Business Practices in Emerging and Re-Emerging Markets

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Satyendra Singh
Keyword(s):  
Emerging Markets ◽  
Business Practices

Psychological empowerment and job satisfaction of accountants: the mediating effect of task performance

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ashish Varma ◽  
Gunjan Malhotra
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Emerging Markets ◽  
Task Performance ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Psychological Empowerment ◽  
Mediating Effect ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Business Practices ◽  
Content Type

Purpose This study aims to ascertain the mediating effect of task performance (TP) on the linkage between the psychological empowerment (PE) and job satisfaction (JS) of professional accountants. Design/methodology/approach Primary data was collected through a questionnaire-based survey of 132 professional accountants who were the units of analysis for the study. These accountants were domiciled in 11 Indian cities and worked in both service and manufacturing firms. The data was analyzed using the partial least squares structural equation modeling method. Findings The study found that TP mediated the linkage between PE and JS, although, contrary to observations in developed economies, one of its sub-constructs – competence – displayed no such mediation capability. Counterintuitively, it was empirically observed that the accountants’ gender had no bearing on the mediating effect of TP. Originality/value The study makes three distinct contributions. First, it empirically confirms that the intrinsic motivation theory applies to accountants in the context of operations in emerging markets. Second, the paper contributes to the accounting behavioral literature by observing that competence, as a sub-dimension of the PE construct, does not significantly impact the JS level of accountants. Finally, the study also contributes to the development of sound business practices by confirming that gender differences do not impact the satisfaction levels of accountants in emerging markets.

Socio-influences of user generated content in emerging markets

2018 ◽  
Vol 36 (7) ◽  
pp. 737-749 ◽  
Author(s):  
Harish Kumar ◽  
Manoj Kumar Singh ◽  
M.P. Gupta
Keyword(s):  
Emerging Markets ◽  
User Generated Content ◽  
Business Practices ◽  
Social Commerce ◽  
Interpretive Structural Modeling ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The People ◽  
The Social ◽  
Marketing Activities ◽  
Hierarchical Relationships

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to conceptualize the influencing characteristics of user-generated content over perceived structure of social platforms to plan various business practices to improve the social commerce activities especially in emerging markets. Design/methodology/approach In first step, key factors are identified from the systematic literature studies and experts’ opinion. Second, total interpretive structural modeling is used to interpret the complexity of relationships among various factors. Further, fuzzy-MICMAC analysis is used to determine the most driving factors to improve the social commerce. Findings The study illustrates hierarchical relationships that can help policy designers, business leaders and decision makers to gain maximum benefits of mining the user-generated content to implement the people-oriented changes to improve economic capability of a country. Research limitations/implications The applicability of the study findings can be deployed mostly in emerging economies. The study has not considered the data security, cyberbullying, authenticity and reliability of shared content spread virally over social sites. Practical implications The paper will assist policy makers, business planners and solution providers to give importance to public-led influencing patterns to offer business solutions based on people demand and choices. Social implications The customers’ engagement, sharing reviews, getting suggestions from other people and finding new trends through user-generated content would enable higher social commerce activities. Originality/value The paper develops hierarchical relationships to represent the advancements in business and marketing activities based on influencing patterns and behavior of users over social sites.

CSR Strategies in Emerging Markets

2017 ◽  
pp. 1702-1725
Author(s):  
Claudia Ogrean ◽  
Mihaela Herciu
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Emerging Markets ◽  
Business Models ◽  
The Other ◽  
Business Practices ◽  
Socially Responsible ◽  
Csr Strategies ◽  
Development Tool ◽  
The Social ◽  
Decision Making Processes

The purpose of the chapter is to emphasize on the roles of businesses – as an effective (sustainable) development agent in emerging markets, on one hand, and of their CSR strategies – as an efficient sustainable development tool, on the other hand, in order to identify valuable business practices able to lead the emerging markets towards sustainability – through socially responsible decision making processes at business level. Having in the fore-ground the ideas of sustainability (which basically is a macro-economic concern) and responsibility (and especially its micro-economic correspondent that usually embraces the form of CSR), it will try to discover the general and specific features of the business models that capitalize the best the synergy between the social responsibility of business and the ensuring of sustainability in emerging markets.

scholarly journals Social media and business practices in emerging markets: still unexplored

2018 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 110-114 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vigneswara Ilavarasan ◽  
Arpan Kar ◽  
M.P. Gupta
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Emerging Markets ◽  
Business Practices

scholarly journals Understanding the characteristics of the growth of SMEs in B-to-B markets in emerging economies: an organizational ecology approach

2014 ◽  
Vol 29 (4) ◽  
pp. 295-303 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patricia R. Todd ◽  
Raj G. Javalgi ◽  
David Grossman
Keyword(s):  
Emerging Markets ◽  
Emerging Economies ◽  
Resource Availability ◽  
Organizational Ecology ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Growth Patterns ◽  
Growth Strategy ◽  
Business Practices ◽  
Content Type ◽  
India And China

Purpose – The aim of this paper is to focus on the determinants that impact the growth of SMEs in B-to-B markets in emerging economies. The objective is to apply the classic model of organizational ecology to examine the characteristics of growth patterns in the B-to-B environment for SMEs in emerging markets, specifically India and China. Application of the model can guide SMEs owners/managers in their effort to successfully expand internationally in turbulent markets characterized by competitive and technological intensity. Design/methodology/approach – An overview of the basics of the organizational ecology model is presented, followed by the description of various economic drivers of B-to-B markets in India and China. The integration of the organizational ecology model and the strategic development of methods to deal with specific challenges of entering international markets are discussed. The paper concludes with managerial implications and suggestions for future research. Findings – Businesses operating in emerging markets face many of the same roadblocks concerning efficiencies, increasing competition, and the need for capital, that are experienced by businesses throughout the world, however, they also face challenges unique to the developmental nature of the country environment. Ecological models can be used to understand the dynamics between resource utilization and growth. Practical implications – The ecology-based view evaluates the utilization of resources with a focus on how changes in resource availability impact the international growth strategy of the B-to-B firm in India and China. These two economies represent a large business environment, generally underdeveloped with regards to taking advantage of potential resource availability. Originality/value – While the significant economic contribution of SMEs is well understood, their business practices in emerging economies have not been extensively studied, especially in the B-to-B arena. The goal here is to stimulate the development of new insights for managing the complex relationships between the B-to-B SMEs, organizational ecology, and the international environment in emerging markets. This study extends the literature concerning factors that impact business success in important emerging markets such as India and China.

Impediments to market orientation

2014 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 33-56 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. M. Siddique
Keyword(s):  
Emerging Markets ◽  
Market Orientation ◽  
United Arab Emirates ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
Study Participant ◽  
Retail Sector ◽  
Business Practices ◽  
Gulf Region ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Context Specific

Purpose – This study was undertaken to explore obstacles to market orientation in the retail small- and medium-sized retail enterprises (SME) sector of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), a rapidly growing economy in the Gulf region. The paper aims to discuss these issues. Design/methodology/approach – The study used a triangulation data collection approach, including a case study, participant observation, and a questionnaire-based survey. Five research hypotheses were developed on context-specific impediments to market orientation, identified by means of in-depth interviews with owners/operators of SMEs, their channel partners and customers, and were tested with survey data. Findings – The study revealed a weak market orientation among UAE-based retail SMEs. An undifferentiated competition, limited resource infrastructure, and a short-term planning horizon occurred as the major impediments to the development and implementation of a market orientation. SMEs that preferred to maintain the status quo, and those who perceived UAE ' s commercial environment as lenient and pro-business, also expressed a lack of interest in the marketing concept and market orientation as a competitive strategy. Research limitations/implications – The study supports the contention that social-structural conditions and business practices can create formidable barriers to a market orientation in emerging markets. The findings call for shifting the current research focus from intra-organizational antecedents of market orientation to context-specific factors that may impede or facilitate market orientation. Originality/value – The study unravels a unique set of impediments to market orientation in UAE ' s retail sector and thus contributes to the ongoing interest of marketing scholars in expanding the range of possible antecedents of a market orientation. The findings of this study should be of special interest to foreign business firms aspiring to enter the growing retail sector of UAE and other emerging markets in the Gulf region.

CSR Strategies in Emerging Markets

2016 ◽  
pp. 1-24
Author(s):  
Claudia Ogrean ◽  
Mihaela Herciu
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Emerging Markets ◽  
Business Models ◽  
The Other ◽  
Business Practices ◽  
Socially Responsible ◽  
Csr Strategies ◽  
Development Tool ◽  
The Social ◽  
Decision Making Processes

The purpose of the chapter is to emphasize on the roles of businesses – as an effective (sustainable) development agent in emerging markets, on one hand, and of their CSR strategies – as an efficient sustainable development tool, on the other hand, in order to identify valuable business practices able to lead the emerging markets towards sustainability – through socially responsible decision making processes at business level. Having in the fore-ground the ideas of sustainability (which basically is a macro-economic concern) and responsibility (and especially its micro-economic correspondent that usually embraces the form of CSR), it will try to discover the general and specific features of the business models that capitalize the best the synergy between the social responsibility of business and the ensuring of sustainability in emerging markets.

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