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A critical analysis of large scale research infrastructures’ performances 对大型研究基础设施性能的批判性分析

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Measuring Business Excellence Pub Date : 2023-12-25 DOI: 10.1108/mbe-09-2023-0140

Isabella Nocella, R. Linzalone, S. Ammirato, A. M. Felicetti

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CSR performance practices and COVID-19 – a qualitative study of SME owners in UAE 企业社会责任绩效实践与 COVID-19 - 对阿联酋中小企业主的定性研究

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Measuring Business Excellence Pub Date : 2023-12-13 DOI: 10.1108/mbe-02-2023-0032

Abdullah Mohammad Al Blooshi, Saju Jose, Krishna Venkitachalam

{"title":"CSR performance practices and COVID-19 – a qualitative study of SME owners in UAE","authors":"Abdullah Mohammad Al Blooshi, Saju Jose, Krishna Venkitachalam","doi":"10.1108/mbe-02-2023-0032","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/mbe-02-2023-0032","url":null,"abstract":"<h3>Purpose</h3>\u0000<p>The purpose of this paper is to examine the corporate social responsibility performance among small and medium enterprise (SME) owners in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) before and during COVID-19. This study shows insights into the barriers that could affect the CSR performance practices of UAE SMEs, and related implications are discussed in the study.</p>\u0000<h3>Design/methodology/approach</h3>\u0000<p>This study used a longitudinal qualitative research design. The research comprised 30 interviews from 15 SME owners that were studied prior to and during the pandemic. The 15 interview participants are the sole owners of these SMEs and are Emirati citizens. They were identified through personal contacts and referrals.</p>\u0000<h3>Findings</h3>\u0000<p>Study findings show that there was a clear shift during the pandemic to place more focus on employees. CSR performance practices are dominated by strategies for caring for the environment and employees. During the pandemic, the priority was paying employees at least a portion of their salary despite financial hardships and ensuring their health and well-being. Prior to the crisis, the key barrier to the implementation of CSR performance practices was a lack of knowledge. During the pandemic, barriers identified included uncertainty and financial constraints. Furthermore, all the owners believe that big corporations should be more socially responsible and SMEs should be the recipients of CSR practices. Lastly, the owners expressed their belief in the values of transparency, integrity, commitment, efficiency and responsibility.</p>\u0000<h3>Originality/value</h3>\u0000<p>This study is a novel attempt to gain an in-depth understanding of CSR among SMEs in the UAE in the context of a pandemic. It looks specifically at the performance practices pursued by SME owners in the UAE before and during the COVID-19 crisis.</p>","PeriodicalId":18468,"journal":{"name":"Measuring Business Excellence","volume":"10 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2023-12-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138580636","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}

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Sustainability disclosure and firms’ performance in a voluntary environment 自愿环境下的可持续发展信息披露与企业绩效

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Measuring Business Excellence Pub Date : 2023-12-12 DOI: 10.1108/mbe-01-2023-0008

Ahmad Yuosef Alodat, Zalailah Salleh, Hafiza Aishah Hashim, Farizah Sulong

{"title":"Sustainability disclosure and firms’ performance in a voluntary environment","authors":"Ahmad Yuosef Alodat, Zalailah Salleh, Hafiza Aishah Hashim, Farizah Sulong","doi":"10.1108/mbe-01-2023-0008","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/mbe-01-2023-0008","url":null,"abstract":"<h3>Purpose</h3>\u0000<p>This study aims to investigate whether sustainability disclosures (SD) can improve financial, operational and market performance for businesses in Jordan. This research is based on the idea that firms that are open and transparent about their sustainability efforts tend to perform better than their competitors.</p>\u0000<h3>Design/methodology/approach</h3>\u0000<p>This study used an empirical approach for data collection and analysis. The independent variable was SD, and the dependent variables were performance indicators (i.e. Tobin’s Q, return on equity and return on assets). This study analyzed 81 non-financial companies listed on the Amman Stock Exchange from 2014 to 2018.</p>\u0000<h3>Findings</h3>\u0000<p>The present study found a significant and positive relationship between corporate SD and operational, financial and market performance.</p>\u0000<h3>Practical implications</h3>\u0000<p>The analysis shows that implementing corporate SD may lead to better performance. Specifically, firms may benefit internally by becoming more aware of important actions to be taken internally and externally by understanding the sustainability-related desires of other stakeholders and regulators for better sustainable development.</p>\u0000<h3>Originality/value</h3>\u0000<p>This study offers new insights into the effect of SD on firm performance and its implementation in emerging markets, which has not been extensively studied in academia. This research provides new insights into the link between SD and performance, and is particularly timely in its contribution to this topic, which is important for the government’s adoption and implementation of a robust SD code.</p>","PeriodicalId":18468,"journal":{"name":"Measuring Business Excellence","volume":"78 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2023-12-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138580792","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}

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Toward a model to enhance the applicability of blockchain in maritime shipping: a qualitative study from the Middle East 建立一个增强区块链在海运中的适用性的模型:来自中东的定性研究

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Measuring Business Excellence Pub Date : 2023-11-27 DOI: 10.1108/mbe-07-2023-0100

Ismail Abushaikha, Rana Albahsh, Mustafa Alsayes, Mohammad Al-Anaswah

{"title":"Toward a model to enhance the applicability of blockchain in maritime shipping: a qualitative study from the Middle East","authors":"Ismail Abushaikha, Rana Albahsh, Mustafa Alsayes, Mohammad Al-Anaswah","doi":"10.1108/mbe-07-2023-0100","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/mbe-07-2023-0100","url":null,"abstract":"<h3>Purpose</h3>\u0000<p>Existing literature is still lacking field works that reflect the implications and applications of blockchain in supply chain management. This paper aims to explore the role of blockchain technology in improving the performance of maritime shipping and develop a model to enhance blockchain applicability.</p>\u0000<h3>Design/methodology/approach</h3>\u0000<p>Qualitative data were collected through 28 semi-structured interviews from several supply chain actors in the Middle East and were analyzed based on a thematic analysis approach using NVivo software.</p>\u0000<h3>Findings</h3>\u0000<p>An emerging model for improving the performance of the maritime shipping industry through blockchain technology has been developed. The findings suggest that there are transparency and process efficiency–related improvements as an outcome of Blockchain implementation in the maritime shipping industry.</p>\u0000<h3>Practical implications</h3>\u0000<p>As shipping industry is largely fragmented, small players find it difficult to achieve great benefits such as those achieved by larger players in the sector. The authors’ model provides guidance for the implementation of Blockchain.</p>\u0000<h3>Originality/value</h3>\u0000<p>To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this is one of the first scholarly works to investigate Blockchain applicability in shipping industry in the Middle East. The lack of a universal standard is a considerable challenge which is still hindering the development of blockchain applications that integrate the different actors.</p>","PeriodicalId":18468,"journal":{"name":"Measuring Business Excellence","volume":"6 ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2023-11-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138518577","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}

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Social media visibility and intellectual capital disclosure. An empirical analysis in the basketball clubs 社交媒体知名度和智力资本披露。篮球俱乐部的实证分析

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Measuring Business Excellence Pub Date : 2023-11-24 DOI: 10.1108/mbe-04-2023-0054

Vitiana L’Abate, Nicola Raimo, Michele Rubino, Filippo Vitolla

{"title":"Social media visibility and intellectual capital disclosure. An empirical analysis in the basketball clubs","authors":"Vitiana L’Abate, Nicola Raimo, Michele Rubino, Filippo Vitolla","doi":"10.1108/mbe-04-2023-0054","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/mbe-04-2023-0054","url":null,"abstract":"<h3>Purpose</h3>\u0000<p>The sport industry, due to the great importance of intangible assets, represents a field of particular interest for the analysis of intellectual capital disclosure (ICD). However, this sector is still underexplored in the academic literature. This study aims to fill this gap by analysing the level of intellectual capital (IC) information disclosed by the most important basketball clubs on their website and the factors capable of influencing the dissemination of such information. Specifically, it examines the impact of social media visibility – in terms of number of social networks, number of posts, number of followers and internet visibility – on the ICD level.</p>\u0000<h3>Design/methodology/approach</h3>\u0000<p>Firstly, this study performs a manual content analysis of the websites of the top 80 European and US basketball clubs aimed at analysing the ICD level. Secondly, it provides for a regression analysis to test the impact of social media visibility on the amount of IC information disclosed.</p>\u0000<h3>Findings</h3>\u0000<p>Empirical results show a low level of ICD among the basketball clubs examined. They also demonstrate the positive impact of number of posts, number of followers and internet visibility on the amount of IC information disclosed online.</p>\u0000<h3>Originality/value</h3>\u0000<p>This study extends the analysis of the ICD to the sport industry, still little examined by the academic literature. In this regards, to the best of the authors’ knowledge, this is the first study to explore the ICD in the basketball industry.</p>","PeriodicalId":18468,"journal":{"name":"Measuring Business Excellence","volume":"655 ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2023-11-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138518578","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}

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Leadership and managerial challenges to ensure agile management as a method to enable business success: a Delphi study of the Slovenian health organisations 领导和管理挑战，以确保敏捷管理作为一种方法，使企业成功:对斯洛文尼亚卫生组织的德尔菲研究

Measuring Business Excellence Pub Date : 2023-11-09 DOI: 10.1108/mbe-09-2023-0122

Vasja Roblek, Vlado Dimovski, Kristjan Jovanov Oblak, Maja Meško, Judita Peterlin

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Information as a circular resource – facilitating information exchange to extend product-life 信息作为循环资源——促进信息交换，延长产品寿命

Measuring Business Excellence Pub Date : 2023-11-06 DOI: 10.1108/mbe-09-2023-0131

Rasmus Jørgensen, Enrico Scarso

{"title":"Information as a circular resource – facilitating information exchange to extend product-life","authors":"Rasmus Jørgensen, Enrico Scarso","doi":"10.1108/mbe-09-2023-0131","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/mbe-09-2023-0131","url":null,"abstract":"Purpose This paper aims to study a circular economy business model that offers services with embedded information exchange capabilities to extend product life through maintenance and repair. Information exchange has been identified as a critical factor in advancing the principles of a circular economy, and this research was conducted to illustrate how information exchange can facilitate maintenance and repair. Design/methodology/approach The study has a case study approach of collecting data through semi-structured interviews and questionnaires. Findings Information exchange on what and when to do something engages end-users in maintenance and facilitates learning. For repair, the problem description and possible solutions are information that must be exchanged. Both types of information exchange are facilitated by simple tech solutions relying on known and inexpensive technology (e.g. e-mail service, video call and text messaging). Research limitations/implications The study contributes to the organisational development and knowledge management fields with novel insights on how information exchange and circular economy are related and can be facilitated. Practical implications The study provides insights for companies looking for solutions on how to generate revenue from services and reduce resource consumption. The findings of the study suggest that the development of circular business models does not always require expensive high-tech solutions. Originality/value To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this study is unique as it is empirically based on insights into how information exchange can extend product life through the use of simple digital tools.","PeriodicalId":18468,"journal":{"name":"Measuring Business Excellence","volume":"83 6","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135585036","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}

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Advertising and financial performance: insight from a competitive market in Africa 广告和财务业绩：来自非洲竞争市场的见解

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Measuring Business Excellence Pub Date : 2023-09-08 DOI: 10.1108/mbe-11-2022-0130

Hamza Akorede

{"title":"Advertising and financial performance: insight from a competitive market in Africa","authors":"Hamza Akorede","doi":"10.1108/mbe-11-2022-0130","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/mbe-11-2022-0130","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000Purpose\u0000This study aims to examine the relationship between advertisement expenditure and firm performance as well as the moderating effects of firm age and size on this relationship.\u0000\u0000\u0000Design/methodology/approach\u0000Twenty-eight selected companies listed on the Nigerian stock exchange were examined. The study used multiple regression, a quantitative research method, to capture both the direct and moderating effects.\u0000\u0000\u0000Findings\u0000The findings show that advertisement has a positive relationship with sales but an insignificant relationship with return on asset. Furthermore, the results indicate that larger firms outperform smaller ones when using advertisements to enhance their sales. On the contrary, there is no significant difference between the use of advertisement by young and older firms in improving financial performance.\u0000\u0000\u0000Originality/value\u0000Due to the often-wrong use of resource base view in the advertisement–performance relationship and contradiction in research findings, this paper re-conceptualize advertisement as a necessary investment (just like plant and equipment) but not an investment that provide strategic value. The paper also makes novel argument by theorizing a negative relationship between advertisement and firms’ performance in the Nigerian context.\u0000","PeriodicalId":18468,"journal":{"name":"Measuring Business Excellence","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2023-09-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49513257","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}

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Impacts of inbound logistics capabilities on supply chain resilience: insight from Vietnamese textile industry 入境物流能力对供应链弹性的影响——来自越南纺织业的见解

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Measuring Business Excellence Pub Date : 2023-07-28 DOI: 10.1108/mbe-09-2022-0113

Binh Nguyen Thi, Linh Nguyen Do Khanh, Hang Ha Minh, Linh Do Thi Thuy, Dat Ngo Tien

{"title":"Impacts of inbound logistics capabilities on supply chain resilience: insight from Vietnamese textile industry","authors":"Binh Nguyen Thi, Linh Nguyen Do Khanh, Hang Ha Minh, Linh Do Thi Thuy, Dat Ngo Tien","doi":"10.1108/mbe-09-2022-0113","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/mbe-09-2022-0113","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000Purpose\u0000This study aims to examine the impact of inbound logistics on dynamic supply chain capabilities and, subsequently, on supply chain resilience in the Vietnamese textile industry.\u0000\u0000\u0000Design/methodology/approach\u0000A conceptual framework based on a resource-based view was empirically tested using partial least squares structural equation modeling and data collected from 215 Vietnamese textile enterprises from December 2021 to March 2022.\u0000\u0000\u0000Findings\u0000The research shows that inbound logistics capability positively affects dynamic supply chain capabilities. In particular, the study has ratified reengineering as the chief factor that textile firms should consider when building a resilient supply chain.\u0000\u0000\u0000Originality/value\u0000This study considers the Vietnamese textile industry to assess the indirect effect of inbound logistics on supply chain resilience through dynamic supply chain capabilities in a theoretical sense while assisting managers in comprehending the functions of supply chain collaboration, agility and reengineering as the foundation for supply chain resilience in a managerial sense.\u0000","PeriodicalId":18468,"journal":{"name":"Measuring Business Excellence","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2023-07-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42230906","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}

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Factors affecting the performance of micro-level women entrepreneurs: a comparative study between UAE and India 影响微观层面女企业家绩效的因素：阿联酋和印度的比较研究

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Measuring Business Excellence Pub Date : 2023-06-13 DOI: 10.1108/mbe-02-2022-0034

Srinivasa Rao, Waheed Kareem Abdul, Raavee Kadam, Abhilasha Singh

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