Current Issue : October-December Volume : 2023 Issue Number : 4 Articles : 5 Articles
As an important way to realize informatization, SaaS ERP has attracted more and more attention of enterprises. However, most of the existing research on SaaS ERP is focused on the discussion of issues related to the adoption of SaaS ERP, and there is still a lack of research on the intention to continue using SaaS ERP. This paper studies the factors that decide the SaaS ERP continuous use intention of small and medium-sized fresh food distribution enterprises. The results indicate perceived ease of use and perceived usefulness of SaaS ERP have a significant positive impact on their satisfaction with the application of SaaS ERP; Satisfaction and Top-management’s support have a significant positive impact on enterprises’ intention to continue using SaaS ERP; However, the security has no significant impact on enterprises’ satisfaction; External cooperation pressure and external competition pressure have no significant impact on SaaS ERP continuous use intention....
At a time when there is general increase in price level and decrease in the purchasing power of currencies, many companies channel more energy towards their economic survival. One of the conflicting questions that confront the management of companies at such critical time is, “Do we focus on stakeholders’ concern or shareholders’ concern”. Emanating from this, this study examined the influence of corporate social responsibility performance on returns to shareholders. It thus, focused on three aspects of corporate social responsibility (labour practices, human rights practices and customer health and safety practices) on shareholders’ return on investment. Secondary data were sourced from annual financial and sustainability reports of 46 sampled companies from the period 2012 to 2021. Results from the regression analyses reveals that labour practices have negative influence on shareholders’ return on investment while human rights practices and customer health and safety practices both have positive influence on shareholders’ return on investment. However, all effects were found not to be statistically significant. Owing to this, it is concluded that corporate social responsibility performances have no significant influence on shareholders’ return. This could be due to poor performance scores in some areas of corporate social responsibility practices and the weak monitoring infrastructure in the Nigerian scenario, it is therefore recommended that the Nigerian Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) builds minimum reporting benchmarks for each expected performance component of social responsibility practices with annual awards to encourage better social responsibility performance among Nigerian listed firms generally and specifically, the Nigerian manufacturing sector which is currently a major contributor to the Nigerian economic development....
The aim of this paper was to extend the study of the relationship between strategic networking and institutional environments of Southeast European countries. The paper looks at how the strategic networking antecedents: (1) trust and reputation, (2) cooperation and communication, and (3) commitment, affect institutional quality: (a) competitiveness, (b) ease of doing business, and (c) ease of financing. A questionnaire survey was conducted in 2019-2020 on 963 respondents from six former SFR Yugoslavian countries. The results show that cooperation and communication positively affect competitiveness and ease of financing, while commitment positively affects competitiveness. SME size served as a moderator variable, which did not exhibit any statistically significant effect between independent and dependent variables. The sample was further divided between the European Union member states (Croatia and Slovenia) and non-European Union member states (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Serbia). The only exception was a negative moderating effect of SME size on the relationship between communication and cooperation on one side and competitiveness and ease of financing on the other side, in the sample of the European Union member states. Namely, an increase in SME size dampens the relationship between communication and cooperation and either competitiveness or ease of financing....
The study investigated the effect of financial incentives on employee morale and motivation of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Ekiti State, Nigeria, to establish whether merit pay and bonuses significantly affect employee morale and motivation of SMEs in Ekiti State, Nigeria. The study employed a survey research method to obtain the needed data. Data on merit pay and bonuses represented the financial incentive measurement, while employee morale and motivation of SMEs represented the dependent variable which was sourced primarily through a well-structured questionnaire. The study administered the structured questionnaire to two hundred and forty respondents who were SME owners, managers, and employees in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State, Nigeria. The collated data were analysed through descriptive statistics and ANOVA regression statistics. The result of multiple regression showed that merit positively and significantly affects employee morale and motivation ages of SMEs with the t-statistics and probability of (t = 7.288; 0.000 < 0.05); bonuses positively and significantly impact employee morale and motivation of SMEs showing t-statistics and probability of (t = 3.147; 0.002 < 0.05. The study concluded that financial incentive has a significant effect on employee morale and motivation of SMEs in Ekiti State, Nigeria....
Fishing has been continued to be an important social economic activity in Comoros. It contributes to increase employment. However, the sector has been limited in updating information which concern performance such income, selling as well as food. The objective of this paper was to find factors that contribute fishing in Comoros and how should we conserve them in a good manner. In order to achieve the objective, secondary data were taken which were time series data from 1989 to 2019 and run by using Eviews software. The results revealed that fishing activities increasing every year. Fishermen are generally two per motorized boat. Fishing is commonly a cooperative practice whereby a fisher’s agent will sell the fish, though some will also sell directly to the vendors without an agent outside. Price is negotiated based on weight (kg). There was long term relationship between the dependent variable and the independent variables. The per capita income increase as fish captured increase. The increasing of fish caught is prerequisite for any increasing of the inputs such as engine, number of fishermen as well as vessels. Therefore, domestic fish processing should be available. Soft infrastructure is required to compete in fishing, and policies on fishing....
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