Pub Date : 2023-07-30DOI: 10.38203/jiem.023.2.0066
Binh Nguyen Thi, Hương Trần Mai, Trang Hoàng Thị Đoan, L. Nguyen, Y. T. Nguyen
This study aims to examine factors influencing global value chain position of enterprises from main industry sectors of Vietnam. In order to attain such objectives, the panel data analysis was conducted based on 208 observations from 52 enterprises in the automobile production and assembly, electronics and textile industries during the 2016 to 2020 period. The multiple linear regression model is utilized to analyse the factors influencing the participation of such industry sectors in the global value chain. The results indicate that technological capability has the most significant positive influence on the participation of Vietnamese enterprises in the global value chain, followed by FDI and business size. In contrast, the factor of business age does not seem to have a discernible effect. These findings bring some policy implications on the improvement of the country's position in the global value chain, focusing on selected industries including automotive, electronics and textile.
{"title":"Factors influencing the participation of Vietnamese enterprises in global value chains: insights from automobile production and assembly, electronics and textile industries","authors":"Binh Nguyen Thi, Hương Trần Mai, Trang Hoàng Thị Đoan, L. Nguyen, Y. T. Nguyen","doi":"10.38203/jiem.023.2.0066","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.38203/jiem.023.2.0066","url":null,"abstract":"This study aims to examine factors influencing global value chain position of enterprises from main industry sectors of Vietnam. In order to attain such objectives, the panel data analysis was conducted based on 208 observations from 52 enterprises in the automobile production and assembly, electronics and textile industries during the 2016 to 2020 period. The multiple linear regression model is utilized to analyse the factors influencing the participation of such industry sectors in the global value chain. The results indicate that technological capability has the most significant positive influence on the participation of Vietnamese enterprises in the global value chain, followed by FDI and business size. In contrast, the factor of business age does not seem to have a discernible effect. These findings bring some policy implications on the improvement of the country's position in the global value chain, focusing on selected industries including automotive, electronics and textile.","PeriodicalId":42721,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Economics Management and Accounting","volume":"35 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2023-07-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77215119","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 : 2023-07-30DOI: 10.38203/jiem.023.2.0067
Van Mung Ho, Hong Manh Pham, Van Dung Dinh
This study aims to determine factors affecting incomes of poor ethnic minority households in the Khanh Vinh district, Khanh Hoa province. Through survey data of ethnic minority households in Khanh Vinh district, this study used an econometric model to analyze the influence of factors on the incomes of ethnic minority households in the area. The research results found that the factors having the impact on the incomes of ethnic minority households in this area include: ethnic characteristics, household size, number of livelihood activities, leisure time during the year, and time to access productive land. The results of this study provide more empirical evidence in the study on factors affecting the income of ethnic minority households in Vietnam in general and in Khanh Hoa province in particular. By detailed analysis the factors affecting the income of ethnic minority households in Khanh Vinh district, Khanh Hoa province, the study enriches the literature on poverty and livelihoods in ethinic minority household’s community and provides useful information for policymakers and practitioners in designing effective programs to improve household incomes and develop sustainable livelihoods for ethnic minority households in this area.
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Pub Date : 2023-07-30DOI: 10.38203/jiem.023.2.0068
Thi Mai Chi Nguyen, M. P. Tran, Le Nhu Y Nguyen, Hien Hai Huynh
This research analyzes the factors that affect resilience after natural disasters of 997 households in rural areas of Vietnam in 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, and 2016 by using logistic regression. The research results show that factors such as receiving timely warnings related to natural disasters, not taking measures to respond to natural disasters, and putting trust in the community will improve resilience after natural disasters. If the household head is of Kinh ethnicity and participates in community organizations, the response capacity whenever a disaster occurs is higher, and vice versa. Additionally, household heads not responding to natural disasters, instead receiving support from their relatives and friends and borrowing capital positively affect resilience capacity after one year since the disaster. In cases where Kinh women are household heads and join social communities, the resilience capacity after one year also increases. Besides, the research suggests some solutions to develop resilience capacity, which focus on the relationship between characteristics of households, household heads, and disaster response with the resilience capacity of rural households in Vietnam. Finally, this research proposes some suitable policies to improve resilience capacity in Vietnamese rural areas.
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Pub Date : 2023-07-30DOI: 10.38203/jiem.023.2.0069
T. Bui, M. Tran, T. A. Vũ
This paper aims to develop a scale for hard-life experiences through the psychological sense. Hardship in the past is a factor that has impacted the cognition, stress, or resilience of individuals, and could be applied in many research areas, such as psychology, health, behavior, and decision-making in organizations. Learning about hard-life experiences is one aspect of longitudinal studies on the historical life of key leaders, who are business owners, crucial managers, and entrepreneurs focusing on the traumatic feeling during lifetime living from childhood to adulthood. A total of 149 key leaders who are business owners, crucial managers, and entrepreneurs in Vietnam responded to a survey. Structural equation modeling investigated the validity and reliability of hard-life experience measurement scales with two coherent constructs. The findings of this research discovered two sub-scales chronic and acute hard-life experiences to measure key leaders’ hardship during their lifetime, equivalenting for the period of childhood up to adolescence, and the adult period of individual key leaders essentially. A major contribution of this study is that it adds a significant new benchmark to a growing body of literature on the experiences of business owners, crucial managers, and entrepreneurs. Scholars can later use this scale to investigate relationships between hard-life experience factors and others by quantitative methods.
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Pub Date : 2023-07-30DOI: 10.38203/jiem.023.2.0070
Thu Hien Bui, Thi Minh Phuong Tran, T. Lê, Thi Kim Anh Tran, Tuan Duc Bui, Sinbandhit Sinmanolack
In recent years, the number of publications related to entrepreneurship education (EE) has increased rapidly. This change requires a systematic review and evaluate the trends, changes and development of this subject. Based on the bibliometric analysis, this paper investigates 1782 EE-related documents published between 1977 and 2022 from Scopus database to assess the growth trajectory of publications, most cited papers, key authors, most prolific countries, and institutions. The results show an explosive growth in the academic literature on EE in the last decade. In addition, results of bibliographic coupling of documents and co-occurrence of authors’ keywords analyses reveal three main schools of thought in EE research including EE in higher education, EE and entrepreneurial intention, and motivation of EE. The paper contributes to the existing literature by providing a comprehensive picture of EE. More importantly, the study calls for more research on the relationship between EE and big data, EE and self-efficacy, and EE and deep learning.
{"title":"Forty-five years of research on entrepreneurship education: a review and bibliometric analysis from Scopus dataset","authors":"Thu Hien Bui, Thi Minh Phuong Tran, T. Lê, Thi Kim Anh Tran, Tuan Duc Bui, Sinbandhit Sinmanolack","doi":"10.38203/jiem.023.2.0070","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.38203/jiem.023.2.0070","url":null,"abstract":"In recent years, the number of publications related to entrepreneurship education (EE) has increased rapidly. This change requires a systematic review and evaluate the trends, changes and development of this subject. Based on the bibliometric analysis, this paper investigates 1782 EE-related documents published between 1977 and 2022 from Scopus database to assess the growth trajectory of publications, most cited papers, key authors, most prolific countries, and institutions. The results show an explosive growth in the academic literature on EE in the last decade. In addition, results of bibliographic coupling of documents and co-occurrence of authors’ keywords analyses reveal three main schools of thought in EE research including EE in higher education, EE and entrepreneurial intention, and motivation of EE. The paper contributes to the existing literature by providing a comprehensive picture of EE. More importantly, the study calls for more research on the relationship between EE and big data, EE and self-efficacy, and EE and deep learning.","PeriodicalId":42721,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Economics Management and Accounting","volume":"15 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2023-07-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89105910","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}
Purpose: Coffee is one of the most important agricultural commodities with a significant contribution to the growth and well-functioning of Ethiopia’s economy, and to the livelihoods of millions of smallholder farmers and laborers. Despite its importance, smallholder coffee production and marketing performance have been unsatisfactory due to various reasons. The introduction of voluntary coffee certification schemes such as Fairtrade (FT) and Organic (Org) certification schemes through cooperatives are viewed as mechanisms to overcome the constraints smallholder farmers face in accessing high value coffee markets and earn better income. However, the impacts of these schemes on the livelihoods of smallholder farmers were not analyzed yet. The main purpose of this study was to estimate the impact of joining (FT, Org or dual FT-Org) certified coffee cooperatives on gross annual incomes earned by member farmers. Methodology: The study employed cross-sectional data collected from randomly selected sample smallholder coffee farmers through a semi-structured questionnaire. Descriptive and simple inferential statistical tests (e.g., frequency, percentage, mean, t-and chi2-tests), and PSM methods were employed to analyze the data. Findings: Results of the descriptive statistics depict that 234 (62.07%) of the total 377 samples farmers were members of certified coffee marketing cooperatives. Among the cooperative members, 83 (35.47%), 84 (35.90%) and 67 (28.63%) were members of FT, Org and dual FT-Org certified coffee marketing cooperatives, respectively. The results of the binary probit model however show that the decisions to join certified coffee marketing cooperatives was significantly influenced by sex, marital status, total livestock holding size, total coffee land size (ha), log total quantity of coffee produced (kg), credit access, and walking distances to development agent’s office, coffee marketing center and all-weather road in minutes, respectively. The PSM analysis results show that membership to certified coffee marketing cooperatives has a positive and significant impact on average annual gross income (ETB) earned. The average gross annual income earned by coop member farmers was ETB 14639.15, which is by 36.51% higher than their counterpart non-coop member farmers. The difference is statistically significant at 1% probability level. Unique Contribution to Theory, Practice and Policy: The study recommended that Cooperatives should be encouraged to establish credit and saving units in their internal structure and/or work in collaboration with other saving and credit providing institutions (such as Cooperative Bank of Oromia) to be able to provide demand-driven credit services to member farmers.
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Pub Date : 2023-07-20DOI: 10.34104/ijma.023.0053065
Mohammad Masudur Rahman, Raduan Che Rose, H. M. Som, H.T.M. Quader Newaz, Putra Business Candidate, School
Job satisfaction has been a significant issue worldwide. Dissatisfied employees cannot devote their full attention to their work. Despite making up 84.4% of Bangladesh's total exports, the RMG business is home to some of the country's most dissatisfied workers. Consequently, this sector is essential to the economy. Therefore, RMG employees should be pleased to contribute to the economy. Several regrettable factors contribute to Bangladeshi RMG factories' tension and consequently, poor output. Factors such as a lack of job security, lack of trust, poor working conditions, compensation, other financial incentives, a lack of rewards and recognition, etc., may predict frustration among Bangladeshi RMG workers. The low wages of Bangladesh's RMG workers are strongly associated with their discontent. In the industry, worker discontent is a magnet for violence. Obviously, without a supportive work environment, employee satisfaction on the job does not affect how conflicts are resolved within the organization. This quantitative analysis employs a strategy of random sampling. 384 Bangladeshi employees of the RMG manufacturer Shams Styling Wears Limited in Savar, Dhaka, were surveyed using a structured questionnaire. PLS-SEM was utilized to analyze the data. According to the findings of this study, conflict resolution effectiveness is associated with greater job satisfaction at Shams Styling Wears Limited. Indirectly, the relationship between job satisfaction and conflict resolution was also found to be influenced by the organizational climate.
{"title":"Assessing Job Satisfaction in the Bangladeshi Readymade Garment Industry: A Study of Shams Styling Wears Limited Using PLS-SEM Modeling","authors":"Mohammad Masudur Rahman, Raduan Che Rose, H. M. Som, H.T.M. Quader Newaz, Putra Business Candidate, School","doi":"10.34104/ijma.023.0053065","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.34104/ijma.023.0053065","url":null,"abstract":"Job satisfaction has been a significant issue worldwide. Dissatisfied employees cannot devote their full attention to their work. Despite making up 84.4% of Bangladesh's total exports, the RMG business is home to some of the country's most dissatisfied workers. Consequently, this sector is essential to the economy. Therefore, RMG employees should be pleased to contribute to the economy. Several regrettable factors contribute to Bangladeshi RMG factories' tension and consequently, poor output. Factors such as a lack of job security, lack of trust, poor working conditions, compensation, other financial incentives, a lack of rewards and recognition, etc., may predict frustration among Bangladeshi RMG workers. The low wages of Bangladesh's RMG workers are strongly associated with their discontent. In the industry, worker discontent is a magnet for violence. Obviously, without a supportive work environment, employee satisfaction on the job does not affect how conflicts are resolved within the organization. This quantitative analysis employs a strategy of random sampling. 384 Bangladeshi employees of the RMG manufacturer Shams Styling Wears Limited in Savar, Dhaka, were surveyed using a structured questionnaire. PLS-SEM was utilized to analyze the data. According to the findings of this study, conflict resolution effectiveness is associated with greater job satisfaction at Shams Styling Wears Limited. Indirectly, the relationship between job satisfaction and conflict resolution was also found to be influenced by the organizational climate.","PeriodicalId":42721,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Economics Management and Accounting","volume":"10 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2023-07-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"80218850","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 : 2023-06-29DOI: 10.34104/ijma.023.0041052
Md. Gias Uddin
The study mainly focuses on the limitations and challenges of Atghar Kuriana and Vimruli as a tourism destination and local communities’ attitude toward tourism. Actually, there is a little study about this amazing tourist destination, though it is an emerging tourist destination in Bangladesh. This study was conducted following survey research methodology; a separate survey questionnaire for tourists and local communities were developed to serve study objectives. The survey was conducted using both open and close-ended questionnaires. This study uncovered that tourists who visited there have bewitched enjoying the natural beauty, boating, zig zag canals, row upon row boats loaded with guava, amra and lemon but dissatisfaction over sanitation facility, quality restaurants and cottages, recreational and entertainment facilities, safety security, eve teasing, sound pollution as well as actually no authority to look after the overall activity. Moreover, there is no difference both gender and civil status in terms of visitors’ response to destination facilities as well as visitors’ knowledge on sustainable tourism, but collectively gender civil status revealed a significant difference. I hope the results of the survey might be worthwhile to policy makers, private entrepreneurs and marketers while formulating their policies, to attract local and foreign tourists and also to ensure sustainability of this amazing tourist destination.
{"title":"A Study on the Atghar Kuriana and Vimruli Tourist Destination’s Challenges to Sustainability","authors":"Md. Gias Uddin","doi":"10.34104/ijma.023.0041052","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.34104/ijma.023.0041052","url":null,"abstract":"The study mainly focuses on the limitations and challenges of Atghar Kuriana and Vimruli as a tourism destination and local communities’ attitude toward tourism. Actually, there is a little study about this amazing tourist destination, though it is an emerging tourist destination in Bangladesh. This study was conducted following survey research methodology; a separate survey questionnaire for tourists and local communities were developed to serve study objectives. The survey was conducted using both open and close-ended questionnaires. This study uncovered that tourists who visited there have bewitched enjoying the natural beauty, boating, zig zag canals, row upon row boats loaded with guava, amra and lemon but dissatisfaction over sanitation facility, quality restaurants and cottages, recreational and entertainment facilities, safety security, eve teasing, sound pollution as well as actually no authority to look after the overall activity. Moreover, there is no difference both gender and civil status in terms of visitors’ response to destination facilities as well as visitors’ knowledge on sustainable tourism, but collectively gender civil status revealed a significant difference. I hope the results of the survey might be worthwhile to policy makers, private entrepreneurs and marketers while formulating their policies, to attract local and foreign tourists and also to ensure sustainability of this amazing tourist destination.","PeriodicalId":42721,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Economics Management and Accounting","volume":"32 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2023-06-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78053226","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}
Purpose: Devolved enterprise funds would contribute to increased entrepreneurship and household welfare in Kenya, leading to reduced poverty levels and improved living standards. The extent of the impact of devolved enterprise funds on household welfare in Kenya is uncertain. Despite the funds being available, many entrepreneurs in Kenya still struggle to access capital and other resources needed to start and grow their businesses. This has limited the potential benefits of devolved enterprise funds on household welfare. This study investigated the influence of devolved enterprise funds on household welfare in Kenya. Methodology: The study employed a non-experimental pooled cross-sectional research design. The study targeted the households listed in the 2015/2016 Kenya Integrated Household Budget Survey which indicated the residence of households’ owners from which a random sample of 384 households was generated using the Fisher’s formula. Cross sectional data were collected from selected households using structured questionnaire. Random utility maximization theory was used to determine people’s choice, preferences and decision making. Simple linear regression model was used to estimate the relationship between variables. The data was presented in tables. Findings: Findings revealed that devolved enterprise funds had a significant positive influence on household welfare in Kenya. Therefore, household welfare will improve if devolved enterprise funds positively influence the welfare of many households in Kenya. Unique Contribution to Theory, Practice and Policy: The study recommends that efforts should be made to simplify and streamline the application and disbursement processes for enterprise funds, particularly for women and youth entrepreneurs who may face additional barriers to accessing funds.
{"title":"Influence of Devolved Enterprise Funds on Household Welfare in Kenya","authors":"Peter Shibairo, D. Ngaruko, N. Wawire","doi":"10.47604/ijecon.1985","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47604/ijecon.1985","url":null,"abstract":"Purpose: Devolved enterprise funds would contribute to increased entrepreneurship and household welfare in Kenya, leading to reduced poverty levels and improved living standards. The extent of the impact of devolved enterprise funds on household welfare in Kenya is uncertain. Despite the funds being available, many entrepreneurs in Kenya still struggle to access capital and other resources needed to start and grow their businesses. This has limited the potential benefits of devolved enterprise funds on household welfare. This study investigated the influence of devolved enterprise funds on household welfare in Kenya. \u0000Methodology: The study employed a non-experimental pooled cross-sectional research design. The study targeted the households listed in the 2015/2016 Kenya Integrated Household Budget Survey which indicated the residence of households’ owners from which a random sample of 384 households was generated using the Fisher’s formula. Cross sectional data were collected from selected households using structured questionnaire. Random utility maximization theory was used to determine people’s choice, preferences and decision making. Simple linear regression model was used to estimate the relationship between variables. The data was presented in tables. \u0000Findings: Findings revealed that devolved enterprise funds had a significant positive influence on household welfare in Kenya. Therefore, household welfare will improve if devolved enterprise funds positively influence the welfare of many households in Kenya. \u0000Unique Contribution to Theory, Practice and Policy: The study recommends that efforts should be made to simplify and streamline the application and disbursement processes for enterprise funds, particularly for women and youth entrepreneurs who may face additional barriers to accessing funds.","PeriodicalId":42721,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Economics Management and Accounting","volume":"2013 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2023-05-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87735669","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 : 2023-05-19DOI: 10.34104/ijma.023.033040
The war for talent is an ongoing problem for organizations. This study examined strategic talent management in the workplace. It compared three talent management dimensions including: a) attraction b) selection and c) retention in hard skills and soft skills. The research reviewed the barriers to effective talent management and successful policies. The author conducted semi-structured interviews with 24 human resources (HR) professionals, focusing on strategic talent management dimensions in hard skills and soft skills. Responses from the interviews were coded and details about the differences were summarized. The data from the interviews were evaluated using chi-square analyses to identify statistically significant differences in HR professionals’ perceptions of strategic talent management in hard skills versus soft skills. The research suggested plausible reasons for the significant differences in managers’ perceptions of talent management effectiveness in hard skills and soft skills. These results create a comprehensive framework for organizations to develop strategic talent management guidelines.
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