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Supply Chain Network Design in Connected-oriented Business: How Does Supply Chain Function?
Authors: Hughes John S. , Graham Matt W.
Published: February 2024

In the upcoming connected-oriented business society, the flexible Supply Chain Network (SCN) design with capability to managing highly fragmented organization, and, the cost structure optimization in value chain finance, risk mitigation over supply chain are becoming more critical. This paper is attempting to find out how the flexible SCN is used to deal with such a rapid changing, distributed, multiple-enterprises organization if the SCM discipline still the major solution space that the executives rely on. The paper defines a need to swing back partial manufacturing from horizontal globalization to be more vertically integrated. The research has been enabling a very straight forward sequence on SCN formation: align business, make connection, and operate it.
The Relationship of Culture and Values to Performance and Effectiveness: A Case Study of Fragmented Organizational Culture
Authors: Fernández Pedro Jesus , Prudêncio Sandra Helena
Published: February 2024

The importance of research on value and attitudes related to work is obvious, since values play a central role in determining the compatibility of individuals and employment organizations. Recognizing the importance of this issue, the paper emphasizes the importance of individual and organizational values for organizations, their potential to be part of strategic planning, and the goals of all responsible managers. The purpose of this study was to analyze the cultural agreement among an organization's subcultures, identifying the values perceived by its leadership and staff clusters. A case study was performed within an organization, which grew out of the Brazilian government's need to technically and financially encourage national studies and research as well as economic, social, scientific, and technical projects and programs, in order to fulfil the Federal Government's goals and priorities regarding specific sectors. A multi-method study that included documental analysis, workshops, observations, and individual interviews with open questions and questionnaires was performed. The level of significance was 95% with a 10% margin of error. The results suggested that certain organizational values were predominant in the collective psyche. The misalignment or the alignment of values, and their relationship to perceived cultural fit was not shown to improve the organization performance and effectiveness. This study offers insights that lead us to believe that this alignment is possible if current differences in perceptions can be attenuated.
Deepening the Reform of Government Functions to Optimize the Doing Business Environment
Authors: Ma Janis , Yuan Dung , Ma Yasuko , Gao Tangkwa , Li Haziq
Published: February 2024

Business environment has been recognized as containing critical elements that affect the performance of firms and entrepreneurs and one of the pre-requisites for economic growth and poverty reduction in developing and transitioning economies. Business environment reform (BER) for sustainable development is a key avenue for policy-makers to enable inclusive growth, job creation, and poverty reduction. This paper mainly analyzes the construction of government environment, business law environment and the internationalization of business environment. The study also analyzes the performance, causes and practical countermeasures of fluctuations and summarizes the experience and lessons from dealing with economic downturn and stabilizing growth since the reform and opening up. As clearly shown, the reform of government functions can improve the business environment from the second year onward. Therefore, it is urgent to carry out in-depth reforms, compare with the advanced ones, and reflect on ourselves, so as to enhance the international competitiveness of the business environment of government in the future. We suggest a guide for accelerating the creation of sustainable business environment.
Practice and Enlightenment of China's Aerospace Complex System Management in the National System
Authors: Tang We , Sun Zhen Zhong , Liu Si Feng , Xie Nan Ming , Wen Yu Juan , Chen Yan
Published: February 2024

Aerospace engineering is characterized by its huge scale, technological complexity, high standards of quality and reliability, tremendous cost, and long R&D cycle. It is closely tied with national politics and defense security, and may indirectly provide socioeconomic benefits. To organize and implement a complex aerospace project, it is necessary to make innovations in technologies, schedules, qualities, and facilit ies construction management measures and establish an aerospace engineering management system adaptive to the high-complexity feature, based on the management models of the traditional aerospace system engineering. Different types of participants play different functions in project decision-making. The expert group participates in the whole process of the formulation and decision-making of the schemes, providing decision support for each system and the general department. This study describes the implications for the space domain of China’s deployment of the state-owned enterprises (SOEs) as power projection vehicles to advance Beijing’s national strategy. In order to provide reference for the application of model-based systems engineering (MBSE) in the aerospace field, suggestions and conclusions on the development of MBSE application in China were provided.
Assessment of the Continued Viability of a Business's Organizational Configuration under Unstable Economic Conditions
Authors: Barragán-Moreno Gustavo Adolfo , Calderón-Hernández Gregorio
Published: February 2024

A competitive advantage is based on the assumption that companies should have unique positions, but the concept is related to a relatively stable environment. This research aims to provide a conceptual and practical framework to identify, describe, and analyze the interrelation between an organization's environment and its structure as a relevant topic in the study of organizational dynamics under stressful economic conditions. This research seeks to create and validate an assessment tool that measures the behavioral and environmental variables that affect decisions made under economic duress, such as those inflicted by the pandemic. Using a combination of exploratory factor analysis and construct validity analysis, eight factors were extracted that explained the environment-structure-management dynamics and were used to build an instrument capable of assessing the impact and continued viability of a business's organizational configuration under unsettled economic times. The results indicate that the reduction and its formulation as an instrument have a high degree of reliability and, consequently, its use is statistically acceptable.
Application of the Theory of Constraints and Activity-based Costing for Product Costing
Authors: Lefebvre Patrick , Romero-Mosquera Lara Maria
Published: February 2024

Activity-Based Costing (ABC) is the accounting methodology most suitable for a strategic evaluation of costs and for taking into account the variety of products in production cost determination. ABC provides the analytical causal-functional determination of the product cost of multi-product or multi-service companies. In the case of short-term choices, in the presence of constraints, the Theory of Constraints (TOC) and the measurement system that derives from this, Throughput Accounting, is more effective in identifying bottlenecks and the best product mix. The proposed solutions can be grouped into three main categories: the complementary use of both methods, the integration of the two models in a single model and the exclusive use of the TOC. The combination of ABC and TOC is capable of supporting not only the decisions that relate to the production mix, which can be taken by comparing the measure of throughput generated by individual productions, but also those linked to make or buy production. The flexibility of the model structure allows the immediate identification of the proper activity-based cost configuration. The distinction between available capacity and used capacity highlights constraints that can be optimised through the analysis of the "contribution margin for used scarce resource" per unit of product. The different organizational units need, therefore, cost information structured using different combinations of fixed and variable costs in order to better support decisions.
From Financial Institutions to Industrial Firms: The Contagion Mechanism and Prevention of Liquidity Risk: A Multi-case Study of SMEs Credit Guarantee Industry
Authors: Tan Zaid , Zhang Qian , Zhu Wan , Li Hungwei
Published: February 2024

Access to finance for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) has moved up the global reform agenda and has become a topic of great interest for policy-makers, experts and researchers. Practitioners often deplore that SMEs face major difficulties in mobilizing external capital, above all loans from banks, due to lack of bankable collateral. Micro-enterprises appear to be better off because microfinance institutions have developed loan technologies that depend less on collateral, yet microfinance institutions frequently face refinancing constraints due to lack of collateral on their part. The main purpose of the study is to explore the liquidity and the financial performance of SMEs. To achieve this aim we use descriptive statistics, regression, and correlation analysis. The results demonstrate the dominant role of accounting expenditures and the importance of managing expenditures in order to achieve profitability. It is further discussed, how state authorities can design liquidity support schemes to provide bridge financing for solvent but illiquid firms. Obviously, public administrations are able to use guarantee schemes as a tool to improve SMEs access to financing while limiting the burden on the public budget.
Artificial Intelligence Technology, Task Attribute and Occupational Substitutable Risk: Empirical Evidence from the Micro-level
Authors: Wang Li Hung , Hu Shi Ming , Dong Zi Quan
Published: February 2024

Artificial intelligence (AI) technology has emerged as a new general-purpose technology (GPT) in recent years. However, the impact of AI technology on firm productivity, employment, and workforce composition is not well understood. This study uses a micro-level panel dataset of Taiwanese electronics firms, which are listed on the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE) or the Over-the-Counter (OTC) market for the period 2002-2018. We employ the keyword-matching method to identify AI-related patent classifications, used patents capturing AI innovations, and match-listed electronics firms to AI patents to construct a panel dataset. Empirical estimations illustrated that AI technology is significantly and positively associated with firm productivity. We also adopt various techniques of the generalized method of moments (GMM) for the dynamic panel data model to deal with endogeneity and obtain similar results. Our analyses may yield useful implications for R&D and labor policies. We also describe how our measures can be useful to researchers and policy‐makers interested in identifying the effect of AI on markets.
The Effect of Distributive, Procedural, and Crisis Management on Employees Contextual Performance
Authors: Weber Steve , Lanners Joseph
Published: February 2024

This study aimed to clarify how and when distributive justice, procedural justice, and organizational crisis management lead to contextual performance. The hospitality employees who worked over at least one year were selected in this study. Participants were divided into three groups: high, low, and high. The contextual performance was compared between those with high and those with low organizational crisis managers. The results showed that the moderate effect of the interactive relationship between distributive and contextual performance on the relationship was significant. Specifically, the distributional justice had more of a negative impact on employee contextual performance when procedural was high rather than low. The best per-formed contextual was emerged when perceived low organizational crises management under high procedural and low distributive. The present findings add yet another consideration for managers as they contemplate how to leverage the interactional relationship between the process and the outcome interaction effect to further explore what organizations can do to face the uncertain crisis. Therefore, managers may wish to place greater emphasis on the process as a means to elicit favorable attitudes and behaviors in their employees.
The Measurement and Incentive Mechanism of Administrative Dynamics of Chinese Grassroots Cadres in the New Era: Mediation Effect of Career Aspiration and Moderation Effect of Promotion Prospect
Authors: Fan Boroo , Sheng Zemin
Published: February 2024

Job satisfaction has a direct influence on workplace performance in the conditions of psychological well-being. However, work-related quality of life is not the only factor influencing job performance. This research paper makes an attempt to examine how employees’ career aspirations benefit organizations. Unlike all the previous studies, the current one ties the stated purpose to such factors as employees’ creativity and job satisfaction, closely connected with transformational leadership practice. To gain our aim we collected data from 266 working professionals. Further, hierarchical linear model was used to analyze results. The findings underline the need to focus on how performance management orientations and job quality combine to influence career initiative. It may be concluded that those with high levels of career aspiration and perceived organizational support were positively associated with subjective career success. The theoretical and practical implications of the findings were discussed in light of their novel contributions to theory and practice. The directions for future research are also underlined.
Hiring Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders
Authors: Davis James H. , Campbell Jenna N.
Published: February 2024

Although an inclusive environment for neurodiverse individuals has been achieved in educational, religious and community environments, much work remains to be done to create an inclusive and diverse organisation and workplace. The purpose of this study is to determine how employers are not only accommodating workers with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) but also establishing mutually beneficial practices for employer and employee. A convenience snowball sample comprised 850 individuals who responded to the survey. The survey instrument included 61 questions, 18 of which were open ended. The most common practices identified by employees as being present in their organizations were hands-on interviews, training on the Americans with Disabilities Act, training for employees with autism, teaching managers how to offer support, and leader coaching. Employers and employees within the organizations represented were open to working with individuals on the autism spectrum, ensure that those within the organization are welcoming and have the knowledge and skills needed to manage such workers, and offer appropriate benefits and support. On the basis of the survey, recommendations are made on how to support adults with ASD in finding and maintaining employment.
How Corporate Culture Influences the Innovation Capacity Development: An Empirical Study of HRD and Learning Cultures
Authors: Dempewolf Silke , Meyer Bruno M.
Published: February 2024

The article postulates the thesis that reciprocal adjustment between self-organization and external organization and their connection with the different phases of competence development (demand analysis, preparation, realization, transfer and evaluation) offers enormous potential for improvement. Theoretical approaches examine questions such as the characteristics of learning cultures and the extent to which they influence job-related competence development, as well as the relationship between corporate cultures and learning cultures in addition to opportunities and constraints in the configuration of these two aspects. The results of the empirical study reveal that large enterprises emphasize the central role of HRD for the innovation capacity of an organization more than do small- and medium-sized enterprises (SME). In order to ensure the desired effects in the competence develop-ment's point of view, it is of vital importance that the self-regulation competence of organizational members is developed. The implications of this research are also extensively discussed.
Social Supervision and the Social Insurance Payment of Firms: Evidence from the Pilot of Social Insurance Supervision
Authors: Zhao Ruomei , Tang Yen , Zhang Jing , Feng Chow
Published: February 2024

Social insurance is regarded as an important part of modern social security system, as it protects human well-being. At the same time, it also incurs a heavy cost for enterprises, influencing business profitability. The relationships between social protection and firms’ performance is extensively debated in the literature, however, there are still gaps regarding its place in developing economies. Therefore, it is of particular importance to study the risk control of social endowment insurance under such a background. The empirical results demonstrate that the social insurance contributions burden decreases the degree of earnings management influencing the level of free cash flow. It is shown that the local tax bureau provides higher efficiency than the collecting system, while being under the dual collecting system. The rates and bases of endowment insurance are related to the intensity of local endowment insurance collection, so the reduction of fees can influence the interest of local governments for collection. Finally, it is worth mentioning that although great contributions to supervision and stability were made, but significant challenges for further theoretical and practical issues still remain.
Capacity Strengths of Asian Women in Management Positions
Authors: Foster Melissa H. , Fernholm Christine , Brunnberg Stephanie
Published: February 2024

The objective of this study was to examine the current state of women's capability strengths in management positions in Asian nations. The study is grounded in Resource Based Value theory (RBV) of firms and is empirically based on proficiency rating data from females and males working in Asian countries. Variance analysis was used to analyze the sample in terms of differences and linear multiple regression analysis was employed to uncover the influence of competence proficiency ratings of females in managerial positions in different countries and among different management levels to sales performance. Results of the statistical analysis of the data yielded evidence that differences in managerial capabilities between genders exist that are particularly striking at various management levels within the firm. The two male strengths, strategic orientation and change management, have a significant impact on performance relative to hire date, from which it is possible to approximate the age of the manager suggesting that the capability to generate sales volume increases with age. These findings highlight the current competency status of Asian managers and the need to develop female potential in the quest to create a more gender equal society enabling both women and men to reach full potential.
Dynamic Capabilities Perspective of the Firm in Response to the Crisis Economic Environment
Authors: Paek Min-kyu , Chee Sung-un
Published: February 2024

This study focuses on the corporate responses and transformation of management practices in crisis economic environment. The dynamic capabilities approach to the firm offers a good theoretical framework for understanding the process of a firm's learning and innovation products, processes and services in rapidly changing circumstances. We conducted a survey to learn business leaders' perceptions of economic crisis and how they have changed in response to the crisis from the dynamic perspectives of the firm. We found that inefficient financial resource selection and ineffective deploy-ment of financial resources by business groups, accompanied by heavy debt-driven business expansion, were the prime factors that contributed to the crises. Increased awareness of the importance of corporate competitiveness received the largest response; increased capability of crisis management, better preparation to deal with future crises through crisis management strategy and routinization of crises management were all important changes in response. The results of this study provide a theoretical framework to understand Korean firms' learning and innovating products and processes after the crisis.
The Role of Board of Directors: Delegation vs Involvement in the Strategic Decision-making
Authors: Mitchell Nicholas , Kirby Peter
Published: February 2024

Nowadays it is widely accepted that one of the central responsibilities of any board is to set strategic direction for the firm and ensure its long-term survival. The board needs to assess the appropriate level of delegation to the firm’s top-management that allows the board to be sufficiently involved and to enable management to bring its specific expertise into the formulation and implementation of corporate strategies. Although most of the corporate governance literature has focused on the monitoring and control role of the board, this research complements that traditional line of inquiry by examining the other equally role of the board in its advising, counseling and service role. Non-executive directors are expected to be objective overseers of the executive team. However, that “objectivity” comes at a high price with respect to board involvement because it brings with goals that can sometimes be at odds with the executive team, yet the executive team will always have a knowledge advantage over the non-executive directors. There are some who argue that part-time non-executive directors are no longer feasible, particularly for large corporations, and that there needs to be a movement to full-time professional directors. Indeed, there is some empirical evidence suggesting that full-time professional directors are more effective than part-time non-executive directors are. While we are sympathetic to that public policy position, it highlights the practical and theoretical challenges associated with this research.
Strategic Management Theories in Startups Assessment: A Multicriteria Fuzzy Decision-making Approach
Authors: Kumar Akshay , Dinesh Pallavi , Buradi Satyabrat
Published: February 2024

Evaluating start-up companies is an important management process for technology business incubators and it is also a typical multi-criteria decision‐making (MCDM) problem. Venture capitalists consider a MCDM problem before investing in a new venture, and the order preference of these criteria helps them make effective and efficient decisions. In this paper, we use fuzzy logic with the analytic hierarchy process (FAHP) technique to measure the relative importance of the strategic theory variables in assessment of a startup. The results of the study show that venture capitalist investors consider internal resources to be the most important criteria in evaluation, followed by industry resources and network-based. Entrepreneurs' track record also has a strong significant influence on startup assessment. The suggested tools confirm that it is possible to diversify the risks of an investor through the allocation of resources between several projects, in accordance with the received vector of global priorities, and such information is of high value for the process of decision-making. Therefore, the proposed approach outranks the required strategic inputs and provides a foundation to incorporate other statistical techniques, such as ANP, machine learning, and deep learning, in evaluation and to validate the results for future research.
Women in Management: Decision-making Process under Psychosocial Pressing
Authors: García-Sierra Juana , Sánchez‑Castillo Dolores
Published: February 2024

The discussion on women’s participation in the decision-making process is closely related to quality of such decisions directly connected with possible risks and advantages. Although it is clear that workplace gender equality has advanced substantially in recent history, some barriers remain. These two factors raise an important topic of women’s decision-making quality under psychological pressing. This study provides a relevant contribution to the literature on mechanisms and strategies to improve gender equality in organisational decision-making processes. Descriptive qualitative and quasi‐experimental quantitative methods were used for data collection and analysis. The theoretical base is drawn from relevant psychological and social work theories and is harmonized with the empirical data. As expected, men demonstrate higher stress resistance and usually take more advantageous and precise decisions. At the same time, women under pressing are more inclined to make mistakes. In their case, the situation becomes quite the opposite in more suitable psychological climate. In this work we describe the proportions and conditions in details, as well as suggest reasonable recommendations. The paper will be of high interest both for academicians and practitioners.
ERP Systems Evaluation Process Modeling for Decision-makers
Authors: Huang Su-Hui , Shao Zhi-Rou , Tseng Qian
Published: February 2024

Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) management systems are powerful tools used by enterprises to manage their various processes and resources. They can provide a comprehensive view of the entire company, enabling businesses to make informed decisions quickly and accurately. A robust decision-making approach for ERP software selection requires both organizational needs and characteristics of the ERP system and their interactions to be taken into account. This paper is designed to increase knowledge in ERP studies for both researchers with interests in the success assessment of such systems and for practitioners using them. A novel model for evaluation of ERP success considering all key stakeholder perspectives is suggested. The proposed comprehensive framework uses fuzzy logic as a method to deal with the ambiguous and conflicting opinions of the decision-makers. The weaknesses and strengths of such approach were discovered by a thorough analysis of the literature and subsequent input from a group of subject matter experts. The presented methodology appears as a sound investment decision-making tool for ERP systems as well as other information systems (IS). Empirical findings contain different drivers and consequences for enterprises that choose to customize ERP systems and highlights related challenges. The results confirmed the usefulness of the evaluation model, especially its ability to provide specific new information to management on the influence of the individual functionalities on ERP success. A real-world case demonstrates the feasibility of the proposed framework. Overall, we contribute to the growing body of knowledge on IS success assessment in general and to ERP success assessment in particular. A benefit to academics is in providing new insights from an area where little research is conducted. A survey research is also useful to consider the elements that can be generalized beyond the boundaries of the case discussed.
The Influence of Managerial Accounting Techniques on Marketing Decision-making Processes
Authors: Manaka Masaki
Published: February 2024

Every firm’s management process requires useful accounting information to support planning, control, operations, and decision-making. Executives must have accounting information to guide management in achieving organizational goals. Especially in the era of rapid technological change, the digital information era affects every organization’s ability to adapt to keep up with the competition. All management disciplines, including managerial accounting, are developing good techniques to map such processes and to calibrate such maps. The management accounting discipline has broadened its focus beyond the traditional financial domain, now also including marketing and operational management issues. However, the use of ideas and concepts from other disciplines might be insufficient in internalizing a multi-disciplinary approach to business problems. Currently the connection between management accounting and marketing management could be characterized rather as a living-apart-together arrangement than as a full-fletched cooperation. The existence of some form of link between recent management accounting developments and the strategy literature has, unfortunately, given rise to an unhelpful lack of terminological and conceptual clarity. Therefore, although during the last decades clear progress has been made in strengthening the interface between management accounting and marketing management, there is still much room for further improvement. The principal purpose of this paper is to bring the above conceptualization of management accounting to the attention of a broader audience. It also offers a critique of influential contributions to the strategy/management accounting literature and traces the evolution to date of the management accounting concept. Based on the scope of their mutual relationship, this paper contributes to the growing literature by focusing on the connections between two disciplines and reflects the benefits of applying management accounting techniques for marketing decision-making processes.
Critical View on Reliability of One-sample t-Test as a Tool for Business Decision-making
Authors: Fischer Bruno
Published: February 2024

A lot of organizations rely on t-test and hypothesis testing to determine if they can bank on the observation results, they are obtaining, or if it is just unexpected luck or random happenstance. Small businesses find this statistical technique to be an economical and precise way to compare observations or two population groups for numerous different scenarios without resorting to expensive live test scenarios. From testing employee job satisfaction by gender to better understanding economic growth in one city compared to another to identifying if a certain customer segment spends more on specific products, the t-test is a useful statistical technique for businesses. This research suggests a structured analysis aimed to find out the limitations of the one-sample t-test. The results obtained prove that typical characteristics of business processes and the commonly used techniques in empirical research have significant influence on the reliability of the classic one-sample t-test for decision-making, and its nominal error probability is underestimated. In these regards, a set of simple and effective recommendations is given for researchers and decision-makers in order to avoid fatal mistakes in their activities. This piece fills the gap, which is important for further research in economic and managerial statistics.
Optimization Problem for Decision-making Process in Conditions of Limited Data Availability
Authors: Potts Den P. , Dodson Larry H.
Published: February 2024

The daily work of a business professional involves making series of decisions. A large number of articles apply a broad range of optimization methods in their decision-making (DM) and achieve great results. However, there are still large gaps to overcome before companies can optimize the data they gather. Besides, making data-driven decisions is often emphasized, but effectively managing uncertainty is equally crucial. This paper reviews recent advances in the field of optimization under uncertainty via a modern data lens, highlights key research challenges and promise of data-driven optimization that organically integrates machine learning and mathematical programming for DM under uncertainty, and outlines future research opportunities. The purpose of this study is to present a mathematical framework that is well-suited to the limited information available in real-life problems and captures the decision-maker's attitude toward uncertainty. The developed framework was duly tested in the context of a healthcare problem, and proper recommendations were suggested in the given case study. Finally, we discussed the steps involved in this DM approach, the benefits it can provide to managers, as well as some of its limitations.
Does Artificial Intelligence Threaten Working Places?
Authors: Lee Robert
Published: February 2024

In recent years, Artificial Intelligence (AI) has made significant progress in non-routine, cognitive tasks. The May 2023 CfM-CEPR survey asked the members of its European panel to predict the impact of AI on global economic growth and unemployment rates in high-income countries over the upcoming decade. Most respondents believe that AI is likely to boost global growth to 4-6% per annum. It is also stated that AI is unlikely to affect employment rates in high-income countries, with the remainder split between predicting an increase and a decrease in unemployment rates. From farming and education to healthcare and the military, AI is poised to make sweeping changes to the workplace. This paper makes an attempt to answer the question: can it have a positive impact, or are we in for a darker future? This study presents AI implementation into the labor progress model and predicts its possible influence. The suggested model is highly adaptive and will be useful both for practical and academic purposes.
An Algorithm for Complex Multi-criterion Decision-making Problem Solution
Authors: Shawqi Mohamed
Published: February 2024

Multi-objective optimization is a very competitive issue that emerges naturally in most real-world problems. Evolutionary multi-objective optimization (EMO) methodologies have been amply applied to find a representative set of trade-off optimal solutions — known as Pareto-optimal (PO) solution — in the past decade and beyond. This research contributes to the existing set of knowledge in the field, as we present combination of evolutionary algorithm R-NSGA-II and penalty boundary intersection (PBI) approach that allows to get a part of PO points instead of a single point at each iteration. Such procedures will provide the decision-makers with a powerful tool to gain more reliable results. The suggested model can be effectively used to solve various multi- and many-objective optimization problems, achieving excellent results. We also provide a comparative analysis with other existing solutions. The results emphasize the reached advantages of our solution, which ensures good convergence and diversity in the area of interest with sufficient computational time reduction.
A Model of Risk Management Strategy at Banks in their Operational Activities
Authors: Wong Yan , Chui Xiuying , Qing Jin
Published: February 2024

By partnering with the business, the operational-risk discipline can create a more secure and profitable institution. Successful banks embrace risks while developing powerful mechanisms to prevent or manage risk and stay ahead. This study is devoted to the problems of improving the banking risk management, taking into account the new regulatory and technological requirements based on the use of modern technology and combining the latest achievements in numerical mathematics, statistics and information technology. Focusing on literature and by conducting a case study on operational risk management on one of largest retail banks, this paper aims on answering how operational risk management can be improved by implicating risk governance and internal control frameworks. It was concluded that although improvements have taken place in how operational risks are being managed, there is still room for improvements. An intersection of risk type and business/functional area of focus, prioritized based on the business environment is critical when fulfilling this life cycle of risk management activities. When too linear, the steps are not agile enough, so the cycle needs to be performed on a micro-level and aggregated for macro-level insights/risk decision-making. The suggested model outlines the understanding of the safe and prudent management of risks under the current prudential framework. It also demonstrates the ability of appropriate operations management techniques to reduce operational risk losses in the banking industry significantly.
The Influence of Managers’ Personality on Innovation Deployment: Evidence from Small Business
Authors: Cohen Amir , Bitan Daphna , Mikulincer Ariel
Published: February 2024

The firm’s involvement in innovation became a necessary attribute in order to remain competitive and successful. Not surprisingly, the adop-tion of innovations has emerged as one of the dominant research topics in the management of innovations in organizations, though investigations often yield mixed results. However, innovation is still considered a hallmark of big companies only. This study aims to hint the gap of knowledge related to the association between the owners and managers’ personality traits and innovation orientation of small business. The empirical research includes data from two hundred small businesses in different branches of industry. The results interestingly showed that high levels of both conscientiousness and extraversion among owners/managers have positive, but insignificant, impacts on the performance of their small enterprises. The knowledge acquired is critical to organizational innovation and yields lessons that can be used to transform how individual contributors are leveraged within organizations. Implications for practice are also discussed.
Quality Management Systems Implementation and their Output on Productivity and Organisational Performance
Authors: Barbosa-Bastos Carlos , Ferreira Francisca Beatriz , Cordeiro Marília
Published: February 2024

The companies that struggle with the problem of inefficient resource usage are most likely those with the absence of an effective management system. Organizational performance can be greatly enhanced through the systematic measurement, monitoring, and improvement of the quality of a company's offerings. This paper presents a study that determines the relationship between applying quality management systems (QMS) on organi-zational performance (OP) and impacts and benefits generated by their implementation. The main purpose of the article is to survey the effect of QMS on organisation efficiency based on the concept of change management. Data was collected from randomly selected employees from the top and middle management through questionnaire survey to check the implementation process and effectiveness of QMS. The collected data were analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS). The results of this study confirm that there are some positive effects on organisational management variables and establishing training and explanation courses and meetings. Organisational impacts such as efficiency, consumer satisfaction, employee performance, profitability, internal improvement, competitive advantage, supplier relationships and quality of products and services can be also highlighted. The findings from this study are expected to support management’s decision to implement QMS if one of their objectives is to use their resources efficiently. Customer's needs and perceptions are also considered by an adequate feedback system, proper audits, and management reviews. It is shown that QMS can only be successful if top management are persuaded to take a sustained and active role in the implementation process, it is essential to regularly conduct training in this area in order to instill habits and make employees more amenable to the change of working methods.
arte di godere del dolore altrui
Authors: Mazzocut-Mis Maddalena
Published: February 2024

Nella Francia del diciottesimo secolo, l'atto di piangere di fronte a un dipinto era considerato un'esperienza piacevole radicata in un'estetica emozionale. Una tale idea trovava la propria base teorica negli scritti di Jean-Baptiste Du Bos, secondo il quale la chiave per apprezzare l'arte era simpatizzare con le emozioni rappresentate dall'opera d'arte. Tuttavia, questa risposta emozionale all'arte richiedeva anche moderazione. Mentre lo spettatore poteva essere coinvolto dalle emozioni rappresentate e farne esperienza lui stesso, vi era anche la necessità di mantenere una certa distanza (un disinteresse estetico). Nel contesto del diciottesimo secolo francese era diffusa la convinzione che (nei termini di capacità di godere la vita e partecipare alla società) i migliori individui fossero quelli che possedevano un alto grado di simpatia. La simpatia era considerata come una caratteristica umana fondamentale, che permetteva agli individui di connettersi l'uno all'altro, di coltivare relazioni e indirizzare le interazioni sociali.
Regolazione dell'empatia
Authors: Pinzan Stefano
Published: February 2024

Nel presente paper, propongo un argomento kantiano per giustificare la necessità della coltivazione dell’empatia e il ruolo moralmente rilevante che essa può svolgere per l’agente una volta coltivata. Infatti, riferendosi al testo kantiano, è possibile mostrare che l’empatia è un sentimento insito nella natura umana e che orienta l’agente nel processo di deliberazione morale. Nonostante ciò, essa non può determinare direttamente la volontà dell’agente, ma deve essere vagliata criticamente dalla ragion pratica. Quest’ultima però non si limita a vagliare il sentimento; essa può, e deve, coltivare l’empatia. L’empatia coltivata dalla ragion pratica svolge due ruoli moralmente rilevanti per la moralità dell’azione e la costituzione di un carattere morale: un ruolo motivazionale e uno epistemico. Infine, mostro come la concezione del processo di critica e coltivazione del sentimento proposta da Kant possa arricchire il dibattito non solo sulla necessità della regolazione delle emozioni, ma anche sulle tecniche di regolazione impiegabili.
Empatizzare con i luoghi
Authors: Testino Arianna
Published: February 2024

Usando come bussola l’acqua, il rispecchiamento e il concetto di superficie, il saggio intende mettere in luce i punti di contatto fra la poetica di Iosif Brodskij, J.M.W. Turner, John Ruskin e Venezia, la città che accolse il loro sguardo.
Stefano Ercolino e Massimo Fusillo, «Empatia negativa. Il punto di vista del male», Bompiani, 2022
Authors: Ciprandi Davide
Published: February 2024

Recensione del volume «Empatia negativa. Il punto di vista del male» (Bompiani, 2022) e intervista con gli autori Stefano Ercolino e Massimo Fusillo.
Federico Vercellone, «L'età illegittima. Estetica e politica», Cortina, Milano 2022, pp. 192
Authors: Mazzocut-Mis Maddalena
Published: February 2024

Recensione del volume «L'età illegittima. Estetica e politica» di Federico Vercellone.
Veganism and betrayal
Authors: Caprioglio Panizza Silvia
Published: February 2024

"Veganism and betrayal" di Silvia Caprioglio Panizza.
collage di noi
Authors: Toscano Anna
Published: February 2024

Possono le narrazioni, in prosa, in versi o per la scena teatrale, di Ágota Kristóf creare un immaginario condivisibile? Investighiamo, in questo contributo, fino a che punto il gioco d’azzardo con le carte, o le corde, dei personaggi di Ágota Kristóf possa riguardare tutti noi.
«Colline come elefanti bianchi» di E. Hemingway
Authors: Franceschina Marco
Published: February 2024

Di fronte a «Colline come elefanti bianchi» di E. Hemingway, non si può non essere incuriositi dal compito interpretativo richiesto al lettore: l'autore omette informazioni fondamentali, minacciando la comprensione della scena descritta nel testo. Questo articolo si interroga, quindi, su cosa significhi interpretare questo testo, discutendo l'idea pervasiva che interpretare coincida sempre con la risposta alla domanda "cosa voleva dire l'autore?". Sviluppando criticamente questo punto, affermerò quindi che un racconto come quello di Hemingway non solo determina un nuovo e più pregnante concetto di "interpretazione", ma coincide anche con la richiesta di un particolare coinvolgimento narrativo del lettore nel racconto stesso.
Tra scienza, emozioni e coscienza
Authors: Plebani Tiziana
Published: February 2024

"Tra scienza, emozioni e coscienza: breve viaggio lungo la storia dell’empatia" di Tiziana Plebani.
Introduzione
Authors: Friso Arianna
Published: February 2024

Introduzione al numero doppio dedicato al tema dell'empatia.
Quasi-Nothing, yet something
Authors: Sartori Antonio Lorenzo
Published: February 2024

The opinion of Friedrich Nietzsche on the theme of subjectivity is well-known: the subject does not exist; it is merely the theoretical hypostatization of a phantom. In Nietzsche's works the subject appears to be something transitory and destined to disappear, as nothing more than a ripple in the vast ocean of the will to power. However, can the question truly be considered closed? In this paper, I will demonstrate the opposite, showing how it is possible to still provide some Nietzschean positive notion of the subject. Initially, a brief excursus will be necessary to outline the main scientific sources employed by Nietzsche in developing his concept of the individual. Secondly, I will focus on certain aspects of the works of two authors who are very different from each other, although akin in spirit, with the aim of making it more evident how one can speak of the individual in Nietzsche's philosophy. These two authors are Baruch Spinoza and Thomas Pradeu. Through Deleuze's famous lectures on Spinoza, I will show how it is possible to postulate an understanding of individuality that is not entirely fixed and monolithic, adopting the concepts of Bauplan, ratio, and strategy. I deemed it important to also dedicate attention to Pradeu for at least two reasons. Firstly, because the theme of Immunology, to which he devoted his most important works, is strictly related to the issues of defining the borders of the individual: a good immune system can work only if there is an individual to protect, opposed to every other external body, understood as enemies. Secondly, because Pradeu too argues that an individual - while maintaining its unity - is never something rigid. Finally, I highlight why it is crucial to speak of the Nietzschean individual. The theme of the individual is pivotal in Nietzsche’s Moral Philosophy: the only possible way to think of an Ethics “beyond Good and Evil” is the path of understanding Ethics as Ethology - to use a Deleuzian term. An Ethics of this kind – focusing on bodily joy to the point that it can even be defined as medical in its nature – can only find its keystone precisely in the question upon what is a body – which in turn is dependent on the question upon what is an individual.