Pub Date : 2021-01-01DOI: 10.1504/IJBE.2021.10038613
William R. Pratt, Nripendra Singh, Gustavo Barboza
{"title":"Producer benefit experience: information asymmetries and value exchange processes","authors":"William R. Pratt, Nripendra Singh, Gustavo Barboza","doi":"10.1504/IJBE.2021.10038613","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/IJBE.2021.10038613","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54077,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Business Environment","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"66787860","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 : 2021-01-01DOI: 10.1504/ijbe.2021.10043256
M. Libório, P. Ekel, Patrícia Bernardes, G. M. G. Vale
{"title":"South American business environment cost index: reforms for Brazil","authors":"M. Libório, P. Ekel, Patrícia Bernardes, G. M. G. Vale","doi":"10.1504/ijbe.2021.10043256","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/ijbe.2021.10043256","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54077,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Business Environment","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"66788266","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 : 2021-01-01DOI: 10.1504/ijbe.2021.10041951
R. Lussier, Shaike Marom
How can business strategy be used to maintain a sustainable competitive advantage during a major crisis using dynamic capabilities? Business strategy and sustainable competitive advantage changes implementing dynamic capabilities are the drivers of company success during a crisis, without such changes a company will lose its competitive advantage and may not survive the crisis. This article methodology is a descriptive applied research analysis empirical investigation of how MNC executives used their core competencies in novel approaches towards fighting against the COVID-19 pandemic combining social relief together with strategic moves aimed at strengthening their core competencies.
{"title":"Business strategy at times of crisis: leveraging core competencies to sustain competitive advantage","authors":"R. Lussier, Shaike Marom","doi":"10.1504/ijbe.2021.10041951","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/ijbe.2021.10041951","url":null,"abstract":"How can business strategy be used to maintain a sustainable competitive advantage during a major crisis using dynamic capabilities? Business strategy and sustainable competitive advantage changes implementing dynamic capabilities are the drivers of company success during a crisis, without such changes a company will lose its competitive advantage and may not survive the crisis. This article methodology is a descriptive applied research analysis empirical investigation of how MNC executives used their core competencies in novel approaches towards fighting against the COVID-19 pandemic combining social relief together with strategic moves aimed at strengthening their core competencies.","PeriodicalId":54077,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Business Environment","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"66788111","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 : 2021-01-01DOI: 10.1504/ijbe.2021.10041956
S. Renukappa, G. Martínez, S. Suresh
This paper aims to provide understanding of driving forces for business model innovation (BMI) during the pandemic for small businesses in developing countries, comparing them with identified BMI drivers before the outbreak and evaluating their response to the crisis. The qualitative multiple case study conducted allows the study of BMI within real life and contemporary context. Findings show that small organisations are influenced by internal and external factors towards BMI. Case organisations showed resilience to the crisis by adjusting accordingly to allow uninterrupted operation during lockdown;developing new products, services and processes that would ensure sustained demand during COVID-19 pandemic. The study explores theoretical implications of the findings. Also, lessons from this research could be useful for practitioners from developed and developing countries. Policymakers could benefit from focusing their activities on supporting firms to find novel ways of operating during the pandemic preventing further economic damage and unemployment.
{"title":"Business model innovation in small enterprises from developing countries during COVID-19 outbreak: exploring drivers and BMI outcomes","authors":"S. Renukappa, G. Martínez, S. Suresh","doi":"10.1504/ijbe.2021.10041956","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/ijbe.2021.10041956","url":null,"abstract":"This paper aims to provide understanding of driving forces for business model innovation (BMI) during the pandemic for small businesses in developing countries, comparing them with identified BMI drivers before the outbreak and evaluating their response to the crisis. The qualitative multiple case study conducted allows the study of BMI within real life and contemporary context. Findings show that small organisations are influenced by internal and external factors towards BMI. Case organisations showed resilience to the crisis by adjusting accordingly to allow uninterrupted operation during lockdown;developing new products, services and processes that would ensure sustained demand during COVID-19 pandemic. The study explores theoretical implications of the findings. Also, lessons from this research could be useful for practitioners from developed and developing countries. Policymakers could benefit from focusing their activities on supporting firms to find novel ways of operating during the pandemic preventing further economic damage and unemployment.","PeriodicalId":54077,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Business Environment","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"66788169","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 : 2021-01-01DOI: 10.1504/ijbe.2021.10037200
Rafael Ravina Ripoll, Maria José Foncubierta- Rodriguez, José Antonio López Sánchez
{"title":"Certification Happiness Management: an integral instrument for human resources management in post-COVID-19 era","authors":"Rafael Ravina Ripoll, Maria José Foncubierta- Rodriguez, José Antonio López Sánchez","doi":"10.1504/ijbe.2021.10037200","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/ijbe.2021.10037200","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54077,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Business Environment","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"66788203","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 : 2021-01-01DOI: 10.1504/ijbe.2021.10041616
R. Morales, J. P. S. Luna
{"title":"The effects of innovation activities and size on technological innovation in South American manufacturing firms","authors":"R. Morales, J. P. S. Luna","doi":"10.1504/ijbe.2021.10041616","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/ijbe.2021.10041616","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54077,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Business Environment","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"66787982","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 : 2021-01-01DOI: 10.1504/ijbe.2021.10041811
Jose MOYANO FUENTES, Diéssica De Oliveira Dias, Juan Manuel Maqueira Marín, Noelia Garcia Buendia
{"title":"Information technologies and lean and agile supply chain strategies: a bibliometric study through science mapping","authors":"Jose MOYANO FUENTES, Diéssica De Oliveira Dias, Juan Manuel Maqueira Marín, Noelia Garcia Buendia","doi":"10.1504/ijbe.2021.10041811","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/ijbe.2021.10041811","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54077,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Business Environment","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"66788037","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 : 2021-01-01DOI: 10.1504/ijbe.2021.10034147
N. Yakob, Roslan Ja'afar, A. Ayob
{"title":"E-commerce adoption in ASEAN: testing on individual and country-level drivers","authors":"N. Yakob, Roslan Ja'afar, A. Ayob","doi":"10.1504/ijbe.2021.10034147","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/ijbe.2021.10034147","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54077,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Business Environment","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"66788089","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 : 2021-01-01DOI: 10.1504/ijbe.2021.10034157
Tai-Shan Hu, S. Pan, Hao-Teng Cheng, S. Chang, H. Lin
The rise of the creative economy has created a new wave of prosperity that improves the overall living environment and encouraged sustainable industrial development. The fashion industry, the reprehensive positions in creative economy, is regarded as an emerging sector for achieving urban retail development. Based on five fashion retail districts in Taipei City, Taiwan, this investigation collects questionnaires and analyses the answers to identify the elements of shaping fashion industry formation. Analytical results confirm positive impacts of physical environment on fashion retail aggregations, such as convenient transportation, great price and proximity to other business districts. Moreover, the factor of atmospheric environment is also considered as the important factors by consumers and fashion retailers. Additionally, the connection of chain network through infrastructures provision, business collaboration and government and non-government supports could promote fashion industry development.
{"title":"Toward economic sustainability: how to shape fashion industry development in Taipei","authors":"Tai-Shan Hu, S. Pan, Hao-Teng Cheng, S. Chang, H. Lin","doi":"10.1504/ijbe.2021.10034157","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/ijbe.2021.10034157","url":null,"abstract":"The rise of the creative economy has created a new wave of prosperity that improves the overall living environment and encouraged sustainable industrial development. The fashion industry, the reprehensive positions in creative economy, is regarded as an emerging sector for achieving urban retail development. Based on five fashion retail districts in Taipei City, Taiwan, this investigation collects questionnaires and analyses the answers to identify the elements of shaping fashion industry formation. Analytical results confirm positive impacts of physical environment on fashion retail aggregations, such as convenient transportation, great price and proximity to other business districts. Moreover, the factor of atmospheric environment is also considered as the important factors by consumers and fashion retailers. Additionally, the connection of chain network through infrastructures provision, business collaboration and government and non-government supports could promote fashion industry development.","PeriodicalId":54077,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Business Environment","volume":"524 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"66788187","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 : 2021-01-01DOI: 10.1504/ijbe.2021.10042397
L. Pereira, N. Teixeira, Rui Gonçalves, R. Costa, Á. Dias, Carlos M. Jerónimo
{"title":"Business models competition based on knowledge assets","authors":"L. Pereira, N. Teixeira, Rui Gonçalves, R. Costa, Á. Dias, Carlos M. Jerónimo","doi":"10.1504/ijbe.2021.10042397","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/ijbe.2021.10042397","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54077,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Business Environment","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"66788260","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}