Business Expectations Research Articles

MUZAKI BEHAVIOR IN PAYING ZAKAT THROUGH THE APPLICATION OF THE UNIFIED THEORY MODEL ACCEPTANCE AND USE OF TECHNOLOGY IN JAKARTA PROVINCE

This paper investigated the intents and behavior of muzakki who pay zakat through e-zakat using the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT). In DKI Jakarta, the study was done. This article utilizes sampling convenience. The research data were collected using a questionnaire-based survey. Using SmartPLS 3.0, route analysis serves as a statistical instrument for evaluating hypotheses. . The findings indicated that neither the performance expectation variable nor the social influence variable substantially affected the desire to use e-zakat. The variable business expectation had a substantial beneficial impact on both the willingness to use e-zakat and the conditions that allow for a substantial beneficial impact on e-zakat use behavior.

Analysis Of Factors Affecting The Acceptance Of Hospital Information System Using Utaut Method In Budi Kemuliaan Hospital Batam Year 2021

The acceptance of the hospital information system using the UTAUT method at the Budi Kemuliaan Hospital Batam in 2021 is still a complaint and the computer-based SIMRS is not running optimally. The acceptance of the hospital information system using the UTAUT method is related to individual characteristics, performance expectations, business expectations, social and facilities. This study aims to determine the effect of receiving hospital information systems with the UTAUT method at Budi Kemuliaan Hospital Batam. This type of quantitative research with correlational techniques. The population in this study were users of the SIMRS application at Budi Kemuliaan Hospital Batam and a sample of 120 people. The collection of data with primary and secondary data and the data were analyzed by Multiple Regression test. The results showed a positive and significant influence between Hospital Information System Acceptance (individual characteristics, performance expectations/performance expectations, business expectations/business expectations, social influences/social influences, and facilitating conditions/facilitating conditions) on usage behavior/behavior. implementing SIMRS with the UTAUT method at Budi Kemuliaan Hospital Batam and it is recommended that the implementation of SIMRS then need to pay attention to the ease of users in using SIMRS and developers from SIMRS and the hospital need to work together in developing to create a SIMRS with business processes and needs the one in the hospital.

Business Outlook of Private Urban Forestry in the Northeast-Midwest Region of the United States

Background: Urban forestry is a crucial sector of the green industry and increasingly a tool used to address ecological and sociopolitical challenges in urban landscapes. Along with a number of public agencies and nonprofit organizations, various private industry types are directly involved in the development and management of urban trees and landscapes. The main purpose of this study is to evaluate the outlook of private green industry businesses on their urban forestry activities in the Northeast-Midwest region of the United States. Methods: Based on a survey of private businesses involved in the green industry in late 2020, we developed an empirical model by incorporating industry types, business metrics, and issues related to urban forestry perceived by private businesses. Results: Results from an ordered logistic regression model suggest that nursery and florist’s supplies merchant wholesaler businesses are less likely than other businesses to have a positive outlook on urban forestry activities. We found that survey respondents who reported a higher percentage of urban forestry employees had a higher likelihood of a positive outlook of their business. Conclusion: Many respondents referenced how COVID-19 has been an overall deterrent to economic growth, implying that the state of their business depends on the recovery of the economy. The findings provide useful policy and management insights on how private businesses perceive the future outlook of urban forestry. These study results benefit the private sector and public agencies involved in urban forestry for better planning and programming in the Northeast-Midwest region of the United States.

Grief and mourning in Covid-19 pandemic and delayed business as a new concept.

The measures, restrictions, and death-related rituals in the COVID-19 pandemic have affected the mourning-related routines of individuals. Moreover, mourning processes have been affected by the restriction of death-related cultural rituals, funeral ceremonies performed only by the officials, and the prohibition of visiting graves. This study aims to investigate the experiences of individuals who lost their loved ones in Turkey during the COVID-19 pandemic. For that purpose, the phenomenological method is employed in the design of the study. Individual interviews were conducted with nine participants who lost their relatives during the COVID-19 pandemic. Data were collected through semi-structured interview forms prepared by the researchers. The study participants described the various factors contributing to the grief and mourning process in the COVID-19 pandemic. These factors were categorized into three following main categories: grief and mourning responses of the individuals lost loved ones, including cognitive, emotional, and behavioral responses; risk factors including the expectation of harm, unfinished business, and restriction of death-related religious-cultural rituals; and protective factors including relative support (i.e., family, spouse, friend, partner), tele-support (i.e., mobile phone, internet, social media), positive coping strategies (cognitive, behavioral, and religious-spiritual), and delayed business. The “delayed business” concept was also addressed within protective factors and explained in general terms. Finally, the findings were discussed considering the literature and presented some theoretical and practical implications.

Chasing ‘Animal spirits’: business expectations, performance feedback, and advertising intensity in Japanese firms

Chasing ‘Animal spirits’: business expectations, performance feedback, and advertising intensity in Japanese firms

The “re-meaning” of project success: Updating and recalibrating for a modern project management

Decades of research demonstrate that practitioners and scholars may have only a vague notion of what project success is and thus settle for conflicting or inaccurate attributions of this still-elusive phenomenon. Stakeholder evaluations may differ as multiple groups and coalitions seldom hold the same viewpoint. A project that meets business expectations may have unintended consequences on society, highlighting the importance of sustainability. Thus, it remains challenging to devise a parsimonious success model that key stakeholders, internal and external, can minimally agree upon. This paper updates, recalibrates and further “complexifies” project success based on four multidimensionality sources: benefits realization, stakeholder perceptions, issues of timing, and sustainability. The paper proposes a four-dimensional model of success to assess project plan success, business case success, and green efficacy, along with the shared feeling of key stakeholders. The paper concludes with an agenda highlighting future research to further our understanding of the project success phenomenon.

Containment Measures and Spillover Effects in Covid Times: A Global Study on Business Confidence

In this paper we take a global perspective to assess the impact of the exogenous COVID pandemic shock on business confidence. Through a quantitative analysis of 43 emerging and advanced economies over the period from January 2018 to December 2020, we provide a novel investigation of a unique worldwide event, in contrast to the most frequent exogenous shocks, which typically have a more limited local or regional scope. We proxy business expectations with the business confidence indicator or BCI. First, we find that the containment measures for the COVID pandemic have negatively affected business confidence, with the compulsory policies having a greater negative effect on BCI than the voluntary ones. Second, we find positive spillover effects on the local BCIs from the containment measures implemented in neighboring countries. This suggests that business people are not against compulsory measures per se, but rather that they are less inclined to assume the costs of these. Third, we find that while the severity of the containment measures has been greater in emerging countries, the negative impact on BCI of these containment measures has been larger in advanced economies. Keywords: Business confidence, containment measures, spillover effects

MEANING AND ROLE OF HIGHER SCHOOL FOR BULGARIAN REGIONS’ SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

This article is a partial picture of higher education in Bulgaria and the need to provide quality educational services at the regional level. The exhibition presents the importance and role of higher education in the recruitment of the regional elite and the quality of staff. A methodological framework that is proposed, assumes the systematization of the accumulated theoretical and practical experience in the field of higher education. Some deficiencies have been systematized, which affect the quality of education and the mismatch between business expectations at the level of planning regions, as well as the impact on municipalities and the need for staff for higher education graduates in the country. The main trends and conditions in which higher education in Bulgaria is developing and the search for opportunities to increase its role within the Bulgarian regions are outlined. In practice, regional development can become a national priority by building a quality educational environment and having a balanced regional development.

Sales performance during COVID19, an analysis for microenterprises in the state of Querétaro

The current pandemic has had a profound impact on Mexico's economic situation. Production, employment and business expectations have been seriously affected. The business environment has changed, forcing companies to explore new ways to stay relevant and survive the current situation. However, most of the diagnoses of the effects of the pandemic have focused on large companies, in the top sectors of the economy, leaving out, except for some light reporting, formal and informal microenterprises. This document shows the effects that the current pandemic has had on the sales of micro-enterprises in three municipalities of the State of Queretaro; for this purpose, a survey of micro-entrepreneurs in the State was carried out between April 2020 and September 2021 with the objective of finding out what the effect of the pandemic had been on their sales and if they had adopted other strategies to maintain or even increase them. For this purpose, variables such as: profits, gross sales, sales strategy, means used for sales and pricing were considered. The results show a considerable decrease in sales in a high proportion of the surveyed population, as well as in the profits obtained during the period; in addition, there was little response capacity of the microenterprises to adapt to the new sanitary reality.

Financial literacy and business risk-taking among business start-up students in Nigeria

Low business outlook due to poor financial decisions among students has continued to attract interest of financial educators and professionals. Previous studies have interrogated financial literacy with sparse attention given to business risk-taking among students’ start-ups in Nigeria. This research gap forms the basis of this study. The aim of this paper is the interrogation of financial knowledge and financial behavior as a lever for business risk-taking among start-up students of the University of Lagos, Nigeria. The philosophical perspective drew insight from the positivist approach with a random sampling of 145 final-year students selected from the departments of Business Administration, Accounting and Employment, and Labour Relations of the Faculty of Management Sciences. Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin test and Bartlett’s test were conducted to determine sample adequacy. Regression analysis was employed to test the hypotheses. The results show that financial knowledge and behavior of start-ups revealed a high propensity to be engaged in business risk-taking (β = .407, t (511) = 7.556, p < 0.05; β = .412, t (1.511) = 7.525, p < 0.05) with males showing more financial literacy understanding for business risk than females (β = .591, t (2;510) = 4.381, p < 0.05; β = .280, t (2;510) = 2.217, p = 0.262) respectively. The findings show the need for the continuous development of students’ start-up behavioral and attitudinal disposition, especially females in becoming more financial literate for appropriate financial decision-making in business risk-taking and venture creation. Acknowledgments The author acknowledges and appreciates all students who participated in this study.

SHOPEEPAY MOBILE PAYMENT ADOPTION ANALYSIS USING THE UTAUT MODEL APPROACH (CASE STUDY AT AMIKOM UNIVERSITY YOGYAKARTA)

<p><em>Along with the development of time, fintech companies issued mobile payment products such as QR Code, NFC, and OTP codes. The use of payment facilities that are currently rampant causes users to choose according to their wishes, based on the description, the purpose of this study is to analyze the use of ShopeePay mobile payments using the UTAUT approach. The variables analyzed are Perceived Risk, Perceived Trust, Perceived Cost, Self-efficacy, Effort expectancy, performance expectancy, and Social Influence on mobile payment adoption at Shopeepay. The research method used in this case is a descriptive method, using statistical data processing tools. Data collection was carried out at Amikom University Yogyakarta using the sampling method. The results showed that the factors perceived risk (perceived risk), self-efficacy (self-efficacy), and effort expectancy (business expectations) had a positive and significant effect on interest in mobile payment adoption in Indonesia. . Furthermore, the factors of perceived trust (perceived trust), performance expectancy (performance expectations), and social influence (social influence) do not have a positive effect on interest in mobile payment adoption in Indonesia.</em></p>

The Importance of Tourist Guides in Preference of Gastronomic Products on Cultural Tours

Turist rehberlerinin kültür turlarında gastronomik ürünlerin tercih edilmesindeki önemini belirlemek amacıyla yapılan çalışmayla hem turist rehberlerinin hem de turistlerin yeme-içme yerlerini tercih ederken hangi konulara dikkat ettikleri belirlenmeye çalışılmıştır. Araştırmada ayrıca yerel restoran işletmelerinin turist rehberlerinden beklentileri ortaya çıkarılmaya çalışılmıştır. Araştırma kapsamında nitel araştırma yönteminden faydalanılmıştır. Yarı yapılandırılmış görüşme formlarıyla toplanan araştırma verileri turist rehberleri ile yapılan görüşmelerden elde edilmiştir. Gastronomi konusunda bilgi sahibi olan ve kartopu örnekleme yöntemiyle seçilen 24 eylemli turist rehberi araştırmaya katılmıştır. Betimsel analiz uygulanarak belirli temalar belirlenmiş ve doğrudan alıntılar eklenerek yorumlamalar yapılmıştır. Araştırma sonucunda turist rehberlerinin yeme-içme yeri tercihi yaparken en çok temizlik ve hijyene, turistlerin ise fiyata önem verdiği belirlenmiştir. Diğer yandan araştırmada ulaşılan sonuçlara göre; yerel yiyecek ve içecek işletmeleri, turist rehberlerinin turistleri daha fazla harcama yapmaya yönelik olarak teşvik etmelerini beklemektedir. Araştırma sonunda uygulayıcılara ve gelecek çalışmalara yönelik çeşitli öneriler getirilmiştir.

The specialist of the epoch of innovations: scenarios of labor market development

Introduction. Changes in the labor market are growing rapidly, and technology is dictating new challenges to the labor market every day, work tasks are being automated, and jobs are increasingly being taken up. The war poses additional risks. Problem. Business expectations of employees are changing, and HR services are facing new organizational challenges that require finding talent who can make unexpected decisions, work in conditions of destabilization, unprecedented risks and social upheavals. The aim of the article is to determine the factors influencing potential changes in the labor market, the formation of a virtual portrait of the employee of the future. Methods. General scientific methods are used: generalization and comparison; deductive and inductive analysis; statistical analysis to identify and summarize trends in the labor market of the future. Results. In order to consider changes in professions in the labor market, an online survey was conducted, which assessed how the emergence of new professions may affect staff and the company as a whole. The results of processing the information obtained from the survey provided an answer to a number of questions aimed at finding out how ready the company was to change due to the confrontation of trends that shape the work environment. Conclusions. It is established that the world labor market is transformed under the influence of global trends. It is not known today how the labor market will change, but aspects of each of these scenarios will emerge at some point.

Understanding The E-Banking Adoption on MSMEs: An UTAUT Approach

This study analyzes the acceptance and use of e-banking among MSMEs in Kebumen Regency using the UTAUT model approach. The UTAUT model suggests that the factors that play an important role in user acceptance include job expectations, business expectations, social influences, and facilitating conditions. This type of research is quantitative research and the data source used is primary data. The sampling technique in this study was using purposive sampling. Respondents in this study were 50 MSME actors in Kebumen Regency who already used e-banking. The hypothesis in this study was tested using SEM-PLS with WarpPLS 7.0. The results in this study indicate that the first model, namely performance expectancy, effort expectancy, and social influence are factors that influence behavioral intention. The second model of behavioral intention is a factor that affects Use behavioral, while facilitating conditions do not affect Use behavioral in the use of e-banking for MSMEs in Kebumen Regency.

Sectoral Transformation of the Economic System during Crisis and Stable Growth Periods (A Case Study of the European Countries)

Sectoral structures are one of the critical and dynamic components of any social system subjected to either external or internal factors. The purpose of the paper is to reveal and validate characteristic features of transformation regarding economic sectoral structures during the crisis of the socio-economic system and the period of its coordinated development in order to determine the most stable industry sectors. This paper reveals the specificity of sectoral transformations in European countries during the crisis of 2008–2009 and the stable growth of 2010–2019. The analysis is premised on Robert B. Reich’s sectoral structure, comprising production, in-person, intellectual, and communication services sectors. To conduct the research, statistical data analysis using the Gatev coefficient, and correlation and comparative analysis are applied. It is concluded that the mutable nature of sectoral dynamics depends on the planned changes resulting either from business expectations and interests, or state intervention. Yet, transformation is likely due to external and internal shocks (economic upheavals and wars), and unexpected events (natural disasters, epidemics, and pandemics). Over the last 15 years, the sectoral structure has been subjected to most of the above collisions. In-person, intellectual, and communication services sectors are least affected during the economic crisis. In the European countries, the period of economic growth is characterized by the growing dominance of intellectual and communication services sectors. There is a trend of decreasing the share of mining and quarrying in the sectoral production structure in favor of manufacturing industries and services.

Economic policy uncertainty and institutional investment returns: The case of New Zealand

This study introduces a monthly news-based economic policy uncertainty index for New Zealand (NZ EPU) and examines the pricing implications of NZ EPU on a large sample of institutional investors. We find that NZ EPU is a priced and an undiversifiable risk factor that commands a statistically and economically significant risk premium of 6.23% on annual basis in the cross-section of managed fund returns. Interestingly, despite the fact that about 70% of the funds in our sample adopt a global focus, our tests show that local uncertainty plays a more dominant role as a driver of institutional investment returns compared to global policy uncertainty. We show that funds with lower (higher) sensitivity to NZ EPU index generate significantly higher (lower) subsequent excess returns, even after controlling for the well-established systematic risk factors and fund level determinants. Further analysis suggests that NZ EPU betas are highly persistent and can predict short- and long-term returns up to 12 months, implying that active fund managers can devise an active timing strategy by tracking changes in the NZ EPU index. Our findings present important implications for policy makers and investors as the proposed NZ EPU index is able to capture both global and local shocks, while it aligns well with the overall trends in the business outlook surveys.

Modification of UTAUT2 in assessing the use of E-Money in Surakarta

The globalization era has changed everything, including changing the order of the payment system in Indonesia. Currently e-money is growing rapidly in Indonesia, but it is not followed by the development of e-money users. E-money users in Indonesia are still considered low, this is because there are still many people who use cash. This study aims to measure people's interest in using e-money with the UTAUT 2 approach. The method used in this study is regression with the population of the Surakarta community with a sample of 102 respondents. The results showed that business expectations, hedonic motivation, price values and habits affect the interest in using e-money. Meanwhile, performance expectations, social factors and facilitating conditions have no effect on the interest in using e-money.

Pengaruh Ekspektasi Kinerja, Ekpektasi Usaha Dan Faktor Sosial Terhadap Minat Penggunaan Sistem Informasi Akuntansi

The purpose of this study was to find out how the influence of performance expectations, business expectations, social factors, facilitating conditions, business age and business scale on interest in using accounting information systems (case study on MSMEs in Balikpapan City). This study used 80 samples from 407 populations which were taken using purposive sampling technique. Data in this study are secondary data and primary data obtained from MSME actors. Data were analyzed by analysis of the measurement model (outer model) and structural model (inner model) using SmartPLS. The results of the analysis prove that performance expectations and social factors affect the interest in using accounting information systems. Meanwhile, business expectations has no effect on interest in using accounting information systems.

Effecting successful shared value creation: The role of organisations in fence-line communities

Purpose: Society’s expectations of business are said to be increasing, with business expected to play an influential role from a triple bottom line perspective. Shared value creation is a new, emerging theme in the literature on corporate social responsibility (CSR). The stagnating South African economy, the increasing incidence of protests against community conditions and the increased expectations of stakeholders for business frame the study.Design/methodology/approach: This qualitative research study aimed to gain insight into how shared value creation could be effected in a developing country. Additionally, it provided insights into the reason for the nature of the expectations, the approach in effecting shared value creation, and the benefits that could be realised by employing this business model.Findings/results: The study found that shared value creation can be effected successfully through a partnership between government, business and communities together with strong inter-stakeholder. Measurement of outcomes and feedback to the various stakeholders will strengthen relationships with employees and fence-line communities and lead to improved business performance. Benefits were identified as improved social capital, reduced dependency on companies and a sustainable business.Practical implications: This concept proposes an approach to social responsibility that will enhance the competitive advantage of the firm and is presented as strategic CSR. Numerous literary contributions have criticised the concept for being too vague in its approach and for being built on western world principles.Originality/value: Understanding the role of institutions (or lack thereof) in ecosystems and the networks that are established and required was considered important in furthering the operationalising of social responsibility concepts such as shared value creation.

치유마을 사업동기와 사업만족에 관한 운영자 인터뷰 분석

Rural healing tourism business is attracting attention as a strategy to overcome the crisis of rural tourism in the post-covid19 while increasing profits. The study aims to examine the business motivation and level of satisfaction among operators of rural healing tourism villages. A semi-structured interviews was used as the primary qualitative research method for this study and a total of 30 transcripts were collected.<BR> The results indicated that use of rural healing resources, expectation of valuable business, increase of income, rural community activation, and increase of social value were categorized as main antecedents factors for starting business motivation. Regarding the business satisfaction, enjoyment from satisfied tourists, differentiated rural healing services, rural community activation, change in mind set, and social donation with pride were found to be important antecedent factors. The findings suggest that it is necessary to plan rural healing program from the business planning stage based on the diversity of business motivation, goals, and satisfaction of healing tourism operators and to encourage their participation through support of customized education and management consulting considering these antecedent factors.