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{"title":"Entrepreneurial Competency and Competitive Advantage of Hotels in Nigeria","authors":"Newman Enyioko (PhD), Reuben Akwaowo","doi":"10.2139/ssrn.3912459","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3912459","url":null,"abstract":"This study examined the effect of entrepreneurial competency on competitive advantage of hotels in Nigeria. The population of the study consisted of forty (40) managers of small and medium sized hotels operating in Abuja. This study made used cross sectional survey research design. The study made use of primary source of data through structured questionnaire. Pearson Product Moment Correlation was used to test the study hypotheses, with the help of SPSS 25.0. The study revealed that the entrepreneurial competencies of organizations can result in the competitive advantage of the firm if appropriately harnessed. Organizations that engage in the effective use of entrepreneurial competency have competitive advantage in their given industry. The study concluded that planning/management, mobilizing resources as well as learning through experience enhance competitive advantage of hotels in Nigeria. The study therefore recommended that hotel organizations should invest in training of their employees, as the human resource is an important internal strength of every organization and organizations should involve professionals who have experience in their work areas in order to increase the level of entrepreneurial competencies that lead to competitive advantage of the organization.","PeriodicalId":106038,"journal":{"name":"Other International Business & Management eJournal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-08-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128977273","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Tourism after Corona: Impacts of Covid 19 Pandemic and Way Forward for Tourism, Hotel and Mice Industry in Sri Lanka","authors":"R. Ranasinghe, A. Damunupola, S. Wijesundara, C. Karunarathna, Dhananjaya Nawarathna, S. Gamage, A. Ranaweera, A. A. Idroos","doi":"10.2139/ssrn.3587170","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3587170","url":null,"abstract":"The global pandemic of novel Corona has not only brought entire socio-economic structures in to a standstill but has challenged the globalization and global operations of enterprises. Paradoxically, potential repercussions and alternative way outs are yet volatile. However, for a speedy recovery and regain of the economy, employment and business functions a sustainable and fresh beginning is necessary in most of the worsened economic sectors. Conventionally, an infection used to attack the vulnerable groups with food, health care insecurity in their lifestyle and they normally used to be the poor of the society. Ironically, novel Corona infection first attacked the international travellers and the pandemic was caused through the travel and thus has confronted mainly the affluent social class globally. Since, tourism is one of the largest and fastest growing industries globally; it is expected to play a significant role in regaining the socio-economic stability after Covid 19 pandemic. It is a key contributor to the Island economies and one of the most important industries that generates much needed foreign currency in Sri Lankan economy. Long suffered tourism industry of the Island was last hit tough by the Easter bomb blasts took place at several places including luxury hotels in the country. Tourism is at halt in the country with the threat of finding the first Sri Lankan national tested positive for COVID-19 who was a local patient on 10th March, 2020.","PeriodicalId":106038,"journal":{"name":"Other International Business & Management eJournal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-04-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114187910","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Use of a Blue Ocean Marketing Strategy For Market Capture in the U.S: A Case Study of the Blujade Company","authors":"Jessica Kasongo, Anjeza Begolli, Danish Haider, Jinfeng Zhang","doi":"10.2139/ssrn.3861024","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3861024","url":null,"abstract":"Blujade is a new company which is still in the process of capturing a market share in the United States, for this reason, we have recommended a blue ocean strategy for them. For Blujade, our recommended business model is multilevel marketing. There are several reasons for recommending this business model, which are included in our analysis above. Blujade is a young company that wants to penetrate the US market, to stand out from its competitors we have come up with a blue ocean strategy, which would allow Blujade capture market share in the US, without going head-on with large competitors, such as Etsy and Pandora. To implement the brand ambassadorship model, Blujade will incur a one-time expenditure of $10,000 for creating an App and upgrading the website with computer vision. <br><br>People will link their Instagram account to upload pictures to the APP or the website. The computer vision system will be automated at the server site. When a customer buys a product, she will be sent a link from the server site to become a brand ambassador if she wishes so. Since the link is going to be sent from the server site, it will be coded with a unique ID. So when she clicks on the link to sign up for the app to become a brand ambassador, her sales will be tracked through her unique ID. Lastly, since the multilevel marketing model works as a matrix system, meaning; people at the top level will make a commission based on what they sell, and a part of their compensation will also include what or how much the people at the bottom or the next tier sell, for this reason, the server site will also keep a tab of the links that brand ambassadors are sending to recruit other brand ambassadors. As per the survey conducted by our team, the recommended sales model will have an estimated sales conversion ratio of 20 percent. However, for the pilot program we assumed a sales conversion ratio of 3 percent. The biggest issue that we believe Blujade will have to tackle is to ensure that enough people join the App or become a brand ambassador. To address this problem, we recommend using the services of fashion influencers on Instagram to increase Blujade’s Instagram following. Also, we recommend hiring a business development officer here in Atlanta, this person will be responsible for reaching out to the 60,000-female population of university system of Georgia via events and student organizations. We believe this approach will translate into more people joining the recommended brand ambassadorship model. Based on a sales conversion ratio of 3%, our analysis concludes Blujade will be in a capacity to break even in an year by selling 3,600 units. This will translate into a net revenue of $180,000.","PeriodicalId":106038,"journal":{"name":"Other International Business & Management eJournal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-07-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123984462","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"MiFID II Unbundling and Sell Side Analyst Research","authors":"Mark Lang, Jedson Pinto, Edward Sul","doi":"10.2139/ssrn.3408198","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3408198","url":null,"abstract":"We examine the effect of MiFID II, which mandated the unbundling and separate pricing of analyst research in Europe beginning in 2018. We find that the requirements of MiFID II were associated with a reduction in analyst following for European firms relative to US firms, with decreases in coverage greatest for firms that were larger, older and less volatile, and had greater coverage and more accurate consensus forecasts. Remaining analysts follow fewer firms and issue fewer forecasts, consistent with increased focus, and appear to increase their efforts on the firms they continue to cover. In particular, forecasts become more accurate, are more likely to be disaggregated and include recommendations, and are accompanied by larger stock price reactions. Consistent with increased effort to curry favor with management, analysts issue more optimistic recommendations and beatable earnings forecasts. While individual forecasts are more informative, the overall information environment for the average firm tends to deteriorate, with less aggregate information conveyed by analyst forecasts, a greater proportion of information delayed to earnings announcements and higher average bid-ask spreads. Taken as a whole, results are consistent with a reduction in analyst following mitigated by an increase in focus and effort by remaining analysts, but with an overall negative effect on the information environment.","PeriodicalId":106038,"journal":{"name":"Other International Business & Management eJournal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-06-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114410070","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Study of the Key Factors in the Development of Chemical Distribution Networks","authors":"Ali Baghaee Rad","doi":"10.2139/ssrn.3301460","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3301460","url":null,"abstract":"Chemicals are widely used as primary materials in various industries and in this way, chemical manufacturing subsector is supplier of many other industries in the world. Chemical distributors, which are a type of industrial distributors, have an important role in the chemical supply chain. Today, chemical distributors are responsible for functions more than providing logistic services, and in addition to providing diverse services to both suppliers and customers, they also provide opportunities for the suppliers as well as the customers. According to the growth observed in the global chemical manufacturing subsector over the recent years, which is expected for the coming years, and also some major changes occurring in the chemical manufacturing subsector, expansion of the chemical distribution business is not far from the mind and it is even expected to be continued with the growth rate greater than chemical manufacturing subsector and GWP in the coming years. Therefore, since the opportunities for development in the business of chemical distribution are already available, it is necessary for the chemical distributors to prepare essential capabilities in order to achieve the desirable growth and development. In this study while reviewing the global chemical distribution business, key factors of development in this business are studied and importance of each of the factors will be evaluated and after elaborating every factor, suggestions will be presented for productivity enhancement of chemical distribution networks.","PeriodicalId":106038,"journal":{"name":"Other International Business & Management eJournal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-11-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130771995","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"International Business Strategy of TVS Motor Company: A Focus on Bangladesh Two Wheeler Motorcycle Industry","authors":"Aornob Chakma","doi":"10.2139/ssrn.3272187","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3272187","url":null,"abstract":"This is the study about the international business strategy of TVS Motor Company for their two wheeler motorcycle. As a part of this study, it has been investigated the sales &amp; marketing strategy, brand strategy, primary target customers, marketing communication strategy and advertisement policies of TVS company by focusing on two wheeler motorcycle industry of Bangladesh. TVS Motor Company is an Indian based world leading two and three wheeler vehicles manufacturer. They have been conducting TVS motorcycle assembling and marketing in Bangladesh since 2007. This is a qualitative study where it has used the secondary data. The secondary data has been collected from the TVS Company’s website, newspaper, articles and various motorcycle companies’ websites. Motorcycle industry of Bangladesh is very competitive. There are many strong competitors of TVS motorcycle like Runner, Bajaj, Victor R, Honda, Hero, Lifan, Yamaha etc. The international strategy of TVS motor is to ensure a Win-Win situation for both the organization and the customers hold immense value and have become imperative in the current times. The TVS Company has always prepared a strong marketing strategy with capital and technical capability to operate in Bangladesh market. The primary target of TVS motorcycle in Bangladesh is to grow market share and defend that at any cost. The main strategy of TVS motorcycle in Bangladesh is directed towards high sales per model and offering low costs compare to its competitor. In Bangladesh, the main focus of the company is creating brand image by offering good customer services. In this report, it is recommended that TVS motorcycle should carefully design the after sales services; they should make online campaigns, road shows, canopy, sponsorships etc and they should launch more attractive TV commercials to make its new offering more popular and to make TVS a better brand in Bangladesh.","PeriodicalId":106038,"journal":{"name":"Other International Business & Management eJournal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-06-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122522846","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Prioritizing Sponsorship Resources in Formula One Racing: A Longitudinal Analysis","authors":"Joe Cobbs, B. David Tyler, J. Jensen, Kwong Chan","doi":"10.1123/JSM.2016-0115","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1123/JSM.2016-0115","url":null,"abstract":"Accessing and exploiting organizational resources are essential capabilities for competitive sport organizations, particularly those engaged in motorsports, where teams lacking resources frequently dissolve. Corporate sponsorship represents a common method for resource acquisition, yet not all sponsorships equally benefit the sponsored organization. Sponsorship utility can be dependent on institutional dynamics such as league governance that produces competitive disparities. Through this study we extend the resource-based view to assert that sponsorships vary in their propensity to contribute to team survival, warranting prioritization in sponsorship strategy based on access to different sponsor resources. To empirically investigate the influence of a variety of sponsorships, survival analysis modeling was used to examine 40 years of corporate sponsorship of Formula One racing teams. One finding from the longitudinal analysis was that sponsorships offering financial or performance-based resources enhance ...","PeriodicalId":106038,"journal":{"name":"Other International Business & Management eJournal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-02-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122815151","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Giải pháp thu hút vốn đầu tư vào tỉnh Cà Mau (The Solutions to Attract the Investment Capitals into Ca Mau Province)","authors":"Giao Hà Nam Khánh, Huy Quang Le, Hà Kim Hồng, Huỳnh Diệp Trâm Anh","doi":"10.2139/ssrn.3847098","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3847098","url":null,"abstract":"<b>Vietnamese Abstract:</b> Nghiên cứu nhằm khám phá các nhân tố tác động đến việc thu hút vốn đầu tư vào tỉnh Cà Mau, tác động đến việc quyết định chọn Cà Mau là nơi đầu tư của các nhà đầu tư. Mẫu khảo sát bao gồm 335 nhà đầu tư trong và ngoài nước đã và đang đầu tư tại tỉnh Cà Mau. Kết quả cho thấy có 7 nhóm nhân tố tác động đến việc thu hút vốn đầu tư vào tỉnh Cà Mau: Kết quả nghiên cứu tìm ra các yếu tố tác động đến thu hút vốn đầu tư vào khu vực nông – lâm nghiệp – thủy sản của Cà Mau là: Quyết định của chính quyền địa phương và các hỗ trợ, Thị trường, Vị trí địa lý và tài nguyên thủy sản. Các yếu tố tác động đến thu hút vốn đầu tư vào khu vực công nghiệp – xây dựng của Cà Mau gồm: Quyết định của chính quyền địa phương, Chính sách đầu tư và công tác hỗ trợ, Thị trường. Các yếu tố thị trường, Chi phí đầu tư, Đối tác tin cậy, Vị trí thuận lợi cho hoạt động kho bãi, các khu kinh tế tác động đến thu hút vốn đầu tư vào khu vực thương mại – dịch vụ. <br>Từ khóa: .<br><br><b>English Abstract:</b> The study aimed to explore the factors that impact on attracting investment to the Ca Mau province, located on the south pole of Viet Nam. Researchers used two main methods are Exploratory Factors Analysis (EFA) and a Multiple Regression Approach to explore and measure the impact of factors affecting the investment capitals into Ca Mau province. The sample size consisted of 335 domestic and foreign investors are investing in Ca Mau province. Results of research to find out the factors affecting attract investment in agriculture - forestry - fishery of Ca Mau is: The decision of the local authorities and the support, market, geography and aquatic resources. Factors affecting attract investment in the industry – construction sector of Ca Mau comprises the decision of the local government, investors related policy and support activities, market. The market factors, investment cost, reliable partner relationship, convenient location for warehouse operations, economic zones impact on attracting investment into the commerce - service sector of Ca Mau province.","PeriodicalId":106038,"journal":{"name":"Other International Business & Management eJournal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-05-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129407389","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Research Panel Issues for Discussion - Lecture 3. The Twelve Commandments? (Presentation Slides)","authors":"Tom Cockburn, C. Cockburn-Wootten","doi":"10.2139/ssrn.3077021","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3077021","url":null,"abstract":"Selecting questions to ask a research panel using the notional \"twelve commandments\" as a means to discuss, debate and scaffold a set of probing questions for the panelists to debate.","PeriodicalId":106038,"journal":{"name":"Other International Business & Management eJournal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116517247","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"International Acquisitions and the Globalization of Firms from India","authors":"A. Delios, Ajai S. Gaur, S. Kamal","doi":"10.2139/ssrn.1420770","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1420770","url":null,"abstract":"This chapter investigates performance related implications of the internationalization by acquisition strategy of firms indigenous to India.","PeriodicalId":106038,"journal":{"name":"Other International Business & Management eJournal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-01-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133657934","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}