scholarly journals Foreign European Countries: Development of the Service Sector according to the Composite Purchasing Managers’ Index

REGIONOLOGY ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 214-238
Author(s):  
Danil A. Lisin ◽  
Irina A. Semina ◽  
Larisa N. Folomeykina
Keyword(s):  
Structural Analysis ◽  
Service Sector ◽  
European Countries ◽  
Modern World ◽  
Business Activity ◽  
Tertiary Sector ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Territorial Differentiation ◽  
Purchasing Managers ◽  
Composite Nature

Introduction. Foreign European countries, dominating in the modern world economy, show signs of heterogeneity of development, especially in the tertiary sector of the economy. The purpose of the study is to perform a systematic and structural analysis of the development of the countries according to the Purchasing Managers’ Index in the service sector and to identify factors affecting the changes in this index. Materials and Methods. Statistical data from open sources were used as materials. The study employed such methods as the systemic and structural analysis (understanding the Index and its composite nature, the typology of foreign European countries), the spatial analysis of business activity in the service sector (differentiation of countries), and the structural and functional approach (factors that influence the changes in the Purchasing Managers’ Index). Results. The Purchasing Managers’ Index in the service sector has been analyzed. The methodology for calculation of the Index has been described; its strengths and weaknesses, as well as its impact on the economy have been assessed. A typology of foreign European countries has been created according to the leading macroeconomic indicator – the composite Purchasing Managers’ Index. This made it possible to draw a parallel with the socio-economic development of the countries of the studied region in terms of the ‘center-periphery’ model. The internal and external factors in the development of business activities in the service sector of national economies have been identified. Discussion and Conclusion. The development of the service sector has been studied at the level of foreign European countries. The composite Purchasing Managers’ Index has been considered as an indicator of the development over time. The authors have been able to expose the issues of studying the tertiary sector of the economy as one of the relevant areas of macro-regional research. The territorial differentiation of the countries according to their business activity in the service sector has been revealed, which can be used in projected estimates in the field of management and implementation of regional policies. The proposed approach to the study of the service sector can be applied at country and regional levels.

To the Travelers’ Service or True Stories about Foreigners in the Russian Province (After the PatrioticWar of 1812 until the End of the 1830s)

2020 ◽  
pp. 159-174
Author(s):  
Anastasiya Тikhonova
Keyword(s):  
Life History ◽  
Everyday Life ◽  
Catholic Church ◽  
Psychological Factor ◽  
The State ◽  
European Countries ◽  
Business Activity ◽  
State Archive ◽  
Professional Activities ◽  
Life Circumstances

In the article the author mentions some modern publications on this issue in the era of Alexander I and Nicholas I in connection with the description of the travelling theme in the context of everyday life history. As an example of the Russian Province, the article considers Smolensk Governorate which was located at the crossroads of routes from Europe to the center of Russia through Baltic, Belarusian and Ukrainian Provinces. On the basis of the materials of the State Archive of the Smolensk region (GASO) from the funds of the Chancellery of Smolensk Governor, the Smolensk Oblast Duma, metric books of Roman Catholic Church in Smolensk and published memoirs (Eugene Hess’ diary and E. Montulé’s notes) the author of the article reconstructs foreign hotel owners’ biographies (S.I. Chapa, D.K. Nolchini, V.I. Gaber), masters of carriage business (D.I. Graf, K.B. Weber), a city coachman, the owner of a coffee house (H. Podrut). All these people were united by their origin (they came from European countries) and their involvement (due to their professional activities) in servicing travelers who found themselves in the Russian Province. Life circumstances and development of their own business forced them to settle far away from their homeland; most of them became citizens of the empire, having connected themselves with Russia forever. In the article it is underlined that foreigners’ involvement in «tourist business» of the considered epoch testifies not only to the benefit of their business activity, but also to the importance of the psychological factor – the very possibility of meeting with compatriots and representatives of other European countries.

scholarly journals Factors Affecting Transport Sector CO2 Emissions in Eastern European Countries: An LMDI Decomposition Analysis

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 25
Author(s):  
Souhir Abbes
Keyword(s):  
Co2 Emissions ◽  
Decomposition Analysis ◽  
European Countries ◽  
Transport Systems ◽  
Transport Sector ◽  
Eastern European ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Mode Of Transport ◽  
Eastern European Countries ◽  
Carbon Dioxide Co2

In this paper, we use the Logarithmic Mean Divisia Index (LMDI) to apply decomposition analysis on Carbon Dioxide (CO2) emissions from transport systems in seven Eastern European countries over the period between 2005 and 2015. The results show that “economic activity” is the main factor responsible for CO2 emissions in all the countries in our sample. The second factor causing increase in CO2 emissions is the “fuel mix” by type and mode of transport. Modal share and energy intensity affect the growth of CO2 emissions but in a less significant way. Finally, only the “population” and “emission coefficient” variables slowed the growth of these emissions in all the countries, except for Slovenia, where the population variable was found to be responsible for the increase in CO2 emissions. These results not only contribute to advancing the existing literature but also provide important policy recommendations.

scholarly journals PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS OF ROADSIDE SERVICE DEVELOPMENT IN RUSSIA

2020 ◽  
pp. 127-137
Author(s):  
Алексей Анатольевич Артемьев ◽  
Павел Антонович Кохно ◽  
Илья Александрович Лепехин
Keyword(s):  
Development Policy ◽  
Service Sector ◽  
Spatial Development ◽  
Service Development ◽  
Modern State ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Foreign Countries ◽  
Territorial Organization ◽  
Main Factors ◽  
Technical Services

Цель статьи - аргументировать тенденции и возможные направления развития придорожного сервиса как элемента проводимой в России политики пространственного развития, а также факторы, влияющие на его размещение. Проанализированы основные аспекты современного состояния придорожного сервиса как части сферы услуг, а также особенности территориальной организации придорожного сервиса. Аргументировано, что он находится на стыке таких важных и взаимосвязанных видов деятельности как транспорт, торговля, туризм, бытовое и техническое обслуживание, общественное питание. Новизной проведенного исследования можно считать обобщение опыта развития придорожного сектора в России и зарубежных странах, позволившее выявить основные факторы, оказывающие влияние на уровень его развития, а также принципы, которыми необходимо руководствоваться при его размещении. В статье представлены обоснованные показатели, позволяющие оценить существующий и возможный потенциал развития придорожного сервиса на конкретной территории. The purpose of the article is to analyze the trends and possible directions for the development of roadside service as an element of Russia's spatial development policy, as well as factors affecting its placement. The authors investigate the main aspects of the modern state of the roadside service as part of the service sector, as well as the features of the territorial organization of the roadside service. It is argued that it is at the junction of such important and interconnected activities as transport, trade, tourism, household and technical services, public food. The novelty of the study can be considered a generalization of the experience of the development of the roadside sector in Russia and foreign countries, which made it possible to identify the main factors that affect its level of development, as well as the principles that should be guided when placing it. The article presents reasonable indicators that allow you to assess the existing and possible potential for the development of roadside service in a specific territory.

scholarly journals Who's Got the Balance? A Study of Satisfaction with the Work–Family Balance among Part-Time Service Sector Employees in Five Western European Countries

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barbara Beham ◽  
Patrick Präg ◽  
Sonja Drobnič
Keyword(s):  
Service Sector ◽  
Working Hours ◽  
European Countries ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Time Service ◽  
Family Balance ◽  
Part Time ◽  
Work Family Balance ◽  
Western European ◽  
Work Family

Working part-time is frequently considered a viable strategy for employees to better combine work and non-work responsibilities. The present study examines differences in satisfaction with work-family balance (SWFB) among professional and non-professional part-time service sector employees in five western European countries. Part-time employees were found to be more SWFB than full-time employees even after taking varying demands and resources into account. However, there are important differences among the part-timers. Employees in marginal part-time employment with considerably reduced working hours were the most satisfied. Professionals were found to profit less from reduced working hours and experienced lower levels of SWFB than non-professionals. No significant differences in SWFB were found between male and female part-time workers.

Inventing Future Prosperity: The Buddhist Himalayan Region of Ladakh

2006 ◽  
Vol 31 (4) ◽  
pp. 86-89
Author(s):  
Romi Khosla
Keyword(s):  
Service Sector ◽  
Action Plan ◽  
Correct Diagnosis ◽  
Conservation Strategies ◽  
Master Planning ◽  
Tertiary Sector ◽  
Wrong Side ◽  
Building Process ◽  
The Government ◽  
Regional Capital

Traditional places are on the wrong side of the divide. The wrong side of the divide is the side where the poor relatives live, where things are charming and quaint, where people look for no change to have taken place where attracting investments is always a problem, where one has to struggle to reinvent a souvenir environment. One could say that traditional places are places that have been ignored in the nation building process and have become dependent territories unable to generate their own energy for gaining prosperity. Prosperity has to be invented, imagined, sought after and gained. It simply does not descend from above. Steps have to be taken to invent the future of a traditional environment. This case study relates to a silk-route settlement called Leh located deep inside the Himalayas at an altitude of over 12,000 feet (3000 meters) above sea level. It is inhabited almost entirely by Buddhists belonging to the Tibetan Mahayana branch. There are a smaller number of Muslim families who inhabit the larger settlements and the villages that are located on the border with Pakistan. Leh is the regional capital of the region known as Ladakh, which borders both Western Tibet presently in China and Pakistan. Ladakh, like all neglected regions that are made more attractive with the suffix “traditional” has been ruled for the last fifty years with policies that address the administrative needs of the government and not the real needs of the inhabitants. Our study to determine these real needs was commissioned by the government to prepare an action plan for the period 1989 - 2009. A large team of experts, which focused on macroeconomics, microeconomics, tourism, community health, social structures, master planning, and heritage listing and conservation strategies, evaluated these needs. From these evaluations, some startling conclusions were drawn based on which a prescription was made for future prosperity. The findings of each discipline were overlaid on each other to provide the vital clues for a correct diagnosis of the settlement as a whole including its surrounding region. Some of the more important findings will be presented along with recommendations that need to be followed. The most significant broad proposal that emerged out of the study was the need to redefine the development track for the region. We found that the rapid changes that are taking place in the social fabric were due to the rapid move of resources into the tertiary (service) sector. The consequences of this could be seen in the wheeling dealing and accusations of corruption that dominated all conversations and interviews. Consequently we warned the administration not to remain indifferent to this trend and to take urgent steps to restore the production base of the region and to discourage investment in the tertiary sector. The methodologies developed during this study were later used in a number of successful development reorientation strategies in other regions.

ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN THE SOCIAL SPHERE. THEORETICAL AND METHODOLOGICAL ASPECTS

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (64) ◽  
pp. 44-49
Author(s):  
Elena V. Yaluner ◽  
◽  
Dmitriy V. Gashko ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Service Sector ◽  
Business Activity ◽  
Social Sphere ◽  
The Social ◽  
Methodological Aspects ◽  
Main Influence

The article considers the specific features of entrepreneurship in the service sector. The main influence is given to the specific properties of services that affect the specifics of the implementation of business activities in the service sector. The factors contributing to the increase of business risks are considered, their impact on business activity in the studied area is analyzed.

Mental Health Nurses' Beliefs About Interventions for Schizophrenia and Depression: A Comparison with Psychiatrists and the Public

2000 ◽  
Vol 34 (4) ◽  
pp. 602-611 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tanya M. Caldwell ◽  
Anthony F. Jorm
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Belief Systems ◽  
Postal Survey ◽  
Mental Health Practitioners ◽  
Work Setting ◽  
Tertiary Sector ◽  
Mental Health Nurses ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
The Public ◽  
Health Practitioners

Objective: The main objective of this paper was to investigate and compare mental health nurses' beliefs about interventions for schizophrenia and depression with those of psychiatrists and the public. Factors affecting nurses' beliefs were also investigated. Method: This research used methods employed in previous surveys of professional and public beliefs. A postal survey of 673 Australian mental health nurses was carried out. The survey was comprised of a vignette describing a person with either depression or schizophrenia. Participants rated whether particular medical, psychological and lifestyle interventions were helpful, harmful or neither. Factors examined included: nurses' age, sex, degree of contact with similar problems, work setting, level of highest qualification and whether their education was hospital-based or completed within the tertiary sector. Results: The nurses agreed with psychiatrists (but not the public) about the interventions most likely to be helpful, such as antidepressants for depression and antipsychotic medication for schizophrenia. However, there were many differences between nurses, psychiatrists and the public. Nurses were more likely than psychiatrists to believe that certain non-standard interventions such as vitamins, minerals and visiting a naturopath would be helpful. Nurses' beliefs tended to form a bridge between the attitudes of psychiatrists and the public for some of these non-standard interventions. Age, work setting and qualifications were related to nurses' intervention beliefs. Conclusions: Mental health practitioners need to be aware of a range of beliefs within mental health services. The acknowledgement of differing belief systems is important for high quality, integrated care.

scholarly journals Influence of Brand Loyalty in Telecommunication Sector in Pakistan

2013 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 188
Author(s):  
Naveed Anjum ◽  
Muhammad Rizwan ◽  
Mubashir Khaleeq ◽  
Hafiz Muhammad Wasif Rasheed
Keyword(s):  
Brand Loyalty ◽  
Service Sector ◽  
Sampling Method ◽  
General Purpose ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Telecommunication Sector ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Consumer Markets ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
Self Administered Questionnaire

Brands play a very important role in consumer markets. They bridge a relationship between the consumers and the company. Brand loyalty is a consumer’s preference to purchase a particular product or service at first or repeatedly in a competitive market. The general purpose of this study is to investigate the factors leading to brand loyalty in service sector. Specifically, we are concerned to observe the factors affecting brand loyalty in telecommunication sector of Pakistan. The sample size of 150 is taken through convenient sampling method. The survey method is used to collect the data from the respondents through self-administered questionnaire. The regression analysis approved the significant positive relationship of the proposed factors with brand loyalty. 

scholarly journals Innovative activity of logistics enterprises in the modern world

2019 ◽  
Vol 67 ◽  
pp. 06040
Author(s):  
Oksana Onyshchenko ◽  
Yevhen Yudenko
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Performance Index ◽  
Economic Activity ◽  
Modern World ◽  
Business Activity ◽  
Society Business ◽  
Competitive Position ◽  
Logistics Enterprises ◽  
Logistics Performance Index ◽  
Implementation Of Innovations

The peculiarities of application and development of innovations in logistic enterprises in modern conditions have been considered by the authors. The influence of innovations on the efficiency of logistics enterprises functioning was investigated. Innovations play a key role in providing quality services to enterprises and increasing their competitiveness. Finding and implementing innovations allows to ensure sustainable development of the enterprise and consolidate its competitive position in the market. The dependence of the Logistics Performance Index (LPI) on the general macroeconomic situation in the country is proved. Recommendations on the implementation of innovations in the process of logistics enterprises, which collectively solve an important scientific and applied task to identify ways to increase the efficiency of economic activity and the competitiveness of Ukrainian logistics enterprises have been provided. Directions of search of potential of innovations of the Ukrainian logistics enterprises have been offered. New logistic technologies reflecting the development of society, business and technological trends and innovations in the field of logistics have been considered. The necessity of introduction of innovations in the process of activity of logistics enterprises has been proved to increase the efficiency of their business activity and competitiveness.

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