Search results for "Strategy"

Nutrire la città: Palermo come possibile laboratorio di innovazione

2022

Alla luce dell’attuale situazione mondiale, aggravata ancora di più dall’attuale situazione politica europea che indubbiamente avrà ripercussioni sul resto del mondo, il tema del cibo, sino a pochi anni fa visto come problema localizzato nei paesi del cosiddetto terzo mondo, sta assumendo una posizione rilevante sia nelle politiche globali sia nell’agenda della pianificazione urbana. Costruire nuove “strategie urbane per il cibo” significa rivedere le politiche del piano lavorando sulla conoscenza e sulla partecipazione riconoscendo come necessario, ancora una volta, il coinvolgimento degli attori locali al fine di arrivare a processi decisionali condivisi ed efficaci. In relazione al sudde…

Fuzzy Investment Portfolio Selection Models Based on Interval Analysis Approach

2012

Published version of an article from the journal: Mathematical Problems in Engineering. Also available from the publisher:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/628295 This paper employs fuzzy set theory to solve the unintuitive problem of the Markowitz mean-variance (MV) portfolio model and extend it to a fuzzy investment portfolio selection model. Our model establishes intervals for expected returns and risk preference, which can take into account investors' different investment appetite and thus can find the optimal resolution for each interval. In the empirical part, we test this model in Chinese stocks investment and find that this model can fulfill different kinds of investors' objectives. Fi…

Responsible I(m)ovation in Asia Pacific regions

2022

AbstractOver the past 20 years, a debate has developed on the differences between innovation and imitation strategies as mechanisms by which businesses operating in the Asia Pacific region may gain a competitive advantage. The current research contributes to this debate from a different perspective by exploring some of the challenges and opportunities associated with the combination of both strategies into what has been defined as imovation. Imovators and imovations do not stand alone in business ecosystems. Rather, they should be embraced in the context of sustainability-related virtues and emerging capabilities, such as ethical behaviour, co-responsibility and positive social impact. Taki…

Institutions and training: A case of social franchising in Africa

2022

Managing digital transformation: The view from the top

2022

Digital Transformation is upending businesses everywhere. While there is ample research on this topic, there is a clear gap when it comes to understanding the changing talent management role of senior executives in digital transformation processes and the demands of individual employees. This article relies on 23 in-depth interviews with senior managers who are leading all or some of the digital transformation efforts of their respective organizations. Our research, using a grounded theory approach, identifies four key activities (and 37 sub-activities or themes) stemming from the new managerial needs and talent management practices arising from DT processes. We branded these key activities…

Strategy and Practice for Sustainability in Businesses in the Middle East and North Africa in a Global Perspective

2022

A business may adopt a strategy for sustainability and may implement its strategy in its practice. Our question is, how are strategy and practice coupled and shaped by entrepreneurs and businesses embedded in national eco-systems in the Middle East and North Africa and around the world? Businesses were randomly sampled and surveyed in 2021, and national conditions were assessed by experts in ten countries in the Middle East and North Africa and in Spain and other countries around the world, as part of the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor. Strategy and practice are found to have a loose coupling but are tighter in the Middle East and North Africa than in Spain. Strategy is promoted by support…

Drivers and barriers of circular economy business models: Where we are now, and where we are heading

2022

Literature on the circular economy business model (CEBM) has witnessed a sharp upsurge in recent years. Although scholars have investigated CEBM from several perspectives, including the green business model, waste management, digital technology, the supply chain, and the financial impact of CEBM, critical analysis of the extant literature has not attracted scholarly attention. The current systematic literature review (SLR) on CEBM is an attempt to critically analyse and appraise the prior findings by following robust research protocols. We analysed a pool of 126 studies to identify the thematic research areas, recognise the research gaps and present future research agendas. Subsequently, we…

Greening of supply chain to drive performance through logical integration of supply chain resources

2023

Sustainability has always been a concern of humankind in one form or the other. Still, it has come into sharper focus after the promulgation of the sustainable development goals in 2015 and the disruptive forces unleashed by the COVID-19 pandemic. Supply chain management is an aspect of business operations wherein the need for sustainability has been felt more keenly. The academic and business understanding of various nuances of incorporating sustainability, particularly environmental concerns in the supply chain, is still evolving. Our study seeks to enrich the growing literature in the area by proposing to uncover a novel, logical sequence of intangible supply chain resources that can amp…

Doing good for society! How purchasing green technology stimulates consumers toward green behavior: A structural equation modeling–artificial neural …

2022

Many countries have recognized the urgent need to address environmental problems, such as air pollution, waste disposal, global warming, and natural resource depletion, through the application of green technology. ANT Forest is one such technological initiative that has gained academic attention for its potential to minimize adverse environmental impacts and promote sustainable green behavior by involving people in eco-friendly activities. We built an integrated framework to understand users' continuance intention (CI) toward ANT Forest based on the expectation-confirmation model (ECM) and the task–technology fit model (TTFM). Using structural equation modeling (SEM), we analyzed survey dat…

Corporate social responsibility: Does it really matter in the luxury context?

2022

The impact of CSR in the luxury sector has been less investigated than in the non-luxury context, and the findings in the luxury context are not unidirectional. In recent years, researchers have begun exploring the link between CSR and luxury. These efforts have attempted to overcome the gap between theory and practice while also acknowledging that luxury and CSR can be considered conflicting concepts. This mixed picture underscores the need for further investigations. The current study aims to illuminate CSR in the luxury context by examining business model development and financial performance. In particular, we conducted an in-depth longitudinal and qualitative analysis of a leading luxu…