scholarly journals Romanian Business Leaders’ Perceptions of Business-to-Business Corruption: Leading More Responsible Businesses?

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (20) ◽  
pp. 5548 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sebastian I. Burduja ◽  
Rodica Milena Zaharia
Keyword(s):  
Business Leaders ◽  
Business Community ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
General Context ◽  
Substantial Progress ◽  
Current Article ◽  
Private Corruption ◽  
Business Corruption ◽  
Business To Business ◽  
Common Understanding

Business-to-business (B2B) corruption, also known as private corruption, refers to unethical or illicit activities between private parties, without the direct participation of the state. Existing literature on the topic, while still limited, has taken several avenues, from qualitative studies to perception-based surveys and research experiments. Upon reviewing key studies and their findings, this article concentrates on research questions related to: business people’s perceptions on the determinants that favor B2B corruption in Romania, consequences of the phenomenon, and potential solutions. Findings are based on primary data collected through a 2019 questionnaire administered to 120 business leaders in Romania. Results confirm earlier studies’ findings that general context, malfunction of the institutions, and mentality favor B2B corruption, and that there is a lack of consensus among the business community on how to recognize and deal with various forms of B2B corruption, despite the widely spread belief that B2B corruption negatively affects business activities. Also, both internal and external solutions are considered to work against B2B corruption. The current article also opens new avenues in the literature, showing that: the probability to face B2B corruption increases with business leaders’ professional experience; preferences on how to deal with corruption cases vary based on a firm’s capital structure (domestic vs. foreign), reflecting the importance of organizational culture; and business leaders overwhelmingly want to fight against B2B corruption through both internal and external measures. Substantial progress, however, will require a proper common understanding by the private sector of what constitutes B2B corruption, including its causes, consequences, and remedies.

scholarly journals Region-Wise Usage of Banking Services – A study of Gujarat

2020 ◽  
pp. 106-109
Keyword(s):  
Financial Literacy ◽  
Financial Services ◽  
Rural Households ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Structure Questionnaire ◽  
Banking Services ◽  
Financial Products ◽  
Substantial Progress ◽  
Indian Banks ◽  
Corporate Social

Financial services actively contribute to the humane & economic development of the nation. Financial services lead to social and economic safety hence, each & every individual should be provided with affordable institutional financial products/services popularly called ―Financial Inclusion‖. Despite witnessing substantial progress in financial sector reforms in India, it is overwhelming to note that nearly half of the rural households even today do not have any access to any source of funds (savings/credit) - institutional or otherwise. Hardly one-fourth of the rural households are assisted by banks. Hence the major task before banks are to bring most of those excluded, i.e. 75 percent of the rural households, under the mainstream of formal financial services. There is a need for the formal financial system to look at increasing financial literacy and financial counseling. As a part of corporate social responsibility now a day’s Indian banks and financial market players should actively look at promoting such programs. Financial products& services are identified as basic banking services like deposits accounts, institutional loans, access to payment, remittance facilities & also life & non-life insurance services. The present paper is an attempt to capture the region-wise usage of banking services. The study collected data of 900 respondents from five regions of Gujarat i.e. South Gujarat, North Gujarat, Central Gujarat, Saurashtra, and Kachchh. The study used a five-point Likert scale agreement method to understand the usage of banking services. Also, the study captured the demographic profile of respondents from. The primary data collected through a structure questionnaire.

scholarly journals "Building Today for the Womanhood of Tomorrow": Businessmen, Boosters, and the YWCA, 1890-1930

2013 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 225-242 ◽  
Author(s):  
Diana Pedersen
Keyword(s):  
Fund Raising ◽  
Business Leaders ◽  
Business Community ◽  
Women Reformers ◽  
Progressive Movement ◽  
Young Women's Christian Association ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
American Cities ◽  
The City

Women's organizations played an active part in the Progressive movement for the reform of North American cities in the early twentieth century. Women reformers could and did cooperate with men but had their own distinct perception of the city and their own definition of urban reform. Lacking capital and political power, however, women were forced to depend on the support of male reformers and had to address themselves to the men's concerns. This study examines the relationship between the Young Women's Christian Association and Canadian businessmen as it was manifested in a number of successful fund-raising campaigns for YWCA buildings in Canadian cities between 1890 and 1930. YWCA women "sold" their building to the business community as a sound investment and an asset that would reflect well on the reputations of enterprising business leaders and a modern progressive community.

A new index to measure ease of doing business at the sub-national level

2018 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 515-537 ◽  
Author(s):  
Khee Giap Tan ◽  
Mulya Amri ◽  
Nurina Merdikawati
Keyword(s):  
Explanatory Power ◽  
National Level ◽  
Market Potential ◽  
Business Community ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Macroeconomic Factors ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Doing Business ◽  
Ease Of Doing Business

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to propose a novel framework to measure ease of doing business (EDB) that undertakes a holistic approach incorporating three distinct environments: attractiveness to investors, business friendliness, and competitive policies (ABC). This is offered as an alternative to existing popular indicators of doing business (DB), allowing for better approximation of investment and economic growth at the sub-national level. Design/methodology/approach The proposed “EDB Index ABC” aggregates 74 indicators into five sub-environments, three environments, and ultimately into the overall EDB Index ABC. Values are standardised using the standardised score method. The framework is applied to 33 Indonesian provinces using a combination of primary data from surveying the business community and government departments as well as secondary data from formal government statistics. Findings The findings suggest a positive association between the proposed EDB Index ABC and competitiveness as well as investments into Indonesian provinces. In terms of explanatory power, attractiveness to investors and business friendliness seem to be stronger and more consistent, while the role of competitive policies is more ambiguous. Originality/value This research departs significantly from conventional approaches to the study of DB that tend to overwhelmingly focus on formal regulatory aspects by including macroeconomic factors such as market potential and infrastructure resilience as well as micro-level variables such as profitability and cost effectiveness, and the role of government in managing competition. Responding to calls for a bottom-up approach in understanding the EDB, the EDB Index ABC is applied to 33 Indonesian provinces.

Business Organized as Power: The New Imperium in Imperio

1950 ◽  
Vol 44 (2) ◽  
pp. 323-342 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alpheus T. Mason
Keyword(s):  
Welfare State ◽  
Social Evolution ◽  
Business Leaders ◽  
Business Community ◽  
Free Enterprise ◽  
Crucial Difference ◽  
Welfare Society ◽  
Industrial Civilization ◽  
University Officials ◽  
The Welfare State

President Truman's stubborn determination to build on the New Deal's embattled foundations an imposing edifice called the Welfare State is stirring the business community and its spokesmen to renewed and outwardly bold hostilities. This present outcry for “welfare,” it seems, is not what it used to be: “The irresponsible clamor of the mob for bread and circuses.” “Welfare” is now recognized as “a justifiable demand, consonant with the necessities of social evolution,” and in keeping with our political tradition. The old jungle economy, at long last, must be discarded. All this is now cheerfully conceded. But whose responsibility is it to bring order out of chaos, whose business is it to formulate and administer the welfare program? There is the rub. Certainly not government's, business leaders assert, for ultimately that would spell not a glorious welfare society but an inglorious welfare state. This ignominious prelude to statism, to totalitarianism, to despotism, must be avoided at all cost. That is why certain publicists, ex-New Dealers, industrial leaders and university officials are alerting the business community to a fresh responsibility, the unique venture of capitalism today—“the greatest opportunity in the world,” Russell Davenport calls it, and peculiarly the concern of Free Enterprise.Harvard's Business School Dean, Donald K. David, also points ominously at “The Danger of Drifting,” and sharply differentiates between “freedom to” and “freedom from,” between “equality of opportunity and equality of results,” etc., etc. These refinements are important, Dean David decides, because in them lies the crucial difference between welfare society (which he approves) and welfare state (which he deplores). How easy it is, he warns, to drift into the lethal arms of the welfare state. To foil the octopus of welfare, businessmen must be vigilant and aggressive. “Responsibility for this program,” Dean David concludes, “is going to be placed in the hands of the businessman, because we have, whether some people like it or not, an industrial civilization; and the businessman, whether he likes it or not, has to assume new responsibilities.”

scholarly journals Transformation of a City

SAGE Open ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 215824401667363 ◽  
Author(s):  
Trenessa L. Williams ◽  
Charles R. Needham
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Small Business ◽  
Business Owners ◽  
Business Leaders ◽  
Business Community ◽  
Final Report ◽  
Small Business Owners ◽  
Government Documents ◽  
Rent Gap Theory

Gentrification changes the landscape and the cultural makeup of a city by increasing property values and changing consumption patterns. Since the late 1980s, gentrification has challenged the residential and small business community of Harlem, New York. Guided by the rent gap theory and the consumption-side theory, the purpose of this case study was to explore how small business leaders can compete with demographical changes brought by gentrification. A purposive sample of 20 Harlem small business owners operating during the city’s gentrification participated in interviews. Interview interpretations were triangulated with government documents and periodicals to bolster the trustworthiness of the final report. These findings may contribute to positive social change by informing the strategies employed by small business owners who are currently facing gentrification.

The development and use of a spatial database for the determination and characterization of the state of the German Baltic small-scale fishery sector

2012 ◽  
Vol 69 (8) ◽  
pp. 1480-1490 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eva A. Papaioannou ◽  
Athanasios T. Vafeidis ◽  
Martin F. Quaas ◽  
Jörn O. Schmidt
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Database ◽  
The State ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Substantial Progress ◽  
Technical Specifications ◽  
Data Deficient ◽  
Agriculture And Food ◽  
Operational Range

Abstract Papaioannou, E. A., Vafeidis, A. T., Quaas, M. F., and Schmidt, J. O. 2012. The development and use of a spatial database for the determination and characterization of the state of the German Baltic small-scale fishery sector. – ICES Journal of Marine Science, 69: . Although substantial progress has been made in the acquisition and analysis of fishery data, the small-scale fishery (SSF) sector is frequently data deficient, with relevant primary data often being fragmented and incomplete. Also, in contrast to the case of the larger scale sector, a coherent methodological framework for the assessment of the SSF has, in most cases, not been formulated. In the present study, the methodology of developing a database for the German Baltic SSF sector is presented. The aim of the database is to combine fishery primary data effectively and enable the sound determination and characterization of the German Baltic SSF sector. Data used include, among others, fleet data derived from the European Community Fleet Register (CFR) database and logbook data from the German Federal Office for Agriculture and Food (BLE). The database includes information on the technical specifications of SSF vessels (length, engine power, etc.); the sector's operational range; main target species; fishing grounds; landing ports; and weight and price of landings. Results of employing the database for profiling the state of the SSF sector (in 2008) are presented. The results demonstrate the benefits of such an approach within the framework of managing coastal fish resources and fishing activities.

scholarly journals Ethics Codes Of The Hungarian Top 200 Companies

2016 ◽  
Vol 12 (13) ◽  
pp. 402 ◽  
Author(s):  
Krisztina Szeged ◽  
Roland Szilágyi
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Responsibility ◽  
Code Of Ethics ◽  
Codes Of Ethics ◽  
Transitional Economies ◽  
Business Leaders ◽  
Corporate Ethics ◽  
Work Team ◽  
Ethics Codes ◽  
Ethical Commitment ◽  
Current Article

The aim of this current article is to summarize the statements regarding the code of ethics examined in the empirical research of the Hungarian TOP 200 corporate ethics institution system. This study was conducted by the Ethics and Transparency work team of the Hungarian Business Leaders Forum. The research indicates that in Hungary, similar to transitional economies, the codes of ethics are also undeveloped. The main purposes of introducing the code of ethics include providing guidelines for employees, declaring ethical commitment, and the development of company’s culture. Based on the topics, emphasis is laid on protecting the interests of the companies. However, improving competitiveness and meeting the expectations of stakeholders plays an insignificant role. The practice of the code of ethics in the Hungarian large companies contradicts the global tendency that the codes are more and more comprehensive. Thus, they contain several objectives that define corporate responsibility, and they not only focus on the do's and don’ts of employees.

scholarly journals KERAJINAN SULAMAN KRUISTIK DI NAGARI EMBUNPAGI KECAMATAN MATUR KABUPATEN AGAM SUMATERA BARAT

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 243
Author(s):  
Diah Cahyani ◽  
Weni Nelmira
Keyword(s):  
Data Analysis ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Qualitative Method ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Woven Fabrics ◽  
Business Leaders ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Geometric Shapes ◽  
Great Demand ◽  
Analysis Techniques

AbstrakPermasalahan dalam penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui kerajinan sulaman kruistik di nagari Embunpagi Kabupaten Agam. Kerajinan sulaman kruistik merupakan salah satu kerajinan di Nagari Embunpagi yang mempunyai nilai keindahan tersendiri yang banyak diminati. Sulaman kruistik adalah sulaman yang memakai jahitan benang yang bersilangan membentuk huruf x diatas kain tenunan sejajar.Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mendeskripsikan bentuk kerajinan sulaman kruistik dilihat dari segi desain dan motif di Nagari Embunpagi. Metode yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah metode kualitatif. Jenis data yaitu berupa data primer yaitu data yang diperoleh dari pimpinan dan karyawan usaha dan data sekunder yang diperoleh dari dokumentasi. Teknik pengumpulan data dengan cara melalui wawancara, observasi dan dokumentasi. Teknik analisa data yang dilakukan bersifat induktif berdasarkan fakta- fakta yang ditemukan dan penarikan kesimpulan. Hasil penelitian yang diperoleh adalah bentuk desain motif berupa naturalis dengan bentuk bunga dan daun, dan bentuk geometris berupa garis- garis yang disusun.. Kata Kunci: sulaman, kruistik embunpagi.AbstractThe problem in this study was to find out about the crusical embroidery craft in the Embunpagi village of Agam Regency. Crystalline embroidery is one of the handicrafts in Nagari Embunpagi that has its own beauty value that is in great demand. Crewistic embroidery is embroidery that uses cross stitches forming letters x on parallel woven fabrics. The aim of this study is to describe the shape of the crew embroidery craft in terms of design and motif in Nagari Embunagi. The method used in this research is qualitative method. The type of data is in the form of primary data, namely data obtained from business leaders and employees and secondary data obtained from documentation. Data collection techniques by means of interviews, observation and documentation. Data analysis techniques performed are inductive based on facts found and conclusions drawn. The results of the research obtained are the form of motif design in the form of naturalists with flower and leaf shapes, and geometric shapes in the form of lines arranged.  Keywords: needlepoint, embunpagi. 

scholarly journals An Architecture for Cyber Business Community Platform in Business-to-Business Commerce and Clooaboration

2002 ◽  
Vol 122 (5) ◽  
pp. 767-772
Author(s):  
Hiroyuki Kitajima ◽  
Shinichi Yamada ◽  
Hiroshi Tomita ◽  
Masasuke Tominaga ◽  
Jun Nitta
Keyword(s):  
Business Community ◽  
Business To Business

Saudi power centralisation faces medium-term risks

2018 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
National Guard ◽  
Business Leaders ◽  
Business Community ◽  
Major Focus ◽  
Medium Term ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Economic Relations ◽  
Vision 2030 ◽  
Crown Prince ◽  
Economic Assets

Significance Those freed include senior prince Walid bin Talal and other heads of large companies: it is unclear whether they handed over economic assets in exchange. Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s arrests of hundreds of members of the business community, ruling Al Saud family and clerical establishment (three core constituencies) aimed to consolidate his grip on power and authority to force through far-reaching changes in his ‘Vision 2030’ economic plan. Impacts Mohammed bin Salman’s succession to his father is likely to be smooth if it happens soon. The Salman ruling family branch and its allies will take control of economic relations between the state and business community. Some non-royal business leaders will be made an example of and stand trial for corruption. Systemic and bureaucratic mid-level corruption will not be a major focus of the campaign. The Saudi National Guard, controlled by a now-discredited family branch, is unlikely to resist upcoming restructuring.

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