Pub Date : 2022-08-10DOI: 10.24052/bmr/v13nu02/art-14
P. Jain, N. Jain
Digital transformation integrates digital technology that helps companies transform and streamline day-to-day procedures. It creates an environment and culture that requires proactive participation throughout the organization. It allows companies to position themselves better and compete in a constantly evolving, everchanging market space and aids them in unlocking operational efficiency and enhancing productivity. The pandemic has pushed us towards a world where digital transformation is paramount. It has given many organizations a harsh wake-up call and has forced businesses to adopt a more agile and flexible path. Many organizations have automated their operations to better serve customers and protect employees. As a result, businesses must maintain their passion for advancing their digital skills to stay up with the new reality and gain a comprehensive grasp of the digital transformation area. The objective of this study was to conduct an exploratory qualitative study with 27 executives from different industries to understand why companies are moving towards digital transformation, the challenges faced by them, and what is the meaning of a digitally ready company. The grounded theory approach was used to derive themes, define parameters and create a digital maturity graph to classify organizations according to their digital readiness. The originality of the paper lies in that it contributes to theory as the Grant Thornton model is used to create the digital maturity index. The practical contribution is that by using this matrix, the organizations can create a roadmap to embark on their digital transformation journey.
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Pub Date : 2022-08-10DOI: 10.24052/bmr/v13nu02/art-08
Vidhu Gaur
VET (Vocational Education and Training) is an essential part of the country's educational strategy. Both quantitative and qualitative research methodologies were used in this study. The present paper is a small attempt to describe and see the overall skill and vocational education system and its impact on rural youth in India using Quantitative as well as Qualitative Research techniques. A descriptive study approach was used to assess the thought process, degree of awareness, and perception of skill-based training among a chosen population. Because education is widely regarded as the most effective weapon for development, our government is attempting to educate almost all individuals, particularly those in rural regions, via a vast vocational Education initiative. The concept is that via education, unskilled employees will become skilled, peasants will be taught in new crops and will be able to adopt new agricultural practises and educated people will develop strategies for self-employment after learning new methods and skills.
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Pub Date : 2022-08-10DOI: 10.24052/bmr/v13nu02/art-11
M. Hossain, Barek Hossain, Raju Mohammad Kamrul Alam
The world is currently confronted with multidimensional challenges which are cause of concern for the earth’s all living creations. The most remarkable challenges are global warming and global climate changes, tremendous poverty, environment pollution, warfare, antibiotic resistance, migration problems, and the spread of contagious and deadly diseases etc. The adverse effects of these are very devastating. They will affect hydrology and biology of earth, everything including economy, eco-system, and the substances. The challenging factors are interconnected, and acceleration and minimization are interlinked. The study is to analysis the challenges the world is currently confronting with and their potential impacts, the reasons behind the challenges and the potential way to overcome the challenges. The study is based on secondary sources of data and information including scientific and academic journals, articles, research papers, books, and other relevant sources to make a deep analysis, interpretation and re-interpretation and describe and explain the issue of this proposed study. The study recommends ‘Absolute Globalization,’ an integration of global economic, education, political, and social institutions where regionalism will be the cornerstone of the integration, as the way to confront the challenges.
{"title":"Absolute globalization: The way to confront the global challenges","authors":"M. Hossain, Barek Hossain, Raju Mohammad Kamrul Alam","doi":"10.24052/bmr/v13nu02/art-11","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24052/bmr/v13nu02/art-11","url":null,"abstract":"The world is currently confronted with multidimensional challenges which are cause of concern for the earth’s all living creations. The most remarkable challenges are global warming and global climate changes, tremendous poverty, environment pollution, warfare, antibiotic resistance, migration problems, and the spread of contagious and deadly diseases etc. The adverse effects of these are very devastating. They will affect hydrology and biology of earth, everything including economy, eco-system, and the substances. The challenging factors are interconnected, and acceleration and minimization are interlinked. The study is to analysis the challenges the world is currently confronting with and their potential impacts, the reasons behind the challenges and the potential way to overcome the challenges. The study is based on secondary sources of data and information including scientific and academic journals, articles, research papers, books, and other relevant sources to make a deep analysis, interpretation and re-interpretation and describe and explain the issue of this proposed study. The study recommends ‘Absolute Globalization,’ an integration of global economic, education, political, and social institutions where regionalism will be the cornerstone of the integration, as the way to confront the challenges.","PeriodicalId":323589,"journal":{"name":"The Business and Management Review","volume":"28 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-08-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134121201","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}
Pub Date : 2022-08-10DOI: 10.24052/bmr/v13nu02/art-27
S. Nagaty
In contemporary global competition, businesses have been under growing pressure from various stakeholders to manage rare resources and investigate the environmental impact of their actions. The need for sustainable development and green marketing has gained significant traction because of heightened public awareness of several environmental issues. The goal of sustainability is depicted as a long-term process that requires reconciling environmental concerns with social and economic ones. Green marketing is becoming increasingly popular as a means for companies to demonstrate their commitment to corporate social responsibility while gaining a competitive advantage in the marketplace and improving their corporate reputation. This research investigates the effect of green eco-friendly initiatives on corporate reputation. In addition, it examines the effect of corporate social responsibility as a mediator between the green activities implemented by the hotels and their corporate reputation. The researcher selected the Green Star hotels in the Red Sea in Egypt. Data was gathered through online self-administered questionnaires from a sample of 384 hotel guests. Statistical analysis was undertaken to examine the collected data using the proper statistical techniques and tests. Results revealed that green/eco-friendly activities significantly positively affect a hotel's corporate reputation. Furthermore, corporate social responsibility mediates the relationship between green/eco-friendly activities and corporate reputation. The results revealed that green/eco-friendly activities have a significant positive indirect effect on corporate reputation in the presence of corporate social responsibility. Besides, the results also demonstrate that eco-friendly and CSR activities may benefit developing and emerging economies. Research findings were discussed to reflect the researcher's interpretation and perception of the outcomes. The research provides hotel marketers with practical implications for using eco-friendly and CSR initiatives.
{"title":"Eco-friendly initiatives and corporate reputation: the mediating effect of corporate social responsibility","authors":"S. Nagaty","doi":"10.24052/bmr/v13nu02/art-27","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24052/bmr/v13nu02/art-27","url":null,"abstract":"In contemporary global competition, businesses have been under growing pressure from various stakeholders to manage rare resources and investigate the environmental impact of their actions. The need for sustainable development and green marketing has gained significant traction because of heightened public awareness of several environmental issues. The goal of sustainability is depicted as a long-term process that requires reconciling environmental concerns with social and economic ones. Green marketing is becoming increasingly popular as a means for companies to demonstrate their commitment to corporate social responsibility while gaining a competitive advantage in the marketplace and improving their corporate reputation. This research investigates the effect of green eco-friendly initiatives on corporate reputation. In addition, it examines the effect of corporate social responsibility as a mediator between the green activities implemented by the hotels and their corporate reputation. The researcher selected the Green Star hotels in the Red Sea in Egypt. Data was gathered through online self-administered questionnaires from a sample of 384 hotel guests. Statistical analysis was undertaken to examine the collected data using the proper statistical techniques and tests. Results revealed that green/eco-friendly activities significantly positively affect a hotel's corporate reputation. Furthermore, corporate social responsibility mediates the relationship between green/eco-friendly activities and corporate reputation. The results revealed that green/eco-friendly activities have a significant positive indirect effect on corporate reputation in the presence of corporate social responsibility. Besides, the results also demonstrate that eco-friendly and CSR activities may benefit developing and emerging economies. Research findings were discussed to reflect the researcher's interpretation and perception of the outcomes. The research provides hotel marketers with practical implications for using eco-friendly and CSR initiatives.","PeriodicalId":323589,"journal":{"name":"The Business and Management Review","volume":"21 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-08-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115388198","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}
Pub Date : 2022-08-10DOI: 10.24052/bmr/v13nu02/art-20
Mike S. Wagner, M. Boyle
Purpose. With the increasing importance of environmental, social and governance (ESG) reporting, organizations are seeking ways to improve ESG performance. One of these ways is encouraging employee behaviors that support ESG. While some research has examined employee behaviors that support specific components of ESG, such as pro-environment behavior, this research is fragmented. Thus, the purpose of this paper is to review the various ESG outcomes which employees can influence, and then propose a single scale to measure employee support for ESG, along with recommendations for future research. Methodology. The authors reviewed ESG reports from several large, multinational companies, as well as previous research on ESG and corporate social responsibility. The authors sought to identify ESG outcomes which employees can influence, and then develop a scale based upon these areas. Findings. The authors identify several areas within ESG which employees can influence. These include areas such as support for volunteering, employee giving campaigns, diversity and inclusion, environmental initiatives, data governance and others. Based upon these findings, the authors developed the above-mentioned scale. Originality. While previous studies have examined employee support for specific components of ESG, this paper offers a comprehensive framework. In particular, there has been little research focused on employee support for governance behaviors, such as data stewardship. Study implications. This paper provides a scale which can be used to measure employee support for ESG behaviors. This scale can help employers understand their employees’ level of support for ESG. In addition, it can help researchers understand whether employee support for ESG is related to organization-level outcomes, such as ESG ratings.
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Pub Date : 2022-08-10DOI: 10.24052/bmr/v13nu02/art-23
Norhan Ashoush, W. Kortam
In the last few decades, the concern about the environment has evolved by not only being an important public matter, but it also became a critical matter for academic research as well. The term "green marketing" refers to efforts that promote environmental sustainability. This study aims to investigate the green marketing strategies and how they might impact the consumers’ purchase intention. This study investigated the impact of green marketing strategies on consumers’ purchase intention by using both primary and secondary data. Primary data utilized in this study through collecting data from the sample or target population through a survey using the non-probability quota sampling technique in order to evaluate hypotheses. Hence, a structured questionnaire was distributed and got responded by 385 respondents. Data were then analyzed through descriptive analysis, factor analysis, correlation matrix, regression, reliability, validity and normality tests. Secondary data utilized in this study was gathered by reviewing the literature and previous studies about the green marketing and its strategies and the consumer’s purchase intention. Findings and results of the study indicated that green marketing strategies does have a positive impact on consumers’ purchase intention. As all the results showed that there was a significant, direct and moderate relationship between the variables of the study. Moreover, the main findings of the study showed that although each strategy alone has a positive impact on consumers’ purchase intention but, using green marketing’s four strategies altogether is the best approach to stimulate consumer’s purchase intention.
{"title":"The impact of green marketing strategies on consumers’ purchasing intention","authors":"Norhan Ashoush, W. Kortam","doi":"10.24052/bmr/v13nu02/art-23","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24052/bmr/v13nu02/art-23","url":null,"abstract":"In the last few decades, the concern about the environment has evolved by not only being an important public matter, but it also became a critical matter for academic research as well. The term \"green marketing\" refers to efforts that promote environmental sustainability. This study aims to investigate the green marketing strategies and how they might impact the consumers’ purchase intention. This study investigated the impact of green marketing strategies on consumers’ purchase intention by using both primary and secondary data. Primary data utilized in this study through collecting data from the sample or target population through a survey using the non-probability quota sampling technique in order to evaluate hypotheses. Hence, a structured questionnaire was distributed and got responded by 385 respondents. Data were then analyzed through descriptive analysis, factor analysis, correlation matrix, regression, reliability, validity and normality tests. Secondary data utilized in this study was gathered by reviewing the literature and previous studies about the green marketing and its strategies and the consumer’s purchase intention. Findings and results of the study indicated that green marketing strategies does have a positive impact on consumers’ purchase intention. As all the results showed that there was a significant, direct and moderate relationship between the variables of the study. Moreover, the main findings of the study showed that although each strategy alone has a positive impact on consumers’ purchase intention but, using green marketing’s four strategies altogether is the best approach to stimulate consumer’s purchase intention.","PeriodicalId":323589,"journal":{"name":"The Business and Management Review","volume":"26 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-08-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116862604","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}
Pub Date : 2022-08-10DOI: 10.24052/bmr/v13nu02/art-26
Noha Zakaria Mohamed, H. Srour
Purpose: This paper examines the influence of operating performance as a mediator variable on the relationships between the various characteristics of the Board of directors and firms' financial performance, as measured by return on average total assets and the ratio of Earning per ordinary share, for nonfinancial firms listed on the Egyptian stock market. Methodology: A multiple regression analysis and path analysis are performed to explain the four models employed for a sample of (26) non-financial Egyptian firms from 2018 to 2021. Five principal hypotheses are examined, HO1: there is no statistically significant influence at the level of significance (a ≤ 0.05) for the Board of Directors’ characteristics on EPS. HO2: there is no statistically significant influence at the level of significance (a ≤ 0.05) for the Board of Directors’ characteristics on ROA. HO3: there is no statistically significant influence at the level of significance (a ≤ 0.05) for the characteristics of the Board of Directors on ATO. HO4: there is no statistically significant influence at the level of significance (a ≤ 0.05) for the characteristics of the Board of Directors on OPM. H05: operational performance has no significant impact on the relationship between the Board of Directors’ characteristics and firm financial performance measured by ROA and EPS. Findings: Consistent with the majority of prior research, this study's findings indicate that Board of director characteristics have a positive, significant influence on firm financial performance during the study period. Additionally, BOD characteristics affect operating performance in a positive direction, particularly asset turnover. In addition, a path analysis reveals that operating performance acts as a positive mediator in this relationship.
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Pub Date : 2022-08-10DOI: 10.24052/bmr/v13nu02/art-10
E. Fragouli, Xenia M. Louka
The Greek economic crisis is part of the ongoing Eurozone crisis and was triggered by the global economic recession in October 2008. The Greek society as a whole is affected. This study examines, through critical literature review, the effect of crisis on a number of important work-related attitudes such as employee engagement, person-organisation fit, affective commitment, psychological climate and ethical leadership. Furthermore, using crisis management (CM) theory, we examine employee engagement and ethical leadership as useful and efficient tools to cope with the crisis. Moreover, this correlation study tests whether the affected from Greek economic crisis person-organisation fit, affective commitment, psychological climate and ethical leadership relate with employee engagement. To the best of the researchers’ knowledge, there is no other research to date which examines the aforementioned relationships during the Greek economic crisis. Based on relevant literature, we predict that employee engagement should have positive relations with person-organisation fit, affective commitment, psychological climate and ethical leadership under an economic crisis. Analysing empirical data from a heterogeneous sample of Greek private sector employees, we found evidence supporting our hypotheses. The paper concludes with a discussion of the findings and implications for further research.
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Pub Date : 2022-08-10DOI: 10.24052/bmr/v13nu02/art-17
Hoda A. Ali, Hajar Tarek Mahmoud
In the last years governments are working towards improving their economic development stance among countries, while also working on achieving their set sustainable development goals in different sectors. One of those sectors that plays a vital role in enhancing and improving economic development ranks is education. However, countries are not paying enough attention on improving and developing their education system through neither increasing their spending on developing and improving their education sector nor paying attention on assessing their efficiency performance in education. Therefore, the aim of this paper is to study the impact of efficiency of education on economic development through on selected Asian and North African countries from the period of 2000-2021. In which the results of this study have showed that the efficiency of education determinants has a positive impact on spurring economic development. The outcomes of the study have also indicated that the countries who recorded higher efficiency of education and thus higher economic development rate are the countries that are concentrated in Asia. On the other hand, North African countries had low rates of education efficiency and lagged behind in the economic development ranks compared to Asian Countries this was due to the characteristics of their education system which was acknowledged by being underdeveloped infrastructure, traditional learning tools, and low government spending.
{"title":"The Relationship between efficiency of education and economic development: A comparative study","authors":"Hoda A. Ali, Hajar Tarek Mahmoud","doi":"10.24052/bmr/v13nu02/art-17","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24052/bmr/v13nu02/art-17","url":null,"abstract":"In the last years governments are working towards improving their economic development stance among countries, while also working on achieving their set sustainable development goals in different sectors. One of those sectors that plays a vital role in enhancing and improving economic development ranks is education. However, countries are not paying enough attention on improving and developing their education system through neither increasing their spending on developing and improving their education sector nor paying attention on assessing their efficiency performance in education. Therefore, the aim of this paper is to study the impact of efficiency of education on economic development through on selected Asian and North African countries from the period of 2000-2021. In which the results of this study have showed that the efficiency of education determinants has a positive impact on spurring economic development. The outcomes of the study have also indicated that the countries who recorded higher efficiency of education and thus higher economic development rate are the countries that are concentrated in Asia. On the other hand, North African countries had low rates of education efficiency and lagged behind in the economic development ranks compared to Asian Countries this was due to the characteristics of their education system which was acknowledged by being underdeveloped infrastructure, traditional learning tools, and low government spending.","PeriodicalId":323589,"journal":{"name":"The Business and Management Review","volume":"39 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-08-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132258093","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}
Celebrity endorsement is a persuasion strategy in which customers identify with the person featured in an advertisement. Celebrities promote services and products in ways that serve to increase brand awareness and credibility. Celebrity endorsement boosts trust, familiarity, and awareness of a product by endorsing it and advertising it, all of which are important elements in a consumer's purchasing decision. When defining purchase intention, it is described as the intention to purchase or obtain a product or a service, thus reflecting the customer’s desire to purchase a specific product from a specific brand. Meanwhile, a luxury brand and its products are associated with exclusivity, status, and superior quality. This research aims to examine whether celebrity endorsement influences the purchase intention of luxury products or not. A survey was conducted and answered by a sample size of 145 respondents. Data were analyzed to test the hypothesis through regression analysis, factor analysis, and reliability tests. Research findings indicate that celebrity endorsement does have an impact on the purchase intention of luxurious brands, especially when measuring the aspects of celebrity endorsement, which are celebrity credibility, celebrity expertise, product-celebrity match-up, physical attractiveness, and trustworthiness. However, the analysis showed that trustworthiness has the most significant impact, whereas celebrity expertise is partially significant.
{"title":"Celebrity endorsement and its impact on purchase intention of luxurious brands","authors":"Mostafa Nabil, Habiba Khaled, Hagar Taher, Mirna Ayman, Norhan Ashoush, Reham Shawky","doi":"10.24052/bmr/v13nu02/art-25","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24052/bmr/v13nu02/art-25","url":null,"abstract":"Celebrity endorsement is a persuasion strategy in which customers identify with the person featured in an advertisement. Celebrities promote services and products in ways that serve to increase brand awareness and credibility. Celebrity endorsement boosts trust, familiarity, and awareness of a product by endorsing it and advertising it, all of which are important elements in a consumer's purchasing decision. When defining purchase intention, it is described as the intention to purchase or obtain a product or a service, thus reflecting the customer’s desire to purchase a specific product from a specific brand. Meanwhile, a luxury brand and its products are associated with exclusivity, status, and superior quality. This research aims to examine whether celebrity endorsement influences the purchase intention of luxury products or not. A survey was conducted and answered by a sample size of 145 respondents. Data were analyzed to test the hypothesis through regression analysis, factor analysis, and reliability tests. Research findings indicate that celebrity endorsement does have an impact on the purchase intention of luxurious brands, especially when measuring the aspects of celebrity endorsement, which are celebrity credibility, celebrity expertise, product-celebrity match-up, physical attractiveness, and trustworthiness. However, the analysis showed that trustworthiness has the most significant impact, whereas celebrity expertise is partially significant.","PeriodicalId":323589,"journal":{"name":"The Business and Management Review","volume":"45 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-08-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128419218","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}
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