Journal articles: 'Business comparison with industry'

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B. Chummun, Zaheenah, and Christo Bisschoff. "A comparison of two models to measure business success in microinsurance." Investment Management and Financial Innovations 14, no. 3 (October 11, 2017): 113–25. http://dx.doi.org/10.21511/imfi.14(3).2017.11.

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Microinsurance is an insurance product offered to low-income earners charactrized by low profitability resulting from low premiums and high transaction costs. Insurance companies are socially challenged to also include this market segment in their portfolio of insurance products to contribute to economic development and servicing the low-income market. Business success in the microinsurance segment is, therefore, more than calculating profits. This article offers guidance to measure business success in this market. Two models were constructed to measure business success: one generalized and the other an industry specific model. These models are compared to determine which one would be the more suitable to employ as a tool to measure business success in the microinsurance industry. The analysis indicated that the generalized model is better model to use. However, the industry specific model also proves to be valuable and is more suitable for specific company applications than general industry analysis.

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Crawford, Robert. "Opening for business." Journal of Historical Research in Marketing 8, no. 3 (August 15, 2016): 452–72. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jhrm-12-2014-0035.

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Purpose This paper aims to provide an insight into the emergence of the global advertising industry by undertaking a comparison of the respective entries of the advertising agencies J. Walter Thompson and McCann Erickson into the Australian market in the 1930s and 1960s. Design/methodology/approach This study undertakes a comparison of the strategies and initiatives implemented by J. Walter Thompson and McCann Erickson as documented in the agencies’ respective archival collections as well as industry press reports. Findings The similarities between J. Walter Thompson and McCann Erickson reveal that globalisation of the advertising industry was both driven and restricted in even parts by profitability and pragmatism. Originality/value The experiences of the J. Walter Thompson and McCann Erickson agencies in establishing their Australian operations offer a unique, long-term view of the emergence and development of a global advertising industry.

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Azrul, Muhammad, Edy Marsudi, and Mustafa Usman. "Analisis Perbandingan Pendapatan usaha home industri kerupuk tepung dan emping melinjo di Desa Pulo Pisang Kecamatan Pidie Kabupaten Pidie." Jurnal Ilmiah Mahasiswa Pertanian 1, no. 1 (November 1, 2016): 510–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.17969/jimfp.v1i1.1108.

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ANALYSISBENEFIT SALES OF HOME INDUSTRY ON MELINJO AND FLOUR’S CHIPS IN PULO PISANG PIDIE CITY Muhammad Azrul/Agribussines Unsyiah ABSTRACT Flour crackers are traditional processed products using starch and wheat flour as the main ingredient. Melinjo is one of the flagship products of Pidie, which is produced in almost all districts. This study aimed to analyze whether the home business industry can provide benefits and do a comparison of income. The analytical method used in this research is the analysis of income, ravenue cost ratio, BEP and comparative analysis. The survey results revealed that businesses Home Industry cracker flour and melinjo can provide benefits and melinjo business is more profitable than business of flour cracker. keywords : flour crackers, melinjo crackers, analysis income, comparison of income

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Chen, Jui-Ho, and Shwu-Ing Wu. "A comparison of green business relationship models between industry types." Total Quality Management & Business Excellence 26, no. 7-8 (March 27, 2014): 778–92. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14783363.2014.884309.

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Gadenne, David. "Critical Success Factors for Small Business: An Inter-industry Comparison." International Small Business Journal: Researching Entrepreneurship 17, no. 1 (October 1998): 36–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0266242698171002.

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Silva, Rui, André Coelho, Nuno Sousa, and Patrícia Quesado. "Family Business Management: A Case Study in the Portuguese Footwear Industry." Journal of Open Innovation: Technology, Market, and Complexity 7, no. 1 (February 3, 2021): 55. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/joitmc7010055.

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The family business is one of the world economy’s leading drivers, playing a significant role in countries’ economic and social development. Portugal is a country very dependent on this type of companies, which makes this study important, not only for discussing the problem in this scientific field but also for understanding family business characteristics in a country so dependent on this type of business. In this sense, this research work’s general objective is to understand the reality of the management of family businesses in the footwear industry, through the vision of the CEO’s of five companies in the North of Portugal. The present study is qualitative, as interviews were carried out with five CEOs of family businesses. The authors collected the participants’ reports between June and July 2019, in a single moment, through a face-to-face interview held at their respective workplaces, after prior scheduling. The interviews were recorded using an audio recorder and later transcribed and imported for analysis. The results obtained demonstrated that these organizations contribute enormously to the country’s economic and social development. This study also contributes to improving the understanding of the subject under analysis, through interviews with CEOs in the footwear industry in the Northern region of Portugal, exposing in more depth this representative and emerging sector, in a country mostly characterized by family businesses. It also aims to contribute to understanding the main determinants and characteristics of family businesses in the literature, like family businesses and performance, namely, ownership, professionalization, company–family relationship, succession, management and performance practices. With this study’s results, it is also expected that they may be susceptible to discussion and comparison with family businesses from other countries and from different business areas.

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Stichhauerova, Eva, Miroslav Zizka, and Natalie Pelloneova. "Comparison of the Significance of Clusters for Increasing Business Performance." Journal of Competitiveness 12, no. 3 (September 30, 2020): 172–89. http://dx.doi.org/10.7441/joc.2020.03.10.

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This article focuses on the impact of clusters on performance in five selected industries. Focused on increasing the competitiveness of regions and enterprises, clusters are currently considered one of the most essential tools of industrial policy. This includes the Czech Republic, where cluster initiatives have been systematically supported since 2004 by operational programmes. The goal of this research was to determine whether cluster organizations have a positive effect on the performance of their member enterprises in various industries. Another goal was to verify the relation between the financial and innovative performance of the member enterprises. The research was carried out on a sample of five clusters in the automotive, IT, furnituremanufacturing, packaging and machinery industries, with Data Envelopment Analysis used for this performance evaluation. The enterprises were divided into three groups: companies that are members of cluster organizations, companies that are active in the same region and industry but are not members of a cluster group, and companies from the respective industry that operate outside the region of the given cluster. The results of the study indicate that in four industries (automotive, IT, packaging, machinery), member companies of cluster organizations achieve better results than non-members or firms active in other regions. On the other hand, it was not possible to prove a positive relation between company performance and their registered industrial rights, neither from the perspective of cluster membership nor their activity in the respective industry and region.

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Ivankovič, Gordana, and Mateja Jerman. "Comparative analysis of budgeting in the Slovene hotel industry." Tourism and hospitality management 17, no. 1 (2011): 91–100. http://dx.doi.org/10.20867/thm.17.1.7.

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The main purpose of the presented research was to investigate whether Slovene hotels that have a business strategy and strategic management accounting are more successful in comparison with those that still do not have a long-term business strategy and strategic management accounting.Hotels that have a business strategy and strategic management accounting are expected to be more successful in comparison with those that still do not have a long-term business strategy. Questionnaires were distributed to the management of selected Slovene hotels. The Slovene budgeting practices were assessed in Slovene large hotels, which have more than 100 rooms. The analysis was performed at the beginning of the years 2004 and 2008, respectively. Budgeting practices in Slovene hotels were assessed by analyzing the extent to which managers used strategic management accounting and the extent to which business strategies were implemented. The analysis provides evidence that hotels with a long-term business strategy are more successful than those that that have a short-term strategy, or are even without one. Although an improvement in the field of continuous budgeting in the five-year period can be ascertained, only a minority of Slovene hotels uses standard cost as a basis for budgeting. This was the first study that ascertained discrepancies between Slovenian budgeting practice and foreign best practices, which is undoubtedly of great interest for decision-makers on the level of individual hotel.

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Lippit, Jeffrey W., and Bruce L. Oliver. "Intra-Industry Performance Comparison and Industrial Concentration." Business & Society 25, no. 1 (June 1986): 15–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/000765038602500103.

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BINDA, VERONICA, and ELISABETTA MERLO. "Trends in the Fashion Business: Spain and Italy in Comparison, 1973–2013." Enterprise & Society 21, no. 1 (August 1, 2019): 79–109. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/eso.2019.29.

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This article investigates the dynamics that characterized the top fashion industry companies in Italy and Spain in the last three decades of the twentieth century and the first thirteen years of the new millennium. The first section describes the sources and the methodology adopted. The second compares the features and transformations of the largest firms in the industry. The third focuses on these companies in 2013. The fourth discusses our findings, focusing on the impact that globalization and a possible “advantage of backwardness” had on the emergence of Italy and Spain as trendsetters.

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Luo, Tian, and Amar Mann. "High-Tech Business Survivorship: An Analysis By Organization Type." Journal of Business & Economics Research (JBER) 9, no. 10 (September 26, 2011): 1. http://dx.doi.org/10.19030/jber.v9i10.5948.

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Previous studies have shown that organizational and environmental factors such as start-up size, number of establishments, start-up year, geographic location, and industry are all significant determinants of a businesss survival rate. However, the link between survival rates and the legal structure of businesses has not been established. This analysis of new and existing high-tech businesses between the years of 1998 and 2009 reveals that given the same organizational characteristics and environmental factors, businesses legally structured as sole proprietorships and partnerships had significantly lower survival rates than did businesses structured as corporations or other organization types. Corporations had the lowest mortality rate among all groups. In comparison, partnerships exited at a 50 percent higher rate than did corporations, while sole proprietorships exited at twice the rate of corporations. This paper models hazard rates over the lifetime of a business and shows that businesses tend to have the highest mortality rates in their second and third years of operation, after which exit rates decrease at a logarithmic rate. Sole proprietorships, however, do not follow this trend as their mortality rate was highest in their first year of operation. In addition, impacts on survivorship of high-tech businesses due to start-up size, number of establishments, industry, and location are measured and compared with findings from previous studies.

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Bayraktar, Erkan, Ekrem Tatoglu, and Arafat Salih Aydiner. "Business Analytics Adoption and Firm Performance: An Efficiency Study via Cross-Industry Comparison." Academy of Management Proceedings 2020, no. 1 (August 2020): 21082. http://dx.doi.org/10.5465/ambpp.2020.21082abstract.

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Monticello, Robert A., and W. Curtis White. "A Comparison of Antimicrobials for the Textile Industry." International Nonwovens Journal os-11, no. 1 (March 2002): 1558925002OS—01. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1558925002os-01100109.

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Jones, Janice. "An inter‐industry comparison of VET in Australian SMEs." Education + Training 48, no. 8/9 (October 2006): 584–96. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/00400910610710029.

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Wu, Xuemei. "Comparisons of Undergraduate Business Administration Education in Greater Bay Area, China." Review of Educational Theory 2, no. 4 (December 4, 2019): 18. http://dx.doi.org/10.30564/ret.v2i4.1224.

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Business administration education plays an important part in supporting the development of business industry and ensuring the ongoing supply of qualifed human resources to meet the demanding industry requirements. However, the dramatic growth of the economy has not been accompanied by an adequate response from the education system. It is therefore, necessary to review the existing business administration programs. This paper will make a comparison of the current undergraduate programs in Business Administration in Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area in the six dimensions: curriculum and instruction; strategic planning; administrative management; faculty; student achievements; and resources. Suggestions for the further development of Business Administration programs in the bay area will then be proposed.

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G. Sternbeck, Michael, and Heinrich Kuhn. "Grocery retail operations and automotive logistics: a functional cross-industry comparison." Benchmarking: An International Journal 21, no. 5 (July 29, 2014): 814–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/bij-07-2012-0048.

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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to identify and describe similarities between logistics structures and mid-term planning problems in the grocery retail and automotive industries in a specific internal section of their respective supply chains. Design/methodology/approach – The benchmarking approach is used as a framework for this paper. It is based on insights resulting from several joint projects with grocery retailers and automobile producers. A particular focus of the research was participating in an exchange of ideas and experience between logistics managers in both industry sectors. Findings – The authors have identified parallels when comparing the internal retail supply chain of the grocery retail industry, which consists of distribution centres, transportation and in-store logistics, with the internal logistics network in the automotive industry, which consists of logistics supermarkets, transportation and work zone operations at the assembly line. Strong similarities have been found for three planning problems related to tactical planning tasks: assigning products and parts to delivery modes, selecting packaging units and loading carriers, and determining delivery cycles. In comparison to retailing, there is a clearer trend in the automotive industry to plan line-back and align processes with the operator's requirements at the assembly line. Practical implications – For logisticians in grocery retailing and the automotive industry, this paper provides relevant input for functional benchmarking initiatives and offers an inspirational view beyond the horizon. Originality/value – This paper is the first to focus on similarities in logistics network structures and planning tasks between the two industries from the viewpoint of grocery retailing.

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Payne, James E., Robert R. Sharp, and Susan A. Simmons. "Forecasting Yearling Prices: A Comparison Of Alternative Time Series Models." Journal of Applied Business Research (JABR) 10, no. 3 (September 22, 2011): 17. http://dx.doi.org/10.19030/jabr.v10i3.5919.

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The thoroughbred breeding industry in North America has fallen on hard times. The health of this industry is often gauged by prices obtained for yearlings at North American auctions, particularly the average prices of summer sales at Keeneland and Saratoga. We examine various exponential smoothing algorithms along with a market-based structural model, as well as an ARIMA model in generating one-step ahead forecasts. The market-based structural model outperforms the other approaches with respect to both in- and out-of-sample forecasting accuracy.

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Lam, Vitus S. W. "A Framework-Driven Comparison of Automata-Based Tools for Identifying Business Rule Conflicts." International Journal of Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering 29, no. 03 (March 2019): 433–55. http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/s0218194019500190.

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Drawing on business rules for constructing business process models by a constraint-driven methodology is a distinct characteristic of declarative process modeling. Given the intricacies of business rules, there is a pragmatic need to conduct conflict-free assessments for business rules in an automatic manner. In this paper, business rules are stated in terms of restricted English by harnessing a group of predefined business rule templates. With linear temporal logic that serves as a semantic foundation for the business rule templates, a pair of business rules represented as a linear temporal logic specification is translated into an associated Büchi automaton via LTL2BA, LTL3BA and ltl2tgba. A Büchi automaton that accepts the empty language signifies that the two business rules are in conflict with each other. The suitability of the formal framework and the three automated tools is evaluated by an industry-level case study.

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Bun'kovskii, D. V. "The business development environment in the oil and gas industry." National Interests: Priorities and Security 16, no. 12 (December 15, 2020): 2289–302. http://dx.doi.org/10.24891/ni.16.12.2289.

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Subject. The article focuses on different conditions for the emergence of industrial entrepreneurship and its growth drivers in the Russian oil and gas industry today. Objectives. I provide updates on challenges to the industrial entrepreneurship in the Russian oil and gas industry. The article also discusses some aspects of the emergence and development of industrial entrepreneurship in terms of governmental control and the business–State relationship. Methods. The study relies upon the systems analysis of the current cooperation between the business and the State and its specifics as determinants triggering the emergence and development of industrial entrepreneurship in the oil and gas sector. I also apply other methods of research, such as observation, hypothetical and deductive reasoning, comparison and generalization. Results. The article describes core interests of the State and business and determines how they can possibly come across. I examines various aspects of business taxation and tax burden, viewing them as conditions for the emergence and development of industrial entrepreneurship in the oil and gas sector today. Conclusions and Relevance. In the oil and gas sector, industrial entrepreneurship could develop sustainably if industrial complexes, public institutions and governmental economic regulators cooperate productively. Furthermore, the systemic and comprehensive use of the cause-and-effect relationship may help the national economy advance.

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Ladzani, Watson. "Benchmarking the South African Excellence Model against worldclass best practice business Excellence Models." Environmental Economics 7, no. 4 (December 9, 2016): 8–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.21511/ee.07(4).2016.01.

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This study benchmarks South African Excellence Model (SAEM) against selected similar models in developed economies. The primary research question is: Why are South African small and medium enterprises (SMEs) not performing well in comparison to similar businesses in developed economies? The objectives of the study are to compare SAEM against worldclass best practice business excellence models, measure and rate SMEs management performance criteria. Random sampling was used to select SMEs in the construction industry. The findings revealed SAEM as equally a good model as worldclass best practice models. Empirical results revealed low management performance scores in comparison with those of worldclass best practice. Recommendations included aggressive marketing of SAEM and introducing continuous performance management improvement strategies on poorly rated criteria. Keywords: benchmarking, business excellence models, developed economies, management performance, small and medium enterprises. JEL Classification: L26, O1, L25

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Länsiluoto, Aapo, Tomas Eklund, Barbro Back, Hannu Vanharanta, and Ari Visa. "Industry‐specific cycles and companies' financial performance comparison using self‐organizing maps." Benchmarking: An International Journal 11, no. 3 (June 2004): 267–86. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/14635770410538754.

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Rajan, Amin. "Microelectronics in industry. an international comparison: Britain, Germany, France." Futures 17, no. 5 (October 1985): 558–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0016-3287(85)90069-2.

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Denny-Smith, George, and Martin Loosemore. "Integrating Indigenous enterprises into the Australian construction industry." Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management 24, no. 5 (September 18, 2017): 788–808. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ecam-01-2016-0001.

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the barriers to entry for Indigenous businesses into the Australian construction industry. Design/methodology/approach A national survey was conducted with 33 Indigenous businesses operating in the Australian construction industry. Findings The findings show that Indigenous enterprises face similar challenges to many small non-Indigenous enterprises wishing to enter the industry. These include adjusting to unique construction industry cultures and practices, breaking into existing business networks and building social capital and being under-cut by industry incumbents and competitors when tendering for projects. These barriers are similar to those faced by other non-Indigenous social enterprises, although Indigenous enterprises do appear to experience relatively greater difficulty in starting-up their businesses and in securing sufficient capital, finance and assistance to enable them to scale-up and tender for normal work packages at a competitive price. Research limitations/implications The results are limited to Australian Indigenous businesses. The survey does not allow a comparison of non-Indigenous and Indigenous businesses, although comparison of results with existing non-Indigenous research into small to medium-sized firms in construction does allow some tentative insights. These need to be explored further. Practical implications These results indicate that there are significant barriers to be addressed within the Australian construction industry if government indigenous procurement policies are to achieve their stated aims of increasing the number of Indigenous firms in the industry. The results also have important implications for Indigenous businesses and for non-Indigenous firms operating in the Australian construction industry. Social implications This is an important gap in knowledge to address if countries like Australia are to redress the significant inequalities in income and health suffered by Indigenous populations. Originality/value In countries like Australia, with significant Indigenous populations, governments are seeking to address persistent disadvantage by using new social procurement initiatives to create quasi construction markets for Indigenous enterprises to participate in the construction industry. While there is an emerging body of research into the barriers facing mainstream small to medium-sized enterprises and, to a lesser extent, social enterprises in construction, the barriers to entry facing Indigenous construction enterprises have been largely ignored.

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Li, Mingzhi, and Kai Reimers. "Innovation in China’s information and communications technology industry." Chinese Management Studies 9, no. 1 (April 7, 2015): 27–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/cms-01-2015-0017.

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Purpose – This paper aims to identify the sources of innovation in the current business environment of China. With the set target of transforming China into an innovative society by 2020, the Chinese government has taken dramatic measures to foster the nation’s innovation capability. Whether this Chinese model of promoting innovation has been successful and can be sustainable are controversial issues which need to be analyzed from an academic perspective. In recent years, there have been successful cases of innovation driven by grassroots entrepreneurs, especially in the information and communications technology (ICT) industry. Therefore, it is time to analyze their success factors from the perspectives of both corporate strategy and government policy. Design/methodology/approach – The methodology used in this research is a comparative case analysis, and several high-profile cases in China’s ICT industry have been selected for this comparative study. Information used in the analysis comes from publicly available sources such as business school case studies and industry and news media reports. The authors have been following the evolution of China’s ICT industry for more than a decade; insights from their prior research and knowledge gained through industry contacts are also used in the analysis. Findings – Generally speaking, the types of innovation in China’s ICT industry can be categorized into a top-down or a bottom-up approach. For the top-down approach of innovation driven by the government, the authors analyzed the case of the Chinese government’s effort to build an industry value chain through fostering the Chinese indigenous third-generation mobile communications standard time division–synchronous code division multiple access. In comparison, the authors use several success cases, including the ecosystem built around the highly successful XiaoMi mobile phone and Tencent’s mobile portal WeChat, as it showcases of the bottom-up approach of innovation driven by grassroots entrepreneurship. The comparison of these two approaches suggests that massive government-sponsored projects are unlikely to generate genuine innovation in the highly competitive and dynamic ICT sector. The government’s role should be to foster entrepreneurship and to create a fair business environment. Originality/value – This research uses the method of comparative case studies to identify the source of innovation in a highly dynamic and uncertain business environment. Findings of this study shed light on the government policy toward innovation in the ICT industry and on the business firms’ strategy on innovation.

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Всяких and Maksim Vsyakikh. "COMPARISON OF ANALYTICAL CAPABILITIES FINANCIAL STATEMENTS COMPANIES OF RUSSIA AND UKRAINE." Bulletin of Belgorod State Technological University named after. V. G. Shukhov 1, no. 12 (November 11, 2016): 242–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.12737/22759.

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this article discusses the similarities and differences key forms financial accountancy of the enterprises of the construction industry in Russia and Ukraine. Based on the identified differences, an attempt is made the comparability of the indicators characterizing the financial performance of business enterprises.

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Khan, Eijaz Ahmed, Mohammed Naim A. Dewan, and Md Maruf Hossan Chowdhury. "Reflective or formative measurement model of sustainability factor? A three industry comparison." Corporate Ownership and Control 13, no. 2 (2016): 83–92. http://dx.doi.org/10.22495/cocv13i2p9.

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The sustainability concept is commonly used in many domains. However, the assessment of reflective and formative measurement has been ignored largely. As a result, sustainability factor scales are specified wrongly and this might lead to reduced scale validity. The aim of the study is find out the nature of sustainability factors either reflective or formative by investigating three distinct industrial settings in Bangladesh. A quantitative research design is used and the data is analysed through Partial Least Square (PLS) analysis. PLS analysis validates the indicators and factors. Sustainability factors in context of microbusiness and supply chain found reflective in nature whereas in e-business it was formative. The study suggests that sustainability factor is a context specific phenomena and it can be treated either reflective or formative.

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Battistella, Cinzia, Maria Cagnina, Lucia Cicero, and Nadia Preghenella. "Sustainable Business Models of SMEs: Challenges in Yacht Tourism Sector." Sustainability 10, no. 10 (September 27, 2018): 3437. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su10103437.

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Despite the high number of active small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in all sectors, current studies have barely developed investigations on the sustainability of their business models so far. The aim of this study was thus to bridge the gap between sustainable business models of SMEs in the service industry, to uncover the challenges that SMEs face when seeking business model reconfiguration toward sustainability. More specifically, the empirical investigation adopted a case study research design in the context of yacht tourism, as one business form among many within the tourism industry and thus within the broader category of the service industry. Interviews were conducted with seven European SMEs, whose business models were analyzed through the lens of the triple bottom line and sustainability challenges in their business models. The results display a varied typology of case studies, where business model components reveal diverse expressions of facing sustainability challenges. The work discusses reported findings with a cross-case comparison among detected business models and outlines a list of propositions for sustainable business models of SMEs. The paper contributes in continuing the discourse on sustainable business models, adopting the perspective of the challenges for SMEs and offers food for thought for managers of SMEs in comparing their own business with the identified business model types.

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Kostenko, Vitaly, Volodymyr Kuznichenko, and Volodymyr Lapshyn. "Criterion Stochastic Decision Making Method in the Tourism Industry." Research in Applied Economics 10, no. 1 (March 25, 2018): 25. http://dx.doi.org/10.5296/rae.v10i1.12761.

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The development and application of effective and reliable decision making methods in the tourist business is an important problem. When choosing objects in the tourist business – such as recreational territories, tourist routes and other attractions – the change in the number of objects, as well as in the number of choice criteria, is very important. Those who are tasked with making these sorts of decisions may find the method developed and proposed here – a criterion stochastic method – to be useful, on account of its universality and relative objectivity. When choosing an object (alternative) in a situation where their number – or the number of criteria – varies, the criterion stochastic method keeps the ratios of the initial global priorities of the alternatives (criteria) equal, as well as maintaining their comparison signs.

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Isstianto, Sunarto, Sekolah Tinggi Ilmu Ekonomi Surakarta, Suprapti Supardi, Sapja Anantanyu, and Mahendra Wijaya. "The family business of leadership succession by comparison cluster between Kauman and Laewyan Batik industry." Journal of Business & Management (COES&RJ-JBM) 4, no. 4 (October 1, 2016): 172–81. http://dx.doi.org/10.25255/jbm.2016.4.4.172.181.

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Akbaba, Atilla. "Business performance of small tourism enterprises: a comparison among three sub-sectors of the industry." Anatolia 23, no. 2 (August 2012): 177–95. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13032917.2012.662907.

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Avelini Holjevac, Ivanka, and Milena Peršić. "Incorporation of Croatian hotel trade in the standard system of monitoring business results in the world hotel industry." Tourism and hospitality management 1, no. 2 (December 15, 1995): 239–51. http://dx.doi.org/10.20867/thm.1.2.2.

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The paper aims at pointing out the necessity of incorporating Croatian hotel industry in the standard system of monitoring business results in the world hotel trade since it is a precondition of acknowledging and accepting our tourism and hotel industry as a part of the world tourist supply. The following are the needs and advantages of being incorporated in the world hotel industry's system of monitoring business results: • enables comparison of a specific country's hotel industry results with the world industry average, with European industry and hotel industry of specific countries as well as the assessment of the position on the tourist market, • increases the competitiveness of the country's hotel industry as it results in the higher level of services, customers satisfaction and quality of tourism as a whole, • creates and enhances the partnership of the participants in the world tourist market as it enables the exchange of the most important information on hotel operation in specific countries and participation in the international flow of capital, • creates the basis for efficient hotel management as a prerequisite of the hotels successful business and its increased profitability.

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Belešová, S. "Economic performance of the Slovak food industry." Agricultural Economics (Zemědělská ekonomika) 50, No. 11 (February 24, 2012): 495–501. http://dx.doi.org/10.17221/5239-agricecon.

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The requirements for compliance with the manufacturing and quality standards and the related investments in the hygienic and structural upgrading of establishments before Slovakia’s accession to the European Union meant that the Slovak food processors had to intensify their effort, revise their objectives (where necessary) and increase the volume of investments, particularly during 2003. Many entrepreneurs, particularly in the animal production, decided to go out of business, mainly because the continued operation of obsolete slaughterhouses would require considerable investment effort; at the end of the day, some meat producers closed their slaughter operations and focused on specialised meat processing. Compared with the year before, the profit of food processors declined by 23%. This was due to the faster decline in revenues than expenses, increased cost of revenues, and the reduced output. Although profitable companies still prevailed, the percentage of loss-making companies increased in comparison with the previous year. The starch industry, sugar industry and the confectionery (including coffee substitutes) industry were some of the sectors where all operators were profitable.

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Marinelli, Melissa, and Kristy McGrath. "Female workforce participation in the Australian oil and gas industry—a global comparison." APPEA Journal 52, no. 2 (2012): 709. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/aj11123.

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As the Australian oil and gas industry faces a continued shortage of skilled employees, increasing the representation of women in this industry is a business imperative. Economic success and competitive advantage may depend on attracting and retaining the skills of women. Research shows that a gender-diverse workforce can also be linked to improved business performance, innovation and corporate governance. While women make up 46% of the Australian workforce and more than 50% of university graduates, present statistics show that on average 13% of workers in the Australian oil and gas industry are women. This is a lower proportion than comparable industries in Canada and Norway: women make up 21% and 19% of workers, respectively. In Norwegian oil companies, this level is as high as 30% (4). This extended abstract briefly discusses the present research about women's retention and progression within the Australian resource sector. It outlines the initiatives being undertaken by government, industry bodies and organisations to increase the representation of women in the Australian sector, and comparable industries in Norway and Canada. This extended abstract concludes with a case study about the challenges and lessons learnt in establishing a corporate initiative to increase female participation at Clough Limited. Women@Clough is a professional forum established in April 2011 to improve the attraction, retention and progression of women in the Clough workforce. Strategies and key success factors in the establishment of the program are also examined.

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Graves, Samuel B., and Nan S. Langowitz. "R&D productivity: A global multi-industry comparison." Technological Forecasting and Social Change 53, no. 2 (October 1996): 125–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0040-1625(96)00068-6.

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OZER, Ayhan, Mingyang Li, Fatima Diadhiou, Likun Fu, and Niels Vanthillo. "Socio-economic Comparison of Singapore, Hong Kong, and South Korea: Implications for Doing Business." Archives of Business Research 8, no. 6 (June 15, 2020): 62–71. http://dx.doi.org/10.14738/abr.86.8345.

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Both South Korea, Hong Kong, and Singapore are part of an exclusive group called ‘The Asian Tigers’. They are high-income economies that offer some of the world’s best living conditions and most competitive business environments. In the following paper, the history, socio-economic environment and industry of Singapore, Hong Kong, and South Korea will be compared and relevant differences highlighted. Through our research, we hope to provide a comprehensive summary for everyone with an interest in conducting business in Asia.

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Kulak, Nataliia V. "COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGES OF MODERN FORMS OF MANAGEMENT BY A HOTEL BUSINESS." Management 28, no. 2 (March 29, 2019): 108–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.30857/2415-3206.2018.2.9.

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Introduction and purpose of the study. Recently, the issue of increasing the efficiency of the functioning of hotel business establishments due to the application of competitive advantages becomes of paramount importance.It is well-known that in the conditions of an integrated approach to the creation and use of competitive advantages, an enterprise is able to prevail in the demand market. Practical experience of the domestic hotel industry shows that some forms of organization of hotel activities for the domestic hotel industry are new, which creates the need to explore the features of modern forms of management of hotel enterprises in the system of competitive advantages.The hypothesis of scientific research. It is assumed that the processes of globalization and integration necessitate the formation of new forms of organization of hotel activity of the domestic hotel industry in order to improve the form of management of hotel business.The purpose is to determine the essence and content of modern forms of hotel business management in the context of the concept of competitive advantage.Methods of research: general scientific methods of analysis, synthesis, comparison, systematization and generalization.Results: modern forms of organization of hotel business management, which are used by leading specialists of the hotel industry sphere, reveal the peculiarities of their activity, the strengths and weaknesses of such forms of organizing management of hotel industry enterprises as independent hotels, voluntary associations of hotels and hotel chains.

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Nurmahmudiyah, Afti Insani, Raden Aswin Rahadi, and Atika Irawan. "IMPROVING BUSINESS PERFORMANCE USING FINANCIAL PLANNING TOWARD PLUS-SIZE FASHION BUSINESS." JAF- Journal of Accounting and Finance 4, no. 2 (October 2, 2020): 55. http://dx.doi.org/10.25124/jaf.v4i2.3291.

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Indonesian as one of the countries that accept globalization. Indonesian economic development plans make the development of creative industries like one of the main priorities. The problem arises that some industry players cannot harness the capital well as the SME's company in the modern era's we need to manage the financial well and minimalized the cost. Avant Grande is a Bandung company that is running a business in customizing denim pants. Avant Grande implement the system of business made by order and ready stock. We found that in comparison with current performance with past performance, using ratios allows us to analyse the progress of the firm. The firm’s progress is “Poor” because from 2017 to 2018, there was a decreasing ratio value. After using DuPont System of Analysis to find the root cause, the researcher needs to dissect the net profit margin. From the discussion and root cause finding, to make Avant Grande best in performance in business, Avant Grande need to do the planning. For the solution, the Avant Grande business is needed to do Long-term Financial Planning.

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Ke Jing, Dorothea Chee, HONG LIP GOH, Hen Kai Wah, Lim Yee Wui, and Low Suet Cheng. "REGULATION MATTERS: A COMPARISON OF MALAYSIAN-INDONESIAN’S E-HAILING REGULATION FRAMEWORK." Asia Proceedings of Social Sciences 6, no. 3 (April 25, 2020): 188–91. http://dx.doi.org/10.31580/apss.v6i3.1324.

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E-hailing, which is also known as ride-hailing or ride-sourcing, has been on the rise across the globe. However, it is known as a disruptive innovation as unregulated services have triggered major disruptions and led to certain setbacks in the transportation industry. It has been blamed for the rise in privacy and safety issues, unfair business competition, and a decline in demand in the traditional taxi industry. In response to these issues, certain countries have started to regulate the e-hailing industry. The objective of this study is to identify, analyze, and contrast on the form and enforcement of Malaysian-Indonesian’s e-hailing regulation framework by using qualitative-comparative research. In this study, literature has been gathered from credible online sources. Based on the results of the study, there are commonalities and differences between the Malaysian and Indonesian’s e-hailing regulation framework. Furthermore, the implications of the study have been discussed. For instance, the current state of the e-hailing industry is underregulated rather than unregulated. Policy makers should seek to improve existing regulation framework rather than starting new regulations from ground up to minimize the risk of overregulation that might eventually diminish the industry.

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Шевелева, Анастасия, Anastasiya Sheveleva, Владимир Шевелев, and Vladimir Shevelev. "Specifics of Financial Reporting Standards in Oil and Gas Industry." Bulletin of Kemerovo State University. Series: Political, Sociological and Economic sciences 4, no. 2 (September 4, 2019): 263–70. http://dx.doi.org/10.21603/2500-3372-2019-4-2-263-270.

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The research featured the peculiarities of financial reporting standards applied by oil and gas businesses. Enterprises that use International Financial Reporting Standards have to take into account their changes, which occur quite often in an unstable environment. The paper describes the main International Financial Reporting Standards and the operational aspects of their use by oil and gas enterprises. The research objective was to analyze the practice of maintaining financial statements of those oil and gas companies that use International Financial Reporting Standards. Using the methods of description, graphical representation, comparison, and generalization, the authors demonstrate the key aspects of accounting and reporting. A uniform application of the main International Financial Reporting Standards by oil and gas enterprises can harmonize, unify, and ensure consistency of all aspects of the financial reporting. In will allow oil and gas enterprises to provide a comprehensive comparative analysis and assess the effectiveness of their production and business activities.

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Atca Gorgun, Ozenc, and Bert Wolfs. "Impact of the new digital competitors on Swiss banking business models." International Journal of Research in Business and Social Science (2147- 4478) 10, no. 2 (March 21, 2021): 33–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.20525/ijrbs.v10i2.1055.

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This study examines the impact of new digital-only competitors on the Swiss banking business models and value chain. Despite various studies and articles available in the literature about the impact of new digital competitors on the banking industry, there is little research focusing on the Swiss market. The comprehensive research conducted in this study and the data collected through the survey provides a foundation to gauge the impact of the new digital competitors’ pressure on business models and value chain in the Swiss banking industry. The design of the research instrument employed for collecting the primary data has been achieved through a survey shared with 75 managers and experts working in the Swiss banking industry including Swiss banks, FinTechs, BigTechs, and other financial services and consultancy firms. One sample z-test and descriptive statistics have been applied to the survey results to gain a deeper understanding. The outcome of the analysis suggests that the competitive pressure of BigTechs and FinTechs is expected to have a significant impact on the Swiss banking industry, and mainly BigTechs are anticipated to be significantly dominant with disruptive impact. The obtained results also strongly indicate that the cross-industry ecosystems and close partnerships with the new digital competitors are the potential key strategies to be pursued as the future Swiss banking business models. Besides, the disruptive new market entrants are anticipated to be highly likely to gain significant market share in certain market segments of the banking industry and also to create an “ecosystem” accordingly. The area of Personal and Corporate Banking is found out to be more vulnerable to digital disruption in comparison with the other banking areas.

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Majumdar, Rumki. "Business decision making, production technology and process efficiency." International Journal of Emerging Markets 9, no. 1 (January 14, 2014): 79–97. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijoem-03-2011-0023.

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Purpose – This paper aims to analyze the influence of business decision on process efficiency and production technology in the communication equipment and consumer electronics sectors of Indian hardware electronics industry after liberalisation. Design/methodology/approach – The study is based on 26 sample firms, belonging to the two sectors of Indian hardware electronics industry with continuous operation from 1993 to 2004. Estimation of the contribution of production technology and process efficiency to output growth is based on stochastic production function. Influence of business decisions on production technology and process efficiency is based on indigenously developed business decision model. Findings – Sectors, in general, fail to achieve improvement in process efficiency in comparison to progress in production technology. The business decisions factors like improve capacity utilization and operational efficiency together with decisions to adopt vertical integration to help sample firms to achieve both progress in technology and improvement in process efficiency in the sectors. However, R&D investments and technology imports are costly for both, indicating inadequate and inappropriate investments made by the sample firms. Disinclination of firms towards improving or developing their own technology is evident from their high dependence on import of technology. Research limitations/implications – This study only analyses the role and importance of business decision factors in the past. What lies ahead is to meet the challenges and improve performance to withstand the stiff competition. This study suggests for further research about how to improve on the effectiveness of business decision factors that can help Indian hardware electronics industry to survive competition. Originality/value – The paper develops a business decision model which analyses the impact of business decisions on production technology and process efficiency for a sample of firms in Indian hardware electronics industry.

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Santalova, M. S., I. V. Soklakova, E. Yu Kuzmina, and E. V. Lebedeva. "INNOVATIVE ACTIVITY OF INDUSTRIAL BUSINESS IN THE CONDITIONS OF DIGITALIZATION OF THE ECONOMY." Scientific Journal ECONOMIC SYSTEMS 13, no. 3 (2020): 59–65. http://dx.doi.org/10.29030/2309-2076-2020-13-3-59-65.

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The purpose of the study is to assess the development of the chemical industry in the country, to determine the role of small enterprises in the application of innovations and innovation strategies in the conditions of digitalization of the economy. The adopted Strategy for the development of the paint industry-2030 aims to increase consumption by 24%, reduce the share of imports from today's 30.9 to 7%, and increase the consumption of paint in the Russian Federation (2030) to 13 kg/person (at the current European level-20 l/person. per year). However, the development of the world chemical industry showed that the chemical complex of Russia on key indicators of production and consumption of products significantly behind the world leaders: average energy intensity of a unit of chemical products in two to three times higher than in the United States, 20–50% higher water consumption, both technological and working capital, labor productivity is significantly lower in comparison with the leading countries of the world. It is revealed that the pace and direction of development of small industrial business in the context of industry specifics of paint and varnish production are determined primarily: the presence in industry of available mineral resources, secondary raw materials and waste; the availability of space and equipment; a system of reproduction of qualified personnel taking into account the sectoral specializations; transport security industry; the level of development of innovative processes in industry; identified regional and sectoral specificity of functioning of small innovative business; it is proved that in conditions of digitalization of the economy in the industry introduced electronic voice assistants, virtual-reality programs and so on.

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Kimura, Koichiro. "Overseas Expansion and Technological Capabilities: The Case of Chinese Electronics Firms." Global Journal of Emerging Market Economies 11, no. 1-2 (January 2019): 119–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0974910119874648.

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We analyze the formation of technological capabilities of major Chinese home appliance and consumer electronics manufacturers in comparison to the telecommunication equipment manufacturers and hardware start-ups in the electronics industry. To achieve this, we focus on the external business environment of major home appliance and consumer electronics manufacturers, including the technological gaps between foreign and Chinese firms in the same industry, the possibility of cross-border merger and acquisition (M&A) transactions, and the barriers to starting a business and developing new products. Results suggest that there are a variety of ways to increase the technological capabilities of firms in emerging countries and that there may be an optimal way of doing it, depending on the business environment.

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Brooks, Robert D., Robert W. Faff, and Michael D. McKenzie. "Time‐Varying Beta Risk of Australian Industry Portfolios: A Comparison of Modelling Techniques." Australian Journal of Management 23, no. 1 (June 1998): 1–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/031289629802300101.

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Just, Richard E., and Rulon D. Pope. "Comparison of generic advertising for a competitive industry to a monopolist." Journal of Economics and Business 85 (May 2016): 73–83. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jeconbus.2016.01.001.

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Ruoen, Ren, and Bai Manying. "China's manufacturing industry in an international perspective: a china-germany comparison." Économie internationale 92, no. 4 (December 1, 2002): 103–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.3917/ecoi.092.0103.

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Eneyo, Violet, Demitrus Oba, Christopher Ochiche, Denis Essien, and Agnes Antai. "Economic Impacts of Curfew Imposition on the Nightclub Industry in Calabar Metropolis, Nigeria." African Journal of Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure, no. 10(3) (June 30, 2021): 955–71. http://dx.doi.org/10.46222/ajhtl.19770720-142.

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The nightclub industry in Nigeria is a lucrative part (subset) of the larger music, drinks and entertainment industry that operates from dusk to dawn. The nightclub industry is an economy that is growing, robust and competitive in comparison to other economies. Conversely, the imposition of a dusk to dawn curfew in Calabar as a proactive strategy to curb security challenges in Calabar Metropolis affects the nightclub economy. The study investigates the economic impact of curfew imposition on the nightclub industry in Calabar. The research employed the qualitative approach and adopted a purposive sampling technique for data collection, targeting nightclub operators of Fifteen (15) nightclubs. The study revealed that the curfew imposition resulted in the decline of business patronage, job and income losses to nightclubs due to the curfew imposition amongst other contending factors. The study concludes with recommendations on ways to salvage the negative impact of curfew imposition on the industry and return nightclubs in Calabar to business growth, profitability and resurgence.

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Palaiologos, Georgios, and Zainab Al Khunaizi. "Growing the Arab Family Business (1): Hybrid Organizational Arrangements." Journal of Entrepreneurship and Business Innovation 4, no. 1 (April 14, 2017): 25. http://dx.doi.org/10.5296/jebi.v4i1.10819.

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Purpose: In this research the classical Growth Models have been used to explore the chosen strategies of Family Businesses in Bahrain and GCC. Moreover, various models of Franchising, Product/Market development and diversification, have been tested as means of growth.The purpose of this paper is to provide a perspective on family businesses that are operating business format franchising in Bahrain through examining their share in comparison with other family businesses who are involved in the industry of franchising in Bahrain. The research focuses on studying the management actions or aspects that have contributed to build the structure and governance of those family businesses. There are three main objectives of this paper: To detect justifications for the reasons that encourage franchisors to expand their operations through franchising agreements,To recognize the extent of agreement of those family businesses on the obligations of the franchisor and franchisee.To identify diversification options and other hybrid forms of growth in GCC. Unit of Analysis:The participating members are in all levels of the family business community. The research is focusing on Family business as perceived and declared from the principles matching our definitional assumption. The operational definition used in this research is that “family business is a business governed and/or managed with the intention to shape and pursue the vision of the business held by the dominant coalition controlled by family members of the same family or small number of families in a manner that is potentially sustainable across generations of family or families”Methods: A deductive approach is used, to test theories and concepts of franchising and other hybrid modes. Additionally, a quantitative research methodology has been adopted for collecting the primary data; the data was collected through questionnaire which has been distributed on 24 family businesses operating in the industry of franchising, and has been analyzed statistically. The sample is mainly part of a population of 360 members of Bahrain Family Business Association and we distributed questionnaires with 3 layers of questions: a. control and demographics, b. franchising and c. context specific to Arab family business issues of growth. Findings: The Hybrid forms of arrangements on growth justified in the GCC region. Growth strategies are implemented in multiple directions. Franchising is meaningful option of growth and is also supported in our data. Finally, the observable fact or result was that family businesses operating business format franchising are dominating only small portion of the market share when compared to other family businesses that are operating product franchising in the industry of franchising in Bahrain. Originality/Values: The paper raises interesting issues on Arab Family Business Growth literature, an understudied topic in the field. Additionally, there is a contribution of significance of Ansoff’s and Penrose’s Models that explored as growth options. A framework therefore is proposed on the growth directions of Arab Family Business.Limitations: There are no common grounds of Arab Culture. Our study is limited to the Gulf Cooperation Region, since the Arab profile shows greater similarities, but our assumption is that could work and extent further on the majority of Arab population.

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Koliousis, Ioannis, Dongmei Cao, and Panagiotis Koliousis. "European transport industry deregulation." Management Research Review 42, no. 9 (September 16, 2019): 1095–115. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/mrr-04-2018-0160.

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Purpose This paper aims to examine the impact of deregulation on the European transport industry in the form of privatization, on the managerial efficiency of a panel of deregulated transport companies. Design/methodology/approach This research examines a data set of 25 deregulated transport companies from a sample of 12 EU nations from 1988 to 2015. Some studies have analyzed deregulation by using non-parametric models. However, only a limited number of studies focus on the impact of deregulation on the managerial efficiency. This study answers two questions: whether deregulation, in the form of privatization, in the transport sector has any effect on the managerial efficiency, on the profitability and on the investment decisions of the firm, and whether this premise is robust enough across the European transport industry. This study formulates a multivariate regression framework utilizing data from major privatized European transport companies. The final panel includes 25 companies, from 12 EU - Member States for the period 1988-2015, equaling 375 firm-year observations based on a rigorous selection methodology. Findings The study confirms that transport companies, post-privatization, are more efficient regarding operating efficiency and profitability. The authors find no evidence that deregulation improves investment efficiency. Social implications The study addresses the regulators’ dilemma, whether to deregulate, by focusing on analyzing the improvement of the managerial efficiency. Originality/value This study contributes to the transport industry management literature in three ways. First, the authors update the literature of the economic theory of regulation with an empirical examination which covers the latest years across the EU Member States. Second, the authors introduce a comparison of the effects of deregulation on different components of the managerial efficiency, namely, investment, profitability and operating efficiency of the incumbents in the EU transport industry. Third, they examine deregulation by using two approaches: a traditional one where deregulation is a dummy variable assessing the overall effect on incumbents’ efficiency performance; and a novel approach where the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s deregulation index is used to measure the regulation intensity, accounting also for industry-wide impact assessment. This two-sided approach increases the robustness of the results.

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Poh Koon, Helen Tan, and Meng-Hye Lee. "HELPING BUSINESSES IMPROVE IN PLANNING AND PERFORMANCE THROUGH INTERFIRM COMPARISON— THE EXPERIENCE OF THE SINGAPORE GARMENT INDUSTRY." Journal of Enterprising Culture 01, no. 01 (June 1993): 145–57. http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/s0218495893000087.

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It is recognised that the overall success of a business depends very much on the quality of management planning, and management needs relevant information in order to plan effectively. However, most management information systems are centered on information obtained in-house. Very little emphasis is placed on external information, except some very general information published by Government bodies. If it is possible to incorporate information from other similar firms into the analysis, a firm will be able to plan and therefore compete more efficiently and improve its overall performance. The application of interfirm comparison studies as an analytical tool to aid management in planning and performance improvement has been well developed and widely accepted in many developed countries. This paper explains the first application of interfirm comparison studies on a wide and comprehensive scale in Singapore, with particular reference to the garment industry business.

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