Role of homestead forests in household economy and factors affecting forest production: a case study in southwest Bangladesh

2006 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 89-97 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rahman M. Motiur ◽  
Yasushi Furukawa ◽  
Isao Kawata ◽  
Mohammed Mahabubur Rahman ◽  
Mahbubul Alam
Keyword(s):  
Household Economy ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Forest Production ◽  
Homestead Forests

scholarly journals The Role of Intellectual Image of the Commodity in Increasing Sales: A Case Study of Maestro Pizza Company

2017 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 277
Author(s):  
Somaia Osman Mohamed Abdelgadir ◽  
Ahmed Osman Ibrahim Ahmed
Keyword(s):  
Customer Service ◽  
Growth And Development ◽  
Mental Image ◽  
Important Research ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Local Company ◽  
The Relationship

The research dealt with the role of the intellectual image of the commodity in increasing sales, through the study of Maestro Pizza, as a local company with rapid growth and development. The main reasons for dealing with this issue were the study of the experience of this company and the reasons for its rapid success, although it is young in the market, and also in light of the great competition in the Saudi market. The main objectives of the research were to identify the factors affecting the intellectual image of consumers. The research was based on the analytical descriptive methodology, and its time limits were: 2013-2017 and in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The most important research hypotheses (the relationship between customer service and intellectual image of consumers). The study has reached to a number of findings, the most important of which are: Quality of service is one of the most important factors that create loyalty among consumers. A number of recommendations have been reached, including: the need to promote and develop the promotional activities of the company and to benefit from its ability to build a positive mental image.

scholarly journals Pathways to Improving Nutrition among Upland Farmers through Nutrition-Sensitive Agriculture Interventions: A Case from Northern Laos

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (23) ◽  
pp. 13414
Author(s):  
Indu K. Sharma ◽  
Dirk Essink ◽  
Victoria Fumado ◽  
Ranjan Shrestha ◽  
Zefanya D. Susanto ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Local Institutions ◽  
Intervention Package ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Impact Pathways ◽  
Agricultural Income ◽  
Farming Families ◽  
Nutrition Sensitive ◽  
Embedded Case Study

While there is an increased awareness of the role of nutrition-sensitive agriculture (NSA) interventions on nutrition, the studies that investigate holistic pathways from interventions to nutrition outcomes are inadequate. We aimed to understand these pathways to improved nutrition from the Enhancing Nutrition of Upland Farming Families (ENUFF) Project implemented in northern Laos. We applied an embedded case study design by recruiting 101 participants representing implementers, school and private sector representatives, and beneficiaries, of which 34 participated in interviews and 68 participated in 11 FGDs. This was supplemented by a desk review of project documents. We analyzed the data using a directed content analysis across five pathways using a published framework on impact pathways from NSA interventions to nutrition outcomes. The project contributed to nutrition mainly through three core pathways-food production, nutrition and WASH-related knowledge, and agricultural income, supported by strengthening local institutions within the project’s scope. While it is evident that the project contributed to empowering women by saving their time and increasing income, further study is needed to investigate the translation of these aspects to nutrition-related practices. We also suggest the need to sustain the capacity of local institutions and their engagement beyond the project cycle. To enhance the effectiveness of NSA interventions on nutrition, there is a need to design and implement intervention package with multiple pathways and tailored strategies based on nutrition outcomes, the envisaged pathways, geographical context, and factors affecting these.

Identifying the role of business accelerators in the developing business ecosystem: the life science sector

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ignat Kulkov ◽  
Magnus Hellström ◽  
Kim Wikström
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
Life Science ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Business Ecosystem ◽  
Entrepreneurial Skills ◽  
Business Ecosystems ◽  
New Type

PurposeBusiness accelerators have recently received increasing attention as important cogs in business ecosystem development. However, their exact role in the ecosystem is not yet well known, especially outside the IT sector. The purpose of this study is, therefore, twofold: to determine the position of life science accelerators in the business ecosystem and the attributes of support for companies and to identify key features of the life science accelerators that contribute to the change in business ecosystems.Design/methodology/approachThe authors offer an exploratory case study of five life science business accelerators and analyze the main factors affecting the companies and the whole business ecosystem. The authors build upon the scarce literature on business accelerators and consider a new type of accelerator that specializes in life science projects and study its role in the transformation and evolution of the life science industry.FindingsThe authors have defined the role and key parameters of life science accelerators that influence the existing business ecosystems: (1) cooperation with other regions and countries, (2) development of entrepreneurial skills among participants of the business accelerators program and (3) a project on demand-based approach.Originality/valueThe key parameters of the life science accelerators allow to concentrate these efforts on the activities that are most demanded by the market. Business accelerators can increase the created value for other program participants.

scholarly journals Factors Affecting the Affective Identity-Motivation to Lead (AI-MTL) of Lecturers: Case Study in X Unversity

2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 62-74
Author(s):  
Immanuel Yosua ◽  
Hana Panggabean
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Identification ◽  
Online Questionnaire ◽  
Motivation To Lead ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Academic Leader ◽  
Leadership Experience ◽  
University Lecturers ◽  
Age Range

This study aims to explore the effect of Leadership Self-Efficacy (LSE), Past Leadership Experience (PLE),Organizational Identification (OI), and Perceived Job Stress as an Academic Leader (PJSAL) on AffectiveIdentity-Motivation to Lead (AI-MTL) of lecturers at the X University simultaneously. This study also aims toexplore the role of LSE in mediating relationship between PLE and AI-MTL as well as between PJSAL and AI-MTL. A total of 125 X University lecturers participated in this study (male: 53, female: 72; age range between26-71 years old), with data collected through an online questionnaire. Data analysis then was performed using theHierarchical Multiple Regression and Mediation Analysis. The result shows that there is a simultaneous effect ofLSE, PLE, OI, and PJSAL, in predicting AI-MTL of lecturers at the X University, F(4, 120) = 63.520, p < .001.All variables can explain 67.9% of the AI-MTL variation, R2 = .679. Meanwhile, PJSAL does not provide anymeaningful contribution to the AI-MTL variation. In addition, this study also confirms the role of LSE inmediating the relationship between PLE and AI-MTL partially, c’ = 1.0508, p < .001, and fully mediating therelationship between PJSAL and AI-MTL, c’ = -.006, p > .05. These results emphasize the strong need to identifytalents by using those factors, especially when universities have difficulty in finding their prospective leaders.

scholarly journals The Role of Pakistan's Electronic Media in Factors Affecting the Women Empowerment in Pakistan; A Case Study of Lahore

2021 ◽  
Vol VI (I) ◽  
pp. 163-180
Author(s):  
Maria Naeem ◽  
Laiba Ashar ◽  
Muhammad Ali Tajdar
Keyword(s):  
Cultivation Theory ◽  
Women Empowerment ◽  
Mass Communications ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Modern Times ◽  
The Media ◽  
Effective Part ◽  
High Level

Empowering women is an important worldwide development problem. It has different forms over time and space but is tightly associated with economic, social, cultural, family or interpersonal fields. As in many other countries, Pakistan has signed various international statements to empower women, yet Pakistani women also suffer from a high level of discrimination and are economically dependent. Academic material on the empowerment of women worldwide and in Pakistan is also available. Media has the power to reach a big audience through mass communications and is regarded as the most important instrument of society in modern times. While the media, on the other hand, have particular tasks to carry out to improve society as the fatal pillar of our democracy. It can play an effective part in communicating knowledge to society by empowering women via the education of society. The researchers have used cultivation theory as a theoretical framework and have conducted a quantitative survey to collect the data.

scholarly journals Analysis of manual data collection in maintenance context

2019 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 104-119 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katrine Mahlamäki ◽  
Marko Nieminen
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Quantitative Methods ◽  
Quality Data ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Maintenance Technicians ◽  
Asset Data

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to identify details of technological, organizational and people (TOP) factors affecting maintenance technicians’ use of computerized maintenance management systems (CMMS) in manual collection of asset data. Design/methodology/approach In addition to TOP factor details, results from six case studies in Finland, India and the Caribbean are presented. Interviews and observations clarify the role of TOP factors in CMMS use in industrial maintenance. Findings In total, 17 detailed TOP factors are identified and criteria for analyzing CMMS contexts with them are defined. Analyzing the cases with these factors reveals that technicians who collect good quality data have received good training and instructions for the CMMS, are competent, and understand how manually collected data benefits them in their own work. However, even these sites struggle with the usability of the CMMS. Research limitations/implications The 17 TOP factors and the criteria for CMMS evaluation extend understanding on context and usability in manual data collection. Case study method does not imply the relative importance of the TOP factors, which calls for future research using quantitative methods. Practical implications Management can use the criteria to analyze the context of manual data collection for improvements, e.g., in CMMS usability. Originality/value Insights from industrial environments and a new way of studying contextual factors of CMMS use are presented. The results extend a data quality research framework with details to manual data collection and define the TOP factors in CMMS context.

scholarly journals THE ROLE OF ISLAMIC FINANCIAL COOPERATIVE (BMT) IN POVERTY ALLEVIATION THROUGH EMPOWERING MICRO, SMALL, AND MEDIUM ENTERPRENEURS

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Fitrah Kamaliyah
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Household Income ◽  
Poverty Measurement ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Measurement Tools ◽  
Yogyakarta City ◽  
Significant Factors

The purpose of this study to analyze the role of BMT on MSMEs quality of life by taking a case study of BMT Bina Umat Sejahtera in Yogyakarta city. A survey on 53 respondents was conducted on September-November 2015. Non-parametric tests were applied in this study to analyze correlation between variables and CIBEST, MSMPI and IPI MODEL were employed as poverty measurement tools. This study found that financing through the entrepreneurs was effective to increase their income. Age, duration of installment, financing amount, household income and expenditure before financing found as significant factors affecting to household income after financing. Overall, BMT’s Performance was proven to be able change the quality of life of respondents in three models of poverty measurement positively. The results of this study are expected to BMT strategies so that financing customers can improve their standard of living as well as increase their level of spirituality

scholarly journals The role of manufacturing in the development of rural regions: Evidence from a highly industrialised Moravian region

2021 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 39-52
Author(s):  
Jan Ženka ◽  
Simona Šťastná ◽  
Adam Pavlík
Keyword(s):  
Small Firms ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Manufacturing Firms ◽  
Rural Regions ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Favourable Environment ◽  
Municipal Level

Abstract Various types of manufacturing firms located in rural municipalities are identified in this paper, and we determine the intensity of their economic linkages at the local and regional levels. We also examine the factors affecting the intensity of local/regional sourcing and purchasing. Due to the unavailability of detailed economic data at the municipal level, our research draws on a case study of 26 rural manufacturing small/medium-sized enterprises located in the Zlín Region in the eastern part of the Czech Republic. As a highly industrialised region, Zlín should theoretically provide a very favourable environment for the development of local/regional productive linkages of rural manufacturing firms. Several non-parametric tests have been employed to test the effects of firm size, age, industry and location, on the intensity of local and regional purchasing/sourcing. We found the most common firms are those that purchase and sell mostly on a regional (NUTS3) level rather than on the local level. Small firms source and sell more locally than larger firms. Effects of the firm age, industry and location, on the intensity of local/regional sourcing and purchasing were not confirmed.

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