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{"title":"THE IMPACT OF GLOBALISATION ON ECONOMIC GROWTH IN ASIA-PACIFIC","authors":"","doi":"10.25275/apjabssv4i2bus9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.25275/apjabssv4i2bus9","url":null,"abstract":"Globalisation is a controversial issue that is still considered a complicated process. It has impacted nearly every aspect of modern life and it bringsopportunities andalso risk for a nation.This ultimately raises the argument that globalisation creates a multiplier effect, whether its phenomenon brings a positive or negative impact. Previous studies haveexamined that there isa positive effect of globalisation on growth through effective allocation of domestic resources, technology deployment, productivity improvement factors and capital increase. On the other hand, others argue that globalisation has a harmful effect on growth in countries with weak institutions and political instability. This study was carried out to analyze the effect of economic globalisation, social globalisation, and political globalisation on economic growth of Asia-Pacific countries in 2000-2014. Analyses were performed using panel data regression to know the influence that occurs between the independent variables and the dependent. From the results of the panel data regression, it is known that variables of economic globalisation and political globalisation have a significantly positive influence on economic growth. Meanwhile, the variable of social globalisation showed a negative and significant influence. This study contributes to the increasing number of literatures that examine the relationship between globalisation and economic growth. The results carry significant implications for the government in the Asia-Pacific region.","PeriodicalId":218051,"journal":{"name":"Asia Pacific Journal of Advanced Business and Social Studies","volume":"60 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116255603","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":"REGIONAL INTEGRATION IN CENTRAL ASIA– A PATH TO GEOPOLITICAL AUTONOMY","authors":"Felix Ardelean","doi":"10.25275/apjabssv4i2ss8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.25275/apjabssv4i2ss8","url":null,"abstract":"The multipolar characteristic of the current system of international relations guarantees an upheaval of the classic spheres of influence which unavoidably will cause power voids at the intersections of interests between major and regional powers. Through an analysis of the various paths towards regional cooperation in Central Asia, this paper determines the possibility of the region to escape the narrow orbit of said powers and enjoy a certain degree of geopolitical autonomy. In order to succeed at fostering regional cooperation, the countries of Central Asia need to act on many levels – economic, politic, social and cultural ones, as to surpass the nationalistic fervor that rose recently as a counter-reaction to the optimistic and triumphalist globalization theory which dominated the first decades after the end of the Cold War. While it is obvious that we are not yet at the end of history, a return to local factionalism will only slow down any form of regional development. The conclusion is that while a narrow path towards Central Asia becoming a significant factor in the geopolitical game exists, the challenges stemming from internal politics, ethnic divisions and external powers meddling in the area will be too difficult to overcome in the near future.","PeriodicalId":218051,"journal":{"name":"Asia Pacific Journal of Advanced Business and Social Studies","volume":"96 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122543898","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":"LEADERSHIP TRIANGLE FRAMEWORK","authors":"","doi":"10.25275/apjabssv4i2bus7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.25275/apjabssv4i2bus7","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":218051,"journal":{"name":"Asia Pacific Journal of Advanced Business and Social Studies","volume":"42 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126966621","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":"AMNESTY FOR COUP PERPETRATORS IN FIJI: CREATING PEACE OR POTENTIAL FOR FUTURE CONFLICT","authors":"N. Khan","doi":"10.25275/apjabssv4i2ss4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.25275/apjabssv4i2ss4","url":null,"abstract":"In many countries that have experienced coups d’etat, the coup executors, particularly senior ranking personnel of the state military, granted themselves some form of amnesty and/or impunity from prosecution. While this is effective in achieving short-term peace, sustainable \u0000peace remains elusive. This paper challenges the issues surrounding the question of amnesty within such settings, and considers the significance of this neglect. Additionally, most studies do not address the issue of amnesty and impunity for political crimes as the international focus tends to be mostly on gross violation of human rights. However, conflicts in most small island \u0000developing states (SIDS) do not reach the intensity to produce such gross violations of human rights though evidence shows that these conflicts can be equally costly to the country (Chauvet, et al, 2010, p. 976).","PeriodicalId":218051,"journal":{"name":"Asia Pacific Journal of Advanced Business and Social Studies","volume":"4 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122031271","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":"WEB DESIGN OPTIMIZATION: FOR ONLINE STORES","authors":"Seungjo Lee","doi":"10.25275/apjabssv4i2bus11","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.25275/apjabssv4i2bus11","url":null,"abstract":"The purpose of this study is web design optimization, finding the most optimized user interface (UI) for online stores. From previous researches, we believe that consumers’ perceived values of the products they shop, and their actual purchase intentions are significantly affected by web design factors – colour of the background, placement of the product image on its product page, length of the page, and much more (Kim et al., 2003). To extend such study, we conducted a survey research on whether and how different categories of products should be placed on different positions of the web page (right vs. left; top vs. down; scroll vs. button-click page turn) to maximize customers’ perceived product values and to increase their purchases. To conduct the survey, we used both online and offline survey channels (but with the same survey questionnaire and design). To look for and control possible cross-cultural variations in people’s preferences over this online product placement and web design, we also collected each respondent’s cultural demographic backgrounds nationalities, languages, ages, majors. The survey consists of three different studies, all 2 by 2 models and responses on 7-point Likert scales. We have conducted a series of surveys on undergraduate and graduate students from various cultural and demographic backgrounds and have statistically analysed this set of data using Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) and logistic regressions. The survey was conducted three times, from 2016 to 2017. The results have supported majority of our hypothesis: as one, the perceived price of a product is higher when displayed on the right, and this significantly increases their purchase intentions. Such positive relationship is mediated by the percentage difference between the perceived price and the actual price of that product. We believe this study has made additional contributions on this area of academic researches product placement and purchase intentions and that the findings from here can provide some meaningful implications to the practitioners in improving their product pages to enhance online consumers’ shopping experience and increase sales.","PeriodicalId":218051,"journal":{"name":"Asia Pacific Journal of Advanced Business and Social Studies","volume":"81 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132966599","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":"COST EFFECTIVENESS OF PRE-HARVEST TECHNOLOGIES AND THEIR ADAPTABILITY AMONG SMALLHOLDER VEGETABLE FARMERS IN SRI LANKA","authors":"S. Thrikawala, H. Weerahewa","doi":"10.25275/apjabssv4i2ss2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.25275/apjabssv4i2ss2","url":null,"abstract":"Agriculture has changed intensely over the past years. It has succeeded in reducing food costs (through technology and labour reduction), meeting the demand for increasing population and year round production. Technology has played a major part in these developments despite some environmental and social issues. However adoption of technologies in the developing world occurs at very slow pace and Sri Lanka is not an exception. As a result of series of experiments conducted, an application of extra doses of potassium fertilizer and half burnt rice hull were found to be effective in controlling postharvest losses of vegetables. This study attempted to investigate the cost effectiveness of these pre-harvest technologies and to study the factors affecting the adaptation of new technologies by the vegetable farmers. Net marginal revenues were calculated using the data obtained from the field experiments conducted at different locations using the custom rates and the subsidized prices of fertilizer. A structured questionnaire survey was conducted during the month of April 2017 in administrative divisions of NuwaraEliya district in Sri Lanka. A binomial logit regression model was employed to analyse the data. The cost analysis shows that both technologies are cost effective. The survey results show that despite irrigation and integrated pest management (IPM) technologies other technologies are well received by the farmers. It is revealed that most farmers are well aware of new varieties introduced and adhering to the recommendation of fertilizers by the Department of Agriculture. The results of the logit regressions show that application of extra doses of potassium and application of silicon as half burnt rice hull, as new technologies, are significantly affected by the income, experience in farming and the availability of credits. This study implies that extension services are needed in IPM and irrigation techniques.","PeriodicalId":218051,"journal":{"name":"Asia Pacific Journal of Advanced Business and Social Studies","volume":"25 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130013303","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":"DOES FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT AFFECT INCOME INEQUALITY? A THRESHOLD REGRESSION ANALYSIS IN VIETNAM","authors":"T. Nguyen","doi":"10.25275/apjabssv4i2bus2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.25275/apjabssv4i2bus2","url":null,"abstract":"The benefits of FDI consist of being as an important source of capital, contributing to employment, transferring technology, increasing competition and generating spillover effects to domestic companies. However, the literature on equality argued that while FDI may bring many benefits to the host economy, it does not mean that everyone in the country could benefit in the same way. According to Figini & Gorg (2011); Herzer & Nunnenkamp (2011); Kyriacou & RocaSagales (2012), the growth of host economies and FDI inflows have been widening the income gap between rich and poor segments of population, between high and low skilled labours, which leads to the increase in income inequality. This paper aims to explore the relationship between FDI and income inequality in Vietnam using Panel Threshold Regression for a recent period (2006-2015), and examine the existence of FDI threshold(s) at which the impact of FDI on income inequality is minimal. By using a panel data of cities and provinces in Vietnam in the period of 2006 – 2015, this paper examines the relationship between regional income inequality and FDI growth using fixed effect threshold model developed by Hansen (1999). The findings indicate that FDI directly has a negative effect on income equality. Furthermore, the results show that FDI can influence on inequality indirectly through its impact on GDP. We found strong evidence that there are two threshold levels of FDI in the regression relationship. They are 4.38% and 11.96% of GDP with asymptotic 95% confidence interval. These thresholds divide the observations into three regimes, in which the relationship between GDP and inequality has an inverted U-shape. This finding is consistent with the previous studies on other countries such as Figini & Gorg (2011) and Kyriacou & Roca-Sagales (2012). It implies the tradeoffs of the country when trying to attract FDI. The fact in Vietnam shows that the competition among regional governments for the inward FDI generally deepens the gap between the rich and poor resource regions in the country. In the context that Vietnam has been putting so much efforts to attract FDI, this is a warning of an increase in region income inequality in the near future.","PeriodicalId":218051,"journal":{"name":"Asia Pacific Journal of Advanced Business and Social Studies","volume":"10 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133658388","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":"SAVING FAMILY BUSINESS SUPPLIERS OF KEIRETSUS","authors":"S. Banerjee","doi":"10.25275/apjabssv4i2bus6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.25275/apjabssv4i2bus6","url":null,"abstract":"The Institutionalized business culture of a country exerts a strong influence on the executive and strategic directions of a multinational corporation (MNC). On the other hand, the MEs (medium sized enterprises) are also responsible towards the growth of a MNC, especially in the national business market and generally in the international platform. We study the tensions arising due to the inevitable globalization of the MEs. The impact of globalization is felt within the traditional institutionalized business culture of MEs (in Asia) and as a result, on the national business system. Particularly, this study examines the current situation of Japanese family businesses, which are small and medium sized suppliers to keiretsus, the large Japanese enterprises. The post-second world war success of the Japanese economic system is analyzed followed by its current collaboration with suppliers, which are tied to specific large Keiretsu enterprises as a sole supporter. We show how the lack of adaptation with the fast changing demands of globalization is causing the failure of keiretsu enterprises, like Toshiba, Canon etc. and thereby, affecting the fate of their suppliers. In comparison, we specifically look into the case of Germany, which was also decimated after the Second World War and subsequently bounced back with a very successful economic system. In particular, we argue that the German Mittelstand can serve as an example of leading innovation and global niche market dominance, in contrast to the MEs tied to local enterprises. Through this comparative study approach between the German Mittelstand and Japanese Keiretsus, we suggest what the Japanese policy makers may have to engage in globalization and resolving issues of succession that plague family enterprises.","PeriodicalId":218051,"journal":{"name":"Asia Pacific Journal of Advanced Business and Social Studies","volume":"8 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115368063","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":"EXPERIENCE AND FAMILIARITY’S ROLE IN THE DIFFUSION OF PHOTOVOLTAIC TECHNOLOGIES","authors":"","doi":"10.25275/apjabssv4i2bus5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.25275/apjabssv4i2bus5","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":218051,"journal":{"name":"Asia Pacific Journal of Advanced Business and Social Studies","volume":"66 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124928071","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":"DETERMINANTS OF LIFE INSURANCE DEMAND: EVIDENCES FROM INDIA","authors":"Ganesh Dash","doi":"10.25275/apjabssv4i2bus10","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.25275/apjabssv4i2bus10","url":null,"abstract":"PostIRDA Indian life insurance sector has become highly competitive and innovative. Every life insurer is trying to find out those demographic and socio-economic characteristics of the potential customers responsible for influencing their decisions to buy a life insurance policy. This study has discussed numerous variables associated with the customers such as: age, gender, marital status, occupation, education, family size and annual income and their impact on their buying behaviours. It also included residing locality, selling company and annual premium amount (price) along with these variables. The study was conducted in rural Odisha with a sample of more than 400 life insurance policy holders. To find out significant variations and relationships among these different categories, one-way ANOVA test and correlation analysis was applied. Further, factor analysis (EFA and CFA) and linear multiple regression were used to find out significance. This study is going to help the life insurers understand the various factors involved in influencing the prospective customers to choose a policy.","PeriodicalId":218051,"journal":{"name":"Asia Pacific Journal of Advanced Business and Social Studies","volume":"6 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129656556","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}