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The effects of entrepreneurial management, entrepreneurial orientation and ethics on the women-owned SMEs business performance in Malaysia

Being one of the major players in economic growth, the number of women-owned SMEs in Malaysia is increasing and researches are directed on their business performance. Notwithstanding the vital importance of this area, very few studies have been done to look at the relationships between entrepreneurial management, entrepreneurial orientation and ethics, and the performance of women-owned businesses particularly in Malaysia. Therefore, this study focused primarily on testing the possibility of ethics as the mediating variable in the relationships between entrepreneurial management and entrepreneurial orientation, and women-owned SMEs business performance. Based on the literature, six dimensions of entrepreneurial management: entrepreneurial culture, growth orientation, management structure, resource orientation, reward philosophy, and strategic orientation; and three dimensions of entrepreneurial orientation: innovativeness, pro- activeness and risk taking, were selected, and 18 direct and indirect hypotheses were developed. Measurement tools were based on scales previously established in the literature for measuring entrepreneurial management, entrepreneurial orientation, ethics, and also business performance. A total of 207 usable data were gathered through a mail questionnaire survey, and multiple regressions analysis was employed to analyse the data. The empirical findings revealed significant relationships between women-owned SMEs business performance and resource orientation, reward philosophy, strategic orientation, innovativeness, pro-activeness as well as risk taking. Ethics was found to mediate the relationships between reward philosophy, strategic orientation, pro-activeness, risk taking and women-owned SMEs business performance. The research framework of this study contributes to the existing body of knowledge of women entrepreneurs and entrepreneurship literature. The theoretical contributions and practical implications are also significant findings for women owners-managers of SMEs and women entrepreneurial development in the country. Finally, some limitations are also acknowledged that indicate future research directions.
Automated business-process assistance system at small commercial agricultural enterprise

The article describes the main trends in the digitalization of agriculture: software applications, cloud services, remote sensing, precision farming. The main business processes in a small commercial agricultural enterprise are considered. Automation of business processes largely determines the timeliness and effectiveness of management decision-making at enterprises of any size and sphere of management. The object of the research is the company "Elite". This is a small livestock enterprise. It sells goods and services for farmers. To ensure the efficiency of financial and business operations, an automated system (AS) is needed, based on a modern database. Since the enterprise is small and located in the rural outback, the installation of modern largescale accounting systems becomes impractical. The functional task of the developed information system is the automation of warehouse accounting and sales accounting at the enterprise of company "Elite". The ER is a model of the developed database, as well as an example of the developed application. The environment for the MySQL, VS, C #, MySQL Server DBMS was chosen as the medium for implementing the system of accounting for purchases and sales. The developed application allows you to improve the flow of business processes and improve their efficiency. This application can be used in other agricultural enterprises of this type. Keywords—automated system, agricultural enterprise, business-processes, database.
Pricing Models for Perishable Goods with Customer Perception

In this paper, the pricing problem for perishable goods with customer perception is studied. Firstly, the customer value theory is introduced. Secondly, the problem is described. Then, the pricing model of perishable goods is established, in consideration of customer perception. At last, some data analysis and discussion are made via a concrete case study, the optimal pricing policy and maximum expected profit of the retailers are gained and some useful management conclusions are drawn.
Systematic studies of the microbunching instability at very low bunch charges

At KARA, the KArlsruhe Research Accelerator of the KIT synchrotron, the so called short bunch operation mode allows the reduction of the bunch length down to a few picoseconds. The micro- bunching instability resulting from the high degree of longitudinal compression leads to fluctuations in the emitted THz radiation, referred to as bursting. For extremely compressed bunches at KARA, bursting occurs not only in one but in two different bunch-current ranges that are separated by a stable region. This work presents measurements of the bursting behavior in both regimes. Good agreement is found between data and numerical solutions of the Vlasov-Fokker-Planck equation.
Effect of Employee Participation on the Adoption of Total Quality Management by Multinational Firms in Nairobi City County, Kenya. A Case of General Motors East Africa Limited

The study examined the effect of employee participation on the adoption of total quality management by multinational firms in Nairobi City County, Kenya. The study focused on multinational firms in Kenya that have adopted Total Quality Management using a case study of General Motors East Africa to determine the effect of employee participation in the adoption of Total Quality Management. The study utilized a descriptive research design. The population for this study constituted all 326 employees and a sample of 176 was used as respondents. Questionnaires were used to obtain quantitative and qualitative data for analysis which was further validated pilot study. Information was sorted, coded and input into the statistical package for social sciences for production of graphs, tables, descriptive statistics and inferential statistics. A multiple odd ratio regression model was used to test the significance of the influence of the independent variables on the dependent variable. The study found that team cohesiveness had a significant effect on adoption of total quality management, consultative committees had a significant effect on adoption of total quality, employee innovation had a significant effect on adoption of total quality management and employee shareholding had a significant effect on adoption of total quality management by multinational firms in Kenya. The study recommends that team be encouraged for better decision making, better customer delivery and creates job satisfaction among the employee. Consultative committee should meet regularly on staff matters, diversity in committee meetings be tolerated and cherished. Employee innovative ideas should be well natured to improved product development, quality production, application techniques, and operational efficiency. Keywords: Total Quality Management, Employee Participation, Team Cohesiveness, Consultative Committees, Employee Innovation, Employee Shareholding, Multinational Firms and General Motors East Africa
The Customer Satisfaction of Online Transportation in Indonesia

The purpose of the research is to determine the effect of the online shopping attitude, perceived convenience, user interface and user experience, and consumer innovativeness towards customer satisfaction of online transportation in Indonesia. The research method used in this research is associative method. Data analysis is done using quantitative methods by distributing questionnaires to 332 randomly across Indonesia to all correspondents who are online transportation consumers. The results show that there is a significant influence on perceived convenience, user interface and user experience, and consumer innovativeness towards customer satisfaction, as well as consumer innovativeness on customer satisfaction, while online shopping attitude shows no influence. Therefore, online transportation company in Indonesia should focus more on the factors that have a positive and significant influence on their customer satisfaction, which are perceived convenience, user interface and user experience, and consumer innovativeness.
IT TOOLS SUPPORTING EMPLOYEE MANAGEMENT IN A HIGH-TECH ENTERPRISE

Nowadays, the rapid development of Information Technologies in several fields of socio-economic activity can be observed. High-tech companies develop or implement IT solutions in numerous areas, including employee management. In the studied high-tech enterprise, the IT solutions are used in order to facilitate employee management in recruitment and selection, development and training, evaluation, motivation, talent management and personnel-related services. The company implemented an integrated employee management system. This enabled data integration and improvement of employee management. Owing to the implementation of the tools, the company improve work efficiency in the course of procedures being standardized.
The Study of Teaching Chinese as a Second Language Based on Mobile Assisted Language Learning

With the deepening of globalization and rapid growth of China's economy, more and more people start to learn Chinese all around the world in recent years. Meanwhile, wide application of mobile devices and the rapid development of mobile technology help Chinese L2 (second language) learners to change the traditional approach of learning and turn to use the smartphone, tablet, or other mobile devices to study Chinese. The paper begins with a brief introduction of the development of mobile assisted language learning (MALL), then discusses how to integrate MALL into teaching Chinese as a second language (TCSL) from three aspects of teachers, teaching materials and teaching methods, and presents the significance of teaching Chinese as a second language based on MALL.
The role of internal resources within industrial andmanufacturing enterprises in the Czech Republic

This contribution presents the results of the analysis of internal resources from the perspective of their influence on the profitability of industrial and manufacturing enterprises of the Czech Republic. The testing set included 186 industrial and manufacturing enterprises. For the mathematical and statistical processing the dimensional reduction and regression analysis (logit model and its transformation) was used, which enabled the indication and determination of the importance of the chosen internal resources. The greatest importance was proved in financial resources, lower in enterprise strategy and employees´ level. Negative influence was noticed in internal regulations and standards and wage level. A transformed optimal model of internal resources was used to correct the results emerging from possible non-objectivity in managers´ evaluation. The results suggest that top managers in tested manufacturing and industrial enterprises overestimate especially internal regulations and standards, wage level, management level, manufacturing technology and security, while, on the contrary, they underestimate financial resources.
The role of internet and social media on travelers’ decision-making and booking processes

Travel contexts and tourist behaviors are influenced by technological advancements in the last decades. Online travel industry offers its consumers a wide range of tourism goods and services and travelers evaluate these products with online travel information gathered through internet and social media. Consumer-generated content (CGC) shapes these sources with reviews, userratings, photos, videos. In this study, we aim to understand travelers‟ perceptions towards this content and intention to use these sources regarding their travel planning and booking processes. We measure the perceived attributes of Online Travel Agencies (OTAs), Travel Review websites and social networks and evaluated socio-demographic profile of the participants in our survey. We have implemented one-way ANOVA test for making comparisons among CGC sources. We have also explored the perceptions of these information sources under Multiple Regression Model. Based on our results, we can emphasize that OTAs are the most widely used platform by travelers. Besides, female travelers and younger travelers are more likely to use social media for planning and booking their trips.
Organization of Training HR-Specialists of Coal Mining Enterprises

Based on trends in the socio-economic sphere of public life, in particular the education sector, and taking into account the specifics of the Russian coal mining industry enterprises, in this article the authors address the problem of the organization of training of the coal mining industry HR specialists. The role of these workers in coal mining enterprises is shown in the study. The impact of globalization, which has led to the obsolescence of knowledge and doesn’t guarantee the constancy of the work being done, even within the same industry, is noted. Views on investment in the development of human resources of an enterprise are analyzed. Based on the use of their own methods, the authors give a vision of the profile of an HR specialist of coal mining enterprises. A critical analysis of the organization of training of HR specialists, depending on customer requirements, is presented. In conclusion, the work gives practical recommendations on the organization of HR specialists training.
Does Strict Employment Protection Legislation Influence the Rate of Workplace Accidents?

This paper explores the correlation between employment protection legislation (EPL) and the rate of workplace accidents, using a theoretical model and data for OECD countries. EPL has been rolled back in most OECD countries since the mid-80s. In parallel, there has been a decrease in the number of workplace accidents reported, especially non-fatal ones. We ask the question whether less employment protection could have contributed to the reduction in accident rates, for example by reducing workers’ willingness to report accidents. To investigate, we build a theoretical model, which suggests that the incentives to report workplace accidents are complex and could even result in a negative relationship between EPL and accident reporting. It is possible for example that labour market reforms reduce job security and incentivise behaviours that bring immediate benefits, like accident reporting. The empirical analysis, using a database of 16 OECD countries, supports the view that the dilution of EPL for regular contracts has increased the rate of accident reporting. This result is robust after controlling for a number of other factors, such as the unemployment rate, economic growth, unemployment benefits, trade union density and temporary work.
Exploration into Food Waste Occurring in Bovine Dairy, Leafy Green and Apple Supply Chains

EXPLORATION INTO FOOD WASTE OCCURRING IN BOVINE DAIRY, LEAFY GREEN AND APPLE SUPPLY CHAINS Mychal-Ann Hayhoe Advisor: University of Guelph, 2019 Dr. Michael von Massow Food waste is an issue of significant importance and rising concern in society. While research indicates that the majority of food waste is occurring in consumers’ homes, there is also considerable waste generated in food supply chains. Waste reduction in food supply chains represents a potentially rewarding challenge for researchers as it can reduce the environmental impact of the food system, but also because companies continually seek out money saving opportunities. In this dissertation, food waste and management literature are examined. The theory of the offering, is used to describe moving from a supply chain to a value chain. It is suggested that this will force increased valuation of food items which will help reduce waste. The concept of the bullwhip effect is also presented and the idea that it may be contributing to waste generation is introduced. Three case studies examining bovine dairy, leafy greens, and apple supply chains are used to describe where, how, and why food waste is occurring. This exploratory work of case studies produces twenty testable hypotheses to direct future research. These hypotheses are mapped onto a framework indicating where waste can be found in food supply chains suggesting what areas of the supply chain is best suited for additional research.
Texture and motion cues in slant perception.

A series of experiments was conducted to determine the relative weights of motion and texture cues in the perception of surface slant, together with the properties which effect this weighting. The stimuli used were ray-traced image sequences of surfaces oriented in depth, in which texture and motion properties could be varied independently. It has previously been established that motion parallax or shearing (Rogers & Graham 1979) and motion about an axis normal to the line of sight (Young, Landy & Maloney 1993) both produce strong impressions of depth. Since texture gradients and motion parallax provide the same information about surface slant, it was this latter type of motion that was used throughout the experimental programme. When texture and motion cues were consistent, depicting the same surface slant, it was determined that the addition of a 2D shearing and compressive motion cue increased perceived slant by only 3°, leaving slant discrimination thresholds unchanged. The most significant determinant of perceived slant was the nature of the texture cue. A ID texture pattern gave higher thresholds and lower perceived slant angle than a 2D texture pattern. Further studies on the properties of texture determined that texture spatial frequency had little effect on perceived slant for a given field of view, as did using a combination of frequencies to create a more complex texture pattern. It was shown that slant discrimination threshold was a function of surface slant, with lower thresholds the higher the slant. It was found, furthermore, that while ID horizontal textures generally gave higher thresholds and lower perceived slant angle than ID vertical textures, this disparity was itself a function of slant angle, with higher disparities at smaller slant angles. When the slant depicted by texture and that by motion were slightly different, texture was the more highly weighted cue. When texture slant was constant and motion slant varied by up to 12°, perceived slant varied by 8% of the change in motion slant, while when motion slant was constant and texture slant varied, perceived slant varied by 85% of the change in texture slant. The regularity of the texture pattern had no significant effect on this weighting. In a further study, it was demonstrated that thresholds for perceiving changes in ID and 2D velocity gradients were only 30% higher than thresholds for changes in ID and 2D spatial frequency gradients. It is concluded that when texture and motion cues provide the same information about surface slant, it is the texture cue which dominates in slant perception. This contrasts with results found when the motion cue consists of a rotation about and axis normal to the line of sight (Young etal. 1993), where texture and motion cues can be found to have approximately equal weights.
Tax burden borne by electricity and mining companies in Peru during 2010-2015 period

O objetivo principal da pesquisa é quantificar a pressão fiscal suportada pelas empresas elétricas e de mineração que operam no Peru, no período 2010-2015, de tal forma que a existência de diferenças entre os dois setores econômicos analisados possa ser avaliada. Para este propósito, é apresentada uma descrição do setor elétrico e de mineração, bem como a evolução e influência que exercem sobre o crescimento econômico do Peru. Como elemento importante da investigação, foi realizada uma análise do arcabouço jurídico tributário que regula as atividades das empresas dos dois setores analisados, em especial, no tocante ao Imposto de Renda. O referencial teórico incorpora as principais referências vinculadas à Taxa Tributária Efetiva (SIT), que é o indicador utilizado na pesquisa. A análise estatística dos dados revela que, em média, os benefícios das empresas de mineração têm uma carga tributária maior do que os das empresas do setor elétrico durante todo o período em estudo.
Effect of Climate Change on Crop Productivity and Prices in Benue State, Nigeria: Implications for Food Security

The chapter is aimed at assessing the effect of climate change on crop productivity and prices in Benue State, Nigeria. Time series data on selected output of crops (maize, rice, sorghum, yam, millet, groundnut, beans, and cassava), area planted, price, and climate variables such as rainfall, temperature, and sea level were used. Due to differing periods in data availability, this study used the time period 1995-2009 for analysis, in order to maintain a common period for all the series. First, the trend of productivity, prices, and climate change was analyzed using visual plots and results indicate some level of variability in these series over time. Second, a three stage least square regression was used to simultaneously analyze the effect of climate change on productivity and prices. Results show that climate change had significant impact on the productivity of millet, sorghum, cassava, and groundnut while it had significant impact only on the price of maize. These findings have important implications for food security situation in Benue State, Nigeria.
Industrial development in a high tech sector of a developing country: new directions and the unfinished technological transition in the Brazilian vaccine industry

This thesis investigates the development of the Brazilian vaccine industry. This industry has experienced a sharp growth in the last decades supported by public policies and a protected and fast-growing public market. In addition, this development is apparently characterized by continuous processes of technology acquisition, rather than indigenous R&D, as the main source of its technological knowledge, and by other specificities in the vaccine context. The research draws on studies of the dynamics of technological capability building in catching-up industries of latecomer contexts, especially during the transition period when they are approaching the innovation frontier. It also draws on those studies focusing on new directions/paths as an alternative strategy adopted to overcome barriers and disadvantages to develop. It has been argued that the specificities of the Brazilian context and, of the vaccine sector, may be determining a particular pattern of technological accumulation to this industry, and that interpreting its pattern of development may be useful to understand how and if this industry has overcome its constraints to develop. A framework based on linear approaches of catching-up, and that integrates the innovation transition approach was built as a benchmark model for the search for similarities and differences in the pattern of development of this industry. The findings show similarities and new directions in the process of technological accumulation of the industry, suggesting that, more recently, it has actually developed through a distinct pattern. They also show the strong role of the government and its public market as one of the drivers of this new path. Distinct roles of the technology acquisition strategy and a high level of technological capabilities currently developed are also revealed. Finally, they show that the technology acquisition strategy has effectively contributed to the development of this industry and that the constraints to the completion of the transition phase is linked less to technical and scientific issues and more to managerial and policy ones.