Ballot Cues, Business Candidates, and Voter Choices in Local Elections

2020 ◽  
pp. 1532673X2094355
Author(s):  
Brian E. Adams ◽  
Edward L. Lascher ◽  
Danielle Joesten Martin
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Data ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
Business Owners ◽  
Small Business Owners ◽  
Local Elections ◽  
Electoral Success ◽  
Political Experience ◽  
Occupational Information ◽  
Political Background ◽  
Occupational Background

American voters commonly express abstract support for candidates with a business background, yet there is minimal systematic evidence about whether it advantages candidates in actual electoral contests. We examine this question using observational data, drawing on a California law allowing candidates to designate their occupational background on the ballot, and experimental data. Candidates with a business background are prevalent in California. However, neither of our studies indicate that business candidates enjoy atypical overall electoral success (although Republican leaning constituencies have a notably more favorable view of such candidates). A political background predicts electoral success far more effectively. Further, “small business owners” have more success than other business candidates, suggesting that voters consider the specifics of a candidate’s business experience. These results advance our knowledge of decision making in low-information elections, how voters weigh private-sector versus political experience, and how they filter occupational information through a partisan lens.

IT Security Investment Decision by New Zealand Owner-Managers

2020 ◽  
pp. 217-233
Author(s):  
Radiah Othman ◽  
Sydney Kanda
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Small Businesses ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Investment Decision ◽  
Business Owners ◽  
Small Business Owners ◽  
It Security ◽  
Security Investment

Small businesses employ 29% of New Zealand's private sector workforce and account for more than a quarter of its gross domestic product. Thus, a large-scale attack on small businesses could prove to be catastrophic to the economy. This chapter, which is framed by the protection motivation theory, explores 80 small business owners' IT security decision-making via an online survey. The findings revealed that 21% of small businesses were affected by ransomware. Fifty-one percent of the respondents did not have any anti-malware and none of the respondents used data classification, which means all information was regarded as the same. Since they managed to recover their backup information, they did not perceive the threat of ransomware as imminent. In terms of coping appraisal, it is assumed that if the business owner-managers believe that the capability of IT security investment averts threats in their organizations, they will be more inclined to develop an intention to invest in it.

scholarly journals Reformists, Decouplists, and Activists: A Typology of Ecocentric Management

2021 ◽  
pp. 108602662199320
Author(s):  
Mauricio Hernández ◽  
Pablo Muñoz
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Qualitative Comparative Analysis ◽  
Business Management ◽  
Business Owners ◽  
Deep Ecology ◽  
Small Business Owners ◽  
Business Sustainability ◽  
Sustainability Research

Ecocentric management has grown in interest in business sustainability research, driven by recent debates on sustainability-as-flourishing and novel nature-based business approaches. While relevant and promising, examination and explanations remain anchored in conventional dualistic thinking and piecemeal logics. In this article, we seek to understand what conditions or combination of conditions enable the formation of ecocentrism in business management. Drawing on deep ecology and ecocentric philosophy, we develop a conceptual framework for ecocentric management, comprising ecological sensing, envisioning, and enacting. Leveraging this framework and fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis, we map the responses of 160 small business owners and managers in Chile. Our analyses reveal three configurations of conditions, forming a typology of ecocentric management: Market Reformist, Legitimated Decouplist, and Self-Centered Activist. The article offers a new conceptual apparatus and systemic characterization of ecocentrism in business sustainability. It shows what matters and when for the formation of ecocentric thinking and decision-making in management.

Israel’s Innovative Young Adults Lists

2020 ◽  
Vol 35 (3) ◽  
pp. 137-153
Author(s):  
Zvi Hadar ◽  
Fany Yuval ◽  
Rebecca Kook
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Political Parties ◽  
Representative Democracy ◽  
Local Elections ◽  
Political Activities ◽  
Campaign Strategy ◽  
Electoral Success ◽  
Political Experience ◽  
Local Representative ◽  
Depth Interviews

Scholars have pointed to the alarming decline in the participation of young people in the institutional political activities underlying representative democracy, such as voting, joining political parties, or running for office. Solutions previously proposed have dealt with participatory democracy rather than representative democracy. Based on in-depth interviews, this article shows that, since 1998, the involvement of Young Adults Lists (YALs) in Israel’s local elections have successfully and consistently engaged young adults as a descriptive constituency in local representative democracy. The YALs’ extraordinary electoral success derives from their ability to construct and carry out an innovative campaign strategy tailored to the preferences of young adults. This strategy has compensated for the YALs’ minimal financial resources and their lack of political experience and significant ties to national parties or similar organizations.

scholarly journals Entrepreneurial Mindset for Success: An Interview-based Learning in Delhi NCR

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (3S2) ◽  
pp. 128-135
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Research Method ◽  
Business Owners ◽  
Small Business Owners ◽  
Entrepreneurial Success ◽  
Entrepreneurial Ecosystem ◽  
Entrepreneurial Ventures ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Start Ups

With the emerging entrepreneurial ecosystem across the country, many people from all walks of life and experiences wish to experiment with entrepreneurial ventures. Entrepreneurship studies are not only related to individuals and start-ups but also to big enterprises. The changing orientation of people generates a need for us to study various factors instrumental in success of a venture. The present paper intends to confirm contemporary entrepreneurship concepts, scrutinize current beliefs and expand the knowledge base by investigating established entrepreneurship perceptions through first‐hand information of established small business owners. It seeks to understand the role of entrepreneurial mindset (EM) in decision making and factors affecting EM in entrepreneurial success. A qualitative based Content Analysis research method with interview-based study of heterogeneous successful entrepreneurs from Delhi &NCR was conducted to draw inferences and reach to results.

Decision-making and small business growth in Burundi

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-64 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emiel L. Eijdenberg ◽  
Leonard J. Paas ◽  
Enno Masurel
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Small Business ◽  
Firm Growth ◽  
Business Owners ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Small Business Owners ◽  
Business Growth ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Uncertain Environment ◽  
Small Business Growth

Purpose This paper aims to investigate the effect of decision-making, in terms of the effectuation and causation orientation of small business owners, on the growth of their small businesses in an uncertain environment: Burundi. Design/methodology/approach On the basis of primary data from a pre-study of 29 expert interviews, a questionnaire was developed and was filled in by 154 small business owners in Burundi’s capital, Bujumbura. Subsequently, correlation analyses, a factor analysis and regression analyses were performed to test the hypotheses. Findings While, on the one hand, the findings show that small business owners who perceive the environment as uncertain are more effectuation-oriented than causation-oriented; on the other hand, the findings show that effectuation and causation orientations do not influence later small business growth. Therefore, other determinants for small business growth in an uncertain environment should be further explored. Originality/value This paper fills the research gap of decision-making in relation to small business growth from the entrepreneurs who are among the billion people who live in absolute poverty. On the basis of Western studies, effectuation might be more present in contexts of dealing with many uncertainties of future phenomena, and that it is often positively correlated with firm growth. In contrast, this paper shows that neither an effectuation orientation nor a causation orientation significantly affects small business growth in a context that can be assumed as highly uncertain.

Suggestions on Tax Support for Small Business Owners

2020 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 89-107
Author(s):  
Sung Ho Jang ◽  
Sung Ook Park ◽  
Hyung Jong Na
Keyword(s):  
Small Business ◽  
Business Owners ◽  
Small Business Owners
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