The Leipzig Fur Capital as a Local Business System

The fact that the influence of globalization has been driven by dramatic changes is not one of those “blinding flashes of the obvious” that seems to sneak up on us. It is very evident and even predictable. Advances in technology, markets, and environments were precursors to the big changes we are now talking about. Advances in technology have led to the current global grid driven by information. The primary mission of business is to provide solutions, and this technology explosion has provided opportunities and market applications for those solutions. Local businesses now have an opportunity to move beyond their restricted geography of the past into the global arena with the use of technology. A local store in a remote village in Kentucky has the same opportunity as a large store in London to access global customers. These could be exciting times for local businesses if they use technology to their advantage.

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The organizational and informational context of large business system integration projects

ACM SIGMOD Record ◽

10.1145/988598.988600 ◽

1987 ◽

Vol 16 (2) ◽

pp. 20-36

Author(s):

Robert M. Mattison

Keyword(s):

System Integration ◽

Business System

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Organization/business, management, people and complexity – an approach to their integration

Human Systems Management ◽

10.3233/hsm-2004-23205 ◽

2004 ◽

Vol 23 (2) ◽

pp. 101-110

Author(s):

Rexford H. Draman

Keyword(s):

Quantum Mechanics ◽

Research And Development ◽

Bifurcation Point ◽

Business Management ◽

Living System ◽

System Framework ◽

Business System ◽

Business Needs ◽

Tools And Techniques ◽

Number Of Individuals

Like a growing number of individuals, the author believes that business is facing the same bifurcation point physics was facing before the development of quantum mechanics – trying to fit a Newtonian explanation onto a non-Newtonian problem. Given that perspective business needs a system-based model not more research and development on its Newtonian practices and beliefs. The focus of this paper focuses is on the development of such a framework. This paper draws on science to identify the necessary requirements for a living system and converts that into a three-entity framework. Through the conversion of this living-system framework the necessary requirements for a living business system are identified. With that, an assortment of currently available system-based business tools and techniques that fulfill most of the requirements of a living business system, are introduced. An approach to implementing these tools and techniques as well as remaining open for the incorporation of other systems-based practices is presented.

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Leveraging CSR for Sustainability: Assessing Performance Implications of Sustainability Reporting in a National Business System

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su13115987 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 13 (11) ◽

pp. 5987

Author(s):

Labrini Sideri

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Banking Industry ◽

Sustainability Reporting ◽

Future Research ◽

Sustainable Development Goal ◽

Development Goal ◽

Sustainable Solutions ◽

Agenda 2030 ◽

Business System ◽

National Business

In the light of Agenda 2030 awareness of sustainability is steadily growing all over the world. Devastating phenomena like pandemics (Sustainable Development Goal 3 (SDGs—Agenda 2030)), poverty (Sustainable Development Goal 1 (SDGs—Agenda 2030)) as well as climate change (Sustainable Development Goal 13 (SDGs—Agenda 2030)) threaten humanity, calling for more sustainable solutions. Although economic growth (Sustainable Development Goal 8 (SDGs—Agenda 2030)) is one of the principal goals for a sustainable future, little research has been devoted to the interface of corporate social responsibility (CSR) and sustainability and their contribution to the financial sector, in view of sustainable banking. Even fewer are the studies concerning sustainable banking in Greece. This paper attempts a comparative overview of sustainability integration into businesses, focusing on the banking industry. The current theoretical analysis initially provides an extended review of the CSR and sustainability concepts, which is followed by a comprehensive analysis of non-financial disclosures (NFDs) and their business value, providing some evidence from Greece. The following sections refer to the performance implications and sustainability integration in the banking industry. Eventually, sustainable banking seems to enhance banking performance in a national business system. This is a very important deduction for sustainability to be both the cause and effect of corporate banking. Along with the discussion, some avenues for future research are highlighted.

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The distributive knot: negotiators’ responsibility to untie complex demands

Journal of Business and Industrial Marketing ◽

10.1108/jbim-11-2015-0229 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 32 (4) ◽

pp. 535-540 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Alain Lempereur ◽

Michele Pekar

Keyword(s):

Demand Response ◽

Automotive Industry ◽

Design Methodology ◽

Analytical Framework ◽

Content Type ◽

Business System ◽

Response Dynamic ◽

Managerial System ◽

Deal Making ◽

Different Levels

Purpose This article aims to explore the fundamental negotiation structure as a demand/response dynamic. It tests it in a complex business system, where a manager as a negotiator is confronted with multiple demands or pressures at different levels from a variety of stakeholders, both external and internal. Design/methodology/approach Based on concrete examples from the automotive industry, it presents an analytical framework to tackle all negotiation interactions. Findings This article suggests that it is possible to describe all negotiation interactions, whether they are simple or complex, through a demand/response framework. Originality/value This contribution examines a fundamental structure for negotiation responsibility – the demand/response dynamic – defining the mission of any negotiator in deal-making or dispute resolution as to try to supply a response to the expressed crossed demands. Second, the proposed theoretical model of demand/response is transposed and tested in a managerial system where a sales negotiator is confronted with demands from more sources, both external and internal, with the responsibility to satisfy as best as possible the various stakeholders and the capacity to address each of them with different moves.

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