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The article presents abstracts on topics related to business policy and strategy which include a study of business unit managers in the airline industry, the likelihood and bureaucratic costs of bankruptcy, and the impact of firm attributes on corporate processes.

The transistor is an electronic component that revolutionized the world of electronics, enabling the development and improvement of various systems and products in this area over the years. The paper transistor resulted from research conducted by a team coordinated by Elvira Fortunato. It is an ultra-small (nano) transistor, which is paper-based, a cheap and easily accessible material. This article intends, first, to determine the innovation model behind the paper transistor and, second, based on a survey of a sample of Portuguese firms in industries inclined to adopting the transistor, to understand its level of implementation and assess the determinants that may be influencing this process. A review of relevant literature and an interview with Elvira Fortunato, the key researcher, support the conclusion that the innovation model in question is the interactive one. In fact, since the project began, significant interaction took place between research institutions and industry, which continued throughout the development process. In the second phase of our work, a group of firms was surveyed, selected on the basis of the relevance of the technology on the activities they conduct. Only one firm from the five respondents said they knew of the paper transistor. The answers collected also indicated that there are three main determinants which explain why firms have failed to adopt this transistor: the expected profit, the existence of networks between firms and universities, and information. Thus, we conclude that there is a significant need for increased interaction between universities and firms, so as to promote a broader understanding of the stakeholders' needs, with the development of innovations in universities and research institutes based on adaptation to the business context. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This section presents abstracts of several papers on entrepreneurship. The first paper proposes a multi-dimension, multi-contingent fit perspective for examining different practices adapted by entrepreneurial firms in acquiring human resources. Another paper elaborates theoretical foundations for opportunity-based entrepreneurial discovery research and presents an empirical study providing evidence for examining the validity of an opportunity-based research approach. One more paper explores innovation as a corporate entrepreneurial outcome in recently established small firms.

This article present several paper proceedings on international management. The paper titled 'A Test of Upper Echelons Theory in Chinese Shareholding Enterprises' asserts that literature on the theory is well-developed in the management research. It examines the extent to which the demographic characteristics of top management teams impact the performance of a random sample of 114 Chinese publicly-listed shareholding enterprises. In the paper titled 'Chinese Family Enterprise: A Theoretical Analysis with implications for MNE Theory & Research,' the authors develop a comprehensive theoretical analysis of this phenomenon by applying Dunning's eclectic theory of multinational enterprise to the Chinese family-owned business. 'Exploring Democratic Process in Multicultural Teams: A Conversation-Centered Research Approach' reviews and assesses the contributions of multicultural team research so far and articulates a rationale and themes for an explicitly conversation-centered approach to such research. The paper 'Sources of Foreign Affiliate Performance' focused almost exclusively on examining performance differences in a single country context, treating country effects as external to business-unit performance.

This article presents several conference paper abstracts on management. In the paper titled 'Interrelatedness and Value Creation in Firm-Stakeholder Networks,' the authors attempt to raise the practical dilemmas of having an agent provocateur or a stakeholder within the firm's network. The paper titled 'Stakeholder Influence Strategies in the Canadian Forest Products Industry' draws upon the stakeholder literature to propose and test hypotheses regarding managerial perceptions about the different types of strategies that organizational stakeholders adopt to influence the sustainability practices of individual firms in the industry. The authors of the paper proposed that resource interdependence and type of stake would determine whether the influence employed by individual stakeholders was direct or indirect via other stakeholders. The paper 'Communication Philanthropy. Multiple Representations to Multiple Stakeholders' examines the accounts given by 100 large firms in the UK for their involvement with the arts. It finds support for strategic philanthropy, but that the strategic intent may be more about meeting a form of social contract or securing a licence to operate. It also adds to the literature by combining the corporate philanthropy and social accounting literatures.

The article presents abstracts regarding topics of organizational development and change, including the importance of understanding organizational change, how the transfer of structural similarities is a viable strategic practice, and the sorts of antecedents and consequences that result from strategic and structural change.

The article presents abstracts that focus on the topic of research methods within business enterprises, including one about the relationship between group leaders and the subordinate members and how this chemistry effects the work that is done, another that explores some of the research settings for leading organizations, and a third one that investigates the different types of testing methods.

The article presents abstracts concerning issues related to entrepreneurship. They include ""Generative Dance" Between Tacit Knowledge, Expertise and Organizational Frameworks," "A Behavioral Agency View of Pay Incentives and Risk-Taking Actions by the Upper Echelons of Spinoffs," and "A Conceptual and Theoretic Examination of Social Entrepreneurial Discovery."

This article presents a collection of journal supplied abstracts for manuscripts regarding business policy and strategy. Abstracts in the article include "Strategic Flexibility: Its Antecedents and Performance Effects," by Niels van der Weerdt, ErnstVerwaal, and Henk W. Volberda, "The Role of Knowledge Integration and Protection on Alliance Structures," by Hyung-Deo Shin, and Hun Lee, "Determinants of Technology Premiums in Acquisitions of Entrepreneurial Firms," by Timothy B. Folta and Bart Sharp.

The article presents abstracts on entrepreneurial topics, which include the growth of business enterprises, perseverance, and business planning.

In project-oriented industries such as construction, materials commonly generate a significant portion of the project's overall cost. Material procurement, engineering supply chain, and efficient storage utilization are essential to avoid various unanticipated costs and work delays caused by unplanned shortages and untimely material delivery. Unplanned work delays in construction projects can arise due to a variety of factors, including market shortages, mistimed ordering, and/or increased production on construction sites. To avoid such occurrences, it is essential to synchronize the material procurement strategy with the schedules of simultaneous projects in the company's portfolio. In traditional project management, the material procurement plans are usually created without a thorough portfolio analysis and are mostly market-oriented. Also, the material procurement plan is commonly done without precise calculation of material demands in a simultaneous project environment. This method ignores various project cost trade-offs, such as material ordering and storage costs, as well as a bonus for early or a penalty for late project completion. Researchers in the past decades have been dealing with the problem of simultaneous project scheduling and material ordering (PSMO). This paper gives a review of papers published in the previous decade addressing this issue. The analysis is focused on activity types, resource constraints, optimization goals, and optimization problem-solving methods. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

With the growing development of Chinese enterprises, Chinese enterprises want to go out and look for overseas markets, the Chinese government in order to expand exports, in the past two decades, there is a significant trend, that is, more and more Chinese enterprises go outside of China, invest to overseas. This paper examines the issue of Chinese enterprises' direct investment in Thailand, using data from 1987 to 2022 to analyze Chinese enterprises' direct investment and investment environment in Thailand; Through these data, this paper exam Chinese outward FDI is promote Thailand eco-nomic and GDP increasing for past two decades. Chinese enterprises willing to invest in Thailand? This research based on PESTEL framework, this model which consists of 6 factors which are PF (political factors), GF (government regula-tions and laws factors), LF (location factors), MF (market Factors), SF (social and cultural factors), and FF (financial factors). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Cloud computing has emerged as a transformative technology that is revolutionizing the way different enterprises operate and leverage technology resources. This paper examines the adoption of cloud computing in various enterprises, focusing on small and medium enterprises (SMEs), business strategy analysis, and the role of different cloud computing models such as SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS. The adoption of cloud computing technology has become increasingly crucial for enterprises of all sizes. SMEs, in particular, benefit from the cost-effectiveness and scalability offered by cloud computing. The paper explores how SMEs can leverage cloud computing to overcome budget constraints and gain access to enterprise-grade software applications, infrastructure, and development tools. Moreover, the study investigates the role of business strategy analysis in the adoption of cloud computing. Enterprises need to align their cloud adoption strategy with their overall business goals and objectives. The paper explores how enterprises can analyze their existing IT infrastructure, evaluate the benefits and risks of cloud computing, and develop a comprehensive roadmap for cloud adoption. Furthermore, the paper delves into the various cloud computing models, namely SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS, and their impact on enterprise operations. SaaS enables enterprises to access software applications on a subscription basis, PaaS provides a development and deployment platform, while IaaS offers scalable infrastructure resources. Overall, this paper provides insights into the adoption of cloud computing in different enterprises, with a focus on SMEs, business strategy analysis, and the role of cloud computing models such as SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS. By embracing cloud computing, enterprises can enhance operational efficiency, scalability, and innovation, enabling them to stay competitive in today's digital landscape. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article presents abstracts concerning issues related to business policy and strategy. They include "A Complexity Approach to Performance Differentials Between Diversifying Entrants and Start-Ups," "A Conceptual Model of Firm Knowledge Base Dynamics," and "A Fit Group or A Messy Crowd? A Dynamic Evaluation of Group Fitness in the Airline Industry."

This article presents abstracts of article on entrepreneurship including "Entrepreneurial Competence as Knowledge," by James Fiet, "The Venture Capitalists-Entrepreneur Relationship: The Creation of Relational Rents," by Dirk DeClercq and "A Model of Entrepreneurial Team Performance," by Maw-Der Foo.

Nowadays, the adoption of microservices is mainly a reactive response to the limitation of existing monolithic enterprise systems. Shifting from monolithic to microservices, however, may risk the alignment between already-defined enterprise architecture (EA) and its implementation. To minimize the risk, the adoption of microservices should be planned in advance when EA is being defined. EA is developed as a composition of building blocks that will be implemented as microservices. By following that adoption approach, this paper proposes a framework for implementing EA patterns as microservices. The use of EA patterns is to facilitate enterprise architects in the development of a solution EA for a certain problem class. The framework consists of four steps, i.e., (i) pattern selection, (ii) pattern adaptation, (iii) microservices elaboration, and (iv) application development. This paper illustrates the use of the framework using a case study of a multi-seller online store that implements an EA pattern called Vending Machine. The case study is also to validate that the framework can facilitate enterprise architects and system developers in the development of enterprise applications. The case study shows that the framework can facilitate (i) the development of EA and its implementation and (ii) the maintenance of consistency of EA models from business architecture to technology architecture and artefacts. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In its broadest sense marketing speaks to the complex interactions and intersections between business and societal stakeholders. This paper explores the experiences of Australian First Nations businesses in the prevailing business ecosystem and provides important insights through demonstrating the contrasting practices of First Nations business. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this paper, the possibilities of the national and European policy for the development of innovations are considered. The aim of the paper is to analyse the opportunities provided by the main strategies and programmes in the new programming period 2021-2027, 2030 of the industrial companies in Bulgaria and their potential for the development of innovation activity. The research has been done by analyzing and synthesizing data and information collected, and information, studies, strategies and work guidelines from national and European strategies and policies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Gathering various data for analyzing and decision-making has been relatively easy for enterprises. But the issue of managing and storing these data collected has been the major issue faced by enterprises at all levels. The emergence of data warehouses and enterprise data lakes has helped resolve the issue of dealing with data silos and deriving value from the unlimited size and data types. Data lakes not only provide various technological benefits but also democratize data with better scalability and versatility. Unlike data warehousing, a data lake helps in real-time decision analytics and provides more ways to analyze data. This paper focuses on the important role enterprise Data Lake plays today to overcome big data challenges and drive this digital transformation era and how building an enterprise data lake can transform the business paradigm. It also discusses the market overview and growth of data lakes with the future scope and the challenges and opportunities arising with the growth of enterprise data lakes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The vulnerability analysis and scanning are playing a major key role in the evolution of network and cyber security for analyzing the weakness of data entry points while the data is transmitted from enterprise to cloud and cloud to enterprise. The vulnerability scan and analysis are very important to the enterprise for identifying their networking faintness, attacker-back doors, and router logs. The vulnerability scanning methods will be accomplished by the enterprise IT team and third-party security service provided with the implications of auditing and authentication rules. The insider threats and attacks can pretense a real defense risk to the various internal multi-tenants of various enterprises and companies. This paper has been composed of three major objectives as Analysis of insider attacking types along with their implications by the supporting attributes matrices; Description of prevention methods of insider attacks and threats; Execution of test-cases for avoiding various vulnerabilities and insider attacks. It has analyzed the risk factors which impacted based on enterprise-level roles, vulnerability type and supporting parameters for committing an inside attack. This research has described the efficient security scenario to avoid or reduce the vulnerabilities and insider attacking complexities. This research has explored the enterprise-level vulnerability scanning methods and process, which is more helpful for the cyber security learners for gaining in-depth knowledge of various device, network and operating system-based vulnerabilities and their supporting application-level affected files. The proposed methodology is evaluated using different operating systems framed with different VS models and test cases experimented, tested on various enterprise level centric servers with integration of eight multitenants, four head-tenants along with 152 end-users and achieved a 92 percent of success rate. Test cases are executed based on the type of attacks and threats with the vulnerability model for analyzing the nature of the attack, its cause, the region of the attacks and the data leakage percentage. This research is more helping the enterprise-level cyber security experts and managers to reduce the various vulnerabilities with relevant insider attacks by building an efficient monitoring intelligent system. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In today's world, Advertising is one of the most effective methods of reaching out to consumers or target audiences, especially online. It contributes to the increase in the value of the company's brand and the subsequent increase in recognition. There are many different types of advertising, and one of the types on which we will be concentrating is online advertising. Online advertising has become the fastest growing and one of the most impactful forms of advertising, and the key to improving its effectiveness is to focus more on the consumer's understanding and growth of the brand, thereby increasing the brand's value and for this purpose, targeted advertising is essential. Target advertising focuses on gaining an understanding of the consumer in order to show them the advertisement that they want to see. Knowing your target audience's characteristics, interests, and behaviour allows you to provide them with the most appropriate products or services. In this paper, we discussed how machine learning can be used to better target advertising. Machine learning is a type of artificial intelligence that makes it possible to obtain a better understanding of how humans work and think. This allows organisations to better understand their customers' requirements and make more accurate future forecasts. In this paper, we shall learn about machine learning-based targeting strategies. We addressed efficiency, potential application and benefits of machine learning in digital marketing and targeted advertising in the future. Additionally, we discussed how AI and machine learning assist in improving personalization and cost reduction through the use of machine learning technologies. Furthermore, we discussed how behavioural targeting works by breaking it down into two components: tailored targeting and retargeting. The primary source of concern in digital marketing, click fraud, has also been addressed. Click Fraud is to generate revenue from the clicks on the ads which is neither seen nor clicked by humans. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper explores and evaluates QR code technology in Malaysia businesses, particularly small-medium enterprises (SMEs) in the COVID-19 pandemic and endemic phase. However, the understanding of using QR code technology among SMEs in Malaysia is still limited. This study was derived with the objective to enhance the awareness and acceptance of businesspeople and SMEs in Malaysia of the importance of QR code technology in their business operations. In this study, it emphasizes on the digital adoption of QR code technology for SMEs in Malaysia, the basis of QR code technology, and QR code benefits to all small and medium businesses. The data in this study was obtained from the articles related to SMEs in Malaysia in analyzing this study. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The purpose of the paper is to study the types of challenges B2B companies face when trying to create new business through big data utilization. The paper combines literature on new business creation and big data. The study includes 19 qualitative interviews from six different case companies, representing companies at different stages in the big data utilization. As a result, challenges are categorized as data, data process, operational management and business development & strategy challenges. Our research findings highlight the importance of understanding the data utilization level of a company and customers now and in the future, forming a data strategy for creating new business through data utilization, solving data ownership and privacy issues and achieving the data-related know-how combined with business and customer understanding. The paper presents practical examples from case company interviews. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The ever-increasing competitive landscape necessitates manufacturers to seek improvements in operational efficiency constantly. This paper explores the integration of various methodologies to enhance operational efficiency at Shams Cables Factory. The proposed approach combines lean techniques, conceptual modeling, and process visualization tools like facility layout, activity relationship chart (ARC), flow process chart (FPC), and VA/NVA analysis to further refine the process by differentiating between value-adding and non-value-adding activities. As a result, these integrations allow for targeted efforts to eliminate NVA activities, streamline VA activities, and maximize overall efficiency. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Many initiatives to control climate change and mitigate its effects have been developed recently. The implementation of the new green logistics strategy and its effects on the commercial sectors in Oman are the subject of several initiatives and studies that are required. The fact that COVID-19 accelerates supply chain management and its operations in Oman to begin using green solutions and a sustainable business strategy to achieve sustainable development, it is critical to understand which aspects deserve specific consideration. Sustainable solutions in the field of logistics management as well as maintaining net zero emissions in the Sultanate of Oman by implementing such a strategy. Maintaining a sustainable business model and sustainable supply chain management will assist any logistics organization in Oman in reducing emissions and achieving long-term success, which directly impacts green logistics. This paper's main objectives are to examine and identify strategies for implementing the influence of green logistics on transportation and how to keep green logistics aligned with a sustainable transportation system. This research also focuses on sustainable business models that will enhance logistics in support of zero net emissions as well as sustainable solutions that will facilitate the implementation of green logistics. The goal will be possible to achieve by combining sustainable SCM with green logistics, just as the associated SCM is necessary and aligns with logistics. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This research paper investigates the significance of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) factors in fundamental analysis within the context of Indian companies. With increasing awareness of sustainability and corporate responsibility, investors are recognizing the importance of integrating ESG considerations into their investment decision-making processes. This study examines how ESG factors influence fundamental analysis metrics and the financial performance of selected Indian companies. Through a comprehensive analysis of ESG practices and financial data, the research aims to provide insights into the impact of ESG integration on investment outcomes and the sustainability of corporate growth in the Indian market. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper conducts qualitative and quantitative analysis on the national innovation systems (NIS) of America and China. Quantitative analysis demonstrates that in a mature economy like America innovative performance is chiefly triggered by knowledge accumulation, external openness, and industrial sophistication. On the contrary, in an emerging economy like China, innovative performance is chiefly triggered by R&D investments and bureaucratic efficiency. To conclude, innovative inputs, innovation infrastructure and government policies all contribute to innovative performances of both countries, though in different modes of influence. The research findings demonstrate distinctive national innovation paths followed by America and China. For America it has long been well-selected government policies targeted at the general innovation environment that is conducive to long-term knowledge accumulation and industrial sophistication. For China it has long been well-executed government policies supporting specific industries and selected enterprises, plus grand public investments in R&D activities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The purpose of this paper is to assess the state of the production base of the enterprises of the military-industrial complex (MIC) and assess the capabilities of the domestic machine tool industry to support projects for the diversification of MIC enterprises. Moreover, the purpose is to study the possibilities of diversification in a single production path of choosing a diversification method. The paper discusses the current state of the machine tool industry and the production base of enterprises of the military-industrial complex (MIC) from the point of view of production diversification opportunities. The interconnection of the diversification process with the state of the enterprise's production base and the composition of the production program is investigated. An evaluation matrix for making a decision on diversification is proposed. The problems that exist in the military-industrial complex and the problems of the machine tool industry, as well as existing solutions, are highlighted. The problems of the machine tool industry enterprises that require a systemic solution are highlighted. The classification of military-industrial complex enterprises, which allows developing mechanisms for predicting the results of the transition to new products in order to diversify and stabilize cash flow and reduce costs is given. Within the conditions of sanctions and a difficult geopolitical situation, the development of domestic production of means of production is a priority for the state to ensure state security. Recommendations for further study of the situation are given. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Although promoting an innovation ecosystem is a core priority of the European Commission (EC), evidence indicates that innovation within start-ups and Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) is still constrained by the lack of funding opportunities. Consequently, their capability to realise proofs of concepts or launch new risky business lines is limited. This paper aims to comparatively assess cascade funding initiatives against more traditional funding approaches as relevant alternatives for financing innovation. SMEs and start-ups most commonly fund innovative projects through business angels or venture capital. The disadvantages of risk capital include complex administrative procedures, loss of ownership and control over the strategic decision, etc. Other relevant funding is commonly sourced from private bank loans. In addition to discouraging bureaucracy, prior guarantee or collateral required, longer timing and extended terms, these investors are often reluctant to fund innovation due to their high risk. Preference is usually given to safer investments in which assets can be easily valued and sold in case of failure. In addition, financing opportunities from banks do not include an assessment of the return opportunities of innovative businesses. Out of the traditional schemes for financing innovation, cascade funding is a promising alternative, especially in highly innovative sectors. Cascade funding provides small grants issued by the beneficiaries of projects funded by the EC, typically under the Horizon 2020 (H2020) framework (>800 M€ allocated since 2014). As the EC delegates the selection and monitoring of innovative projects to consortiums, the funding is provided via open calls for proposals, which can provide start-ups and SMEs with grants for an experiment between €50,000 and €150,000. This mechanism also enables applicants to benefit from the technical and/or business expertise of leading European enterprises, universities and technology centres. While focusing on exploitable innovation, cascade funding has also proven to be a more agile financing method with respect to the classical ones. Here, DigiFed project is analysed as a Case Study for cascade funding, as it came to allocate over €3M via three open calls for proposals since 2020. Evidence of the advantages of this funding source for innovative businesses with respect to risk capital and bank debt is the core output of this paper. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

With the development of ICT, the world market has completely changed. New ways of doing business based on digital technologies have contributed to the way of playing market competition, partially or completely, transferred to a new type of market - the digital market. Many global companies noticed changes in business trends in time and reacted by digitizing their own, which resulted in changes in certain business functions, such as marketing. The aim of this paper is to analyze how the world's most successful companies have transformed into digital, as well as the role of digital marketing in this process. Based on examples of best practices and the greatest contribution of digital marketing to business results, general conclusions were made as guidelines that could be followed by companies that are now going through this type of transformation of their business. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

When facing unprecedented environmental changes, a company's survival strongly depends on its ability to cope with challenges by making timely and adequate changes in its business. This paper presents the results of a study on Bulgarian textile and apparel companies and the changes they have implemented in their activity in the period 2020 - 2021 while facing the COVID-19 crisis. Based on the understanding that making changes requires both the ability to sense the need for change and the ability to implement said change, this paper aims to find empirical evidence that companies which perform above average are those which not only sense the changes they need to make to their products in order to address customer needs, but also make changes in their internal business process in order to implement those. Additionally, this paper seeks empirical evidence for the presence of those organizational attributes in successful organizations which are seen in literature as enablers of organizational agility. The conclusions are expected to be useful by adding empirical evidence for the connection between organizational performance and agility capabilities, as well as for the role of some organizational attributes as enablers of agility. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In light of the current pandemic of Covid-19, E-commerce and physical stores (brick and mortar) have been impacted a lot. Facebook and Instagram means of social media however are gaining more popularity from this pandemic as they announced Facebook Shops, a new e-commerce feature that allows businesses to easily list their products on Facebook and Instagram. This paper represents an exploratory effort on how E-commerce businesses in means of using social media platforms of Facebook and Instagram will benefit Small Medium Enterprises (SMEs) and how effective social media's platform in grabbing customers' attention and awareness. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This pager presents an empirical study scrutinizing competitive strategies adopted by local cross-country freight enterprises in a province located in the Special Economic Zone in the Northeast region of Thailand. The opening of the 3rd Thai-Laos Friendship Bridge leads to the need for local business to improve their competitive ability in response to increased competitors and business opportunities attracted by this new cross-country infrastructure. This research is an empirical study conducted in one of the border provinces included in the studied Special Economic Zone named Nakhon Phanom. The research conduct is a multi-site case study with five local freight enterprises observed as the empirical sites. Given the needs of these enterprises to develop enhanced competitive strategies, the study has discovered innovative entrepreneurship elements in the business operation of the studied cases. These elements have significant impacts on the firm's competitive ability. By based on the findings, this paper also theoretically discusses these elements and their effects on three aspects, including inventory strategy, logistic strategy, location strategy. With the study results, this paper can identify the success factors of innovative entrepreneurship in local cross-country freight enterprises. By using the grounded theory, it also theoretically compares the empirical results with innovative entrepreneurial elements identified in the literature and previous studies. The presentation of this paper will contribute to knowledge in the field of innovative entrepreneurship, focusing on how small and local freight businesses can improve their innovation and business management. This knowledge can help to shed light on how small-sized companies can move towards sustainable development in this era of industry 4.0 economy, where innovation and new knowledge is in the central focus. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Many advantages are attributed to participatory enterprise modelling as compared to conventional modelling and elicitation approaches. Among them are an improved quality of the models, better acceptance of the modelling results by the stakeholders and co-creation of models by different stakeholders. Although these advantages were observed in a number of modelling projects, there is not much empirical work comparing conventional and participatory modelling in real-world cases. Much work on participatory modelling is more exploratory and argumentative than explanatory and conclusive. From a pragmatic perspective, one effect of this situation is missing decision criteria when to do participatory and when conventional modelling. This paper aims at contributing to this research area by investigating what factors should be taken into account when deciding for or against participatory enterprise modelling. The approach taken is to analyze successful and non-successful cases from both participatory and conventional modelling in order to identify such decision factors. The main contributions of this paper are (1) an approach for analyzing enterprise modelling cases consisting of criteria derived from literature on enterprise modelling, (2) comparison of conventional and participatory modelling cases according to the analysis criteria and (3) a detailed discussion of criteria relevant for the decision for/against participatory or conventional modelling. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper presents a thought experiment related to enterprise modelling (EM). Leaders in the EM community called for "Enterprise Modelling for the Masses" in a position paper at PoEM 2016, the Ninth IFIP 8.1 Working Conference on the Practice of Enterprise Modelling. A revised version appeared in BISE in 2018. The position paper's vision builds on ambitious assumptions about combining disparate model-related artifacts. That approach articulates interesting research challenges but may prove impractical. This paper presents a different approach to EM for the masses. It shows how an extension of work system theory (WST) and the work system method (WSM) might be used for EM. As research in progress toward a proof of concept paper, it starts by showing how ideas in a metamodel that extends WST provides a potential basis for EM. It outlines a thought experiment in which EM issues in a hypothetical corporate reengineering effort are represented using a modelling language based on a greatly reduced version of the metamodel. The next step is to test variants on the modelling language on other hypothetical examples, and then test whether it is helpful in understanding a real enterprise that is being changed or created. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Modern tools are currently changing the face of the business organization. Already manufacturing industries are implementing modern tools which are proving to be effective but the Construction industry is a bit hesitant to implement Digitalization as a tool that can revamp its reputation. Further, Construction sector should move from being inefficient and also change the history of delays and over-budget projects to the profit-making business. Despite knowing the fact that CRIP sector plays a huge role in driving our economy, this sector for years is lagged when it comes to digitalization. Thus, this paper mainly focuses on identifying the barriers to digitalization concerning contractor who is the one of the main stakeholders for implementation and how pandemic affected the digitalization in construction. A detailed questionnaire survey was conducted. The results of the respondents are further analyzed through descriptive analysis in SPSS and frequency charts used for interpretation. This research paper also focusses in giving recommendations so as to overcome the main barriers to some extent and can help them in implementing the digitalization tools which even after pandemic construction sector is unable to do so. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The circular economy aims to decouple growth from resource input. While significant scholarly attention has been put on technical solutions behind circular business models, the lack of consumer acceptance for these offers was recognised as a significant barrier in the transition towards the circular economy. Still, this topic remains underexplored. This paper aims to address this gap through a semi-systematic literature review. It conceptualises consumer behaviour in the circular economy in a framework and suggests definitions for the relevant terms. Further, it develops comprehensive frameworks for factors of consumer acceptance and for practices that companies can deploy to foster consumer acceptance. Thereby, the paper contributes to the theoretical conceptualisation of consumer acceptance in the circular economy. Moreover, it equips companies with knowledge to innovate their circular business models, increase sustainable consumption, and accelerate the transition towards the circular economy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The relevance of the study is due to the fact that in conditions of debt load, the attraction of new bank loans by enterprises is unlikely, and may worsen the financial condition of the organization. Therefore, a bond loan is becoming a more popular and less risky alternative for enterprises. In this regard, this article is aimed at disclosing the features and technology of issuing commercial bonds, studying the dynamics of the Russian corporate bond market for 2014-2017, and justifying the attractiveness of this financial instrument. The main approach of this paper is a comparative approach that allows comprehensively justifying the popularity of the bond issue as a source of funding, based on statistical data. The paper reveals the peculiarities of the organization of a bond loan, reveals development trends and substantiates the attractiveness of this financial instrument based on a comparison of bond borrowing and bank lending, as well as on the basis of comparing the yield of commercial securities and bank deposits. The materials of the paper are practical value for organizations (limited liability companies, joint-stock companies) that plan to issue their own commercial bonds, as well as organizations and individuals who plan to make investments. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Using Chinese A-share listed companies' financial data and institutional investment rating data between 2010 and 2014 and multiple regression models, this paper empirically analyzes the relationship between the quality of accounting information and analysts' investment ratings. The results show that China's listed companies improve the quality of their accounting information under the pressure of negative investment ratings. Analysts take the quality of accounting information into consideration when dealing with the enterprises. This dissertation provides the corresponding theoretical suggestions for how to play the role of the implicit supervision of investment ratings to improve the quality of accounting information. This paper contributes to the literature by providing evidence on analysts' perception of accounting information quality. It also extends the research of corporate governance from the perspective of social norms. The results corroborate the important role of social norms in corporate governance. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The importance of cloud computing is increasing in the world. The prominence of cloud computing in the future, where networking will become converged, and everything electronic or digital will be connected, is incontestable. This is due to the advantage of the cloud as a medium of storage. Cloud computing can access platforms with minimal hardware requirements at the user end. Secure transmission of data traffic from the cloud is a serious issue that needs to be addressed professionally. This paper explores various security issues related to cloud computing and some essential techniques implemented to deal with those issues. In cloud computing, anything and everything is available as a service on the cloud to the client of the cloud. So, the client must get the best service possible through cloud resources. Security of the client's data and other computing resources is the company's responsibility for providing cloud services. Availability, Security of Data, Third-Party Control, Privacy and Legal Issues are some of the issues related to cloud computing. Various computing security techniques are devised to implement security measures in cloud computing. Some of them include using encryption algorithms. Homomorphic Encryption is considered the most potent among all other encryption techniques when implementing it for cloud computing services. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The paper presents the results of data simulation for managing digital projects of information audit of enterprise processes. Based on the study of the main business processes of the enterprise, key indicators of the IT-audit are determined. The mathematical formulation of the task of conducting the IT-audit is presented. The system dynamics method is applied to model key indicators of IT-audit of business processes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The object of the research is the system for management decision-making in transporting enterprises. The paper provides a functional-structural model of an expert anti-crisis centre supporting the activities carried out by the corresponding experts, analysts, and managers in the decision-making process in the event of crisis and its effective prevention. An expert crisis centre algorithm is developed for facilitating transport enterprises crisis management. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper aimed to investigate the impact of organizational pressure and environmental consciousness on businesses' adoption of Green Supply Chain Practices (GSCPs). GSC management (GSCM) should be incorporated into an organization's strategic approach to achieve significant performance enhancement. The target companies for this project were Pakistan's leading textile, garment, and apparel manufacturers and exporters. The influence of variables such as Knowledge Management Orientation (KMO), Strategic Orientation (SO), Market Orientation (MO), and Green Entrepreneurial Orientation (GEO) was investigated. A comprehensive and inclusive survey instrument based on the Likert Scale was used to collect data. 261 employees from 261 textile companies participated. The data were analyzed, and hypotheses were tested using the structural equational model (SEM) method and the SMART PLS software, which permitted the development and testing of a complex and interactive conceptual framework. The results will be beneficial for business managers and policymakers. This study demonstrates that institutional pressure has a more significant impact than environmental awareness in encouraging businesses to implement sustainable supply chain strategies. The economy's recovery would be significantly dependent on the effectiveness of the governing bodies. In addition to dynamic capabilities and strategy renewal funded by government capital assistance, critical and sustaining factors for SME performance include dynamic capabilities. The research also revealed that the conventional pressure exerted by distribution network partners and consumers had the most significant impact among the various business pressures, followed by simulated pressure. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The experience of industrialized countries shows that a high level of organization of production is determined by a large share of products with high added value. Before independence, the Republic of Uzbekistan was a unilaterally developed economy, that is, a country producing only raw materials, now it is on its way to becoming a highly industrialized state, determining the path of development based on increased production and export of various types of finished products. To this end, the use of the cluster system was chosen as a priority to achieve a higher level of industrialization with the production of high value-added products. The research paper highlights the role, importance of industrialization in the economy of the republic, the advantages of using the cluster in the production of finished products with high added value in textile production, the possibility of improving the living standards of the population, especially with giving priority to the extensive use of the cluster in increasing the level of industrialization of the Fergana region. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Technology is advancing at a breakneck pace. However, as technology advances, new difficulties emerge, such as System Exploitation, DoS assaults, Data Breaches, Zero-day Vulnerabilities are major threats and Web Application Security is the primary consideration. Hackers can use the flaws to compromise Web Applications, putting the company's services, commodities, and reputation at risk. In this paper, we'll examine at some important flaws in web applications, how to exploit them, and how to prevent attacker's efforts. It will not only help in unlocking the potential of a student in learning different concepts of cyber security but also gain great knowledge about recent cyber security threats and their prevention. Furthermore, it will help the student in securing the Cyber Space of an organization. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The rationale of this study is to study and explain the major aspects that determine the efficacy of a company's performance management system. The performance management system is widely regarded as the most significant and beneficial breakthrough in recent years. As a result, its introduction and implementation have become critical for many organizations in their effort to improve and strengthen their competitiveness. Performance management systems are progressively being used by public and commercial organizations because they offer an integrated and coherent set of human resources procedures that may aid in the overall development of organizational and individual performance. The performance management system's efficiency depends on a number of crucial criteria, which are critically reviewed in this literature review. Goal-setting, coaching, development planning, and recognition, competence, balance scorecard, ability, role perception, resources, employee engagement, workplace environment, training, incentive management, enterprise resource planning, culture, and behaviors are all elements in an organization's performance management system adoption, according to studies cited in the Paper. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

There are several prominent sectors of economy in every country wherein, plethora of business firms lock their horns with other competing firms in the same sector of economy to outpace them in terms of impetus to the sales, ample of contributions to the profits and experience continued growth to consolidate their market position and sustain business operations. However, it is not that very easy. It is herculean. It is challenging. It is demanding. The mankind witness evolution and extinction of business firms every year. The economic playground has become dynamic in nature. The rise and fall are two sides of a coin in every business and a lot depends upon the right marketing strategy of the business firm keeping in mind the requirement of potential/ prospective customers who would buy and/or consume the product/ service with a sense of satisfaction. A business firm that is blessed with loyal customers to its range of products on account of intelligent marketing tactics is likely to succeed in the marketplace and become humongous in terms of its turnover, product range, employees, and profits in due course of time. In this paper, the researchers have tried to discuss the right marketing strategy comprising 6Ps i.e., Product, Price, Place, Promotion, People and Processes which is a gateway to success for business firms, if devised intelligently and customer friendly. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The liberalized transport market presents many challenges for enterprises. Without responding to a constantly changing environment, railway transport undertakings cannot be resilient organizations that meet the requirements of a modern and environmentally friendly carrier system. The sustainability of the transport system should be promoted by seeking an innovative approach to increase the competitiveness of rail transport. Everyday transport system encounters road congestion. This results in accidents also in the quality of the transport system. It is therefore extremely important to encourage railway undertakings to provide quality services that meet the needs of the whole economy. The fundamental statute of continuous improvement of each enterprise is to understand its peculiar transport processes. For better understanding and specific analysis, there are available lots of quality improvement toolkit. The relationship between consequence and potential causes can be monitored through various fundamental and specific tools. This paper describes a case study focused on one the most essential train delays that belong among the characteristic task reducing competitiveness in the railway sector and is treated substantially from the customer's perspective. The purpose of this paper is to highlight the possible ways of quality management methods applied in the framework of the train delay issue. These delays force a trains' punctuality and therefore it is significant to identify most prevalent causing these problems reasons as well as to analyse them and propose solutions. Following the results of the research, the innovative approach used in the case study utilizes Six Sigma tools and describes a new software solution that monitors gaps in quality. This approach is the result of long-term research by authors and has never been implemented in this form before. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper considers sequential decisions in a quantity-setting mixed market with emission tax. We analyse two different situations: (i) The public firm as being the leader; and (ii) the private firm as being the leader. We compare the results obtained in these two combinations, By also comparing the results got in previous literature for the simultaneous decision case, we conclude that the equilibrium emission tax is the lowest when the public firm is the leader. Throughout the paper we present other results. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]