scholarly journals Instructional Development And Assessment Of A Task Oriented Senior Level Data Acquisition Project In A Simulated Business Environment

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carl Spezia
Keyword(s):  
Data Acquisition ◽  
Instructional Development ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Level Data ◽  
Task Oriented

The Optimal Diversification Strategy in Pharmaceutical Industry: Balance-centred or Hetero-centred?

2021 ◽  
pp. 097172182110056
Author(s):  
Keungoui Kim ◽  
Junseok Hwang ◽  
Sungdo Jung ◽  
Eungdo Kim
Keyword(s):  
Business Performance ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Product Diversification ◽  
Diversification Strategy ◽  
Firm Level ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Pharmaceutical Firms ◽  
Level Data ◽  
Market Product ◽  
High Uncertainty

Due to high uncertainty of product development and business environment, firm-level diversification has been regarded as one of the most effective methods in pharmaceutical firms. In previous study, firm-level diversification was discussed by different value chains of market, product, and technology. However, in most cases, the diversification itself was adopted in a simple manner although its property contains different aspects and the results varies depending on the diversity property of selected index. In addition, the existing approach for measuring firm’s product/market diversification using sales information distinguished by standard industry classification cannot provide direct implication as different strategies are made for market and product diversification. Therefore, this study examines the effects of firm-level diversification on business and innovation performances in pharmaceutical firms by considering (1) three diversification types: market, product, and technology, (2) clear separation between market and product diversification, and (3) two diversification perspectives: balance-centred and hetero-centred. For empirical analysis, an integrated firm-level data set combining from Medtrack, Orange Book, Compustat and Total Patent database is used. From the result, in case of market diversification, less market heterogeneity causes significant influence on business performance. For product and technology, a concentrated and greater heterogeneity of product diversification are turned out to promote business performance, while the more intensive and heterogeneous technology diversification has been shown to improve innovation performance.

scholarly journals Sectoral Evaluation for Economic and Financial Development in Dubai and rest of UAE

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-29
Author(s):  
Sumaiyya Wahid Shaikh ◽  
Genanew B Worku ◽  
Ananth Rao
Keyword(s):  
Financial Development ◽  
United Arab Emirates ◽  
Small Sample Size ◽  
Core Competencies ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Small Sample ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Relative Contribution ◽  
Level Data ◽  
Start Ups

The paper examines sector specific characteristics to analyse the factors affecting the sustainability of the economies of Dubai and rest of the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The study applies system design to analyse the research questions. Consequently, Zellner’s seemingly unrelated regressions (SURE) technique is used to examine the relative contribution of sectors to the economies Dubai, as an individual Emirate, and the rest of UAE as a group of Emirates using time series sectoral level data for 2001–2015. The study shows that there exists positive interdependencies between Dubai and rest of UAE economies. This signifies that the core competencies across various sectors in Dubai and rest of UAE economies need to be promoted further to have overall diversified impact on UAE economy. The positive sizable impact of the finance sector in Dubai and negative sizable impact in the rest of the UAE provide many opportunities for designing diversification programs for sustained economic development of the entire UAE economy. The small sample size, non-availability of detailed sectoral data in four of the seven emirates constrained the scope of the study for generalization to other economies in the middle east.   The study findings are very crucial for identifying structural reforms, to strengthen competitiveness and accelerate private sector-led job creation for nationals, potential on further opening up foreign direct investment (FDI), improving selected areas of the business environment, and easing access to finance for start-ups and SMEs in both the economies. There are very few studies, which have researched the sector specific characteristics to explain the factors affecting the sustainability of the economies of Dubai and the rest of UAE. The study provides insights to the UAE policy makers, for enhancement of policies through development of the key sectors that influence the performance of the two economies. Despite being independent entities though, the seven emirates of the UAE are economically interdependent. Studies on such interactions add unique value to the literature. Keywords: SURE, GDP, Dubai, UAE, Sectoral Evaluation, Financial development.

scholarly journals The innovation gender gap in transition countries

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Antonella Biscione ◽  
Dorothée Boccanfuso ◽  
Raul Caruso ◽  
Annunziata de Felice
Keyword(s):  
Transition Economies ◽  
Gender Gap ◽  
Intangible Assets ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Transition Countries ◽  
Enterprise Performance ◽  
Firm Level ◽  
Oaxaca Decomposition ◽  
Level Data ◽  
Firm Level Data

AbstractThis paper investigates the sources of the possible gender ownership gap in innovativeness in a set of Transition economies by means of firm-level data coming from the Business Environment and Enterprise Performance Survey (BEEPS V) conducted in 2012–2014. Through the Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition we highlight the factors explaining the differences in the propensity to innovate between female-owned and male-owned firms. We find that the innovation disparity between firms with females among their owners and those having only male owners is mainly due to the differences in endowment effects. Tangible and intangible assets affect the innovation gap between the two groups of firms.

Representation in U.S. Legislatures: The Acquisition and Analysis of U.S. State Legislative Roll-Call Data

2009 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 356-370 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer Hayes Clark ◽  
Tracy Osborn ◽  
Jonathan Winburn ◽  
Gerald C. Wright
Keyword(s):  
Data Acquisition ◽  
State Level ◽  
The State ◽  
Legislative Behavior ◽  
Roll Call ◽  
Comprehensive Data ◽  
Level Data ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
State Legislative

Roll-call data have become a staple of contemporary scholarship on legislative behavior. Recent methodological innovations in the analysis of roll-call data have produced a number of important theoretical insights, such as understanding the structure of congressional decisionmaking and the role of parties and ideology in Congress. Many of the methodological innovations and theoretical questions sparked by congressional scholarship have been difficult to test at the state level because of the lack of comprehensive data on various forms of state legislative behavior, including roll-call voting. The Representation in America's Legislatures project rectifies that problem through collection of comprehensive state legislative roll-call votes across all 99 state legislative chambers for the 1999–2000 and 2003–04 legislative sessions. In this article, we describe the data available through this project as well as our data acquisition procedures, including Stata and Perl programming and OCR of paper documents, with suggestions about how to use these methods to collect a wide range of state-level data.

Competition and Product Innovation by Turkish Firms

2016 ◽  
pp. 469-491
Author(s):  
Fatma Nur Karaman Kabadurmus ◽  
Sajal Lahiri
Keyword(s):  
Research And Development ◽  
Linear Relationship ◽  
Product Innovation ◽  
Strong Support ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Process Innovation ◽  
Enterprise Performance ◽  
Firm Level ◽  
Level Data ◽  
Firm Level Data

This chapter examines empirically the determinants of research and development (R&D) activities by Turkish firms. It focuses on the question of how competition affects product innovation, and not process innovation, in Turkey. In particular, we test if there is a non-linear relationship between R&D activities of a firm and the degree of competition in that industry. We use Turkish firm-level data from the Business Environment and Enterprise Performance Survey (BEEPS) and find strong support for an inverted-U relationship between the two variables.

scholarly journals Self-Efficacy and Employee Commitment in Selected Breweries in South East Nigeria

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Chinedu Uzochukwu Onyeizugbe ◽  
Obiageli Lilian Orogbu ◽  
Obiageli Blessing Chinwuko
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Positive Relationship ◽  
Employee Commitment ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Pearson Product Moment Correlation ◽  
Significant Positive Relationship ◽  
Sense Of Efficacy ◽  
Task Oriented

In the present turbulent and unpredictable Nigerian business environment, the lack of self-esteem among employees selected breweries in South East Nigeria seems to make job satisfaction a major problem. The main objective of the study is to identify the extent to which self-efficacy enhances employee commitment in Breweries in South East Nigeria. Specifically, the study seeks to ascertain the extent to which self-esteem relates to job satisfaction of employees in selected brewing firms in South East. The research design adopted by the study was Survey type of design; One hundred and fifty six employees constituted the population which were selected from breweries located in the South East Zone of Nigeria. Questionnaire was used for the purpose of data collection. Pearson Product Moment Correlation was used to test the hypothesis. The results of the Study revealed that there is a significant positive relationship between self-esteem and job satisfaction of employees in the selected brewing firms in South East Geopolitical Zone of Nigeria. The Conclusion drawn was that employees in the selected brewing firms can function properly or remain task oriented, if sense of efficacy is imbibed. The study recommended that employees should ensure that they develop positive self-esteem at work to restore confidence in themselves, devote more time and effort in tackling difficult tasks and feel more relaxed at work. 

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