scholarly journals The Determinants of Entrepreneurial Act in the Moroccan Textile Sector: A Logistic Regression Approach

2014 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 23
Author(s):  
Omar TAOUAB
Keyword(s):  
Logistic Regression ◽  
Theoretical Model ◽  
Demographic Variables ◽  
Entrepreneurial Activity ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Business Creation ◽  
Regression Approach ◽  
Key Factor ◽  
Main Determinants ◽  
Textile Sector

Entrepreneurship and business creation is a key factor to enhance the vitality and development of the Moroccan economy especially when undertaken in areas of high economic impact including the textile sector.To delineate the main determinants of entrepreneurial activity factors, we mobilized the theoretical model of planned behavior (Ajzen & Fishbein, 1991), and the model of Shapero (1993) who consider the desirability of the act of undertake as a dependent variable of demographic variables and personality traits. Our results have directed us to the proposal of some actions to be taken to increase the likelihood of undertaking in this area. Each proposed action is accompanied by an approximation of the expected positive effects on endogenous variable due to a variation of a factor

scholarly journals Investigating Roundabout Properties and Bicycle Accident Occurrence at Swiss Roundabouts: A Logistic Regression Approach

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 95 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daria Hollenstein ◽  
Martin Hess ◽  
Denis Jordan ◽  
Susanne Bleisch
Keyword(s):  
Logistic Regression ◽  
Traffic Flow ◽  
Traffic Accidents ◽  
Road Traffic ◽  
Present Sample ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Bicycle Accident ◽  
Regression Approach ◽  
Central Island ◽  
Mental And Physical Health

The positive effects of active mobility on mental and physical health as well as on air quality are widely acknowledged. Increasing the share of active travel is therefore an aim in many countries. Providing bicycle-safe infrastructure is one way to promote cycling. Roundabouts are a common traffic infrastructure and are supposed to facilitate safe and smooth traffic flow. However, data on road traffic accidents indicate an over-proportional involvement of cyclists in accidents at roundabouts. In the present study, the influence of roundabout geometry and traffic flow on bicycle accident occurrence was investigated using a logistic regression approach on twelve parameters of N = 294 mostly small- and mini-sized single-lane roundabouts in the Canton of Berne, Switzerland. Average weekday motorized traffic was identified as a major factor in explaining bicycle accident occurrence at roundabouts. Further, the radius of the central island, the location of the roundabout (in town vs. out of town) and the number of legs were significantly related to bicycle accident occurrence. While these results are in general agreement with findings from similar studies, the findings regarding the central island’s radius and the number of legs underpin the need for roundabout type-specific studies: Some parameters may not prove relevant in intermediate- to large-sized roundabouts, but become critical in small or mini roundabouts, which are common in Switzerland and numerous in the present sample.

Effects of Compassion on Employees' Self-regulation

2016 ◽  
Vol 44 (7) ◽  
pp. 1173-1190 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hyung Jin Choi ◽  
Sangmin Lee ◽  
Se-Ri No ◽  
Eung Il Kim
Keyword(s):  
Theoretical Model ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Negative Emotions ◽  
Self Regulation ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Workplace Deviance ◽  
Intention To Quit ◽  
Mediating Effects ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Dependent Variables

We examined how compassion can alleviate employees' negative emotions, behaviors, and thoughts. On the basis of self-regulatory resources theory, we hypothesized that there would be relationships between the 2 mediating variables of self-esteem and self-efficacy, and the dependent variables of anxiety, burnout, workplace deviance, and intention to quit. We collected data on these variables from 284 nurses, who work in a stressful job that necessitates compassion from colleagues, to test our theoretical model. The results revealed that compassion alleviated negative emotions (anxiety and burnout), behavior (workplace deviance), and thoughts (intention to quit), with both self-esteem and self-efficacy having mediating effects. Thus, we demonstrated the specific path through which compassion can have positive effects on an organization's employees. We discuss the observed relationship between compassion and self-regulation, and theoretical contributions regarding differences between self-esteem and self-efficacy, as well as between anxiety and burnout.

scholarly journals A New Sustainable Warehouse Management Approach for Workforce and Activities Scheduling

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 2021
Author(s):  
Vlado Popović ◽  
Milorad Kilibarda ◽  
Milan Andrejić ◽  
Borut Jereb ◽  
Dejan Dragan
Keyword(s):  
Linear Programming ◽  
Management Approach ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Warehouse Management ◽  
Logistics Systems ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Engineering Managers ◽  
Real Distribution ◽  
Key Factor ◽  
Number Of Customers

Sustainable engineering is very important for logistics systems. Nowadays, sustainable warehouse management is a key factor in market success. Workforce fluctuation and inverting the number of customers’ demands make a lot of problems in distribution warehouses. This study addresses a sustainable approach for the workforce scheduling problem recognized in a real distribution warehouse. The problem arises from the high variability of demand for workers over one workday, which causes workforce surplus in some periods of the workday and shortages in others. Engineering managers of the distribution warehouse already use different full-time and part-time shifts, and schedule workers on different activities, but they still have significant workforce surpluses or shortages in some periods. This study proposes the scheduling of activities’ execution together with workers to face that variability and decrease the cost of the workforce. This idea comes from the fact that some activities in a distribution warehouse can be done in a specific time period after the need for them occurs. In this way, the variability of demand for workers can be decreased, and a lower workforce cost may be ensured. Based on this idea, the entire problem is modeled as integer linear programming. The real example of the problem is solved, and the proposed model is tested on randomly generated instances of the problem in Python by means of the PuLP linear programming package. The results indicate different positive effects in the manner of sustainable warehouse management: lower workforce costs, time savings, better utilization of all types of resources and equipment, increased employee satisfaction, and so on. For even 61% of instances of the introduced problem, the obtained cost of the workforce is lower by more than 20% if activities’ executions are scheduled together with employees.

scholarly journals Innovative Work Behavior—A Key Factor in Business Performance? The Role of Team Cognitive Diversity and Teamwork Climate in This Relationship

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 185
Author(s):  
Nadežda Jankelová ◽  
Zuzana Joniaková ◽  
Juraj Mišún
Keyword(s):  
Business Performance ◽  
Main Tool ◽  
Work Behavior ◽  
Cognitive Diversity ◽  
Staff Perceptions ◽  
Innovative Work Behavior ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Key Factor ◽  
Innovative Work

The aim of our paper is to examine whether the support of innovative work behavior by management is positively related to business performance and at the same time, whether this relationship is mediated by the teamwork climate and cognitive diversity of teams. Cognitive diversity is defined as differences in knowledge and perspective, which arise from professional diversity and account for its positive effects. A teamwork climate represents staff perceptions of collaboration between personnel. Business performance is defined by the level of sales. Our sample consisted of 211 managers of companies operating in Slovakia, and data collection took place in the form of a questionnaire. The main tool for examining the mechanism of operation of the investigated relationships is mediation using regression analysis and the Sobel test to determine the significance of the indirect effect of mediation variables. The findings point to a significant direct relationship between the innovative work behavior of company employees and business performance. The intensity of this relationship can be partly influenced by promoting cognitive diversity, especially in the area of knowledge and ways of thinking. The significant role of a teamwork climate was not demonstrated in the examined model.

Using sellar region tumor’s size as a predictor of psychophysical and electrophysiological perimetric visual losses: a logistic regression approach

2019 ◽  
Vol 139 (3) ◽  
pp. 235-245
Author(s):  
Carlos Augusto Ferreira Lobão ◽  
Letícia Miquilini ◽  
Breno Simões Ribeiro da Silva ◽  
Verônica Gabriela Ribeiro da Silva ◽  
Eliza Maria da Costa Brito Lacerda ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Logistic Regression ◽  
Sellar Region ◽  
Regression Approach

scholarly journals Ranking of stroke and cardiovascular risk factors for an optimal risk calculator design: Logistic regression approach

2019 ◽  
Vol 108 ◽  
pp. 182-195 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elisa Cuadrado-Godia ◽  
Ankush D. Jamthikar ◽  
Deep Gupta ◽  
Narendra N. Khanna ◽  
Tadashi Araki ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Logistic Regression ◽  
Cardiovascular Risk ◽  
Cardiovascular Risk Factors ◽  
Risk Calculator ◽  
Regression Approach

The Role of Entrepreneurial Performance in Supporting Economic Development of Countries: An Empirical Approach

2021 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Valentina Diana Rusu ◽  
Angela Roman
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
Social Progress ◽  
Entrepreneurial Performance ◽  
Panel Data Estimation ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
National Competitiveness ◽  
Key Factor ◽  
Future Economic Development

Abstract Entrepreneurship is recognized as one of the factors stimulating economic growth and increasing economic competitiveness. In addition, the Europe 2020 Strategy has focused its attention on entrepreneurship as a key factor of economic growth, social progress, and employment. In this context, our study examines the role of entrepreneurial performance for sustaining the development of countries, focusing on a sample of European countries. We attempt to reveal if increasing entrepreneurial performance would have significant influence on improving the economic position of countries and their future economic development. Starting from the OECD-Eurostat Entrepreneurship Indicators Programme we use a set of entrepreneurial performance indicators as independent variables and examine to what extent they can influence competitiveness and economic growth, seen as dependent variables of the models. We focus on a period of 10 years (2008–2017) and we apply panel-data estimation techniques. Because the period considered includes the period of the last international financial crisis, we also include in our analysis a dummy variable. Our results emphasize that the changes in entrepreneurial performance play a significant role in enhancing national competitiveness and economic growth. Our findings contribute to the expansion of literature in the field by providing evidence on the correlation of indicators that measure entrepreneurial performance with national competitiveness and economic growth. Moreover, our findings point out the need of the policy makers to adopt measures and policies that help and stimulate entrepreneurs to become more performant because they can generate positive effects to the economy as a whole.

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