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{"title":"THE IMPACT OF MACROECONOMIC FACTORS ON THE PERFORMANCE OF THE CONSTRUCTION SECTOR IN LITHUANIA","authors":"","doi":"10.38104/vadyba.2023.2.05","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.38104/vadyba.2023.2.05","url":null,"abstract":"The construction sector is closely related to the economic situation in the country. The main products of this sector are residences, business structures. Demand for these products is highest when the economic situation in the country is good, but when the economy slows down, the demand for these products also falls. This is because when the economic situation is good the population has spare money, loans are cheaper and the risk of job loss is low. This leads to an increase in the rate of growth of residential construction, as there is more demand for this product. Similarly, businesses are expanding due to increased sales, higher demand, and the resulting increase in non-residential construction. Therefore, in order to maximize the performance of the Lithuanian construction sector, it is important to keep an eye on the macroeconomic environment and to understand when the economy offers opportunities and when it brings threats. To this end, the construction sector and the macroeconomic environment are analyzed, the theory of economic cycles and the impact of macroeconomic factors on the construction sector is analyzed, and an empirical study of the impact of macroeconomic factors on the construction sector is carried out. An analysis of the scientific literature on business cycles and the main macroeconomic factors that affect the performance of the construction sector. Economic cycles are closely linked to construction performance. The boom or peak phases of the economy provide opportunities for the construction sector, while the recession and crisis phases bring threats. Understanding potential threats or opportunities maximizes performance, and this understanding requires an analysis of macroeconomic factors. Therefore, the main macroeconomic factors to be taken into account when analyzing both the changes in economic cycles and the factors that directly affect the construction sector are identified. The main factors identified are: aggregate demand, employment levels, corporate profits, import levels, interest rates, gross domestic product. However, it is also very important to analyze the existence of a real estate bubble, especially in the construction sector. An empirical study has been carried out to analyze the relationship between the identified macroeconomic factors and the construction sector in Lithuania. For this purpose, the Eviews software is used to construct a correlation matrix, regression models, find the elasticity coefficient and forecast.","PeriodicalId":486894,"journal":{"name":"Vadyba","volume":"42 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135368619","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":"PRODUCT QUALITY (PQ) IDENTIFICATION IN MANUFACTURING COMPANIES: THE PERSPECTIVE OF MANAGERS AND EXECUTIVES","authors":"","doi":"10.38104/vadyba.2023.2.02","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.38104/vadyba.2023.2.02","url":null,"abstract":"Pursuing quality as one of the main goals of a competitive manufacturing company is very important. The quantity of features and characteristics of a product reflects its quality. One of the most important aspects is that managers and executors (team members) must understand the importance of quality and know what factors affect it and what solutions take place with identified problems. Based on the identification of product quality from the point of view of managers and executives, problems are identified, and solutions are provided to change the situation. If they do not have a common understanding of product quality issues, the situation in production only worsens. Decision-making often requires access to real-time data, analytics, and resources that are typically managed by relevant departments or MANAGERS. Expected, that EXECUTORS follow established procedures and report issues to their MANAGERS. Organizations must empower their frontline employees with the authority and training to make decisions related to equipment operation and maintenance. The results of the Exploratory research revealed that the work of managers and executives with product quality has a lot of disadvantages. The general perspective of managers and executors in solving product quality problems and making decisions to eliminate them include a shared understanding of quality standards, effective communication, data-driven decision-making, empowerment, a commitment to continuous improvement, problem-solving skills, resource allocation, risk management, ongoing training, customer focus, and documentation. Organizations must empower their frontline employees with the authority and training to make decisions related to equipment operation and maintenance. In such cases, EXECUTORS are expected to exercise their judgment and expertise to keep operations running smoothly. The general perspective of managers and executors in solving product quality problems and making decisions to eliminate them include a shared understanding of quality standards, effective communication, data-driven decision-making, empowerment, a commitment to continuous improvement, problem-solving skills, resource allocation, risk management, ongoing training, customer focus, and documentation. By working collaboratively and emphasizing these factors, organizations can effectively address and prevent quality issues.","PeriodicalId":486894,"journal":{"name":"Vadyba","volume":"62 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135369892","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 INVESTIGATION BLOCKCHAIN TECHNOLOGY ON ENTERPRISE OPERATIONAL CAPABILITIES: A META-ANALYSIS APPROACH","authors":"","doi":"10.38104/vadyba.2023.2.04","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.38104/vadyba.2023.2.04","url":null,"abstract":"Blockchain technology, a brand-new category of disruptive internet technology, is frequently employed by businesses as a technological aid to enhance production procedures and reduce spending. In this paper, we will examine the effects of blockchain technology on business operations, as well as their advantages for internal business processes and their effects on external business collaboration. An examination of the literature revealed that it has largely ignored the link between blockchain technology and corporate operational capabilities based on actual data, focusing instead solely on the business process modelling and technology design process of a blockchain-based solution. As a result, this paper gathers information from African businesses that are either preparing to implement blockchain technology or already have. Quantitative analysis of the data was done. The findings indicate that one of the key driving forces for the adoption of blockchain technology is the growth of the enterprise asset scale. Additionally, this study demonstrates how implementing blockchain technology improves asset rotation rates and lowers sales expense rates. However, the adoption of blockchain technology is one of the key business choices, which is influenced by a number of significant elements, including the manager's style, the structure of human resources, and the external policy framework, in addition to the development circumstances and stage of the firm. This paper offers some helpful recommendations for developing blockchain initiatives in the future based on the findings of theoretical and empirical investigation.","PeriodicalId":486894,"journal":{"name":"Vadyba","volume":"159 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135368617","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":"SOME CHALLENGES TO FINANCIAL STABILITY DURING THE ECONOMIC DOWNTURN","authors":"","doi":"10.38104/vadyba.2023.2.01","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.38104/vadyba.2023.2.01","url":null,"abstract":"Financial stability issues, arising during the COVID-19 pandemic and the ongoing conflict in Ukraine, have affected the problems of financial market instability: interest rates of commercial banks started to rise, inflation increased, affecting consumer solvency issues, the need for bank financing and investment opportunities decreased, part of the staff was lost, labour supply decreased, productivity declined due to emerging economic stabilisation problems. Financial stability cannot be achieved without effective operation of the financial system, which is explored in this article, based on the evaluation models of financial stability. These models illustrate the integral relationship between the impact of individual factors and the effects on the interest rates of commercial institutions, the impact of interest rates on household financing, and the assessment of the interaction between interest rates and inflation. The assessment of financial stability takes into account the performance, liquidity, solvency, and evaluation of adverse conditions of banks as financial institutions.","PeriodicalId":486894,"journal":{"name":"Vadyba","volume":"18 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135369898","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 ORGANIZATIONAL PARTNERSHIP IN HEALTH TOURISM","authors":"","doi":"10.38104/vadyba.2023.2.13","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.38104/vadyba.2023.2.13","url":null,"abstract":"The mechanism of organizational partnership is a complex process. In the scientific literature, there are factors that can influence the existence of an effective organizational partnership. These factors are usually associated with power relations established between stakeholders; not finding a common vision; different and sometimes competing interests; lack of dialogue and leadership and different communication styles and culture etc. The authors formulate the purpose of the research - to identify opportunities for improving regional partnership in the health tourism industry during the expert evaluation. The authors of the article assume that regional partnership management is initiated by applying and creating various instruments. The role of the state in initiating regional cooperation (e.g. in the health tourism industry, using the available resources of each region to create health and wellness services) and the importance of the regional management of the region itself, in organizing cooperation and networking, identifying and involving significant actors, is emphasized. In order to determine the effectiveness of regional cooperation, efforts towards the goal of movement, and the allocation of resources, it is useful to carry out evaluations.","PeriodicalId":486894,"journal":{"name":"Vadyba","volume":"64 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135368618","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 RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TORRENTING AND STREAMING SERVICES","authors":"","doi":"10.38104/vadyba.2023.2.14","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.38104/vadyba.2023.2.14","url":null,"abstract":"The basic question of this research is for what reason and in what proportion Hungarian users choose torrenting, streaming, or possibly both methods to access online content. An important question is also what advantages and disadvantages are attributed to different content access options, but the research also provides information regarding consumption services related to different content (films, series, music and games). On the one hand, the research presents the relationship between torrent and streaming services in the Hungarian online marketplace, as well as a general survey of the market reorganization between torrent users and streaming service users. According to the traditional procedure, after the secondary research, the survey continued with qualitative and then quantitative research, mainly in relation to persons between the ages of 18-30. During the qualitative research, the interviews were conducted one by one. The questionnaire contained two types of questions, one focused on those who chose the streaming service, and the other on those who chose torrenting. The quantitative research was done using the Google system. The main topics of the questions focused on the consumption of different contents and the assessment of advantages and disadvantages. The research revealed that the respondents in Hungary consider streaming services to be overpriced, and in this context, they are not satisfied with the price of the service and, in this context, with the range. The majority of respondents do not use streaming services for music. HBO Go is the most used online service for watching movies and series, presumably because of its distribution linked to the TV service. In the gaming industry, Steam 's service enjoys outstanding support among consumers, but it can be observed that new entrants can easily gain a lot of recognition in this sector. The respondents see torrenting as a kind of guarantee before buying, as they can try the given product, on the basis of which they can decide whether the purchase is worth it for them. This research provides a kind of basis in the future, so that the streaming service market can more easily adapt to Hungarian market conditions through other research, so that the needs of domestic consumers can be served more easily.","PeriodicalId":486894,"journal":{"name":"Vadyba","volume":"23 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135368616","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":"HUMAN AWARENESS TO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION IN SMALL ISLANDS DEVELOPING STATES (SIDS): THE MAURITIAN CASE STUDY","authors":"","doi":"10.38104/vadyba.2023.2.09","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.38104/vadyba.2023.2.09","url":null,"abstract":"This contextualised paper deals with environmental protection to enhance socio-economic development in SIDS with particular reference to the small Republic of Mauritius. With the relevant legal and regulatory framework it investigates environmental protection in SIDS with particular attention drawn to the small Republic of Mauritius and its huge Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) in the Indian Ocean, and its blue economy would generate trillion of dollars provided the EEZ is not over-exploited otherwise mankind would pay it in a very costly way. The Republic of Mauritius is also a very interesting case study because the Mauritius and its legal system inherited both French Civil Law (1715-1810) and English Common Law (1810-1968) during its two successive colonisation with a written Constitution 1968 which has no provision on the right to protection of the environment and the Mauritian legislator has neither reacted promptly to implement same in the Constitution 1968 compared to other Small Island Developing States (Maldives, Seychelles) albeit there is a plethora of legislations and regulations to protect the environment in a country where there is room for improvement in various key sectors for its socio-economic development and to protect the island against nature’s wrath, droughts, food and water insecurity. However, with the exploitation of petrol and oil for exploitation, activists and human rights fighters found that there might be an impact both in its green and blue economy provoking nature’s wrath with tsun amis, volcanoes or cyclones which are becoming more frequent in the Indian Ocean. It is time to react fast and promptly and this paper might enlighten a little more of human’s irresponsibility.","PeriodicalId":486894,"journal":{"name":"Vadyba","volume":"22 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135369895","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":"ECOLOGICAL TRAITS AND ORGANIC PRODUCTS CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR OF OLDER ADOLESCENTS","authors":"","doi":"10.38104/vadyba.2023.2.11","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.38104/vadyba.2023.2.11","url":null,"abstract":"This research determines and measures factors affecting the consumption of organic products among older adolescents in Lithuania. Previous studies discuss factors were grouped into personal and functional factors according to their impact on the attitude of ecologically conscious older adolescents. Personal factors are explained as the user's personal experience, internal qualities, and personality traits. The study showed that consumers' positive attitude towards organic products is shaped by consumers' personal motivation and available ecological knowledge. Consumers' ecological knowledge is also considered to be one of the essential factors in shaping the positive attitude of ecologically conscious consumers towards organic products. As society faces ecological challenges and searches for solutions to the problem, environmental friendliness and ecologically conscious consumers are increasingly emphasized. Consumers are encouraged to change their attitude towards organic products and to change their purchasing behaviour. However, it is noticeable that emphasizing ecological problems and increasing the assortment of organic products does not encourage consumers to change their consumption habits and purchasing behaviour, therefore, in order to understand what motivates consumers to use organic products, researchers began to analyse the factors that determine the consumption of organic products. Based on recent literature review in this area, three main factors were identified for detailed analysis in this research, which includes ecological awareness, ecological concern, and social norms of older adolescence in Lithuania. Based on the literature review discussion, this research formulates the following objectives and hypotheses for empirical analysis. Using a survey research methodology, data were collected from adolescence across Lithuania and 421 samples were finalized for analysis upon data cleaning and validation. Data was analysed using SPSS software for descriptive analysis and hypothesis testing. Result reveal that both ecological awareness and ecological concerns of older adolescents in Lithuania are strong predictors of their intention to purchase organic products. While personal norms though had some association in descriptive analysis with purchase behaviour, did not show statistical significance in impacting organic products purchase intention. Therefore, the concept of ecologically conscious adolescents consists of the consumer's ecological awareness, whereby the consumer evaluates his/her needs, behaviour and its impact on the environment when purchasing products. Based on this finding it can be stated that there is an influence of the attitudes of ecologically conscious consumers on their intention to buy organic products. Therefore, future researchers may focus more on understanding factors that contribute and promote the development of ecologically conscious consumers in the country. Also it is possible to look into consumer att","PeriodicalId":486894,"journal":{"name":"Vadyba","volume":"48 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135369896","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":"STRENGTHENING SOCIAL COHESION OF LOCAL, REFUGEE AND MIGRANT YOUNG PEOPLE","authors":"","doi":"10.38104/vadyba.2023.2.08","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.38104/vadyba.2023.2.08","url":null,"abstract":"Migration has been a part of human experience from the earliest days of civilization. Today cross-border movements are characterized by their diversity, as there are no typical characteristics, their legal statuses, and their circumstances and prospects. The millions of refugees worldwide live in a high - income countries, but the majority still are hosted by the low – and middle-income countries. Thought more than 90% of migrations in the world have taken place for employment purpose, youth including students chooses migration also for educational, administrative, social and cultural aspects. The European Union (EU) faces challenges that effects its persistence, including the revival of national populism in many EU members and studies have shown that individuals with immigration histories identify less strongly with Europe, such aspect must be taken into account, because the citizens and their identities are vital for European cohesion. Successful integration benefits both migrants and destination societies, but there are various triggers, which can effect affect the relations toward emigrants, like the pandemic or convivial attitude toward emigrants. Psychological and socio-cultural adaption of refugees are strongly influenced economic concerns, pre-migration expectations, religion and other factors. Settlement in a new country can be challenging process for refugees in general, and for unaccompanied minors in particular. Based on the current situation, a project on “Strengthening social cohesion and capacity of local, refugee and migrant young people by creating STEM/STEAM areas\" funded by the Erasmus+ programme was developed with 6 partner institutions from Turkey, Greece, Italy, Spain, Portugal and Lithuania. The activities and workshops carried out during the project with the participants inspired the development of a research study. This article aims to research the aspects and possibilities to strengthen the social cohesion and capacity of local refugee and migrant young people. Quantitative research included respondents by country of origin from Asia: Iraq, Syria, Turkey and Afghanistan. Analysing the results the hypotheses were tested assuming the differences between opinion of men and women and between respondents grouped by age. The findings of this research can be used to minimize factors that undermine favourable levels of psychological and socio-cultural adaptation and promote factors that facilitate strengthening social cohesion and capacity of local, refugee and migrant young people.","PeriodicalId":486894,"journal":{"name":"Vadyba","volume":"57 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135368620","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":"DOMESTIC VIOLENCE: THE PERSPECTIVE OF POLICE OFFICERS","authors":"","doi":"10.38104/vadyba.2023.2.10","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.38104/vadyba.2023.2.10","url":null,"abstract":"Domestic violence is a multifaceted issue within today’s society. Acts of violence perpetrated against individuals constitute a blatant infringement upon human rights. The majority of such instances are directed at women and children. The legal regulation of domestic violence is defined in Lithuanian and international legal acts. However, shortcomings within the legal framework concerning domestic violence hindered the effectiveness of police assistance to victims. It is of utmost significance to highlight that the new Law on Protection from Domestic Violence came into effect on July 1, 2023. This legislation has introduced a novel legal mechanism in the form of a Domestic Violence Protection Order. The legal aspect of domestic violence is examined in the scientific literature; however, it lacks analysis of the personal positions of police officers who are the first to go to the crime scene after receiving a domestic violence call. Thus, the aim of the article is to reveal the peculiarities of legal regulation of domestic violence and empirically investigate the insights from the perspective of police officers. In order to achieve this goal, the analysis of scientific literature and legal acts were used for defining the concept of domestic violence and the peculiarities of legal regulation. A written survey was conducted for the empirical investigation of police officers’ insights about domestic violence; the collected data were processed using quantitative analysis methods. The analysis has shown that domestic violence is understood as all intentional physical, mental, economic, sexual and other actions of the abuser towards the victim, if these actions violate the victim's constitutional rights and freedoms, and cause economic, physical, mental or moral damage to the victim. Police officers must respond immediately to a call of domestic violence and be the first to arrive at the crime scene. The newly adopted 15-day order restraining the abuser from the victim is a very important tool for solving the problems of domestic violence. However, as the experience of foreign countries shows, even after the adoption of appropriate laws to solve this problem, there are psychological and organizational obstacles in providing qualified assistance to victims of domestic violence. After conducting a survey of police officers, it was found that in most cases the reasons of domestic violence are alcoholism, drug addiction, unemployment and poverty. Most frequently the age of abusers is between 31-40 years; in most cases violence occurs in families after living together from 1 to 12 years. The victims of violence are mostly women. When preventing domestic violence, first of all, continuous prevention is necessary. Police officers lack psychological and practical knowledge the most when solving these issues. Police officers are not capable of solving these problems alone, the involvement of the prosecutor's office, courts, psychologists, and social workers is a","PeriodicalId":486894,"journal":{"name":"Vadyba","volume":"14 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135369891","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}