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04
May
2021

Does Ethnicity Matters in Capital Structure Decision in Family Firms? Overview of Agency Theory

Journal of Southeast Asian Research
Drawing on the evidence indicating that prominent features of Asian companies are notably the concentrated ownership with extensive family ownership and dominance of controlling shareholders controlled by two main ethnic groups in Malaysia, namely the Chinese and the Malays, this study attempts to investigate the…
16
Apr
2021

Understanding the Role of Local Tourist Actors as Online Destination Promoters: The “Terras de Trás-os-Montes” Case

Journal of Marketing Research and Case Studies
Local communities are taking an increasingly major role in communicating a destination in terms of contact with tourists. Based on the assumption that tourist entities and agents are part of this community, it can be assumed that it is necessary for the territorial marketing regulators…
15
Apr
2021

Effects of Gender and Performance: the Spanish Firms and the Economy for the Common Good

IBIMA Business Review
Firm performance has traditionally been evaluated on the basis of financial results; if a company achieved a profit or managed to increase profit levels, this was believed to indicate that it was doing well. However, it is now considered advisable to focus not only on…
15
Apr
2021

The Pivotal Position of the Citizen in The Concept of Territorial Governance

Journal of North African Research in Business
The aim of this research is to examine how local authorities, and more particularly municipalities, should focus on the local population in order to develop their territorial strategies. The study of governance falls within the scope of research on the transformation of local public action…
12
Apr
2021

The Influence of Indulgence and Long-Term Orientation on A Country’s Risk Aversion

Journal of Organizational Management Studies
This study explores the relationship between the Hofstede's cultural values of indulgence-restraint, long-term-short-term orientation, and risk aversion in 53 developed and developing countries. The author used linear multiple regression analysis, controlled for the countries' per capita income, and religiosity secondary data from multiple sources to…
12
Apr
2021

The Role of Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology in E-Learning Adoption in Higher Education Institutions in the UAE

IBIMA Business Review
Electronic learning is fast becoming a crucial aspect of learning in higher institutions of learning. Just as in any other technology, there are important factors that affect users’ behavioural intention to adopt e-learning. The unified theory of acceptance and use of technology (UTAUT) identified performance…
09
Apr
2021

Database Encryption for Balance Between Performance and Security

Journal of Information Assurance & Cybersecurity
In an increasingly digital world, information security is a very recurring theme and a growing concern for companies. This involves the protection of data and confidential or non-confidential information of a company, which transit between all its sectors and between the organization and its stakeholders.…
08
Apr
2021

Strengthening the Quality of Service Oriented to Medical Tourists: A Strategy for The Sustainability of The Hotel Sector in Barraquilla

IBIMA Business Review
Medical tourism has shown a sustained increase in recent years in Colombia. As part of the DNA in the dynamics of the hotel sector, the quality of service is a fundamental aspect that determines how the medical tourist perceives his stay. Therefore, quality of service…
05
Apr
2021

Insecurity, Peace Journalism and National Development: Perspectives of Herdsmen-Farmers’ Conflict in Two Nigerian States

Journal of African Research in Business & Technology
This article examined media’s perspective on insecurity in Nigeria against the background of herdsmen and farmers conflict in Benue, State, North-central and Enugu States, Southeast Nigeria. With existing literature focusing more on causes and historical antecedents of the conflicts, the paper aggregates Peace Journalism as…
01
Apr
2021

Conflict Management Styles with Peers at Work: Gender and Levels of Education Differences

Journal of EU Research in Business
There is currently a growing need for workers, at different levels, to learn and develop new behaviors, namely regarding interpersonal relationships with co-workers. This article focuses on styles of handling interpersonal conflict between peers in an organizational context. In order to evaluate interpersonal conflict handling…