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FinTech in Latvia: Status Quo, Current Developments, and Challenges Ahead
2021
FinTech has been in the focus of discussion for quite some time. However, the market share of FinTech companies is still relatively small compared to that of more traditional financial services. The purpose of this paper is to analyse the status quo, current developments, and challenges ahead for the Latvian FinTech sector. We combine three analyses: a political and legal, economic, social, and technological environment (PEST) analysis
The effect of default options on choice—Evidence from online product configurators
2011
Many firms use product configurators to enable customers to specify their desired products online. In such systems, defaults are pre-specified for levels of product features by the manufacturer or dealer. For example, when configuring a racing bike online, a default is predefined (e.g., the Shimano Ultegra model) for all required features (e.g., the gearshift levers). Such defaults, which may even adapt to previous choices, ensure that a functional and fully defined product emerges at the end of the configuration process. However, when designing sales systems, companies often fail to realize that these defaults also affect customer decision-making. We demonstrate the effect by a study that …
Peut-on apprécier la fiabilité de la représentation des services marchands aux entreprises dans les T.E.I. définis à prix constants ?
1998
Ce travail répond à un double objectif : d'une part définir une méthode qui permetted'apprécier la précision des évaluations présentées dans les comptes nationaux à un niveau intermédiaire (celui d'une ligne ou d'une colonne du TEL) ; d'autre part vérifier que la fiabilité de la représentation des services marchands aux entreprises (T33) dans les T.E.S. définis en volume n'est pas nettement plus mauvaise que celle de la description des activités des autres branches et/ou des débouchés des autres produits. La démarche repose tout d'abord sur une analyse statistique des révisions opérées sur les T.E.I. de la période 1988-1992 et s'attache à définir les précisions «d'ensemble» ou «globales» de…
Tautas patēriņa preču kvalitātes izmaiņu uzglabāšanas laikā novērtēšanas paņēmieni un produktu bojāšanās novēršana
1989
Krājumā ievietoti raksti par prečzinības teorētiskajiem un praktiskajiem jautājumiem, tajos dotas rekomendācijas rūpniecībai sortimenta paplašināšanas un pārtikas un nepārtikas preču kvalitātes uzlabošanas jautājumos.
Validité et fiabilité des questionnaires d'évaluation de la qualité de vie : une étude appliquée aux accidents vasculaires cérébraux
1996
This article deals with various means, which could be used by designers in order to estimate error terms in questionnaire tests results, thanks to psychometry. The study must be conceived so as to minimize systematic errors (validity) and random errors (reliability). Methods settled to test the validity of a study are very subjective, even if some of them seem to be more "scientific", being based on the principle of correlation. However the last-mentined don't stand up to some theoretic weakness and other explicit subjective methods should be chosen instead : for instance experts consensus.Methods of reliability evaluation have been developed under strong hypothesis to estimate a reliabilit…
From imprecise actions to imprecise preference modelling : the case of non orders
1996
This study deals with imprecise preference modelling. It is based on a set of vague actions on which choices are operated by actors whose discriminating power is not precise. Indeed, the information being imprecise, the actors have but limited and relatively indeterminate knowledge of the basis of their preferences. This results in vague preferences the expression of which are the structures of imprecise preference (imprecise non orders) and the particular ones of relatively indeterminate preference (relatively indeterminate non orders). The shift from the former structures to the latter corresponds to a process of preference maturation and decision structuration inspite of an imprecise con…
Is small and medium-sized beautiful? The structure and evolution of family SMEs research
2021
PurposeThe field of scientific research on small and medium-sized family businesses has been growing exponentially and the aim of this paper is to systematize the body of knowledge to develop an agenda for the future.Design/methodology/approachAdopting comparative bibliometric analyses on 155 articles (from 1989 until 2018) the authors provide a systematic assessment of the scientific research about small family firms, unveiling the structure and evolution of the field. Bibliographic coupling, co-citation analysis and co-occurrence analysis are adopted to identify the most influential studies and themes.FindingsFour clusters of research are reviewed: succession in family SMEs, performances …
Research and development expenditure in France : an analysis by sector
1996
La taille des entreprises a toujours été considérée comme une variable déterminante dans l'explication de leurs stratégies (stratégie de concentration ou stratégie d'innovation). Ce travail se propose d'analyser la relation évoquée par J. Schumpeter entre la taille des entreprises et le montant des dépenses en recherche-développement. Tout en suivant la méthodologie utilisée en Economie Industrielle, nous avons d'abord conduit une analyse exploratoire sur cette relation. Cette étude, réalisée au niveau branche, montre que la taille (mesurée par le nombre de salariés, la production effective ou la valeur ajoutée) exerce une influence positive sur les dépenses en recherche-développement (mesu…
Impianto metodologico e programma di ricerca dell’Economia aziendale. Il pensiero di Teodoro D’Ippolito e la sua attualità.
2019
This paper aims to analyze and summarizing the theoretical aspects of the research methodology proposed by Teodoro D'Ippolito with reference to Economia aziendale. Indeed, D'Ippolito was the first scholar to make a contribution to this topic after Gino Zappa and before Pietro Onida's more famous contribution “Le discipline economico-aziendali. Oggetto e metodo” (1947). Bibliographic research has been carried out to identify the scientific contributions of Teodoro D'Ippolito which concerned the subject of research methodology in Economia aziendale. Through a historiographical constructivist approach, contributions on the subject have been analyzed, interpreted and systematized. In particular…