Review of Applied Management and Social Sciences (RAMSS) (E-Journal)
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The top managers of SMEs can derive the disruptive innovation through knowledge process capabilities and creativity of subordinates
Get PDFGlobalization trends have been increasing all over the world and firms are overly emphasizing advanced technologies in the business world for gaining competitive advantages. While disruptive innovation is also a trigger for these firms to adapt and capture lower-end markets. This is a big challenge for the top managers of organizations to derive disruptive innovation by encouraging their subordinates for utilizing the knowledge process capabilities and creating novel ideas. The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship of knowledge process capabilities with disruptive innovation of the manufacturer and service sector small and medium enterprises. Data was collected from 194 senior managers of manufacturer and service sector SMEs in Pakistan (N = 194) and valid scales were used for measuring all constructs of this study model. SPSS and AMOS programs were used for analyzing the CFA of the measurement model and SEM of the study model. The study results indicated significant and positive relationships between knowledge process capabilities and subordinate creativity and disruptive innovation. Furthermore, subordinate creativity was completely mediated in the relationship between knowledge process capabilities and disruptive innovation. This study contributed to the literature on knowledge management and innovations. This is a cross-sectional study and can guide SMEs to adopt disruptive innovation for capturing low-end markets where lower-stream customers are demanding cheap products/services. Through practicing this study model, practitioners, researchers, and CEOs of SMEs can foster disruptive innovation
The Household Characteristics and Higher Education Role in Creating Sustainable Development, In the Future
No full textThe present study has been designed to examine household characteristics and higher education's role in creating sustainable development in the future in Southern Punjab, Pakistan. It indicates the sustainability in education based upon core knowledge and scientific methods that are used to increase the interest of households toward economic growth. Household higher education for sustainable development (HESD) is a good method but it is affected by different social and economic factors. Primary data was collected from 200 respondents from urban households. Data on the household higher education was collected by the respondent by asking a series of questions. For data estimation ordered logistic regression was used. The final findings of our study concluded that age, income, and covidvacine19 have positive coefficients and which indicates a household's higher level of education has a positive impact on sustainable development for creating sustainability in the future, and household family size and landholding have a negative coefficient. Measuring sustainability and the economic progress of household characteristics through higher education is the best way and it indicates a good standard of household lifestyles. Proper policies should be implemented that increase the interest of the government to increase funding for educational institutions at the province level in creating sustainable development in the future in southern Punjab Pakistan
A Nonlinear Analysis of the Relationship between Urbanization and Carbon Dioxide Emissions in Pakistan: A Fresh Evidence
Get PDFThe nature of the linkage between urbanization and carbon dioxide emissions has been a point of concern among researchers, policy makers and environmentalists for the last three decades. Due to the rapid economic growth and social progress in urban areas, a considerable part of rural labor force have migrated to urban areas for jobs, education and health facilities. It results in significant increase in energy requirements in urban areas that have caused several challenges related to ecological pollution. Pakistan is one of the developing nations with a rapid rate of urbanization as well as varying economic growth rate. This study analyzes the relationship between urbanization and carbon dioxide emissions in the presence of institutional quality, foreign direct investment and access to electricity. For analysis purpose, the study uses nonlinear ARDL estimation technique on Pakistani data for the period 1984-2020. The results show that the partial sum of positive/negative changes in urbanization are positively/negatively connected with carbon dioxide emissions. Furthermore, foreign direct investment inflows cause environmental degradation, while access to electricity is positively connected with carbon dioxide emissions in the long run. But, institutional quality considerably declines carbon dioxide emissions in Pakistan. The study concludes that positive part of urbanization has more significant effect than the negative counterpart. The study recommends that there is a need to promote economic friendly energy consumption pattern for improving the quality of environment in Pakistan.
 
A Moderating Role of Hierarchy of Institutional Hypothesis in Debt-Poverty Relationship: Empirical Evidence from OIC Member Countries
Get PDFA plethora of studies deciphered the moderating role of institutional performance in debt-growth and growth-poverty relationship but moderating role of hierarchy of institutional hypothesis in debt-poverty link has not been explored yet. This study is an endeavor to bridge this gap by exploring whether hierarchy of institutional hypothesis moderates the debt-poverty link in the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) member countries or not during 1996 to 2018. The findings of system GMM estimator disclose that public debt negatively associates with poverty alleviation in OIC member countries. The empirical results backing the notion that the performance of political and economic institutions augment the poverty alleviation. The outcomes also bolster the hypothesis that political institutions are the ones that really modify the course of events. Economic institutions undoubtedly contribute to reducing poverty, but this is only possible in the presence of political institutions. Our study reveals that an average level of political and economic institutional performance lessens the detrimental effects of public debt on poverty alleviation. According to the study's conclusions, the very first Sustainable Development Goal (SDGs), the reduction of poverty by 2030, seems implausible to be achieved given the current tendency of public debt in OIC member countries. In order to reduce the prevalence of poverty in OIC member nations, it is therefore suggested that institutional performance appraisal be linked with a decrease in public debt accumulation.
 
A Step towards enhancement of Macroeconomic Performance of Pakistan: Do Oil Price, Public Expenditures and Financial Development Matter?
Get PDFOil price fluctuations have vital importance in macroeconomic performance. Our study demonstrates the impact of oil price fluctuations on the trade balance and economic growth in Pakistan. We employ a linear autoregressive distributed lag model (ARDL) for the period 1970-2018. The results showed that oil price negatively affected the total trade balance in Pakistan other control variables like the real effective exchange rate, real GDP (Home country) and financial development also negatively affected. While real GDP (Foreign country) influenced trade balance positively. In the second model, the results showed that oil price negatively affected economic growth in Pakistan and other control variables like government expenditure, financial development and gross capital formation are positively affected. The study results are useful for policymakers and government officials for making the policies regarding long-run economic growth as well as trade balance improvement
Formal Specification and Design of E-Learning IMS
Get PDFThe purpose of this research study is to look at, how the utilization of planning techniques / strategies having the most important impacts on any project /organization’s success and imaginative problem?solving. In particular Project Planning Techniques, three most important arranging basic strategies including, Gantt graphs, case?based arranging and basic way investigation, were studied &analyzed. As this study is an empirical in nature which purposes to highlight the project standards used to examine the accomplishment of projects and the project planning techniques being practically applicable. It is quantitative research study and questionnaires were asked to access the variables and associate with the existing literature. Project Success criteria were graded which were found to be dissimilar in this field as compare to others. It also presented the knowledge and usage of project planning techniques for categorizing the room of improvement as for as the Project Success is concerned, where some professional trainings are required for the project team members. The role of Effective Project Governance is also very vital for project success as well. The main focus and targeted area is the construction industry of Pakistan
The Outbreak of COVID-19 and its Manifold Socio-psychological Implications: A Case Study of District Khyber, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Get PDFAfter the outbreak of COVID-19 and the subsequent suspension of trade, closure of international borders and restrictions on movement and quarantines, economic and social crisis — coupled with psychological distress — fomented worldwide. The pandemic has caused unprecedented educational, social, economic, psychological and political impacts with varying implications around the globe. The current study was conducted to guage and asses the socio-psychological impacts of COVID-19 in District Khyber, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Primary data was collected for the current study from 200 participants through face to face interviews. The data was analyzied under the “Thematic Content Analysis”. The findings of the study shows that the disease and the subsequent social distancing have put at stake the social cohesion and normaldom. In the wake of the disease, domestic abuse, aggression and violence increased making women prey to the predators’ anger, abuse and battering; religious events suffered suspension or disruption; The schools’ closure has had profound negative impacts on children’s conduct; the deteriorating economic situation and the swelling poverty of the masses have lead to a hike in the crimes’ rate; the transgender community has suffered economic plight; women’s regular health care services such as contraceptions, safe abortions and other maternity ailments have suffered notably; schools closure has set off hazardous implications for girls such as harassment, abuse, rape, teen-age pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases. Resultantly, the people of the area have been suffereing acute trauma, videlicit boredom, fear, anxiety, frustration, and insomnia enticing them towards unhealthy activities viz. use of sedatives, smoking, alcohol usage, and, above all, internet and online unethics. The recommendations should be implemented to help people avoid the downright negative impacts of the COVID-19 and, besides, to help the government to devise a mechanism to combat the pandemic
Students’ Political Parties and Higher Education Institutes: Evidence From Pakistani Universities
Get PDFStudents’ political parties are allowed in the universities of Pakistan. But what is the influence of these political parties on the university students is a very critical issue. Through media teachers, parents, society members and educationists are opposing these parties. The purpose of this study was to find out the impact of these parties on the university students. Questionnaire and observation sheet are the tools of the research. This study was descriptive in nature and mix method (triangulation) approach was used. Findings of the study indicated that the subjects of the study (University Students, Parents and Teachers) were strongly against the students’ political parties and their activities. The results were also indicating that criminal damage, injuries, deaths are at top in the presence of these political parties in the universities. Some other interesting findings were also drawn about the political parties’ practise in the universities
Educating Students With Hearing Impairment During Covid-19 Pandemic : A Case of Inclusive and Special Schools
Get PDFObservation of protocols during the COVID-19 pandemic is difficult for students with special needs particularly for students with hearing impairment (SWHI). The challenges of educating students with hearing impairment have increased after the adoption of the online education system. The purpose behind this study was to highlight the steps taken for the continuation of education in the inclusive and special schools of Punjab during a pandemic. A mixed-method approach was used to conduct this study. Two different groups of the population were taken from 9 divisions of Punjab to derive a suitable sample of this study; teachers of students with hearing impairment (SWHI) and executive members of government related to both special and inclusive schools in Punjab. The teachers from both settings were selected using random sampling. The in-depth interviews of the executive members dealing with special and inclusive schools in Punjab were conducted. The tool of the research was an interview protocol and a structured questionnaire. Data were analyzed by applying both qualitative and quantitative methods. This research has highlighted rare practices of online teaching, lack of technological resources, teachers' and students' lack of competency in online teaching, both in the special inclusive schools of the Punjab. A significant difference (p=.000?.05)was found between the special and inclusive schools' efforts made for the continuation of education during a pandemic
Evaluation of Systematic Monetary Influences in Pakistan’s Perspective
Get PDFTraditional macroeconomic theories establish relationship among certain macroeconomic variables based on assumptions of perfect competition and resulting flexible prices. Theories based on these assumptions might not hold for developing economies due to imperfect market structure and fragile financial institutions. This study attempts to analyze the quantity theory of money (QTM) and Phillips curve (PC) relationship from long-run perspective for economy of Pakistan. QTM relates complete absorption of money growth effect into inflation, and PC establishes negative relationship between inflation and unemployment. In the long-run, money is assumed to have only inflationary or nominal effect. Therefore, presence of any long-run tradeoff between inflation and unemployment, once inflations is a pure monetary phenomenon in the long-run, cast serious doubts regarding long-run neutrality of money. Autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) modelling approach is opted to analyze long-run impact of money growth on inflation, and long-run effect of inflation on unemployment. The long-run relationship between inflation and unemployment is statistically insignificant for economy of Pakistan. Furthermore, results of this study show that inflation, even in the long-run, does not adjust as theorized in QTM