner, whilst lower non-trade values or objectives can be excluded from the negotiations if they risk jeopardizing them. Palm Oil Wars – Common Commercial Policy – EU environmental legislation – nontrade values

Harnessing the power of reputation for business cooperation

Purpose This paper aims to review the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoint practical implications from cutting-edge research and case studies. Design/methodology/approach This briefing is prepared by an independent writer who adds their own impartial comments and places the articles in context. Findings This case study paper concentrates on why small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) enter into collaborative partnerships, and how reputation impacts how they choose partners to work with. To understand the dynamics of cooperation agreements, managers and owners are advised to analyze the reputation and trustworthiness of any potential partner in the context of whether they’re an asset for new value creation. A credible and trustworthy partner can in turn grant easier access to foreign markets, smooth the path to new product development, and/or offer to share efficiency-driving resources. Originality/value The briefing saves busy executives, strategists and researchers hours of reading time by selecting only the very best, most pertinent information and presenting it in a condensed and easy-to-digest format.

Synthetic And Contextual Studies of Islam in Educational Institutions of the Islamic Community

The educational institutions of the Islamic Community in Bosnia and Herzegovina have a long tradition of training in Islam that emerged and developed in different frameworks of public law and different cultural contexts. In the course of intensive discussions on the presence of Muslims in Europe and debates on solving the Muslim issue, and on models of educating imams and Muslim authorities, educational institutions of the Islamic Community have the opportunity to offer their own concept of Islamic education based on synthetic and contextual studies in Islam.
 The synthesis of the entire Islamic intellectual tradition will re-discover the authentic potential of the Islamic message in Islamic sources and tradition, a potential which may be an equal and credible partner in the contemporary Bosnian and European context. On the other hand, if it aspires to be relevant, to work in the European context Islamic education must inevitably focus on studying crucial issues of the European environment and offer satisfactory answers. The text of the Qur’an makes it known that context provokes even God’s direct response and intervention. Tafsir exegesis science includes chapters on the motives for publicizing certain Qur’an ayahs chapters and surahs sentences.
 The Divine Revelation does not ignore context; rather, it shows its great importance. Besides, Muslim intellectual tradition inherited the practice of applying religion in context. The Muslim educational system has long felt a pressing need to educate and profile the context-‘ulamā’ (scholar), experts who have both religious knowledge and the authoritative knowledge of context. In this respect, educational institutions of the Islamic Community should offer their own model based on their experience and authentic understanding of Islam and Islamic intellectual tradition, since such a model cannot be offered by Europe. This paper argues for the development of a concept which will be a proactive result of Bosnian Muslim intellectual self-awareness and universal responsibility for mankind, rather than being a passive adjustment of Islamic thinking and Islam to Europe, waiting for European instructions. In the shift from the present paradigm of adjustment to a new stage, the paradigm of promotion and recognition is necessary.

Benedykt XVI i jego dialog z prawosławiem rosyjskim

Głównym motywem otwarcia Benedykta XVI na dialog z prawosławiem rosyjskim było pragnienie rozwoju dotychczasowych efektów wspólnego porozumienia. Mając na uwadze skalę wymogów w procesie relacji dwustronnych a zarazem niezbędną potrzebę wspólnego dialogu, papież głęboko wspierał jego kontynuację, ponieważ odstąpienie od powziętej niegdyś jedynie słusznej decyzji oznaczałoby zahamowanie procesu zbliżenia, jak również rodzaj cofnięcia się w mroczną przeszłość. Przy tym Benedykt XVI nie ulegał wizji zjednoczenia z prawosławiem rosyjskim w oparciu o uproszczone środki, szczególnie natury praktycznej, które mogłyby podważyć autorytet Kościoła, ale osobistą postawą i rzeczywistym zaangażowaniem kształtował autentyczną przestrzeń do budowania żywych oraz wiarygodnych relacji partnerskich.

The Reporting and Sustainable Business Marketing

Companies have to communicate to be noticed on the market, to promote their services and products, and to give assurances that they are a credible partner in the relationship with stakeholders. In this article, starting from the importance of marketing communication in business, an index of sustainability communication was created for the companies listed on the Bucharest Stock Exchange for the period 2008–2009, during the financial crisis, seeking to show the awareness of the difficult moment and the use of communication. Then, based on the relevance of accounting information model, we study the relationship between the index of sustainability communication and the share price, basically its influence on the future performance of the company. The regression analysis emphasizes the positive influence of the index of sustainability communication on the share price.

Avoiding Somalia: what prevents onshore solutions to piracy?

The United Nations Security Council has repeatedly stated that onshore solutions have to be carried out in Somalia in order to end piracy in the Horn of Africa. Yet, the primary responses from the international community have been focused at sea and within neighbouring countries. In this article, we identify, explain and analyse the obstacles to onshore and long-term policy responses to piracy in the Horn of Africa. In the first section, while using semi-structured interviews with government diplomats, members of international organizations and industry leaders, we examine the rationales given as to why the world community is reluctant to engage with onshore solutions – that is, state-building and development initiatives. Interviewees identified four factors: lack of credible national partner; competing priorities; corruption; and divisive internal Somali politics. We then discuss the current onshore initiatives and activities that the international community has carried out so far. In the final part, we provide analyses and implications of the findings.

Pegging the Exchange Rate to Gain Monetary Policy Credibility

Central banks that lack credibility often tie their exchange rate to that of a more credible partner in order to “import” credibility. We show in a small open economy model that a central bank that displays “limited credibility” can deliver significant improvements to a social welfare function that contains no role for exchange rate stabilization by maximizing an objective function that places weight on exchange rate stabilization, and thus the central bank with limited credibility will peg their currency to that of a more credible partner. As the central bank’s credibility improves it will place less weight on exchange rate stabilization in its objective function and thus loosen the peg. When the central bank is perfectly credible its objective function and the social welfare function are identical; it places no weight on exchange rate stabilization and allows the currency to freely float. Empirical results using a panel of both developed and developing countries show that as central banks become more independent they tend to allow more currency flexibility.

Pegging the Exchange Rate to Gain Monetary Policy Credibility

Central banks that lack credibility often tie their exchange rate to that of a more credible partner in order to “import” credibility. We show in a small open economy model that a central bank that displays “limited credibility” can deliver significant improvements to a social welfare function that contains no role for exchange rate stabilization by maximizing an objective function that places weight on exchange rate stabilization, and thus the central bank with limited credibility will peg their currency to that of a more credible partner. As the central bank’s credibility improves it will place less weight on exchange rate stabilization in its objective function and thus loosen the peg. When the central bank is perfectly credible its objective function and the social welfare function are identical; it places no weight on exchange rate stabilization and allows the currency to freely float. Empirical results using a panel of both developed and developing countries show that as central banks become more independent they tend to allow more currency flexibility.

Why the Distilled Spirits Industry Council of Australia is not a credible partner for the Australian government in making alcohol policy

In 2008 the Australian government increased the excise rate on ready-to-drink premixed spirits or 'alcopops' by 70% to reduce their attraction to young people. A campaign against the decision was led by the Distilled Spirits Industry Council of Australia, whose members include representatives of the world's largest spirits producers and which aspires to partner the government in making alcohol policy. Distilled Spirits Industry Council of Australia's central thesis appeared to lack substance and sincerity: first, it promoted industry data that were evidently premature and misleading; second, it claimed ready-to-drinks were a safer alternative to the consumption of full-strength spirits because spirits pose a threat to drinkers due to their higher alcoholic content. For spirits producers to concede that drinking spirits is generically hazardous may be unprecedented and contradicts the spirits industry's long-standing opposition to the introduction of health warnings on product labels. Although that admission did not survive the resolution of the case, the effect may be profound, as it might justify the demand for greater control of the labelling and marketing of spirits, and reduce the credibility of spirits producers, and the broader alcohol industry, on matters of policy.

Intra-Muslim Dialogue: The Litmus Test for Islam as Credible Partner

Closely connected to a discussion of the practical goals and objectives of Islamic law or maqasid al-shari'ah - the subject of this journal’s Special Issue – and to the question of Islam’s civilisational renewal (tajdid hadari) is the critical topic of openness for dialogue with those who hold views that are different from our own. Recent years have witnessed several initiatives by both Muslims and non-Muslims toward getting to know and respect each other better - especially (but by no means only) in the aftermath of Pope Benedict XVI’s controversial ‘Regensburg lecture’ of 12 September 2006.

Is the Muslim World a Credible Partner for Obama's Outreach?

President Barack Obama pledged in his first TV interview—with the Arab satellite channel Al Arabiya—that America under his watch would “listen with respect and not dictate” to the world. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has further announced that this country will no longer just throw around its military might but will pursue a “smart power” approach by tempering the use of hard weaponry with the “soft power” of persuasion and cultural attraction. Or, as Madame Secretary's husband Bill has put it, America will now lead through the power of example instead of the example of power.The first exceedingly complex test of Obama's smart power strategy will be how to end George W. Bush's misguided “war on terror” in Afghanistan and Pakistan, keeping al‐Qaida at bay without being swallowed by the quagmire of tribal politics. An array of experts from New Delhi to Paris offers their views in this section.

The Future of TDR: The Need to Adapt to a Changing Global Health Environment

The Future of TDR: The Need to Adapt to a Changing Global Health Environment

The Experience of the Private Sector in Doing Business and Investing in Eastern Europe and the Black Sea

The role of the private sector in transition and development is changing globally. The private sector is recognized as a more credible partner and driving force for growth through the promotion of public‐private partnerships and consultations. The Business Advisory Council for Southeast Europe (BAC for SEE) and its network of local and international partners actively contribute to development and regional integration in the Balkans. The BAC for SEE model could also serve as a tool of growth for the emerging economies and states of the Black Sea.

Towards a New Model of Comprehensive Regionalism in the Black Sea Area

This article presents an overview of regionalism as is being developed within the framework of the Organization of Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC). It examines the character of BSEC regionalism arguing that significant diversification of its core business (i.e., trade facilitation) towards non‐economic issues has occurred since BSEC’s conception in 1992. The article further concludes that given BSEC’s limitations and its members’ priorities, it becomes vital for the future of the Black Sea regionalism that the BSEC develops a structured and constructive relationship with other regional and international actors, particularly the EU, which possesses both the resources and the expertise to move ahead with regional projects. Turning the BSEC into a credible partner with a clear strategy will give a new meaning to the notion of Black Sea regionalism in a united Europe.

Sharing the quest for knowledge through interdisciplinary research.

Faced with increasingly complex health care issues and diminishing resources for research, nurse scientists must collaborate with each other and with scientists from other disciplines in the search for innovative and cost-effective health care solutions. The article traces nursing's 20-year struggle to become a credible partner in interdisciplinary research and highlights advantages and challenges characteristic of such collaboration. The authors describe their respective experiences as members of interdisciplinary research teams, one in a private medical practice affiliated with a for-profit hospital and the other in an academic setting. Recommendations that nurture successful collaborations are proposed.