Stefan Nertinger, Klaus Frick, Chalid E. El-Ashker
{"title":"How To Predict A Pop-Up Store – Developing A Data Based Framework For Digitizing The Location Choice Process And Prototyping At The Case Of St. Gallen (Ch)","authors":"Stefan Nertinger, Klaus Frick, Chalid E. El-Ashker","doi":"10.19030/jabr.v38i2.10412","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.19030/jabr.v38i2.10412","url":null,"abstract":"We target identifying the needs for the fulfillment of location factors of pop-up retailers being determined by their core motivations and retail sector affiliation. We undertake to do both, to qualify, and to quantify their needs to gain at end of the day a profound description of various pop-up retail patterns. Through the use of a mixed-methods approach containing qualitative research through conducting interviews and qualitative content analysis as well as quantitative fulfillment of location factors through data analysis of multiple location data sources like Open Street Map, we try to gain first indications towards a deeper understanding of pop-up location decisions as well as to validate our hypothesis of the existence of pop-up retail patterns. We were able to validate three retail patterns through our qualitative research. Furthermore, we saw differences reflecting the particular motivations of running the ephemeral retail project. Despite our small shown sample of quantitative data for St. Gallen, we figured out the first indications that store density is a suitable indicator to understand pop-up retailers’ locations’ decisions. Nevertheless, there is a need to continue research in both terms, more quantitative data like footfall and financial transactions (turnovers) as well as bigger, more representative samples. Within the undertaken literature review we saw a lack of research in gaining a deeper understanding of the nature of pop-up retail in terms of location needs and how location decisions are made. We present results that may deal as a foundation for upcoming research. Moreover, we contribute to the state of research in patterns of retail location choice through a data-driven approach, which presents reasonable insights into the field of location intelligence of temporary retail.","PeriodicalId":366083,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Applied Business Research (JABR)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131100384","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":"Owners Of Korean Conglomerates And Corporate Investment","authors":"Si Hyung Yang, Sang-Gyung Jun","doi":"10.19030/jabr.v38i1.10410","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.19030/jabr.v38i1.10410","url":null,"abstract":"We investigate whether Korean chaebol owner’s personal features affect corporate investment or not, for they have a unique governance system controlled by one powerful owner. With this governance, the impact of personal characteristics on major corporate decisions can be tested more clearly. We used the aggregate financial statement to measure chaebol’s financial performances in a more reasonable way as well. Our study shows a few noticeable results. Aggregate financial performances of chaebols are different from those of individual companies. Owner’s personal features affect corporate decision makings in Korean chaebols. Especially, chaebols under succession process invest less than others, preferring more conservative approaches for succession.","PeriodicalId":366083,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Applied Business Research (JABR)","volume":"14 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129372526","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 Informal Communication On Corporate Creative Performance","authors":"Jooyeon Park","doi":"10.19030/jabr.v38i1.10411","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.19030/jabr.v38i1.10411","url":null,"abstract":"Creativity is crucial to the performance of R&D teams. Since the creative work, the team needs to connect and integrate the opinions of multiple employees the team’s relation is a crucial determinant of creative performance. The purpose of this study is to identify the effects of informal communication on organizational creativity. In this study, informal communication is divided into mentoring or coaching system and learning organization. An empirical analysis of this study found that team creativity requires informal communication. In addition, research has shown that positive effect of mentoring or coaching on creative performance was clearer when firm size was large. Finally, mentoring or coaching has a positive impact on creative performance as the employee ability is higher. The results of this study provide implications for strategies to enhance organizational creativity by demonstrating that informal communication has a significant relationship with organizational creativity.","PeriodicalId":366083,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Applied Business Research (JABR)","volume":"52 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128727762","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":"Executive Education, Gender, And Firm Performance: Evidence From China","authors":"Eunho Cho, Yuan Yuan","doi":"10.19030/jabr.v37i6.10394","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.19030/jabr.v37i6.10394","url":null,"abstract":"We explore the relationship between the education and gender of executives and firm performance using mainland China firm data. We find that executive education is positively associated with a firm’s market performance. However, this positive relationship is not moderated by executives’ gender. Our research result is consistent with the existing literature that firm market value increases with executive education, and that executive gender does not matter in terms of the relationship between higher education and firm performance.","PeriodicalId":366083,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Applied Business Research (JABR)","volume":"71 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121456381","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}
Maria Tsiouni, S. Aggelopoulos, A. Pavloudi, Dario Siggia
{"title":"Profiling Goat Farm Enterprises Under The Prism Of Sustainability: The Role Of Financial Ratios, Socio-Demographic Characteristics And The Waste Management In Goat Enterprises","authors":"Maria Tsiouni, S. Aggelopoulos, A. Pavloudi, Dario Siggia","doi":"10.19030/jabr.v37i6.10397","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.19030/jabr.v37i6.10397","url":null,"abstract":"Sustainable livestock farming is a hot issue worldwide. Last decade there is an intense transformation that affect all aspects of the sector like economic, social and environmental. This transformation has to deal with the increasing market globalization, the changes in Common Agriculture Policy and the new social awareness in environmental issues. The aim of this study is to profile and classify goat farms according to their performance using farm-level data that concerns economic, social and environmental sustainability. A combination of multivariate analysis techniques, such as Principal Component Analysis and Cluster Analysis were developed for the aggregation of synthetic indicators and for the creation of farm typologies. According to results, Greek goat farming achieves a low performance in almost all pillars of sustainability, but if the sector adopt sustainable practices there is the margin to become more elastic and competitive.","PeriodicalId":366083,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Applied Business Research (JABR)","volume":"28 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126521418","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":"Working Condition On Employee Quality Of Life Outcome: Perspectives From Pandemic COVID-19","authors":"Senen Machmud, I. Sidharta","doi":"10.19030/jabr.v37i6.10396","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.19030/jabr.v37i6.10396","url":null,"abstract":"During the COVID-19 Pandemic, there were changes in work patterns such as work from home. The impact of the change in work from home patterns needs to be of concern to the organization. Working conditions that are not conducive to overcoming these changes in work patterns can lead to deviance in employee behavior due to mental health. This study investigates the effect of working conditions on the quality of life of employees. The research method used a survey approach with non-parametric analysis techniques. It is testing using a sample of 201 employees of respondents with a simple random sampling technique in local governments that handle transportation problems in West Bandung regency. The results indicated a significant influence of the work environment on the quality of life of employees. This result indicates that the presence of a work environment that is less conducive has a significant impact on the quality of life of employees, as indicated by the presence of anxiety and depression. The research implication shows that it is necessary to minimize existing work-related mental health by managing an efficient work environment.","PeriodicalId":366083,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Applied Business Research (JABR)","volume":"24 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115225946","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":"Bank Capital Adequacy: The Impact Of Fundamental And Regulatory Factors In A Developing Country","authors":"Marwan Alzoubi","doi":"10.19030/jabr.v37i6.10395","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.19030/jabr.v37i6.10395","url":null,"abstract":"This paper provides evidence that the overcapitalized banks are much more sensitive to fundamental factors rather than to the regulatory requirements such the Basle’s Accord requirements, which raises the question of whether Basel’s limits are sufficient to minimize financial crises. Also, keeping buffers against falling below the minimum requirements appear to be of second order importance. Three fundamental factors affect capital adequacy in Jordan; risk, return and activity. Risk indicators drive the capital adequacy ratios downward. Return on average assets (ROAA) has the biggest impact among all factors, banks fuel their capital internally following the pecking order theory, and they also raise capital whenever their activities (loan to asset ratio) improve. Return on average equity (ROAE) is a cost factor; banks avoid issuing capital whenever cost of common equity is high. This paper also provides evidence that systematically important banks hold less capital, a sign of moral hazard.","PeriodicalId":366083,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Applied Business Research (JABR)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121281799","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 Communication Between External Auditors And Those Charged With Governance Positively Affect Corporate Social Responsibility? Evidence From Korea","authors":"Yujin Kim, Jiyeun Hong, J. An","doi":"10.19030/jabr.v37i6.10398","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.19030/jabr.v37i6.10398","url":null,"abstract":"We examine the effect of communication between external auditors and those charged with governance has on corporate social responsibility (CSR), focusing on amendment of the Act on External Audit of Stock Companies of Korea which emphasizes communication. We find that higher frequency of communication increases CSR, with faceto- face meetings having a stronger positive effect than text-based. This finding emphasizes the need for auditors to actively communicate face-to-face with those charged with governance, as this will increase the auditors’ accurate grasp of the firm and improve the quality of the audit services and financial reporting, leading to improved CSR.","PeriodicalId":366083,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Applied Business Research (JABR)","volume":"154 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122500476","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":"Audit Quality And Earnings Management: Evidence From Shanghai Stock Market In China","authors":"C. Rhee, Hyun-Jae Rhee, Zhenbo Li","doi":"10.19030/jabr.v37i5.10380","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.19030/jabr.v37i5.10380","url":null,"abstract":"The prior studies report that the global big4 audit firms (Big4) generally provide higher quality audit services compared to the local audit firms, but inconsistent result on audit quality of the Big4 audit firms was observed in the Chinese stock market. We believe that it may be not appropriate to distinguish high or low audit quality as separating the Big4 and non-Big4 because the market share of the Big4 and non-Big4 on Shanghai stock market is considerably lower than that of other countries. Therefore, we use the measure of Chinese big10 audit firms (Big10) as higher audit quality and examine the association with the level of earnings management using the sample of Shanghai Stock Market listed companies in China. From the empirical tests, we find that the Big10 provide better audit service to prevent their clients’ earnings management than non-Big10 audit firms. The finding of this study demonstrates the Big10 provide differentiated audit service from non-Big10 audit firms on Shanghai stock market in China.","PeriodicalId":366083,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Applied Business Research (JABR)","volume":"103 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126583164","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}
José Carlos González Núñez, Delfino Vargas Chanes, Liliana Raquel Ruiz Fuentes
{"title":"A Model To Measure Competitiveness In Touristic Companies In Mexico","authors":"José Carlos González Núñez, Delfino Vargas Chanes, Liliana Raquel Ruiz Fuentes","doi":"10.19030/jabr.v37i5.10384","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.19030/jabr.v37i5.10384","url":null,"abstract":"The objective of this paper is to develop a model that measures competitiveness among tourism businesses in Mexico. To that end, this research consists of three parts: the first refers to the theoretical framework to define the competitiveness of a tourism company and proposes a theoretical business competitiveness model; the second deals with the development of a questionnaire upon the theoretical model; in the third part, the questionnaire and the theoretic model are validated using factor analysis and a competitiveness index, is presented.","PeriodicalId":366083,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Applied Business Research (JABR)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129292333","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}