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THE REVOLUTION OF DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY
2012
Like any other revolution, the one that we are living nowadays will cause victims. The Mass-media and the retail have been already hit rising of the digital technology, the same as in the past in the days the confection factories, entailed the end of the loom, and the appearance of the Ford Model T brought to extinction of the blacksmith on the market. If we look now to the future factories, we will probably get frightened on the idea. Not only will the manner be affected, but also the place where the objects will be made as well. This paper present an interpretations of the answers following the questionnaire worked out last year and its results will be useful for both the research and the…
Customers’ QR Code Usage Barriers in a Brick-and-Mortar Store : A Qualitative Study
2023
The purpose of this study is to explore the factors that hinder customers from utilizing QR codes when they visit brick-and-mortar (B&M) stores. The research was conducted at a Finnish fashion retailer, where three types of QR codes were displayed for customers to use. In order to identify the barriers that customers face, two different sets of data were collected and analyzed: open-ended survey data (n = 101) and interview data (n = 16). The findings showed two main categories of barriers,customer and company related, with seven sub-barriers. The customer-related barriers included lack of interest in QR codes, user-related usage issues, desire for a device-free B&M store, and dislike towar…
Creating Global Markets : Seaborne Trade in Pulp and Paper Products Over the Last 400 Years
2018
The declining cost of sea transport has been a necessary condition for the growth of the global pulp and paper industry, especially in regions remote from economic centres. Thus, pulp and paper industries and international shipping have coevolved, especially since the 1960s, enabling producers to tap global markets and develop global production chains. The paper products trade flows, however, have changed a number of times over the last 400 years. This chapter describes and explains these developments and shows how the technological solutions in global shipping and strategic choices among the pulp and paper companies have been interdependent, especially since the 1960s. peerReviewed
La contestazione della pretesa contributiva
2010
Questo saggio analizza la disciplina di cui al d. lgs. n. 46 del 1999 in ordine alla contestazione giudiziali e stragiudiziali dell'atto di accertamento e imposizione contributiva. This paper analyses the discipline, in d. lgs. No 46, 1999, in order the social insurance tax oppositions.
El Imperio romano y la India en época de Augusto. Replanteamiento de las relaciones diplomáticas = The Roman Empire and India in the Time of Augustus…
2018
Este artículo trata acerca de tres aspectos vinculados con las embajadas que recibió Augusto durante su reinado procedentes de la India: los motivos concretos que condujeron a su envío; un intento de identificación del origen preciso de dichos emisarios; las misiones y objetivos de dichas embajadas indias.This article deals with three aspects related to the embassies that Augustus received from India during his reign: The specific reasons that led to their sending; an attempt to identify the precise origin of such emissaries; the missions and objectives of these Indian embassies.
CLUSTER APPROACH AS ONE OF DETERMINANTS FOR INCREASING COMPETITIVENESS OF RIGA FREEPORT
2011
The cluster-based approach offers a new way of dividing and understanding an economy and competitiveness. The main objective of the present study was to reveal the influence of industrial clusters on Freeport’s of Riga business competitiveness and integrated development. The cluster environment stimulates competitiveness and competition inside the cluster and the industry. One of the reasons for the current problems of Latvia’s competitiveness is the low level of business entities’ co-operation and business integration in the national economy of Latvia and the Freeport of Riga in particular. Companies are isolated in their approaches to increasing their competitiveness and entering the glob…
El papel de la reputación del Consejero Delegado en la reputación de la empresa española
2010
La reputación corporativa se conceptúa como la estimación global de las percepciones que tienen de la empresa sus principales stakeholders. La literatura ha visto en la reputación corporativa uno de los activos intangibles más valioso desde el punto de vista de la creación y sostenimiento de ventajas competitivas, por lo que diversos estudios han tratado de identificiar los antecedentes de la reputación de la empresa. Uno de estos antecedentes destacado son sus directivos, y entre ellos los Consejeros Delegados. En España, los trabajos sobre los antecedentes de la reputación corporativa son muy escasos, e inexistentes los que han abordado el estudio de la influencia de la reputación del Con…
Goodwill and Criteria for its Recognition in Financial Statements
2004
The article summarises a research on goodwill which is one of the most controversial assets. The research includes a comparison between the descriptions of the economic nature of goodwill and an analysis of various valuation methods and accounting policies. The article discusses the internationally recognised problem that there coexist several accepted methods of accounting for goodwill arising from the acquisition of an enterprise, as a result of which the accountancy data of different enterprises and countries are incomparable.
Entrepreneurship and immigration: The case of Venezuelan entrepreneurs in Spain
2009
Durante la última década, la inmigración internacional está adquiriendo gran relevancia en las sociedades europeas. Igualmente, el comportamiento emprendedor que está demostrando una parte de los inmigrantes ha despertado la atención de instituciones y académicos. En este contexto, el objetivo principal del presente trabajo es explorar el proceso de creación de empresas entre la población inmigrante en España, a través del análisis de las experiencias de empresarios de origen venezolano en Cataluña. Específicamente, se analiza por qué algunos venezolanos establecidos en Cataluña deciden convertirse en empresario, así como los pasos que siguen para iniciar una actividad empresarial. El traba…
Patrones de evolución de filiales en entornos volátiles
2010
En este trabajo se aplican y se extienden los patrones de evolución de filiales planteados por Birkinshaw y Hood, al estudiar la influencia de los entornos volátiles sobre los procesos de evolución de las filiales de empresas multinacionales. Utilizando una metodología cualitativa a través de 41 estudios de casos de filiales de diversos sectores localizadas en Venezuela, se observó que las mismas siguen procesos conducentes a la mejora, el refuerzo y al declive de sus roles. En los resultados se identifican a la matriz y la propia filial como impulsores de esos procesos, pero se aprecia también al entorno local como determinante de la evolución de las filiales, con lo cual se extienden los …