scholarly journals Change in Textile and Clothing Industry

2018 ◽  
Vol 69 (01) ◽  
pp. 37-43 ◽  
Author(s):  
TUDOR LIVIU
Keyword(s):  
Change Management ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Consumer Preferences ◽  
Small And Medium Enterprises ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Global Market ◽  
Clothing Industry ◽  
Labor Costs ◽  
Global Business ◽  
Efficient Manner

Traditionally, Textile and Clothing Industry has been known for its incremental changes but the current global business environment creates the premises of multiple organizational disruptive changes. Change Management helps people to transition structural change in a positive and efficient manner. Small and medium enterprises in Textile and Clothing Industry face a particular set of challenges – new technologies requiring high investments, relocation arbitrage on labor costs, regional industry protectionism, volatile consumer preferences, need for new managerial skills etc. – all these demanding a rebalance of managerial focus from operational excellence to strategic and change management excellence. A Change Management Model, with associated implementation discipline and attention to global market trends, represents a necessity for current managers active in Textile and Clothing Market.

scholarly journals International Market Entry Strategies: Relational, Digital, and Hybrid Approaches

2018 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 30-60 ◽  
Author(s):  
George F. Watson ◽  
Scott Weaven ◽  
Helen Perkins ◽  
Deepak Sardana ◽  
Robert W. Palmatier
Keyword(s):  
Market Entry ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
International Market ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Internet Technology ◽  
Global Business ◽  
The Past ◽  
Hybrid Approaches ◽  
Entry Strategies ◽  
Relational Strategies

The adoption of digital communications, facilitated by Internet technology, has been among the most significant international business developments of the past 25 years. This article investigates the effect of these new technologies and the changing global business environment to understand how relational approaches to international market entry (IME) are changing in light of macro developments. Despite substantial resources in business practice dedicated to combining relational strategies in digital settings, this analysis of extant literature reveals that fewer than 3% of peer-reviewed research articles in the international marketing domain examine digital contexts. To address this gap, the authors assess 25 years of literature to provide (1) a description of the evolution of IME research; (2) a review and synthesis of pertinent literature that adopts relational, digital, and hybrid approaches to IME; (3) a taxonomy of IME strategies; and (4) directions for further research.

scholarly journals ENGINEERING SUSTAINABLE COMPLEX SYSTEMS

2013 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 4-14 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tareq Z. Ahram
Keyword(s):  
Complex Systems ◽  
Systems Engineering ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Sustainable Business ◽  
Global Business ◽  
Two Factors ◽  
Critical Requirement ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Industrial Solutions

Abstract Given the most competitive nature of global business environment, effective engineering innovation is a critical requirement for all levels of system lifecycle development. The society and community expectations have increased beyond environmental short term impacts to global long term sustainability approach. Sustainability and engineering competence skills are extremely important due to a general shortage of engineering talent and the need for mobility of highly trained professionals [1]. Engineering sustainable complex systems is extremely important in view of the general shortage of resources and talents. Engineers implement new technologies and processes to avoid the negative environmental, societal and economic impacts. Systems thinking help engineers and designers address sustainable development issues with a global focus using leadership and excellence. This paper introduces the Systems Engineering (SE) methodology for designing complex and more sustainable business and industrial solutions, with emphasis on engineering excellence and leadership as key drivers for business sustainability. The considerable advancements achieved in complex systems engineering indicate that the adaptation of sustainable SE to business needs can lead to highly sophisticated yet widely useable collaborative applications, which will ensure the sustainability of limited resources such as energy and clean water. The SE design approach proves critical in maintaining skills needed in future capable workforce. Two factors emerged to have the greatest impact on the competitiveness and sustainability of complex systems and these were: improving skills and performance in engineering and design, and adopting SE and human systems integration (HSI) methodology to support sustainability in systems development. Additionally, this paper provides a case study for the application of SE and HSI methodology for engineering sustainable and complex systems.

The Role of Market Orientation in Internationalization of SMEs

2013 ◽  
pp. 242-257 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rosmeriany Nahan-Suomela ◽  
Satu Lautamäki
Keyword(s):  
Market Orientation ◽  
Small And Medium Enterprises ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Cultural Factor ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Global Business ◽  
Market Knowledge ◽  
New Type ◽  
Future Research Directions ◽  
Medium Enterprises

A rapidly changing business environment generates a growing demand for enterprises to understand their markets. Knowledge about markets is a strategic resource and enterprises are advised to invest in understanding their markets, competitors, and customers. Market orientation is widely studied as a concept describing how enterprises generate and respond to market knowledge. Market orientation is a cultural factor which we analyze in the framework of organizational culture. We examine market orientation as a cultural factor, as adopting a new type of culture inside and outside an organization can be particularly challenging for Small- and Medium-Enterprises (SMEs). SMEs have not been considered as very active participants in global business, where market knowledge is of utmost importance. For example, Keskin (2006) finds that market orientation is an antecedent of learning orientation in SMEs and market intelligence guides their learning processes. This chapter examines both theoretically and empirically how market orientation as a cultural factor is related to the internationalization processes of SMEs. This hopefully helps us to understand how SMEs can develop their businesses to a global level. We will present a qualitative study of four Finnish SMEs representing different phases of internationalization. Finally, discussion on the results and future research directions will be presented.

scholarly journals Research on the Application of E-commerce to Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs): the Case of India

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 102
Author(s):  
Nguyen Xuan Trung ◽  
Dang Thai Binh ◽  
Dang Thi Thuy ◽  
Dong Thi Thuy Linh
Keyword(s):  
New Technologies ◽  
Small And Medium Enterprises ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Indian Government ◽  
Role Of Government ◽  
The World ◽  
Fierce Competition ◽  
Medium Enterprises

SMEs account for a large propotion and play an important role in the development of each country in the world, including India. The globalization will bring many advantages for enterprises however SMEs will face fierce competition at the local, national and international level. In order to maintain and promote the important role of SMEs in the context of increased competition, SMEs have to change and adopt new technologies. E-commerce and digital technologies are bringing opportunities to help SMEs improve their competitiveness, narrow the gap with big enterprises thanks to their fairness and flexibility of the digital business environment. According to UNIDO (2017), India is one of the countries successfully applying e-commerce to SMEs. Contributing to this success is the important role of the Indian government. Therefore, this paper focuses on researching the application of e-commerce to SMEs in terms of the role of government in promoting and creating ecosystem for SMEs and e-commerce development.

scholarly journals Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) Competing in the Global Business Environment: A Case of Malaysia

2009 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohd Zulkifli - Muhammad ◽  
Abdul Kamal Char ◽  
Mohd Rushdan bin Yasoa’ ◽  
Zakiah Hassan
Keyword(s):  
Small And Medium Enterprises ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Global Business ◽  
Medium Enterprises

scholarly journals Micro and Macroeconomic Approaches Regarding Foreign Direct Investments Throughout Offshore Entities

2012 ◽  
Vol 3 (5) ◽  
pp. 180-183
Author(s):  
Alexandru Trifu
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Small And Medium Enterprises ◽  
Free Market ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
The Other ◽  
Foreign Direct Investments ◽  
Global Business ◽  
National Budget ◽  
Offshore Industry ◽  
Medium Enterprises

Offshore companies represent a key-link of the current operations of the multinationals, banking institutions and, even, of the small and medium enterprises (SME) and are able to perform complicated tasks in a special business environment. These jurisdictional entities offer, mainly, fiscal benefits, comparative with other types of jurisdictional entities. The advantages are targeting the enterprises or companies which establish their social headquater, or to individuals who are resident in these territories. The final scope is represented by attracting the expanding companies, by attracting capital and stimulating the rise of the necessary activities to ensure economic and social balance, so desirable in the economic games of win-win type. Therefore, we are in the presence of fine plaition of micro approach with macroeconomic one. On the first side, the desire of transnationals to obtain profits with less efforts and investments and, on the other hand, globalization (influenced by these entities) pursuit the shrinkage of all markets and businesses all around the world, inclusive using the offshores centers (or ,,fiscal paradises”). These institutions of free market are actioning both on the developed and developing countries. The last ones are affected by the imposibility of tax collect to the national budget and in the infrastructure investments. At the same time, using offshore companies in offshore zones, the multinationals gain neloial competitive advantages over the other companies, unable to spread theirs economic power and influence. We may speak about a sound offshore industry , which has turned into global business and range of activities. We try to underline the importance of the general development process in the actual world and, first of all, the direct connection beteen investments and offshore activities, in the benefit of either parties. It is an organic liaison between investments and offshore entities, including transitional hard developing countries as Romania.

scholarly journals Predicting The Role of Entrepreneur Strategies on Improving Cognitive Positioning in Global Business

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 92
Author(s):  
Diyar A. Mustafa Khoshnaw ◽  
Ari A. Hameed
Keyword(s):  
Field Testing ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Global Market ◽  
Global Business ◽  
Rapid Changes ◽  
Intellectual Assets ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Current Area ◽  
Traditional Competition

The current area characterized with strong competition, the changing pattern of the business, move the value from physicals to knowledges and information, and the shift of the benefits from traditional competition cognitive and intellectual assets, most of the organizations are looking for new methods to achieve a state of leadership and uniqueness in the global market in order to develop the competition.The current study aimed to identify the role of Entrepreneur Strategies on improving cognitive positioning in the global business area. Moreover, field testing of the views of leaders as a sample of foreign organization operating in Erbil - Iraq, where these dimensions vary in their effects towards the competitive position in global business sector, because of rapid changes in the global business environment as a result of increased competition, as well as the variation of the capacity of the organizations in the adoption of competitive as one of the modern models in the conduct of organizations. This is why the subject of entrepreneur strategies and cognitive positioning in global business became under the attention of many researchers and scholars being of contemporary themes with impact on the performance of organizations in pursuit of excellence on others, prompting the researcher to choose these subjects to be his field for study.

scholarly journals Consumer Marketing Strategy and E-Commerce in the Last Decade: A Literature Review

2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (7) ◽  
pp. 3003-3024
Author(s):  
Albérico Rosário ◽  
Ricardo Raimundo
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Marketing Strategy ◽  
Information Quality ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Product Information ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Online Marketing ◽  
Human Interaction ◽  
Global Business ◽  
Consumer Marketing

E-commerce is deemed as the sale and purchase of goods and services through the internet in exchange for money and data transfer to complete the transactions. E-commerce is at the forefront of transforming marketing strategies, based on new technologies, and facilitates product information and improved decision-making. In this way, marketing strategy increasingly require large amounts of information to better understand client needs, which raises the question of choosing the right marketing strategy to better fit consumer expectations. This literature review aims to shed light on both the recent growth of e-commerce literature and its interplay with consumer marketing strategy. Extant research has examined this change in human interaction due to social network building, mostly through the themes of online marketing and social media marketing, also comprehending issues such as cost efficiency, information quality and trust development towards online shopping. Nevertheless, existing research has not shown in full all the research streams, how they interact with each other and its potential knowledge development. Thus, a literature review on consumer marketing strategy for e-commerce in the last decade is opportune. This paper aims to identify research trends in the field through a Systematic Bibliometric Literature Review (LRSB) of research on marketing strategy for e-commerce. The review includes 66 articles published in the Scopus® database, presenting up-to-date knowledge on the topic. The LRSB results were synthesized across current research subthemes. The following findings are presented: Amidst the current competitive global business environment, companies tend to respond with strategies for e-commerce and online businesses that resort to e-commerce platforms and social networking to better understand consumer needs, facilitate consumer marketing strategy and share innovative information. The originality of the paper relies on its LRSB method, together with extant review of articles that have not been categorized so far.

scholarly journals Poslovna etika in Pravna načela -dejavnika uspešnosti Delovanja Organizacij

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bojan Vavtar ◽  
Andrej Škraba
Keyword(s):  
Local Level ◽  
Rapid Development ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Global Dimension ◽  
Global Market ◽  
Entrepreneurial Activity ◽  
Business Success ◽  
Global Business ◽  
Ethical Business ◽  
Legal Principles

The development of effective organizational systems is one of the most important factors of business success. Radical economic and political changes and the rapid development of the global economic environment trigger public debates in all social structures on the state of entrepreneurial culture, based on generally accepted ethical and legal principles. Ethical business problems have a global dimension and are particularly clearly reflected at the local level of operation. By joining wider social and entrepreneurial structures, Slovenia also accepts global rules of entrepreneurial activity. Growing competition in the global market requires companies to provide superior products, services and ethically and legally correct operations, which is one of the central factors of success in the global business environment. In this paper, we discuss the important relationships between ethics, respect for legal principles and the effectiveness of organizations.

scholarly journals Change Management, Digital Maturity, and Green Development: Are Successful Firms Leveraging on Sustainability?

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (10) ◽  
pp. 4019
Author(s):  
Anna Irimiás ◽  
Ariel Mitev
Keyword(s):  
Change Management ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Business Performance ◽  
Small And Medium Enterprises ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Survey Study ◽  
Strategic Action ◽  
Green Development ◽  
Medium Enterprises ◽  
The Relationship

The purpose of this paper is to capture firms’ perceptions on the relationship between change management, digitalization, business performance, and green development. The adaptation of digital technologies has challenged the business environment, leading to a major incorporation of the role of entrepreneurs in the process of fostering green development. Building on data from a survey study with 270 Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) and large companies located in a relatively developed Hungarian region and adopting the Strategic Action Field (SAF) theory, firms’ perceptions on change management, digital maturity, and green development were explored. The data was analyzed using partial least squares structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM). Results revealed that change management has a direct positive effect on digital maturity and on business performance and has a small effect on companies’ commitment towards green development. This paper contributes to the debate on the relationship between digitalization and green development within entrepreneurial organizations.

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