Large Market Research Articles

Cosmetic Education Regarding the Making and Use of Hair Serum in Teenagers to Young Adults

Indonesia is a relatively large market for the cosmetics industry in the hair care category. Teenagers and young adults are among the dominant segments in cosmetic consumption. Hair and scalp problems often experienced are hair loss and unhealthy hair structure. This problem can be overcome with hair serum. This dosage form is attractive because it can be purchased freely and is quite promising due to its high active substance content. Various types of hair serums are available on the market so that they can be adjusted based on user preferences. The high level of public consumption of hair serum needs to be balanced with education regarding hair serum. The education process uses lecture and workshop methods related to identifying hair problems, the nutrition needed by hair, and the types and formulation of hair serum. The workshop was conducted directly by involving participants in producing the hair serum. The educational process was attended by 24 students aged 19-22 years, 21% coming from outside Atma Jaya and 79% from internal Atma Jaya. Gender includes 19% of men and the rest of women. The educational process increased the understanding of 92% of participants, with an average score from 5.9 to 9.75. As many as 96% of participants were very interested and stated that this workshop supported the theory that had been given to make it easier to understand.

Solar-driven highly selective conversion of glycerol to dihydroxyacetone using surface atom engineered BiVO4 photoanodes

Dihydroxyacetone is the most desired product in glycerol oxidation reaction because of its highest added value and large market demand among all possible oxidation products. However, selectively oxidative secondary hydroxyl groups of glycerol for highly efficient dihydroxyacetone production still poses a challenge. In this study, we engineer the surface of BiVO4 by introducing bismuth-rich domains and oxygen vacancies (Bi-rich BiVO4-x) to systematically modulate the surface adsorption of secondary hydroxyl groups and enhance photo-induced charge separation for photoelectrochemical glycerol oxidation into dihydroxyacetone conversion. As a result, the Bi-rich BiVO4-x increases the glycerol oxidation photocurrent density of BiVO4 from 1.42 to 4.26 mA cm−2 at 1.23 V vs. reversible hydrogen electrode under AM 1.5 G illumination, as well as the dihydroxyacetone selectivity from 54.0% to 80.3%, finally achieving a dihydroxyacetone production rate of 361.9 mmol m−2 h−1 that outperforms all reported values. The surface atom customization opens a way to regulate the solar-driven organic transformation pathway toward a carbon chain-balanced product.

Studi Sistem Informasi Manajemen: Kasus Indomaret

Indomaret, Indonesia's largest mini market, uses a management information system (SIM) for its sales. When it comes to utilizing SIM, Indomaret employs a variety of methods, including the acquisition of business and personnel in the ritel sector. The process of using the operational Indomaret SIM and implementing it for business purposes is an important aspect. Because of this, the purpose of this article is to investigate a variety of SIM Indomaret features. In order to address a variety of Indomaret functions, including inventories, logistics, SDM, keuangan, and penjualan management, the SIM was developed with the help of a large and persistent Estonian market. The SIM Indomaret system includes hardware such as a hard drive, a memory stick, a database, and software such as a computer and a telephone.

Market development for an invasive fish species: Blue catfish in the Chesapeake Bay, US

This research investigated market development for invasive blue catfish from the Chesapeake Bay, US. A small number of interviews with seafood processors and a large online survey of seafood consumers in the US Mid-Atlantic and Southeast (n = 1010) were used to understand factors influencing demand. The survey included a choice experiment to elicit consumer preferences for blue catfish in comparison to substitute seafood products and tested the effects of providing various types of information. Processors noted broad industry concerns related to labor availability and input costs and felt that expansion of the blue catfish market depended upon increasing consumer awareness and product familiarity. Consumer surveys revealed only one-third of respondents had consumed wild-caught blue catfish, though another third indicated they would be willing to try it. In the choice experiment, providing information on production method and product origin were found to increase consumer demand across seafood products. For blue catfish, providing additional information increasing consumer product familiarity or detailing the harmful ecological effects also increased demand. Mean consumer willingness-to-pay for blue catfish was estimated to be $9.70/lb, but increased to $22/lb in an information-rich scenario. These findings suggest a large potential market for invasive blue catfish in the US Mid-Atlantic and Southeast, with demand dependent on consumer product familiarity.

Research on popularity of American pop singers songs based on machine learning

The U.S. market of music is the largest market in the globe with its huge influence spreading around, which enables it to be the dominant of the world music industry. The article is produced due to the prevailing music market in U.S. that has phenomenally influence around the world. Therefore, this article takes Taylor Swift as an example thanks to the significant influence power to calculate whether some factors such as acousticness that might directly affect the popularity of singers songs for the purpose of formulating some market strategies by corresponding suggestions and advice. The research methods include 3 common mathematical model: linear regression, decision tree and random forest, which indicates that the year of release has the most contribution to the prediction with the value of importance of 0.549929. However other factors seem to have less relativity given the small values for the following 2 factors folklore and reputation with values of importance both below 0.2.

Muslim Fashion Development Strategy in the Ḥalāl Industry in Indonesia: Some Notes from the Quran and Hadith

This article aims to analyse the internal and external factors that influence the development of the Muslim fashion industry in the context of the ḥalāl industry in Indonesia and formulate appropriate strengthening strategies based on the results of the Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats (SWOT) analysis. This research uses a mixed approach, or a combination of qualitative and quantitative methods (mixed method), in the form of an exploratory sequential design, using the SWOT analysis technique. The research results indicate that the Muslim fashion industry in Indonesia has several strengths, which include a large domestic market, increased awareness of Sharia-compliant fashion, as well as ethnic diversity and traditions. It also shows Islam as a religion that promotes respect for cultural diversity, as Allah created humans in various forms, languages, and cultures (al-Ḥujurāt [49]: 13). Several weaknesses were identified, including a lack of access to necessary resources and technology. In terms of opportunities, they can be obtained through the increasing global demand for ḥalāl products, the opportunity to innovate in Sharia-compliant fashion design, and the demand for eco-friendly products. These are in line with Allah’s command to His caliphs to preserve the environment, among which are found in al-A‘rāf [7]: 85 and al-Qaṣaṣ [28]: 77. However, threats such as global competition and regulatory changes can hamper industry growth. Therefore, strengthening strategies are urgently needed in several main areas, to strengthen the domestic Muslim fashion market, encourage the market for Muslim fashion products, collaborate with other ḥalāl sectors, and control the export market.

The impact of managerial myopia on cybersecurity: Evidence from data breaches

Using a sample of U.S. firms for the period 2005–2017, we provide evidence that managerial myopic actions contribute to corporate cybersecurity risk. Specifically, we show that abnormal cuts in discretionary expenditures, our proxy for managerial myopia, are positively associated with the likelihood of data breaches. The association is largely driven by firms that appear to cut discretionary expenditures to meet short-term earnings targets. In addition, the association is stronger for firms with greater short-term equity incentives, higher earnings response coefficients, low levels of institutional block ownership, or large market shares. Finally, firms appear to increase discretionary expenditures upon the announcement of data breaches by their industry peers.

Environmental certifications in Brazilian aquaculture

Environmental certificates in aquaculture are becoming important market tools throughout the world. However, there are important regional and national differences, and Brazil, due to the low number of certified companies, deserves specific research. A preliminary analysis of the Brazilian aquaculture market shows a large market with strong growth and more than 25 cultivated species, but where 80% of the turnover is focused on tilapia, tambaqui, and white shrimp, primarily targeting the domestic market with very few exceptions to the external market. These particular conditions seem to explain the low number of certified aquaculture companies, even when compared to other countries in the region with similar or smaller aquaculture industries. This study interviewed managers from 80 companies in the Brazilian aquaculture production chain, including all certified companies. The results seem to be in line with previous studies conducted in different parts of the world. The main benefits associated with aquaculture certifications are access to new markets and production improvement, while the main barriers to certification are high costs, lack of awareness, bureaucracy, or lack of government support. Certified Brazilian aquaculture companies share similar characteristics among themselves but differ from most companies in Brazil; they are all large-scale firms, mainly related to tilapia production and oriented towards the international market. The low number of certified companies seems to be linked to the large demand for aquatic products in Brazil that even Brazilian aquaculture firms cannot satisfy.

When Should Prices Stay Fixed? On the Chances and Limitations of Spot Pricing in Larger Markets

Selling resources via auctions often seems profit-optimal in theory. Yet in practice, providers most often choose to sell homogeneous resources such as cloud computing instances at fixed prices. While it has been argued that this is explained by relatively non-volatile demand distributions and highly competitive market environments, these arguments only paint a partial picture. Through a formal game theoretic analysis, we show that the relative profit increase of offering resources through a spot pricing mechanism instead of at a fixed price is unbounded as long as a sufficiently competitive outside option exists, even if demand is very non-volatile. To explain the lack of spot pricing in practice, we consider that users might be biased against more complex auction-based mechanisms. We find that in large, non-volatile markets even a very small user bias will turn fixed-pricing profit-optimal if demand is sufficiently large and non-volatile. We derive a sufficient condition under which fixed prices are profit-optimal and illustrate the observed effects through a numerical example.

The Urgency Of The Mobile Sharia Service Program at BPD Kaltimtara Syariah as Supporting IKN Development

The market opportunity for sharia banks is still very large, which is a challenge for sharia banks to attract and convert Muslim people into customers. Kutai Kartanegara Regency is one of the districts of East Kalimantan province which has an area of 27,263.10 km² and has a large potential market for sharia customers. This type of research is called field research, and the research approach in this research is a descriptive qualitative approach. This research was carried out at Bank Kaltim Syariah Tenggarong branch and other that have implemented the Sharia Mobile Service program as well as customers who use and do not use sharia product services in several border sub-districts in Kutai Kartanegara district. Data collection techniques through observation, interviews and documentation as well as data analysis techniques through qualitative descriptive analysis in this research, namely, explaining the urgency of community needs-based sharia mobile services. The sharia mobile service program already exists at the Kaltimtara Bank Balikpapan and Samarinda branches, but website do not match those carried out in the field. Bank Kaltimtara Syariah North Penajam Paser sub-branch and Tenggarong Kutai Kartanegara Branch need to have sharia mobile service vehicles for both of them. This has been reviewed from 5 conditions, namely the economic condition of the community, socio-cultural demographics/psychography of the community, politics , government, and law, technology, and competitive factors. The results went to the people of Kutai Kartanegara Regency,the community wants sharia-based services and takes into account the pick-up and drop-off services available in the Sharia Mobile Service program as well as financing that is profitable for customers.

Do price trajectory data increase the efficiency of market impact estimation?

Market impact is an important problem faced by large institutional investors and active market participants. In this paper, we rigorously investigate whether price trajectory data from the metaorder increases the efficiency of estimation, from the view of the Fisher information, which is directly related to the asymptotic efficiency of statistical estimation. We show that, for popular market impact models, estimation methods based on partial price trajectory data, especially those containing early trade prices, can outperform established estimation methods (e.g. VWAP-based) asymptotically. We discuss theoretical and empirical implications of such phenomenon, and how they could be readily incorporated into practice.

Usability Testing of the AIS Mobile Application Using the User Centered Design Method for New Information Systems Students at UIN Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta

Many individuals all across the world now depend heavily on their smartphones in their daily lives. Building mobile applications gives the chance to connect with a very sizable and growing user base. Mobile applications have a large market potential due to their constantly growing user base. Icons on the phone screen make it simple and quick to access mobile applications. Users don't need to open a browser or type a website address in order to utilize an application; they simply need to click on the application icon. According to the results of the questionnaire given to 21 respondents, UIN Jakarta's AIS Mobile application scored 64.87% on usability. Due to this, the User Centered Design build method was used in this study to build the AIS website for UIN Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta in order to increase the usability value of the website in the aspects of Learnability, Efficiency, Memorability, Error Prevention, and Satisfication Assessment.

Research on the Key Paths of Enterprise Integration of Domestic and Foreign Trade from the Perspective of Knowledge Transfer

The issue of inefficient industry innovation caused by the segmentation of domestic and foreign trade markets has been prominent, leading to a long-standing "productivity paradox" between domestic and foreign trade. "Constructing a new pattern of integration of domestic and foreign trade with the domestic cycle as the main body and the mutual promotion of domestic and international cycles" is a strategic deployment of the Party Central Committee and the State Council. This paper investigates the problems and intrinsic mechanisms faced in the process of enterprise integration of domestic and foreign trade from the perspective of knowledge transfer. It clarifies that the primary task of integrating domestic and foreign trade is to solve the problem of inefficient knowledge transfer between domestic and foreign trade. At the same time, the study shows that: On the one hand, by constructing a horizontal system of knowledge transfer between domestic and foreign trade, it is possible to effectively enable foreign trade enterprises to enjoy the dividends of unified large market reforms, better integrate resources and standards with the domestic trade market, and promote the transfer of knowledge achievements of foreign trade enterprises to the domestic market. On the other hand, through vertical industrial ecological knowledge embedding, it can promote domestic enterprises to leverage the advantages of domestic consumption scale, integrate technology, channels, and platform resources, achieve knowledge embedding of enterprises in the vertical ecological chain of industries, and ultimately achieve the goal of integrated development of domestic and foreign trade.

Make Slot not Art: Creativity and Burnout in U.S. Local Television Newsrooms

ABSTRACT Journalism is considered a creative industry, but newsroom workers can only incorporate creativity into their stories if they have the time, tools and support for such endeavors. The structural conditions of capitalism, however, often leave workers without creative opportunities as ownership focuses on increased output and income expectations over storytelling. Instead, many workers find “one more thing” continually being added to their workloads, contributing to role overload and increasing levels of burnout. Using a labor process theory lens, this study seeks to explore the role of creativity in news gathering and distribution and its relationship with burnout in local television newsrooms. Through semi-structured interviews, forty-seven large market newsroom workers in the United States share their experiences with creative support, role overload and burnout. Those with the ability to “make art” and incorporate creativity into their routines generally speak more positively about their jobs than those who simply “make slot” to get their story on air or online. In a time of increasing newsroom worker attrition, recognizing the potential positive impact of creativity in news routines can influence how newsrooms handle staffing and storytelling into the future.

Quadratic American Strangle Options in Light of Two-Sided Optimal Stopping Problems

The aim of this paper is to examine some American-style financial instruments that lead to two-sided optimal hitting problems. We pay particular attention to derivatives that are similar to strangle options but have a quadratic payoff function. We consider these derivatives in light of much more general payoff structures under certain conditions which guarantee that the optimal strategy is an exit from a strip. Closed-form formulas for the optimal boundaries and the fair price are derived when the contract has no maturity constraints. We obtain the form of the optimal boundaries under the finite maturity horizon and approximate them by maximizing the financial utility of the derivative holder. The Crank–Nicolson finite difference method is applied to the pricing problem. The importance of these novel financial instruments is supported by several features that are very useful for financial practice. They combine the characteristics of the power options and the ordinary American straddles. Quadratic strangles are suitable for investors who need to hedge strongly, far from the strike positions. In contrast, the near-the-money positions offer a relatively lower payoff than the ordinary straddles. Note that the usual options pay exactly the overprice; no more, no less. In addition, the quadratic strangles allow investors to hedge the positions below and above the strike together. This is very useful in periods of high volatility when large market movements are expected but their direction is unknown.

Gender (im)balance in the Russian cinema: on the screen and behind the camera

The relationship between on-screen and off-screen inequality in film industries and the relative impact of these on movie attendance is widely discussed but not necessarily empirically demonstrated. This article examines the binary gender composition of film project teams and the gendered representation of film characters as factors for cinema attendance. We collected a unique dataset (N=1285) of all films released during the pre-pandemic decade (2008-2019) in Russia – at that time the largest European cinema market. A marked-up subset of 243 films was used to calculate a novel version of the Bechdel-Wallace test that accounts for the proportion of all non-stereotypical dialogues in the film narration, as opposed to the classical binary test. Our test proves very informative, revealing a strikingly high proportion of dialogues with stereotypical portrayals of women even among the films that pass the Bechdel-Wallace binary threshold. We also undertook a social network analysis (SNA) of the characters’ communications. This analysis demonstrate that women predominantly occupy a peripheral position in film plots. Both stereotyping and marginalization of women are positively related to the proportion of men in the film crew, especially in the role of screenwriter. Simultaneously, having more men in key positions is also correlated with access to larger budgets and better distribution, thus effectively impeding films with stronger women characters from wider audiences. These audiences, however, show no prejudice towards films with such characters: after 2015, films featuring central women protagonists have the same level of attendance as movies without them. Although Russia exemplifies a large non-Western cinema market, the trends we identify, particularly the “gatekeeping” effect of male filmmakers, is notably in line with those observed in Western democracies.

REACHing for divergence?-UK chemical regulation post-Brexit.

On 1 January 2021, the United Kingdom formally exited the European Union (EU; Brexit) and ceased to be subject to EU chemical regulation requirements. Before Brexit, UK chemical policy was regulated largely by the EU. With its large internal market, sophisticated regulatory capability, and stringent regulatory framework, the EU has become the world's leading regulatory state, regularly influencing global industrial decisions and practices. At the time of writing, there has been limited academic analysis of the implications of Brexit for UK chemical regulation. More than twoyears post-Brexit, we have the opportunity to assess UK chemical regulation and revisit early expectations about regulatory divergence. This article takes the EU's Regulation on the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation, and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) as a case study to analyze patterns of post-Brexit regulatory divergence, thereby providing one of the first analyses of the implications of Brexit on UK chemical regulation. Through the analysis and review of key documents and reports (n = 99), this article assesses the extent to which UK and EU regulatory (REACH) regimes are beginning to diverge and discusses the potential implications of any divergence for the United Kingdom. We find that the UK and EU chemical regulatory regimes are now evolving independently and provide clear, empirical evidence of an emerging divergence in regulatory decisions, ambitions, and approaches. The evidence suggests that the United Kingdom is currently unable to keep pace with EU developments, lacking the capacity, expertise, and capability of its EU counterparts, raising the prospect of further divergence in the future. Integr Environ Assess Manag 2024;20:1529-1538. © 2024 The Authors. Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of Society of Environmental Toxicology & Chemistry (SETAC).

Diversification Strategy and Sustainable Competitive Advantage in Cement Manufacturing Companies in Kenya

Manufacturing companies are currently opting to various strategies to deal with such emerging competitive issues. Through sustainable competitive advantage attained by adoption of the right corporate strategies, companies can enjoy better returns, large market share and attract well-trained employees The objective of the study was to establish contribution of diversification strategy on sustainable competitive advantage in cement manufacturing companies in Kenya. The study employed a descriptive research design. The target population were all the six cement manufacturing companies in Kenya. Census sampling approach was adopted to encompass all the six cement manufacturing companies. A proportionate sample of 108 respondents was chosen as a representative of the whole. From the correlation analysis results, the research variable, Diversification Strategy, had a positive influence on sustainable competitive advantage in cement manufacturing companies in Kenya. From the regression analysis results, a coefficient of correlation of 0.770 was obtained indicating that diversification strategy had a positive effect on sustainable competitive advantage in the cement manufacturing companies. The study recommended that management should assess the strategy’s suitability considering company’s structure, culture, and policies, as well as the overall targeted goals, before implementing it. The study recommended that adequate strategic planning be done professionally, and that regular monitoring be done periodically to guarantee they do not deviate from the plans. The study also recommended that cement manufacturers should adhere strictly to the rules set forth, and the relevant ministries should make sure that all businesses do the same.

Capital Structure, Financial Performance, and Macroeconomic Conditions: Evidence From Indonesia Stock Exchange

his study aims to analyze the influence of capital structure, financial performance, and macroeconomic conditions on firm value (Tobin's Q) in companies included in the Kompas 100 index (100 companies with good liquidity and large market capitalization) listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange between 2018 and 2022. A total of 50 companies with historical data for 5 years were analyzed amounting to 250 observational data. The data analysis method used is panel data regression analysis processed using Eviews software version 10. The results show that financial performance has a significant positive effect on firm value, and capital structure has a negative but not significant effect on firm value. Among the macroeconomic variables, inflation has a negative influence while interest rates have a positive influence, both of which are significant on firm value. However, GDP growth shows an influence that is not significant towards changes in firm value. The determinants of firm value are very complex thus each company needs to identify the key factors influencing them. It is recommended for further research to include corporate governance and firm growth variables.

Prospects and challenges of achieving structural transformation in Africa through the African Continental Free Trade Area

The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement seeks to integrate markets in Africa into one large market. With the growing concerns about continental integration, this study identifies prospects and challenges of achieving structural transformation in Africa through the AfCFTA. The study employs the Interactive Structural Modelling technique, which helps to develop a contextual relationship between the factors in terms of their driving power or dependence power. The results indicate that unequal trade and investment opportunities, poor infrastructure, poor access to development finance, and the degree of industrialisation have a high driving power, hence a greater potential to create a ripple effect on other factors associated with African integration. Based on the findings, this study recommends that a platform be created within the agreement where these challenges can be tackled. In this view, the establishment of various development finance institutions monitored and facilitated by the AfCFTA affiliates, could be explored.