Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Resource Supply Attributes Affecting Delay of High-Rise Building Construction in Thailand

Delay is one of the serious problems in the construction industry, particularly in high-rise building construction projects in Thailand. Therefore, this research aims to investigate the major causes and effects of delay problems in high-rise building construction projects in Thailand. The study employs both quantitative and qualitative study with concurrent mixed method design. Thirty-three causes and nine effects extracted from the literature review were used as the basis for further analysis. Relative Importance Index technique was used to analyse and calculate to the ranking of causes and effects of delay in Thai construction projects. The survey results were compared with the interview to unearth the true major causes of delay in Thai high-rise building construction projects. The results showed that the most significant factors of construction delay were: (1) change orders, (2) financial problem of contractor, (3) slow decision-making, (4) shortage of labour, (5) improper planning, (6) lack of good communication, (7) third party delay such as subcontractors or suppliers, (8) ambiguity of shop drawing designs, (9) shortage of construction materials and (10) late payment by owners. In terms of potential effects, the results indicated that the five most important effects were a delay in obtaining funds and profits for owners and contractors, cost overrun, time overrun, low quality due to hasty work and arbitration. Implications from these findings are further discussed.
Exploring factors influencing US millennial consumers’ use of tap-and-go payment technology

ABSTRACT Although mobile payment (MP) represents a possibility for traditional brick-and-mortar US retailers to enhance the quality of customer service, mobile payment adoption in the US has lagged, with research regarding this phenomenon in the US seemingly in its embryonic stage. The current study contributes to the literature on mobile payment adoption in the US by investigating the factors on US millennial consumers’ use of mobile payment technology, operationalized in the study as tap-and-go payment systems. The study mirrors a study of the acceptance of mobile shopping technology among German consumers, with some extension. The study incorporated mobile payment risk perception, system trust, and socio-cultural influence into an extended technology acceptance model (TAM) to explore this issue. Results from a survey conducted among 357 US Millennials indicate that perceived ease of use of MP (PEOUMP); perceived usefulness (PUMP); and risk perception all influence attitude toward mobile payment (AttMP). System trust, socio-cultural influence, and AttMP all influence MP use intention. The paper discussed the limitations of the study and future research directions.
The relationship between board committees and corporate risk disclosure in Saudi listed companies

Corporate governance literature acknowledges the important role of the existence and structure of the standing board committees, such as the audit, nomination, and compensation committees, in enhancing board effectiveness and thus corporate disclosure. Previous empirical studies on the relationship between corporate governance mechanisms and corporate risk disclosure (CRD) practices have mostly focused on board characteristics as key drivers of CRD. However, less attention has been paid to the potential role of board sub-committees on the level of CRD. To the best of the researchers’ knowledge, no prior research has examined the relationship between board committees and the level of CRD. Therefore, this study investigates the association between the existence and structure of board committees, such as the audit, nomination, and compensation committees and the level of CRD in Saudi listed companies. The study employs ordinary least squares and panel data analyses of the annual reports of Saudi listed companies for the years 2008-2011. The results show a positive influence of the presence and size of the nomination and compensation committee and meeting frequency of audit committee on CRD. However, no evidence on the impact of audit committee size, nomination and compensation committee independence, and meeting frequency. The current study contributes to filling the gap in the literature by investigating the role of further aspects of corporate governance on CRD. This study confirms the adoption of a coherent theoretical framework using a combination of disclosure theories to better explain the phenomenon of CRD and its determinants in Saudi Arabia. The study has important implications including provide vital input to policy makers, regulatory authorities, and practitioners in Saudi capital market and GCC markets and other emerging markets to improve CRD practices, optimize the structure of board committees, and enhance corporate governance effectiveness.
Look who is talking now

This paper examines analyst recommendations on internet firms that went public during 1997-2000. The motivation for the paper is that analyst recommendations during the internet bubble and its subsequent burst were the cause of the Global Settlement from April 2003. In addition, by using a single branch of industry cross-sectional industry effects do not play a role in the analyses. Key for this paper is whether the affiliation of the analyst (lead manager, co-lead manager or unaffiliated brokerage firm) plays a role in the recommendation. Also, we have examined the relation between the analyst recommendation and the prestige of the investment bank. Furthermore, we have run regressions to analyze the relation between the analyst recommendations and both firm-specific and equity market characteristics. Finally, we examine to which extent the analyst recommendations for the same firm around a specific date are qualitatively similar. Our findings provide evidence that the type of investment bank does matter. In general, regardless the periods of time examined the recommendations of the unaffiliated brokerage firms have significantly lower ratings compared to those of each of the other two types of investment banks. The outcome from the regressions shows that analyst recommendations are a decreasing function of the number of shares offered as a percentage of total shares after IPO: the higher this percentage, the better the recommendation. Also, the higher the percentage changes of the NASDAQ index, the better the analyst recommendations. Using a matched pairs approach we find that the average recommendation for the same firm around the same date of a co-lead manager is significantly lower than that of the lead manager or unaffiliated investment bank. The outcome holds under different model specifications.
The impact of multinational corporations’ socially responsible supplier development practices on their corporate reputation and financial performance

PurposeIn the literature on sustainable supply chain management, the social pillar of sustainability has received relatively little attention, especially in developing countries. The purpose of this paper is to test empirically the impacts of supplier development practices on suppliers’ social performance. Furthermore, the impact of suppliers’ social performance on MNCs’ social performance was investigated and corporate reputation was proposed as a potential explanation for the relationship between MNCs’ social and financial performance.Design/methodology/approachData were obtained from a survey of 141 multinational companies (MNCs) in Malaysia which were listed in the Federation of Malaysia Manufacturers’ directory 2017. Data were analyzed using partial least squares structural equation modeling.FindingsThe results show that among the four proposed practices, supplier development and supplier collaboration have significant effects on suppliers’ social performance and consequently on the multi-national companies’ social performance. According to these results, multi-national companies’ corporate reputation mediates the relationship between their social and financial performance.Practical implicationsThese results will be useful in helping managers of MNCs to realize that simply monitoring suppliers and giving them incentives are not effective ways of enhancing social responsibility among suppliers; instead, supplier development and collaboration such as technical support and training are needed.Originality/valueThe results extend the literature on socially responsible supplier development practices by testing empirically the impacts of four popular practices in the literature and showing that supplier monitoring and incentives have no effect.
Specialisation of retail streets as a result of an evolutionary process

ABSTRACT This article analyses the historical formation of the specialised retail street Santa Ifigênia (São Paulo, Brazil), and links it with concepts based on an evolutionary framework. Testing of the theory is based on historical data of firms from 1857 to 2010. The research has found that the current specialisation in the electro-electronic sector (from the 1940s onwards) is the third one that has taken place in the street, replacing the previous fashion sector (between the 1910s and the 1940s), which in turn outcompeted the original specialisation of the food sector (from the 1870s to the 1910s). It also highlights the historical and contingent events that changed the trajectories of the retail evolution of the street.
Antecedents and consequence associated with esports gameplay

Purpose Grounded in the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology 2 (UTAUT2) (Venkatesh et al., 2012), the purpose of this paper is to examine the antecedents and consequence associated with esports gameplay by proposing the Esports Consumption (ESC) model, including six determinants of esports gameplay intention (hedonic motivation, habit, price value, perceived effort expectancy, social influence and flow) and behavioral consequence (media consumption intention of esports events) that were linked to esports gameplay. Design/methodology/approach The proposed model was tested using the data (n=348) that were collected from esports consumers at two points in time. Per the technology adoption theories (i.e. TAM, UTAUT2), the authors incorporated a temporal separation when measuring the relationship between playing intention and playing behavior. For the purpose of data analysis, CFA and SEM were used to examine the hypothesized model. Findings As a result, four determinants (i.e. hedonic motivation, price value, effort expectancy and flow) were identified as the critical factors influencing esports consumers’ esports gameplay intention. Furthermore, the bootstrap method procedure verified that a sequential relationship among esports gameplay intention, esports gameplay and media consumption of esports events. Originality/value Theoretically, it has developed a research model that explains various triggers resulting from esports gameplay intention, which is causally linked to esports gameplay and media consumption behavior. Practically, the primary implication has to do with providing information regarding esports consumers’ playing behavior with esports game publishers, which organize esports events and leagues.
Association Between Accreditation Engagement and Using The Community Guide for Preventive Services by Local Health Departments

Background: Accreditation is one of the macro trends shaping the future of public health practice, and The Community Guide to Preventive Services is a decision-making tool used to select evidence-based interventions. Although local health departments (LHDs) seeking accreditation use The Community Guide, the relationship between the two remains unknown. The purpose of this study was to determine whether accreditation engagement is associated with the extent to which LHDs use The Community Guide. Methods: Data from the National Association of County and City Health Officials' 2016 Profile of LHDs were examined for associations between accreditation engagement and the use of The Community Guide. Results: Whereas 52.8% of LHDs used The Community Guide sometimes or consistently, only 21.5% were engaged in the accreditation process. Engaged LHDs were more likely to use The Community Guide consistently (adjusted odds ratios: 8.2; 95% confidence interval, 4.0-16.4) or sometimes (adjusted odds ratios: 3.6; 95% confidence interval, 2.4-5.3) than those not engaged at all. Local health departments serving a population of more than 50 000, organized with a county or mixed level of jurisdiction, and those having a top executive with a masters' or a doctoral degree, were more likely to report some use of The Community Guide. Conclusions: The extent that LHDs utilize The Community Guide is positively associated with the level of their accreditation engagement. Capacity building and policy measures could encourage LHDs to seek accreditation thereby increasing the use of The Community Guide for evidence-informed practice. Future studies should identify causal factors predicting the use of The Community Guide.
Household Food Security in the United States in 2016

An estimated 87.7 percent of American households were food secure throughout the entire year in 2016, meaning they had access at all times to enough food for an active, healthy life for all household members. The remaining households (12.3 percent) were food insecure at least some time during the year, including 4.9 percent with very low food security, meaning that at times the food intake of one or more household members was reduced and their eating patterns were disrupted because the household lacked money and other resources for obtaining food. Changes from 2015 to 2016 in food insecurity overall (from 12.7 to 12.3 percent) and in very low food security (from 5.0 to 4.9 percent) were not statistically significant, but they continued a downward trend in food insecurity from a high of 14.9 percent in 2011. Among children, changes from 2015 in food insecurity and very low food security were also not statistically significant. Children and adults were food insecure in 8.0 percent of households with children in 2016, essentially unchanged from 7.8 percent in 2015. Very low food security among children was 0.8 percent in 2016, essentially unchanged from 0.7 percent in 2015. In 2016, the typical food-secure household spent 29 percent more on food than the typical food-insecure household of the same size and household composition. About 59 percent of food-insecure households participated in one or more of the three largest Federal food and nutrition assistance programs during the month prior to the 2016 survey (food stamps (SNAP); Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC); and the National School Lunch Program).
Investigating the Influence of E-HRM Practices on Organizational Performance: The Mediating Role of Organizational Agility (With Special Reference to Financial Institution)

Electronic Human Resource Management (E-HRM) came into existence as a result of the evolution of new technology and it leads to eliminating the administrative burden on HR professionals. Financial institutions are the heart of the financial stability of the economy. Nowadays most financial institutions are widely adopting E-HRM practices in order to achieve sustainable competitive advantage. However, it has been observed that there is a lack of empirical studies regarding this phenomenon in the Sri Lankan context. The main contribution of this study is to enrich the knowledge and investigate the impact of E-HRM practices on organizational performance under the mediation role of organizational agility. Thus, the study focusses on to examine how E-HRM impacts organizational performance, and to determine the mediating role of organizational agility between E-HRM and OP. Questionnaires were distributed by using a convenience sampling method to collect primary data from 40 financial institutions in Sri Lanka. Data analysis was performed using Pearson correlation analysis, regression analysis, descriptive statistics, Baron and Kenny mediator analysis method, and Sobel test. Results of the analysis indicated that E-HRM practices significantly and positively impact organizational performance while organizational agility mediates the relationship between E-HRM practices and OP. Outcomes of this study provided implications like enhancing available literature, to understand the real impact of E-HRM on organizational performance to HR managers. This study also suggests some further research areas for future research.
ASSESSING MALAYSIA’S CREATIVE INDUSTRY: PROGRESS AND POLICIES IN THE CASE OF THE FILM INDUSTRY

This paper explores the performance of local movies at the Malaysian box-office circuit to ascertain and analyse the extent of the reported improvements of the sector – it is hoped that the findings can provide a more objective assessment of the state of local films and the policies that have been aimed at cultivating improvements in the sector. Overall, the findings indicate that the local movie industry is still a long way from establishing a strong foothold even in its own domestic market.
The Effect of Working Capital Management and External Capital on Going Concern for Indonesian Small and Medium Enterprises

This study aimed to examine the influence of working capital management and external capital ongoing concern of small and medium enterprises in Indonesia. This study used small and medium listed enterprises in Indonesia as a sample, which were included in the Pefindo-25 index from the year 2009-2016. The results showed that working capital management had a negative effect on SME’s going concern, while the external capital had a positive effect. This study had the implication for small and medium-sized issuers, which was they were expected to be able to accelerate the company's cash conversion cycle to improve working capital management so as to improve the sustainability of their business. In addition, they were expected to consider external capital as an alternative capital to increase competitiveness in the market.
CEO Characteristics on Cash Holdings & Overinvestment: Evidence from Indonesian Firms

The purpose of this research is to analyze the in luence of CEO characteristic towards irms’ cash holdings and over-investment of free cash low. This research uses multiple regression on panel data of a sample of 24 companies listed in index LQ45 for the period from 2013 to 2017 with 61 female CEOs and 59 male CEOs in the sample. This research is using CEO gender as independent variable; cash holdings and over-investment of free cash low as dependent variable. Other CEO characteristic such as age, education, tenure, irm size, market-to-book ratio, leverage, cash low, capex, networking capital, dividend, free cash low, managerial and state ownership as control variable. The research inds a positive signi icant in luence between female CEOs, cash holdings and over-investment. The results also show that female CEOs are having a higher level of cash holdings and resulted in lower level of over-investment problems. Female CEO also can mitigate the agency problem in the irm. The UET theory is used to support the indings in which CEO characteristic can in luence the company,s performance and inancial decision. UET literature focuses on executive demographic to explain corporate investment decision while this paper extends the application of the UET in the area of accounting.
A Review of the Forest Service's National Visitor Use Monitoring (NVUM) Program

The National Visitor Use Monitoring (NVUM) program data underlies estimates of the volume of recreation use of the National Forest System. The data also enable estimation of both the local economic contributions and nonmarket benefits of that visitation. Applications include evaluating the effects of natural disasters, site characteristics, and climate change, as well as expenditure and benefit transfers. This article describes the history and science background of the NVUM program, outlines the methods used in estimating market and nonmarket economic outcomes, and lists some examples of results found in the literature.
The Simultaneous Effect of Holding Safety Stock and Purchasing Policies on the Economic Production Quantity Model Subject to Random Machine Breakdown

In this paper, we develop an economic production quantity (EPQ) model under machine breakdown and two types of repair (corrective and preventive). also, study the simultaneous effect of holding safety stock and purchasing policy. In order to avoid shortages occurring as a result of the random repair time, in addition to keep safety stock, we suppose that the manufacturer could purchase some quantities from an external supplier. This paper addresses the following question: how the manufacturer determine the optimal values of safety stock, production and purchasing lot sizes, simultaneously, to minimize the expected total cost? The introduced model is then compared with the situations in which the manufacturer only keeps safety stock or just uses an external supplier, respectively. The results through the analysis show that using the simultaneous policy when the system is prone to shortages due to long repair times, have more improvement in the performance of the system rather than using the safety stock or purchasing policies, separately.
Trends in Market Concentration of Australian Industries

A host of industrialized countries have seen concentration in their industries grow. The trend is fueling concerns about falling competition. This paper focuses on the changing pattern of market concentration in Australian from 2002 to 2017. On average, market concentration has been on the rise. Underneath the aggregate statistics, however, the pattern is rather mixed, with concentration falling in several sectors. The study also detects a pattern of strong productivity growth among certain groups of industries at the same time that their concentration is increasing. A combination of rising export intensity, falling labor share and digital intensity are the contributors to these patterns. The implications point to the possibility that rising market concentration in some industries is technology driven and not due to a lack of competition.
ANALISIS PENGARUH PENGETAHUAN INVESTASI, PELATIHAN PASAR MODAL, MODAL INVESTASI MINIMAL DAN PERSEPSI RISIKO TERHADAP MINAT INVESTASI MAHASISWA DI PASAR MODAL (STUDI PADA PT PHINTRACO SEKURITAS BRANCH OFFICE SEMARANG)

The purpose of research is to analyse the effects of investment knowledge, capital market training, minimum investment capital and risk perception on student investment interest in capital market (study at PT Phintraco Sekuritas Branch Office Semarang). The design of this study is a causally applied quantitative research. The data used are primary data and secondary data. Method of collecting data used questioner. The sampling technique used was purposive sampling, and the amount of the sample are 98 respondents. The test of the instruments was analysed by using validity test and realibility test. Data analysis method used is Multiple Linear Regression Analysis. The result of t test showed that investment knowledge and risk perception had no effect toward student investment interest. Capital market training and minimum investment capital had an effect toward student investment interest. Investment knowledge, capital market training, minimum investment capital and risk perception simultaneously effect the student investment interest.