Jidoka—The Logical Extension of Improving Business Practices

The article considers business practices of Moscow small industry in the XIX century, basing upon physiological sketches of N. Polevoy and I. Kokorev, statistical data and the classification of professions are also presented. The author claims that the heroes of the analyzed sketches are the forefathers of Moscow small businesses and shows what a deep similarity their occupations and a way of life bear to the present-day routine existence of small enterprises.

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New Business Practices and the Corporate Real Estate Portfolio: How Responsive is the UK Property Market?

10.15396/eres1998_204 ◽

1998 ◽

Keyword(s):

Real Estate ◽

Business Practices ◽

Property Market ◽

Corporate Real Estate ◽

New Business ◽

The Uk

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The Business Practices of Kaeseong Merchants and Their Double Entry Bookkeeping System

Korean Accounting Journal ◽

10.24056/kaj.2017.09.003 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 26 (5) ◽

pp. 211-233

Author(s):

Key-sook Jung ◽

Byung T. Ro

Keyword(s):

Business Practices ◽

Double Entry

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Hollow Notion of Corporate Social Responsibility. Introduction of a Frame Field Model to Investigate CSR in Public Discourses

MedienJournal ◽

10.24989/medienjournal.v42i1.1624 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 42 (1) ◽

pp. 11-32 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Franzisca Weder

Keyword(s):

Corporate Social Responsibility ◽

Social Responsibility ◽

Public Discourse ◽

Field Model ◽

Communication Studies ◽

Business Practices ◽

Frame Field ◽

Quantitative Content ◽

German Speaking ◽

Corporate Social

The present study examines the relevance and framing of Corporate Social Responsibility in the mass media. Challenged by the ethically (over)loaded issue of responsibility, communication studies are searching for a new understanding of framing to investigate phenomena of new economic values like Corporate Social Responsibility in public discourses. For the quantitative content analysis put forward herein, frames are described as footprints of diverse positions, which determine a given public discourse. The longitudinal analysis of 26 German-speaking newspapers in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland between 1999 and 2008, a phase where CSR was aligned in business practices and CSR communication established in public discourses, aims at identifying CSR-frames as well as inquiring into the existence of a public discourse about CSR. The results show that there is no discourse on CSR itself. Instead of the assumed multiple issue-specific frames, CSR itself is (ab)used as a masterframe or “buzz word” in economic discourses.

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Business Environment in West Bengal: An Ethical Issue

Think India ◽

10.26643/think-india.v19i1.7790 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 19 (1) ◽

pp. 35-41

Author(s):

Sreekumar Ray

Keyword(s):

West Bengal ◽

Balance Sheet ◽

Business Environment ◽

Business Practices ◽

Ethical Business ◽

Industrial Growth ◽

Long Run ◽

Fixed Assets ◽

Finance Company ◽

Set Up

Ethics in Business are keywords in any business environment which are lacking in most of the cases. In a broad sense ethics means not to cheat others and to do the business in an honest way, to abide by the rules and regulations of the soil, and above all to keep the morale high so that the business can grow to a new height in long run. Unfair means and unethical business practices to earn money quickly are often fraught with the danger of losing the business permanently or losing the goodwill and respect of society. West Bengal has got bad reputation for industrial growth and fake chit funds and it has been named as ponzy capital of India by many as 72 out of 86 fake chit funds are in the state of West Bengal (as per the Report of Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Govt. of India). On the other hand the micro finance company Bandhan which has got Banking license last year (set up in 2001 in West Bengal) and Eins Edutech the company which was originally incorporated on March 9, 1983, as Ganpat Udyog in West Bengal are worth mentioning and at ease one can feel proud of them. As on 17th April, 2015 the latter company has got market capital of Rs.700 crore with its fixed assets, as per its balance sheet, as only two cell phones and one printer. As per monthly status of Bandhan in February 2015 it has 2,022 branches, 63,66,269 borrowers, 15,956 staff, loan disbursed for the month Rs.1,572 crores, and loan outstanding Rs.8,908 crores. Under such situation, this study focuses on the ethical business environment prevailing in West Bengal and the strategies adopted by them.

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Consumer Awareness, Consumer Protection, Service Quality and Loyalty: The Case of Long-term Insurance Consumers in Namibia

Restaurant Business ◽

10.26643/rb.v118i8.7507 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 118 (8) ◽

pp. 172-189

Author(s):

Magreth B Tjizumaue ◽

Krishna Govender

Keyword(s):

Service Quality ◽

Consumer Protection ◽

Structural Equation ◽

Insurance Industry ◽

Business Practices ◽

Consumer Awareness ◽

Growth And Survival ◽

Term Insurance ◽

Protection Legislation

Due to the absence of appropriate Consumer Protection legislation in Namibia, there seems to be a lack of consumer protection, which may result in consumers being exploited. Since the literature reveals that Consumer Awareness, Consumer Protection, Service Quality and Customer Satisfaction influence Customer Loyalty, the aforementioned relationship was explored among consumers of long-term insurance products in Namibia. The researcher embedded the study in the Services Marketing and User’s Satisfaction/Dissatisfaction theory and developed a framework for creating a more aware consumer and thus contribute to the growth and survival of the long-term insurance industry in Namibia. A survey was conducted using a questionnaire, among a judgmental sample of 407 long-term insurance consumers in Namibia and Structural Equation Modelling was used to analyse (eight) hypothesized relationships among the research constructs alluded to in the title of this study. In summary, it was ascertained that if the customers are fully aware (have sufficient knowledge of the products and their consumer rights), they will feel protected against unfair business practices. Furthermore, if they perceive having received quality services, they are more likely to be satisfied with the service provider and will therefore, remain loyal.

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'Restrictive Business Practices', report by the UNCTAD Secretariat, April 1972.

The Pakistan Development Review ◽

10.30541/v12i3pp.315-316 ◽

1973 ◽

Vol 12 (3) ◽

pp. 315-316

Author(s):

G. M. Radhu

Keyword(s):

Multinational Corporations ◽

World Trade ◽

Developed Countries ◽

Business Practices ◽

Less Developed Countries ◽

International Firms ◽

The World ◽

The Sixties ◽

Financial Power ◽

Administrative Structures

The report by the UNCTAD Secretariat, submitted to the third session of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development held in Santiago (Chile) in April 1972, deals with the restrictive business practices of the multinational corporations with special reference to the export interests of the developing countries. Since the world war, there has been a tremendous growth in the size and activities of many international firms. They have grown from the national corporation to the multidivisional corporation and now to the multinational corporation. With each step they acquired greater financial power, better technology and know-how and more complex administrative structures. They have subsidiaries and branches all over the world. In the course of the sixties they became one of the dominant factors in determining the pattern of world trade. At the same time, their increasingly restrictive business practices, which tended to adversely affect world trade and the export interest of less developed countries, attracted the attention of the governments both in developed and less developed countries and serious concern was shown at the international level. It is against this background that the UNCTAD undertook the study on the question of restrictive business practices.

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