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The basis of this research is motivated by the phenomenon that occurs where banking services in Indonesia have still known for a very long time and require a struggle to make a transaction. A network that is often problematic, strict regulations and the length of the account creation process are some examples of problems related to banking services in Indonesia. This study aims to find out how the development of electronic banking at Bank BJB, the Market Share Current Account Savings Account at Bank BJB, what obstacles are faced in the development of electronic banking at Bank BJB, and what strategies are carried out to increase CASA market share through the optimization of electronic banking development. The research method used is qualitative by interviewing resource persons from within the company, policymakers, and practitioners in the banking sector. The results obtained show that Bank BJB has carried out digital service transformation specifically in 2021. The company has made several developments in terms of core banking, switching, and networking. CASA's market share has not reached the expected target. Several strategies to increase Bank BJB's CASA market share through electronic banking optimization include the development of a user-friendly Mobile application. Focus on developing an intuitive and easy-to-use mobile app.

Abstract Non-financial companies listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange face considerable difficulties due to expensive funding and the need to make complex decisions about their capital structure. These problems impact their judgments about dividend policy, resulting in ambiguity and possible inefficiency. This study draws on the bird-in-hand theory to investigate the influence of the cost of capital on dividend policy decisions among non-financial firms listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, focusing on 227 companies from 2005 to 2022. The data for this study were sourced from Thomson Reuters Datastream. Employing the common shock autoregressive distributed lag (CS-ARDL) and two-step generalized method of moments (GMM) estimations, findings reveal that the cost of debt consistently negatively impacts dividend payouts and coverage ratios. In contrast, the cost of equity has an insignificant effect. Conversely, the weighted average cost of capital positively influences dividend payouts and coverage ratios but negatively influences dividend yield. All the findings supported the bird-in-hand theory except for the negative impact of WACC on dividend yield. These insights highlight the importance of considering the cost of capital and market share dynamics in dividend policy formulation. Firms should prioritize efficient debt management to sustain dividend distributions, and aligning dividend policies with overall capital structure management is crucial in this regard, providing a sense of reassurance and confidence to the firms and their stakeholders. This study provides valuable guidance for financial decision-makers navigating dividend-related strategies within corporate environments.

Pengembangan Usaha Kecil dan Menengah (UKM) diarahkan agar memberikan kontribusi yang signifikan terhadap penciptaan kesempatan kerja, peningkatan ekspor dan peningkatan daya saing. Sementara itu pengembangan usaha skala mikro diarahkan untuk memberikan kontribusi dalam peningkatan pendapatan masyarakat berpendapatan rendah, khususnya di sektor pertanian dan perdesaan. Kinerja nyata yang dihadapi oleh sebagian besar usaha terutama mikro, kecil, dan menengah (UMKM) di Indonesia yang paling menonjol adalah rendahnya tingkat produktivitas, rendahnya nilai tambah, dan rendahnya kualitas produk. Walau diakui pula bahwa UMKM menjadi lapangan kerja bagi sebagian besar pekerja di Indonesia, tetapi kontribusi dalam output nasional di katagorikan rendah. Hal ini dikarenakan UMKM, khususnya usaha mikro dan sektor pertanian (yang banyak menyerap tenaga kerja), mempunyai produktivitas yang sangat rendah. Bila upah dijadikan produktivitas, upah ratarata di usaha mikro dan kecil umumnya berada dibawah upah minimum. Hal tersebut juga terjadi pada para pelakun umkm petani bawang dan pelaku usaha kripik mlempeng di Desa Purworejo kecamatan Ngantang Kabupaten Malang. Dengan pemahaman tersebut maka diperlukan sebuah upaya penigkatan pengetahuan bagi pelaku UMKM yaitu berupa kegiatan sosialiasi dan juga pelatihan. The development of small and medium Enterprises (SMes) is directed towards making significant contributions to job creation , increasing exports, and anhancing competiviness, while the development of micro-scale business is aimed at contributing to the improvement of income for low income communities, particularly in the agricultural and rural sectors. The real performance challenges faced by most businesses, especially micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in Indonesia, are notably low productivity levels, low value-added, and low product quality. Although it is acknowledged that MSMEs provide employment for a large portion of workers in Indonesia, their contribution to national output is categorized as low. This is because MSMEs, especially micro-enterprises and the agricultural sector (which employ a large workforce), have very low productivity. When wages are considered as productivity, average wages in micro and small businesses generally fall below the minimum wage. This situation also occurs among onion farmers and snack producers in the village of Purworejo, Ngantang District, Malang Regency. With this understanding, efforts to increase knowledge among MSME actors are needed, such as through socialization activities and training.

In recent years, there has been an increasing demand for forest certification and certified forest products in Europe. This trend is related to major worldwide challenges, such as the need to decarbonize the economy and mitigate climate change but also social and consumer demands for wider fair trade. However, whether forest certification influences economic valorization in forestry remains a question. The aim of this study is to analyze forest certification levels across Europe and identify potential relationships between the level of certification in forest areas and relevant economic indicators at country level. This study collected openly available data on total and certified forest areas, economic indicators, and environmental indicators for 28 European countries and explored the correlation between certified forest areas and economic performance in the forestry sector. Findings show that forest certification can significantly improve the economic performance of European forests. It has a more pronounced positive effect on economic incomes than on costs’ reduction. While certification costs do rise with the extent of forest area, they tend to stabilize at larger scales, suggesting that the certification process is economically sustainable and scale is relevant. Czechia and the Netherlands stand out for having the highest net values added related to forest certification, reflecting an effective economic exploration of forest resources. This study offers new perspectives to natural and social scientists, as well as to industry and policy makers, by proving contextualized data to support decision making. Additionally, it provides hints for further studies and policy guidelines on sustainable development and the impact of forest certification schemes.

Research aims: This research aims to empirically examine and analyze the effects of CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) disclosure on firm performance with market share mediation. Design/Methodology/Approach: The samples covered 38 firms enlisted in the Indonesia Stock Exchange with an observation period of five years. This research used multiple linear regression with the OLS (Ordinary Least Square) method to test the hypotheses. Research findings: The findings unveiled that the CSR disclosure partially improved the firm’s performance and market share. Theoretical contribution/Originality: Based on empirical evidence, the theories of stakeholder and legitimacy suggest that CSR disclosure improves firm performance, and the theories of legitimacy and market-based view advocate that CSR disclosure using market share can improve performance. Practitioner/Policy implication: These research results can be used as references for firms to implement better practices of CSR. Research limitation/Implication: This research is bound to subjectivity due to content analysis, in which the researchers had different understandings and perspectives on the research objects during the disclosure assessment.

Abstract Background China initiated the Medical Alliances (MAs) reform to enhance resource allocation efficiency and ensure equitable healthcare. In response to challenges posed by the predominance of public hospitals, the reform explores public-private partnerships within the MAs. Notably, private hospitals can now participate as either leading or member institutions. This study aims to evaluate the dynamic shifts in market share between public and private hospitals across diverse MAs models. Methods Data spanning April 2017 to March 2019 for Dangyang County’s MA and January 2018 to December 2019 for Qianjiang County’s MA were analyzed. Interrupted periods occurred in April 2018 and January 2019. Using independent sample t-tests, chi-square tests, and interrupted time series analysis (ITSA), we compared the proportion of hospital revenue, the proportion of visits for treatment, and the average hospitalization days of discharged patients between leading public hospitals and leading private hospitals, as well as between member public hospitals and member private hospitals before and after the reform. Results After the MAs reform, the revenue proportion decreased for leading public and private hospitals, while member hospitals saw an increase. However, ITSA revealed a notable rise trend in revenue proportion for leading private hospitals (p

Analyzing the marketing efficiency of shallot commodities is the main objective in this research.The research was located in Malang Raya included Malang City, Batu City, and Malang Regency. The method of taking farming respondents with a simple random sample design was taken based on the parallel formula in 37 people. Selected marketer’s respondent using the snowball sampling method, involving 13 individuals in total. The margin analysis is conducted to analyze the components of marketing costs as well as the share received by each market actors involved in shallot marketing. Profit marketing margin analysis, the ratio of profit was taken over the costs incurred by each marketing institution in the four marketing channels could be said to be generally efficient. The price share that was received by farmers in marketing channel IV is the highest sahre among the other channels. This is a result of farmers selling their shallots to intermediary traders directly. In contrast to marketing channel III, which gives farmers the lowest share. This occurs because of the high selling price difference between retailers and farmers and involves three marketing institutions.

The limited market share and growth of Bumiputera entrepreneurs in domestic furniture and wood product industry in Malaysia remains a long-standing challenge. Therefore, a study to examine the market factors that contribute to the failure to thrive among Bumiputera entrepreneurs, registered with the Malaysian Timber Industry Board, was conducted. The results revealed that most of the respondents were micro- and small-sized enterprises, with sales focused on the domestic and contract markets. They were mostly producing sofa and kitchen cabinets, made to order, and sold in domestic markets within the vicinity. The respondents also indicated that the major challenges that impeded their ability to penetrate and capture market share include the limited production volume, lack of product diversity, limited government contract, and inter-ethnicity business collaboration. The Chi-square and Pearson Product Moment Correlation tests found that the significant challenges were only the limited production volume due to small company size, lack of product diversity, and the limited inter-ethnicity business collaboration among Bumiputera entrepreneurs. Therefore, policymakers should take heed that despite the many years of targeted and affirmative assistance to expand the domestic market share of Bumiputera entrepreneurs, the results remain poor, and inevitably, a new approach to Bumiputera entrepreneurs’ development must be adopted.

Introduction Analysis of the tobacco market can provide valuable insights for developing tobacco control strategies. This study examines the market trends of cigarettes, cigars/cigarillos, smoking tobacco, smokeless tobacco, e-cigarettes, heated tobacco products (HTPs), and tobacco-free oral nicotine, across 97 countries between 2007 and 2021. Methods We obtained annual tobacco retail value data from Euromonitor Passport and calculated the market share for each type of tobacco product. The research examined trends in retail value and market share globally, stratified by national income level, as well as in individual countries. Results From 2007 to 2015, the growth of the global tobacco market was primarily driven by cigarette sales. However, starting in 2016, emerging products, including e-cigarettes, HTPs, and tobacco-free oral nicotine, as well as non-cigarette combustible products, including cigars/cigarillos and smoking tobacco, have been mostly responsible for the increases in the global tobacco retail value. Highincome countries experienced the greatest increase in the retail value of emerging products, while middle- and low-income countries still observed rises in cigarette sales. Conclusions Trends in the retail value of different tobacco products varied widely during the study period, with distinct trends observed in different income levels and within individual countries. These trends can supplement prevalence data and be used to inform local tobacco control policies.

The limited market share and growth of Bumiputera entrepreneurs in domestic furniture and wood product industry in Malaysia remains a long-standing challenge. Therefore, a study to examine the market factors that contribute to the failure to thrive among Bumiputera entrepreneurs, registered with the Malaysian Timber Industry Board, was conducted. The results revealed that most of the respondents were micro- and small-sized enterprises, with sales focused on the domestic and contract markets. They were mostly producing sofa and kitchen cabinets, made to order, and sold in domestic markets within the vicinity. The respondents also indicated that the major challenges that impeded their ability to penetrate and capture market share include the limited production volume, lack of product diversity, limited government contract, and inter-ethnicity business collaboration. The Chi-square and Pearson Product Moment Correlation tests found that the significant challenges were only the limited production volume due to small company size, lack of product diversity, and the limited inter-ethnicity business collaboration among Bumiputera entrepreneurs. Therefore, policymakers should take heed that despite the many years of targeted and affirmative assistance to expand the domestic market share of Bumiputera entrepreneurs, the results remain poor, and inevitably, a new approach to Bumiputera entrepreneurs’ development must be adopted.

The advent of Industry 4.0 as the research objectives integrated by the Internet of Things (IoT), which offers a transformative shift in sustainable business policies. As the World Economic Forum reported, it is steadily reshaping established business sustainability frameworks. This study divides the pivotal role that IoT-centric Industry 4.0 technologies play in shaping business policies, focusing keenly on their impacts on market share and business innovation - two key catalysts command the path of organizational sustainability, the hypothesis is presented by 10 items. Data from 289 Chinese enterprises are analyzed by Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM), which reveals a significant development in business policy efficacy fostered by these emerging technologies. The finding shows that these innovations are central to enhancing sustainable business practices, primarily influencing pivotal aspects such as Product Quality, Customer Satisfaction, and Operational Efficiency. The maximum proportion of variation accounted for by an SF was 47.225%. MC test shows that the VIF values vary between 1.993 and 3.971. Importantly, the research underscores that environmentally aligned business strategies strengthen market share and fuel business innovation, resulting in heightened organizational performance. This study is a crucial proposal for integrating IoT-focused Industry 4.0 advancements into sustainable business policy frameworks, which will steer nations and corporations toward concurrently achieving economic and long-term sustainability objectives.

This research aims to examine the relationship between the market share of sharia banks in Malaysia and Indonesia simultaneously as a function of profit sharing, number of offices, and Third-Party Funds (TPF), with Return on Assets (ROA) as an intermediary variable. Both countries have similarities in being a country with a Muslim majority population and implementing a dual banking system. The annual financial reports of Sharia banks in Indonesia and Malaysia from 2016–2021 are the secondary data source for this quantitative research. A technique called path analysis is used. According to research, there is no statistically significant relationship between TPF and market share. The market share of Sharia banks is strongly influenced by profit sharing. Market share is strongly influenced by the number of offices. The impact of TPF on ROA-based market share is not significant. ROA is the main mechanism by which profit sharing affects market share. Through the ROA of Sharia banks, the number of offices influences market share. If Sharia banks want to maximize income, grow their overall assets, and increase their market share, then Sharia banks must think about how to manage TPF more effectively and efficiently, based on the conclusions of this research.

Abstract Share of national food products in retail is a frequent subject of policy debates. Local food is often associated with national security, sustainability, and support of local economy, contributing to value-added production, employment, rural development, and preservation of local food culture. Despite its importance, relevant academic literature about the proportion of national food in retail is basically non-existent. This paper presents a unique study that fills this gap and gives an account of the proportion of the main national food products in the Hungarian retail sector. The study presents a comprehensive picture of the food supply situation of the 10 largest retail chains in Hungary in the second half of 2020 for 16 key product categories (representing 67% of total food sales in value in the country), based on the experience of research that covered the physical examination of nearly 40 thousand individual food products. The study found that 70.85% of the analysed food products were supplied by domestic companies. Proportion of national products was higher for fresh food (meat, milk, perishable meat and milk products, eggs, fruits, and vegetables) and honey, while imports were dominant in higher value-added categories. Domestic chains had 15.37% points more local products in stock than international ones. The exact results can be used for benchmarking between companies and sectors, indicating comparative advantages and disadvantages, and provide solid basis for economic development plans.

The purpose of study was to examine the relative importance of servicescape, identify the optimal combination, and predict the market share in fitness centers. We conducted a conjoint analysis on users of fitness centers located in Seoul. As a primary result, it was found that the spatial layout, particularly ‘sufficient exercise space’, was considered most important. Secondly, cleanliness, specifically ‘well-maintained fitness equipment’, was deemed important following spatial layout. Next, users emphasized the importance of ambient conditions, especially ‘well-managed heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning’. However, aesthetics, specifically ‘Attractive interior design’, was not considered as significant compared to other attributes. The optimal combination of servicescape was identified to be ‘sufficient exercise space, well-maintained fitness equipment, and an attractive interior design within a well-managed heating, ventilation, and air conditioning’. Finally, the combination of ‘sufficient exercise space, attractive interior design, well-managed heating, ventilation and air-conditioning, and well-maintained fitness equipment’ was associated with the highest market share. From an academic perspective, this study holds significance in reaffirming the meaning and impact of servicescape on consumers. Additionally, it provides practical implications that assist in determining the direction for sustainable facility improvement and management of the fitness center.

This research has been done to identify and rank factors affecting the growth and development of the market share of Refah Kargaran Bank. The current research is a mixed type of research in terms of its applied-developmental goal and terms of its implementation. The statistical population in the qualitative part of this research includes 50 managers of Refah Kargaran Bank branches in Fars and Bushehr provinces. A statistical sample consisting of 25 branch managers was selected using the snowball method. The statistical population in the quantitative section includes 600 middle-level employees and managers of Fars and Bushehr Refah Kargaran Bank, among whom 234 people were selected as a sample by simple random method. To analyze quantitative data in this research, descriptive and inferential statistics have been used. The findings of the theme analysis using the TOPSIS model showed that the use of customer relationship management policies (needs assessment, responsiveness, satisfaction, and loyalty) with a coefficient of 0.842 had the greatest impact on increasing the market share of Refah Bank, and the support and facilitation services of Refah Bank. Workers with a proximity coefficient of 0.444 are in the last place. The path analysis findings showed that the variables of attracting customers with a rate of 0.504 and electronic banking with a rate of 0.449 had the greatest impact on the development of the market share of Refah Kargaran Bank. According to the investigations carried out about the planning process to increase the productivity of the Refah Kargaran Bank in a competitive environment, weaknesses and threats have the highest coefficients of 9.41 and 8.36, and strengths and opportunities have the lowest coefficients of 7.13 and 6.54. Strategies have been presented in this regard.

High-tech products and innovative startups are at high risk. Mechanisms of their minimization are an important condition for the commercial success of innovation. This thesis is especially relevant in the period of business scaling. As a key criterion for the commercial success of the scaling, an indicator of the mass of the extracted profit is proposed. For its growth, the decomposition of the profit formula into 3 factors is presented: the capacity of the target market, the market share of the startup, the target profitability of sales. In the proposed approach, the development of a business scaling project for an innovative startup is based on marketing activities that contribute to the growth of these factors. Due to high risks an innovative product does not always have sufficient market capacity, it is often difficult for it to compete for a significant market share, therefore, it is impossible to increase profitability. In this case the project is not filtered by the criterion of potential profit that can be obtained as a result of scaling, and is postponed. For projects that overcome filtering by 3 key components of profit, the planned results of each event, the timing of their implementation, the performers and the necessary budget are determined.

This research aims to estimate the Almost Ideal Demand Model for Egyptian exports of the orange crop by studying the current production situation of oranges in the world and Egypt, estimating the indicators of the competitive advantage of Egyptian oranges in its most important global markets, and studying the geographical distribution of the quantity and value of Egyptian exports of oranges in the most important global markets, in addition to estimate Almost Ideal Demand Model for the most important importing markets for Egyptian oranges during the period (2008-2022). In order to achieve the objectives of the research, some indicators of foreign trade for the orange crop were calculated, such as the apparent comparative advantage, the competitive advantage, the market share, the relative production, the export operations performance efficiency index, the export strength index, in addition to applying the semi-optimal demand model. The results showed that the value of the comparative advantage index increases about the correct one during that period, which means that there is a comparative advantage for Egypt's exports of oranges in the global markets, as it was found that the export prices of oranges in the State of Turkey are considered the lowest export prices of oranges in the global market, as the average price of exporting a ton of oranges was about $386.54/ tons, which represents about 54.83% of the average international price of oranges during the same period, which is about $705/ton.

This study analyzes the impact of knowledge capital (KC), a key element of firms’ innovation and competitiveness, on stock returns during economic crises when sustainable competitiveness becomes particularly important. We analyze the impact of the Global Financial Crisis and COVID-19 as economic crises, focusing on manufacturing industries with a high proportion of investment shifts from physical capital to KC. Our findings indicate that KC is positively associated with stock returns during the Global Financial Crisis and COVID-19. This positive relationship is strengthened by the firm’s ability to leverage KC, as measured by greater product market share, higher Tobin’s Q, and larger cash holdings. This study emphasizes the protective role of KC during the economic crisis when the market pays more attention to corporate sustainability and provides implications to corporate managers and investors.

Summary:The research was entitled the role of innovation management and the promotion of competitive advantage in industrial enterprises The problem of research is the lack of innovation management by industrial enterprises. The importance of research was to clarify and demonstrate the importance of innovation management in industrial enterprises and their effective role in supporting competitive advantage. The research relied on three axes the first is competitive advantage. The second is innovation management and the third is the role of innovation management in achieving the competitive advantage of enterprises All countries are striving to achieve economic growth based on knowledge and innovation, promote a culture of innovation between all institutions and companies, link scientific and applied research to the industry, and multiply the efforts of countries in supporting innovation to keep abreast of all these developments. All these factors have led to the need for an innovation department to be able to meet the determinations and achieve the competitive advantage of the enterprise that has innovation management and to reach the best innovative products and services It also contributes to increasing the profits of the enterprise, exploiting internal ,external opportunities innovating in methods and methods of production, thereby reducing production costs Innovation management must be treated as a comprehensive system whereby the enterprise is fully crowded to take advantage of all available opportunities and resources of all kinds, whether internal or external so that there are many industrial enterprises and companies that have adopted innovation policy to achieve competitive advantage

This study aims to show how the influence of zakat funds, non-halal funds, and Islamic social reporting (ISR) on the performance and reputation of Islamic commercial banks. This type of research uses a quantitative approach. The research population is Islamic commercial banks (ICB) in Indonesia registered with the financial services authority (FSA) for the 2016-2020 period; 14 ICB samples were obtained using the saturated sample technique. The data used is secondary data derived from the annual report of each bank. Data analysis techniques using structural equation modelling (SEM) with the help of AMOS 26 software include classic assumption tests, model feasibility, and hypotheses. The results of this study indicate that zakat funds and ISR do not affect bank performance as a proxy for return on assets (ROA). However, non-halal funds significantly negatively affect ROA. Zakat funds do not affect the company's reputation proxied by market share. However, non-halal funds significantly negatively affect market share, and ISR significantly positively affects market share. This research can contribute to proving whether signalling theory, stakeholder theory, and sharia enterprise theory can strengthen or weaken the influence of zakat funds, non-halal funds, and ISR on the performance and reputation of ICB and can become reference material for Islamic banks to improve their performance and reputation.

Under the new situation, the speed of economic development continues to accelerate, and under the influence of the modernization process, the transportation industry is more closely linked with the economy. To promote the sustainable development of the transportation industry, it is necessary to establish a scientific and effective economic statistics strategy to achieve steady economic growth. This paper designs a segmented time-varying parametric state space model based on the state space model to construct an economic statistical system for the transportation industry. By integrating and breaking the original design model, the structure, function, and statistical process of the system are optimized. The system is introduced into the transportation industry to analyze the application effect. According to the data, the economic revenue of the railroad transportation industry reached 464.293 billion yuan at the end of 2021, 45.48 times more than that of 10,208.81 billion yuan in 1986, and the market share increased from 23.23% in 2000 to 31.19% in 2021. The market share of waterway transportation industry, on the other hand, rose from 29.07% in 2000 to 32.87% in 2021. The share of capital investment in waterways and civil aviation continues to change in a downward trend from about 11% in the previous period. The economic statistics strategy can improve the economic efficiency of the transportation industry, so that the whole industry can gradually adapt to the current level of economic development and the needs of people’s life.

The arrival of the era of big data and integrated media has changed the way of media communication and broken the original single media narrative model. The interaction and communication between traditional media and emerging media have formed a new paradigm of narrative, i.e., cross-media narrative. Based on the purpose of studying the cross-media narrative ability cultivation system of screenwriting art talents, this paper analyzes the market growth of cross-media narrative works in the era of integrated media and the audience’s perceptions of cross-media narrative works such as IP adaptations using the K-means clustering method. From 2018 to 2021, the market share of cross-media narrative works grew from 21.1% to 35.3%, while traditional single-media narrative works declined by 34.76%. Faced with the surge of transmedia narrative works, 29.5% of viewers think the stories are unattractive, too homogeneous, and lack freshness. Another 24.6% of viewers think that the plot lacks originality and only copies novels. Another 33.2% of viewers think there is plagiarism and piracy. The current cross-media narrative works still have many problems, such as rough production and a lack of polished plots. The education of film and television scriptwriting should focus on the cultivation of cross-media narrative quality, the enhancement of cross-media narrative ability, and the training of cross-media narrative skills for scriptwriting talents to cultivate high-level applied scriptwriting talents who can connect with the industry.

AbstractCompetitive pressure has resulted in fierce competition among agrodealer businesses, with market share margins being divided among industry participants. This paper empirically investigates the main competitiveness drivers in Kenyan agro-dealer businesses. The study employed an exploratory research design, with primary data collected via face-to-face interviews from a sample of 110 agro-dealer businesses focusing on financial data for 2019. Business age, promotions strategies, entrepreneurship skills, and business expenditure were found to be positive competitiveness drivers, while competitive rivalry and branding were found to be constraining drivers. A policy to strengthen agro-dealer businesses’ financial systems is an important step towards encouraging the adoption of new technology that will allow them to reduce operational costs while increasing revenues and ensuring proper resource utilization. Agro-dealer businesses should aim to increase their market share by utilizing promotions strategies (social media adverts, referral marketing and pull marketing) to both potential and prospective customers.

This study aims to analyze the relationship between market share and technical efficiency in the Indonesian general insurance industry. The data for the period 2010-2020 is used, which was obtained from the Indonesian Financial Services Authority (OJK). The results show that efficient companies emerged from the category of industry possessing comparatively higher and lower market shares. Furthermore, the panel Granger-causality test indicates a one-way direction of causality, where only the market share has an impact on the technical efficiency score. The panel regression using the Feasible Generalized Least Square (FGLS) model shows that market share has a negative impact on technical efficiency scores. Other variables, such as the age of the industry, merger, and acquisition are listed in the stock exchange and do not have a significant effect on the efficiency score. Based on the aforementioned findings, it can be inferred that the quiet-life hypothesis is applicable within the Indonesian general insurance sector. Consequently, the government must foster competition among the businesses operating within the industry.

In deregulated electricity markets, predicting price and load is a common practice. However, market participants and shareholders often seek deeper insights into other system statuses associated with price prediction, such as power flow and market share of generation companies (GenCos). These insights are challenging to obtain using purely data-driven methods. This paper proposes a physics-based solution for the probabilistic prediction of market-clearing outcomes, using real sanitized offer data from the National Electricity Market of Singapore (NEMS). Our approach begins with approximating the generator offers that have been historically cleared. Using this pool of offer data, we propose a probabilistic market-clearing process. This process allows for the probabilistic prediction of market prices. By considering the power system network and its constraints, we also naturally obtain probabilistic predictions of power flow and market shares. We validate our approach using actual NEMS data. Our findings show that while the overall performance of price prediction is comparable to existing methods, our proposed method can also provide probabilistic predictions of other associated system operating conditions. Furthermore, our method enables scenario studies, such as the impact of demand-side participation and the penetration of rooftop photovoltaic (PV) systems on the Uniform Singapore Energy Price (USEP).

This paper deals with the topic of market analysis of drones (or UAVs) for civil use. This is an analytical overview study. In the introduction, we offer an overview of the main historical milestones on the topic of drones. We then provide a classification and explanation of the main types of drones. The main part of the article contains structured information about the drone market, its status in terms of market shares and relative market shares. For a structured view of this market, we used the BCG method: we calculated the market growth and relative market shares. This market is dynamic and growing gradually. Established brands forming a strong competitive environment. In the photo-video segment, the Chinese brand DJI has a strong and dominant position. Demand on the consumer side is also growing, as is the reputation of the most used product brands.

Introduction The international tobacco market is dominated by five transnational tobacco companies (TTCs) which continue to interfere with measures to reduce tobacco consumption. The aim of this study is to better understand the current international tobacco industry market structure by providing an overview of the market share of these five companies globally. Methods A longitudinal multi-country study design was used to understand market share trends across 90 different countries from 2011 to 2020. Descriptive analyses were conducted based on market share and market size data obtained from Euromonitor Passport. Market share (%), maximal market share (%) and cumulative market share (%) were calculated. Maps and boxplots are used to present the descriptive analyses. Median cumulative TTC market share and interquartile ranges for each year were calculated and stratified by country income level. Results The average maximal market share of one company in a country was 50% (IQR: 40.0–63.5) in 2020 compared to 51.5% in 2011 (IQR: 41.3–69.0). One of the five TTCs had the highest market share in 77 out of the 90 countries. Philip Morris International was the main market player in 38 countries, followed by British American Tobacco (24), Japan Tobacco International (8), Imperial Brands (6), and lastly China National Tobacco Corporation was only dominant in China. The percentage of cigarettes manufactured by one of the five TTCs remained relatively stable between 2011 (86.4%) and 2020 (85.2%). Average cumulative TTC market shares increased between 2011 and 2020 in both low- and middle-, and high-income countries. Conclusions The international tobacco market is concentrated with a small number of large players, and this has not changed substantially between 2011 and 2020. The impact of this on the ability of the tobacco industry to resist policy changes is unknown but presents a cause for concern.

This study aims to analyze the market share of four leading mobile phone companies in the context of their spending on R&D and the number of filed patents. The study aims to identify whether the companies that invest the most in R&D and file more patents have a competitive edge and increased market share compared to others. The adoption and advancement of technologies throughout the documented history of humankind have revealed how employing specific devices has cultivated the power for people and society to communicate. Moreover, innovations in travelling have increased prospects for real-time communication, and innovations in virtual real-time communication like mobile phones and the internet have become a part of everyday life. Following innovations, many companies emerged from nowhere with unique mobile phone devices and continued the business. But, few of them were wiped out from the market because their mobile phone offering was inferior to other competitors. This paper explores the innovation journey of mobile phone companies. In addition, it focuses on four leading brand names and corresponding success failures as well as the role of R&D expense and patents regarding innovations. Usually, innovation is considered as the engine of economic growth that serves customers better products and services and stays relevant in the market. Measuring innovation is not easy, but focusing on R&D and the quantifiable patent indicates that individual companies consistently serve customers with newer and better products.

Branded sausage is one of the fast foods, and the demand for it in Nigeria is increasing substantially due to growing household affluence and its availability and affordability. The study examined the market concentration and the need for branded sausage rolls in Oyo State using 290 respondents (buyers and sellers) collected through a three-stage sampling procedure. The study affirmed that Gala (small and big) had the highest percentage (41.3%) of consumers while bigi and the rite spicy had 22.7% and 21.4%, respectively. The yum-yum brand had the lowest consumers percentage (1.8%). The average amount consumers spent on gala (big and small size) per month was ₦824.18 followed by rite spicy and bigi with a moderate amount of ₦582.98 and ₦520 per month. Gala (small and big) had the highest inequality in sales revenue (0.42) while bigi had the least (0.26). The market concentration of gala was the highest (50%) while bigi had the least (40%). The market share of the gala (big and small size) was 54.4 percent followed by rite spicy and bigi with 23.9 and 21.1 percent, respectively. Monthly income, taste, quality, price, and availability influenced consumers' preference for sausage rolls while monthly payment, household size and brand consumed determined consumers' monthly expenditure on sausage rolls in the study area. The yum-yum brand had the lowest consumer’s percentages in the sausage market at 1.8%. Producers of other sausage rolls brands should develop strategies that would ensure fair competition with other brands so that the dominance of some brands can be reduced to prevent the emergence of a monopolist in the sausage rolls market. The need for market segmentation based on consumers’ income is recommended.

Product development activities must be well managed; this will increase company productivity by optimizing the success factor strategy, which will inevitably lead to success. Furthermore, Some evidence suggests that product development that considers culture could lead to greater success in Indonesia, even on a global scale. This paper aims to build a mathematical model of successful product development by considering Hofstede culture and deciding the culture’s contribution to product success and at the same time to do Indonesian culture mapping. The first step of this research was started by deciding the relationship of culture to product success and by clustering the culture based on 805 Indonesian respondents. The next step was deciding success factor variable and building the mathematical model of product development by using 304 data of automotive products, netbooks, smartphones, souvenirs, and services. Furthermore, the research used methods to manage culture such as Hofstede dimension counting, Principal Component Analysis and Agglomerative Hierarchical Cluster. In the step on building mathematical model of successful product, experiment designed and Kano were used. The result of the Indonesian cultural cluster dimension showed that Indonesian culture could be divided into four clusters, including cluster 1 (C1), Cluster 2 (C2), cluster 3 (C3), and cluster 4 (C4), which are presented in Table 2. The Indonesian culture is divided into two dimensions such as intrinsic characteristics and environmental and future characteristics. While the result of the Kano mathematical model showed that price, product performance, services and marketing were put into a one-dimensional category. The model which considered culture was able to increase determination value (R2) and it was included in a one-dimensional category, so explicitly it was the most desired by the customers and was able to increase customer’s satisfaction indeed. That model was expected to be a quidance on product development in increasing its product market share.

Abstract Background The state of Washington legalized cannabis for adult use in 2012 and retail stores began to open in 2014. While details of the legal market have been tracked by the state, the total market for cannabis and characteristics of purchasers can only be identified through surveys. Methods Six cross-sectional samples of the Privatization of Spirits in Washington (PSW) surveys were collected between January 2014 and October 2016 with two in each year. Random digit dial procedures were used to recruit a sample aged 18 and older, with 40% of cases from mobile phones. A total of 5492 respondents participated. Analyses of the population-weighted sample utilized purchasing amounts and frequencies, use frequency and related measures to estimate total and mean amounts and expenditures. Sensitivity analyses were conducted for key assumptions. Results The market for cannabis flower is estimated to have increased from 158 metric tons and $1.23 billion in 2014 to 222 metric tons and $1.7 billion in 2016, with little change from 2014 to 2015. Purchases from legal sources, retail and dispensaries, were estimated at 69% of the total market. Daily or near daily (DND) users accounted for about 83% of sales in 2014, rising to 91% in 2016. The prevalence of past year use rose substantially from 25% in 2014 to 32% in 2016, with DND use rising from 10.2 to 11.3%. Average purchase amounts for DND users rose from 291 g in 2014 to 374 g in 2016, while mean amounts among non-DND users declined from 78 to 28.6 g. Conclusions The expansion of retail cannabis stores in Washington appears to have led to increased market size in 2016 with all of the increase attributed to DND users. Frequent users may be important to consider in legalization evaluations.

The credit expansion policy and banking regulations have attracted widespread attention of bank regulators and policymakers over the last few years. This research aims to examine how the interest rate, prudential capital, and their interaction impact banking profitability in emerging economies like Egypt. The final sample of banks registered by the Central Bank of Egypt comprises 22 banks during the period of 2011–2020. The cross-sectional time-series Generalized Least Squares (GLS) regression approach is used to estimate the panel data. The findings confirm that low-interest rates indeed harm banks’ profitability. In addition, higher prudential capital enhances the profitability of banks. Importantly, the impact of low-interest rates on bank profitability can be diminished only when banks are maintaining higher prudential capital. Based on the findings, it is recommended that bank managers and policymakers in Egypt as well as in similar emerging economies shall promote the application of the Basel Capital Accord to increasingly strengthen the profitability of banks, which in turn reinforces the performance of the banking sector, especially during low-interest rate times. The findings also reveal that bank-specific characteristics such as large bank size, increased efficiency, and less concentrated market enhance banks’ profitability. Overall, the findings of this research are highly relevant since improved profitability is one of the main objectives of bank supervisors and regulators. AcknowledgmentsThe authors are grateful to Mr. Ali Shaker and Amira Ragab for their valuable support.

The study tested whether entrepreneurial marketing (EM) can create unique resource advantages for startups and small firms and compensate for late market entry. The authors collected the responses from 509 fast-food restaurants in Kuwait and analyzed the data through structural equation modeling. The evidence supports a direct effect of time-in-market on market share. However, customer-focused market penetration strategies (MPS) mediated the relationship between time-in-market and market share. Further, innovative, culturally influenced customer relationship management (CRM) moderated the impact of time-in-market and MPS on market share, compensating for late market entry.The authors utilize the Resource Advantage (R-A) Theory to inform market entry literature and provide novel solutions to resource-constrained late entrants who can offset the advantages of early market entrants and gain market share through an entrepreneurial marketing approach. It offers a practical approach for implementing entrepreneurial marketing in assisting small firms in seeking market advantages despite late entry and resource limitations. The study's findings have implications for small firms and marketing managers of late-entrant firms, who can leverage innovative MPS and CRM incorporating cultural artifacts to generate behavioral, emotional, and psychological engagement leading to higher market share.

Enforced transformational processes caused by crisis situations, such as battle against consequences of the spread of COVID-19 pandemic and the formation of a socio-economic and security mechanism for counter fighting Russian war in Ukraine, are significantly reflected in the specifics of Ukraine’s confectionery market operations today. It is determined that danger, instability, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity accompany the development of various socio-economic systems, including confectionery market. The purpose of the article is to reveal the potential of the Ukrainian confectionery market in view of the intensification of competition in crisis situations, to identify the dominant influencing factors in the developmental environment of confectionery enterprises in order to design alternative competitive strategies to support their sales. The main goal is to present the results of the analysis of determinants of confectionery market development in Ukraine in the period of the spread of crisis situations in terms of identifying risks in the sector. Research methods are the method of economic analysis and comparison for researching the specifics of the confectionery market; abstract-logical method for theoretical generalisation and conclusions; calculation of confectionery market capacity and market shares of Ukrainian confectionery enterprises; index method for assessing the concentration levels in the confectionery market. Conclusions and added value of work: the specifics of Ukrainian confectionery market development are revealed. Analysis of the dynamics of the confectionery production volume in Ukraine has been carried out; the number of business entities in the segments characterised by types of economic activity and in terms of large, medium, small and micro enterprises has been identified. Analysis of export-import operations volumes has been carried out based on the commodity structure of foreign trade in confectionery products. The list of risks of the developmental environment of confectionery enterprises and intra-industry risks has been identified using the probabilistic method of risk assessment; analysis of factors affecting the dynamics of confectionery market development has been established in accordance with M. Porter's method of five forces of competition, an assessment of market concentration has been carried out using the index method (in particular, the Herfindahl-Hirschman index and the Lind index). According to the results of the evaluation of concentration levels of confectionery market in Ukraine and the factors affecting the conjuncture of this market, it has been identified that three enterprises are involved in the core of the confectionery market, namely SE "KK ROSHEN", PrJSC "HBF" and PrJSC "AVK". Forms of their interaction are secret conspiracies, the policy of dictating prices in order to maintain the market power of influence on industry counterparties and other stakeholders of the confectionery market, and other forms of interaction characteristic of an oligopolistic market structure

The purpose of the article is to determine the factors, main determinates shaping and influencing the level of competitiveness of the agricultural enterprise. The competitiveness of the enterprise is the result of many factors, which have a complex influence on him. Competitiveness exists as a state of agricultural enterprise only in market conditions. The market is characterized by its three forces – demand, supply, and competition. Depending on the manifestation and the dominance of these three forces, the market is defined as a monopoly with the perfect competition or monopolistic competition. In this context, it appears that competition is an engine of development and a reason to explore, study and manage the competitiveness of the market players It has become clear that competitiveness is a complicated and complex economic category. This determines the difficulty in determining the performance assessment. In the literature, there is no uniform opinion on the number and composition of indicators to assess the competitiveness of the enterprise. This stems mainly from differences in the opinions of the authors on the nature of the economic category “competitiveness”. On the one hand, there is a desire to maximum characterizes the competitiveness of the company. This leads to excessive expansion in the number of proposed indicators to assess, which in turn hinders their practical use. On the other hand, there is a desire to develop a separate indicator, which easily and quickly measures the aggregate competitiveness of the company.

Introduction: The purpose of this research is to design a process for increasing the sales and market share of dairy companies based on the sensory marketing model. The competition in the dairy industry is high, and the industry uses different methods to strive for bigger market shares. In a globalizing world, increasingly competitive environment impels the companies to search for different marketing methods beside the traditional ones. Sensory marketing which is one of the comprising methods is a technique that aims to seduce the consumer by using his senses and influencing his feelings and behavior. In sensory marketing, with various stimuli that are sent to the five senses, consumer's emotional and behavioral orientations are studied to be affected. Sensory marketing is a useful because it gives companies a real opportunity to maximize product profitability . In today’s research, sensory stimuli, or sensory inputs, are addressed in connection with a place, a brand, or an environment where a service is offered and how it looks, sounds, smells, feels, and tastes influences consumers. It may relate to the impact on both consumers’ product evaluation and choice of a product or as consumers’ affections, cognitions, and actual behaviors regarding, for example, how much time is spent in a store or how much money is spent on the purchase of a certain brand. The starting point in this research is to first understand how businesses, using the five senses, develop sensory experiences for consumers based on various sensory strategies and sensory stimuli. The role of sensory experiences in judgment and decision making has raised a surge of interest in marketing as well as psychology. In marketing, scattered research on the role of the senses in consumer behavior has been brought together under the rubric of sensory marketing, that is, “marketing that engages the consumers' senses and affects their perception, judgment, and behavior”. Over the past few years, research in sensory marketing has expanded and spread on a global scale in a most significant way. From previously unknown topics at large annual scientific marketing conferences, such as the European Marketing Academy (EMAC), the Academy of Marketing Science, and the American Marketing Association (AMA), sensory marketing has come to be recognized as an independent, scientific research area, compared with areas such as advertising, relationship marketing, or branding. Many researchers believe that sensory marketing will become more significant in the future and will establish itself as an important area for both academics and practitioners.Methodology: This study is developmental in terms of purpose. It is conducted through the Grounded Theory. The research is a case study, and the statistical population includes two groups of experts, academics and industry experts. The sampling is done by the snowball method. The data collection tool is interviews. By the use of a qualitative approach based on the Grounded Theory, the factors affecting sensory marketing are identified, and an appropriate model is designed.Results and Discussion: The final model of the research was formed with six main categories including intervening conditions (i.e., type of company-customer interaction, brand awareness, word-of-mouth advertising), contextual conditions (economic and social-cultural factors), causal conditions (organizational factors, customer and competitive environment), pivotal phenomenon (taste, olfactory, visual, auditory and tactile marketing), strategies (brand satisfaction and experience and perceived individual value) and outcomes (financial, competitive and branding outcomes). There were also micro-categories and indicators to consider in the dairy industry.Conclusion: In order to see the responses of consumers to sensory marketing practices, according to the research conducted on the dairy industry, it is observed that organizational, customer, and competitive factors affect sensory marketing. The implications of sensory marketing include financial, competitive and branding implications. Sensory marketing is regarded as a new way of making an organizational profit. More and more manufacturers in the dairy products apply scent, sound, texture, vision and taste as stimuli to build stronger emotional connections with the customer and drive preference to their brand. The results showed the powerful and tremendous effect of the concept of sensory marketing which is inevitable for the success of a firm in this highly competitive market. This study provides practical and theoretical implications in the dairy industry, which can help marketers in the industry to excel. The contributions of this study include not only bridging the aforementioned gap in the literature but also offering significant managerial implications.

Throughout history, cast iron has been unique amongst metallic materials. No other metal can boast such a long history, together with such a wide diversity of variants, properties, and applications. Arguably, no other material can claim to have such complexity. While the cast iron foundry produces myriad components, researchers and engineers have humbly ensured the continued development of this sophisticated material. We control this process not with furnaces and wirefeeders, but with knowledge. This knowledge enables the creation of a material with a unique combination of design flexibility, mechanical properties, wear resistance, recyclability, low life cycle energy consumption, and low cost. And it will be with the continued pursuit of understanding and knowledge that tomorrow’s researchers and engineers will ensure the continued growth of new material variants, with improved material properties and new applications that make the world a better place. Cast iron: thousands of years of development and progress behind us; thousands of fascinating mysteries and opportunities ahead of us.

This study aims to investigate the relationship between corporate governance (CG) compliance and corporate performance in Jordan. We develop a corporate governance index (CGI) and investigate its impact on firms’ performance. The index consists of 32 unique internal governance attributes that were built based on Jordanian governance Code. This study used a quantitative research method using panel dataset analysis of 672-firm year observations. Fixed effects regression model was employed to analyse the governance-performance nexus. To infer correctly, we re-examine the main analysis using a well-developed dynamic generalized method of moments (GMM) estimator to overcome possible endogeneity concerns. Consistent with prior studies in developed and developing countries in the governance literature, our findings robustly disclose that compliance with CG guidelines is a determinant of corporate performance of listed firms in Amman Stock Exchange (ASE) during period 2009–2016. The results indicate that a better degree of compliance with the Jordanian code and guidelines is positively and significantly related with better performance of publicly listed firms. This study contributes theoretically and practically to growing but under-developed literature on governance compliance and corporate performance in developing countries. Therefore, this research has useful implications for developing countries, stock market authorities, policymakers, firms’ directors, and academicians.

This study aims to examine the simultaneous relationship between leverage and market share as a determinant of market competition for manufacturing companies in Indonesia. The model used in this study is the TSLS (Two Stage Least Square) and testing with OLS (Ordinary Least Square), the testing tool used is SPSS. The object of research used in this study is a Manufacturing Company listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange from 2015-2020 with a total of 122 companies that have fit with criteria for the research sample. The results of the study show that the two endogenous variables: leverage and market share, have a significant positive correlation with each other, which means that there is a simultaneous relationship between leverage policy and market share as an indicator of the competitive position of the product market.

Kelapa merupakan tanaman tropis yang tumbuh hampir di seluruh wilayah Indonesia dan memiliki banyak potensi ekonomi. UMKM DNK Selumbung berusaha memanfaatkan potensi perkebunan kelapa di Desa Selumbung untuk diolah menjadi VCO. Produk VCO dari UMKM DNK Selumbung mulai diminati dan dipasarkan secara konvensional. Oleh karena itu, pengabdian masyarakat ini ber-tujuan untuk menyediakan website bagi DNK Selumbung yang dapat diakses pada tautan https://dnkselumbung.com/. Website tersebut menjadi media untuk menyebarluaskan informasi mengenai unit usaha dan produk DNK Selumbung, serta dilengkapi dengan menu kontak pemilik. Selain sebagai media promosi, website ini juga membantu konsumen yang ingin membeli produk, serta pihak lain yang berencana untuk bermitra dengan DNK Selumbung (distributor produk). Melalui kegiatan pengabdian masyarakat ini, diberikan pemahaman kepada pemilik UMKM DNK Selumbung mengenai manajerial usaha secara sederhana serta memfasilitasi legalitas produk. Melalui pemanfaatan teknologi serta pemenuhan unsur legalitas usaha, DNK Selumbung diharapkan dapat semakin berkembang.

Electric vehicles are expanding significantly in recent years. Policies have been critical in stimulating the growth of electric vehicle market. This paper focuses on subsidy policies for electric vehicle adoption in a horizontally differentiated goods market. Using a representative consumer model and assuming the duopoly firms compete in a Cournot fashion, we find that the optimal level of subsidies might not fall as a result of the decreasing production cost of electric vehicles. Instead, the subsidy might phase down when the government starts to bring more competition into the electric vehicle industry. This main result goes through irrespective of whether the subsidy is sales volume-based or sales revenue-based. Our numerical findings further suggest that welfare maximizing subsidy declines with an increasing competition among car manufacturers, and sales volume-based subsidy policy is more efficient than sales revenue-based one. In addition, we also find that the subsidy cut would reduce electric vehicle sales, and subsidy policy is responsive to the government’s objective function.

This study aimed to determine the effect of pricing strategies on increasing the market share in Amran Cement Factory (ACF). The descriptive analytical approach was adopted; and a questionnaire was developed for collecting the data. The study population was the members of the senior, middle, and executive management at ACF with a total number of (110) employees. The complete consensus method was used, and a total of (107) questionnaires were returned; however, 105 were valid for analysis using SPSS. The study results showed that there is a positive statistically significant effect of pricing strategies on increasing the market share of ACF. Results also revealed that the factory applies a high degree of pricing strategies, and the market share of ACF is high. The study recommends enhancing pricing strategies at ACF for its importance in increasing the market share.

This study aims to explore the factors influence the competitiveness of Thailand’s processed pineapple exports as well as the impact size of these factors by focusing on canned pineapple (HS 200820) and pineapple juice (HS 200949). This study also determine the competitiveness and market share effects for both products in each market in each Thailand major partner countries. The average price of processed pineapple, GDP per capita and exchange rate were the explanatory variables. The panel data from 2013 to 2017 of 10 partners were used in a panel regression model with pooled OLS, fixed effect and random effect models. The empirical results show that the fixed effect model is the most suitable and that price significantly negatively affected the market share of both products. Moreover, there is a positive effect from GDP per capita on market share for pineapple and the exchange rate positively affected market share for canned pineapple. In addition, Thailand’s pineapple juice market share is less price sensitive than the canned pineapple market. The stable and competitive price are necessary conditions to enhance sustainable export competitiveness under current intense competition. The implementation of effective exchange rate management to prevent massive fluctuation is a crucial supporting mechanism to achieve this target. Moreover, the appropriate devaluation is other essential policy to enhance sustainable price competition under the tension competitive environment leads to accelerate the continue market shares in important markets.

Introduction. The progressive development of peasant farm enterprises requires further improvement of the methods of state financial support to completely fulfil the potential of peasant farm enterprises as the best tool in using budgetary funds allocated to improve the quality of life of the rural population. This article is based on the study conducted and aims to identify the resources of peasant farm enterprises to increase employment and incomes of the population, as well as to develop a system of priority measures for long-term state financial support. Materials and Methods. The study analyzed the official data from the territorial body of the Federal State Statistics Service in the Republic of Mordovia and the Ministry of Agriculture and Food of the Republic of Mordovia. To process the empirical material, economic and mathematical methods were used, as well as the those of comparison, groupings, and absolute differences. The set of methods used made it possible to characterize the dynamics and main trends in the development of peasant farm enterprises in the Republic of Mordovia, to study changes in their structure and specialization in terms of production concentration and efficiency, and also to assess the correlation between the amount of grants received and the volume of additional production. Results. The analysis of the organizational and economic conditions for the functioning of peasant farm enterprises in the Republic of Mordovia made it possible to assess the effectiveness of their grant support. The necessity of broadening state financial support in the form of grants and agro-startups for peasant farm enterprises, contributing to income growth, expanding consumer demand and increasing employment of the rural population, has been substantiated. Discussion and Conclusion. The proposed recommendations for improving state regulation will contribute to increasing the efficiency of the functioning of peasant farm enterprises in the Republic of Mordovia in order to improve the quality of life of the rural population. The results of the study will be useful to regional and municipal authorities when establishing territorial programs for the development of the agrarian sector of the economy.

The article considers the types of competition in consumer markets. Most authors when analyzing competition carefully analyze competitor brands. Instead, the author of this article proposes to determine the weight of the influence of related goods, substitutes and indirect competitors. All competitors on the basis of researches of domestic scholars are divided into the following groups: desire-competitors; commodity-kind competitors; commodity-type competitors (substitute goods); competitor brands. Each of these groups is analyzed and it is determined for which types of consumer markets it has a significant impact. In particular, desire-competitors are struggling for the consumers’ costs in the markets of durable goods and luxury goods, but they are not peculiar to social goods and necessities. In addition, it is determined that significant for the product markets is the division of competitors by: market share; presence in a retail network; territorial feature; price level. Market share generally defines the possibilities of influencing consumers and the ability to dictate market conditions. The level of presence of goods in the trading network determines the ease of finding it by the buyer. Increasing the presence in a particular region relatively quickly increases the market share of the corresponding goods in the region. Consumer goods of mass demand are characterized by the presence of not only international and national, but also local competitors. Such competition requires more efforts on the part of both the national and the international producers for studying the market and developing a strategy. In terms of price level, it is necessary to focus, first of all, on those competitors who compete in the same price category. The study of the soft drinks market in the City of Lviv allowed to distinguish in more detail the specific characteristics of competition. The main competitors are allocated. It is noted that over the past 15 years, the number and composition of both the local and the national competitors has changed significantly. On the basis of this, a map of the weight of competitors is developed, which enables the enterprise in the development of competitiveness strategies to concentrate on studying those market participants who are able to distract the attention of consumers to themselves.

The purpose of this study is to analyze the market structure of the general insurance industry in Indonesia and the effect of market share, operating expenses to operating income (OEOI), and debt ratio(DR) on profitability measured by return on assets (ROA). This study uses panel data regression analysis with the Chow and Hausman test to determine the best model. This analysis uses a combination of cross-section data, which consists of 11 companies, and time-series data, which consists of five years. The results showed that the Indonesian general insurance industry in 2014-2018 took the form of a tight oligopoly with a high concentration level after being analyzed through the four-firm concentration ratio (CR4) and Herfindahl-Hirschman Index (HHI). The average CR4 ratio is 84.77%, while the value of HHI is 3,374.19. Meanwhile, the results showed that based on panel data analysis, the OEOI variable has a significant negative effect on firm profitability. Also, the debt ratio variable has a significant negative effect on the profitability of general insurance firms in Indonesia. The firm efficiency can be able to increase profits rather than mastery of market share.

This study aims to analyze several factors that affect customer loyalty GoRide and GoCar in Surabaya. Several variables such as service quality, perceived value, and customer trust are examined in this study to see their effect on customer loyalty. This research is useful for Gojek in order to compete by increasing the customer loyalty that Gojek has. The research data collection was carried out by distributing questionnaires to 200 GoRide and GoCar customers in Surabaya. The sampling technique used in this research is non-probability sampling with a purposive sampling method. The criteria for respondents are Gojek customers (GoRide and GoCar) who still use the GoRide and GoCar applications, who have used the GrabBike and GrabCar applications, and are domiciled in Surabaya. The results of the data were collected and analyzed using the SEM (Structured Equation Modeling) method with the help of the SPSS AMOS 24 software. In this study, the relationship between service quality and perceived value are tested, service quality to customer loyalty, service quality to customer trust, value perceived customer loyalty, and customer trust on customer loyalty. The results of this study indicated that service quality has a positive and significant effect on perceived value and customer trust, but has no effect on customer loyalty. Perceived value considered to have a positive effect on customer loyalty. Customer trust has no effect on customer loyalty.

The subject of the research is the theoretical, methodological principles, and practical proposals for increasing the agricultural enterprises’ competitiveness based on improving its components accounting, evaluation, and modeling. The purpose of the article is to substantiate the increase of agricultural enterprises’ competitiveness and managing it through improving accounting, evaluation, and modeling of its quantitative indices and indicators. The methodological basis of the article is the fundamentals of economic theory, business economics, and accounting; works of leading scientists on competitiveness issues; legal regulations on various aspects of agricultural enterprises and markets development. The historical and monographic methods and methods of system-structural analysis and synthesis, rating evaluation and ranking, accounting, model of competitive space are used. The results of the article. The essence of agricultural enterprises’ competitiveness is generalized, the problems of its formation are revealed and directions of improving its management are offered based on building the model of competitive space taking into account indicators of financial and economic sustainability of agribusiness, market share, and products competitiveness, and involvement of the marketing plan as well. Field of application of results. The results obtained should be used in the management of agribusiness enterprises; in the educational process of the faculties of economics and management of higher education institutions. Conclusions. Modeling of increasing the agricultural enterprises’ competitiveness and its forward-looking management is based on improving the accounting and evaluation of indicators of its factors and components. Its result can be a three-factor model of competitive space based on the following indicators: the level of competitiveness of products, the level of financial and economic sustainability, the market share size. The key to increasing the competitiveness of agricultural entities depending on the model chosen and strategies of functioning in the market space is called innovation, compliance with specialization, marketing plans.

Sharia banking is currently very popular with the Indonesian people, so to prepare for this increasingly selective business competition, Islamic Commercial Banks are required to improve their company performance so that investors are attracted to invest. This study aims to determine the effect of BOPO, ROA, NPF, and DPK on the market share of Islamic banking in Indonesia. The samples used were BUS and UUS with 52 data. Multiple linear regression is used as an analysis technique to produce a detailed description of the relationship of each variable used. The regression results tell that BOPO and DPK have no significant effect on market share, while ROA and NPF have a positive and significant effect on market share in Islamic banking in Indonesia.

Bank Syariah merupakan sebuah lembaga perbankan yang menerapkan prinsip-prinsip syariah pada aspek kegiatannya. Sebagaimana diatur dalam Undang-Undang Nomor 21 Tahun 2008 tentang Perbankan Syariah, bank ini terdiri atas Bank Umum Syariah dan Bank Pembiayaan Rakyat Syariah. Artikel ini bertujuan untuk mendeskripsikan sejarah pertumbuhan hingga perkembangan perbankan syariah saat ini di Indonesia. Begitupula pemetaan serta penerimaaan masyarakat Indonesia terhadap sistem perbankan syariah. Artikel ini merupakan penelitian Kepustakaan (library research) dengan pendekatan sejarah. Hasil kajian ini menunjukkan adanya perkembangan yang cukup baik pada bank syaiah. Hal ini dibuktikan dengan data statistik yang menunjukkan adanya peningkatan aset, Pembiayaan yang diberikan (PYD) dan Dana Pihak Ketiga (DPK) setiap tahunnya dengan rata-rata pertumbuhan aset 14,97% dalam 5 tahun terakhir. Meskipun demikian persentase pasar (market share) perbankan syariah hanya 6,51% dari seluruh market share bank konvensional.