THE IMPACT ON FARM PROFITS OF A COMPANY’S PARTNERSHIP WITH A POTATO FARM

This research aims to explain the impact of the partnership on potato farms’ profits inSembalun District, West Nusa Tenggara Province. To achieve this goal, we looked at 142farmers, comprising of 111 partnered farmers and 31 non-partnered farmers. The conclusionsfrom our profit function analysis were: (i) the partnership had a positive impact on potatofarmers’ profits in Sembalun District, West Nusa Tenggara Province; (ii) productivity, inputcosts, and labor costs had a significant influence on profits as an impact of the partneship. Inthis context, it is recomended that the local government encourage and facilitate potato farmerswho have not yet established a partnership to enter such an arrangement with the company, sothat their productivity and incomes increase. In addition, the local government is expected tobuild storage facilities for potato seeds. Future research should search for potato seeds that canreplace the imported ones.Keywords: impact, partnership, profit, potato

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The Effects of Technology Supports on Community Grocery Shopping Skills for Students With Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities: A Meta-Analysis

Journal of Special Education Technology ◽

10.1177/0162643421989970 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 016264342198997

Author(s):

Sojung Jung ◽

Ciara Ousley ◽

David McNaughton ◽

Pamela Wolfe

Keyword(s):

Developmental Disabilities ◽

Positive Impact ◽

Single Case ◽

Effect Sizes ◽

Future Research ◽

Intellectual And Developmental Disabilities ◽

Positive Effects ◽

Analytic Review ◽

Wide Range ◽

The Impact

In this meta-analytic review, we investigated the effects of technology supports on the acquisition of shopping skills for students with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) between the ages of 5 and 24. Nineteen single-case experimental research studies, presented in 15 research articles, met the current study’s inclusion criteria and the What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) standards. An analysis of potential moderators was conducted, and we calculated effect sizes using Tau-U to examine the impact of age, diagnosis, and type of technology on the reported outcomes for the 56 participants. The results from the included studies provide evidence that a wide range of technology interventions had a positive impact on shopping performance. These positive effects were seen for individuals across a wide range of ages and disability types, and for a wide variety of shopping skills. The strongest effect sizes were observed for technologies that provided visual supports rather than just auditory support. We provide an interpretation of the findings, implications of the results, and recommended areas for future research.

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Improving the experience of facility-based delivery for vulnerable women through obstetric care navigation: a qualitative evaluation

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth ◽

10.1186/s12884-021-03842-1 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 21 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Kirsten Austad ◽

Michel Juarez ◽

Hannah Shryer ◽

Patricia L. Hibberd ◽

Mari-Lynn Drainoni ◽

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Keyword(s):

Health Workers ◽

Positive Impact ◽

Qualitative Evaluation ◽

Obstetric Care ◽

Hospital Staff ◽

Public Hospitals ◽

Future Research ◽

Care Seeking ◽

Structured Interviews ◽

The Impact

Abstract Background Global disparities in maternal mortality could be reduced by universal facility delivery. Yet, deficiencies in the quality of care prevent some mothers from seeking facility-based obstetric care. Obstetric care navigators (OCNs) are a new form of lay health workers that combine elements of continuous labor support and care navigation to promote obstetric referrals. Here we report qualitative results from the pilot OCN project implemented in Indigenous villages in the Guatemalan central highlands. Methods We conducted semi-structured interviews with 17 mothers who received OCN accompaniment and 13 staff—namely physicians, nurses, and social workers—of the main public hospital in the pilot’s catchment area (Chimaltenango). Interviews queried OCN’s impact on patient and hospital staff experience and understanding of intended OCN roles. Audiorecorded interviews were transcribed, coded, and underwent content analysis. Results Maternal fear of surgical intervention, disrespectful and abusive treatment, and linguistic barriers were principal deterrents of care seeking. Physicians and nurses reported cultural barriers, opposition from family, and inadequate hospital resources as challenges to providing care to Indigenous mothers. Patient and hospital staff identified four valuable services offered by OCNs: emotional support, patient advocacy, facilitation of patient-provider communication, and care coordination. While patients and most physicians felt that OCNs had an overwhelmingly positive impact, nurses felt their effort would be better directed toward traditional nursing tasks. Conclusions Many barriers to maternity care exist for Indigenous mothers in Guatemala. OCNs can improve mothers’ experiences in public hospitals and reduce limitations faced by providers. However, broader buy-in from hospital staff—especially nurses—appears critical to program success. Future research should focus on measuring the impact of obstetric care navigation on key clinical outcomes (cesarean delivery) and mothers’ future care seeking behavior.

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Accreditation and Certification: Do They Improve Hospital Financial and Quality Performance?

Healthcare ◽

10.3390/healthcare9070887 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 9 (7) ◽

pp. 887

Author(s):

Matthew Brooks ◽

Brad M. Beauvais ◽

Clemens Scott Kruse ◽

Lawrence Fulton ◽

Michael Mileski ◽

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Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

Positive Impact ◽

Performance Outcomes ◽

Healthcare Management ◽

Academic Program ◽

Future Research ◽

Graduate Degree ◽

Healthcare Administration ◽

Professional Certification ◽

The Impact

The relationship between healthcare organizational accreditation and their leaders’ professional certification in healthcare management is of specific interest to institutions of higher education and individuals in the healthcare management field. Since academic program accreditation is one piece of evidence of high-quality education, and since professional certification is an attestation to the knowledge, skills, and abilities of those who are certified, we expect alumni who graduated from accredited programs and obtained professional certification to have a positive impact on the organizations that they lead, compared with alumni who did not graduate from accredited programs and who did not obtain professional certification. The authors’ analysis examined the impact of hiring graduates from higher education programs that held external accreditation from the Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Management Education (CAHME). Graduates’ affiliation with the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE) professional healthcare leadership organization was also assessed as an independent variable. Study outcomes focused on these graduates’ respective healthcare organization’s performance measures (cost, quality, and access) to assess the researchers’ inquiry into the perceived value of a CAHME-accredited graduate degree in healthcare administration and a professional ACHE affiliation. The results from this study found no effect of CAHME accreditation or ACHE affiliation on healthcare organization performance outcomes. The study findings support the need for future research surrounding healthcare administration professional graduate degree program characteristics and leader development affiliations, as perceived by various industry stakeholders.

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An experimental investigation of the impact of using big data analytics on customers’ performance measurement

Accounting Research Journal ◽

10.1108/arj-04-2020-0080 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽

Author(s):

Marwa Rabe Mohamed Elkmash ◽

Magdy Gamal Abdel-Kader ◽

Bassant Badr El Din

Keyword(s):

Big Data ◽

Performance Measurement ◽

Data Analytics ◽

Positive Impact ◽

Big Data Analytics ◽

Unstructured Data ◽

Future Research ◽

Web Based ◽

Content Type ◽

The Impact

Purpose This study aims to investigate and explore the impact of big data analytics (BDA) as a mechanism that could develop the ability to measure customers’ performance. To accomplish the research aim, the theoretical discussion was developed through the combination of the diffusion of innovation theory with the technology acceptance model (TAM) that is less developed for the research field of this study. Design/methodology/approach Empirical data was obtained using Web-based quasi-experiments with 104 Egyptian accounting professionals. Further, the Wilcoxon signed-rank test and the chi-square goodness-of-fit test were used to analyze data. Findings The empirical results indicate that measuring customers’ performance based on BDA increase the organizations’ ability to analyze the customers’ unstructured data, decrease the cost of customers’ unstructured data analysis, increase the ability to handle the customers’ problems quickly, minimize the time spent to analyze the customers’ data and obtaining the customers’ performance reports and control managers’ bias when they measure customer satisfaction. The study findings supported the accounting professionals’ acceptance of BDA through the TAM elements: the intention to use (R), perceived usefulness (U) and the perceived ease of use (E). Research limitations/implications This study has several limitations that could be addressed in future research. First, this study focuses on customers’ performance measurement (CPM) only and ignores other performance measurements such as employees’ performance measurement and financial performance measurement. Future research can examine these areas. Second, this study conducts a Web-based experiment with Master of Business Administration students as a study’s participants, researchers could conduct a laboratory experiment and report if there are differences. Third, owing to the novelty of the topic, there was a lack of theoretical evidence in developing the study’s hypotheses. Practical implications This study succeeds to provide the much-needed empirical evidence for BDA positive impact in improving CPM efficiency through the proposed framework (i.e. CPM and BDA framework). Furthermore, this study contributes to the improvement of the performance measurement process, thus, the decision-making process with meaningful and proper insights through the capability of collecting and analyzing the customers’ unstructured data. On a practical level, the company could eventually use this study’s results and the new insights to make better decisions and develop its policies. Originality/value This study holds significance as it provides the much-needed empirical evidence for BDA positive impact in improving CPM efficiency. The study findings will contribute to the enhancement of the performance measurement process through the ability of gathering and analyzing the customers’ unstructured data.

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Insider Trading Laws and Corporate Governance Impact on Investment Decision

iRASD Journal of Management ◽

10.52131/jom.2021.0302.0032 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 3 (2) ◽

pp. 126-137

Author(s):

Sadaf Khan ◽

Ubaid Ur Rehman

Keyword(s):

Corporate Governance ◽

Insider Trading ◽

Positive Impact ◽

Investment Decision ◽

Investment Decisions ◽

Future Research ◽

Good Corporate Governance ◽

Governance Practices ◽

The Government ◽

The Impact

This research aims to analyze the impact of insider trading laws and corporate governance on investment decisions. For this purpose, the data of 400 potential and actual investors employed who provided their feedback on a structured questionnaire. When the data is collected, it was cleaned. The normality of data and reliability of items were also checked and within limits. Simple Regression was applied to test hypotheses. It was concluded that the perception of insider trading laws and corporate governance have a positive impact on investment decisions. The study has wide implications and the government and corporation both can be beneficial from its insight and findings, and exercise good corporate governance practices and follow stringent insider trading laws. The study also paves the way for future research.

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The impact of within-industry diversification on firm performance

International Journal of Emerging Markets ◽

10.1108/ijoem-05-2017-0174 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 13 (6) ◽

pp. 1475-1501 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Varaporn Pangboonyanon ◽

Kiattichai Kalasin

Keyword(s):

Financial Performance ◽

Positive Impact ◽

Labor Costs ◽

Institutional Perspective ◽

Product Lines ◽

Content Type ◽

Linear Pattern ◽

Coordination Costs ◽

Industry Diversification ◽

The Impact

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate how within-industry diversification affects the financial performance of small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in emerging markets (EMs). The authors draw on both the resource-based view and the institutional perspective and argue that within-industry diversification can enhance the financial performance of SMEs in EMs. Due to institutional voids in emerging economies, SMEs can gain additional benefits from scope economies, as well as from market returns, by filling product market voids and gaps in business ecosystems, while also enjoying low input and labor costs that reduce the coordination costs of diversification. This, in turn, enhances benefits of within-industry diversification, thereby resulting in higher financial profitability. Design/methodology/approach This study employs panel data econometrics to estimate the model. The authors test hypotheses on 195 firms, originating from five countries in Southeast Asia, during the period of 2009–2014. Findings The empirical results support the arguments. Within-industry diversification has a positive impact on the performance of SMEs in EMs. These effects become weaker when the institutional contexts are more developed. Nevertheless, such effects become stronger when SMEs in EMs are more efficient. Research limitations/implications The relationship between within-industry diversification and performance is a positive linear pattern, which differs from the pattern in advanced economies. In addition to unrelated diversification, the related diversification is preferable for firms in EMs. Practical implications The paper provides implications for SMEs that aim to enhance their performance by engaging in single product lines and within-industry diversification. Originality/value This paper examines the different ways within-industry diversification can enhance SMEs performance in EM contexts.

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Is it Worth Flipping? The Impact of Flipped Classroom on EFL Students’ Grammar

English Language Teaching ◽

10.5539/elt.v13n6p144 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 13 (6) ◽

pp. 144 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Ishaq Salim Al-Naabi

Keyword(s):

Flipped Classroom ◽

Positive Impact ◽

Future Research ◽

Flipped Learning ◽

Structured Interviews ◽

Intact Group ◽

English Grammar ◽

Post Test ◽

Quasi Experimental ◽

The Impact

In light of contemporary pedagogical methods, the flipped classroom has been recognised as an effective pedagogy in English as a Foreign Language (EFL). This study employed a quasi-experimental one-group research design to investigate the impact of flipped learning on Omani EFL learners’ grammar and to examine students’ perceptions on the flipped classroom. An intact group of students (n=28) enrolled at the foundation programme in Arab Open University-Oman was randomly selected. Seven videos on English grammar were developed and shared with the students prior to the class. A varaiety of activities were conducted in the class following task-based language teaching. Students met for 8 lessons over the period of 8 weeks. Pre-test, post-test and semi-structured interviews were used in the study. The findings indicated that flipped learning had a positive impact on students’ understanding and usage of English grammar. Students’ perceptions on the flipped approach were positive. The study also provided pedagogical insights for the flipped classroom and recommendations for future research. 

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ROLE CONFLICT AND ROLE AMBIGUITY ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT INTERNAL AUDITORS: THE DETERMINANT AND IMPACTS

Journal of Indonesian Economy and Business ◽

10.22146/jieb.10320 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 31 (1) ◽

pp. 63

Author(s):

Agil Novriansa ◽

Bambang Riyanto

Keyword(s):

Local Government ◽

Job Performance ◽

Role Conflict ◽

Role Ambiguity ◽

Negative Impact ◽

Positive Impact ◽

Partial Least Square ◽

Least Square ◽

Internal Auditors ◽

The Impact

The bureaucratic reform at the local government level in Indonesia that was instituted in 2012 has turned local government internal auditors into an important part of government governance systems. The role of local government internal auditors has been expanded to include not only the area of audit oversight, but also the areas of anti-corruption-related and consulting activities. These fundamental changes may potentially induce role conflict and role ambiguity among internal auditors. The objective of this study is to examine empirically the determinants and consequences of role conflict and role ambiguity among local government internal auditors. More specifically, this study attempts to examine the extent to which formalization determines role conflict and role ambiguity; it further tests the impact of role conflict and role ambiguity on commitment to independence and job performance. Questionnaires were distributed to 248 local government internal auditors from 12 Regional Inspectorates in the provinces of Yogyakarta, South Sumatra, and East Java. A total of 176 responses were received, and 124 useable responses from the 176 responses were analysed to test the hypotheses. Using Structural Equation Modelling-Partial Least Square the results show that: formalization is negatively related to role conflict and role ambiguity; role ambiguity has a negative impact on commitment to independence; role conflict has a positive impact on job performance; and role ambiguity has a negative impact on job performance. These findings serve as important external validity evidence on the phenomena associated with role conflict and role ambiguity that occur in the public sector, especially among internal auditors at local government institutions.Keywords: role conflict, role ambiguity, local government, internal auditors

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A Behavioural Explanation of Smallholder Entrepreneurship with Empirical Evidence from KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

10.21203/rs.3.rs-191977/v1 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Fortunate Nosisa Zaca ◽

Edilegnaw Wale ◽

Unity Chipfupa

Keyword(s):

Psychological Capital ◽

Positive Impact ◽

Smallholder Farmers ◽

Farm Income ◽

Tobit Regression ◽

Entrepreneurial Spirit ◽

Kwazulu Natal ◽

Social Grant ◽

On Farm ◽

The Impact

Abstract This study aimed to investigate the impact of social grant dependence on on-farm entrepreneurial spirit of smallholders. A sample of 175 farmers was obtained from two communities in KwaZulu-Natal. The study employed Principal Components Analysis and Tobit regression. The entrepreneurial spirit indices were constructed from revealed preference-based questions. The study found a positive relationship between the social grant and on-farm entrepreneurial spirit. The positive impact on rural household farming activities implies that the prevailing low entrepreneurial levels among farmers are not the result of social grant dependence but lack of opportunity and other resource constraints. However, to remain effective, policy should ensure that the grant money benefits (directly/indirectly) the intended beneficiary and their households. The other factors found to be associated with on-farm entrepreneurship include age of the farmer, gender, psychological capital, access to training, access to education, access to land, inadequate farming assets, water insecurity, extension, off-farm income and group membership. The study also recommends the need for strategies that improve psychological capital and thus enhance positive on-farm entrepreneurial behaviour among smallholder farmers. Addressing institutional and farming constraints related to access to resources and services (land, credit, extension, and water) and collective action will positively contribute to on-farm entrepreneurship.

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