scholarly journals Effects of Social Network on Herder Livestock Production Income and the Mediation by Fund Loans

Agriculture ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (12) ◽  
pp. 629
Author(s):  
Liqun Shao ◽  
Yimeng Zhou ◽  
Haibin Chen ◽  
Yu Wang
Keyword(s):  
Social Network ◽  
Financial Services ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Market Competition ◽  
Livestock Production ◽  
Mediation Effect ◽  
Economic Activities ◽  
Informal Credit ◽  
Qinghai Province ◽  
The Social

Due to its alpine geography and harsh environment, the pastoral region of Qinghai Province is widely recognized as one of China’s concentrated and contiguous poverty-stricken regions, while climate change, market competition and grazing control exert further pressure on the income security of herders. After more than 1000 years of nomadic practice, cooperation and reciprocity have been entrenched in the culture of pastoral ethnic minorities, in which a well-developed social network may play a crucial role in herders’ social and economic activities, including their financial and production behaviors. Based on a questionnaire survey of 278 households in two counties of Qinghai, this study empirically examined the effects of herders’ social network on their livestock production income and the mediation function of fund loans therein. The social network was found to exert a significant positive impact on household income, and loans had a positive mediation effect. By comparison, the mediation effect of formal borrowing channels was statistically significant while that of informal channels was not, which may be attributed to the relative degree of maturity of the two disparate financial markets. It is suggested that a closer and more inclusive social network should be fostered, the quality of bank financial services should be improved, and the regulation on informal credit activities should be reinforced, so as to fully exploit the positive roles of the social network and fund loans for income growth of herder households in vast pastoral areas of China.

scholarly journals tugas review artikel

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arlika Anindya Putri
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Social Networks ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Social Network ◽  
Firm Performance ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Social Capital Theory ◽  
Capital Theory ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
The Social

Purpose – The purpose of this study is to develop a structural equation model to explain the complexrelationship between social network and firm performance by introducing the mediating role of trust, sellingcapability and pricing capability.Design/methodology/approach – The research model with hypothesis development was derived basedon the literature. To provide empirical evidence, this study carried out a survey in which the data wereequated with a list of questionnaires with a random survey of 380 small and medium enterprises (SMEs) inthe Indonesian context.Findings – This study indicates that the use of social media in management process will not affect theincreasing firm performance, unless the firms build trust upon social networks. The social network with trustallows the firms to gain a pricing capability and a selling capability, which brings a positive impact on firmperformance. The results also show that the selling and the pricing capabilities become essential following theutilizing the social media, which concerns on trust building.Research limitations/implications – This study focused on the small-to-medium context, which hasconventionally provided an exemplary site for the development of social capital theory but raises issues ofgeneralizability across different contexts.Practical implications – To the managers, it is advisable to encourage their employees to consciouslyexploit the selling capability by enhancing the business networks via social media to achieve the firmperformance.Originality/value – This paper contributes to the social capital theory by explaining the mediating role oftrust in the complex relationship between social network and firm performance. This study provides evidencethat trust plays a pivotal role in social networks, which enable the observed firms to achieve the performance.

Collaborative Finance and Its Hurdles to Overcome

2020 ◽  
pp. 239-262
Author(s):  
Elisabet Ruiz-Dotras ◽  
Krystyna Mitręga-Niestrój
Keyword(s):  
Social Network ◽  
Social Interaction ◽  
Financial Literacy ◽  
Financial Services ◽  
Peer To Peer ◽  
Online Networks ◽  
The Social ◽  
Finance Development ◽  
Personal Trust ◽  
Financial Issues

Using survey data from an online Spanish university, real and perceived financial literacy levels, social interactions and personal trust with the social network are measured as key elements for collaborative finance development. This is the first study regarding the factors that may affect the use of collaborative finance. Results show levels of financial literacy are quiet low as in prior studies and individuals consider that the bank manager, friends, and parents can manage financial issues better than them, with the last two peers being those who most trust to discuss financial issues. The findings also provide information about how little individuals trust online networks when it comes to financial matters. Besides, respondents interact moderately with their social network missing the benefits of peer-to-peer learning. Overall, lack of financial literacy, low social interaction, and personal trust may be affecting the short use of collaborative financial services.

scholarly journals Networks Originate in Minds: An Exploration of Trust Self-Enhancement and Network Centrality in Multiparty Systems

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 60 ◽  
Author(s):  
Oana Fodor ◽  
Alina Fleștea ◽  
Iulian Onija ◽  
Petru Curșeu
Keyword(s):  
Social Network ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Network Centrality ◽  
Intergroup Interactions ◽  
Stakeholder Groups ◽  
Network Analytics ◽  
The Social ◽  
Multiparty Systems ◽  
Or Organization ◽  
Task Systems

Multiparty systems (MPSs) are defined as collaborative task-systems composed of various stakeholders (organizations or their representatives) that deal with complex issues that cannot be addressed by a single group or organization. Our study uses a behavioral simulation in which six stakeholder groups engage in interactions in order to reach a set of agreements with respect to complex educational policies. We use a social network perspective to explore the dynamics of network centrality during intergroup interactions in the simulation and show that trust self-enhancement at the onset of the simulation has a positive impact on the evolution of network centrality throughout the simulation. Our results have important implications for the social networks dynamics in MPSs and point towards the benefit of using social network analytics as exploration and/or facilitating tools in MPSs.

scholarly journals Credit Behaviors of Rural Households in the Perspective of Complex Social Networks

Complexity ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-13
Author(s):  
Qiang Zhao ◽  
Yue Shen ◽  
Chaoqian Li
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Social Network ◽  
Human Behavior ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Rural Household ◽  
Opinion Formation ◽  
Informal Credit ◽  
Rural Credit ◽  
Social Network Dynamics ◽  
Household Credit

With the increasing number of social networks emerging and evolving, the influence of social networks on human behavior is now again a subject of discussion in academe. Dynamics in social networks, such as opinion formation and information sharing, are restricting or proliferating members’ behavior on social networks, while new social network dynamics are created by interpersonal contacts and interactions. Based on this and against the backdrop of unfavourable rural credit development, this article uses CHFS data to discuss the whole and heterogeneous impact of social networks on rural household credit behavior. The results show that (1) social networks can effectively promote rural household credit behavior; (2) social networks have a significant positive impact on both formal credit and informal credit, but the influence of the latter is stronger; (3) both emotional networks and instrumental networks have a positive impact on formal credit and informal credit, and their influences are stronger on informal credit; (4) the influence of emotional network is stronger than instrumental networks on either formal credit or informal credit.

scholarly journals Economic Concentration in Functional Urban Areas of the Countries

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (3C) ◽  
pp. 91-95
Keyword(s):  
Financial Services ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
High Tech ◽  
Economic Activities ◽  
High Tech Industry ◽  
Economic Space ◽  
Distribution Of Resources ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Economic Concentration

Urbanization processes are accompanied by economic concentration of resources in functional urban areas. At the same time, the level and dynamics of economic concentration differ depending on type, structure, location and national specifics of urban areas. The purpose of this article is to study economic aspects of urbanization and to develop the methodology for ranking functional urban areas by the level of their economic concentration. The survey is based on the rating approach, which is represented as a comparative analysis of indicators of economic concentration, followed by further definition of an integral indicator that helps us to rate urban areas. The results of urban areas ranking and grading by level of their economic concentration show that the highest level of economic concentration is found in Large metropolitan and metropolitan FUAs, which economic activities are dominated by financial services, as well as high-tech industry. The results of this rating can be used to justify directions of regional policy of polycentric development regarding regulation of scale of economic concentration in functional urban areas. It will also have a positive impact to effective distribution of resources within "center-periphery" economic space.

Web Service Platforms, Social Networks, and Firms' Innovation Capability: Mediating Effects Model Based on Web Service Platform Synergies

2021 ◽  
Vol 71 (2) ◽  
pp. 188-197
Author(s):  
Xiao Li ◽  
Ying Li ◽  
Weibo Zheng
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Social Network ◽  
Web Service ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
River Delta ◽  
Wood Product ◽  
Innovation Capability ◽  
Service Platform ◽  
Corporate Innovation ◽  
The Social

Abstract With the rise of new retail concepts, commodity trading has evolved from the traditional supply-to-consumer linear single-track relationship into a brand-new Internet platform-based S2b2c social networking system.1 Despite this, over 90 percent of wood product enterprises have an extremely limited understanding and application of this new kind of web service platform-based marketing systems. To reveal the impact of web service platforms on the growth of wood product enterprises, this study proposes an analytical framework that integrates the web service platform synergy, the social network synergy, and the corporate innovation capability. Using this framework, the effects of social network and web service platform synergies on the corporate innovation capability are analyzed, with a particular focus on exploring the mediating role of web service platform synergy between the social network synergy and the corporate innovation capability. Based on the questionnaire survey data of 489 large, medium, and small-wood product enterprises in the Pearl River Delta and the Yangtze River Delta regions, the following empirical results are derived through a combination of stepwise regression and Sobel test: (1) Web service platform synergy has a significant positive impact on the corporate innovation capability; (2) Social network synergy has a significant positive impact on the corporate innovation capability; (3) Social network synergy has a significant positive impact on the establishment of web service platforms; and (4) Web service platform synergy has a partial intermediary relationship between social network synergy and innovation capability, accounting for 34.05 percent of the total effect. The results of this study indicate that like social networks, web service platforms are the strategic resources of enterprises. In the context of open innovation, it is essential for the wood product enterprises to deeply integrate with the social networks and web service platforms, which helps enhance their innovation capability.

scholarly journals EVALUATION OF THE POSSIBILITY FOR ENTERPRISES TO ENTER INTO THE SOCIO-ECONOMIC CLUSTER IN THE SPHERE OF HOUSING AND COMMUNAL SERVICES

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (34) ◽  
pp. 15-25
Author(s):  
L.B. Leonova ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Fixed Effects ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Market Competition ◽  
Perfect Competition ◽  
Social Orientation ◽  
Construction Companies ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
The Social ◽  
The City

The article discusses various methodological approaches to assess the possibility for enterprises to join into the socio-economic cluster in the housing and communal services. A brief description of such approaches as the assessment of the propensity indicator is given; difference in differences and fixed effects; synthetic control; fuzzy sets and regression gap techniques. The advantages and disadvantages of each of the considered methods are revealed. The regression gap technique is discussed more in details in this article. According to the authors of the article, this approach is the most appropriate. To assess the entry into the socio-economic cluster, large management companies (MC) were selected serving more than 300 houses, and large construction companies of the city specializing in the construction of large residential areas in the city of Yekaterinburg. In total, there are 884 MCs in the city, and 1771 MCs in the Sverdlovsk Region. Therefore, for a possible entry into the housing and communal services cluster, 10 large construction companies providing housing services and 10 management companies operating in the field of public utilities were chosen. The gross revenue indicator of the companies was the main criterion. The motivation for the entrance into the cluster of housing and communal services for enterprises was to be a subsidy from the Ministry of Housing in the amount of 500 million rubles for the implementation of the national project "Housing and Urban Environment". Additional financing is possible only in case, if the enterprise joins the socio-economic cluster of the housing and communal services, as well as in the case of the social responsibility of this enterprise, since all housing and communal services enterprises have social responsibility and social orientation. As a result of the study, it was revealed that the proposed approaches are possible for application in areas operating in conditions of perfect market competition or in the social sphere. However, from the point of view of the entry of enterprises into the socio-economic cluster in the housing sector, when a number of enterprises, for example, construction companies, management companies that operate and live according to market laws in a competitive environment, while others are monopolists, for example, resource supplying organizations in the sphere of Housing and communal services, it is not possible to unequivocally assess the positive impact on the activities of enterprises with their participation in the socio-economic cluster. Still, in Russia the housing and communal services stands apart, it is unique, since the laws of the market and perfect competition do not work in it. And who will be a participant or beneficiary of the socio-economic cluster, which means that it will receive budgetary funding, is decided only by regional government bodies represented by the Ministry of Housing and Utilities.

scholarly journals Teachers' Personal Page in a Social Network as a Tool for Teacher-Student Interaction

2020 ◽  
Vol 29 (12) ◽  
pp. 156-166
Author(s):  
A. G. Kukushkina
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Social Network ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
Process Selection ◽  
Teacher Student ◽  
Education Organization ◽  
The Social ◽  
Network Platform

The article presents an analysis of the pedagogical capabilities of social networks in solving modern educational problems. The pedagogical potential of teacher's personal page can influence on individualization of the educational process, selection of the content of education, organization of pedagogical communication, involvement in activities. The author describes and analyzes the experience of interacting with students on the social network platform, which confirms the positive impact of the communication with the teacher through a social network on students' attitude to the subject and educational motivation. The restrictions of the use of teachers' personal pages in the process of education are connected with increased requirements to the content and design of a personal page. Possible negative consequences of interacting with students through social networks include non-compliance with the boundaries and blurring the boundaries of communication, the interpenetration of professional and personal spheres of life.

Collaborative Finance and Its Hurdles to Overcome

2021 ◽  
pp. 457-481
Author(s):  
Elisabet Ruiz-Dotras ◽  
Krystyna Mitręga-Niestrój
Keyword(s):  
Social Network ◽  
Social Interaction ◽  
Financial Literacy ◽  
Financial Services ◽  
Peer To Peer ◽  
Online Networks ◽  
The Social ◽  
Finance Development ◽  
Personal Trust ◽  
Financial Issues

Using survey data from an online Spanish university, real and perceived financial literacy levels, social interactions and personal trust with the social network are measured as key elements for collaborative finance development. This is the first study regarding the factors that may affect the use of collaborative finance. Results show levels of financial literacy are quiet low as in prior studies and individuals consider that the bank manager, friends, and parents can manage financial issues better than them, with the last two peers being those who most trust to discuss financial issues. The findings also provide information about how little individuals trust online networks when it comes to financial matters. Besides, respondents interact moderately with their social network missing the benefits of peer-to-peer learning. Overall, lack of financial literacy, low social interaction, and personal trust may be affecting the short use of collaborative financial services.

scholarly journals POLA AKTIVITAS RUANG PUBLIK DI TAMAN SIRING TENDEAN BANJARMASIN

Jurnal Socius ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Syahriani Purnamasari
Keyword(s):  
Public Space ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Social Attitudes ◽  
Social Benefits ◽  
Economic Activities ◽  
Cultural Impact ◽  
Street Vendors ◽  
The People ◽  
The Social

AbstractThe study is purposed to describe: (1) the pattern of activity in the Siring Tendean Park was dominantly carried out by the people who did economic activities. Because there are many street vendors (PKL) and floating market traders who were selling on weekends. Cultural activities, such as the cultural attractions and river trails, shown the characteristics of Banjar culture. Social activities are the community that conducts activities and visitors who interact, recreation and sports in Taman Siring Tendean, as well as students for educational activities. (2) The perceived benefits in terms of economy are the land for floating market traders, street vendors (PKL), and boat drivers (Kelotok) to develop their businesses. The social benefits are also felt by the community and visitors because they can communicate and avoid anti-social attitudes. Cultural benefits for actors of cultural attractions can provide a place for them to express themselves. Health benefits are able to blend in with nature and reduce stress level and also encouraging someone to do physical activities. The benefits of recreation are for refreshing and relaxing (3) The positive impact of the existence of Siring Tendean Park, namely that the economic impact can increase people income, social impacts can be used as a place for people interaction, self expression and recreation, the health effects is people can do some sport activitity and the cultural impact can preserve culture Banjar. While, the perceived negative impact is the amount of garbage, there is any conflict between traders and Satpol PP and conflicts between visitors.Keywords: activity, public space, siring tendean parkAbstrakTujuan penelitian mendeskripsikan; (1) pola aktivitas di Taman Siring Tendean dominan dilakukan oleh orang-orang yang melakukan kegiatan ekonomi. Karena ada banyak pedagang kaki lima (PKL) dan pedagang pasar terapung yang berjualan di akhir pekan. Kegiatan budaya, seperti atraksi budaya dan jalur sungai, menunjukkan karakteristik budaya Banjar. Kegiatan sosial adalah komunitas yang melakukan kegiatan dan pengunjung yang berinteraksi, rekreasi dan olahraga di Taman Siring Tendean, serta siswa untuk kegiatan pendidikan. (2) Manfaat yang dirasakan dalam hal ekonomi adalah tanah bagi pedagang pasar terapung, pedagang kaki lima (PKL), dan pengemudi perahu (Kelotok) untuk mengembangkan bisnis mereka. Manfaat sosial juga dirasakan oleh masyarakat dan pengunjung karena mereka dapat berkomunikasi dan menghindari sikap anti-sosial. Manfaat budaya bagi pelaku atraksi budaya dapat memberikan tempat bagi mereka untuk mengekspresikan diri. Manfaat kesehatan dapat menyatu dengan alam dan mengurangi tingkat stres dan juga mendorong seseorang untuk melakukan aktivitas fisik. Manfaat rekreasi adalah untuk menyegarkan dan bersantai (3) Dampak positif dari keberadaan Taman Siring Tendean, yaitu bahwa dampak ekonomi dapat meningkatkan pendapatan masyarakat, dampak sosial dapat digunakan sebagai tempat untuk interaksi orang, ekspresi diri dan rekreasi, dampak kesehatannya adalah orang dapat melakukan beberapa kegiatan olahraga dan dampak budaya dapat melestarikan budaya Banjar. Sementara, dampak negatif yang dirasakan adalah jumlah sampah, ada konflik antara pedagang dan Satpol PP dan konflik antara pengunjung.Kata Kunci: aktivitas, ruang publik, taman tendean siring 

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