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In this article, I explore conceptual connections between spirituality and business, and I advocate for the concept of business spirituality. I explain why the spiritual triad of love, communion, and gift is deeply related to the business triad of abundance, interaction, and resources. I also make clear why individual and collective intentions and cultural values are the main channels of interaction between business and spirituality. In the second part of the article, I argue that business evolves through spiritualization, among other ways: a) receiving meaning and purpose to business organizations; b) supporting its dematerialization; c) helping it overcome the dualism of the market; d) promoting cohesion; e) stimulating innovation; f) endorsing nonprofit institutions; g) inspiring Social Corporate Responsibility; h) encouraging spiritual leadership; i) illuminating the workplace; j) fostering respect for ethics; and k) helping it understand diversity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This case captures Orchids Paper Company at a time of significant change internally and in its environment. It presents opportmities to examine the concept of fit between Strategy, Environment, and Resources to maximize profit potential. The nature of Orchids' products and industry facilitate the case's accessibility, since Orchids operates in an industry which is fairly simple to understand (paper manufacturing). The case is intended for use in business policy and strategy classes at the undergraduate or MBA level, but might be used in operations, supply chain, finance, accounting or marketing classes by focusing on specific questions facing the firm. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article presents a study on China's document trends and causal factors from 1995 to 2005 with regards to paper and pulp products imports and exports through gravity model. A table is presented that depicts the boost of pulp and paper which coincides with bilateral negotiations of an entry to the World Trade Organization(WTO) with the European Union and the United States. The leading importers which accounted of about 62% of China's annual exporting were Hong Kong, United States, and Japan while Great Britain. South Korea, Taiwan, and Australia accounted of about 2% each. Also presented are the result of the study as with the use of gravity model..

The fourth industrial revolution is forthcoming, bringing with it revolutionary alterations in connectivity, work dynamics, and everyday operations. The fundamental foundation of this transformation, artificial intelligence (AI) is at its core. The purpose of this research is to identify new and distinctive features of how artificial intelligence may improve and enhance business knowledge management systems. For this purpose, systematic literature review (SLR) was used as the research method and preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta-analyses (PRISMA) as an approach. Articles based on specific search queries from 2013 to 2023 were selected from major scientific databases such as Scopus, Web of Science, and ScienceDirect, with a focus on AI, knowledge management systems, and corporate organizations for the PRISMA. It covers four main research questions by utilizing 14 selected papers. The main findings of this research paper call attention to AI’s vital role in shaping the future of knowledge management which helps organizations make informed decisions and remain competitive and relevant in this ever-changing world of commerce. This study also explores the importance of data security in AI systems which need ethical considerations and responsible practices to address the vulnerabilities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper introduces the concept of leadership communities of practice (COP) as a strategy to enhance succession planning and leadership development within the Canadian healthcare context. Drawing upon Prosci's ADKAR methodology as a foundational change management framework, this paper explores the adaptation of COP, originally developed by Lave and Wenger in 1991, to foster collaborative learning. While COP have a long history in business and education sectors, their formal integration into healthcare, specifically leadership development is relatively recent. This paper highlights the necessity of a robust change management approach to effectively introduce COP as a mechanism to enhance leadership development in healthcare settings, highlighting their potential to facilitate knowledge exchange and support social learning among healthcare leaders. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The paper focuses on causes for drop-out from business study programs at case university over seven years. Causes of drop-outs were collected and the database consists of 1,154 drop-out. Students indicated their reasons and preferences of their causes leading to leave studies. The aim of this paper is to identify factors affecting of drop-outs in business higher education and its evolvement in past years to define main areas of negative causes. The article presents students perception on study conditions and identifies the most important personal reasons to quit. The outputs of this paper are based on survey data from the whole sample of dropping students in the case business school. Statistical analysis, including correlation and factor analysis were employed to analyse students' perception of the educational processes impacting retention. The analyses revealed clusters of variables with proven co-appearance and defining students' main causes to drop-out. Orientation of students is primarily on expectations and personal reasons. The results lead to improvements in institutional processes to address students' requirements and expectations to improve retention at universities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Water is a central ingredient of all economic activities. Even so, water-using corporations were long absent from the theoretical and practical developments of water management, governance and policy. The past 15 years, however, have seen the emergence, proliferation and gradual maturation of global initiatives, guidelines and tools that focus on the role of business and their value chains under the banners of corporate water stewardship and water security. This article takes stock of the available literature and reviews the development to date. It traces the origins of key concepts and initiatives that are part of this new corporate engagement in water policy and governance, and looks at the landscape and corporate-level drivers of the phenomena. The paper reviews the evolution of the associated theory and practice; it also examines the impact of corporate engagement in water on business strategies and actions, and observes the influence it has had on stakeholders and settings from the national to the global level. While the available evidence base is still fragmented, the review findings confirm the previously documented controversies of operating at the public–private interface of water. Among water-using companies, the water stewardship approach is increasingly positioned as a means of achieving collective water security, merging these two fields; in practice, however, the results indicate still-narrow gains. The article concludes with a call for a comprehensive evaluation of corporate water initiatives and for a transdisciplinary research agenda that steers the engagement towards more equitable and sustainable outcomes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper examines the existing field of digital innovation publications in management and business journals. Due to the exponential growth of digital technology adoptions in companies, much attention has been given to the new phenomenon of digital innovation. Prior literature reviews have attempted to explore the phenomenon but they seem to lack objectivity and are limited in scope. By applying three bibliometric techniques – co-citation, co-occurrence, and bibliographic coupling analysis – we provide a holistic overview of the digital innovation publications. We employ 354 primary documents, identify three foundational themes from which digital innovation draws on, and seven emerging topics. We conclude with recommendations for future research in the field of innovation management. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper examines the decline of the fraternity of St. George in Nottingham between 1459 and 1546. It uses the guild's accounts in conjunction with Nottingham's rich surviving documentary materials to investigate the financial management of the fraternity by its officers. It argues that the officers were adept at negotiating shifting economic conditions by switching between various revenue streams. However, this adroit management did not stem the tide of membership decline. It discusses the role of religious reform in the guild's ultimate demise. It investigates why the decline in membership started long before any moves towards state-sponsored religious reform in the 1540s. It examines the impact of key individuals upon the guild's history. It argues that, for a more nuanced view of the decline of fraternal organizations in this period, a recognition of individuals' impact upon institutions needs to be incorporated into our understanding of institutions' influences upon the economy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Service-oriented Architecture (SOA) has emerged from the previous practices of object orientation and component-based application development to promote better reusability and flexibility of business components. This is a new approach towards building application architecture for an organization. Successful implementation of SOA requires several infrastructure components that can support various services, and relationships between various service providing applications to service the consuming applications. The paper explains the infrastructrural components of a typical SOA and discusses the key architectural and design decisions along with various layers of SOA. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The business digitization is a priority process these days both at the enterprise level and at the economic level. This digitization action is both an opportunity and a priority and must be completed quickly by businesses that want a quick efficiency of their activity but also a better positioning on the market in which they exist. At the same time, all the organizations that come into contact with the companies must in their turn be able to respond through their actions to a digitalized economic environment. This paper is the object of study of a project financed by "Constantin Brancusi" University of Targu Jiu and aims to present some aspects related to the concept of digitization, the ways and opportunities of financing, the current state of digitization of the business environment in Romania and perspectives of digitization. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In 2022, the global commercial surrogacy industry was valued at approximately US$14 billion. This paper explores the issue of surrogacy to reveal how international human rights standards and labor laws treat reproduction as work, building on previous scholarship analyzing similar framing at the grassroots level in Mexico. I argue that the failure to recognize surrogacy as labor is rooted in three lacunae: (1) contemporary policies and practices around surrogacy globally pay little attention to the well-being and rights fulfillment of surrogates themselves, particularly the economic rights of surrogates; (2) the stigma of surrogacy as sexualized care work results in neglect of the labor rights of surrogates in mainstream economic rights discourses; and (3) relevant international rights law has not yet addressed the economic rights of surrogates, nor has it effectively articulated the interdependent relationship between economic rights and reproductive rights. Lastly, I discuss where reproductive rights and economic rights overlap in existing human rights conventions and standards and what possibilities these offer for articulating the interdependence of reproductive and economic rights and for advancing the labor rights of surrogates. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper examines telecommunications industry. We present insights from a highly influential paper. Here are the highlights from this paper: This paper researches the cord cutting phenomenon occurring in the telecommunications industry. An analysis of changes in the number of subscribers of telephone, satellite TV, voice, cable, and broadband companies has been compiled. Some of the reasons that cord cutting is occurring include increasing prices of services, new technology that provide multiple ways to obtain services, changes in viewing habits, and government policy changes. A discussion about the future of the industry suggests that live content TV and 5G technology will further impact the number of subscribers. For our overseas readers, we then present the insights from this paper in Spanish, French, Portuguese, and German. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper examines strategic innovation. We present insights from a highly influential paper. Here are the highlights from this paper: IKEA, a giant furniture company, has engaged in sustainability practices and reached substantial achievement. However, we found that there are several aspects of sustainability that IKEA can work to reduce ecological footprint and stay as a strong and unique leader in sustainability in the furniture industry. Our paper firstly reviews IKEA's current sustainability practices, followed by the literature review on other furniture companies' sustainable approaches of selecting and using raw materials. We found that IKEA could make sustainable transitions in materials to reduce their environmental impact and make strategic investments to maintain its leadership in industry. Solutions, implementation, and possible impediments are discussed. For our overseas readers, we then present the insights from this paper in Spanish, French, Portuguese, and German. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper examines business opportunities through the internet. We present insights from a highly influential paper. Here are the highlights from this paper: The World Wide Web created a connection from computers to networks. The next evolution that followed connected people to the Internet and to other people. The Internet of Things (IoT) is emerging as the third wave in the development of the Internet. IoT interconnects devices, people, environments, virtual objects, and machines. IoT is expected to revolutionize and change the way all businesses, governments, and consumers interact with the physical world. In the exploding world of IoT, there is much to learn and an overwhelming amount of research to be done. The objective of this paper is to go beyond the hype and explore basic issues related to IoT technology, including its promises as well as its pitfalls. This study discusses potential strategic benefits of this technology as well as its risks and limitations. It highlights its evolving technologies and trends and their impact on the world of tomorrow. Also, it reviews IoT's potential economic impact and explores many factors that may contribute to its successful adoption and deployment. Finally, this study explores IoT's potential application in various industries. For our overseas readers, we then present the insights from this paper in Spanish, French, Portuguese, and German. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Setting up a business with Champignon mushrooms in the countryside is innovative, adaptable to the current context and can be developed by any investor who has financing options. The business is advantageous due to the peculiarities of mushrooms, which do not need special growing conditions, do not require the existence of an actual agricultural land, grow and are harvested in cycles and waves, ensuring a quick circulation of finances and can be capitalized within agritourism guesthouses. The paper presents the economic and nutritional importance of mushrooms as a low-calorie food, the biological peculiarities and the ecological and environmental requirements, the technology of culture systems, the stages of culture installation, as well as the economic analysis of the establishment and exploitation of a mushroom culture on an area of 804 m². [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The concept and practicalities of sustainable business development attract increasing interest of general public, companies, legislators, activists, academics and many others. Our understanding of what constitutes sustainability is evolving, especially nowadays when the pandemic and digitalization caused major shifts globally. In such conditions, it is no wonder that managers and business owners may face difficulties in implementation and evaluation of sustainable practices. Therefore, The objective: of the paper is to examine theoretical foundations of the concept of business sustainability and propose an up-to-date model for its appraisal. The paper is divided into two primary parts in addition to introduction and conclusion. The first part is dedicated to the examination of the terms 'stability' and 'sustainability' universally and in business environment. The second part includes description of our suggested evaluation model of economic, social and environmental sustainability perspectives using relevant indicators. Methods/Analysis: the research includes review of academic literature and empirical research on the topic of business sustainability and analytical consolidation of existing approaches to its appraisal. Findings: theoretical contribution to perception and development of the conditions of business stability and sustainability, and evaluation model including specific indicators across the three primary sustainability directions. Application/Improvements: the research is useful to general public, but is of special interest to business leaders interested in implementation of sustainable practices. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Design demands achieving a balance between creative and routine activities. This balance is vital to ensure the survival and prosperity of design entrepreneurs' businesses. This paper examines how design entrepreneurs enact individual ambidexterity to carry out both creative (exploration) and routine (exploitation) activities in their own businesses. Empirically, it draws on interviews with 23 designers who founded micro businesses, where they carry out design, production, marketing, and sales activities. Our findings show that individual ambidexterity was smoothly enacted to handle design and production tasks in an intertwined fashion, thus reaching a compromise between exploration and exploitation, while it was hindered by the contradiction between 'the sales mindset' and 'the creative mindset' designers encountered when faced with marketing activities. On the other hand, 'the business mindset', which primarily belongs to the non-creatives' world, was considered as valuable and essential for a creative professional choosing an entrepreneurial career path. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Over the last decades, gamification has become increasingly used, its benefits being also recognized by a large cluster of e-Commerce providers and consumers. By applying game mechanics and techniques to non-game contexts, gamification certainly has the potential to devise more compelling and enjoyable experiences for customers, motivating them to complete desired actions and behaviors. The current research aims to highlight the advantages, challenges, and future trends of gamification integration in e-Commerce, starting by emphasizing the interest on the analyzed topic from the scientific research perspective and subsequently offering a better understanding on the phenomenon evolution. However, in order to achieve the stated research objective, the process implied approaching three well-known and easyto-understand analysis tools, namely the SWOT, VRIO and PESTLE instruments, applied from the company's perspective, relative to the general framework. Finally, the paper examines the future trends of gamification in e-Commerce, mainly considering the tech evolution, but also the different generations characteristics. Emerging technologies such as AI, AR/VR, wearables, IoT, blockchain, and others were mentioned as instruments that can be used to create even more immersive and personalized gamification experiences for customers. Overall, the present study demonstrates that gamification represents a long-term valuable strategy for e-Commerce platforms looking to increase customer engagement and loyalty. However, successful gamification requires careful planning, user testing, and ongoing optimization to ensure that it aligns with business goals and customer needs. The future of gamification in e-Commerce will be driven by emerging technologies that can create even more customer-shaped experiences, characterizing gamification as an essential stratagem for e-Commerce businesses aiming to stay ahead of the competition. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this paper the authors try to highlight some of the problems facing higher education in Bulgaria. The relevance of the problem and research attempts to analyze the system and its supporting elements are presented. The article is an attempt to take a picture of higher education in Bulgaria, in the context of the specialists prepared by it. Using a questionnaire survey, the authors derive the needs of the labor market and the regional focus of socio-economic development. Analysis and assessment of the opportunities for the formation of an online labor market is also conducted. The trends of the need for higher education specialists in the labor market are examined, drawing relevant conclusions and recommendations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Artificial intelligence and COVID-19 in business and economics are not researched so far. In view of this, we conducted a bibliometric analysis on the scientific literature published, with the aim of highlighting the current state of research. Through this research we aimed to answer the following questions: How many scientific papers on artificial intelligence and COVID-19 have been published in economic journals? What are the most cited papers on artificial intelligence and COVID-19? What are the most frequent keywords in published documents on artificial intelligence and COVID-19? The data were extracted from the Web of Science database, collections Science Citation Index Expanded, Social Sciences Citation Index, and Emerging Sources Citation Index, and for analysis we used the biblioshiny for bibliometrix package from statistical R software. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Business is one of the basic social activities necessary for the maintenance and growth of the collective body. No doubt business has brought immeasurable wealth and prosperity. But a few decades ago it has been notice that; degradation of moral values in business makes employees unethical. This is mainly because of their motive to get more and more profit and it will push them to perform untrustworthy activity. This kind of mind set makes them mischief towards societal values and morality. This paper will mainly focus on how benefit parts have started to corrupt qualities in the longing to profit and high rivalry situations. It too predicts that the roots of trust, loyalty, and understanding have begun to tremble and there is a need for some kind of ethical steps which will help to sustain the organisation. This paper is reasonably useful for society as caring, sharing and involvement of affection and trust among the purchaser and merchants will absolutely accommodating to maintain esteems, morals and ethical qualities. This paper mostly deals with the two questions. Firstly it discusses the role of ethics in business? Secondly how ethics will helps to sustain business? [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]