Business Names Research Articles

A review of intensive contract poultry farming in Nigeria

Contract farming (CF) is a sort of vertical integration in agricultural commodity chains that provides a business with strong control over several operational processes, including the production process, the features of the items, quantity, quality, and timeliness of project execution. Birds were first domesticated by humans as farm animals, and as a result, many years ago, the contemporary practice of raising birds began with the harvesting of their eggs and young from their natural habitat. The Nigerian poultry industry falls into three main categories: small-, medium-, and large-scale, which are also referred to as backyard, semi-commercial, and commercial respectively. Contract farming emerged as an alternative to traditional or spot market-based agricultural production and was introduced into Nigeria under a variety of business names, including CHI, AMO, ANIMAL CARE, and ZARTECH, among others. Nigeria consumes 192.69 MT of poultry meat and egg products annually, resulting in enormous environmental impacts that have not been adequately addressed because of the growing use of contract farming. Contract farming has always received a lot of attention from academics and policymakers. Even though contract farming acknowledges the transfer of technology, prospects for increased revenue, and improved access to inputs, a great deal of research has focused on the risks that smallholder farmers face. In recent years, debate has erupted regarding the benefits and dangers of factory poultry production considering rising awareness of the challenges it poses to public health and the environment. This review reveals that backyard flocks of chickens can thrive independently of large-scale poultry operations. Survival traits including tiny size, hardiness, sluggish growth, low mature body weight, tolerance, or resistance to common local disease organisms and parasites define local chickens.

A validation study for measuring Asian- and Hispanic-serving sociocultural institutions in neighborhoods using business listing data and potential implications for health

Ethnic enclaves influence the health of Asian American and Hispanic or Latinx/a/o populations, likely via neighborhood social, economic, and built environments. To facilitate studies aiming to disentangle these specific neighborhood mechanisms, we describe the creation and validation of two novel measures—Asian-serving and Hispanic-serving sociocultural institutions (SCIs)—to estimate the social, cultural, and economic character of ethnic enclaves in California. Business listing data were used to identify SCIs or businesses that promote cultural and social identity, including arts, civic, historical, religious, social service, and membership organizations. Keyword searches of business names were used to identify potential Asian- or Hispanic-serving SCIs. An online audit of 1,627 businesses within 12 cities confirmed the validity of using keyword searches to assess whether census tracts were high or low in Asian- or Hispanic-serving SCIs (sensitivity: 63%–100%, specificity: 86%–95%; positive predictive value: 63%–89%). In exploratory regression analyses, high presence of SCIs (compared to low presence) may be associated with neighborhood-level health indicators, including greater percentages of residents who had an annual checkup in majority Asian census tracts and lower percentages of residents who were current smokers in majority Asian and Hispanic census tracts. This approach advances methodology in measurement of neighborhood sociocultural environments.

The “mythologies” of women at work, interrupted: feminist origins antenarratives from Harvard Business Review and Western University’s The Quarterly, Part I

Purpose The author aims to walk beside the singular privileged class of White women’s suffrage feminist origin story to (re)construct plausible feminist fragmented threads as antenarratives in the context of business management education. To accomplish this (re)assembling of threads, the author examined two North American business trade publications created and used within two business schools, Harvard University’s Harvard Business Review (HBR), established in 1922, and Western University’s The Quarterly Review of Commerce (The Quarterly), established in 1933. Design/methodology/approach The author carefully reviewed almost 4,000 articles from HBR and The Quarterly, focusing on 308 articles that addressed the experiences of complex women. With this subset of collected articles, the author highlighted overlooked details, accidents and errors, generating interest and curiosity about the emergence of these fragmented and paradoxical origins that align with Foucault's histories of errors. By grouping these narrative fragments into themes and conducting a critical discourse analysis that incorporated influences from the external environment, the author reconstructed plural feminist origins antenarratives. Findings The themes discovered, including women as consumers, explicit working women concerns, women as authors/coauthors, diversity and social justice initiatives, and women in higher education/training, are not merely descriptive observations. They are the building blocks for identifying and analyzing the power relations circulating among feminist origins antenarratives within management education circles. These antenarratives include shedding light on women working in capitalist contexts, the educational needs of business women, and men and naming (but not breaking) the “mythologies” of women at work. These findings are transformative to the understanding of plural feminist origins. Originality/value The uniqueness of this work lies in its threefold contributions: moving away from the notion of a singular feminist origin story and instead embracing the complexity of multiple, paradoxical and incomplete origins; shedding light on the spectrum of power relations – ranging from productive to oppressive – that shaped the experiences of women in two management educational circles during the first half of the 20th century; and introducing the concept of inflection points, which underscores the fluidity of knowledge.

Linguistic landscaping in Kathmandu’s Thamel ‘Chinatown’: language as commodity in the construction of a cosmopolitan transnational space

ABSTRACT This study explores the linguistic landscape of a new unofficial 'Chinatown' in Kathmandu, Nepal. Located in the tourist hub Thamel, this Chinatown came into being recently because of globalisation and China's outbound tourism boom. Using authentic photographic data, this study examines how the use of Chinese and various semiotic elements (e.g. colour) contributes to the making of a commodified ethnic enclave and space of consumption, where a foreign culture is inscribed and embedded in the existing built environment. Unlike the traditional old-world Chinatowns, simplified Chinese characters are omnipresent in this Chinatown and many Chinese-run business names are highly up-to-date and reflect the latest trends in their home country. The exclusive use of monolingual Chinese is also commonplace. Interestingly, awkwardly hand-copied Chinese and Google translated Chinese are used as part of local businesses' marketing repertoire in what can be called 'linguistic jugaad'. Additionally, some local businesses resort to creative, affective and playful language to attract and engage with Chinese tourists. Contributing to research on ethnic enclaves and urban sociolinguistics, this study highlights language as commodity in transforming/constructing a cosmopolitan transnational space in our globalised and mobile world, illustrating how South-South population flows can leave material traces in a place's linguistic ecology.

Efforts to Improve Product Quality and Marketing of Palm Sugar Through Branding and E-Catalog in Karang Bayan Village, Lingsar District, West Lombok Regency

The purpose of implementing this activity is to help improve the quality of palm sugar production in Karang Bayan Village and to be able to expand market share, both local and modern markets by marketing through social media. This study used a descriptive method, namely UNRAM KKN students in Karang Bayan Village, Lingsar District, West Lombok Regency for the 2023 period conducted a survey directly to the location of palm sugar production. Based on the results of the discussion, it can be concluded that the production process of solid palm sugar includes the preparation of tools and materials, the processing process which includes tapping, boiling, filtering, printing, as well as packaging and branding. Marketing is done through branding and e-catalogs. Branding is an effort to build and enhance the identity of a brand/brand with a very broad scope, while branding efforts include making a business name, logo and business location. While the E-catalog is data on various products that are designed with an editing application. E-catalog creation efforts include a list of business products as well as product information such as prices, product photos, cellphone numbers and addresses. The benefits of e-catalog itself are that it is easier to access by various parties, information on goods and services is more transparent and more effective in improving the performance of goods procurement

Effects of digital literacy on the digitalization of business name registration for micro-business owners in Magsaysay, Occidental Mindoro

Effects of digital literacy on the digitalization of business name registration for micro-business owners in Magsaysay, Occidental Mindoro

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Insider Threats to the Military Health System: A Systematic Background Check of TRICARE West Providers.

To address the pandemic, the Defense Health Agency (DHA) expanded its TRICARE civilian provider network by 30.1%. In 2022, the DHA Annual Report stated that TRICARE's provider directories were only 80% accurate. Unlike Medicare, the DHA does not publicly reveal National Provider Identification (NPI) numbers. As a result, TRICARE's 9.6 million beneficiaries lack the means to verify their doctor's credentials. Since 2013, the Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) has excluded 17,706 physicians and other providers from federal health programs due to billing fraud, neglect, drug-related convictions, and other offenses. These providers and their NPIs are included on the OIG's List of Excluded Individuals and Entities (LEIE). Patients who receive care from excluded providers face higher risks of hospitalization and mortality. We sought to assess the extent to which TRICARE screens health care provider names on their referral website against criminal databases. Between January 1-31, 2023, we used TRICARE West's provider directory to search for all providers within a 5-mile radius of 798 zip codes (38 per state, ≥10,000 residents each, randomly entered). We then copied and pasted all directory results' first and last names, business names, addresses, phone numbers, fax numbers, degree types, practice specialties, and active or closed statuses into a CSV file. We cross-referenced the search results against US and state databases for medical and criminal misconduct, including the OIG-LEIE and General Services Administration's (GSA) SAM.gov exclusion lists, the HHS Office of Civil Rights Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) breach reports, 15 available state Medicaid exclusion lists (state), the International Trade Administration's Consolidated Screening List (CSL), 3 Food and Drug Administration (FDA) debarment lists, the Federal Bureau of Investigation's (FBI) list of January 6 federal defendants, and the OIG-HHS list of fugitives (FUG). Our provider search yielded 111,619 raw results; 54 zip codes contained no data. After removing 72,156 (64.65%) duplicate entries, closed offices, and non-TRICARE West locations, we identified 39,463 active provider names. Within this baseline sample group, there were 2398 (6.08%) total matches against all exclusion and sanction databases, including 2197 on the OIG-LEIE, 2311 on the GSA-SAM.gov list, 2 on the HIPAA list, 54 on the state Medicaid exclusion lists, 69 on the CSL, 3 on the FDA lists, 53 on the FBI list, and 10 on the FUG. TRICARE's civilian provider roster merits further scrutiny by law enforcement. Following the National Institute of Standards and Technology 800, the DHA can mitigate privacy, safety, and security clearance threats by implementing an insider threat management model, robust enforcement of the False Claims Act, and mandatory security risk assessments. These are the views of the author, not the Department of Defense or the US government.

Empowering Micro Enterprise in the Knife Manufacturing Industry through Digital Promotion

The knife craftsman located in the village of Parakan Panjang, Cadasari, Pandeglang Regency, still rely on traditional product marketing methods. The aim of this activity was to assist the knife craftsman in adapting to the current digital era. The development of this knife craftsman's business began with observation and interviews to gain a comprehensive understanding of their current business operations. The outcome of this activity was the creation of a new business name to strengthen the products produced by the craftsman and the development of digital promotional materials to be disseminated through existing digital channels such as Instagram, YouTube, TikTok, and other platforms like WhatsApp status updates. By introducing digitalization to micro and small businesses, such as this knife craftsman, it is hoped that micro and small businesses in Indonesia can thrive and adapt to the new digital business environment.

Exploration on the Transformation of Retail Finance Marketing from “Sitting Business” to “Traveling Business” in Commercial Banks —Take the “Pop-up Shop” Model of C Bank Pedestrian Street as an Example

“Sitting business” and “traveling business” are two commonly used modes in marketing practice. “Sitting business” refers to waiting for customers to come to the door, is a kind of signboard and business name to attract customers of the marketing model, such as the commercial street store model, its business characteristics and competitiveness are mainly reflected in the attractiveness of products and the quality of service in the hall. “Merchant” refers to proactive marketing customers, and now refers more to product promotion and branding based on planning and packaging, as well as marketing personnel to communicate and interact with customers outside the business premises to expand product influence and market share. It is generally believed that sitting merchants are a conventional, traditional and inefficient marketing model compared to merchants. In the operation of modern enterprises, due to the increasingly fierce market competition, the transformation from “sitting business” to “traveling business” has become the consensus of business managers, and the awareness and ability of business are gradually becoming the core competitiveness of modern enterprise marketing.The operation mode of traditional bank branches is more of a passive waiting for customers to come to the door and accept the business needs of customers, reflecting the concept of “sitting in business”. With the sudden rise of Internet finance, which has had a huge impact on traditional banking business, the banking industry has realized that there may be a “last mile” shortcoming in physical outlets in financial services, and narrowing the distance between bank outlets and customers is more about “going out”, such as developing community banks, carrying out door-to-door marketing, expanding business districts, etc., mining customer needs outside bank outlets, building “scenario-based” finance, and constantly trying to change the business model from “sitting business” to “ traveling business”.

Re-Branding UMKM dengan Pendekatan Bisnis Dan Komunikasi Visual dalam Proses Pembelajaran Menggunakan Project Based Learning (Studi Kasus Maestro Pempek)

This community service activity aims to provide insight into the concept of digital marketing strategies and visual communication used for product marketing. Service activities are carried out using interview methods and SWOT analysis as well as direct assistance to MSME managers. The results of community service activities produce work through a graphic design approach in the form of changing business names, rebranding logos, Instagram accounts, feed content, catalogs and new packaging designs. Apart from that, this activity can increase the knowledge of MSME players about innovation and digital marketing strategies and is useful in promoting products more widely, so that potential buyers are increasingly interested in buying MSME products

Новый взгляд на проблему заимствований: языковая фрустрация vs маркетинговые стратегии

The article reveals linguocognitive mechanisms as well as social reasons for active functioning of new borrowings in the modern public discourse and in commercial enterprises naming. The material for the analysis is a sample of the most frequent lexis in the micro synchrony that are not yet part of the host language lexicon, and comprises over one hundred and fifty lexical units, selected from the national corpus of the Russian language, public internet discourse, the author's collection of brand names (and names of businesses), radio and television programs. As a result of a comprehensive analysis, two main isomorphic types of borrowing functioning are identified. They are supposed to be motivated by multi-level linguistic, social, and pragmatic factors. Hence, the evidence of linguomental transformations of meaning is linked to the condition of linguistic frustration. This justifies considering it as a state of linguistic personality (at both the first and second levels, according to Yu.N. Karaulov), wherein the constraints of linguistic norms are lifted, and foreign-language word usage is motivated in specific speech act. A tendency of duplicate (native and foreign) naming in explicitly nominative and implicitly subjective-pragmatic functions has been established. It is suggested that the synergy of these functions conveys the speaker's subjective intentions and can be regarded as a marketing strategy of self-positioning in the act of foreign-language use in the nomination process, or as a commercial move, emphasizing the value of the product / service (i.e., commercialization of the nominative unit). Thus, the discourse becomes either status-oriented or conative. The linguistic phenomena under consideration introduce changes into the national concept sphere, as they contain features of a different language world view.

The naming of halal food and beverages: A multimodal semiology study

The culinary business has been flourishing in every city in Indonesia, including Surakarta, Malang, and Tangerang. Consequently, determining the names of products becomes crucial to pique the interest of the public in these offerings. This research is aimed to review the naming of food and beverages using a semiology approach. The research uses a descriptive explanative method. The data in this research are the names of food and beverages. The sources of the data are documents related to names of culinary businesses (food and beverages) in restaurants in Surakarta, Malang, and Tangerang. The data collection was conducted through documentation, observation, and data recording in data format. The data analysis uses referential equivalent, strengthened with semiology theory from Roland Barthes, namely searching for signs, denotative meaning, connotative meaning, and myth. The research indicates that, in general, the names of food and beverages sold in restaurants often contain unconventional elements, including references to ghosts, animals, and other negative connotations prohibited in the Decree of The Head of Badan Penyelenggara Jaminan Produk Halal (BPJPH or the Halal Product Assurance Agency) Number 57 Year 2021. This suggests that the naming of food and beverages in Surakarta, Malang, and Tangerang does not align with the provisions outlined in Decree Number 57 Year 2021, preventing the business owners from obtaining halal certification. The research recommends that the naming of halal food and beverage products adhere to the guidelines set by this decree.

Edukasi Masyarakat Upaya Membangun Branding Produk UKM di Banjar Lokaserana Selama Pandemi

The total cessation of the tourism sector in Bali during this pandemic resulted in the paralysis of the community's economy. Not a few people in Banjar Lokaserana lost their jobs and as a result some of them changed professions and tried to sell, starting from selling masks, food, to selling household furniture. However, in running their business, many people experience difficulties in promoting their products through social media, which results in limited sales reach. Branding is a business strategy to introduce the business value of a business product to consumers. Branding strategies are carried out in several aspects, such as creating a business name, logo, brand, and even promotional procedures for a product. This Non-Location KKN Report contains information about public education in efforts to build SME product branding which was carried out in the Banjar Lokaserana environment during the Covid-19 Pandemic. In the initial stage, observation methods were used to determine the target community and discuss the problems faced. In the implementation method, a work program is implemented by providing education to the target community about product branding to create attractive promotional posters using the Canva application. To find out all forms of improvement and results from the implementation of the work program, an evaluation was carried out by providing a questionnaire via Google Form media. This education aims to achieve sales results for the target community.

Designing and Evaluating a Hierarchical Framework for Matching Food Outlets across Multi-sourced Geospatial Datasets: a Case Study of San Diego County.

Research on retail food environment (RFE) relies on data availability and accuracy. However, the discrepancies in RFE datasets may lead to imprecision when measuring association with health outcomes. In this research, we present a two-tier hierarchical point of interest (POI) matching framework to compare and triangulate food outlets across multiple geospatial data sources. Two matching parameters were used including the geodesic distance between businesses and the similarity of business names according to Levenshtein distance (LD) and Double Metaphone (DM). Sensitivity analysis was conducted to determine thresholds of matching parameters. Our Tier 1 matching used more restricted parameters to generate high confidence-matched POIs, whereas in Tier 2 we opted for relaxed matching parameters and applied a weighted multi-attribute model on the previously unmatched records. Our case study in San Diego County, California used government, commercial, and crowdsourced data and returned 20.2% matched records from Tier 1 and 18.6% matched from Tier 2. Our manual validation shows a 100% matching rate for Tier 1 and up to 30.6% for Tier 2. Matched and unmatched records from Tier 1 were further analyzed for spatial patterns and categorical differences. Our hierarchical POI matching framework generated highly confident food POIs by conflating datasets and identified some food POIs that are unique to specific data sources. Triangulating RFE data can reduce uncertain and invalid POI listings when representing food environment using multiple data sources. Studies investigating associations between food environment and health outcomes may benefit from improved quality of RFE.

Corrupt Influences on the English Language of Young Second-Language Learners

In language development of a second-language learner, many factors can influence a learner positively or negatively. This paper focuses on the various corrupt influences on the English language of most young second-language users. This is established using a simple inference from a comparison between character development and language development in an individual and to illustrate the similar way in which both developments can negatively affect individuals/learners through the influence of certain factors. Such factors include society, social media, printed material, electronic media and other miscellaneous factors that contaminate the language of the people, especially, that of young second-language users. Observed actual instances of language corruption are rampart in the spoken and written expressions of these users, business names, mottos written on vehicles, etc. The paper goes further to discuss the implications of these negative influences as well as the roles expected of teachers of English, parents and the government concerning these stated corrupt influences.

Kajian Penamaan Kuliner di Makassar Menggunakan Teori Semantik Odgen-Richard

The main focus of this research is to examine how the Odgen-Richard theory works on culinary naming in Makassar City (food or drink). This research is also related to culture in South Sulawesi, specifically in Makassar City. Language is still related to culinary, culinary requires language as part of establishing one's identity and the uniqueness of a region, language and culinary are part of culture. The linguistic phenomenon of culinary naming is very interesting to study. Therefore, researchers analyzed the naming of culinary delights in Makassar City. This research is a qualitative descriptive study. The data sources in this research are in the form of photos and documents. The data analyzed are the names of culinary businesses in Makassar City. The research instrument is the researcher himself, the researcher plays an active role in obtaining data during field observations. From the research results, 3 aspects related to language can be identified, namely 1) linguistic form, 2) various types of meaning, and 3) factors that influence culinary naming. 1) linguistic form shows the presence of (1) naming using a code-mixing system, (2) complete writing, (3) forming new terms, and (4) abbreviations. 2) various types of meaning in culinary naming, it is known that there are (1) lexical and referential meanings, (2) contextual meanings, and (3) non-referential meanings. 3) factors that influence culinary naming, namely (1) the influence of foreign languages, (2) typical Makassar food, (3) inspiration from regional names, and (4) the history of the culinary business owner.

Pelatihan Digital Marketing Pada Pelaku UMKM Sociopreneur Batik Kebon Indah Klaten

Batik Kebon Indah is the name of a batik business managed by some villagers in Kebon village, Bayat sub-district, Klaten Regency, Central Java. This batik business is managed by one of the village residents involving 15 batik craftsmen. Soiciopreuner's main products are handmade batik and printed batik in cloth form. During and after the Covid 19 pandemic, sales of Kebon Indah batik stopped, because the main consumers were foreign tourists who came directly to the production location to see the batik making process. Another problem that occurs is that Sociopreneur members are mothers/women who rarely use social media which can actually be used to promote their products anywhere. For this reason, the service team provides training which objective of this community service is to train the members of Sociopreuner Batik Kebon Indah to make use of social media platforms to promote their products. The results of the training show the enthusiasm of the training participants, it is proven that several training participants have started to promote their products regularly through social media: Instagram, Facebook and TikTok. The followers and viewers visiting the training participants' social media increased. By increasing the number of followers and viewers on the platform, it is hoped that it can increase product sales and increase guest visits to the batik product show room.

BIMBINGAN PEMBUATAN COMPANY PROFILE UNTUK MENDUKUNG PROMOSI BISNIS KULINER UMKM WARUNG HARUM

When talking about current business developments, there has been a lot of talk about where 2023 is the year towards a recession situation. This condition will certainly have an impact on all aspects of the main activities of the business sector, which inevitably must be prepared to face heavy burdens not only due to intense competition, but also sluggish conditions which can reduce business turnover. Of course, it's not strange if the end of all business is to get maximum income in which it must be considered as profit. Various efforts need to be made by all business scales, including MSMEs. Even though there is a long story that MSMEs always manage to get through even difficult situations, of course you can't if you just wait for what will happen in the future. One effort that can be done by adjusting all the resources owned by a place of business is to strengthen the business name and promote it more broadly through a business profile (company profile) that can be reached by the whole community as potential customers. A business profile that can highlight various characteristics of a place of business not only enhances a positive image in the eyes of consumers but also can reach some opportunities to bring in investors who can work together to develop the business.

What to expect from such changes? The business model reconfiguration and the dilemma for business evolution

This case is a fictional narrative based on a real case experienced by the authors throughout their professional career. The Alpha Company (fictitious business name) has been operating in the furniture sector since 2006. In 2015, Alpha's managers faced a great dilemma regarding technology adoption and the transformation of the organization's business model to meet the demands of its customers and increase the company's profitability. The case describes the organizational trajectory of the company, showing the reconfiguration of its business model over the years and the dilemma experienced by managers. At a certain point in the organizational trajectory, the business's evolution and growth depend on an important decision regarding the organizational processes. The primary focus of this case is on business models, including strategic decisions and technological changes. Appropriate theories on business models are drawn from the literature to discuss and address these issues. This case was written for use in classes on organizational strategies and strategic planning at the undergraduate level. The focus of the case aligns well with discussions of business models, strategic decisions, innovation, and technological changes.