Ekološka osviještenost investitora i kupaca: slučaj Volkswagen grupe i afere Dieselgate

The Dieselgate affair is linked to the illegal activities of the Volkswagen Group, which involved the deception of car buyers and the concealment of the actual results of the level of harmful gases discharges in diesel cars using computer programs. Although the Volkswagen group has been using these illegal activities for a long time, they were only discovered in September 2015. Through selected statistical methods the paper examines the Dieselgate affair disclosure impact on the behaviour of the Volkswagen Group investors and customers. It is assumed that investors and customers possess ecological awareness and that the selected Volkswagen Group business performance indicators should have reflected that. The research demonstrated that the Dieselgate affair has had a major impact on the decline of the Volkswagen Group regular and privileged shares value. On the other hand, the Dieselgate affair did not have a significant negative impact on Volkswagen Group vehicles sales. Indeed, after a short adjustment period, the Volkswagen Group continued to increase vehicle sales even after the disclosure of the Dieselgate affair.

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The Effect of Inter-personal Trust on Opportunism and Business Performance of Gem Dealers in Sri Lanka

Asia Proceedings of Social Sciences ◽

10.31580/apss.v2i3.343 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 2 (3) ◽

pp. 127-131

Author(s):

Pamudika Ishani Gamage ◽

H. M. S. Priyanath

Keyword(s):

Sri Lanka ◽

Business Performance ◽

Interpersonal Trust ◽

Negative Impact ◽

Well Being ◽

Primary Data ◽

Personal Trust ◽

Significant Negative Impact ◽

And Performance ◽

Major Hypothesis

This study attempts to explore the effect of interpersonal-trust on opportunism and business performance of gem dealers in Sri Lanka. Therefore, the study suggests three major hypothesis which was tested on primary data gathered from 100 registered gem dealers in the Ratnapura district in Sri Lanka, using structured questionnaires. The results demonstrate that inter-personal trust i.e. credibility, benevolence, ability among gem dealers have a significant negative impact on opportunism and positive significant impact on business improvements. Whereas highlighting the inverse relationship between business opportunism and performance. Furthermore, this study concludes that inter-personal trust has greater impacts on the well-being of this industry highlighting it as the main relational attribute among gem dealers interactions. Thus, inter-personal trust lowers their transaction costs in exchanges and increase the profit levels of gem dealers in Sri Lanka.

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THE POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE EFFECT OF SOCIAL MEDIA ON THE YOUTH’S STATE AND NATION DEVELOPMENT

Journal of English Language and Literature (JELL) ◽

10.37110/jell.v3i02.56 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 3 (02) ◽

pp. 115-130

Author(s):

Suhendar Suhendar

Keyword(s):

Social Media ◽

Teaching And Learning ◽

Negative Impact ◽

Positive Impact ◽

The Other ◽

The People ◽

Long Time ◽

Negative Effect ◽

Working Performance ◽

Business Media

Social media mostly provides facilities and applications which make the youth enjoy their time longer in using social media. In relation to which, the objectives of this study are to identify what are the positives and negatives effects of social media on the youth’s state and nation development. As for the method used herein is qualitative in nature and the method of collecting data applied herein is by adopting literary approach. Positive impact of social media are among the other things: to keep in touch with the members of family living so far from house or with the relative which have not met for a long time; to use it as teaching and learning sources; to use it as information media; to broaden fraternity networks; to use it as the facility to improve skill and competence; to use it as communication media; and to use it as promotion and business media. Meanwhile negative effect of social media are among the other things are: difficult to socialize with the people surrounding; social media can make somebody only think about him/herself; the lack of working performance; criminal in cyberspace; and pornography. Accordingly, by knowing positive and negative impact of social media the youth can be wiser to use it only for the purpose of developing the state and nation.

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Evaluation of Government Ecological Environment Governance Effect from the Public’s Perspective Based on the Entropy Method: Take the Kubuqi Desert in Inner Mongolia as an Example

Scientific Programming ◽

10.1155/2021/6319358 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 2021 ◽

pp. 1-13

Author(s):

Erhan Wu ◽

Zhiyi Gai

Keyword(s):

Regression Coefficient ◽

Comprehensive Evaluation ◽

Negative Impact ◽

First Grade ◽

Ordinary Least Squares ◽

Entropy Method ◽

Ecological Environment ◽

Ecological Awareness ◽

The Public ◽

Significant Negative Impact

The Kubuqi Desert is the seventh-largest desert in China. Under the leadership of the central, autonomous region and local governments, the ecological situation has undergone historic changes. In this paper, we select Hangjin Banner and Dalate Banner, which have the most widely distributed deserts and use 347 households as the research perspective to construct the evaluation index system of the government's ecological environment governance effect. The entropy method is used to evaluate the governance effect, and the ordinary least squares and quantile regression are used to compare the evaluation differences of different publics. The research found the following. (1) The public believes that the government's ecological governance measures have achieved good results in the third-level index analysis. The ecological environment in the desert area has been significantly improved; that is, the survival rate of trees has increased, the area of vegetation coverage and vegetation types have increased, and the frequency of sandstorms has decreased. However, the intensity of sandstorms and the flow of water sources did not change significantly. The various types of public income have increased significantly compared to before the governance. The public takes the ecological priority as the concept and actively participates in the government's governance implementation, which means that the ecological awareness and behavior are higher. (2) Among the second-level index, the weights and scores in descending order are public economic characteristics: 45.53% and 0.4840, public ecological behavior: 25.62% and 0.1682, public ecological effect perception: 18.35% and 0.1240, and public ecological awareness: 10.51% and 0.0291. The comprehensive evaluation result is 0.8054, which is in the first grade, and the effect is excellent. (3) The public comprehensive evaluation results of the two regions are similar. Hangjin Banner is 0.8209 and Dalate Banner is 0.8557, both in the first grade. The effect is excellent. (4) In the OLS regression results, gender has a significant positive impact on evaluating the government's ecological environment governance effect. Age, ethnicity, and occupation have a significant negative impact. As the quintile increases, the influence of gender, age, and ethnicity first increases and then decreases. The maximum regression coefficient of gender at the 50% quantile is 0.714, which has a significant positive effect. Age has a significant negative impact at each quantile. The regression coefficient of ethnicity at the 50% quantile is the highest -0.357, which has a significant negative impact. Occupation only has a significant negative impact at the low quintile.

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Nightlife sector from a gender point of view: The case of Ibiza

European Journal of Tourism Hospitality and Recreation ◽

10.1515/ejthr-2017-0005 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 8 (1) ◽

pp. 51-64

Author(s):

José Ramón Cardona ◽

María Dolores Sánchez-Fernández

Keyword(s):

Negative Impact ◽

Point Of View ◽

The Other ◽

General View ◽

Tourist Destination ◽

Local Society ◽

Men And Women ◽

Academic Literature ◽

The Past ◽

Significant Negative Impact

AbstractTourism depends largely on the good will of local inhabitants and over the past decades many studies have been conducted concerning the attitudes of residents towards tourism. There is not much academic literature concerning nightlife, and in most cases the nightclubs are an element of a context in which another phenomenon is analyzed. There is a limited amount of literature analyzing the differences between men and women in their role as residents of a tourist destination, and there are also no studies concerning the attitudes of women towards nightlife. This paper intends to provide a first study of the attitudes of women towards the nightclubs, in the case of Ibiza Island. The analysis of the attitudes towards nightlife was carried out by means of an array of items integrated into a broader survey on attitudes of residents towards tourism. A total of 418 valid questionnaires were obtained, 266 of them were completed by women. Although the general view of the sector is negative, women are much more critical about the island’s nightlife. When breaking down the sample of women it can be seen that one part of women has similar opinions to those of men (Moderates), mainly those that depend economically on the sector, but the other part has very contrary opinions (Haters). Women have a more conservative and adverse stance towards risk than men, and they are more contrary to offers that may have a significant negative impact on local society, as would be the case for nightclubs.

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Policy Uncertainty, Macroeconomic Dynamics, And US Unemployment Conditions

Journal of Applied Business Research (JABR) ◽

10.19030/jabr.v28i5.7222 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 28 (5) ◽

pp. 777 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Rexford Abaidoo

Keyword(s):

Unemployment Rate ◽

Performance Indicators ◽

Negative Impact ◽

Granger Causality Test ◽

Policy Uncertainty ◽

Font Size ◽

Causality Test ◽

Special Character ◽

Significant Negative Impact ◽

And Performance

This study provides empirical verification of the link between policy uncertainty<a name="_ftnref1" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn1;" href="http://journals.cluteonline.com/index.php/JABR/author/submit/3?articleId=7222#_ftn1">[1]</a>, unemployment rate and other key US macroeconomic and performance indicators. A VAR augmented model (augmented by impulse responds function (IRF)) and Granger Causality test are employed in this study. Empirical results based on quarterly time series data (spanning the period 1960 to 2011) shows deficit induced policy uncertainty has significant negative impact on key US macroeconomic and performance indicators. This study also finds that one standard deviation policy uncertainty shock has immediate and significant negative impact on unemployment rate, GDP growth and other indicators tested. Concluding Granger causality test also shows deficit induced policy uncertainty granger cause variability in GDP and fixed private investment growth. <div style="mso-element: footnote-list;"> <hr size="1" /><div style="mso-element: footnote;" id="ftn1"> <a name="_ftn1" style="mso-footnote-id: ftn1;" href="http://journals.cluteonline.com/index.php/JABR/author/submit/3?articleId=7222#_ftnref1"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 9pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;">[1]</a> Measured in terms of Relative Political Capacity (RPC) formally introduced by Organski and Kugler (1980); and modified by Kugler and Arbetman (1997). </div> </div>

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Female circumcision in Islamic and Health Perspective in Bogor, West Java

International Journal of Multicultural and Multireligious Understanding ◽

10.18415/ijmmu.v8i2.2375 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 8 (2) ◽

pp. 497

Author(s):

Jubaedah Jubaedah

Keyword(s):

Qualitative Research ◽

Health Workers ◽

Negative Impact ◽

Female Circumcision ◽

Rapid Assessment ◽

The Other ◽

Assessment Procedure ◽

Birth Attendants ◽

Significant Negative Impact ◽

Shock Stress

This study was aimed to find that medically speaking, the practice of female circumcision was carried out by the community in Jasinga, Cigudeg, and Cileungsi Districts. This research is a quantitative study of 110 respondents. This study is also supported by qualitative research with the type of Rapid Assessment Procedure (RAP). The source of this research consisted of mothers who had daughters aged one to five years and performed female circumcision both to health workers and to traditional birth attendants. The results showed that circumcision did not have a significant negative impact on children's health and psychology. Traditions that collaborate with religious teachings are a strong reason for someone to take any action, even though from the other side the benefits have not been found. The practice of female circumcision is still ongoing, although there is a prohibition against such activities because it is seen as a violation of human rights, it can result in shock, stress, and even sexual dysfunction.

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Pengembangan Kemitraan Koperasi, Usaha Mikro Dan Kecil (KUMK) Dengan Usaha Menengah/Besar Untuk Komoditi Unggulan Lokal

Coopetition : Jurnal Ilmiah Manajemen ◽

10.32670/coopetition.v9i1.52 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 9 (1) ◽

pp. 53-66 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Dandan Irawan

Keyword(s):

Business Performance ◽

The Other ◽

Economic Conditions ◽

Small Enterprises ◽

Business Partnerships ◽

Short Term ◽

Business Partnership ◽

Structure Factors ◽

Micro And Small Enterprises ◽

Business Entities

Basically a natural partnership will achieve its goal if mutual requirements, mutual reinforcement, and mutual benefit can be maintained and made a strong fundamental commitment among partners. Nevertheless the development seems very slow. The cause is the presence of specific and different conditions and structure factors compared to other countries. Along with that, we still encounter various forms of gaps, such as inequality among regions, among income groups, between sectors, among economic actors, and so forth. The next problem is that in business entities including cooperatives and micro and small enterprises in running their business activities requires business partnerships with medium and large enterprises in order to improve business performance and business scale. While on the other hand our economic conditions and structures are not yet fully conducive to fostering partnerships based on purely business considerations or competitive market motivations but the business partnership of the foundation is strong enough in our country's constitution. Partnerships will work if partners are equally benefiting. Our concept of partnership is like that, although in the short term, there is a party or a party benefiting more from the other side.

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Ecological Innovations in the Automotive Sector. Part I: Construction Innovations

AUTOBUSY – Technika Eksploatacja Systemy Transportowe ◽

10.24136/atest.2018.342 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 19 (11) ◽

pp. 30-35

Author(s):

Marta Wójcik

Keyword(s):

Automotive Industry ◽

Diesel Engines ◽

New Technologies ◽

Negative Impact ◽

The Other ◽

Automotive Sector ◽

Environmental Aspects ◽

Car Industry ◽

Human Transport ◽

Sector Part

The automotive sector is one of the fastest growing sectors of economy. The increasing amount of cars both in Polish and world roads results in the immeasurable benefits associated with the goods and human transport. On the other hand, this phenomenon caused the contamination of the environment. During the fuel combustion in petrol or diesel engines, the harmful gases, for example CO2, NOx and SOx are emitted. Apart from the negative impact on the environment, the emission of the aforementioned gases results in the deterioration of human conditions, as well as, the development of civilization diseases. In order to minimalize the harmful influence of an automotive industry on the environment, new technologies which can reduce the consumption of fuel or limit the fumes emission are developed. The first part of paper presents new solutions in an automotive sector which influence on the decline of the negative impact of automobiles on the environment. Additionally, proposed solutions affect the development of a car industry, taking into consideration environmental aspects.

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Leading with Pedagogical Tact- a Challenge in Children's Sports in Sweden

Sport Science Review ◽

10.2478/v10237-011-0008-9 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 19 (1-2) ◽

pp. 127-147 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Krister Hertting

Keyword(s):

Daily Activity ◽

The Other ◽

Competitive Sport ◽

Sports Clubs ◽

Youth Politics ◽

Pedagogical Tact ◽

Children And Parents ◽

Swedish Society ◽

Long Time ◽

Voluntary Commitment

Leading with Pedagogical Tact- a Challenge in Children's Sports in Sweden The purpose of this article is to elucidate and problemize meetings between children and leaders in children's sport. The competitive sport is high valuated in the Swedish society and sport for children is central in the Swedish youth politics. The foundation in Swedish sport, as well as in the other Nordic countries, has for a long time relied on voluntary commitment. Approximately 650 000 people are voluntary engaged as leaders in sport in Sweden and 70% of children between 7 and 14 years compete in sports clubs. There is, however, a tension in the Swedish sport system. The sports for children has double missions - ‘association nurturing’ and ‘competition nurturing’, missions which are not always in harmony. In the daily activity it is the voluntary leaders who have to deal with these missions, which creates a field of tension. In this article I argue for a bridge between these missions by a leadership based on pedagogical tact. The empirical outlook is a narrative based on statements from leaders, children and parents in a study dealing with voluntary leadership within children's football. In the end I argue that focusing on this bridge is a win-win situation, both for children and sports.

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Assessment of knowledge of oral health hygiene among coastal guards in the port trust of south Tamil Nadu - A public health awareness survey

International Journal of Research in Pharmaceutical Sciences ◽

10.26452/ijrps.v11ispl3.3560 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 11 (SPL3) ◽

pp. 1861-1868

Author(s):

Bianca Princeton ◽

Abilasha R ◽

Preetha S

Keyword(s):

Lung Cancer ◽

Oral Health ◽

Oral Hygiene ◽

Tamil Nadu ◽

Asbestos Exposure ◽

The Other ◽

Oral Manifestations ◽

Illegal Activities ◽

The Right ◽

Oral Hygiene Habits

Oral hygiene is defined as the practice of keeping the mouth clean and healthy, by brushing and flossing to prevent the occurrence of any gum diseases like periodontitis or gingivitis. The main aim of oral health hygiene is to prevent the buildup of plaque, which is defined as a sticky film of bacteria and food formed on the teeth. The coastal guard is an official who is employed to watch the sea near a coast for ships that are in danger or involved with illegal activities. Coastal guards have high possibilities of being affected by mesothelioma or lung cancer due to asbestos exposure. So, a questionnaire consisting of 20 questions was created and circulated among a hundred participants who were coastal guards, through Google forms. The responses were recorded and tabulated in the form of bar graphs. Out of a hundred participants, 52.4% were not aware of the fact that coastal guards have high chances of developing lung cancer and Mesothelioma. 53.7% were aware of the other oral manifestations of lung cancer other than bleeding gums. Majority of the coastal guards feel that they are given enough information about dental hygiene protocols. Hence, to conclude, oral hygiene habits have to be elaborated using various tools in the right manner to ensure better health of teeth and gums.

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