Business Research Papers

Nanotechnology and the Developing World

How nanotechnology can be harnessed to address some of the world's most critical development problems...

Encyclopedia of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology

RETURN TO ISSUEPREVAdvertisementNEXTEncyclopedia of Nanoscience and NanotechnologyCite this: Chem. Eng. News 2013, 91, 36, 39Publication Date (Print):September 9, 2013Publication History Published online31 March 2014Published inissue 9 Sept...

A Software Quality Model Combining Demand and Delivery Perspectives to Ensure Quality in IT Implementations

In this paper we describe a model which fosters the quality of the artefact within software development projects via defined quality gates. In combination with defined roles these quality gates facilitate communication and transparency rega...

THE BASIC ASPECTS OF APPLICATION OF INFORMATIONCOMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES IN A SMALL-SCALE BUSINESS AND PRIVATE BUSINESS IN REPUBLIC UZBEKISTAN

Development of a small-scale businessand private business in Uzbekistan inthe conditions of formation of innovative economy is impossible without effective application of the advanced information-communication technologies which givepossibi...

Agent Banking, Mobile Money Operation and Financial Inclusion in Nigeria: Supply Side Perspective

Background: The inability to achieve optimum financial inclusion in Nigeria has necessitated the review of various policies and instruments meant to reduce the level of financial exclusion. Objective: Hence this study investigates the imp...

A SUCCINCT ANALYSIS OF MITIGATING LIQUIDITY RISK IN ISLAMIC BANKS IN THE LIGHT OF LIQUIDITY AND RISK MANAGEMENT PRINCIPLES

Liquidity management has been incessantly challenging for the financial institutions and especially Islamic financial institutions due to their nature of business. The convoluted nature of liquidity management impedes the task of Islamic ba...

Assessment and Analysis of Iran's long-term Competitive Industrial Performance Gap

The Competitive Industrial Performance Index (CIP) measures a country's ability to produce, add value, export, and impact global trade through manufacturing industries. To improve industrial competitiveness, focus must be given to expanding...

Individual shareholders’ understanding of the content of interim reports of South African listed retail companies

A number of studies conducted, and reports published, by international and local accounting bodies have found that the proliferation of disclosures in financial reports has hampered users’ understanding of these reports. The reports by acco...

An Assessment of Group Lending Challenges Facing Microfinance Institutions in Mwanza, Tanzania

The purpose of this study is to thoroughly evaluate the difficulties Tanzanian microfinance institutions (MFIs) encountered when putting group lending concepts into practice. It specifically aims to pinpoint the main obstacles associated wi...

Social Loafing and Job Performance in Hotels: Does Transactional Leadership Matter?

Employees are crucial resources for organizations, and their job performance is highly important for their success, especially in the hotel industry. The study investigated the impact of social loafing (SL) on hotel employees' job performan...

Pengembangan Ketahanan Pangan Melalui Pemberdayaan Masyarakat di Kawasan Rawan Konflik Timika Papua

Conflict handling in Papua so far is more often done with the repressive approach. The impact of conflict level is not decreasing, even international rejection is increasing. For that reason, a more humanistic approach is needed, including ...

Innovative capacity in micro, small and medium enterprises: Review of international articles on empirical research

The purposes of the article are to evaluate the current status of innovation capacity studies and propose directions for future research. Thirty - six articles in international empirical research on business, in particular micro, small, and...

Assessment of the Effectiveness of Flexible Work Arrangement on Employee Satisfaction and Performance:  a scoping review

This scoping review systematically synthesises empirical evidence on the effectiveness of Flexible Work Arrangements (FWAs), including telecommuting, flexitime, compressed workweeks, and hybrid work models, as strategic interventions for en...

Business marketing activities in Ukraine during wartime

The war in Ukraine dealt a crushing blow to the country’s economy. The relevance of the topic is due to the marketing ability to be an effective tool for restoring and developing business in Ukraine. The paper aims to define the state and p...

International Business

This eagerly awaited update of a popular text has been substantially revised and updated to incorporate developments in the field of International Business. It continues to do so in Alan Sitkin's characteristically direct, lively and access...

Law and Policy in International Business

Comparing capitalisms: understanding institutional diversity and its implications for international business

Advanced technologies and international business: A multidisciplinary analysis of the literature

Advanced digital technologies, such as the Internet of Things, blockchain, big data analytics and augmented reality, are gradually transforming the way multinational firms do business. Due to the extent of this transformation many scholars ...

International Business and Management

Toward a perspective of cultural friction in international business