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Author-Name: Feiyan Han
Author-X-Name-First: Feiyan
Author-X-Name-Last: Han
Author-Name: Bo Li
Author-X-Name-First: Bo
Author-X-Name-Last: Li
Title: A new driver of farmers' entrepreneurial intention: findings from e-commerce poverty alleviation
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E-commerce poverty alleviation (EPA) is an emerging form in which poverty alleviation is conducted via e-commerce platforms in China. Although EPA has stimulated farmers' entrepreneurial intention, it remains unknown how to effectively promote farmers' entrepreneurial intention in the context of EPA. To mitigate this deficiency, this study examines the effect of farmers' entrepreneurial intention through the case of Shanxi Province in China. SEM is employed to study new drivers of farmers' entrepreneurial intention, including government, e-commerce platforms, farmers' perceived risk and farmers' trust in e-commerce entrepreneurship. The empirical results show that governmental support of EPA has a direct positive effect on farmers' entrepreneurial intention and positively affects farmers' trust in the e-commerce entrepreneurship. The trust and perceived risk that farmers associate with an e-commerce platform partially mediate the relationship between government support and farmers' entrepreneurial intention. E-commerce platform policies indirectly affect farmers' entrepreneurial intention. The results of this study can help local governments make appropriate policies to promote entrepreneurship among farmers.
Journal: World Review of Entrepreneurship, Management and Sustainable Development
Pages: 22-49
Issue: 1
Volume: 16
Year: 2020
Keywords: farmers' entrepreneurial intention; new driver; e-commerce poverty alleviation; government support; e-commerce platform; perceived risk.
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Author-Name: Pimolwan Katepan
Author-X-Name-First: Pimolwan
Author-X-Name-Last: Katepan
Author-Name: Thamrong Mekhora
Author-X-Name-First: Thamrong
Author-X-Name-Last: Mekhora
Author-Name: Panya Mankeb
Author-X-Name-First: Panya
Author-X-Name-Last: Mankeb
Author-Name: Teerawat Sarutayophat
Author-X-Name-First: Teerawat
Author-X-Name-Last: Sarutayophat
Title: Determinants of productivity and efficiency of okra production for export in Suphan Buri and Nakhon Pathom Provinces, Thailand
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Agriculture is the prime source of economic activities, especially in Asia. In the okra export market channels, Japan was a major importer, yet suspended all importation of okra from Thailand, according to the promulgation of the Positive List System. This study aimed to: 1) estimate one particular type of productive efficiency, viz. technical efficiency, in okra production in Thailand's Suphan Buri and Nakhon Pathom Provinces, by using a Cobb-Douglas production function for single okra output and multiple inputs. The analysis applied the Stochastic Production Frontier; 2) investigate the determinants of production efficiency by using Tobit regression. Based on data collected from 222 okra farming households in two provinces, who contracted with private companies to produce okra for export. The results revealed that the average technical efficiency of okra production among the samples in Suphan Buri and Nakhon Pathom Provinces was 81.45%. Furthermore, the results showed that okra growers' gender, age, formal years of schooling, number of family members engaged in okra production, and hired labour had positive relationships with efficiency scores. While years of experience in okra production had a negative effect.
Journal: World Review of Entrepreneurship, Management and Sustainable Development
Pages: 50-62
Issue: 1
Volume: 16
Year: 2020
Keywords: okra production; positive list system; stochastic frontier analysis; Suphan Buri Province; Tobit regression; Thailand.
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Author-Name: Rohini Sharma
Author-X-Name-First: Rohini
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Title: Impact of energy holes problem on ad-hoc routing protocols
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In the sensor networks, traffic flow usually follows many-to-one pattern and thus results in some nodes carrying more load than other nodes in the network. This may results in the conception of energy holes near the sink. Different protocols exhibits different behaviour in the occurrence of energy holes problem. This work analyses and compares the impact of energy holes on the lifespan and performance of different ad-hoc routing protocols.
Journal: World Review of Entrepreneurship, Management and Sustainable Development
Pages: 63-75
Issue: 1
Volume: 16
Year: 2020
Keywords: wireless sensor networks; WSNs ad-hoc protocols; energy holes problem; lifespan.
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Author-Name: Meenakshi Sharma
Author-X-Name-First: Meenakshi
Author-X-Name-Last: Sharma
Author-Name: Leela Rani
Author-X-Name-First: Leela
Author-X-Name-Last: Rani
Title: Environmentally sustainable consumption awareness among children: an empirical study
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Rising environmental deterioration and consequent environmental concern led to emergence of sustainability. Sustainable consumption behaviour encompasses all stages of traditional consumption {purchase, use and dispose off}, was redefined and reconceptualise to arrive at new frameworks of sustainable consumption. Within this frame work the role of education to create awareness and understanding has been widely acknowledged. With this backdrop, current study was designed to investigate awareness level of ESCB among primary school children. The current study investigates if the demographic variables have any influence on ESCB awareness. Results showed that at an overall level both gender and type of school had significant correlation with ESCB awareness levels. Gender and school type did not have significant correlation with reuse. This study has important implications for marketers, school authorities and education policymakers who can use the framework for in-depth investigation across the four phases of sustainable consumption process applicable to school children.
Journal: World Review of Entrepreneurship, Management and Sustainable Development
Pages: 76-91
Issue: 1
Volume: 16
Year: 2020
Keywords: environmentally sustainable consumption; ESC awareness; gender; school type; class.
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Author-Name: Robert M. Yawson
Author-X-Name-First: Robert M.
Author-X-Name-Last: Yawson
Author-Name: Gayle Peterson
Author-X-Name-First: Gayle
Author-X-Name-Last: Peterson
Author-Name: Ivy Johnson-Kanda
Author-X-Name-First: Ivy
Author-X-Name-Last: Johnson-Kanda
Title: Collective impact: dialogue at the interface of the colliding systems of philanthropy
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Collective impact as a collaborative effort arose from the acknowledgement that existing methods and development approaches were incapable of addressing large-scale and long-term societal problems, the so-called wicked problems. By creating a model of the ecosystem of organisations around a particular issue, a funder can understand who else is working in the same space, identify potential allies, and anticipate political or economic challenges that might arise. In a case study to assess the developmental impacts of foreign aid and developmental programs on women and children in one of the poorest districts in Ghana, we developed an approach through which collective impact can be initiated and evaluated. Through the life of Lamisi Seidu, a typical, poor, rural Ghanaian woman, we tell the symbolic story of poor women living in rural, peri-urban, and urban areas all over the world. We examine what defines collective impact, how such initiatives are structured, and the challenges in creating collective impact initiatives that achieve successes that are both long lasting and large scale. We also discuss the landscape mapping approach we developed.
Journal: World Review of Entrepreneurship, Management and Sustainable Development
Pages: 1-21
Issue: 1
Volume: 16
Year: 2020
Keywords: collaboration; collective impact; dialogue at the interface; landscape mapping; networking; storytelling; stakeholder analysis; wicked problems.
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Author-Name: Nurul Fadly Habidin
Author-X-Name-First: Nurul Fadly
Author-X-Name-Last: Habidin
Author-Name: Anis Fadzlin Mohd Zubir
Author-X-Name-First: Anis Fadzlin Mohd
Author-X-Name-Last: Zubir
Author-Name: Nursyazwani Mohd Fuzi
Author-X-Name-First: Nursyazwani Mohd
Author-X-Name-Last: Fuzi
Author-Name: Mad Ithnin Salleh
Author-X-Name-First: Mad Ithnin
Author-X-Name-Last: Salleh
Title: The relationship between sustainable manufacturing practices, lean improvement and performance
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The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between sustainable manufacturing practices, lean improvement, and performance in Malaysian automotive industry by using structural equation modelling technique. Survey questionnaires were used among 227 managers in Malaysian automotive industry. SEM technique was used to test the statistical analysis of the data required in the study. Based on the results, sustaining lean improvement is part of a mediating relationship between sustainable manufacturing practices and performance which is positive results. For this purpose, it assists academicians and researchers for sustainable manufacturing practices implementation in order to assist the automotive industry to increase lean improvement and performance.
Journal: World Review of Entrepreneurship, Management and Sustainable Development
Pages: 92-107
Issue: 1
Volume: 16
Year: 2020
Keywords: sustainable manufacturing practices; lean improvement; performance; manufacturing process; environmental management; social responsibility; continuous improvement; reliability; structural equation modelling; automotive industry.
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Author-Name: Gaurav Talan
Author-X-Name-First: Gaurav
Author-X-Name-Last: Talan
Author-Name: Gagan Deep Sharma
Author-X-Name-First: Gagan Deep
Author-X-Name-Last: Sharma
Title: From business goals to societal goals via sustainable investment: an integrative review and research agenda
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This paper questions the current perception of business goals and argues that the business goal needs to be derived out of the human goal and human program. By evaluating developments in the field of sustainable investing, the paper explores the need to broaden the base of sustainable investing by covering individuals, families, society and nature. The paper lays future research agenda for identification of businesses generating holistic value in terms of physical facilities while also maintaining harmony in relations with humans and rest of the nature. Synchronisation of business goals with human goals shall lead to real value for society as also for individuals, families and the nature. By bringing together inter-disciplinary ideas about human goals, business goals and investments, the paper sets-up a concrete research agenda for future works in the area of sustainable investment.
Journal: World Review of Entrepreneurship, Management and Sustainable Development
Pages: 108-124
Issue: 1
Volume: 16
Year: 2020
Keywords: sustainable investing; environment; society and governance; ESG; corporate social performance; CSP; business goal; human goal; human program; stakeholders; holistic value; harmony.
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Author-Name: Masoud Moradi
Author-X-Name-First: Masoud
Author-X-Name-Last: Moradi
Author-Name: Narges Imanipour
Author-X-Name-First: Narges
Author-X-Name-Last: Imanipour
Author-Name: Zahra Arasti
Author-X-Name-First: Zahra
Author-X-Name-Last: Arasti
Author-Name: Reza Mohammadkazemi
Author-X-Name-First: Reza
Author-X-Name-Last: Mohammadkazemi
Title: Poverty and entrepreneurship: a systematic review of poverty-related issues discussed in entrepreneurship literature
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Poverty is an ever-increasing economic problem and a number of theorists have introduced entrepreneurship as a solution to poverty. However, a small number of studies have theorised, modelled, or analysed entrepreneurship's contribution to poverty alleviation. In view of that, this study aimed to systematically review previous research on poverty-related issues discussed in entrepreneurship literature to identify common poverty-related issues addressed by entrepreneurship literature. This study as a systematic literature review (SLR) was conducted on a total of 175 papers that were classified into 11 main categories, each representing a major poverty-related issue discussed in entrepreneurship literature. The findings of this study indicate that although many efforts have been made to cover the poverty-related issues in entrepreneurship studies, such as the necessity-based entrepreneurship, entrepreneurship in rural areas, and the empowerment of poor people for undertaking entrepreneurial activities, there are still many dimensions of poverty untouched.
Journal: World Review of Entrepreneurship, Management and Sustainable Development
Pages: 125-152
Issue: 2
Volume: 16
Year: 2020
Keywords: entrepreneurship; poverty; poor people; necessity-based entrepreneurship; systematic literature review; sustainable development; developing world; rural areas.
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Author-Name: Noor Hazlina Ahmad
Author-X-Name-First: Noor Hazlina
Author-X-Name-Last: Ahmad
Author-Name: Syed Abidur Rahman
Author-X-Name-First: Syed Abidur
Author-X-Name-Last: Rahman
Author-Name: Noor Liyana Khairul Afendi Rajendran
Author-X-Name-First: Noor Liyana Khairul Afendi
Author-X-Name-Last: Rajendran
Author-Name: Hasliza Abdul Halim
Author-X-Name-First: Hasliza Abdul
Author-X-Name-Last: Halim
Title: Sustainable entrepreneurship practices in Malaysian manufacturing SMEs: the role of individual, organisational and institutional factors
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Sustainability is an issue that has a profound effect on large companies and also among SMEs. The research framework for this study is built upon this triple bottom line agenda. The study integrates individual factors that consist of sustainable orientation, organisational factors that consist of intellectual capital (human, structural and relational capital) and institutional factors (government support and social norms) as the antecedents of sustainable entrepreneurship practices. Sustainable performance of SMEs is treated as the dependent variable in this research. A total of 203 responses were obtained and analyses were carried out using Smart-PLS software. The results show that five out of eight hypotheses were accepted. The result indicates that Malaysian SMEs entrepreneurs are clearly aware and understand the importance of sustainability concepts in their business performance. In addition, this study aims to provide insight and knowledge for designing policies and promote sustainable practices in Malaysian manufacturing SMEs.
Journal: World Review of Entrepreneurship, Management and Sustainable Development
Pages: 153-171
Issue: 2
Volume: 16
Year: 2020
Keywords: sustainable orientation; intellectual capital; human capital; relational capital; structural capital; government support; sustainable performance.
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Author-Name: Sanchita Bansal
Author-X-Name-First: Sanchita
Author-X-Name-Last: Bansal
Author-Name: Isha Garg
Author-X-Name-First: Isha
Author-X-Name-Last: Garg
Author-Name: Anshita Yadav
Author-X-Name-First: Anshita
Author-X-Name-Last: Yadav
Title: Can social entrepreneurship help attain sustainable development goals: a study of India
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This paper attempts to understand, analyse and interpret the role of social entrepreneurs towards sustainable development. The paper significantly contributes to the existing literature by evaluating the government's policy framework with respect to social entrepreneurship from the perspective of sustainable development goals (SDGs). The paper also discusses the origin and evolution of social entrepreneurship in India. The paper uses data from various government, non-government and international agency sources for attaining its research objectives. The paper concludes by recommending the policy inputs in respect of social entrepreneurship for ensuring sustainable development in synchronisation with the Sustainable Development Goals.
Journal: World Review of Entrepreneurship, Management and Sustainable Development
Pages: 172-186
Issue: 2
Volume: 16
Year: 2020
Keywords: social entrepreneurship; sustainable development; sustainable development goals; government policy framework.
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Author-Name: Amina Mohamed Buallay
Author-X-Name-First: Amina Mohamed
Author-X-Name-Last: Buallay
Title: Sustainability reporting and bank's performance: comparison between developed and developing countries
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Focusing on the differences between sustainability in developed and developing countries, this study examines the relationship between sustainability reporting and bank's performance in developed and developing countries. This study examines equal selected sample from developed and developing countries for eight years (2009-2016). The sample contained 232 banks to yield 1,856 bank-year observations. The findings deduced from the empirical results on one hand demonstrated that ESG positively affect the bank's market performance in developed countries which supporting the value creation theory. However, the ESG negatively affect the bank's financial performance which explains the cost capital reduction theory. On the other hand, the findings of developing countries showed that ESG positively affect the bank's financial performance in developing countries. However, it has insignificant effect on the market performance.
Journal: World Review of Entrepreneurship, Management and Sustainable Development
Pages: 187-203
Issue: 2
Volume: 16
Year: 2020
Keywords: sustainability reporting; ESG disclosure; performance; banks; developing countries; developed countries.
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Author-Name: Valentin Todorov
Author-X-Name-First: Valentin
Author-X-Name-Last: Todorov
Title: A longitudinal study of green industrial performance for the period 2000-2015
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This article undertakes a longitudinal study of the green industrial performance of a set of 104 economies for 2000 to 2015. Our analysis concludes that industrialised countries continue to lead green industrial performance in 2015, with Denmark, Singapore, the Republic of Korea, Germany and the Czech Republic being the top performers. Selected emerging industrial economies display significant progress. Leading performers have equipped themselves with comprehensive green strategies and policies. Green industrial development seems to offer an untapped potential for developing countries. In this article, we refine an earlier version of our green industrial performance (GIP) index by using a revised definition of green products. We also use new imputation methods of missing values. Finally, our study puts forward a set of recommendations for future research.
Journal: World Review of Entrepreneurship, Management and Sustainable Development
Pages: 204-227
Issue: 2
Volume: 16
Year: 2020
Keywords: green industry; inclusive and sustainable development; composite index; longitudinal study.
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Author-Name: Sumonwan Jirarud
Author-X-Name-First: Sumonwan
Author-X-Name-Last: Jirarud
Author-Name: Suneeporn Suwanmaneepong
Author-X-Name-First: Suneeporn
Author-X-Name-Last: Suwanmaneepong
Title: Technical efficiency of rice farmers under the large agricultural plot scheme in Khlong Khuean District, Chachoengsao Province, Thailand
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This research aimed to discover the technical efficiency (TE) and factors influencing the TE of the Large Agricultural Plot Scheme Project (LAPS) in the Khlong Khuean District, in Chachoengsao Province, Thailand. The samples were 150 registered rice farmers separated into three groups by land size: 1) six farmers from small-sized farms (0-1 ha); 2) 33 farmers from medium-sized farms (1-2 ha); 3) 111 farmers from large-sized farms (more than 2 ha). Estimated TE was obtained by using a stochastic production frontier model, and the factors influencing the TE were obtained from multiple regression. The result revealed that small-sized farms gained highest TE score at 0.829. The education level of farmers was significant at 0.01% and showed a negative coefficient with the TE, because farmers continue to use traditional production methods. Knowledge sharing is a crucial tool to improve efficiency. To improve TE of rice farms, reducing farm inputs, such as seeds, fertiliser, and labour-intensive was recommended. In addition, this research revealed that farm size affects outputs, indicating that large farms were more technically efficient than smaller farms. Additionally, education level influenced TE. The LAPS was one of the policies supported by the government that aimed to increase farmers' outputs.
Journal: World Review of Entrepreneurship, Management and Sustainable Development
Pages: 228-240
Issue: 2
Volume: 16
Year: 2020
Keywords: technical efficiency; large agricultural plot scheme; LAPS; small-sized rice farming; rice farming; Thailand.
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Author-Name: Orawan Srisompun
Author-X-Name-First: Orawan
Author-X-Name-Last: Srisompun
Author-Name: Sakunkan Simla
Author-X-Name-First: Sakunkan
Author-X-Name-Last: Simla
Author-Name: Surasak Boontang
Author-X-Name-First: Surasak
Author-X-Name-Last: Boontang
Title: Influential factors for the decision to participate in a rice-pledging scheme: evidence from jasmine rice farmers in north-east Thailand
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This study analyses influential factors affecting the decision to participate in a rice-pledging scheme among jasmine rice farmers in north-east Thailand, binomial logistic regression was applied. The results revealed that most of the famers who participated in this scheme were large-scale farmers who grew jasmine rice in rain-fed areas. The cost of rice drying, ownership of a rice barn, location, number of household labourers, farm size, and production patterns had a positive effect on decision-making to participate in the scheme, with statistical significance. Participation of farmers was not based on economic factors or income, but on other factors, particularly labour force and ownership of a rice barn. As a result, measures for farmer rice barn development and promotion were necessary. Household labourers were necessary for the storing process, so development of technologies and innovations for rice drying to reduce humidity would help achieve the goal of this scheme.
Journal: World Review of Entrepreneurship, Management and Sustainable Development
Pages: 262-275
Issue: 3
Volume: 16
Year: 2020
Keywords: logistic regression; organic rice; rice storage decision; rice supply; bank for rice-pledging scheme; paddy rice; jasmine rice; economic factors; production cost; farm size; rain-fed area.
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Author-Name: Worasit Wongadisai
Author-X-Name-First: Worasit
Author-X-Name-Last: Wongadisai
Author-Name: Sumalee Chanchalor
Author-X-Name-First: Sumalee
Author-X-Name-Last: Chanchalor
Author-Name: Elizabeth Murphy
Author-X-Name-First: Elizabeth
Author-X-Name-Last: Murphy
Title: Rural community enterprises in Thailand: a case study of participation
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Community enterprises (CE) are a tool to support sustainable community development. They rely on community members' participation using a bottom-up, polycentric approach to management. However, they typically operate in rural areas where the required knowledge, management and marketing skills are often lacking. This study investigated members' participation in CEs and the failures and successes they encountered in participation in organisational, production, marketing and financial management. Data collection involved structured interviews with 400 participants in 200 CEs in north-eastern Thailand. The researchers also conducted focus groups with a successful CE (n = 5) and an unsuccessful CE (n = 7). Results revealed that participation was lowest for organisational, marketing and financial management. Lower levels of participation were associated with lack of time and lack of skill/education. Implications point to the value of outsourcing marketing and financial management for CEs in rural areas.
Journal: World Review of Entrepreneurship, Management and Sustainable Development
Pages: 276-298
Issue: 3
Volume: 16
Year: 2020
Keywords: community enterprises; participation; management; Thailand; social enterprise; sustainable development; finance; production; organisation; marketing; entrepreneurship.
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Author-Name: Babatunji Samuel Adedeji
Author-X-Name-First: Babatunji Samuel
Author-X-Name-Last: Adedeji
Author-Name: Tze San Ong
Author-X-Name-First: Tze San
Author-X-Name-Last: Ong
Author-Name: Mohammad Mizanur Rahman
Author-X-Name-First: Mohammad Mizanur
Author-X-Name-Last: Rahman
Title: Intellectual capital as a mediator between corporate governance and sustainability initiative: a conceptual review
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This review has conceptualised the integration of corporate governance (CG) and intellectual capital (IC) as strategic tools for enhancing sustainability initiative (SI) locally and internationally by scholars and practitioners. Since, CG tools are institutional factors required to prolong the life span of corporate organisations, then IC can further play a boundless role in ensuring the resourceful and effective transformation of the firms at large. The resource-based view, institutional, agency and stakeholder theories or a mix of them can be adopted for empirical study purposes. This study opines that there might be a direct relationship between CG and SI and IC and SI on one hand, and the mediating role of IC in the relationship between CG and SI on the other hand to examine the indirect and total effects which are suggested be tested using the covariance based-structural equation modelling (CB-SEM) technique.
Journal: World Review of Entrepreneurship, Management and Sustainable Development
Pages: 299-316
Issue: 3
Volume: 16
Year: 2020
Keywords: agency theory; conceptual review; corporate governance; covariance-based structural equation modelling; intellectual capital; management and sustainable development; mediating role; institutional theory; resource-based view; stakeholder theory; strategic tools; sustainability initiative.
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Author-Name: Geeti Sharma
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Author-X-Name-Last: Sharma
Author-Name: Sahil Gupta
Author-X-Name-First: Sahil
Author-X-Name-Last: Gupta
Title: Modelling the impact of corporate sustainability on economic performance with reference to Indian financial industry
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Corporate sustainability is a buzzword these days and is instrumental in achieving a comparative advantage by the corporates. The study intends to study the influence of corporate sustainability on economic performance concerning the Indian banking industry. Structural equation modelling, a multivariate technique, is employed in this study to measure the relationship between corporate sustainability and economic performance. Results show the significant but moderate positive relationship between economic performance and corporate sustainability. The findings would be beneficial to the experts in the allocation of limited resources to improve the corporate sustainability performance of firms, particularly in the Indian banking sector.
Journal: World Review of Entrepreneurship, Management and Sustainable Development
Pages: 317-328
Issue: 3
Volume: 16
Year: 2020
Keywords: economic performance; Indian financial industry; sustainability practices; structural equation modelling.
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Author-Name: Isabelle Rennollet
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Author-X-Name-Last: Rennollet
Author-Name: Christian Schmidkonz
Author-X-Name-First: Christian
Author-X-Name-Last: Schmidkonz
Author-Name: Patricia Kraft
Author-X-Name-First: Patricia
Author-X-Name-Last: Kraft
Title: The role of purpose in consumer choice: a comparison between baby boomers and millennials in Germany with a focus on sustainability and consciousness
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This paper explores the role of purpose in consumer choice in Germany. A growing number of consumers around the globe realise that hyperconsumerism prevents them from finding lasting happiness. They want to focus more on sustainable and conscious consumption and place the role of purpose more and more in the centre of their consumer choice. In this study two highly important and influential consumer groups, the baby boomers and millennials, are contrasted against each other to find out whether there are significant differences in this context between them. After having reviewed the relevant literature, empirical analyses were conducted on a sample comprising 289 German consumers. The main findings are that German consumers rated purpose as the fourth most important criterion. Quality, value for money, and personal recommendations are more important to German consumers when choosing a product. It was also found that German consumers are mainly driven by the desire for happiness and fulfilment, and their will to make a positive difference in the world when choosing purpose-infused products. It was also revealed that German baby boomers and German millennials display more similarities than differences.
Journal: World Review of Entrepreneurship, Management and Sustainable Development
Pages: 241-261
Issue: 3
Volume: 16
Year: 2020
Keywords: purpose-infused products; consumer choice; conscious society; conscious marketing; purpose-driven brands; conscious consumers; sustainable consumption; baby boomers; millennials; Germany.
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Author-Name: Bettina Lynda Bastian
Author-X-Name-First: Bettina Lynda
Author-X-Name-Last: Bastian
Author-Name: Charbel M. El Khoury
Author-X-Name-First: Charbel M. El
Author-X-Name-Last: Khoury
Author-Name: Ina Aurelia Pfeifer Issa
Author-X-Name-First: Ina Aurelia Pfeifer
Author-X-Name-Last: Issa
Author-Name: Perla Ghattas
Author-X-Name-First: Perla
Author-X-Name-Last: Ghattas
Title: Key success factors of social entrepreneurs in Lebanon
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This paper aims to identify and analyze the key success factors of some active Lebanese social entrepreneurs. Lebanon represents a developing context characterized by stark cultural and economic divides with weak governmental institutions. A multi-level research approach was adopted for this study that empirically draws on interpretive research methodology and explores the research question based on in-depth interviews with eight social entrepreneurs in Lebanon. Our findings suggest that it is crucial to understand key success factors of social entrepreneurs within a complex multi-layered system (micro, meso, and macro) of interdependent variables that shape social entrepreneurial ambitions and activities in order to grasp the experiences and perceptions of social entrepreneurs in specific contexts. Our study identified critical success factors for social entrepreneurs, and it isolated from among them salient factors particularly pertinent in developing contexts, such as the role of social networks, social inclusion skills, and civic innovation capabilities.
Journal: World Review of Entrepreneurship, Management and Sustainable Development
Pages: 329-357
Issue: 3
Volume: 16
Year: 2020
Keywords: social entrepreneurs; entrepreneurship; developing countries; success factors; Lebanon.
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Author-Name: Sandeep Goyal
Author-X-Name-First: Sandeep
Author-X-Name-Last: Goyal
Author-Name: Amit Kapoor
Author-X-Name-First: Amit
Author-X-Name-Last: Kapoor
Author-Name: Bruno S. Sergi
Author-X-Name-First: Bruno S.
Author-X-Name-Last: Sergi
Title: Empowering rural women through shared value approach: study of GNFC Neem Project in India
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The purpose of this article is to understand the impact of shared value approach in generating sustainable socio-economic value for the marginalised sections of the society, especially the women from low-income households living in rural and semi-urban areas. This article analyses the conception, design and implementation of GNFC Neem Project initiative and how it transformed the socio-economic status and lives of more than 225,000 rural women in India within two years of inception. A single case study analysis was used to assess the key success factors and strategic choices, which can enable the enterprises to create a significant social impact while ensuring economic viability, sustainability and scalability. The qualitative case-based research involved primary data inputs from the field-based interviews of diverse stakeholders and secondary data inputs from the published sources. The research findings highlight the key success factors (KSFs), which led to the socio-economic success of GNFC Neem Project. The KSFs include clear focus and drive towards maintaining strategic fit between social impact and economic viability; building market awareness, trust, and acceptance; developing win-win partnerships with diverse stakeholders; and leveraging distribution channels and network for last-mile collection, storage and transportation of neem seeds (scientific name: Azadirachta indica).
Journal: World Review of Entrepreneurship, Management and Sustainable Development
Pages: 359-379
Issue: 4
Volume: 16
Year: 2020
Keywords: base of the pyramid; GNFC Neem Project; creating shared value; inclusive business model; women empowerment; India.
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Author-Name: Grisna Anggadwita
Author-X-Name-First: Grisna
Author-X-Name-Last: Anggadwita
Author-Name: Dini Turipanam Alamanda
Author-X-Name-First: Dini Turipanam
Author-X-Name-Last: Alamanda
Author-Name: Luan Eshtrefi
Author-X-Name-First: Luan
Author-X-Name-Last: Eshtrefi
Author-Name: Veland Ramadani
Author-X-Name-First: Veland
Author-X-Name-Last: Ramadani
Author-Name: Anggraeni Permatasari
Author-X-Name-First: Anggraeni
Author-X-Name-Last: Permatasari
Title: Social characters as predictors of sociopreneurs' motivation
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Social entrepreneurship is considered as a solution in reducing unemployment and poverty. Social entrepreneurs in this study are called as sociopreneurs. This study aims to identify the social characters as predictors of sociopreneurs' motivation in Bandung, Indonesia. In addition, this study also explores more deeply how sociopreneurs prioritise social values, and the impact of becoming sociopreneurs. This study attempts to overcome gaps in understanding social entrepreneurship broadly by taking the perspective of social-oriented, using qualitative methods and a case study approach. Empirical data is collected by conducting in-depth semi-structured interviews with sociopreneurs in Bandung as respondents in this study. This study identifies several social entrepreneurship values which include social values, civil society, innovation, economic activities, and social impacts (outcomes). In addition, personal values influence the creation of social enterprises through the values of personal experience, the desire to make changes and the willingness to do something meaningful in one's life.
Journal: World Review of Entrepreneurship, Management and Sustainable Development
Pages: 445-461
Issue: 4
Volume: 16
Year: 2020
Keywords: social entrepreneurship; social values; sociopreneurs; civil society; innovation; economy activity; social impact.
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Title: Ethnicity, religiosity and SME innovation outcomes: some insights from a Muslim ethnic group
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The paper aims to examine the effects of socio-cultural factors (i.e., socio-cultural values, ethnicity, and religiosity) on business innovation (i.e., SME innovation outcomes) in an entirely Muslim ethnic (i.e., Minangkabau ethnic group in Indonesia). There has been little research done to reveal the relationship between ethnicity, societal values, religiosity, and innovation outcomes in a totally Muslim community. The present study uses a quantitative approach, PLS method, that utilises SmartPLS 4.0. A survey of 150 Muslim respondents from the Minangkabau ethnic small and medium-sized enterprises had been carried out. It was found that ethnicity had no impact on the SME innovation outcomes. Likewise, religiosity did not moderate the relationship between ethnicity and innovation outcomes. Minangkabau societal values which are a unity between Islamic values and tradition have a positive and significant effect on the innovation outcomes. Implicitly, maximising Minangkabau networks that prioritises the values of cooperation, honesty and trustworthiness will enhance Minangkabau SME innovation outcomes.
Journal: World Review of Entrepreneurship, Management and Sustainable Development
Pages: 430-444
Issue: 4
Volume: 16
Year: 2020
Keywords: ethnicity; ethnic entrepreneurship; Islamic religiosity; religiosity; SME innovation; innovation outcomes; business innovation; Minangkabau; Indonesia; socio-cultural factors; Islamic entrepreneurship; Muslim ethnic group.
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Author-Name: Margo Purnomo
Author-X-Name-First: Margo
Author-X-Name-Last: Purnomo
Author-Name: Sam'un Jaja Raharja
Author-X-Name-First: Sam'un Jaja
Author-X-Name-Last: Raharja
Title: Visualisation of development of ecopreneurship in tourism
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This paper aims to map the scientific structure of ecopreneurship in the tourism sector through a scientometric analysis. We used the VOSviewer in this paper to present the descriptive information, namely, the annual numbers of articles, source of publications, productive authors, origin countries, main research affiliations and the source publications on ecopreneurship in tourism studies. The collaborations among the main authors and countries are used for the coauthorship analysis. In addition, we adopt the co-occurrence analysis to explore the keyword distribution and research fronts on ecopreneurship in tourism sector studies. Based on the visualised analysis of keywords mapping, results show that the scientific publication of ecopreneurship in tourism sector studies can be interpreted into three broad themes, namely, business administration and ecotourism sustainopreneurship, business administration and ecotourism ruralpreneurship, and business administration and ecosystem of ecotourism entrepreneurship. Based on this analysis, future studies may explore business administration, ecotourism sustainopreneurship and ecotourism entrepreneurship.
Journal: World Review of Entrepreneurship, Management and Sustainable Development
Pages: 380-396
Issue: 4
Volume: 16
Year: 2020
Keywords: sustainopreneurship; ecopreneurship; ecotourism; mapping; VOSviewer.
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Author-Name: Alfred Mbeteh
Author-X-Name-First: Alfred
Author-X-Name-Last: Mbeteh
Author-Name: Massimiliano M. Pellegrini
Author-X-Name-First: Massimiliano M.
Author-X-Name-Last: Pellegrini
Author-Name: Francesco Pelagallo
Author-X-Name-First: Francesco
Author-X-Name-Last: Pelagallo
Author-Name: William Conteh
Author-X-Name-First: William
Author-X-Name-Last: Conteh
Title: Social intrapreneurship and social innovation: the case of an Ebola crisis in Africa
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Social innovation is a significant change that occurs in a society. This change is normally done via the creation of a new venture to solve social problems, i.e., social entrepreneurship. However, less is known about social innovations promoted within an existing organisational setting, i.e., social intrapreneurship especially within a developing country. The paper analyses the case of a social intrapreneur who developed an innovative idea during the 2014 Ebola crisis in Sierra Leone. Through the insights obtained, we were able to develop and elaborate on a five-staged model for social innovation and focused on two relevant aspects in social intrapreneurship: internal governance process and external legitimisation and support.
Journal: World Review of Entrepreneurship, Management and Sustainable Development
Pages: 397-414
Issue: 4
Volume: 16
Year: 2020
Keywords: social intrapreneurship; social innovation; Ebola epidemic; Sierra Leone; social entrepreneurship.
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Author-Name: Yagoub Gangi
Author-X-Name-First: Yagoub
Author-X-Name-Last: Gangi
Author-Name: Bomediene Kebaili
Author-X-Name-First: Bomediene
Author-X-Name-Last: Kebaili
Title: Do contextual factors matter for new start-ups? Institutional theory and entrepreneurial intention: a proposed model
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The institutional environment is very important for entrepreneurship, as it exerts a powerful influence not only on entrepreneurial entry rates but also on the ensuing trajectories of entrepreneurial initiatives. This paper endeavours to advance the institutional theory by proposing a conceptual model that encompasses institutional factors that have received minimal attention from researchers. The proposed model is developed based on the Global Competitiveness Report (GCR) 2015, published by the World Economic Forum (WEF), and includes seven factors, namely: economical dimension, legal dimension, ethical dimension, technological dimension, educational dimension, infrastructure development, and financial market development. The study suggests seven propositions linking the institutional factors with entrepreneurship intention. This is an exploratory investigation and no quantitative analysis has been conducted. Future research could adopt or adapt the current study's conceptual framework and empirically test it. Furthermore, empirical studies could be applied in different contexts and accommodate different institutional conditions.
Journal: World Review of Entrepreneurship, Management and Sustainable Development
Pages: 415-429
Issue: 4
Volume: 16
Year: 2020
Keywords: institutional theory; contextual factors; entrepreneurship intention; entrepreneurship; environmental factors; new start-ups.
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Author-Name: Say Keat Ooi
Author-X-Name-First: Say Keat
Author-X-Name-Last: Ooi
Author-Name: Chai Aun Ooi
Author-X-Name-First: Chai Aun
Author-X-Name-Last: Ooi
Author-Name: Khalid Rasheed Memon
Author-X-Name-First: Khalid Rasheed
Author-X-Name-Last: Memon
Title: The role of CSR oriented organisational culture in eco-innovation practices
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Owing to its devastating impacts, climate change has emerged as one of the major challenges facing human and the ecosystems. Considering the call for urgent action in carbon emission reductions, eco-innovation practices have gained more momentum in the business context. Though eco-innovation appears to be the possible climate change mitigation strategy, the discussion and research on eco-innovation practices remain scarce in the context of SMEs, especially from the perspective of emerging economies. Hence, this research aims to examine the effect of stakeholder pressures on eco-innovation practices among the Malaysian manufacturing SMEs using Structural Equation Modelling. Based on the findings of 100 SMEs, it is evidenced that SMEs engaged in eco-innovation practices due to stakeholder pressures, and CSR oriented organisational culture is important, as it mediates the relationship between stakeholder pressure and eco-innovation practice. These findings are decisive to policy makers and SMEs towards a better understanding of the eco-innovation practices.
Journal: World Review of Entrepreneurship, Management and Sustainable Development
Pages: 538-556
Issue: 5
Volume: 16
Year: 2020
Keywords: eco-innovation; CSR; organisational culture; SMEs; stakeholder pressure; Malaysia.
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Author-Name: Ng Hong Guan
Author-X-Name-First: Ng Hong
Author-X-Name-Last: Guan
Author-Name: Noor Hazlina Ahmad
Author-X-Name-First: Noor Hazlina
Author-X-Name-Last: Ahmad
Author-Name: Syed Abidur Rahman
Author-X-Name-First: Syed Abidur
Author-X-Name-Last: Rahman
Author-Name: Hasliza Abdul Halim
Author-X-Name-First: Hasliza Abdul
Author-X-Name-Last: Halim
Title: Towards a sustainable agenda: enhancing green entrepreneurship image among manufacturing SMEs
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Adoption of green practices within an organisation can take many different forms, through developing green practices and processes as its core competences and subsequently promoting a green corporate image. This study aims to examine the predictors of green entrepreneurship image and the mediating effect of green innovation on green organisational identity, green core competences and green entrepreneurship image of Malaysian manufacturing SMEs. This empirical study was conducted using a structured instrument, analysed by the Partial Least Square (PLS) technique. The results show that green organisational identity and green core competences significantly enhance the firms' green entrepreneurship image and that green process innovation performance underpins green entrepreneurship image. This study also offers practitioners a guide on what kind of green practice they need to adopt, which can bring advantages to them. It highlights the importance of engaging in green innovation as a differentiation strategy to promote a sustainable agenda within SME sectors.
Journal: World Review of Entrepreneurship, Management and Sustainable Development
Pages: 466-491
Issue: 5
Volume: 16
Year: 2020
Keywords: green core competence; green organisational identity; green innovation; green entrepreneurship image; SME; manufacturing; Malaysia; green business; sustainable agenda; sustainable development.
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Author-Name: Mariette Hazzouri
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Author-Name: Mira Thoumy
Author-X-Name-First: Mira
Author-X-Name-Last: Thoumy
Title: Internal stakeholders' perspective on lean energy and environmental sustainability: the case of Notre Dame University - Louaize
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This study will contribute to the understanding of the relationship between Energy and Environmental Sustainability (EES) Knowledge, Attitudes and Behaviours in order to recommend actions to be undertaken by the Notre Dame University - Louaize using Lean Management techniques. A survey-based analysis was conducted on a random sample of 458 NDU - Louaize Internal Stakeholders (NDUIS) - students, faculty and staff. A linear regression was performed on the data collected. The adjusted R-square was 21%. The results showed that there was no causal relationship between EES Knowledge and Behaviour for NDUIS. As for EES Attitudes, they positively impacted Behaviour. Since 75% of the respondents were students, a particular attention was given to them in the analysis. From the lean management perspective, all EES initiatives were associated with Lean tools. Little literature exists on the Lean Management aspect of energy and environmental sustainability on university campuses, hence the originality of this study.
Journal: World Review of Entrepreneurship, Management and Sustainable Development
Pages: 492-518
Issue: 5
Volume: 16
Year: 2020
Keywords: EES; energy and environmental sustainability; EES knowledge; EES literacy; EES attitudes; EES behaviour; lean management.
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Author-Name: Husna Ara
Author-X-Name-First: Husna
Author-X-Name-Last: Ara
Author-Name: Jasmine Ai Leen Yeap
Author-X-Name-First: Jasmine Ai Leen
Author-X-Name-Last: Yeap
Author-Name: Siti Hasnah Hassan
Author-X-Name-First: Siti Hasnah
Author-X-Name-Last: Hassan
Title: Does going green really pay off? A sustainability performance view
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The increasing environmental qualms have amplified the influences of stakeholders and in turn, changed today's competitive landscape. Consequently, Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) around the world are required to embrace green-related approaches as a strategic move to achieve sustainability. This article empirically examines the impact of the stakeholders' influences on firms' decision of adopting green marketing to attain its environmental, social and economic performance. Data were collected from 114 garments manufacturing firms in Bangladesh, anchored on the theory of Natural-Resource-Based-View (NRBV) and analysed using Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modelling (PLS-SEM). The findings highlighted stakeholders' influences as one of the dominant factors in following green marketing which helps SMEs towards the improvement in environmental and social performance. The application of green marketing emerges to have a negative effect on economic performance. This study offers pragmatic evidence to practitioners by proving that green marketing as a mode to sustainability performance.
Journal: World Review of Entrepreneurship, Management and Sustainable Development
Pages: 519-537
Issue: 5
Volume: 16
Year: 2020
Keywords: green marketing; natural-resource-based-view; environmental performance; social performance; economic performance; SMEs.
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Author-Name: N. Norfarah
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Author-X-Name-Last: Norfarah
Author-Name: I. Mohd Naim Afifi
Author-X-Name-First: I. Mohd Naim
Author-X-Name-Last: Afifi
Title: Examining the push factors for adoption of automation in a Malaysian manufacturing SME
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The purpose of this paper is to examine the push factors for the adoption of automation technologies in a manufacturing small and medium enterprise (SME). A case study method is used to address the research questions with data collected from interviews with the key people in the organisation, a documentary review and observations of the company production processes. The Technology, Organisation and Environment (TOE) model in which the technological, organisational and environmental aspects define the process of technology adoption is used to analyse the data. The results show that the production process in the SME is semi-automatic and labour intensive. Although the staff lacks knowledge and expertise of technological trends, the top management is committed to change and innovation, and the staff's awareness of the cultural change that is required acted as a push factor for automation. The other factors that pushed the technological advancement in the production process was the need to optimise the production process for manufacturing flexibility, address the waste and quality issues faced by the company and meet customers' demands for customisation and quality products so as to ensure the sustainability of the company.
Journal: World Review of Entrepreneurship, Management and Sustainable Development
Pages: 557-572
Issue: 5
Volume: 16
Year: 2020
Keywords: SME manufacturing; automation adoption; drivers for adoption; Malaysia.
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Author-Name: Pankaj Kumar Jadwal
Author-X-Name-First: Pankaj Kumar
Author-X-Name-Last: Jadwal
Author-Name: Sonal Jain
Author-X-Name-First: Sonal
Author-X-Name-Last: Jain
Author-Name: Basant Agarwal
Author-X-Name-First: Basant
Author-X-Name-Last: Agarwal
Title: Financial credit risk evaluation model using machine learning-based approach
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Credit risk associated with individual at the time of sanctioning credit is one of the most crucial tasks for the banks and financial institutions. Financial organisations use credit score of a customer to decide whether a loan should be granted or it should be declined. Most of the existing machine learning models are trained to compute the credit risk associated with a person. However, the performance of the existing models is limited due to the noisy nature of available training data. Therefore, the pre-processing of the data contributes a crucial role in the performance of the credit risk evaluation model. In this paper, we propose an approach to develop an efficient credit risk evaluation model based on integrating a clustering algorithm with a classification algorithm. More specifically, initially, we transform the data into clusters of similar nature, and further, we develop different classification models for each cluster. Experimental results show that the proposed model improves the performance of the model by reducing the effect of the noise.
Journal: World Review of Entrepreneurship, Management and Sustainable Development
Pages: 576-589
Issue: 6
Volume: 16
Year: 2020
Keywords: credit risk; clustering; classification; hybrid model; agglomerative clustering; k-mode clustering.
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Author-Name: Shweta Nanda
Author-X-Name-First: Shweta
Author-X-Name-Last: Nanda
Author-Name: Taruna Gautam
Author-X-Name-First: Taruna
Author-X-Name-Last: Gautam
Title: Internet of things-based wearable health solutions: empirical study for health startups
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Indian population has potential threat of non-communicable diseases. The low-preventive health measure is a cause of major loss to the economy. Integration of the cloud platform with remote wearable sensors not only helps the health stakeholders to capture the patient vitals but also perform predictive analysis. Raising timely alarms through Internet of Medical Things has wide application in preventive care. It is surprising that despite of huge application benefits, the startup's in this domain lack the integration support due to challenges in license approvals from the Government levied new Medical Device Rules. This is an original paper and holds significance as all the available literature on Remote Connected Care Medical Wearable Technology is accumulated and studied. This paper has a detailed behavioural empirical study of the customer towards the device acceptance and the role played by demographic variables in same. The potential of the internet of things-based remote medical wearable's to be the future of sustainable healthcare model is captured from ASSOCHAM Report, Industry, IoT India Congress Report, Innovation Industries Conclaves, IEEE and various global researches in this domain.
Journal: World Review of Entrepreneurship, Management and Sustainable Development
Pages: 605-610
Issue: 6
Volume: 16
Year: 2020
Keywords: internet of medical things; medical wearable technology; acceptance; behavioural empirical study; sustainable healthcare model.
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Author-Name: Akshi Kumar
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Author-X-Name-Last: Kumar
Author-Name: Geetanjali Garg
Author-X-Name-First: Geetanjali
Author-X-Name-Last: Garg
Title: Fine grain sentiment grading of user-generated big data using contextual cues
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With a tremendous growth in the use of online resources, micro-blogging website like Twitter offers a vast amount of user-generated knowledge about marketing. This knowledge can be used for sentiment analysis and finds wide application in both public and private sectors. A novel two-tier classification framework using machine learning algorithms and lexicon-based algorithm is proposed to extract sentiment of tweets and assign a fine grain grade to the tweets among one of the seven classes namely: high negative, moderate negative, low negative, neutral, low positive, moderate positive and high positive. Context is also used by forming SentiCircles for the task of sentiment classification. The evaluation of the study shows that the proposed method provides fine grain grading to tweets with accuracy of 61.84%. The hybrid machine learning and lexicon-based processing technique with the usage of contextual cues is an effective and practical method for sentiment analysis.
Journal: World Review of Entrepreneurship, Management and Sustainable Development
Pages: 590-604
Issue: 6
Volume: 16
Year: 2020
Keywords: big data; twitter; machine learning algorithms; SentiCircles.
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Author-Name: Shweta Goel
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Author-Name: Himanshu Mittal
Author-X-Name-First: Himanshu
Author-X-Name-Last: Mittal
Title: Economic, legal and financial perspectives on cryptocurrencies: a review on cryptocurrency growth, opportunities and future prospects
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Cryptocurrency has become most sought after digital payment system these days and has been regarded as the safest mode of transferring money and making payments. The functionality of the cryptocurrency highly depends upon the use of advanced technology and resulted in the emergence of a number of cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, Ripple, Ethereum, etc. The evolution and growth of cryptocurrency have been tremendous during the last 10 years and has revolutionised the whole financial sector. The cryptocurrency provides immense opportunities to the users in the form of increased job propensities and new market ventures along with certain challenges like volatility, lack of markets and so on. The risk and return factors involved with the usability and adaptability of cryptocurrency has also impacted the users in both positive and negative ways. Hence, the current research study provides detailed insights about cryptocurrency, its growth, opportunities, and future prospects in an adequate manner.
Journal: World Review of Entrepreneurship, Management and Sustainable Development
Pages: 611-623
Issue: 6
Volume: 16
Year: 2020
Keywords: bitcoin; cryptocurrency; FinTech; virtual economy; crypto-assets.
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Author-Name: Manish Gupta
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Author-Name: Mukesh Saraswat
Author-X-Name-First: Mukesh
Author-X-Name-Last: Saraswat
Title: Grey wolf optimisation-based colour image watermarking
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In recent years, multimedia information on the internet has increased exponentially and the multiple manipulation instruments can readily manipulate these data. This grows the requirements for a robust watermarking technique to avoid the illicit exchange and allocation of multimedia information and processing, especially for images. Even though the majority images are accessible in colour format, the contemporary digital image watermarking techniques classically embrace the binary or grey watermark in the host image. Furthermore, a correlated colour space that restraint the potentiality of watermarking techniques uses many current techniques for the digital image watermarking, as only single colour channel is accessible for implanting the watermark. This paper, therefore proposes a fresh technique of marking the colour watermark based on the steerable pyramid transformation, using an Uncorrelated Colour Space (UCS) and Grey Wolf Optimisation (GWO) for the host colour image. The findings indicate that the proposed technique is superior to the other techniques in the class against distinct attacks.
Journal: World Review of Entrepreneurship, Management and Sustainable Development
Pages: 648-664
Issue: 6
Volume: 16
Year: 2020
Keywords: steerable pyramid transform; digital image watermarking; uncorrelated colour model; grey wolf optimisation.
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Author-Name: Shiv Kumar Agarwal
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Author-Name: Surendra Yadav
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Author-X-Name-Last: Yadav
Title: Modified artificial bee colony algorithm for facility layout design problem
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The Artificial Bee Colony (ABC) algorithm is one of the best swarm intelligence-based algorithms that simulate intelligent behaviour of honey bees while searching for good food sources. Generally, this algorithm is used to get solution of complex optimisation problems that are not solvable by traditional methods. The facility layout design is combinatorial problem with large search space. Here, this work considers design of a single floor manufacturing plant, where all the facilities require rectangular shape with different sizes. The new variant successfully find optimised layout.
Journal: World Review of Entrepreneurship, Management and Sustainable Development
Pages: 624-647
Issue: 6
Volume: 16
Year: 2020
Keywords: swarm intelligence; facility layout design problem; nature inspired algorithm; computational intelligence; optimisation; exploration and exploitation.
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Author-Name: Ankit Kumar
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Author-X-Name-Last: Kumar
Author-Name: Linesh Raja
Author-X-Name-First: Linesh
Author-X-Name-Last: Raja
Author-Name: Pankaj Dadheech
Author-X-Name-First: Pankaj
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Author-Name: Manish Bhardwaj
Author-X-Name-First: Manish
Author-X-Name-Last: Bhardwaj
Title: A hybrid cluster technique for improving the efficiency of colour image segmentation
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Image segmentation is a wide area for researching, and in many applications, segmentation is applied for finding the distinct group in the feature space. It separates the data into different regions or clusters, and each one is homogeneous. The current algorithm, which is proposed approach for noise reduction, eliminates most of the noise from the input image. This noise concerns to cut boundary of the noise full image. The result shows that it is very efficient in segmenting the image and reduces the time complexity. The proposed algorithm can be used in object deduction or in object analysing in image processing. The segmentation of image proceeds by using combination of different segmenting approach in 3-D RGB colour-space. Clarity of the output segmented image is better in comparison to other segmentation techniques of the image. Clarity of the output image is depending on the number of clusters used.
Journal: World Review of Entrepreneurship, Management and Sustainable Development
Pages: 665-679
Issue: 6
Volume: 16
Year: 2020
Keywords: data mining; image processing; classification; image segmentation; clustering; k-mean cluster.
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