scholarly journals Sustainable Development in the Digital Age of Entrepreneurship

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (8) ◽  
pp. 4429
Author(s):  
Ewa Stawicka

The purpose of this article is to present a research model that examines dependencies of how aspects of corporate social responsibility (CSR)—specifically, communication with stakeholders, knowledge management, and strategy—influence the building of a sustainable development model in enterprises. An instrument with four constructs (CSR-communication with stakeholders, CSR-knowledge management, CSR-strategy, and sustainable development) was prepared and served to entities from medium-sized enterprises. The collected data was analyzed by modeling the partial least squares structural equations using the least squares method. The results showed that all three constructs (CSR-communication with stakeholders, CSR-knowledge management, CSR-strategy) were positively and strongly associated with sustainable development model building in enterprises. The practical implications were intended to provide an understanding of behavior related to the development of business models oriented towards sustainable development in the small business sector. Research can help companies identify the advantages and disadvantages of retaining existing users and attracting new users by communicating with stakeholders, managing knowledge, and creating responsible strategies. This study enriches the literature by contributing to general knowledge about creating a model of sustainable development. Social reports on actions for sustainable development are of particular importance, and this topic is also important for the small and medium sized enterprises (SME) sector.

2012 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 38-52 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cheng-Ping Shih ◽  
Hsin-Fu Chou

Under Knowledge-based economy, knowledge has been recognized as a form of capital for organizations and provides sustainable competitive advantages. knowledge is not only one of the few recyclable assets that continuously lends itself to new intellectual capital but also be integrated in many different ways in order to maximize its value. This paper has three research objectives. Firstly, measure the effect of Knowledge Management (KM) Strategies on KM Enablers; secondly, measure the effect of KM Enablers on the Knowledge Creation Process (KCP); thirdly, to measure the effect of KCP on the three aspects of Organizational Performance. A knowledge integrative model was built by using Partial Least Squares method, and the findings indicate that KM Strategies do have a significant effect on KM enablers, which in turn does have a significant effect on the KCP. KCP also has a significant effect on innovation, customer’s satisfaction and financial performance for Taiwan multinational company in Thailand.


2013 ◽  
Vol 765-767 ◽  
pp. 755-758 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhen Tao Liu ◽  
Jian Xin Yang ◽  
Ben Zhao

Roundness error evaluation software is developed based on two-dimensional circle fitting with least-squares method based on nonlinear optimization with constraints. The local derivative-free optimization algorithms of NLopt can solve nonlinear constraint problems by combining with augmented Lagrangian algorithm. The fitting precision and convergence time of each algorithm are analyzed by calculating the fitting results with same test data to find its advantages and disadvantages. It is shown that each algorithm has different behaviors from others on performance and stability. This work provides a good basis for choosing the appropriate algorithm for roundness error evaluation.


2020 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Beate Klingenberg ◽  
Helen N. Rothberg

The United Nations (UN) 2030 agenda for sustainable development issues an urgent call to transition to sustainable business models and life styles. Outlining seventeen concrete sustainable development goals (SDGs), organizations and individuals are encouraged to actively participate (United Nations, 2015). However, as of the 2019 report on the SDGs, progress is slow. Organizations that aspire to be economically viable as well as socially and environmentally responsible global citizens, need to understand what sustainability means and how to institutionalize its principles. This paper posits that some of the underlying reasons for slow progress are lack of full understanding of the required knowledge and its systemic nature, as well as potentially insufficient knowledge management processes. It proposes that sustainability knowledge learning should include three “DCA” steps: 1) What to know: identify which knowledge is needed (DEFINE); 2) How to learn : develop strategies to identify sources and learning strategies for the requisite sustainability knowledge (COLLECT); 3) How to use sustainability knowledge: develop knowledge management practices that enable absorption and institutionalization (ACT). Comparing the DCA model to other sustainability knowledge management models reveals that internal processes are emphasized (ACT). Fewer models consider the second step, COLLECT. The necessity to identify knowledge needs, DEFINE is almost entirely absent. Given the complex nature of sustainability knowledge, it appears that currently, knowledge management practices may be inadequately designed to support organizations in their transformational change towards sustainability and in the development of required stakeholder partnerships. Said systemic nature is also ill reflected in knowledge management research for sustainability. Further limiting is a lack of a clear definition of sustainability knowledge. This paper is a call for research to establish a clear view of what sustainability knowledge is, and based on that, a more detailed development of effective knowledge management strategies.


2019 ◽  
Vol 37 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Antik Suprihanti ◽  
NFN Harianto ◽  
Bonar Marulitua Sinaga ◽  
Reni Kustiari

<strong>English</strong><br />Indonesian government has applied cigarette excise tax policy on clove cigarette which impacts on the rise of cigarette price and cigarette production. Because of tobacco and clove demand are derived demand of cigarette supply, so the change on cigarette production impacts on demand of cigarettes input (tobacco and clove) and it eventually impact on the price of these commodities. The rise of cigarette excise not only impacts on economic surplus of producer and consumer of cigarettes, but also on tobacco and clove farmers. Clove cigarette encompasses hand-rolled clove cigarettes (SKT), machine-rolled clove cigarettes (SKM) and klobot cigarettes (SKB). The aim of this research was to analyze the impact of the rise of cigarette excise tax policy toward economic surplus distribution among the economic agents on Indonesian cigarette industries. This research accomodated the data series of 1990-2016 with simultaneous equation system which consisting of 36 structural equations and 25 identity equations. This model was estimated by using 2 SLS (Two-Staged Least Squares) method. The results showed that cigarette excise tax impacted on the rise of government revenue and total economic surplus negatively. The rise of excise tax impacted on negative surplus of cigarette producer decreased, negative surplus of cigarette consumer increased, and farmer surplus decreased (negative). In order to keep positive economic surplus of the farmer, the rise of SKT cigarette tax maximum should be constituted no more than 5,8%. To anticipate the loss of farmer surplus and the decrease of tobacco and clove demand ini the future, the government can use the tax revenue to develop alternative crops besides tobacco such as vegetables, intensification of tobacco as import subtitution and develop diversification of clove products for essential oil, preservatives and others.<br /><br /><br /><strong>Indonesian</strong><br />Pemerintah Indonesia telah menerapkan kenaikan tarif cukai rokok kretek yang berdampak pada kenaikan harga rokok dan produksi rokok. Oleh karena permintaan tembakau dan cengkeh merupakan permintaan turunan dari penawaran rokok, maka perubahan produksi rokok akan berdampak pada permintaan input (tembakau dan cengkeh) dan berdampak pada harga kedua komoditas tersebut. Kenaikan cukai tidak hanya berdampak pada surplus ekonomi produsen dan konsumen rokok, tetapi juga petani tembakau dan cengkeh. Industri sigaret kretek meliputi sigaret kretek tangan (SKT), sigaret kretek mesin (SKM) dan rokok klobot (SKB). Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk menganalisis dampak kenaikan cukai rokok terhadap distribusi surplus ekonomi di antara pelaku ekonomi pada industri rokok di Indonesia. Penelitian ini menggunakan data deret waktu tahun 1990-2016 dengan sistem persamaan simultan yang terdiri dari 36 persamaan struktural dan 25 persamaan identitas, yang diestimasi menggunakan metode 2SLS (<em>Two-Staged Least Squares</em>). Hasil penelitian menunjukkan adanya tarif cukai rokok akan menambah penerimaan pemerintah namun berdampak negatif terhadap total surplus ekonomi. Kenaikan cukai rokok berdampak pada negatif surplus produsen rokok makin menurun, negatif surplus konsumen rokok makin meningkat dan surplus petani menjadi turun (negatif). Agar surplus ekonomi petani tetap positif, maka kenaikan tarif cukai khususnya SKT ditetapkan tidak lebih dari 5,8%. Pemerintah dapat memanfaatkan sebagian penerimaan cukai rokok untuk melakukan upaya pengembangkan alternatif tanaman lain selain tembakau seperti sayuran, intensifikasi tanaman tembakau subtitusi impor dan melakukan diversifikasi produk cengkeh sebagai minyak esensial, pengawet dan lainnya untuk mengatasi kerugian petani dan mengantisipasi turunnya permintaan tembakau dan cengkeh pada masa depan.


2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 221-239
Author(s):  
Jose Arias-Pérez ◽  
Esteban López-Zapata ◽  
Andrea Echeverri-Bedoya

The aim of this paper is to analyze the mediating effect of the knowledge management strategies on the relationship between e-business capabilities and innovation performance. The research model was tested with a sample of 102 firms belonging to IT intensive sectors, located in an emerging country that is a regional leader in terms of e-business adoption. Structural equations by the consistent partial least squares method were used. The main result indicates that only the personalization strategy has a partial mediating effect. In conclusion, e-business capability alone is insufficient for achieving a superior innovation performance. This finding also helps consolidate the incipient study perspective that understands knowledge management not as an antecedent variable which becomes indispensable for e-business adoption, but as an organizational factor that intervenes a posteriori and which is focused on achieving an effective use of all the knowledge resulting from the digital operation of the business.


2018 ◽  
Vol 35 (1) ◽  
pp. 11
Author(s):  
Julia Forcina Sinuraya ◽  
Bonar Marulitua Sinaga ◽  
Rina Oktaviani ◽  
Budiman Hutabarat

<strong>English</strong><br />The government of Indonesia is currently promoting development of cocoa processing industries to increase the cocoa added value. The key policy is application of export tax and import tariff for cocoa beans that may cause a number of consequences for the farmers, exporters, and industries. The aim of this research is to analyze impacts of the export tax and import tariff policy on cocoa producers and consumers welfare, and to formulate better policy mix for improving the welfare of cocoa producers and consumer in Indonesia. This research used a simultaneous equation econometric model consisted of 20 structural equations and 9 identity equations that have been estimated using the 2SLS (Two-Staged Least Squares) method using data series of 1989–2014. The results show that the policy of abolishing the cocoa beans export tax increases the producer's welfare but decreases consumers' welfare and total government revenue. Reverse results are obtained if the applied export tax was more than 7%. Import tariff policy of cocoa beans that less than 20% has small impacts on welfare of producers and consumers, but it increases the total government revenue.<br /><br /><br /><strong>Indonesian</strong><br />Pemerintah Indonesia sedang berupaya meningkatkan nilai tambah kakao dengan mendorong berkembangnya industri pengolahan kakao. Dua kebijakan kunci ialah pengenaan pajak ekspor dan tariff impor yang diperkirakan dapat berdampak nyata bagi petani, eksportir, maupun industri. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis dampak kebijakan pajak ekspor dan tarif impor terhadap kesejahteraan produsen dan konsumen kakao serta merumuskan kebijakan untuk perbaikan kesejahteraan produsen dan konsumen kakao di Indonesia. Penelitian menggunakan suatu model ekonometrik persamaan simultan terdiri dari 20 persamaan struktural dan 9 persamaan identitas yang diestimasi dengan metode 2SLS (Two Stage Least Squares) menggunakan data series tahunan 1989–2014. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa kebijakan penghapusan pajak ekspor biji kakao berdampak meningkatkan kesejahteraan produsen tetapi menurunkan kesejahteraan konsumen dan total penerimaan pemerintah. Kondisi sebaliknya terjadi apabila dilakukan penerapan pajak ekspor di atas 7%. Kebijakan tarif impor biji kakao di bawah 20% memberikan dampak perubahan yang relatif kecil terhadap kesejahteraan produsen maupun konsumen akan tetapi menambah total penerimaan pemerintah.


2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (22) ◽  
pp. 6447 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cioca ◽  
Ivascu ◽  
Turi ◽  
Artene ◽  
Găman

The relationship between sustainability and business has become one of the central debates at the national and international level in both industrialized and emerging countries. A series of existing business models lack some critical aspects. The automotive industry strongly affects economic development, requiring rethinking business models in order to reduce their impact on the environment. An evaluation of the websites of the major automotive industry companies shows they have reported sustainability (through different methods) and present various practices in implementing organizational sustainability (OS). This paper aims to present a new business model for the automotive industry that takes into account the three dimensions of sustainability and emphasizes the importance of involving stakeholders in the OS approach. This model is developed based upon the literature review of three focus groups with a participation of 33 automotive industry members, of which three are highly-skilled experts of the industry. The proposed sustainable development model is scientifically relevant as it considers that all dimensions of sustainability exist and aims to increase organizational capacity for sustainable organizational development. It is also relevant from a practical point of view because it has been developed and validated by industry experts with automotive industry companies, taking into account the industrial, technical, and technological requirements for organizational sustainability assessment. The findings of this research will guide shareholders and managers in planning and developing organizational strategies.


Author(s):  
Hichem Dkhili

This paper explores how companies are focusing to evaluate the performance management system that attempts to promote sustainable development and its competitive position, or even have a sustainable competitive advantage. Under the influence of control variables such as the environment, the social responsibility, the strategy and the stakeholders, we conceptualize a performance management system (PMS) able to reach these goals.We take a case study approach using questionnaire survey sent to 306 Tunisian industrial companies, supported by exploratory and confirmatory analysis. The results of the principal component factor analysis evidenced by Cronbach's alpha and KMO and the structural equations with indices of structural have devoted a good quality of adjustment. These results show the existence of a significant and positive relationship between the variables. This confirms that performance management system (PMS) influenced by the dimensions of social responsibility, environment, strategy and stakeholder interests had a positive impact on the integrated ecological business models (IEBM) and the environmental Management Control Systems (EMCS).


1996 ◽  
Vol 118 (1) ◽  
pp. 181-184 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chung-Hung Pan ◽  
John J. Moskwa

Constant inertia engine models have been used for years by control engineers to attain real-time engine simulations. The accuracy of the estimation largely depends on the selection of the constant engine inertia value used in these engine models. A methodology that uses the least squares method to calculate the engine inertia value for constant inertia engine model is developed. This methodology enables the constant inertia engine model simulations to have minimum acceleration estimation errors. The effects of net external torque, engine geometry, and speed on the inertia value computation are also investigated. Since most of the constant inertia engine models use the averaged engine inertia as the constant inertia value, comparisons of these two inertia values in engine operation simulations are presented. Discussions of the advantages and disadvantages of both methods are also included. Precautions and restrictions of using the methodology are discussed as well.


2014 ◽  
Vol 587-589 ◽  
pp. 2096-2099
Author(s):  
Zhen Ying Yan ◽  
Zhi Hui Song ◽  
Shuang Chun Lv

The researched object of this paper is the main intersections in Hohhot. The HCM model is chosen to estimate the delay of signal intersection after comparing the advantages and disadvantages of various delay models. Use the spotting sample method to collect field data, then compare the results with the results caculated by the HCM model, and modify the model by using the least squares method. So the delay calculation model consistent with intersection in Hohhot can be built, and it can provide a theoretical basis for the analysis and evaluation of intersections and road system in Hohhot .


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