scholarly journals Women Entrepreneurship and Sustainable Business Development: Key Findings from a SWOT–AHP Analysis

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (9) ◽  
pp. 5298
Author(s):  
Daniel Stefan ◽  
Valentina Vasile ◽  
Anca Oltean ◽  
Calin-Adrian Comes ◽  
Anamari-Beatrice Stefan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Business Model ◽  
Women Entrepreneurs ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Swot Analysis ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Sustainable Business ◽  
Women Entrepreneurship ◽  
Four Dimensions ◽  
Entrepreneurial Activities ◽  
The Impact

This study highlights the perception of women entrepreneurs in Romania regarding specific drivers for a sustainable business model. This study uses a SWOT–AHP method to assess the importance of different factors that enforce or create barriers for the success in women entrepreneurial activities. SWOT analysis was conducted based on an extended literature review. An external expert in risk analysis assessed the importance of the SWOT analysis’ four dimensions—criteria. An AHP survey of 10 women entrepreneurs was conducted to evaluate the impact of each identified factor in sustaining or discouraging the success of their sustainable business model (SBM). The main results of the study present practical implications useful for designing a gender-balanced business environment. In the final part, the paper discusses women’s preference for the sustainable business model, the perceived importance of gender-related stereotypes for the development of sustainable business models, and the relevance of the new digital economy trend to Romanian women entrepreneurship.

Socio-cultural environments and emerging economy entrepreneurship

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 85-96 ◽  
Author(s):  
Grisna Anggadwita ◽  
Bachruddin Saleh Luturlean ◽  
Veland Ramadani ◽  
Vanessa Ratten
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Women Entrepreneurs ◽  
Entrepreneurial Activity ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Integrated Analysis ◽  
Cultural Environment ◽  
Women Entrepreneurship ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Entrepreneurial Activities ◽  
The Impact

Purpose Women entrepreneurship has been growing and contributing significantly to economic activities, and it may also reduce unemployment, especially in developing countries. Many women entrepreneurs have begun to experience problems, including within their socio-cultural environment, in the beginning of or when they run their businesses. Among those developing countries, Indonesia has been recognized as having diverse ethnic groups, traditions, religions and languages. The purpose of this paper is to analyse how the socio-cultural environment affects women entrepreneurs in Indonesia. Design/methodology/approach This study aims at exploring the impact of the socio-cultural environment on entrepreneurial behavior, including the involvement of women in entrepreneurial activities in Indonesia as a multicultural country. A theoretical framework is empirically tested to identify the impact of the socio-culture environment on behavior and on women entrepreneurial activity through an integrated analysis. Findings A quantitative method with a causal descriptive approach is used in this study. The data are analyzed by using a descriptive statistics with the structural equation modeling technique. This study is intended to focus on women entrepreneurs in micro, small and medium enterprises in Bandung, Indonesia. A total of 210 women entrepreneurs have participated in this study. Practical implications include useful information for women entrepreneurs to overcome the impact of the socio-cultural environment in their entrepreneurial activities, and suggest insights for future research. Originality/value The development of women entrepreneurship in emerging economies may continuously face challenges, particularly in countries with multicultural attributes.

Elements of Sustainable Business Models

2014 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 43-54 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tapani Talonen ◽  
Kari Hakkarainen
Keyword(s):  
Business Model ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Practical Experience ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Sustainable Business ◽  
Global Business ◽  
Important Quality ◽  
Inclusive Concept ◽  
The Right ◽  
End Stage

The authors present the elements constituting an advantageous business model, and suggest how to achieve that competitive edge. They argue that traditional innovation processes with funnelling front-end, stage-gate with go/kill decisions, and similar processes have inherent limitations in such an inclusive concept. They propose an alternative approach, driven by strategic business options. A business model, like everything else, has a limited life span. Anew model requires radical changes in thinking and logics. Still, the move is not easy, and most attempts will fail. The right timing is tricky, plans to abandon an existing model might feel dispiriting, and the necessity to change can be blinded by past successes. This article discusses these complex aspects and the steps needed to overcome them. Finally, in ever-changing business competition it is not realistic to constantly renew inside-out. Instead, for a company to survive, its business model must have a very important quality known as resilience. This article is based on the authors' extensive practical experience in a global business environment, as well as on their academic work.

scholarly journals The Impact of Business Model Innovation on Sustainable Tourism

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Ruhet Genc
Keyword(s):  
Business Model ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Technological Development ◽  
Critical Evaluation ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Business Model Innovation ◽  
Business Strategies ◽  
Mathematical Form ◽  
Tourism Sector ◽  
The Impact

In this study, the impact of business model innovation on the sustainability of tourism activities will be discussed in detail. The methodology of the paper will be literature review based on previous investigation in the domain of business model innovation and the critical evaluation of the findings. The manuscript will start with brief information regarding to previous findings in the existing literature, then the relationship between business model innovation and sustainability of tourism activities will be investigated with a specific focus on rapidly changing dynamics of world and therefore the transformative aspects of business strategies will be the main objective of the study. Next, the manuscript will suggest a model where the effect of business model innovation is modeled in a mathematical form, pertaining to several variables including technological development, total revenues, and the degree of environmental degradation. Finally, the manuscript will conclude that the innovation-based nature of tourism sector requires firms to constantly innovate their business models so that they can arrange themselves according to necessities of rapidly changing business environment, in order to preserve their competitiveness and maintain their business activities to keep making profit.

scholarly journals Business Models and Performance of International Construction Companies

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (9) ◽  
pp. 2575 ◽  
Author(s):  
Youjin Jang ◽  
Yonghan Ahn ◽  
Moonseo Park ◽  
Hyun-Soo Lee ◽  
Nahyun Kwon
Keyword(s):  
Firm Performance ◽  
Business Model ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Major Determinant ◽  
Sustainable Business ◽  
Construction Companies ◽  
International Construction ◽  
Market Competitiveness ◽  
And Performance

As the construction business environment becomes ever more competitive and intense, business models are receiving considerable attention as potential sources of sustainable survival and growth. In order to design sustainable business models in today’s global construction market, it is important to understand the business models that would make a construction company achieve higher performance in terms of profitability, growth and market competitiveness. Therefore, this study identifies the business model variables of international construction and statistically analyzes the relationship between business model variables and firm performance guiding 72 international construction companies over a six-year period from 2009 to 2014. We examine the effect of business model variables on firm performance and how different business model variables can lead to different outcomes. The results show that business models play significant roles in determining the performance of international construction companies, with financial resources being a major determinant of profitability and regional diversification a major determinant of revenue growth and market competitiveness. Each business model variable had a different effect on profitability, growth and market competitiveness. This confirms that there are ideal combinations of business model variables that can help firms achieve higher performance. These findings are expected to provide useful guidance to assist executives’ decision making when designing a business model that will enable their firm to thrive in the global marketplace.

scholarly journals The Long-Term Effectiveness of Advertising Driven Sales for E-Commerce SMEs

2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 1180-1191
Author(s):  
Marta Christina Suciu ◽  
Christian Năsulea ◽  
Diana Florentina Năsulea
Keyword(s):  
Business Model ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Small And Medium Enterprises ◽  
Medium Size ◽  
Sustainable Business ◽  
Advertising Budget ◽  
New Business ◽  
Medium Enterprises ◽  
The Impact

Abstract The digital transformation allowed for new business models to emerge. As e-commerce seems to be the future of retail, an increased number of entrepreneurs are trying to better leverage advertising in a way that leads to a sustainable business model on medium to long-term. Retail enterprises are spending huge amounts of money on search engine and social media paid advertising in order to make their products visible and thus, become more profitable. However, the academic literature suggests contradictory findings on the effectiveness of paid advertising. While it seems that for already established companies like e-Bay, shutting off paid campaigns doesn’t proportionally decrease the website’s traffic, for other large companies with more competitors the findings show the opposite, meaning that most of the traffic goes down when paid-campaigns are shut off. The aim of our paper is to assess the impact of paid campaigns on the long-term revenues of small and medium enterprises activating in e-commerce. Is investing in paid advertising at the beginning enough to build a business model that can sustain itself or does less advertising translate directly in less sales? We conduct a study for a number of Romanian e-commerce businesses in order to determine the effectiveness of paid advertising and its impact on the long-term revenue stream. Our findings contribute to the existing research through valuable data on small and medium size enterprises and can help business managers make more informed decisions when it comes to their paid advertising budget and strategy.

Impact of Women Entrepreneurship in Lagos State

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (12) ◽  
pp. 1073-1084
Author(s):  
Agbo Joel Christopher Onu ◽  
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Salimat Modupe Abass ◽  
Keyword(s):  
State Government ◽  
Women Entrepreneurs ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
National Bureau ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Women Entrepreneurship ◽  
Empirical Survey ◽  
Lagos State ◽  
Entrepreneurial Activities ◽  
The Impact

This paper examined the impact of Women entrepreneurship in the development of Lagos state. Women entrepreneurs have attracted the attention of organizations, policy makers and researchers as they have been identified as an important unexploited source of economic growth and development. An empirical survey was conducted with a longitudinal data of women via secondary data from the National Bureau of Statistics and SMEDAN. Data were analyzed using linear regression with the aid of the Stata software. Findings revealed that women entrepreneurship positively and significantly influence development in Lagos state. The paper recommended that Lagos state government should encourage more women in entrepreneurial activities by providing infrastructural facilities such as trade centers, shops and credit facilities that will enhance their participation in business.

scholarly journals Business model transformation toward sustainability: the impact of legitimation

2020 ◽  
Vol 58 (8) ◽  
pp. 1643-1662
Author(s):  
Roberto Biloslavo ◽  
Carlo Bagnoli ◽  
Maurizio Massaro ◽  
Antonietta Cosentino
Keyword(s):  
Business Model ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Single Case ◽  
Business Model Innovation ◽  
Innovation Theory ◽  
Sustainable Business ◽  
Case Study Methodology ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Sustainable Business Models ◽  
The Impact

PurposeThis study aims to identify the legitimacy issues raised during a sustainable business model innovation, deployed by an Italian company, which was analyzed through the lens of the legitimation theory and the business model innovation theory.Design/methodology/approachA single case study methodology is employed for empirical research. Semistructured interviews, with top and middle management, were conducted together with the analysis of several internal and external documents, to corroborate the case analysis.FindingsResults show how the potentiality of digital technologies allows the development of new sustainable business models, which, though, still need to gain legitimation to be accepted. The study findings allow drawing both on the business model innovation theory and on the legitimation theory, as they show how legitimation is a dynamic concept that involves internal as well as external stakeholders to support business model innovation.Originality/valueThe paper is novel, since it addresses the topic of sustainable business models development, showing how companies can get legitimation. The paper builds on existing theories and provides a practical example.

scholarly journals Encouraging Women Entrepreneurship In Pakistan: A Systematic Analysis Of The Impact Of Entrepreneurial Activities On The Lifestyle Of Women

2014 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 185-196
Author(s):  
Samina Rauf ◽  
Nasreen Aslam Shah
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Women Entrepreneurs ◽  
Systematic Analysis ◽  
Women Entrepreneurship ◽  
Research Technique ◽  
Entrepreneurial Activities ◽  
The Impact

Considerable researcher has been carried out for the identification of the barriers faced by women entrepreneurs in Pakistan and how these barriers can be removed. Moreover, the research has also attempted to establish the impact of entrepreneurial activities on the lifestyle of women. Qualitative research technique has been employed for the analysis of the data. It was established from results obtained that after starting the business, lifestyle of women entrepreneurs has improved substantially.

scholarly journals NEW APPROACHES TO BANKING BUSINESS MODELS IN THE DIGITAL ECONOMY

2019 ◽  
pp. 89-94
Author(s):  
I. D’yakonova ◽  
O. Pakhnenko ◽  
L. Shevchenko
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Business Model ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Digital Economy ◽  
Model Assessment ◽  
New Approaches ◽  
Banking Business ◽  
The Impact

The factors of the post-crisis development of the world banking system, the strengthening of the role of information technology in all industries, the increasing role of innovative Fintech intermediaries in the banking market encourage the management of banks to revise traditional business models and to form new approaches to managing the modern bank. In the article the authors aimed to investigate the impact of digitization on the choice of banking business model and the development of algorithm for estimating a bank’s business model. Traditionally banks choose one of five business models: lending, high leverage, investment, fee, margin. Most operating banks opt for traditional models because the business environment requires it. However, maintaining the bank’s competitiveness, enhancing its efficiency and resilience to financial imbalances is possible by building an innovative business model that takes into account the modern diffusion of information technology and the functioning of FinTech companies as an alternative to traditional banking business. Although nobody knows yet what will replace the current business model, there are currently three approaches to assimilating FinTech in banking: the Financial Control Center, Banking-as-a-Service, the Niche Bank. The choice of the banking business model and its transformation should be accompanied by an assessment of the bank’s business model. Thus, an important component of banking management in an unstable environment is the analysis of the business model of the bank and its transformation in order to minimize the impact of possible negative effects of financial crises on the performance of the bank. The proposed algorithm for estimating a bank’s business model includes 6 stages: preliminary assessment of the main components of the bank’s business model; assessment of the business environment of the bank; stress testing of the viability of the bank’s business model; evaluation of the bank’s strategy; identification of key vulnerabilities to which the bank’s business model is prone or likely to be vulnerable; and justification of the results and formation of effective conclusions. Keywords: banks, banking business model, banking management, digital economy, business model innovation.

Economic and Legal Bases of Using Car-Sharing Business Models in Ukraine

2020 ◽  
pp. 75-85
Author(s):  
Oleksandr M. Matsenko ◽  
Tetiana М. Malanchuk ◽  
Vladyslav S. Popov ◽  
Vladyslav S. Piven ◽  
Evhenyi O. Skrypka
Keyword(s):  
Business Model ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Swot Analysis ◽  
Road Traffic ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
Car Sharing ◽  
Bibliographic Analysis ◽  
Economic Method ◽  
Logical Sequence ◽  
Study Results

This article summarizes the concept of sharing, bibliographic analysis of publications in the field of car-sharing based on the Scopus database. The primary purpose of the study is to study the economic and legal basis for the development of car-sharing business models in Ukraine. Systematization of literature sources and approaches devoted to the economic efficiency of the implementation of car-sharing business models has shown that in Ukraine, this issue is almost not paid attention to in the economic, scientific sphere, and legal, scientific areas. The urgency of solving this scientific problem lies in the need and ability to relieve road traffic from traffic jams, reducing the average downtime of vehicles, as well as economic benefits for entities (vehicle owners and passengers) involved in sharing business models. The research has the following logical sequence: the types of car-sharing business models were analyzed, and their comparative characteristics were carried out; the economic and legal preconditions of car-sharing business development in Ukraine are investigated. The research identifies legislative obstacles to the establishment of a car-sharing company in Ukraine. A SWOT analysis of the conditions for implementing a car-sharing business model in Ukraine was performed. It analyses the costs and efficiency of creating a business based on a car-sharing business model in Ukraine on a conditional example. We propose to use system-structural and comparative analysis to analyze the problems of modern transport, methods of formal-logical analysis for determining the directions of development of car-sharing business models, and economic method for assessing the effect and a payback period of the proposed project car-sharing business model. The study results can be useful for the development of the car-sharing business in Ukraine, for entrepreneurs, scientists, and vehicle owners. Keywords: car-sharing, car-sharing business model, car-sharing business, motor transport, hire, expenses, analysis.

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