Publishing and Society: A Comparative Analysis of Bourdieu's Field Theory and Paradigm of External Analysis using the Case of the Book Publishing Industry in China

The publishing industry has a long history of development as an integral part of people's social life. This essay provides a preliminary exploration of the special status of the publishing industry in sociological research through a comparative analysis of Bourdieu's field theory and the Marxist-oriented external analysis paradigm. It critically assesses the Chinese publishing industry, with its strong political and complex historical background, by analyzing the external relations and field characteristics of the Chinese publishing industry. Due to the social peculiarities of China's socialist system coexisting with the market economy system, the state of political influence intersecting with social class influence is also taken into account in the analysis.

“We Didn’t Start the Fire”: What Can Billy Joel Teach Us About the External Environment?

General and strategic management courses frequently provide external analysis tools through which students identify, classify, and assess how changes in the general external environment impact industries and firms. In this exercise, we facilitate analysis of the general environment through a popular song from the 1980s. Through analyzing an event or change mentioned in the lyrics within a general environment framework, students learn how that event or change influenced industries or firms. This process allows students to see the eventualities of historical changes on industries and firms of that time, which develops their skills in assessing the possible impacts of current trends on today’s industries and firms. This exercise is best suited for undergraduate students in a face-to-face introductory management or strategic management course; however, it could be adapted for use online.

DETERMINATION OF THORACIC COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY FINDINGS IN COVID-19 CASES BY DEEP LEARNING

Aims: The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic continue around the world. Imaging methods play an important role in the diagnosis of COVID-19. The aim of this study was to develop a system that would allow for the distinguishing of lesions at different stages of the disease based on similar signs of other viral diseases and monitoring the emergence, progression, and/or remission of lesions in different areas of the lungs. Methods: For the deep learning (DL) system, the thoracic CT images from 1,382 images were reviewed. These belonged to patients whose SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR tests turned out positive, were diagnosed with COVID-19, and had signs of lung involvement. Of 1,382 images in the dataset, 180 were assigned for testing and 1,202 were assigned for training. Apart from our dataset, 131 images for internal testing and 1,365 images for external testing were used. The trainings were continued to cover 316,000 steps. Results: Internal and external analyses were used to assess the developed model. The internal analysis success rate was 93.12%. For first external analysis we used 85 images. In the first external analysis we assessed a single CT image of each patient who was in the mixed image lists, and the success rate was found to be 70.31%. In the second external analysis, 645 thoracic CT images of patients diagnosed with COVID-19 and 635 images of another patients who had signs of non-COVID-19 diseases were used. We assessed the thoracic CT images with both COVID-19 and non-COVID-19 disease signs. The success rate in the identification of COVID-19 patients was 88.4%. Conclusion: Special modeling systems developed using DL may help accelerate workflow and making the process easier. This is especially important in cases in which fast and accurate assessment is essential for of a large number of patients, as happens in a pandemic.

Formulasi Strategi Pembinaan Remaja Masjid Al-Falah Kelurahan Latsari Tuban

The problem examined by this study is how the process strategy planning in the founding of Islamic Youth of Al-Falah Mosque in Latsari Tuban and what the content of planning the founding strategy. The research aims to illustrate how the Islamic Youth of Al-Falah Mosque in Latsari Tuban does to prepare strategy planning in the founding of Islamic youth and also to find out the content of planning the founding strategy. To describe that two problems, researcher used a qualitative method with case study. The data was dig deep with interview techniques, observation, and documentation. The research provided the following results. First, in strategy planning process, the Islamic Youth of Al-Falah Mosque used external analysis, then formulated vision for the next five years, discussion with core functionaries, then rediscuss to all of organization’s devisions and praying together. Second, the design of Islamic Youth founding strategy was that there was a formulation of a target program of activities, measuring activity program’s and also developes the activity by adding new activity programs.

Bonded: Life Stories from Agricultural Communities in South-Eastern Nepal

In the Terai region of South-Eastern Nepal, there persists a form of agricultural bonded labour called Harwa-Charwa, rooted in agricultural feudal social relations. The Terai has a long and dynamic political history with limited employment opportunities and high levels of migration. This paper is an external qualitative analysis of over 150 life stories from individuals living in an area with high levels of bonded labour. These stories were previously analysed during a workshop through a collective participatory analysis. Both the participatory analysis and external analysis found similar mechanisms that trap people in poverty and bonded labour. The disaggregation by age in the external analysis could explain why child marriage and child labour were very important in the collective analysis but did not match the results of a baseline survey in the same geographical area that found only a few cases. The respondents were aged between 15 and 65. Child marriage and child labour had shaped the lives of the adults but have since decreased. Methodologically, the different ways of analysis diverge in their ability to differentiate timelines. The participatory analysis gives historical insights on pathways into child labour, but although some of the social norms persist this situation has changed.

Proposed Business Strategy for Publishing Company (Case Study: CV Gema Usaha in Solo)

CV Gema Usaha is a company running in book publishing industry, provides school books for junior high school, high school, and vocational school in Indonesia. For the past 3 years (2016-2018) the company has been suffering from some problems that affect the business sustainability. Looking from the internal perspectives, the company has high inventory, lacking in human resources, and high receivables which affect the business at CV Gema Usaha. This condition causes a value-reducing for the company. To be able to survive in the publishing industry, improvements need to be made to their business strategy. Business strategy improvement is proposed based on internal and external analysis. An evaluation of the business model currently applied is also carried out by analyzing the current business model canvas. This study uses qualitative methods using primary data and secondary data. The results of internal and external analysis produce SWOT analysis which is then used to propose strategic solutions in the form of TOWS matrix and new business model. The strategy proposed for the company is to adapt the integrated cost leadership and differentiation business strategy, and shift the publishing business model from a conventional publishing to a base on demand model, by implementing the long tail business model that is equipped with a multi-sided platform. This strategy is expected to solve the main problem of the company namely high inventories, low in cash, and limited human resources.

Business Strategy Formulation to Increase Profit of Agung Artomoro Company

Agung Artomoro is a service company operating since February 2012. The company was established because of the high number of migrants in Indonesia associated with the high demand for labor in the plantation industry. The company focuses on offering full package service in providing labor for plantation, providing goods for plantation labor, and providing transportation service. Since it was founded, the company continues to get a positive earning year to year, but the increase in revenue followed by an increase in the cost, and it causes profit stagnation. This research investigates what causes of the stagnation in company profit. The research question design method was used in this paper, which involves using a qualitative research interview in collecting data from 11 respondents, including internal and external parties. The external analysis results show that the pulp and paper industry is still growing, which supported by government regulation. The internal analysis results show that the company has resources and capabilities that have not been fully maximized. The conclusion of the internal and external analysis resulted in details of SWOT analysis tools and formulated into the Fishbone analysis to discover the root cause of the company's problem. This research aims to create a new business model by proposing a few strategies to increase business performance evaluation for internal development. The researcher selected two strategies obtained from Porter’s Generic Strategy, which used a vertical integration strategy, both integrating backward and integrating forward. The results of the proposed strategies are mapped into Business Model Canvas and highlight how cost leadership strategy can maximize the use of resources and capabilities to make business performance more effective and efficient and create sustainability in competitive advantages.