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THE IMPACT OF DIGITALIZATION ON FIRMS IN THE RETAIL INDUSTRY OF UK
No full textThe aim of this research is to analyze the process of digitalization in the retail industry in the United Kingdom. Digitalization has had a significant impact on industries worldwide and has transformed the landscape of the retail sector in the UK. The main objective of the research was to assess the impacts through primary data collection, using questionnaires distributed to 250 respondents to gauge customer-based responses, and 4 questionnaires to retailers to assess the changes made in response to digitalization.
The findings indicate that customers now have a more digital-centric approach to sourcing information and their shopping experiences in retail outlets. It is expected that this trend will continue to gain momentum in the future
Disruption Of Supply Chain And Its Future Trends Amidst The Global Covid-19 Pandemic In The Airline And Manufacturing Industry
No full textThe major aspects of the study focus on the elements of changes that have occurred in the supply chain process due to the impact of COVID 19. The primary aim of the research is identified in two specific sections, which focus on finding the impact of COVID 19 on supply chain framework and the future possible changes in the coming years. The major purpose of this study is to identify the impact of COVID 19 pandemic on the supply chain of the manufacturing industry and its future trends.
The supply chain plays a key role in the airline industry to reduce the costs of several business functions inside the industry. The growth and development of every business depends on how well the company can adopt the strategies of the supply chain. The supply chain of the airlines follows different strategies such as creating low traffic airlines or reducing the maintenance cost. With the outbreak of COVID 19, there has been an immense effect on the operations of business across diverse segments. Supply chain operations are no different, in this regard. The prospects of identifying the possible implications of pandemic on the supply chain and logistics operations have been largely determined by the on-going business and trade relationships of the different nations with the Chinese market. The reduction in the percentage of good production along with halt in the supply chain has led to a decline in the supply chain sustainability and resilience.
For a research work, the data collection process is highly effective to extract proper consequences of the research paper positively. In this research paper, the researcher needs to collect primary data for the positive outcome of the case study. Therefore, the impact of covid-19 in the supply chain business can be enhanced properly. With help of observation methods, researchers can observe the behavioural approach of the covid situation in the supply chain business. By applying the personal interview method, researchers can focus on the individuals to extract their overview on the aspect of covid situation in the supply chain business. Even through the telephonic interview, investigators can connect with potential individuals to extract their thinking point of view over all the impact of covid situation in the supply chain business. Therefore, researchers can obtain feedback to provide a healthy research work.
According to the first objective that is to identify the destructive impact of covid-19 on the supply chain process it could be understood that the outbreak impacted the diverse business segments. A negative impact can be witnessed as it led to an economic crisis at the global level.
This led researchers to research the scope and probability through which the organization could rebound and bounce back to business. Some of the future Trends that it was established over the utilization of 5G in the aviation industry. With the help of 5G and the Internet of Things massive data could be managed. Finally, management during the pandemic was a crucial element as restrictions were imposed by higher authorities on the pretext of public health and human rights for every individual. Therefore, abiding by the rules created by the authorities it was essential to use effective management strategies within businesses to ensure that the constant flow of business activities continues. Yet with the help of digitalization organizations are able to withhold their businesses and continue the economy to function
Challenges faced by the Brazilian Government to Restore Individual Investor Confidence Following the Pandemic
No full textThis dissertation explores the effects on the Brazilian stock market seen since March 2020 as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. Stock market volatility in Brazil was exacerbated by the Brazilian government enforcing social restrictions to prevent the spread of the virus. The Brazilian government faced challenges in maintaining a balance between the economy and protecting citizens' health. The social restrictions imposed to protect citizens resulted in decreased profits and, in some cases, permanent closures of businesses. This volatility affected investor confidence in the Brazilian market, leading individual and institutional investors to rethink their portfolio strategies.
The dissertation focuses on exploring the correlation between Brazilian government policies and individual investors' confidence in the stock market, with particular reference to the fashion retail industry. The main philosophical approach related to this study was positivism, employing a deductive approach. Primary data was collected via an online survey targeting individuals who invested in the Brazilian stock market. The survey was distributed via social media and completed by 64 respondents. The study showed that the primary data rejected the hypothesis of a significant correlation between the Brazilian government's decisions during the pandemic and individual investors' exposure to the equity market.
The research revealed that individual investors increased their exposure to equity investments during the pandemic as an opportunity for potential future returns. Recommendations for future research include covering other stock market industries and variables that could affect individual investors' confidence in protecting their portfolios
Exploring The Impact Of Fintech On The Financial Services During The Covid-19 Pandemic In 2020-2021
No full textPurpose: This research study demonstrates the exploration of Fintech services around the world focused on main Ireland and concentrating on the current time of the COVID-19 Pandemic. This research focuses on exploring the impact and changes of Fintech services in the Irish market during the COVID-19 crisis, highlighting the adoptions undertaken by the government and the companies' innovation.
Methodology: The methodology approach used in this research was interpretivism approach by using a qualitative research methodology. The primary data was collected through one-to-one interviews via Zoom call and Teams meeting based on cross-sectional studies that gather the data from different participants at a single point and time. The interviews were focused on experts of Fintech services from various fields and backgrounds, which supports the findings of this dissertation.
Findings: The finding of this research shows the innovation in the Fintech field and the changes that was forced to put in place because of the COVID-19 Pandemic. This research reflects on the revolution that fintech had before COVID 19 and during the Pandemic. The study shows that businesses had to adapt to new Fintech services to survive during the Pandemic.
Research Limitations: The main limitation of this research was time management and time-consuming, where time management is where the interview took place in different times frames based on the time flexibility of the experts, as stated in Chapter 5, the other one was time-consuming interpretation is limited, and the interviewees could understand the question in different away and answering something off-topic
BUSINESS 4.0 ADVANTAGES OF DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES FOR SMALL RETAIL BUSINESS IN MEXICO: BUSINESS 4.0 AS STRATEGY
No full textThis study explores the advantage of technologies in small retail businesses in Mexico.
For the study participated seven retail companies in Mexico, different retailers: Jewellery, Bulk food, Fashion Clothes, Beverages, Products for cleaning, Hardware store and beauty & personal care. The results showed that there are technologies that these businesses need, and some of them already use, the more essential are POS (Point-of-sale), card machines, Whatsapp Chatbot, social media for marketing,
The result showed that even in small companies, technologies are an advantage to keep competitiveness. Technology has an impact on the effectiveness of businesses processes.
A traditional store giving the option for customers to pay with cards can increase sales; a specific example is a traditional fashion store in a small town in Mexico where not every home can afford the Internet. For traditional retailers, using technology on payments is a step to get on board in using technologies.
Even a traditional hardware store with more than 2000 products need a point-of-sales to stock management. Every sale register in the system will automatically actualise the inventory. The same system creates sales reports of star products and indicates when to repurchase stock.
An interesting finding is that two of the seven businesses have the option for customers to shop on their website
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Get PDFThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Get PDF“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Get PDFWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
Get PDFWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
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