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{"title":"Dynamic Evaluation of China’s Digital Business Environment Development Based on System Dynamics","authors":"Shuyuan Shi","doi":"10.4236/ojbm.2023.116162","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4236/ojbm.2023.116162","url":null,"abstract":"Problem Definition: We propose a complex ecosystem of digital business environments. It views the digital business environment as comprising the digital economy and the business environment as key endogenous variables, as well as other influencing factors. Consideration of the coupling of the ecosystem and the feedback characteristics of mutual causation, we study the dynamic behaviour of the digital economy and the business environment during the development of the digital business environment, then make predictions and path analyses of the different stages of development of the digital business environment in the future. Methodology: Based on system dynamics, we construct a dynamic development model for the coupling of “digital economy-business environment”. We use system flow diagrams to simulate the level of development of the digital economy and business environment from 2011 to 2021. Results: We show that the strength of the coupling relationship between the key system variables directly affects the transformation of the traditional business environment. At this stage, the degree of coupling between the digital economy and the business environment is relatively weak, as evidenced by the fact that the driving effect of the digital economy on the traditional business environment is not obvious, and the traditional business environment has not been upgraded and transformed in essence. However, relying on the government to lightly push the construction of the digital economy and increase the driving force of the coupling system, the growth rate of the level of the digital economy has been greatly improved, and the degree of coupling of the digital business environment has also been gradually strengthened, which will further promote the construction of high-quality development of the regional economy.","PeriodicalId":499878,"journal":{"name":"Open Journal of Business and Management","volume":"2018 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135561532","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":"Business Formation for Christian Entrepreneurs","authors":"Dutch Mumphord H. Kendall, Sonnet M. Johnston","doi":"10.4236/ojbm.2023.116170","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4236/ojbm.2023.116170","url":null,"abstract":"One of the first and most important decisions every entrepreneur must make is their business form. The choice of business form can impact Christian entrepreneurs’ freedom in pursuing their vision for a sacred workplace. Business textbooks tend to stop with the most common forms of business organizations, but there are almost endless combinations of financial and ownership structures possible. There are alternatives available that have advantages for religious-oriented businesses, and the details matter. The purpose of this research study was to integrate the latest academic, legal, and industry literature to present options for Christian entrepreneurs, and to help them understand the tradeoffs inherent with their selection of business form. Guidance has been curated to help Christian entrepreneurs set up their new businesses in a manner commensurate with their faith goals. Much like an introductory business textbook, this study will present a list of alternative business legal structures, discussing the advantages and disadvantages of each. However, uniquely, this will be done from the perspective of a Christian entrepreneur.","PeriodicalId":499878,"journal":{"name":"Open Journal of Business and Management","volume":"5 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135705556","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 Study of the Impact of the International Student Cultural Festival on the Local Integration of International Students Visiting China: The Mediating Effect of Embodied Experience","authors":"Omarbekov Abdishukur","doi":"10.4236/ojbm.2023.115142","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4236/ojbm.2023.115142","url":null,"abstract":"Taking the visiting international students in Suicheng as the research object, this paper analyzes the impact of the International Students Festival on the local integration of the visiting international students, and at the same time introduces the embodied experience as a mediator variable, which is as follows: 1) Through empirical analysis, it is verified that the demographic attributes of the visiting international students have a partially significant impact on the three variables of the embodied experience, participation in the festival activities, and social integration. Among them, there is a significant difference in the influence of the number of visiting international students’ participation in international students’ cultural exchanges on the experience of embodiment, participation in festivals and activities, and social integration; and there is a significant difference in the influence of the time of visiting international students’ coming to China on the experience of embodiment. 2) Through theoretical and empirical analyses, it is verified that the participation of international students in festivals has a significant positive effect on local integration, which is realized through the social and emotional integration of the local community. The participation of international students in festivals has a significant positive effect on their own sexual experience; this effect is realized through the influence on the international students’ embodied experience and embodied situation. 3) The mediating effect of international students’ embodied sexual experience in the process of local integration is mediated by their participation in festivals. This mediating effect is realized through the following two ways: first, the festival activity participation of visiting international students has a significant positive effect on local social integration and emotional integration through embodied experience; second, the experience of visiting international students is that the activity participation has a significant positive effect on local social integration and emotional integration through embodied context.","PeriodicalId":499878,"journal":{"name":"Open Journal of Business and Management","volume":"11 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135798318","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":"Factors Influencing the Deployment of Local Platform Crowdfunding in Sub-Saharan Africa: Evidence from West and Central Africa Countries","authors":"Pépin Ilonga N’Kupo, Loredana Cultrera, Mélanie Croquet","doi":"10.4236/ojbm.2023.115146","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4236/ojbm.2023.115146","url":null,"abstract":"Purpose: The purpose of this study is to show why African countries, in West and Central Africa (WCA) particularly, are not able to exploit the potential of crowdfunding and maintain the activities of local platforms. Research Design and Methods: To achieve our purpose, we used the hypothetico-deductive methodology. Faced with panel data, this study uses logistic regression models (Fixed Effect, Random Effect, and Mixed Effect), covering the period 2010-2019 for twenty WCA countries (West and Central Africa). Originality and Contribution: To our knowledge, this study is among the first to explore the factors upstream of the deployment of local crowdfunding platforms, based on basic infrastructure, technological and communication innovation, education, and the legal framework and financial system. This research contributes to the current debate on the development of crowdfunding in sub-Saharan Africa as well as to the future models to be adopted so that this activity is sustainable at the local level. Findings and Results: The study points out that the infrastructure of information and communication technologies, based on the penetration of the Internet and mobile telephony, significantly influences the deployment of the national platform. Nevertheless, the basic infrastructure such as electricity and urbanization variables, a legal framework based on the business creation score, education, and the weakness of the financial development system constitute an obstacle to claiming development in long-term and sustainable local crowdfunding activities. Following these striking results, the study highlights a series of levers on which legislators in WCA countries can act to meet the crowdfunding challenges of tomorrow. Implications: By proposing three research levers, this study should promote and support the development of crowdfunding from a pedagogical point of view by emphasizing entrepreneurship and emerging technologies in education at the level of professional or university training, from the infrastructure, access to physical and digital infrastructure by emphasizing the importance of regional partnerships, creating partnerships with traditional African banks, and to prevent risks, build trust and ensure the security of investments, decision makers must establish the law on alternative finance activities (Crowdfunding, cryptocurrency).","PeriodicalId":499878,"journal":{"name":"Open Journal of Business and Management","volume":"79 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135798930","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":"Enterprise Architecture: A Comparative Analysis of Validation Semantics and Heterogeneous Model Frameworks","authors":"Joe Essien","doi":"10.4236/ojbm.2023.115109","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4236/ojbm.2023.115109","url":null,"abstract":"The advancement of Enterprise Architecture modelling techniques and the need to incorporate these models with other Information Systems collaborations require a methodology that ensures the consistency and compatibility of diverse models with shared business objectives. The fulfillment of this requirement is impeded by a notable obstacle, which is the growing intricacy of Enterprise Architecture Framework modelling tools and methodologies. Many organisations that have adopted a variety of methodologies face the difficulty of integrating models because of the existence of inconsistent and diverse modelling artefacts within an unreliable framework, which requires validation. The primary aim of this article is to conduct a comprehensive analysis of the existing methodologies for validating enterprise architecture and propose a new approach that focuses specifically on validating models. This research combines the Systematic Review research approach and meta-analysis research method to provide a systematic and comprehensive review and analysis of multiple studies and combining findings from these studies to synthesize evidence and draw definitive conclusions. The comparative analysis explores validation semantics and heterogeneous model frameworks and delves into different approaches used to validate models in the context of heterogeneous model integration. The study examines the strengths and weaknesses of various validation methods and frameworks for heterogeneous models, considering factors like accuracy, efficiency and scalability. By comparing different validation semantics and heterogeneous model frameworks, the analysis provides valuable insights into selecting appropriate techniques for effectively integrating and validating diverse models in complex systems.","PeriodicalId":499878,"journal":{"name":"Open Journal of Business and Management","volume":"12 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136258369","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":"Iraq’s Administrative and Financial Corruption: A Perspective","authors":"Saad Darwish","doi":"10.4236/ojbm.2023.116151","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4236/ojbm.2023.116151","url":null,"abstract":"Since the U.S. occupation of Iraq in 2003, ongoing political turmoil and conflicts have left Iraq in a spiral of fragile governments with weak rule of law and deep-rooted, regionally complex political interests that are difficult to handle. This situation increased the suffering which is associated with sectarianism. The risks of corruption and poor services are also prevalent. The state’s dominant position is suffering from a ruptured economy, an underdeveloped private sector, and excessive dependence on oil, with the dominance of the power of militias established for high levels of instability in the state. This paper focuses on the dangers of corruption to future generations and Iraq’s future as a state. It is evident in this study that there is a weakness in governance and the rule of parallel conduct of the militia whom their (pro-Iran) political leaders support. This has a tremendous negative impact on the economy and the ability to fight corruption. All efforts fail to place control over financial resources coupled with the weak moral commitment by the Iraqi authorities, and this problem will continue until transparent elections for a free and honest government are achieved.","PeriodicalId":499878,"journal":{"name":"Open Journal of Business and Management","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135212327","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}