Business Experts Research Articles

Lalu Sekejap Enterprise

Encik Ben and Encik Cha embarked on a humble venture called Lalu Sekejap Enterprise in 1990, offering general maintenance services. Despite lacking business experience, they registered their company and secured contracts with the local government. Their commitment to integrity and halal income was deeply rooted in their religious beliefs. Encik Ben, a dedicated employee with limited education, grew from a general worker to a supervisor, acquiring essential knowledge of the maintenance industry. Encik Cha, having witnessed corruption during his time in the treasury department, recognized Encik Ben's ethical approach and engaged in discussions outside of office hours. Together, they explored the possibility of starting their own business, driven by their shared vision of conducting business ethically. While Encik Ben and Encik Cha faced challenges due to their lack of business expertise, they persisted in their commitment to integrity. They overcame compliance issues and rebuilt their business, focusing on delivering high-quality services. Their dedication resonated with like-minded clients, and they established a reputation for honesty and trustworthiness. Years later, Encik Ben and Encik Cha attended a digital business training program that opened their eyes to the potential of digitalization in the maintenance industry. Recognizing the need to ensure the continuity and growth of their business, they started grooming their children and loyal employees to take over key responsibilities. With a strategic focus on digital transformation, Lalu Sekejap Enterprise integrated digital tools and platforms into their operations, enhancing efficiency and expanding their customer base. The business thrived, driven by a new generation of leaders who shared Encik Ben and Encik Cha's commitment to quality service and community well-being.
 Keywords: Ethical practices, Digital transformation, Integrity, General maintenance, Small business

Feminine expertise on board and environmental innovation: the role of critical mass

This paper examines whether women’s attitudes toward environmental innovation are impacted by their individual differences in skills, expertise, experience, and technical knowledge, as well as their visibility and legitimacy on boards. Using the categorization of directors developed by Hillman et al (J Manag Stud 37(2):235–256, 2000) and a dataset including the largest non-financial Spanish-listed entities reported on the IBEX-35 between 2015 and 2019, we can confirm the influence of female business expert and support specialist directors on environmental innovation. We find that although female business expert directors seem to positively influence environmental innovation even below a critical mass, female support specialist directors are only significant and positive drivers of eco-initiation when they gain power and authority on the board. This study confirms the need to examine the connection between women directors and eco-innovation based not only on their expertise and experience but also on their position and legitimacy on the board. In this regard, our results provide evidence that female support specialists need to have a large enough representation on boards to be effective in developing green initiatives. Our results are robust to alternative measures of green innovation (i.e., environmental performance) and overcome endogeneity concerns.

Analysis of Crypto-assets, Blockchain Investor Protection, and U.S. Market Risks using the Mlogit Classifier Model

We present insights into novel and complex issues regarding cryptocurrency activities, the related investor protection, and blockchain market risks. Crypto digital assets embody global economic ambition with their significant growth and creativity levels. This study employs a novel research approach using multinominal logit (mlogit) classifier modeling techniques to present unique findings regarding crypto-assets. The machine learning model confirmed better accuracy compared to previous research studies. These findings could contribute to a better understanding of the impact of business consumers on cryptocurrencies and blockchain used by business experts and policymakers worldwide. The research results should help future studies develop more machine learning models to ensure more accurate findings and discussions. The mlogit method research presented here confirms that business artificial intelligence methods and human domain knowledge interpretation can help current business leaders to better understand essential business decisions and their significant role in modern business behavioral prescriptive analytics. We derive important perspectives about cryptocurrency and blockchain strategy improvements, which may produce positive policy changes by enhancing the quality of investor protection in blockchain worldwide.

The Development of Innovation Knowledge Management System in Tangerang Regency

The problem of regional innovation is the absence of data inventory, processes, lesson learning, well-integrated regional innovation management, and supporting infrastructure for activities, namely the Knowledge Management System container. Knowledge Management System is a tool, technique, and strategy used to maintain, analyze, organize, develop, and share business expertise. The purpose of this study is the availability of lesson learned knowledge management system governance in government agencies as a comparison, an integrated KMS model can support the sustainability of regional innovation in Tangerang Regency, and an integrated and sustainable KMS prototype of regional innovation. Research methods are carried out qualitatively with literature studies, comparative studies of research objects, and applied model tests in Tangerang Regency. Data collection techniques use literature review, observation, expert judgment, and in-depth interviews to test the KMS model for Regional Innovation. The expected result is the availability of an innovation knowledge management system model for local governments which can then be developed into a knowledge management system for regional innovation.

Implementation of Site Quality Management System for a Building Construction Project Sites

Abstract: The construction Industry plays a crucial role in providing consistent quality and value to clients. However, the sector has been grappling with quality issues, leading to unsatisfactory outcomes, unsafe structures, and budget overruns. To address these challenges, the implementation of a Quality Management System (QMS) is essential. The QMS provides a systematic approach to managing product and process quality, ensuring customer satisfaction, compliance with regulations, and reducing rework and scrap. Implementation of a robust QMS requires involvement in tasks such as business analysis, initial planning, increasing awareness, expert training, document control, deployment, measurement and control, auditing, and continuous improvement.

Startups’ demand for accounting expertise: evidence from a randomized field experiment

AbstractWe conduct a randomized field experiment (RFE) to assess whether startup firms perceive accounting expertise as an important investor credential. We send 13,358 unsolicited and unique emails to active startup firms across the US, showing an interest in them with a proposition to meet a bogus investor. The experiment has high response rates, with 4,535 (33.94%) opened emails and 828 (6.19%) website visits, reflecting investors’ proliferating practice of outbound origination to contact new startups. Our RFE compares startup reactions to fictitious investors with certified public accountant (CPA) designations versus two control groups: investors without credentials and those with other professional licenses. Startup firms are 48% likelier to read unsolicited emails from CPA-bearing investors and 47% likelier to visit their websites, relative to investors with a medical license. We document an analogous preference for CPA-bearing investors even when we separately analyze startups in medical-related industries. This gap persists when investors pose as angels, venture capitalists (VCs), or without professional licenses. The relatively low percentage (2.5%) of email bounces and spam reports makes it unlikely that spam algorithms drive the findings. Further tests reveal that the response rates differ by firm age, which is inconsistent with spam filter explanations but congruent with startup firms’ demand for accounting expertise. Finally, we undertake a follow-up experiment with 3,443 new startups to distinguish between accounting and general business expertise using a master’s in business administration (MBA). Startups are 13.8% likelier to read emails from a CPA-bearing investor than from an MBA-credentialed investor and 22.6% more likely to visit the CPA-bearing investor’s website.

Charities, altruism and becoming business-like: tensions and contradictions

PurposeThere is a longstanding debate over the role of modern business methods in the contemporary non-profit organisation (NPO). Critics of business practices assert that they may undermine the missions of NPOs. The aim of this paper is to contribute to this debate. Many accounting researchers have shifted research focus to concepts such as trust and crises. These are important topics. But they may overshadow practices which are taken for granted as accepted practice which does not merit re-examination.Design/methodology/approachThis qualitative project is based on an initial survey followed by comparative case studies of three NPOs. The researchers have used both interviews and documentary analysis in this study.FindingsThe contention that the adoption of business-like practices undermines the fundamental aim of altruism of NPOs is challenged by the findings of this paper. The very concept of altruism is not a single unifying concept in NPOs – it is a contested idea. However, and most importantly, in this research there is no evidence of mission drift by NPOs which adopt business practices. This research highlights the way many NPO CEOs are mission-driven but also pragmatic bricoleurs in their consideration of new business practices. Most importantly, these case studies demonstrate a variation in practices within the participating organisations. This raises challenging questions about a receptive context for the adoption of new business practices which are explored in this paper.Research limitations/implicationsThe case studies in this paper are from the UK, and further studies in different operating contexts in other countries would be useful. In particular, the finding that the fundamental ethos of NPOs is not challenged by being business-like merits further research. There is also scope for further research on what constitutes a receptive context for the adoption of new business practices by NPOs.Practical implicationsThis study reveals the potential significance of NPO boards, particularly non-executive directors, in the shaping of organisational practices. There is evidence in this study of NPOs recruiting business experts for purposes of legitimation. But this study also shows how business expertise can be mobilised to enhance NPO performance by bricoleurs in NPO who are highly motivated individuals who will adopt useful business practices to hand if they improve charity outcomes.Social implicationsThe NPO organisations are motivated by the desire to make a difference to the lives of people who are vulnerable or disadvantaged. This study has interesting implications for managers and directors of NPOs on their effectiveness.Originality/valueThis study challenges the critical view that becoming more business-like undermines the fundamental ethos of altruism in NPOs. This is an important finding, but this study also reveals the recruitment of business expertise by NPOs purely for purposes of legitimation. However, these legitimating practices differ from the well-established view of isomorphism in the field of NPOs and suggests that, on the contrary, there is a variation in practice within the NPO field which has important implications for donors, regulators, directors and managers of NPOs.

Daya Prediksi Nilai Rapor Terhadap Hasil Uji Kompetensi Keahlian Siswa SMK Negeri pada Kompetensi Keahlian Bisnis Konstruksi dan Properti

This study aims to determine the predictive power of the report card value to the results of the competency test of the expertise students' expertise in Construction and Property Business for the 2020/21 school year. During the learning process and the implementation of competency tests of expertise conducted under the Covid-19 pandemic, the value of the report card assigned to group C3 (expertise package) is utilised. Due to the use of representative samples from the entire population, this research population consists of sixty-five students. Documentation-based data collection methods. Simple linear regression analysis is used to predict the direction of a positive or negative relationship between the skill competency test variable and the report card value variable and to predict whether or not the skill competency test variable is influential if the report card value variable changes. Normality, linearity, and heteroskedasticity tests are performed before data analysis as prerequisites. The study's results demonstrated that the predictive power of the report card score to the results of the competency test of expertise is positive, such that as the value of the report card increases, so do the results of the competency test of expertise. There is a relationship between the variable value of the report card and the results of the competency test of expertise.

Assessing the role of green supply chain management in enhancing Pakistan manufacturers' performances.

The purpose of this study is to explore the impact of success factors of Green Supply Chain Management (GSCM) dimensions (i.e., green purchasing, internal environmental management, cooperation with customers, eco-design, and investment recovery) and their impact on the Organizational Performance of Manufacturers in Pakistan on three pieces of levels of execution (i.e., Environmental Performance, Economic Performance, and Operational Performance), whereas GSCM practices in developing countries like Pakistan need to be explored. Data was collected from managers of 220 business firms in Pakistan through survey questionnaires with a purposive sampling technique. The target population consisted of managerial employees (business experts and executives) from private business firms, and partial least square-structural equation modeling was used for analysis. All GSCM dimensions were found significant in at least one of the performances, except eco-design on environmental performance and green purchasing on economic performance, either clearly or indirectly. The proposed model assembles and provides the respondents' distinctive working areas: electronic gadgets, automobile process and machinery sectors. Moreover, the appraisal of the connection between five developments of GSCM practices and three builds with the effect of the green distribution of authoritative execution in the Pakistan assembling setting offers an extraordinary theoretical commitment to exploring the green supply chain management field. First, this research is done by studying the green supply chain management dimensions of different performances of manufacturing firms in Pakistan, which has never been done before. Second, it contributes to the existing literature on critical success factors of GSCM. Manufacturing firms should implement GSCM practices to improve all three types of performance, i.e., environmental, economic, and operational.

Network security and computer program

In this era of rapid development of network and computer technology, the potential dangers become more and more numerous. There are many security issues that are hidden and unobtrusive. Creating a computer firewall to defend against network security leaks is a necessity. Firewalls can be personal and make a match that is more in line with what is in mind. Firewalls must allow any necessary connections from application business and technical expertise through the firewall to ensure the integrity of the data network. For firewall pairings, Border network, Perimeter Network, and Internal Network are also necessary for impact. The firewall construction can also be made more secure by implementing it through WIFI IP address. Dynamic NAT, Static NAT and PAT are essential in firewall building, and they all aim at network address translation. When building a firewall, changing a specific IP address can monitor the own network and control the message delivery in terms of security.

Private equity in ophthalmology: taking the long view.

Private equity's momentum in eye care remains controversial, even as investment continues to hasten the consolidation of ophthalmology and optometry practices. In this review, we discuss the growing implications of private equity activity in ophthalmology, drawing on updated empirical findings from the literature. We also examine recent legal and policy efforts to address private equity investment in healthcare, with implications for ophthalmologists considering sales to private equity. Concerns about private equity centres around evidence that some investment entities are not just valuable sources of capital or business expertise, but that they take outright ownership and control of acquired practices in order to drive high returns on investment. Although practices may receive considerable benefits from private equity investment, empirical evidence suggests that private equity's most consistent effect on acquired practices is to increase spending and utilization without commensurate benefits on patient health. Although data on workforce effects are limited, an early study on workforce composition changes in private equity-acquired practices demonstrates that physicians were more likely to enter and exit a given practice than their counterparts in nonacquired practices, suggesting some degree of workforce flux. State and federal oversight of private equity's impact on healthcare may be ramping up in response to these demonstrated changes. Private equity will continue to broaden their footprint in eye care, necessitating ophthalmologists to take the long view of private equity's net effects. For practices considering a private equity sale, recent policy developments highlight the importance of identifying and vetting a well aligned investment partner, with safeguards to preserve clinical decision-making and physician autonomy.

Are activist hedge funds good business advisors?

Do activist hedge funds contribute to better strategic decisions in their target firms? Hedge funds are known for shaping corporate practices, yet the resulting impact of their interventions is puzzling. Using a sample of properly matched US firms subject to hedge fund-led activist campaigns, we analyse to what extent activist hedge funds influence the life cycle of their target firms. Consistent with hedge funds providing valuable business expertise, we find that target firms who are in their early life cycle stage in the prior year of the campaign are more likely than their non-targeted peers to find themselves afterwards in later stages. Further cross-sectional tests reveal that target firms benefit most from HF interventions when the campaign takes longer and the activist has higher industry experience. Overall, this study provides new evidence of the beneficial role of hedge funds as business advisors in their target firms.

우리나라 항만산업 분야 적정인력 산정 연구: 평택당진항 항만배후단지 사례

The primary purpose of this study is to clarify the scope of the responsibilities and tasks and to evaluate the appropriate manpower at the port hinterland in Pyeongtaek-Dangjin Port, South Korea. It is expected that this will not only lead to the stabilization and sophistication of the operation and management of the port hinterland and strengthen competitiveness, but also contribute to the improvement of the business expertise of the practitioners in charge of this and the improvement of the work environment. Above all, the methodology and analysis results of this research have a greater significance since there are no studies of application in the existing port industry.

PEMBERDAYAAN MASYARAKAT DALAM PEMANFAATAN BONGGOL JAGUNG MENJADI JAMUR BONGGOL DI DESA JAMBESARI

Weevil mushrooms are a type of mushroom that has high economic value and is very promising as a source of income for mushroom farmers. As the demand for humpback mushrooms increases, business opportunities for humpback mushrooms have high prospects. Based on this, there is a need to empower the community regarding the production or cultivation of Weevil Mushrooms in Jambesari Village. The aim of this service program is to provide education and assistance to the Jambesari Village Community regarding how to cultivate humpback mushrooms from the process of preparing ingredients to the process of harvesting humpback mushrooms. This tuber mushroom cultivation business is used to improve the community's economy and make it a superior product. The results of community service in the production of tuber mushrooms are: 1). Mitra was able to make a growing medium for weevil mushrooms by utilizing corn cob waste which is abundant, cheap and easy to obtain from the surrounding environment, namely corn cobs which some people throw away after going through the corn selep process 2). The creation of a community as cadres who have expertise in the tuber mushroom cultivation business. 3). Increased knowledge in the community that tuber mushroom products, apart from being able to be used to add nutrition or food menus, can also increase family income.

Democratizing artificial intelligence: How no-code AI can leverage machine learning operations

Organizations are increasingly seeking to generate value and insights from their data by integrating advances in artificial intelligence (AI) (e.g., machine learning (ML) systems) into their operations. However, there are several managerial challenges associated with ML operations (MLOps). In this article, we outline three key challenges and discuss how an emerging type of AI platform—no-code AI—may help organizations address and overcome them. We outline how no-code AI can leverage MLOps by closing the gap between business and technology experts, enabling faster iterations between problems and solutions, and aiding infrastructure management. After outlining the important remaining challenges associated with no-code AI and MLOps, we propose three managerial recommendations. By doing so, we provide insights into an important emerging phenomenon in AI software and set the stage for further research in the area.

Development of Marketing Management Learning Model Based on E-Potofolio in Business Administration Department of Malang State Polythecnic

The current lecture approach demands student activity, so that students can build their own knowledge in the learning process. The student center learning (SCL) approach would be more appropriate to the current situation and conditions, where the lecturer acts as a facilitator, mediator and motivator for students in learning because students can learn from various learning sources, such as: textbooks, business experts, the internet, mass media, electronic media or the business environment that surrounds the student's residence. In addition, the assessment of students is also more comprehensive and includes three aspects, namely cognitive, affective and psychomotor. One such learning model is to use the E-Portfolio approach. This is in accordance with the objectives of marketing learning at the Department of Commerce Administration, State Polytechnic of Malang, which was given in semester 1, which emphasized the achievement of the three learning domains, namely: cognitive, affective and psychomotor. The implementation of marketing learning based on E-Portfolio will raise the enthusiasm of lecturers in teaching, because the content and presentation of learning materials involve students actively and go directly to the field. As for students, it will generate attitudes and marketing motivation and be able to understand the focus of the material discussed, because the lecture material is easier to digest because it is based on direct observation and experience in the field. Based on data analyze of research found that research result show E-Portfolio Model can be applied at Marketing Management learning at Commerce Administration, State Polytechnic of Malang.

Developing a National Consensus of the Physiotherapy Entry-Level Business and Practice Management Core Curriculum Competencies: A Delphi Study

Purpose: Physiotherapists need to develop strong business acumen to make informed decisions, drive positive outcomes, and thrive in their practice. Competencies in these areas are partially reflected in the Competency Profile for Physiotherapists in Canada, however, there is little consistency in how these are applied across academic institutions. The purpose of this study was to develop a set of foundational entry-to-practice (ETP) competencies related to business and practice management (BPM), that can prepare physiotherapy students for work in all Canadian healthcare service sectors upon graduation. Method: We undertook a modified Delphi study. An online call for participants was circulated via the Canadian Physiotherapy Association’s Private Practice and Leadership Divisions, Canadian provincial and territorial physiotherapy regulators, and 15 Canadian university physiotherapy programs. Individuals in the profession with known expertise in management and/or business were also invited to participate. Results: Two rounds of the Delphi were necessary to reach consensus. Forty-one participants were included in the first round of Delphi including academics, regulators, registered physiotherapists, and senior students. Twenty-one (51%) participated in round 2 of the study. Sixty-six ETP BPM foundational curriculum competencies, within nine domains, competencies reached consensus (via the Delphi process). Conclusions: Consideration of the ETP competencies in the areas of business and practice management derived with this national Delphi process may enhance and harmonize the physiotherapy curricula across Canada.

Evaluasi Pengelolaan Program Praktik Kerja Lapangan (PKL) Kelas XI SMK Bidang Keahlian Bisnis dan Manajemen

Field Work Practices (PKL) are learning opportunities for SMK/MAK, SMALB, and LKP students that are carried out through work practices in the workplace within a predetermined amount of time in accordance with the curriculum and workplace requirements. Since the school is in charge of running the field work practice program, it is necessary to conduct research by evaluating how the program is run. This study aims to reveal and analyze a number of things in detail, including (1) locating and evaluating a strategy. 2) comprehending and evaluating activity program control. Document review, observation, and interviews are used in this study's evaluative methodology. This study was carried out at Private Vocational School Al Washliyah 9 Perbaungan, Serdang Bedagai Regency, North Sumatra Province. The school possesses expertise in business and management as well as two expertise competencies, which are Automation of Office Governance and Institutional Financial Accounting. The CIPP evaluation model, which evaluates Contex (C), Input (I), Process (P), and Product (P), is the one that is utilized. In order to produce an interpretive assessment, the CIPP model was modified in accordance with the requirements of the evaluation. At Al Washliyah 9 Private Vocational School, field work practices were planned and managed in accordance with effectiveness standards, including the Good program standards. Additionally, the evaluation results must be enhanced to become a very high standard for achieving the desired outcomes.
 Keywords: management, Practical Field, Vocational High School

Effect of Modular Building Model Learning Media and Student Skills on Learning Outcomes Construction and Property Business Expertise Program at Siwa Lima Vocational School, St Yosep Langgur

Is there any influence of the modular building model learning media and student skills on student learning outcomes at Siwa Lima St Yosep Langgur High School is a question that is the aim of this research. This study used quantitative methods by collecting data using questionnaires, documentation and tests while analyzing data using multiple regression analysis with the help of the SPSS 24 program. The results showed that there was a positive and significant relationship between the Modular Building Model Learning Media and Student Skills on the Learning Outcomes of the Construction and Property Business Skills Program at Siwa Lima St. 1 .67943 t table so Ho is rejected and Ha is accepted, meaning that the more creative the learning media used, the higher the student learning outcomes, there is a positive and significant relationship between student practice and Learning Outcomes of the Construction and Property Business Skills Program at Siwa Lima High School St Yosep Langgur with a t value of the practice intensity variable ( X 2 ) 6.381 ≥ 1 .67943 t table so Ho is rejected and Ha is accepted meaning that the higher the student's practice, the higher the student learning outcomes, there is a positive and significant relationship between Learning Media Modular Building Models and Student Skills Against Learning Outcomes in the Construction and Property Business Skills Program in SMA Siwa Lima St Yosep Langgur and the contribution of the variable Learning Media Modular Building Models and Student Skills to Learning Outcomes of the Construction and Property Business Expertise Program at SMA Siwa Lima St Yosep Langgur is 89.7%, while the rest is influenced by other variables that do not become study in research.

The Scientific Editor: An Advocate for Transparent Research

If you were to ask a room of editors how they landed a career in scholarly publishing, you might hear a common theme: “I fell into it.” Whether by serendipity or design, a career in this field offers opportunities to do meaningful work, acquire new knowledge, and nurture a fondness of the written word. But at the same time, it’s a vast and constantly evolving ecosystem. What new or emerging opportunities exist? Scientific editing, for one! Specifics will vary depending on the journal, but in general the Scientific (also called Science or Technical) Editor’s role is to work with the handling editors to facilitate the publication of high-quality, highly citable manuscripts that are clear, consistent, and transparent. In this article, Jenna Jakubisin and Kristin Inman discuss scientific editing at their respective publications, highlighting its tremendous value to both authors and journals. Instituting a Science Editor Position: How Does Scientific Editing Benefit Journals? Radiology1 is the flagship journal of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA), published regularly in-house since 1923. In a typical year, we receive about 3000 submissions. The scientific editor position was created in 2017, an effort spearheaded by the journal’s editor and approved by RSNA’s board of directors. The initial goals were simple but ambitious: Goal 1: Support the journal’s deputy editors. Technical edits had previously been performed by deputy editors (our busy subject matter experts). The use of a Scientific Editor allows them to focus on scientific content rather than language editing. Goal 2: Help improve […]