128 research outputs found
COMPETITIVE STRATEGIES AND PERFORMANCE OF SUPERMARKETS (Win Yin Htike, 2018)
No full textSupermarkets have become very competitive today and are facing challenges due to the changing lifestyles and the demanding nature of today consumers. Amid heightened competition, supermarket managers need to understand the impact of different competitive strategies in order to choose appropriate ones that lead to survival and prosperity of the supermarkets' performance. The purpose of the study is to identify the competitive strategies adopted by the supermarkets and to analyze the linkages between the competitive strategies and the performances of supermarkets at determining the mediating effects of firms' operational characteristics, viz location, capital, managerial skill and experience, network and supply chain on the link between the competitive strategies and performance of supermarkets in Yangon. Primary data are collected from (15) senior managers and (35) branch managers of supermarkets through in-depth personal interviews and a questionnaire survey regarding their compete practices and organization performance. Moreover, performance data are also collected from (481) employees and (512) customers from selected supermarkets in Yangon. This study applies Path Analysis in order to identify the direct and indirect effects of operational characteristics between competitive strategies and firm performance.
The study found that cost leadership strategy is practiced by ten supermarkets; differentiation strategy by three supermarkets and focus strategy by two supermarkets. The cost leadership strategy has significant negative effect but the differentiation strategy and the focus strategy have significant positive effect on supermarket's performance measuring in terms of firms' growth, employees' satisfaction and customers' satisfaction. Generally, operational characteristics have the mediating effects on firm performance when supermarkets practices differentiation strategy and focus strategy but is no mediating effect where practicing cost leadership strategy. More specifically, among operating characteristics, the location has shown no mediating effect while the capital, managerial skills and experiences, and network and supply chain have partially mediating effect on the link between competitive strategies and firm's performance in terms of firm's growth, employee satisfaction, and customer satisfaction. Thus, it can be concluded that differentiation and focus
strategies are currently appropriate as competitive strategies for improving the performance of supermarkets in Myanmar.
Even though most of the supermarkets are practiced the cost leadership strategy, this study found that this strategy has no impact on firm performance since the purchasing power of the most ordinary people in Yangon is insufficient to buy at the supermarkets regularly. Moreover, the supermarkets that apply cost leadership strategy have the weaknesses in terms of product varieties, availability, and quality but not in price competitiveness. These facts highlight that the supermarkets which pursued cost leadership strategy need to provide a variety of low cost affordable quality products for target customers by investing sufficient capital for the market coverage in terms of products, place and promotion. Therefore, it can be concluded that if supermarkets can offer the products and services with appropriate marketing mix in accordance with the characteristics of target market and thereby, able to fulfill to meet the requirements of customers, the cost leadership strategy may become effective one for supermarkets in Yangon. By doing so, the changes and progress can take place for the supermarkets in Yangon in the coming years
A Comparative Study of Anti-Corruption Efforts in Cambodia and Myanmar( Thein Htike Win, 2022)
No full textThis thesis investigates the anti-corruption efforts and situations of Myanmar and
Cambodia during the period of 2005 to 2020 using the secondary data. It is found that
petty corruptions are prevalent in the both countries. Based on the corruption perception
indicators of international organization, two countries are not very much difference in the
anti-corruption results but Myanmar left behind in the Index of Public Integrity and GCB
results on bribery. Thus, Myanmar should learn Asset Declaration System of Cambodia to
end up public sector corruption and call for the cooperation with Cambodia ACU by
signing MoU. Moreover, to end up the petty corruption in the public services, Myanmar
has to make more efforts to implement PFP mechanism in every public service offices so
as to get public feedback on the services delivery and try to end loop holes in the rules
and regulations of public service offices
Phylogenetic relationships of Strongyloides species in carnivore hosts
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Phoo Pwint Ko, Kazuo Suzuki, Marco Canales-Ramos, Myo Pa Pa Thet Hnin Htwe Aung, Wah Win Htike, Ayako Yoshida, Martin Montes, Kazuhiro Morishita, Eduardo Gotuzzo, Haruhiko Maruyama, Eiji Nagayasu,
Phylogenetic relationships of Strongyloides species in carnivore hosts,
Parasitology International, Volume 78, 2020, 102151, ISSN 1383-5769,
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.parint.2020.10215
Phylogenetic relationships of Strongyloides species in carnivore hosts
No full textCitation:
Phoo Pwint Ko, Kazuo Suzuki, Marco Canales-Ramos, Myo Pa Pa Thet Hnin Htwe Aung, Wah Win Htike, Ayako Yoshida, Martin Montes, Kazuhiro Morishita, Eduardo Gotuzzo, Haruhiko Maruyama, Eiji Nagayasu,
Phylogenetic relationships of Strongyloides species in carnivore hosts,
Parasitology International, Volume 78, 2020, 102151, ISSN 1383-5769,
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.parint.2020.10215
A possible origin population of pathogenic intestinal nematodes, Strongyloides stercoralis, unveiled by molecular phylogeny
No full textMyo Pa Pa Thet Hnin Htwe Aung, Thanaporn Hortiwakul, Akina Hino4, Teruhisa Tanaka, Miwa Higashiarakawa, Alex Olia, Tomoyo Taniguchi, Soe Moe Thu Win, Isao Ohashi, Emmanuel Igwaro Odongo-Aginya, Khin Myo Aye, Mon Mon, Kyu Kyu Win, Kei Ota, Yukari Torisu, Siripen Panthuwong, Eisaku Kimura, Nirianne M. Q. Palacpac , Taisei Kikuchi, Tetsuo Hirata, Shidow Torisu, Hajime Hisaeda8, Toshihiro Horii, Jiro Fujita6, Wah Win Htike & Haruhiko Maruyama</p
A Study of the Guided Discovery Method in Teaching Grade Nine Mathematics
No full textThe purpose of this research is to study the guided discovery method in
teaching mathematics at the high school level. A quantitative research
method was used to compare the mathematics achievement between the
control group and the experimental group. The students from the control
group were taught by formal teaching method. The students from the
experimental group were treated with guided discovery method. The
designed adopted in this study was the posttest only control group design.
The effects of the guided discovery method were tested in Basic
Education High School (Branch) Alantapo, Hlegue from Yangon Region.
Learning materials were selected from Grade Nine Mathematics
textbooks. Independent samples t-test was used to analyze whether there
were significant differences between the two groups. The result showed
that the students who received the treatment by guided discovery method
were significantly better than those who received formal teaching method
for BEHS (Branch) Alantapo, Hlegue (t=3.154, P<0.01) in their
mathematics achievement. Research findings proved that guided
discovery method has positively contributed to the improvement of
mathematics teaching at the high school level. The results revealed that
the students‟ mathematics achievement had significant differences on the
comprehension and application not on the knowledge level questions.
According to the results, formal teaching method can bring about the
improvement of students‟ ability to remember previously learned lessons.
Teaching mathematics by guided discovery method develops higher
order thinking skills. Moreover, students get the ability to solve problems
of Grade Nine Mathematics. It can be concluded that guided discovery
method has positive contribution to the improvement for mathematics
teaching
Implementation of Shortest Path Finding System by Using Kruskal Algorithm
No full textGraphs have been used in a wide variety ofapplication. Some of these applications are analysis of electricalcircuits, finding shortest routes, project planning, andidentification of chemical compounds, statistical mechanics,genetics, and social sciences and so on. Indeed, it might be wellsaid that of all mathematical structures, graphs are the mostwidely used. This paper is intended to study how a graph theoryapplied to find shortest path by using a minimum spanning tree.In this study, it is implemented popular locations of theMandalay City as the vertices of an undirected graph. In thissystem, the associated distances between each location arepresented as weights of the edges of the graph. There are threedifferent algorithms to obtain a minimum –cost spanning of aconnected, undirected graph. Our shortest path finding system isfocused on Kruskal Algorithm
Embedding the Secret Message in Audio File by Using TEA Cryptography and Steganography
No full textSteganography is the art of hidden information in other information when communication is taking place. Many different carrier file format can be used, but audio waves are the most difficult and more secure because audio file is not noticeable if the information is embedded. In the cryptography, the structure of a message is changed to meaningless and unintelligible unless the decryption key is available. Steganography does not alter the structure of the secret message, but hides it inside a cover. For hiding secret information in audio, different applications have different requirements of the steganography technique used. This paper will show data hiding in audio file by using the combination of the Steganographic algorithm and Cryptographic algorithm
Confirmation of Skywalker Hoolock Gibbon (Hoolock tianxing) in Myanmar Extends Known Geographic Range of an Endangered Primate
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