Sustainable Performance of Tunisian SMEs in Industry 4.0

The research aims to know the impact of sustainability orientation on sustainable performance. The data has been collected through a survey and the probability-random sampling technique has been employed. The study sample is micro and small enterprises in Tunisia. The organizational level is the unit of analysis, which are the owners of these enterprises. It has been concluded that managers' orientations have an influence on environmental and social performance, but their orientations towards sustainability did not impact economic performance. The study has suggested that future research could investigate different organizations irrespective of their size and industry that would make it easy to generalize results.

Sustainable Performance of Tunisian SMEs in Industry 4.0

Research Anthology on Cross-Industry Challenges of Industry 4.0 ◽

10.4018/978-1-7998-8548-1.ch054 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 1077-1088

Author(s):

Abdullah Abdulaziz Alhumaidan ◽

Noor Hazlina Ahmad

Keyword(s):

Random Sampling ◽

Industry 4.0 ◽

Social Performance ◽

Sampling Technique ◽

Organizational Level ◽

Future Research ◽

Small Enterprises ◽

Sustainable Performance ◽

EVALUASI KEGIATAN USAHA MIKRO DAN KECIL (UMK) DALAM PENGELOLAAN LIMBAH PADAT MENJADI PRODUK YANG MENGUNTUNGKAN (PROFIT ORIENTED) MELALUI PENERAPAN DEBT FOR NATURE SWAP

Jurnal Green Growth dan Manajemen Lingkungan ◽

10.21009/jgg.041.05 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 4 (1) ◽

pp. 53

Author(s):

LUTFIAH LUTFIAH

Keyword(s):

Data Analysis ◽

Quantitative Analysis ◽

Random Sampling ◽

Quantitative Method ◽

Sampling Technique ◽

Analysis Data ◽

Small Enterprises ◽

Micro And Small Enterprises

The research supposed to got on accurate answer in relation to the evaluation of Micro and Small Enterprises (MSEs) effort of waste to profit oriented products on management and the government’s contribution by Debt for Nature Swap (DNS). The analysis quantitative of plastic recycle’s management in Bekasi. The sample of research used random sampling technique as much as 50 people. The data analysis needs to do with distributing questioner and interview. the research to do with descriptive quantitative method close to quantitative analysis. It is to facilitate observation to result’s analysis, data of result’s analysis provide histogram and hypothesis experiment to knows the variable of evaluation of micro and small enterprises (MSEs) effort waste to profit oriented products on management and the government’s contribution by debt for nature swap (DNS). based on the result of the research will get’s: (1) it would be able the evaluation of micro and small enterprises (MSEs) effort of waste to profit oriented products on management by debt for nature swap (DNS), and (2) it would be able between the government’s contribution by debt for nature swap.

Technological Innovation: An Imperative Tool for Entrepreneurship Development in Nigeria

Australian Journal of Business and Management Research ◽

10.52283/nswrca.ajbmr.20130308a05 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 03 (08) ◽

pp. 41-47

Author(s):

OYEWALE I.O ◽

ADEYEMO S.A ◽

OGUNLEYE P.O

Keyword(s):

Technological Innovation ◽

Random Sampling ◽

Sampling Technique ◽

Simple Random Sampling ◽

Primary Data ◽

Entrepreneurship Development ◽

Mature Organizations ◽

The Impact ◽

Structured Questionnaire ◽

Innovation And Entrepreneurship

Sustainable economic development does not occur without entrepreneurship and entrepreneurship is the practice of starting new organizations or revitalizing mature organizations. This study therefore is done to analyse the impact of innovation, technology and on the entrepreneurial development activities in Nigeria. Simple random sampling technique was used to select a total of 12 entrepreneurs from Lagos State that constituted our sample size. The primary data consists of a number of items in well- structured questionnaire that was administered to and completed by the respondents. Regression analysis was used to analyse the data. The results showed that there is significant relationship between technological innovation and entrepreneurship development in Nigeria. It is therefore recommended that government should create a friendly or an enabling environment for entrepreneurship and consumer goods to boost the Nigeria economy.

Customer Satisfaction and Customer Loyalty: Leading Super Markets in Jaffna District, Sri Lanka

Business Management and Strategy ◽

10.5296/bms.v8i2.12159 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 8 (2) ◽

pp. 67

Author(s):

Kumaradeepan V. ◽

Pathmini, M G S

Keyword(s):

Social Sciences ◽

Regression Analysis ◽

Sri Lanka ◽

Customer Satisfaction ◽

Customer Loyalty ◽

Random Sampling ◽

Quantitative Method ◽

Sampling Technique ◽

Primary Data ◽

The topic of the research is Customer Satisfaction (CS) and Customer Loyalty (CL); special reference to the leading supermarkets in Jaffna. The objective of the research is to identify the impact of Customer Satisfaction on Customer Loyalty of leading Supermarkets in Jaffna, Sri Lanka. The research is simply deductive approach to find out the impact between Customer satisfaction and Customer loyalty. Quantitative method is available based on primary data. At present there are 08 numbers of supermarkets functioning in Jaffna district and popular three were selected. Random sampling technique is used to collect the data from customers of supermarkets in selected area. The analysis is carried out using a sample of 240 customers in Jaffna and only 218 were taken to analyze. ‘Statistical Package for Social Sciences’ (SPSS) 22.0 version was used in order to analyze the data. Correlation was used to find the connection between Customer Satisfaction and Customer Loyalty. Also Regression analysis is used to predict the value of a variable based on the value of two or more other variables. Also found that about 40 percent connection between Customer Satisfaction and Customer Loyalty and also found around 16% affect by Customer satisfaction to Customer loyalty.

The Impact Of Agricultural Extension Contact On Crop Income In Bangladesh

Bangladesh Journal of Agricultural Research ◽

10.3329/bjar.v38i2.15893 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 38 (2) ◽

pp. 321-334 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Abu Zafar Mahmudul Haq

Keyword(s):

Random Sampling ◽

Field Survey ◽

Sampling Technique ◽

Agricultural Extension ◽

Farm Income ◽

Extension Services ◽

Factors Affecting ◽

Factors Influencing ◽

Crop Income ◽

The impact of extension contact on crop income is examined with a view to evaluating the agricultural extension in Bangladesh. The scope of the study was ten villages of Gazipur district. The objectives of the study are to i) determine the factors influencing the benefit of extension services in terms of farm income, ii) determine the factors affecting the extension contact of farmers, and iii) suggest some policy guidelines to improve the extension services in Bangladesh. The sample of the study consists of 1000 farmers. Data came from field survey and multistage random sampling technique was used in order to collect data. The results indicated that the impact of extension contact coefficient on crop income is positive and significant. Evidence shows that the influence of extension contact coefficient is strongly positive and significant in the comparatively nearer villages to upazila headquarters, while this effect is weaker for those villages, which are comparatively away from upazila headquarters. It is found that many farmers did not receive extension contact and the effect of extension contact is weak on crop income compared to other factors such as irrigation and chemical fertilizer. It is assumed that there was enough scope to increase extension contact in the study areas. Some determinants of extension contact were also examined. The study concludes that agricultural extension is necessary to increase among the farmers. Bangladesh J. Agril. Res. 38(2): 321-334, June 2013 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/bjar.v38i2.15893

“Impact of Training on Employees Performance” (Evidence from Pharmaceutical Companies in Karachi, Pakistan)

Business Management and Strategy ◽

10.5296/bms.v6i1.7804 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 6 (1) ◽

pp. 49 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Uzma Hafeez ◽

Waqar Akbar

Keyword(s):

Customer Service ◽

New Technologies ◽

Employee Performance ◽

Interpersonal Relationship ◽

Sampling Technique ◽

Business Environment ◽

Team Work ◽

Future Research ◽

Pharmaceutical Companies ◽

Employees are major assets of every organization. The accomplishment of the industry depends on its employee performance. Therefore, upper management knows the significance of expense in training for the advantage of improving employee performance and also places them to get the challenges of the today’s competitive business environment. This research also aims to see the “Impact of Training on Employee Performance in Pharmaceutical Industry in Karachi Pakistan”, in which Training consider as independent whereas dependent variable ‘Employee Performance‘ having its Performance areas i.e.; demonstrating team work, communication skill, customer service, interpersonal relationship and reduced absenteeism and its Developments areas i.e.; job-satisfaction, employee motivation, new technologies, efficiencies in process and innovation in strategies as its levers. The paper presents a concise summary of the literature on the value of training in improving the performance of the employees. Four pharmaceutical companies are selected. A survey of 356 employees via self administrated questionnaire with the help of random sampling technique is conducted with the response rate of 96%. Two sets of hypothesis are developed which relate directly to the research questions. SPSS 19 is used to perform reliability, descriptive, correlation and regression analysis. The analysis shows a positive significant relationship between them and the results reveal that the more the employee gets training, the more efficient their level of performance would be. The last section of the paper concludes along with recommendation to give guidelines for future research.

The Roles of Micro and Small Enterprises in Empowering Women: The Case of Jimma Town, Ethiopia

International Journal of Multicultural and Multireligious Understanding ◽

10.18415/ijmmu.v6i2.697 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 6 (2) ◽

pp. 139

Author(s):

Bizuayehu Daba Feyisa ◽

Kaleb Amanu Tamene

Keyword(s):

Women Entrepreneurs ◽

Raw Materials ◽

Data Gathering ◽

Sampling Technique ◽

Research Approach ◽

Small Enterprises ◽

Electric Power Supply ◽

Self Confidence ◽

Jimma Town

The main aim of this study was to assess the roles of Micro and Small Enterprises in Empowering Women in Jimma Town. In this study, the researchers employed purely qualitative research approach. Purposive sampling technique was employed as appropriate sampling technique to select research participants. In addition to this, the researchers also used data gathering tools such as in-depth interview and non-participant observations. The study found out that Micro and Small enterprises in Jimma Town have played significant roles in empowering some women entrepreneurs economically and socially by improving their livelihoods, enhancing their self-confidence, decision making capacity, financial autonomy, freedom of mobility and also boosting their social-interactions. The study also found out that women entrepreneurs have been facing serious challenges against their business such as lack of appropriate working and selling places, market linkages, loan, and shortages of raw materials and frequent interruptions of electric power supply. So, the researchers recommended that all concerned government institutions shall try their level best to address such problems to advance women’s empowerment through micro and small enterprises to the best level.

The Impact of Big Data Adoption on SMEs’ Performance

Big Data and Cognitive Computing ◽

10.3390/bdcc5040068 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 5 (4) ◽

pp. 68

Author(s):

Mahdi Nasrollahi ◽

Javaneh Ramezani ◽

Mahmoud Sadraei

Keyword(s):

Big Data ◽

Economic Performance ◽

Structural Equation ◽

Information Technologies ◽

Social Performance ◽

Empirical Studies ◽

Research Area ◽

Equation Modeling ◽

Future Research ◽

The notion of Industry 4.0 encompasses the adoption of new information technologies that enable an enormous amount of information to be digitally collected, analyzed, and exploited in organizations to make better decisions. Therefore, finding how organizations can adopt big data (BD) components to improve their performance becomes a relevant research area. This issue is becoming more pertinent for small and medium enterprises (SMEs), especially in developing countries that encounter limited resources and infrastructures. Due to the lack of empirical studies related to big data adoption (BDA) and BD’s business value, especially in SMEs, this study investigates the impact of BDA on SMEs’ performance by obtaining the required data from experts. The quantitative investigation followed a mixed approach, including survey data from 224 managers from Iranian SMEs, and a structural equation modeling (SEM) methodology for the data analysis. Results showed that 12 factors affected the BDA in SMEs. BDA can affect both operational performance and economic performance. There has been no support for the influence of BDA and economic performance on social performance. Finally, the study implications and findings are discussed alongside future research suggestions, as well as some limitations and unanswered questions.

The Development of Digital in the Covid-19 Pandemic

10.31219/osf.io/djrn6 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Maria Digna R. Nahak

Keyword(s):

Raw Materials ◽

Small And Medium Enterprises ◽

Asian Development Bank ◽

Small Enterprises ◽

Domestic Economy ◽

Development Bank ◽

Medium Enterprises ◽

Almost All ◽

The global Covid-19 pandemic that has plagued all countries of the world has affect all sectors of people's lives. In Indonesia, almost all sectors experience impacts, especially the economic ecosystem which has been become the focus of society. Furthermore, the Covid-19 pandemic has made the slowdown in the economic sector in Indonesia with its various derivatives. The Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) sector which is part of the most important sector of the economy is very important feel. This is what worried by all parties, because it has made the MSME sector experienced a significant decline. Moreover, currently many MSMEs are experiencing various problems such as: decrease in sales, capital, hampered distribution, difficulty in raw materials, decreased production and the occurrence of many layoffs for workers and hunting which later became a threat to the national economy. MSMEs as a driver of the domestic economy and a middle labor absorber face a decline in productivity which results in a decrease in profits significant. Even based on the related Asian Development Bank (ADB) survey, the impact of the pandemic on MSMEs in Indonesia, 88% of micro businesses run out of cash or savings, and more than 60% of these micro and small enterprises have reduced their workforce work.

Socioeconomic impact of rice-cum-fish culture in a selected areas of Bangladesh

Journal of the Bangladesh Agricultural University ◽

10.3329/jbau.v10i1.12103 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 10 (1) ◽

pp. 119-123

Author(s):

M A Rahman ◽

S Haque ◽

P K Sarma

Keyword(s):

Random Sampling ◽

Rice Yield ◽

Sampling Technique ◽

Fish Culture ◽

Socioeconomic Impact ◽

Employment Opportunities ◽

Total Cost ◽

Net Returns ◽

Human Labour ◽

The study examines the impact of the rice-cum-fish culture and the rice-mono culture on the rural households at Muktaghachha upazila of Mymensingh district in Bangladesh. Data were collected from 100 farmers of five villages following stratified random sampling technique. Activity budgets were prepared and comparisons were made through the tabular and statistical analyses. Both the rice-cum-fish culture and the rice-mono culture were profitable business for the farmers. However, farmers earned about 3 times higher profits from the rice-cum-fish culture than the ricemono culture. Per hectare net returns of the rice-cum-fish culture and the rice-mono culture were Tk. 15345.00 and 5389.50, respectively. Rice yield, fish consumption, total cost were increased by 11.4, 14.5 and 48.9 percent respectively while human labour employment was increased by 9.4 percent in the integrated rice-cum-fish culture compared to the rice-mono culture. The study clearly hints that the rice-cum-fish culture provides greater scope for higher returns and employment opportunities of human labour than the rice-mono culture. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/jbau.v10i1.12103 J. Bangladesh Agril. Univ. 10(1): 119123, 2012