{"title":"Prosumption Use in Creation of Cause Related Marketing Programs through Crowdsourcing","authors":"Witek Lucyna, Hall Hanna","doi":"10.1016/S2212-5671(16)30315-X","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S2212-5671(16)30315-X","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The main aim of this article is to develop a new approach to Cause Related Marketing (CRM) that shows the use of the innovative potential of prosumption through crowdsourcing practices to contribute to CRM campaigns. The article focuses on consumers’ attitudes towards CRM and aspects of their involvement in the CRM creation. Research results show that young consumers in the Polish market connote CRM positively, but they are bored with existing CRM programs and assess them as uninteresting. The test results showed the desire of consumers to share knowledge with companies but, as it comes about the involvement, young people do not show much interest.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101040,"journal":{"name":"Procedia Economics and Finance","volume":"39 ","pages":"Pages 212-218"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S2212-5671(16)30315-X","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81463519","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sayyed Mohammad Reza Davoodi , Fariborz Jolai , Ali Mohaghar , Mohammad Reza Mehregan
{"title":"Developing a New Algorithm for Finding the Local Minimums of the Multi-Echelon Inventory Control Systems with Random Parameters","authors":"Sayyed Mohammad Reza Davoodi , Fariborz Jolai , Ali Mohaghar , Mohammad Reza Mehregan","doi":"10.1016/S2212-5671(16)30036-3","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S2212-5671(16)30036-3","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The present study aimed to develop a new simulation-based algorithm for finding the local minimums of multi-level inventory control systems with random parameters. The optimization refers to minimization of cost function along with maximization of customer service level of the units. In developing the algorithm, the authors were determined to achieve a local optimum point through linear localization of limitations and Genetic Algorithm. Since point estimations of goal function and repletion rates have been done through Monte Carlo Simulation Technique, the statistical test have been employed for examining possibility and improvability of solutions. Finally, the proposed algorithm has been used in an example with three levels.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101040,"journal":{"name":"Procedia Economics and Finance","volume":"36 ","pages":"Pages 256-265"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S2212-5671(16)30036-3","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86822125","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Supply Chain Management: Sertu Cleansing for Halal Logisitics Integrity","authors":"Noorsiah Ahmad, Sariwati Mohd Shariff","doi":"10.1016/S2212-5671(16)30146-0","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S2212-5671(16)30146-0","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This literary paper aims to provide a literature review on halal sertu cleansing for halal integrity in supply chain management. Halal logistics is important to maintain integrity of halal products supply chain. Sertu cleansing operations is to ensure transportation and logistics carrying halal products are assured with no occurrence of contamination from non-halal. The awareness on the sertu cleansing operations in Malaysia among industry players is relatively low. Therefore, this study explores the literary review on sertu cleansing operations and procedural requirements, as stated in the Malaysian Standards MS2400:2010 for halalan-toyyiban assurance pipeline, or known as the halal supply chain management. Halal cleansing operations is significant for halal integrity implementation in the halal logistics’ equipment not only through compliance of this MS2400 requirements but what is more important to carry out with in-depth understanding and observance of the Shariah requirements. In summary, the knowledge and literature on sertu cleansing operations can be used as a reference for the halal authority, halal logistics service providers and researchers in halal logistics and supply chain management</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101040,"journal":{"name":"Procedia Economics and Finance","volume":"37 ","pages":"Pages 418-425"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S2212-5671(16)30146-0","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86981122","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Human Capital in SMEs Life Cycle Perspective","authors":"Salwa Muda , Mara Ridhuan Che Abdul Rahman","doi":"10.1016/S2212-5671(16)00084-8","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S2212-5671(16)00084-8","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>In tandem with globalization and rapid changes in technology, the role of SMEs in enhancing economy development and employment becomes more crucial despite resource constraints. The emergence of a knowledge economy requires SMEs to be embedded with intellectual capital, namely human capital, structural capital and relational capital in order to compete in the resilient business environment. Given the unique characteristics of SMEs, prior studies revealed that human capital has the strongest influence on SMEs’ performance than the other sub-elements of intellectual capital. The changes in the business environment force firms to alter their strategies in achieving their stated goals. Hence, to align between the changes in the environment and the firm's structures, systems and processes, the role of human capital must be properly identified and distinguished according to the needs in different life cycle stages. The contributions of human capital in the early stages are found to be more significant than later stages. Therefore, the aims of this conceptual paper are twofold. The paper will highlight the contribution of human capital in business performance, followed by the role of human capital in the different life cycle stages of SMEs.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101040,"journal":{"name":"Procedia Economics and Finance","volume":"35 ","pages":"Pages 683-689"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S2212-5671(16)00084-8","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"80474326","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Development of Cross-border Cooperation in an EU Macroregion – A Case Study of the Baltic Sea Region","authors":"Tomasz Studzieniecki","doi":"10.1016/S2212-5671(16)30318-5","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S2212-5671(16)30318-5","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The Baltic Sea Region became an EU testing ground for international cooperation. This article presents the origin and the typologies of this cooperation. Macroregional, territorial and cross-border cooperation was discussed. The main aim of this article was to analyse the key determinants of the development of cross-border cooperation in the BSR, an EU macroregion. Based on literature studies, the BSR was delimited, proposing a definition of this area that is the most beneficial from economic point of view. Having performed an analysis of documents and economic data, it was proven that macroregional cooperation supports territorial cooperation in the BSR in a significant way. For this purpose, the financing devices of territorial cooperation, i.e. cross-border, transnational and interregional cooperation programmes, were analysed. It was proven that the priorities of these programmes comply with the priorities of the EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region. Furthermore, an attempt was made to analyse the organisational resources of cross-border cooperation, with particular focus on Euroregions and European groupings of territorial cooperation. A diagnosis of the state was made based on secondary and primary data obtained from interviews. It was shown that the organisational structure is not fully efficient, which is a barrier to the development of cross-border cooperation</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101040,"journal":{"name":"Procedia Economics and Finance","volume":"39 ","pages":"Pages 235-241"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S2212-5671(16)30318-5","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84317617","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Mediating Role of Competitive Strategies in the Effect of Firm Competencies and Export Performance","authors":"Mohsen Mohsenzadeh, Sahar Ahmadian","doi":"10.1016/S2212-5671(16)30069-7","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S2212-5671(16)30069-7","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The objective of this research is to study the mediating role of competitive strategies in affecting the aspects of firm competencies such as production capability, marketing and sales capability and information competency, and export performance. A questionnaire was used for data collection which was randomly distributed among 200 of managers and export experts of top export companies in Iran. SMART PLS and SPSS software were used for the data analysis. The results of the data analysis showed that competitive strategies mediate the effect of production capability and export performance. However competitive strategies do not mediate the effect of marketing competency and export performance. The results of structural equation modeling show that the research model has a proper goodness-of-fit.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101040,"journal":{"name":"Procedia Economics and Finance","volume":"36 ","pages":"Pages 456-466"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S2212-5671(16)30069-7","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87009558","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Dahlan Abdullah , K. Jayaraman , Saiful Bahri Mohd Kamal
{"title":"A Conceptual Model of Interactive Hotel Website: The Role of Perceived Website Interactivity and Customer Perceived Value Toward Website Revisit Intention","authors":"Dahlan Abdullah , K. Jayaraman , Saiful Bahri Mohd Kamal","doi":"10.1016/S2212-5671(16)30109-5","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S2212-5671(16)30109-5","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Malaysian hotel websites have received many online visitors but failed to convert it into online booking. Based on a synthesis of literature, this article illustrates a conceptual business model to enhance customer intention to revisit hotel websites to book for hotel rooms. The conceptual model proposes that customer perception on hotel website interactivity influences customer perceived value and intention to revisit the hotel website in the future. This article contributes to the existing body of knowledge by highlighting the importance of each dimension of perceived website interactivity in hotel sector. Its applications in the hospitality business and implications for future research were also discussed.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101040,"journal":{"name":"Procedia Economics and Finance","volume":"37 ","pages":"Pages 170-175"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S2212-5671(16)30109-5","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75108357","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"External Part of School Leaving Examination and its Statistical Analysis in Selected Region","authors":"Roman Vavrek","doi":"10.1016/S2212-5671(16)30296-9","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S2212-5671(16)30296-9","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>School leaving exam represents one of possibilities how to finish upbringing and education at high schools. School leaving exam (including its external part) is a form of graduation at high school and presents the basis for further studies at universities. Quality of education determines the competitiveness of graduates from primary, secondary school and universities on domestic as well as foreign labor market. Paper focuses on statistical evaluation of External part of school leaving exam on the set of 112 high schools of Presov Region in 2015. We evaluate an average percentage of school in External part of school leaving examination, an average grade of Slovak language and a number of tested students. To identify a district's correlations and differences Moran's Index, Kruskal-Wallis test or Kendal coefficient were used. The differences between the individual results in districts and its comparison are described by a few statistical methods (box plot, maps, moment characteristics) too.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101040,"journal":{"name":"Procedia Economics and Finance","volume":"39 ","pages":"Pages 534-538"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S2212-5671(16)30296-9","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79902130","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Grechenyuk Anton , Grechenyuk Olga , Sogachova Olga
{"title":"Peculiarities of Formation Shareholders’ Equity and Liabilities of Russian Joint Stock Companies","authors":"Grechenyuk Anton , Grechenyuk Olga , Sogachova Olga","doi":"10.1016/S2212-5671(16)30269-6","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S2212-5671(16)30269-6","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>In this paper we present the results of analysis the formation of shareholders’ equity, long-term and short-term liabilities at 250 public and 750 nonpublic Russian joint stock companies for 2010-2013. We found out that the formation of capital at public and nonpublic JSCs has differences in the composition, dynamics and structure of shareholders’ equity, long-term and short-term liabilities. We concluded that the composition and structure of shareholders’ equity and liabilities of nonpublic JSCs as opposed to public JSCs are inefficient and does not contribute to the development of these companies.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101040,"journal":{"name":"Procedia Economics and Finance","volume":"39 ","pages":"Pages 165-175"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S2212-5671(16)30269-6","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76971983","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
G. Norfazlina, A.S. Sharidatul Akma, S. Nurul Adrina, M.M. Noorizan
{"title":"Customer Information System Satisfaction and Task Productivity: The Moderating Effect of Training","authors":"G. Norfazlina, A.S. Sharidatul Akma, S. Nurul Adrina, M.M. Noorizan","doi":"10.1016/S2212-5671(16)30085-5","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S2212-5671(16)30085-5","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Customer Information System (CIS) is a system used by an organization to assist employees to obtain customer information efficiently. The users’ satisfaction with the system will lead to improvement in task productivity and allow the employees to fully utilize the system. This study examined the relationship between users’ satisfaction factors towards task productivity of CIS implementation and how training moderate this relationship. A total of 149 respondents which consist of call centre employees in Klang Valley responded to the questionnaire given. The finding revealed all three factors (Ease of Use, Content, and Format) has a significant relationship towards task productivity of CIS. The results also indicate training significantly moderate the relationship between ease of use in CIS and task productivity however, it does not moderates the relationship between user satisfaction (Content and Format) and task productivity. Suggestion for future studies also presented on this paper.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101040,"journal":{"name":"Procedia Economics and Finance","volume":"37 ","pages":"Pages 7-12"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S2212-5671(16)30085-5","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82428896","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}