{"title":"STRATEGIC OPTIMIZATION OF THE MANAGEMENT OF SPORTS ORGANIZATIONS","authors":"A. Simion, G. Mangra","doi":"10.52846/mnmk.21.1.09","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.52846/mnmk.21.1.09","url":null,"abstract":"The ways in which sport organizations monitor their operations and evaluate their performance involves careful analysis with a focus on the special characteristics of sport organizations and how these characteristics create the need for sport-specific performance management models. The purpose of the research is the development of models for the analysis of the management of sports organizations, in order to identify the factors of influence and ways to improve their efficiency and effectiveness, respectively to increase the performance of sports organizations. The importance of using performance management models is highlighted, not only by the need to respond to the conflicting requirements of several interested parties, but also by the need to manage risk. We have found a systematic treatment of performance management to be an essential tool for identifying strengths and weaknesses and discovering ways in which overall organizational performance can be improved. Thus, a performance management model is crucial for the long-term success of sports organizations.","PeriodicalId":188017,"journal":{"name":"Management & Marketing","volume":"147 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-04-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127340767","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":"IMPACT OF AGE AS A SOCIO-DEMOGRAPHIC VARIABLE ON HEALTH INSURANCE PRODUCTS","authors":"Cătălin Campeanu","doi":"10.52846/mnmk.21.1.04","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.52846/mnmk.21.1.04","url":null,"abstract":"The private health insurance has taken off over the recent years, boosted by the pandemic of COVID 19, setting the pace for other similar products, over a market severely dominated by MTPL. However, there were numerous factors influencing this growth, starting with state policies, insurance companies’ management along with welfare and socio-demographic factors. This paper addresses some of the later by focusing on age and notoriety, aiming to determine the possible correlation between socio-demographic variables such as age and health insurance products. The data used were provided by a recent study, conducted by the Institute of Financial Studies, an organization specialized on nonbanking financial system, gathered through a questionnaire, focused on a relevant group, considering all the necessary indicators regarding age, financial situation, area of living, studies, etc.","PeriodicalId":188017,"journal":{"name":"Management & Marketing","volume":"229 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-04-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132528263","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":"FOSTERING AGROPRENEURSHIP PRACTICE IN NIGERIA: A LOOK BENEATH THE SURFACE","authors":"O. Dakare","doi":"10.52846/mnmk.21.1.03","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.52846/mnmk.21.1.03","url":null,"abstract":"Agropreneurship is a powerful tool for shaping today’s economic development. This article focuses on how governments, academics, and policymakers on agropreneurship programs can prepare both existing and potential agropreneurs to continue contributing to the economic growth and development of the country. This paper draws out the key findings of existing literature relating to the growing field of agropreneurship by critically and constructively reviewing literature that examines issues and perspectives on agropreneurship and the agricultural sector within the Nigeria context, especially with careful analysis of historical data and current data. The review is in line with the need to create sustainable development through agropreneurship initiatives: in an economy presently facing a high rate of unemployment, extreme poverty, poor earnings from foreign exchange, and insufficiency of food items, this article argues for the need to adopt an overarching agriculture value chain to ensure a rapid industrial and economic development across Nigeria. Therefore, an integrative framework for effective agropreneurship practice in Nigeria is proposed to build the capacity of the Nigerian agricultural system, which has a multiplier effect on both the socio-economic and industrial advancement of the country because of its multifunctional nature. Specific recommendations for the capacity of the Nigerian agricultural system through agropreneurship initiatives are offered.","PeriodicalId":188017,"journal":{"name":"Management & Marketing","volume":"117 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-04-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133031444","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}
Russell Kampani, P. Mostert, Michelle Caroline VAN DER MERWE
{"title":"TRUST AND ECONOMIC SATISFACTION AS ANTECEDENTS, AND LOYALTY AS OUTCOME, OF SMALL BUSINESS CUSTOMERS’ COOPERATION AND COORDINATION IN BANKING RELATIONSHIPS","authors":"Russell Kampani, P. Mostert, Michelle Caroline VAN DER MERWE","doi":"10.52846/mnmk.21.1.01","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.52846/mnmk.21.1.01","url":null,"abstract":"Business success is determined by the ability to establish stable relationships that result in the retention of loyal customers. Extant literature on business-to-business relationships highlights trust, satisfaction, cooperation, and coordination, regarded as important constructs comprising relationship quality (RQ), as key drivers for ensuring loyalty. However, the interaction between these RQ constructs remain unclear. This study accordingly investigates a framework where trust and economic satisfaction are antecedents of cooperation and coordination, which ultimately influence small business customers’ loyalty towards their banks. The sample comprised 269 small businesses operating in South Africa. The empirical findings of this study show that trust and economic satisfaction within banking relationships are significant predictors of cooperation and coordination, which in turn positively influences small business customers’ loyalty towards their banks. This study contributes to existing literature by incorporating a small business banking perspective investigating the interrelatedness of selected constructs on establishing stable relationship and customer loyalty.","PeriodicalId":188017,"journal":{"name":"Management & Marketing","volume":"5 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-04-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122559890","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":"CONSIDERATIONS ON THE STRATEGIC APPROACH TO SUSTAINABLE RURAL DEVELOPMENT","authors":"Nicolae Concioiu","doi":"10.52846/mnmk.21.1.10","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.52846/mnmk.21.1.10","url":null,"abstract":"The present work consists in the strategic evaluation of the rural space and the elaboration of strategic options for sustainable rural development by involving the members of the rural community. The aim is to harmonize the development requirements of the community and environmental protection according to the European Union 2020 development strategy (European Green Deal). The research methodology adopted is the case study whose complexity required the use of qualitative and quantitative research methods to highlight the specific elements of the rural space in the Gușoeni Territorial Administrative Unit and the adoption of strategic measures for the sustainable development of the rural economy. The methodology consisted in the strategic diagnosis of UAT Gușoieni with the help of the PESTEL and SWOT strategic analysis models. The continuity of the SWOT analysis was ensured by creating the problem tree to highlight the obstacles and the objective tree to highlight the solutions regarding the sustainable development of the rural economy.","PeriodicalId":188017,"journal":{"name":"Management & Marketing","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-04-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124422120","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":"WOMEN ENTREPRENEURSHIP","authors":"Claudia-Marinela Zătreanu","doi":"10.52846/mnmk.21.1.11","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.52846/mnmk.21.1.11","url":null,"abstract":"Women entrepreneurship is an important area being globally recognized as one of the most important measures of economic growth and, implicitly, of decreasing the level of poverty. Incentivizing women to start their own business is essential for the development of women entrepreneurship and it’s also a strategic objective at European level, assumed by Romania as an EU member state. In order to have access to the same opportunities as men, women have to go beyond a series of obstacles, one of which is family responsibility, which often returns to their care. Therefore, this paper approaches a wide variety of themes that correspond to the present, such as motivation, obstacles encountered and also the advantages and disadvantages that come with the entrepreneurial profession, using as a research method the interviews with women entrepreneurs.","PeriodicalId":188017,"journal":{"name":"Management & Marketing","volume":"35 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-04-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129485645","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":"ORGANIC FOOD POSITIONING: HOW DO COMPANIES WANT THEIR BRAND TO BE PERCEIVED BY CONSUMERS?","authors":"Mihail V. Stoica","doi":"10.52846/mnmk.21.1.05","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.52846/mnmk.21.1.05","url":null,"abstract":"The intensification of consumers' concerns for personal health protection has conducted, among other things, to a change in purchasing behavior toward organic food. However, emerging markets are still characterized by low levels of organic food consumption. Therefore, companies present on this market are trying to find new ways to boost the consumption of organic food, along with placing their brands in the most favorable positions in the minds of consumers. This study aims to identify the positioning bases that companies want to highlight in order to outline the desired position of their brand. To achieve this goal, a qualitative research was conducted among producers/processors, distributors/importers, and retailers having organic food brands in their portfolio. The results of the research showed the focus of the companies on highlighting the attributes related to the product characteristics and the personal green benefits, at the expense of environmental, emotional, and symbolic benefits. Positioning bases related to consumption occasions, brand values, and association with fictional characters or celebrities play a secondary role in supporting the brand position. The research contributes to the classification and conceptualization of specific positioning bases for organic food brands, providing an overview of this topic at the supply chain level.","PeriodicalId":188017,"journal":{"name":"Management & Marketing","volume":"42 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-04-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129082204","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 IMPACT OF CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY ON EMPLOYEES’ SATISFACTION: EVIDENCE FROM COMPANIES IN ROMANIA","authors":"Nour Lakiss","doi":"10.52846/mnmk.20.2.05","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.52846/mnmk.20.2.05","url":null,"abstract":"The aim of this study is to investigate the impact of corporate social responsibility in terms of its dimensions (environmental, community service, and human resources) on employees’ satisfaction within firms listed on the Bucharest Stock Exchange. Design/methodology/approach: A questionnaire was developed and sent by Google Forms to 84 companies in Romania. Respondents included employees at a higher management level within the selected firms. There were 589 questionnaires who were applicable for analysis. Findings: The outcomes of the study found that there is a positive impact of corporate social responsibility through its selected dimensions on employees’ satisfaction in Romania.","PeriodicalId":188017,"journal":{"name":"Management & Marketing","volume":"3 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-11-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127436525","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":"A GROUNDED THEORY INVESTIGATION OF THE INFLUENCE OF A ‘POSITIVE VISUALISATION COURSE’ IN BRAND IDENTITY ON FIRST-YEAR STUDENTS’ PERCEPTIONS","authors":"M. Kountouridou, D. Domic","doi":"10.52846/mnmk.20.2.03","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.52846/mnmk.20.2.03","url":null,"abstract":"Branding is a well-known concept in the business field, and its application in the higher education sector has been introduced in recent years. Higher education branding is an effective strategy which has received considerable attention in recent years, and a growing number of articles on the subject have begun to appear in the literature. However, an apparent gap within the literature indicates that students’ perceptions of university brand images have not been thoroughly researched. Therefore, the purpose of this research is to investigate the impact of a positive visualisation course in brand identity on the perception of freshmen students of a university brand image. A qualitative approach has been selected as the most suitable for this study, and the methodology for the study of the aforementioned area is grounded theory. The research findings revealed that the positive visualisation course in brand identity can positively affect freshmen students’ perceptions of the university brand image.","PeriodicalId":188017,"journal":{"name":"Management & Marketing","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-11-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122521616","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":"RELIGION, LIFE AND FINANCIAL SATISFACTION IN TIMES OF PANDEMIC. AN ANALYSIS FROM THE NETHERLANDS","authors":"Alexandru Bosînceanu, Ion Lixandru","doi":"10.52846/mnmk.20.2.04","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.52846/mnmk.20.2.04","url":null,"abstract":"The Coronavirus crisis has had such intricate implications in people’s life that its full effect cannot yet be unraveled. The aim of this research is to analyze certain relationships that occurred between religion, life satisfaction and financial satisfaction, all during the Coronavirus pandemic in the Netherlands. In order to achieve this, the authors have undergone a detailed analysis of one of the largest longitudinal panels in Europe. Results showed that members of certain religious denominations had higher life satisfaction levels compared to members of other religious cults. Also, it appears that spiritual people exhibit lower life satisfaction levels. The results indicate that amid the Coronavirus pandemic, religion and spirituality can play a role in individual’s lives, as more and more people turn to divinity in times of uncertainty.","PeriodicalId":188017,"journal":{"name":"Management & Marketing","volume":"62 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-11-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116690442","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}