International Business

Companies have started using social media for screening applicants in the selection process. Thereby, they enter a low-cost source of information on applicants, which potentially allows them to hire the right person on the job and avoid irresponsible employee behaviour and negligent hiring lawsuits. However, a number of ethical issues are associated with this practice, which give rise to the question of the fairness of social media screening. This article aims to provide an assessment of the procedural justice of social media screening and to articulate recommendations for a fairer use of social media in the selection process. To achieve this, a systematic literature review of research articles pertaining to social media screening has been conducted. Thereby, the benefits and ethical issues relating to social media screening, as well as recommendations for its use have been extracted and discussed against Leventhal’s (1980) rules of procedural justice. It turns out that without clea...

Online grocery retailers are currently facing challenges due to COVID-19 pandemic. As previous research suggests, the e-grocery industry in Germany has been confronted with logistical problems and reluctant consumers even before the pandemic. The purpose of this paper is to determine new challenges that arise for retailers, especially the differences in challenges arising for pure online supermarkets and omnichannel supermarkets. Furthermore, the aim is to analyse the level of customer satisfaction concerning e-grocery services provided during the pandemic. The data was collected through social media research, using comments from customers on Facebook. To be able to compare pure online supermarkets with omnichannel supermarkets, one company from each field was chosen. As the omnichannel supermarket, one of the famous delivery services was selected and for the pure online supermarket, a fast growing small company was selected. Furthermore, to analyse the collected data, sentiment ana...

A field study was conducted at an Agricultural Research station, Azad University, Khorasgan, Isfahan, Iran, during 2006-2007 to evaluate the effect of irrigation regimes on grain yield components and grain yield of two wheat cultivars. In order to determine the most tolerant cultivar five drought tolerance indices comprising, adjusted based on grain yield under drought (Ys) and normal (Yp) conditions were used. A split plot layout with a randomized complete block design with four replications was used. Irrigation regimes (irrigation after 80 (I1), 100 (I2) and 120 (I3) mm cumulative evaporation from class A evaluation pan) were considered as the main plots and two wheat genotypes (M7318 and Line 4) as subplots. The (I1) and (I2) did not differ significantly for grain yield components, grain yield excepting total dry matter and peduncle length. Delay in irrigation from (I2) to (I3) significantly reduced grain yield components, grain yield and total dry matter. I2 has the maximum wate...

Lack of collateral and access to credit has been one of the reasons why the traditional banking institutions do not extend credit to the poor. This has led to the increment in the poverty level of these individuals. For this reason, MFIs came into existence to play the role of providing financial services to the poor. The requirement of no collateral increases the risk of default and information asymmetry. Thus, the joint liability group lending model was developed to curb this.

There have been debates on whether MFIs can provide services to the poor in a sustainable way and communicate the benefits of these services so as to reach those left out by the traditional banking institutions. Robinson (2001) stated that there is an absurd gap between the supply and demand for microfinance services. Among the economically active poor of the developing world, there is strong demand for small-scale commercial financial services for both credit and savings but the demands for these services are rarely met by the formal financial sector. One reason is that the demand is generally not perceived. Another is that many actors in the formal sector believe wrongly that microfinance cannot be profitable for banking institutions (Robinson 2001).

In this critique, we will be analyzing and evaluating the effectiveness of joint liability group lending in reducing information asymmetries and also looking at the relationship between the financial performance of MFIs and their outreach services to the poor in developing countries.

Imagine a world without the internet!!! Transportation, communication, awareness of world events, production of goods and services, socialization, education, payment systems, etc. have been made easy and more convenient for people leading to the sprung of a new world generally referred to as " a global village " by scholars and personalities in the scientific world. We have the television where we can instantly see what is happening all around the world. We have the cars, planes, trains, and other fast means of transportation where we can easily move from nations to nations, or from continents to continents within a short period of time. We have the smart phones where we can literally do almost anything possible.

The Startup Way is a business development model created by Eric Ries the founder and pioneer of Lean Startup. The idea of The Startup Way is to introduce a better suitable tool in which an organization both startups and existing businesses could utilize in introducing new management systems and also a cost effective means of introducing new products into the market by capitalizing on the already existing talents through employee empowerment.

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Readers would be wondering by now what this article is trying to communicate. Well I want to discuss one of the greatest innovators of our century and how much he is contributing to mankind. I have been fascinated by Elon for over 3 years now since the release of the world-famous Tesla Model X. In case you don't know, it's an electric vehicle with the Falcon Wing back doors. This man has contributed so much when it comes to innovation than we realize. Before I discuss about the latest breakout in the internet now, let's know some intriguing facts about Mr. Elon.

He is originally from South Africa He founded the most popular online payment platform; PayPal.
He is the founder and CEO of the worlds most popular sustainable car company; Tesla.
He founded and controls the disruptive space exploration company; Space X