scholarly journals Resources and capabilities that determine the competitive success of a shoe company in Ticul, Yucatán

2019 ◽  
pp. 18-25
Author(s):  
Adriana del Rosario Carrillo-Cámara ◽  
María Antonia Morales-González ◽  
Ana María Canto-Esquivel
Keyword(s):  
Human Resources ◽  
Research Methodology ◽  
Economic Activity ◽  
Competitive Market ◽  
Competitive Success ◽  
Resources And Capabilities

The objective of this research is to study the economic activity of footwear at the business level of the municipality of Ticul, Yucatan, Mexico; It focuses on analyzing what resources and capabilities a shoe manufacturer company has with several years of operation in that municipality to remain in a highly competitive market. The research methodology is a case study of qualitative and descriptive scope in which resources and capacities are considered as categories of analysis. The results obtained indicate that the tangible and human resources, as well as the managerial capacities of production, sales and distribution are what determine the competitive success of the company. These results are expected to contribute to improving the development of the Ticul footwear sector because it is one of the main producers and the economic units established have the potential to grow and become more competitive.

scholarly journals Lean Management “Quick-Wins”: Results of Implementation. A Case Study

2019 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 3 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jorge Rodrigues ◽  
José C.V. De Sá ◽  
Luís P. Ferreira ◽  
Francisco J.G. Silva ◽  
Gilberto Santos
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Human Resources ◽  
Research Methodology ◽  
Added Value ◽  
Occupancy Rate ◽  
Implementation Evaluation ◽  
Kurt Lewin ◽  
Lean Tools ◽  
Research Action

<p><strong>Purpose:</strong> This study comprised two main goals. The first goal demonstrates how LT (Lean Tools) allows the highest impact during the implementation phase.The second goal consisted of introducing procedure changes based on the Management of Human Resources through Lean Leadership tool. The target for these two objectives is to achieve an increase of 5% in machine occupancy rate and a reduction of 10% regarding the costs of defective products per hour.</p><p><strong>Methodology/Approach:</strong> The research methodology is a Action-Research/Research-Action developed by Professor Kurt Lewin of MIT that goes through cycles of five stages: Diagnosis; Planning; Implementation; Evaluation, Conclusions.</p><p><strong>Findings:</strong> Regarding the two objectives above mentioned, it was observed an increase of 8.5% in machine occupancy rate and a reduction of 27.9% regarding the costs per hour of defective products. It was created an additional motivation in the employees and very satisfying results in every production.</p><p><strong>Research Limitation/implication:</strong> The study is limited to a Portuguese Small and Medium-sized Enterprise (SME) in the metalworking sector.</p><p><strong>Originality/Value of paper:</strong> Lean tools can be rapidly and easily implemented and quickly understood by the workers. With that implementation, the occupation of the machines has increased and the defects and their costs have decreased, so the added value grows.</p>

Value Creation and Commercialization in Insular Ecosystems

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 92-102 ◽  
Author(s):  
João Lopes ◽  
Luís Farinha ◽  
João J. Ferreira
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Value Creation ◽  
Research Methodology ◽  
Social Problems ◽  
New Model ◽  
Qualitative Research Methodology ◽  
Resources And Capabilities ◽  
Insular Ecosystems

This article aims to evaluate the resources and capabilities in insular regions, and also to understand how value creation and commercialization take place in the existing ecosystems. A qualitative research methodology was followed through a case study, incorporating interviews with incubators managers of the insular regions of Portugal (Azores and Madeira). The results show some difficulties as a result of the ecosystem's insularity. To shorten the insular regions dissymmetry compared to other non-insular regions, a new model is proposed to help these regions overcome their economic and social problems.

Survey & Case Study: Indonesian Needs Changing (New Era of Educational Research in the Mid of Pandemic)

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
thobias sarbunan
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Human Resources ◽  
Educational Research ◽  
Research Methodology ◽  
Research Method ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Research Capacity ◽  
Main Research ◽  
National Education

We in a fact of Indonesia educator have been struggling in major of educational human resources, which come-up of the research methodology as a burden science aspect. In addition, the primidone of research method in education system was classroom action research and/or action research. This means, educator tend to conduct an action research for the safe zone rather than scaffold to another marry research method, outside of main research method. In other word, we can said that they want to play in safe level or action research for them, it is a concreate method that guaranteed-facilitated teaching and learning to achieve the best improvement. However, in fact, because of their research behaviour it will cause a hinder point such as in the pandemic, which someone unable or lack of research methodology paradigms, he or she will stuck or in crucial situation can be lost of knowledge development. Directly, student’s will lost their improvement, and whole system of education. In further, by the purpose of this paper to reconstructed-and promoted research capacity of Indonesia educator through enlightens the knowledge of survey and case study uses, researcher concluded that, both survey and case study, were accordance to educational research foundation, which postulated to develop in sustainable capacity of educational human resources also administration. So that like in pandemic outbreak, besides conducting an action research, educators were able to synthesize-analyse-evaluate-develop knowledge based also teaching and learning, to meet the goal of national education.

FOSTERING STUDENTS’ EXPERIENCES IN ENGLISH WRITING WITH MICROBLOGGING IN TWITTER

2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 113
Author(s):  
Pham Thi Thu Hien
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Research Design ◽  
Research Methodology ◽  
Learning Tools ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
English Writing ◽  
Qualitative Research Methodology

Twitter and Microblogging are two separate entities but completes each other. Both of them can be used as language learning tools and their potential has been proved by several scholars. This study tries to examine students’ experiences in integrating microblogging with twitter. It is also study about the beneficial roles of microblogging with Twitter in language learning, its relation to writing, and its appropriateness in language learning. This study employs a qualitative research methodology, and case study as its research design. Semi-structured interviews and questionnaires were employed in this study to find out about participants' views about microblogging and Twitter. From this study, it can be concluded that the participants of the study underwent various experiences during the implementation of microblogging with Twitter. They also felt that microblogging with Twitter at some point advantages them to systematically arrange their ideas, and allows them to choose appropriate diction of their ideas. They also stated that Twitter can be an appropriate means in language learning, especially in English writing<em>.</em>

Sustainable Social Entrepreneurship through Innovation diffusing Traditional Knowledge with Innovation: Case Study of Pottery Art in India

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (01) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ambalika Sinha ◽  
Divya Rai
Keyword(s):  
Human Resources ◽  
Traditional Knowledge ◽  
Social Entrepreneurship ◽  
Foreign Currency ◽  
Economic Conditions ◽  
Employment Conditions ◽  
Art Form ◽  
Formal Employment ◽  
Marketing Intervention

India a massive country in terms of employment conditions and majority of human resources are involved in unorganized sectors but are more vulnerable in compare to other types of formal employment. Upliftment of these sector will results in increased economic conditions of population as well as it will fetch for foreign currency. This paper emphasizes on technological as well as marketing intervention in one of the art form i.e. Pottery which is at verge of extinction. Slight modifications in these will pave a long better way for development.

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