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Our study uses a number of fundamental provisions of modern economics to ensure business excellence of enterprises, as well as used mathematical methods based on the use of integrated indicators in the direction of: leadership of scientific and technical cooperation, strategy of scientific and technical cooperation, people of knowledge, partnership and resources that matter, processes, products and services, research results, customer results, community and society vision. The study of key trends in the innovative development of domestic agribusiness is indicating the positive and negative aspects of proposal to increase the level of rural business activity. During the study it was found that this algorithm for assessing the level of business excellence, it is advisable to use it in order to identify the current state of the enterprise by the criteria of excellence, including evaluation of competitors. These exponential equations indicate that the algorithm of predictive calculation can be used in practice due to any changes in indicators. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In one of the most cited studies in business and economics, Muñiz and O'Guinn established that a brand can serve as the basis of community. Their seminal fieldwork showed that through digital communication, consumers loyal to the same brand formed a community unbounded by geography and rooted in collective imagination. This article provides an alternative ethnographic account in which the relationship between brands and community runs in reverse: community serves as the input rather than output of a brand, with digital communication bringing forth a distinctly local and interpersonal brand story. Drawing on multi-year fieldwork conducted on- and offline with youth and outreach workers in Harlem, I illustrate how youth implanted the Marmot brand and its Mammoth "biggie" parka with street-level meanings total apart from the public image of the brand yet consistent with branding practices in the corporate sector. This article helps to reorient the sociological, media, marketing, and consumer literatures by demonstrating how place-based, face-to-face relationships may become more, not less, significant as brands, digital technology, and community converge. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The quality assurance and risk management company DNV GL and oil and gas company TechnipFMC teamed up to publish the oil and gas industry's first recommended practice (RP) to build and quality-assure DTs. SECTION TITLE 86 CO M P UT E R P U B L ISH ED BY T H E I EEE COM P U T ER S OC I E T Y 0 0 18- 9 1 6 2 / 2 1 © 2 0 2 1 I E E E COMPUTING'S ECONOMICS COPYRIGHT ISTOCKPHOTO, CREDIT: SITTIPONG PHOKAWATTANA A physical entity's digital twin (DT), which virtually represents and accurately describes a product at micro and macro levels, 1 can offer a number of benefits. The goal is to guide professionals through 1) assessing whether a DT can meet stakeholders' expectations, 2) establishing confidence in the data and computational models that a DT runs on, and 3) evaluating an organization's readiness to work with and evolve alongside a DT. The blockchain platform for the lifestyle company Lukso utilizes DTs of physical goods, such as jackets and shoes, which are stored on a blockchain. [Extracted from the article]

Purpose: The purpose of this research paper is to analyse the internship expectations gap amongst the three main internship stakeholders: employers (company supervisors), academic supervisors and students, in an effort to detect the variables which could assist closing the gap between students' perceptions and the labour market employers and then, between the academic supervisors in Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) and the students. This paper analyses firstly, the variables that determine students' perceptions and overall satisfaction with the internships. After, it examines the differences with the employers' expectations of the interns' performance. Finally, this paper analyses the variables that determine the academic supervisors in HEIs grading of the interns with the overall satisfaction about the students' internship performance. This research serves as a guide for the improvement, refinement and expansion of university internship programme design together with internship best practices definition to close the expectation gaps between the HEIs and the Business World. Design/methodology/approach: Two quantitative surveys were designed to measure students' and employers' perceptions of the internships. Additionally, one semi-structured qualitative interview is performed to deepen understanding of each student's perception of the internship. The authors perform a triangular analysis of students' perceptions and employers' (company supervisors) and academic supervisors' expectations. A T-test analyses the differences between cognitive, transversal and social skills developed in an internship as perceived by students and employers (company supervisors). Finally, linear regressions are run both to identify the variables that determine the students' internship overall satisfaction and also detect the variables that determine the final internship grade assigned by the academic supervisor from the university. Findings: The authors highlight the following interesting findings. While the students feel that the internships are highly useful and perceive that they were fully integrated into the company's culture, they also state that they learn how to develop their transversal skills much more than the cognitive skills learnt in the whole study programme in their degrees. In parallel, employers (company supervisors), for their part, perceive that students have strong social skills and adjust perfectly to the company's culture, but expected the students to have more creativity and cognitive skills. Finally, the academic supervisor's value the students' written skills together with the company's supervisor valuation more than the students' transversal skills. These main expectation gaps detected must be solved to improve internship outcomes and closing the gaps between the Higher Education and Business World. These findings consolidate existing research and add more quantitative results contextualised to Spanish Higher Education Institutions. Research limitations/implications: The limitations of this research are that it only embeds a HEIs in Spain and the sample should be enlarged with more universities not only from Spain but also from around the world. Thus, the findings in this research can be used to improve the internship programme in this HEIs and its best practices, however they cannot be extrapolated to other HEIs still. Nevertheless, other HEIs can learn from this experience. Regarding the surveys these can be reviewed and homogenised for the student's perception items to be more aligned with the company supervisor's expectations and the academic supervisor's requirements of an internship. As implications, the authors have divided them into theoretical and practical. From the theoretical point of view, there needs to be more research about internships done in Economics, Law and Business Degrees field. From the practical point of view, the authors highlight several implications. First, HEIs must develop internship programmes further and promote the three stakeholders, employer–academic supervisor–student communication more fluid. This communication flow will maximize and align both employer and academic supervisor expectations about the students' performance in their internships. This way, student perceptions of their internship experience will improve and align further. Second, internships must be promoted in the Economics and Business Degrees as they are a unique opportunity for students to apply cognitive, transversal and social skills acquired in their study programmes, developing themselves as future professionals. Third, there is a growing need for HEIs to strengthen links with different companies, not only to teach students the skills employers' value but also to ensure that graduates are aware of what is happening in the labour market. Finally, through the internships developing further, academic supervisors must open their assessment to the students' professional skills (critical thinking, creativity, capacity to solve short term problems efficiently,) aligning with labour market needs. Originality/value: This paper is significant because it shows the growing need for universities to strengthen links with a variety of companies (Business World). Internships are becoming compulsory, having assigned a high percentage of European Credits Transfer System (ECTS) credits to students' Grade Point Average (GPA) in Economics, Law and Business. This research work shows HEIs should improve internship design to close the gap between Higher Education's supply of graduates and the business world's demand for adequately prepared professionals. The results in this paper can help the academic actors start improving the internship design and best practices definition. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this article, the authors reviewed the scientific publications in the fields of economics and business concerning the area of Industry 4.0 from the last decade (2011–2020). The content of the article titles, keywords and abstracts was examined, while the full-text content of some of the articles was also processed. In addition to international publications, studies and major publications specifically concerning the Hungarian context were explored. The authors found that there have been an increasing number of publications of the time period considered, which indicates increasing research interest. In publications related to economics and business, Industry 4.0 occurs alongside a wide variety of other topics, demonstrating a broad range of links with diverse topics, such as sustainability. There are fewer connections with lean organisational practices than expected. Domestic and international research covered similar areas. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Previous literature suggests an "economist effect": business and economics students behave more like Homo economicus than do those from other disciplines. Does this represent selection of selfish maximizers into the disciplines, or a causal effect of study? We argue that common findings that behavior gets no "worse" over time represent overly simplistic tests. Our experiment investigates changes not just in behavior, but also in how participants feel about this behavior. Although we replicate the previous behavioral result, we find evidence that students learn to (1) attach less‐negative normative weight to maximizing behavior, and (2) employ greater sophistication in its implementation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article focuses on contemporary and modern art is two markets are the primary market for newly created artworks by living artists and the secondary market for artworks that have already been sold in the primary market. Topics include the market sales are primarily made through auction houses where prices are typically much higher than in the primary market, and the dual distribution system in which the producer-artist often also competes with the dealer who sells the artist's artworks.

Building on the resource-based view of entrepreneurship, we examine the association between founder characteristics and performance of FinTechs, high-growth technology-driven companies. We use cross-sectional regression models on a dataset of 132 FinTechs from Russia. The results show that FinTechs established by companies perform better than FinTechs established by individuals. Further, FinTechs founded by persons with banking backgrounds grow more quickly. In contrast to economics or business education, a combination of IT education and banking experience is also associated with greater company growth. Our results provide insights into the resource-based view of entrepreneurship, demonstrating that a FinTech founder's characteristics play an important role in its success. While parent company support creates a stronger competitive advantage for FinTechs in the establishment phase, the combination of IT education and banking experience are a difficult-to-imitate asset for FinTechs founded by individuals. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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In this article, we examine the innovative behaviour of private manufacturing firms using a unique Innovation Follow-up Survey (2015) first time conducted by the World Bank for the Pakistan economy. To model the structural relationship between R&D, innovation, firm performance, and export we specify an extended version of CDM model proposed by Crepon et al. (1998. Research, innovation and productivi [Ty: An econometric analysis at the firm level. Economics of Innovation and New Technology, 7(2), 115–158), modified by (Griffith, R., Huergo, E., Mairesse, J., & Peters, B. [2006]. Innovation and productivity across four European countries. Oxford Review of Economic Policy, 22(4), 483–498; Hall, B. H., Lotti, F., & Mairesse, J. [2009]. Innovation and productivity in SMEs: empirical evidence for Italy. Small Business Economics, 33(1), 13–33) and further extended by this study via introducing propensity to export stage. Our econometric results show that technological innovations (product and process innovation) have significantly positive impacts on firm performance which plays a key role in the firm's decision to engage in exporting activities. The elasticity of labour productivity with respect to process is slightly higher than the product innovation. Robustness analysis reports that, except for organisational innovation, the predicted research intensity has a positive impact on innovation output no matter which proxy is used for the firm-level innovation. Moreover, non-technological innovations (marketing and organisational innovation) have no impact on firm performance for all the alternative econometrical specifications and are mostly in line with the existing literature. The findings have practical implications for policymakers with respect to firm productivity and export propensity, and highlight the significance of innovation in empowering firms to increase economic performance and catch up. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article presents the discussion on individual institutions providing the data guarantee accuracy enhancing the business or investment performance of companies. Topics include consumers spending less on services impacting low-wage workers having no savings and further contracting demand for services; and managing the pandemic and high income households returning to service consumption.

X, Issue III - March 2021 By Owen Podger www.pmworldjournal.com Commentary © 2021 Owen Podger www.pmworldlibrary.net Page 1 of 13 Rebalancing the Greenhouse Gas Account 1 Owen Podger Introduction In my younger days I had a love-affair with a number of cities that lie close to sea-level. X, Issue III - March 2021 By Owen Podger www.pmworldjournal.com Commentary © 2021 Owen Podger www.pmworldlibrary.net Page 13 of 13 About the Author Owen Podger Bali, Indonesia Owen Podger began his career as an architect at Taronga Zoo in Sydney, studied urban design at UCLA and construction management at UNSW. X, Issue III - March 2021 By Owen Podger www.pmworldjournal.com Commentary © 2021 Owen Podger www.pmworldlibrary.net Page 12 of 13 And finally, I do hope that the government will introduce curriculum on climate change not only in our schools, but also in our government offices. Volume X, Issue III - March 2021 Notice: The positions, views and information contained in works published in the PM World Journal are those of the authors of such works and do not necessarily represent the views or opinions of the PM World Journal or the publisher of this journal. [Extracted from the article]

Internal Information Environment Multiple studies exist that connect tax avoidance to the firm's external information environment (e.g., [14]; [15]; [2]; [8]), but only limited research examines the relation between tax avoidance and the firm's internal information environment. Managerial accountants have studied how firms can most effectively organize the corporate structure to maximize firm productivity ([36]; [3]). They show that firms have lower tax rates when their compensation arrangements entail RPE, particularly if the firm's peers have low effective tax rates, as compared to firms that do not use RPE or do not have peers with low effective tax rates. By strategically choosing transfer prices based on the distinct tax rates faced by the firm's divisions, the firm as a whole can significantly reduce the tax bill. [Extracted from the article]

In the article, the author examines the subject level conditions and requirements for economics set out by the United Kingdom (UK) Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation (Ofqual) for board examinations.

In the article, the author discusses the shortage of business and economic teachers in Great Britain amidst the sustained increase of students taking business, management or economics degree, as well as the possible solutions to address the issue.

Price volatility is a matter of importance for making decisions in the finance world. The growing studies regarding volatility have focused on minimizing the risks through modeling, estimating and forecasting. This paper presents a bibliometric overview of the most important authors, institutions and countries that work on the topic. Additionally, a historical analysis of how the agents have interrelated is presented. For the purposes of the analysis and the design of tables and graphics, tools from the Web of Science Core Collection and the VOSviewer software were used. The results show the importance of volatility in the study of business economics and decision making. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Purpose: The traditional newsvendor model has focused on deriving the optimal order quantity that minimises the balance between stocking too much or too less number of products. However, the managers make inventory decisions based on intuitions and shortcuts, which may involve human errors and biases. The effect of cognitive biases and heuristics influencing the inventory ordering decisions in newsvendor settings is highlighted. The advancement of research associated to the newsvendor biases is reviewed to appreciate the behavioral aspects of the minds underlying this process. Design/methodology/approach: The use of experimental and non-experimental methods to investigate the ordering behaviour of newsvendors is described and we present a framework of the existing literature and highlight the research gaps to point to future research possibilities and priorities. Findings: The proposed framework gives a systematic approach to confirm the existence of a substantial scope of research opportunities and points to specific areas for further research. It synthesizes the existing results of behavioral newsvendor research and will act as a key reference paper. In addition, it will help the practitioners and software tool vendors to comprehend the behavioral perspective of newsvendor preferences and design strategies to mitigate this effect. The insights will be helpful for academicians, researchers and practitioners working in the areas of experimental economics, behavioral economics, behavioral operations, bounded rationality theory, newsvendor modelling and supply chain contracts. Originality/value: A summary of literature in this evolving area of research is very scarce. Considering the impact of behavioral economics on managerial decisions in the contemporary world, it is highly important to have an educational summary which can act as a tool for the practitioners and researchers in the area of behavioral operations management. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Artificial Intelligence is a disruptive technology developed during the 20th century, which has undergone an accelerated evolution, underpinning solutions to complex problems in the business world. Neural Networks, Machine Learning, or Deep Learning are concepts currently associated with terms such as digital marketing, decision making, industry 4.0 and business digital transformation. Interest in this technology will increase as the competitive advantages of the use of Artificial Intelligence by economic entities is realised. The aim of this research is to analyse the state-of-the-art research of Artificial Intelligence in business. To this end, a bibliometric analysis has been implement using the Web of Science and Scopus online databases. By using a fractional counting method, this paper identifies 11 clusters and the most frequent terms used in Artificial Intelligence research. The present study identifies the main trends in research on Artificial Intelligence in business and proposes future lines of inquiry. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Today more than ever before, agricultural and food enterprises are involved in processes of transformation of the production system, within which they have the task of developing a strategy that maintains unaltered the economic vitality and improves the environmental and social sustainability. From this perspective, the bioeconomy is increasingly connected and functional to the public choice sector which regulates innovation, production processes, and the allocation of property rights. For the future of agricultural economics research, behavioral economics tools deserve to be mentioned. [Extracted from the article]

The aim of this study was to measure the perceptions of future ethics and business ethics of the university students in the developing business world. In this research, despite the confusing concept of ethics with the concept of morality, some definitions have been made. The study was carried out for students studying in the faculty of economics and administrative sciences, business administration and economics department and faculty of dentistry of Van Yüzüncü Yıl University. Different aspects of university students based on research results related to ethical and business ethics perceptions are discussed in the research. In order to evaluate the data in the study, a questionnaire was prepared and used, considering the studies in this area. The findings have showed that, the perceptions of university students about work ethics differ from person to person. In addition, it has been observed that students studying at the faculty of economics and administrative sciences have more positive ethical perceptions than students studying at the faculty of dentistry. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]