scholarly journals Competitive intelligence tools used by small and medium-sized enterprises

2015 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 191-200
Author(s):  
Tshilidzi Eric Nenzhelele
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Gross Domestic Product ◽  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Competitive Intelligence ◽  
Domestic Product ◽  
Wealth Creation ◽  
Self Administered Questionnaire

Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) contribute highly to the gross domestic product, reduction in unemployment, wealth creation and improvement in the quality of life. Due to technology and globalisation, SMEs now compete with enterprises beyond the borders of their country. To survive in this global competitive business environment, SMEs seek for tools that offer competitive advantage. Competitive Intelligence (CI) provides competitive advantage to enterprises that practice it. While CI practice has been widely research for larger enterprises, there is lack of research on CI practice pertaining to SMEs. This research establishes tools used by SMEs in CI practice. The research was quantitative in nature and a self-administered questionnaire was used to collected data from owners/managers of SMEs.

scholarly journals How to Measure Progress Towards Quality and Sustainability of Life?

2015 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Pavel Nováček ◽  
Peter Mederly
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Gross Domestic Product ◽  
Economic Performance ◽  
Domestic Product ◽  
Relevant Alternative ◽  
Economic Prosperity ◽  
Life Index ◽  
Good For

AbstractThe vagueness of the concept of ‘sustainable development’ ceased to serve as a consensus platform and instead became a source of controversy. Therefore an instrument is needed to measure whether we are striving towards sustainable development or not. Today the most widely used indicator of economic prosperity is gross domestic product (GDP). It is often incorrectly interpreted as an indicator of quality of life. If, however, GDP is considered to be quality-of-life indicator, it is a misleading indicator as GDP does not cover the services people conduct outside the official market. As a result, environmentalists together with economists have long been cooperating in designing an alternative indicator capable of better capturing the development of society. Even though GDP is good for measuring economic performance, it is highly misleading as an indicator of the quality and sustainability of life. This article describes briefly the most relevant alternative indicators to GDP developed during last two decades including Czech and Slovak methodology of the Quality and Sustainability of Life Index.

scholarly journals Socio-economic Analysis of Development of Regions

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 171-178
Author(s):  
Viktor Šoltés ◽  
Katarína Repková Štofková ◽  
Milan Kutaj
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Economic Analysis ◽  
Gross Domestic Product ◽  
Regional Development ◽  
Economic Activity ◽  
Regional Disparities ◽  
Economic Indicators ◽  
Domestic Product ◽  
Objective Indicators

The quality of life is affected by many factors, which can be combined according to the similar attributes into some dimensions. A major impact on quality of life has a feeling of security. The quality of life is directly related to the development of regions that can be examined through subjective and objective indicators as well as the security situation. The paper is going to deal with selected socio-economic indicators of regional development that directly affect the safety of citizens, and therefore their quality of life. There will be evaluated primary socio-economic indicators of regional development such as regional gross domestic product, the level of economic activity, the rate of regional employment and unemployment, the average regional wages. Trough comparison of the above indicators can be seen if the qualities of life in Slovak regions have been positive and what is the position of regions in terms of development.   Keywords: Quality of life, regional development, regional disparities, socio-economic indicators;

scholarly journals The prevalence and effects of urinary incontinence in women working in the Universitas Academic Hospital, Bloemfontein

2010 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Veronique C. Bailey ◽  
Meenakshi Bakaya ◽  
Siyabulela H. Jada ◽  
Kekeletso E. Khalanyane ◽  
Wilhelm J. Steinberg ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Urinary Incontinence ◽  
Academic Hospital ◽  
Everyday Activities ◽  
Psychosocial Wellbeing ◽  
Kegel Exercises ◽  
Psychosocial Consequences ◽  
Precautionary Measures ◽  
Self Administered Questionnaire

Urinary incontinence affects 30% of women by the time they reach 50 years of age and continues to increase thereafter. Symptoms vary in severity and adversely impact on the physical and psychosocial wellbeing of affected individuals. By means of a self-administered questionnaire, the study investigated the prevalence of urinary incontinence and its effects on the quality of life in women working at the Universitas Academic Hospital in Bloemfontein in 2007. Pregnant women were not included in the study. One hundred and nine questionnaires were analysed. Participants were 24–62 years of age (mean age 44.4 years). Of these, 27.5% reported symptoms of urinary incontinence. Only one affected individual was younger than 30 years. Three-quarters of affected women rated their symptoms as light to moderate. In 34.6% of the affected women, the condition did not interfere with everyday activities at all, but 11.5% reported severe interference. Information regarding urinary incontinence, precautionary measures, such as Kegel exercises, and its associated psychosocial consequences, should be disseminated to women of all ages.

scholarly journals Quality of urban space as a factor of Almaty’s sustainable economic development

2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 5-20
Author(s):  
N. K. Nurlanova ◽  
F. G. Alzhanova ◽  
Z. T. Satpayeva
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
Urban Space ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Universal System ◽  
Development Indicators ◽  
Emergency Situations ◽  
Sustainable Economic Development ◽  
The City

In Kazakhstan, in recent years, there has been an intensification of urbanization processes due to the uncontrolled migration of rural population to cities. In this regard, there arise the number of problems related to ensuring the quality of life in cities.The purpose of this article is to assess the quality of urban space and its role in sustainable economic development on Almaty example. When assessing the quality of space in Almaty’s districts, there were calculated the groups of indicators that reflect the basic characteristics of a modern city: safety, comfort, ecology, diversity, modernity, business environment, quality of life, social development and human capital. Data from open sources were used: Department of statistics of Almaty, Committee on legal statistics and special accounts of the General prosecutor’s office of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Department of emergency situations of Almaty.The study concluded that the spatial development of Almaty is uneven. Four types of territories were identified in the city structure: the historic center, integrated with the adjoining business center; microdistricts of mass housing development (sleeping areas); old areas of low-rise buildings and private households; new annexed areas that are characterized by unregulated individual housing construction. As a result of the analysis, it was concluded that the quality of urban space is an important factor in the sustainable economic development of the city, in particular business.It was also concluded that it is necessary to develop a universal system of urban development indicators for use on an ongoing basis by representatives of business and the Akimat of Almaty in order to more fully identify the problems of urban space development, develop and implement strategic plans for the city’s development, as well as urban researchers.

scholarly journals Malay Traditional Treatment (MTT) and General Health Quality (GHQ) Among Lower Back Pain (LBP) Patients in Malaysia

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (9) ◽  
pp. 79
Author(s):  
Che Noriah Othman ◽  
Maryam Farooqui ◽  
Roz Azinur Che Lamin
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
General Health ◽  
Publishing House ◽  
Traditional Treatment ◽  
Traditional Therapy ◽  
Lower Back ◽  
Health Quality ◽  
International Publishing ◽  
Self Administered Questionnaire

Malay Traditional Therapy (MTT) claimed to reduce pain, improve the physical power and overall quality of life. Objective: This study aims to examine the effectiveness of MTT and its potential role in improving the general health quality (GHQ) of LBP patients usisng Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) and Self Leg Raised (SLR) . Methodology: Self administered questionnaire, patients’ record files, VAS and SLR score sheets were used as study tools. Result: patients showed improvement in VAS and SLR scores thus the quality of life. Conclusion: MTT provided is benefited by LBP patients and complement to patients’ general health quality.    Keywords: Malay Traditional Therapy, SLR  score,  GHQ, VAS score. eISSN 2514-7528 © 2018 The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open-access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer–review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia.

scholarly journals A conceptual competitive intelligence quality assurance model

2015 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 685-696
Author(s):  
Tshilidzi Eric Nenzhelele
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
Quality Assurance ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Competitive Intelligence ◽  
Quality Of Information ◽  
Quality Problem

Competitive Intelligence (CI) improves the quality of product and service, decision-making and it improves quality of life. However, it has been established that decision makers are not happy about the quality of CI. This is because enterprises fail in quality assurance of CI. It has been concluded that most enterprises are clueless concerning CI quality assurance. Studies that previously attempted to resolve CI quality problem were limited in scope and focused too much on the quality of information than the overall CI quality. The purpose of this study is to propose a conceptual CI quality assurance model which will help in quality assurance of CI. The research was qualitative in nature and used content analysis.

scholarly journals Study on the effect of crises on economic correlations and macrostability

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 14-30
Author(s):  
Constantin Anghelache ◽  
Mădălina-Gabriela Anghel ◽  
Ştefan Virgil Iacob ◽  
Dana Luiza Grigorescu
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Gross Domestic Product ◽  
Free Market ◽  
Domestic Product ◽  
Health Crisis ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Socio Economic Variables ◽  
Economic And Financial Crisis ◽  
Macroeconomic Stability

Abstract Economic growth is a goal of every country and equally of the European Community. In this sense, all national strategies related and not subordinated to the European Union’s strategy aim at economic growth, which will ensure the improvement of the quality of life. Economic growth is always achieved by the level registered by the Gross Domestic Product (Gross Domestic Product per capita) these being the most important indicators of results calculated at macroeconomic level. The proper functioning of a country’s economy must be based, first of all, on certain correlations that are established between socio-economic variables, a context in which there must be certain proportions. The evolution of the economy in free market conditions reaches imbalances at certain times, a context in which macroeconomic stability is affected. Most often, crises, regardless of their health, economic, economic or financial nature, have the first effect of affecting macroeconomic stability. In the current conditions, when we face the health crisis, combined with the economic and financial crisis, the macroeconomic imbalance is obvious by not respecting some proportions and correlations, which must be established at the macroeconomic level. The analysis of this aspect of crises and their effect on economic correlations and macrostability is the subject of the study in this article.

scholarly journals The Impact of Pediatric Epilepsy on Children and Families: A Multicenter Cross-Sectional Study

2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 323-333 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahmed Hussein Subki ◽  
Abdel Moniem Mukhtar ◽  
Rakan Salah Al-Harbi ◽  
Abdulaziz Khaled Alotaibi ◽  
Faisal Ghazi Mosaad ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Pediatric Epilepsy ◽  
Children And Families ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
The Family ◽  
The Mean ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Self Administered Questionnaire

Background and Objectives: Epilepsy is considered one of the most prevalent causes of morbidity in children. The aim of this study is to determine how epilepsy impacts the lives of children with epilepsy and their families. Methods: A translated version of the “Impact of Pediatric Epilepsy Scale” (IPES) questionnaire was completed by the 80 mothers of children with epilepsy, recruited at three hospitals in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia This is a validated self-administered questionnaire used to assess the impact of epilepsy on the lives of the child and family, as well as the quality of life (QoL) of the child. Results: The mean age of children epilepsy was 6.32 years (SD = 3.22). The mean IPES score was 6.28 (SD = 8.42) and the mean child’s QoL was 2.85 (SD= 0.83). 87.5% of the mothers rated their child’s QoL as low. IPES score was significantly associated with cause of seizure (β=0.259; 95%-CI= 0.263 - 10.334; p = 0.039). Child’s QoL was significantly associated with frequency of seizure (β=0.251; 95%-CI= 0.016 - 0.568; p= 0.039) and child’s nationality (β=-0.270; 95%-CI -0.252, -0.013; p= 0.031). Conclusions: Pediatric epilepsy may have a greater impact on the lives of the child and the family when it is not comorbid with cerebral palsy. Quality of life tends to be lower for non-Saudi children, and children with more frequent seizures. Therefore, these groups may need more support in managing the impact that epilepsy has on their daily functioning and quality of life.

Translation of 15D questionnaire into Romanian language to study quality of life of cancer patients in Romania

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Adina Turcu-Stiolica ◽  
Mihaela-Simona Subtirelu
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Cancer Patients ◽  
Standard Procedure ◽  
English Speakers ◽  
Response Options ◽  
Back Translation ◽  
Related Quality ◽  
Health Related ◽  
Self Administered Questionnaire

The 15D is a self-administered questionnaire for assessment of health-related quality of life, which contains 15 questions with 5 response options each. This research was aimed to translate the 15D questionnaire into Romanian to use for cancer patients and scientific community. The standard procedure of forward-backward translation was used in the translation procedure. The original questionnaire was given to two independent forward-translators (one English teacher and one experienced translator). The second step was the backward-translation with two English speakers who translated the first consensus version into English. The back translation was compared with the original version. The third step was the pilot-test on 15 patients and 10 healthy people. The patients’ obstacles in understanding and completing the questionnaires were reviewed and used to modify the questionnaires by the translation group. The final Romanian version of the 15D can be used for the next step of validation.

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