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{"title":"An Experimental Design on Coffee Extraction Factors Impacting the Measurable Percent of Total Dissolved Solids in Solution","authors":"Jonathan D. Walston, Daniel L. Short, M. Badar","doi":"10.1177/2319510X221136690","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/2319510X221136690","url":null,"abstract":"There are numerous techniques and technologies used in the brewing of coffee today. This study is aimed to design an umbrella experiment to examine the impacting key factors consistent across all methods of extraction. These factors were identified as: grind size, roast type, steep time, grind to water as a mass-to-mass ratio and temperature. Samples were prepared by grinding the beans, weighing the beans and adding the appropriate amount to a rectangular glass vessel. Distilled water was used. French press was selected as the brewing technique. No agitation after the addition of grind was allowed. Water was heated to initial temperature and added to the vessel and a timer was started. Upon time completion aliquots were taken and analysed using a prism-based automatic temperature compensation (ATC) refractometer. Minitab 19.2020.1 (64-bit) was used for analysis of variance and optimisation. In the initial design of experiments, the five factors were considered at different levels. Three factors found significant in impacting %TDS (total dissolved solids) were: total steep time, grind-to-water ratio and roast type. To further refine the experiments, 23 full-factorial design was conducted for these three factors. Finally, optimisation was done to determine the factor levels to produce a cup of coffee for the target %TDS of 1.26. This research found that it is best to use medium roast coffee that is ground fine with a 0.08 grind-to-water ratio, with an initial temperature of 195 Fahrenheit in a French press, and the ideal steep time is 7 min. Previous studies have focused on the extraction methods. In this study, the method of extraction has been removed as a variable. Hence, the findings are very useful for food industry.","PeriodicalId":283517,"journal":{"name":"Asia Pacific Journal of Management Research and Innovation","volume":"17 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123342574","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 Advertising in Creating Brand Equity with Reference to E-Tailers","authors":"Sarika Omkar, Shital Sainath Naikwade","doi":"10.1177/2319510X221144092","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/2319510X221144092","url":null,"abstract":"As India embraces digitisation, the number of its residents who are comfortable using the internet has grown, creating a fertile environment for the expansion of e-commerce. These webizens are gradually moving away from traditional retail outlets and toward the virtual ones. The rise of services like home delivery and fast returns has contributed greatly to this transition. Since e-commerce is becoming increasingly popular, more and more Indian businesses are entering this industry. As more and more businesses enter the e-commerce space, shoppers have a plethora of options to choose from. The online shopper has the final say in the store they do business with. The content of various e-commerce companies’ websites greatly influences the sites that consumers choose to shop from. Moreover, the rise of digitalisation has proven once again that content is king when it comes to establishing rapport with consumers. There is a greater impact on purchasing decisions when online shopping is supported by factors such as convenience, durability, low perceived risk and a high-quality product’s features and attributes. For marketers, understanding the factors that shape consumers’ decisions requires an understanding of customer behaviour. Thus, innovations in e-commerce and its business model can be liable for change in the purchasing behaviour. Let us examine the results of e-commerce on online purchasing in this article. The purpose of this research is to examine the role of advertising in the development of brands among online merchants.","PeriodicalId":283517,"journal":{"name":"Asia Pacific Journal of Management Research and Innovation","volume":"59 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124073328","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 Practice of Managerial Leadership Roles and its Effect on Building Human Resource Capability: The Case of North Wollo Zone, Amhara Region, Ethiopia","authors":"Tarekegn Dea, Temesgen Fekade Tekalign","doi":"10.1177/2319510X221148617","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/2319510X221148617","url":null,"abstract":"The purpose of this study is to describe the state of managerial leadership roles and their effect on building human resource capability in North Wollo Zone, Amhara regional state, Ethiopia. It is intended to examine to what extent leaders play significant managerial leadership roles, such as facilitation, monitoring, innovation, brokering, producing, directing, coordinating and mentoring to build value-adding human resource capability in the study area. To meet already stated objectives mixed-method research design was used. The study areas, North Wollo Zone were selected purposively. Woreda in the Zone and sectors in Woreda were selected using stratified sampling. A simple random sampling technique was applied to select study participants. The data was collected through a questionnaire, interview and document review. Both inferential statistical tools—correlation and regression, and descriptive research statistical tools—mean and percentage analysis techniques are applied to provide meaning for raw data. The findings of this study confirmed the inadequate practice of managerial leadership roles as well as building value-adding human resource capability. Managerial leadership roles and building human resource capability have a positive and strong relationship. Managerial leadership roles have a significant effect on building institutions’ human resource capability.","PeriodicalId":283517,"journal":{"name":"Asia Pacific Journal of Management Research and Innovation","volume":"29 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128124695","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":"Online Shopping Dynamics Influencing Customer: Amazon Vs. Alibaba","authors":"Saniya Mishra","doi":"10.1177/2319510X231151266","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/2319510X231151266","url":null,"abstract":"With the rapid growth of the internet and smart devices, the use of online shopping websites has exploded. People are shifting their preferences from local shopping to online shopping. Online shopping has come up with many new strategies to attract customers, make them loyal and satisfy their needs and wants. The discounts, coupon codes and many other benefits provided in online shopping make the customers loyal and satisfied. People are gravitating toward the e-commerce platform because of the ease, convenience and other advantages of online shopping. This study focuses on the online shopping dynamics influencing customers by analysing two companies, that is, Amazon and Alibaba, using quantitative methods to gather information and identify the factors affecting their buying behaviour. The data for this research has been collected by circulating Google forms on different platforms, and the responses were analysed using ANOVA and percentage analysis test. The research concluded that Amazon aspires to become so strongly rooted in people’s lives that they cannot imagine life without it. Customer loyalty and satisfaction are high, that’s why majority of customers are willing to come back again due to the good services provided by Amazon.","PeriodicalId":283517,"journal":{"name":"Asia Pacific Journal of Management Research and Innovation","volume":"18 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130216245","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":"Predictive Analysis of Air Pollution Using Machine Learning Techniques","authors":"Mohd. Afaque Israfil, Shubhang Bhatnagar, Gaurang Juneja, K. Upreti, B. Rao","doi":"10.1177/2319510X231155038","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/2319510X231155038","url":null,"abstract":"Air pollution is a major source of worry for all living things. India has one of the world’s highest levels of air pollution. Rising population, unplanned growth, increased automotive traffic, stubble burning, industrial waste, fossil fuel combustion, powerplant emissions and a variety of other causes all contribute considerably to air pollution in developing countries. Particulate matter (PM) 2.5 is the most concerning of all air pollutants since it causes major health problems in individuals. Prediction and management of air quality have therefore become critical. Several machine learning algorithms were used in this work to examine dataset results. The results of our work suggest that for future predictions, logistic regression and autoregression can be efficaciously utilised for the analysis and forecasting of levels of PM2.5 in the future. Countries can lower the prevalence of strokes, and chronic and acute respiratory illnesses such as asthma, and lung cancer by reducing air pollution levels.","PeriodicalId":283517,"journal":{"name":"Asia Pacific Journal of Management Research and Innovation","volume":"57 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114983815","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":"An Explorative Study on Problems and Challenges of Rural Entrepreneurs in Hilly Rural Areas","authors":"Ruchita Pangriya","doi":"10.1177/2319510X231155235","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/2319510X231155235","url":null,"abstract":"Rural entrepreneurship could be the solution for the problems of poverty, migration, economic disparity, unemployment and underdevelopment associated with rural areas and backward regions. Previous literature on rural entrepreneurship is mostly focused on European countries and on the USA. Some work has been done in Indian settings which is mostly focused on South India, but those results can’t be generalise for hilly districts which have a very tough geographic location. The objective of this study is to find the factors which affect rural entrepreneurship in hilly areas. Qualitative content analysis and thematic analysis were used to serve this purpose. For this study, 15 successful rural entrepreneurs were interviewed from the hilly state of Uttarakhand, India and thematic analysis was performed on their responses. Results revealed various motivating factors for rural youth to become an entrepreneur. The major problems and challenges faced by a rural entrepreneur while starting a new venture were transportation cost, lack of skilled labour, choosing a place for doing business, financial problems, etc. The results of this study might benefit the existing body of knowledge and could serve as a guide for future research in the area of rural entrepreneurship.","PeriodicalId":283517,"journal":{"name":"Asia Pacific Journal of Management Research and Innovation","volume":"108 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129607652","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":"Social Innovation for Sustainability and Social Inclusion","authors":"D. Kumar, Punam Gupta","doi":"10.1177/2319510X221144657","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/2319510X221144657","url":null,"abstract":"Companies are realising now that business is not only about selling products to rich consumers but also to serve the underserved bottom-of-the-pyramid (BOP) markets. Serving these customers calls for innovative methods. This had led to reinventing business models to expand the nature of their businesses from mere commercial motives to social ones as well; the understanding that businesses succeed if they go beyond their mandate of making profits. The future rests on three paradigm shifts taking place in BOP approaches: innovation, transformation of companies into social enterprises and technological advancements that bring products closer to BOP consumers. That is to say, companies today re-invent their business models and their very approach of doing business. Such companies stand a greater chance of success and long-term survival. This article describes the concepts of social business, social entrepreneurship and social innovation. We illustrate the concepts with mini case studies or examples of several companies that have achieved innovation in products, business models or processes to serve BOP markets. We describe efforts that solve problems of consumers who are disadvantaged because of distance, education or purchasing power. If this ‘social innovation’ betters the life of consumers, it could result in sustainability and inclusive development. The world is slowly realising that the existing business models that place importance on relentless pursuit of profits are causing immense damage to our society and environment. The objectives of business must change. Milton Friedman’s famous saying, ‘the sole purpose of a business is to generate profits for its shareholders’ is no longer accepted today as businesses find that they must cater to social objectives as well. This article describes that this can well be achieved, as illustrated by several companies who achieve both—financial profits and social good. Drawing from examples of successful initiatives, new business models are being created that provide affordable products and services for disadvantaged consumers. We have taken elements from the business models of these companies to figure out what the future looks like. These companies, we find, found solutions through an action-oriented mindset to solve long-standing problems. Firms that embrace experimentation and rapid prototyping stand to win huge new markets and profits. They invest in distribution and training of local resources, develop innovative products and processes, involve stakeholders and above all, build a social purpose in their objectives. Social innovation and social entrepreneurship shift the focus of governments and companies towards neglected or BOP consumers who are otherwise unapproachable. Examples of social innovation show that it touches the lives of millions of people, empowers them and leads to sustainability. Investments in social innovation that are both sustainable and socially inclusive are the need of the hour.","PeriodicalId":283517,"journal":{"name":"Asia Pacific Journal of Management Research and Innovation","volume":"1 3","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114031458","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 Working Capital Management on Firm’s Profitability of Automobile Sector Firms in India","authors":"M. C. Garg, Meentu","doi":"10.1177/2319510X221145249","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/2319510X221145249","url":null,"abstract":"The purpose of the article is to look into the impact of working capital management (WCM) on the profitability of Indian automobile companies. The article is based on financial data from automobile sector-listed firms in the BSE Dollex 200 from 2011 to 2020. For panel data analysis, a fixed effect model and a random effect model are used to identify the effects of WCM. Finding of this article revealed that there is a negative and significant impact of cash conversion cycle (CCC), inventory conversion period (ICP) and receivable collection period (RCP) on firm’s profitability in automobile industry in India. And highly recommended that CCC, ICP and RCP should be minimised to maximise the profitability in automobile industry in India.","PeriodicalId":283517,"journal":{"name":"Asia Pacific Journal of Management Research and Innovation","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130199855","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":"Quality in Mixed Human Resource Management Research: Evidence from Published Literature","authors":"Shedrack Mbithi Mutua","doi":"10.1177/2319510X221139397","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/2319510X221139397","url":null,"abstract":"The study focuses on several issues that affect methodological rigour of mixed research. The article aims at providing illumination and clarity on continued use of terminologies in mixed research in a confusing manner. Research paradigms should conduct from time-to-time inward introspection to ascertain quality of research papers. This article attempts to ascertain quality of published mixed research. The article investigates several dimensions of quality in mixed Human Resource Management (HRM) research and then gives recommendations to improve research practice. It dwells on ignored issues in quality of mixed research such as conceptual and theoretical framework, catapulting them to the high table of quality discourse in mixed research. As a pivotal divergence from previous studies, traceability as an integral mixed research quality dimension is given prominence. This article utilises quantitative and qualitative document review guides to collect data from published journal papers in HRM. The study found that there are areas of improvement in the conduct of mixed HRM studies and proposes a framework that can act as a guide in evaluating quality criteria. Mixed research is marginalised in HRM literature owing to the small percentage of published papers.","PeriodicalId":283517,"journal":{"name":"Asia Pacific Journal of Management Research and Innovation","volume":"6 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131940154","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":"Code of Conduct for Top Management and Board: An Exploratory Study on Indian Listed Firms","authors":"S. Subramanian, Smita Kulkarni","doi":"10.1177/2319510X221139394","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/2319510X221139394","url":null,"abstract":"In the late 2000s, the Indian market regulator made it mandatory for the listed Indian companies to have a code of conduct for the board members and the top management. However, no significant study has been done to understand the content of the code of conduct documents. This article does an exploratory analysis of the content of the listed Indian firms’ code of conduct document. We hand-collected the corporate code of ethics (CCE) documents of the top 100 listed Indian firms (excluding financial service firms) and analysed the content using a structured instrument and arrived at an index. Our analysis found that ‘conduct on behalf of the firm’ and ‘conduct against the firm’ are the parameters on which the CCE contents focused on. We found significant differences in the content CCE of Indian firms based on the controlling ownership category. However, there were no differences between the CCE content of the firms across industries.","PeriodicalId":283517,"journal":{"name":"Asia Pacific Journal of Management Research and Innovation","volume":"30 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130876009","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}