Master in Business administration

Digital technology can benefit the oil and gas sector by increasing hydrocarbon recovery, ensuring safety throughout the corporate ecosystem, and improving operational reliability. This study addresses the oil and gas supply chain digital transformation tendencies as well as the Norwegian petroleum refining company Equinor's initiatives. The main objective is to explore the opportunities for digitalisation in the oil and gas industry as well as the state of the industry's digital strategy more generally. The findings support the industry's major players continuing to invest in their collaborative ecosystem by partnering with their suppliers and start-ups and sharing with them a platform where data that can help them improve their economic position can easily be shared. It is recommended that they should develop a digital strategy roadmap, as in the case of Equinor, as a matter of priority. Supporting innovation and technology adoption through continued investment and the hiring of qualified experts is also of critical importance. It is also important to improve the digital skills of employees and spread a digital culture throughout the company so that they can protect themselves against future cyberattacks or other potential risks. On a global level, the successful implementation of a digital solution will reshape market dynamics (in terms of supply, demand, and investment) as well as the way energy networks are managed.

The word "e-commerce" means the buying and selling of goods, products, and services through the internet. Electronic commerce or internet commerce are other synonyms of e-commerce. These services were provided through the internet network. In this paper, I defined a new concept "e-commerce in Bangladesh" so that everyone can get an idea about everything about ecommerce in Bangladesh at a glance and also focused on six aspects to analyze and study the problems related, such as definition, emerge, growth, current activities, activities, challenges & policy Required. All issues have been analyzed in terms of e-commerce in Bangladesh. First, we analyzed the basic content, characteristics, activities of e-commerce. Second, we discussed the objective & methodology and a clear concept of e-commerce. Third, we gave out the emergence and history. Forth, we analyzed and gave out the growth & present Status. Fifth, we analyzed the current activities & Bangladesh's top E-commerce platforms and their traffic. And finally, we discussed some challenges & policies required for E-commerce in Bangladesh. The article includes a literature review on the idea of ecommerce as well as secondary data analysis on e-commerce in Bangladesh.

Ekonomi kuramında fiyat; kaynakları yönlendirici, iş adamlarını bir alandan başka bir alana çekici ve tüketicilere fayda maksimizasyonu sağlamada yol gösterici bir değişken olarak tanımlanır. Bundan ötürü, bir ekonominin kusurlu olup olmadığına fiyatlara bakılarak karar verilir. Teorik olarak, tam rekabet koşullarında işletmeler fiyatlara müdahale edemezler. Piyasada oluşan fiyatı kabullenmek zorundadırlar. Tekelci piyasa yapısında ise, işletme fiyat talep ilişkisine dayanarak kendisine en yüksek faydayı sağlayacak fiyatı uygular. Oligopol Pazar yapılarında fiyat kararları bir oyun niteliğini taşır.

Nestes últimos 50 anos o pensamento econômico tem conquistado um enorme espaço nas ciências humanas e os economistas brasileiros tornaram-se atores políticos de primeira grandeza, tendo participado das decisões mais importantes do Estado brasileiro. Porém, nem sempre eles registraram suas idéias ou revelaram em artigos e livros seu pensamento mais íntimo e os mecanismos do poder econômico. Recentemente foram realizadas entrevistas, que têm iluminado ângulos obscuros dessa ação teórica e prática e vem trazendo a baila as polêmicas e as dúvidas dos economistas brasileiros. O objetivo deste trabalho é analisar os depoimentos dos principais economistas brasileiros contidas das duas séries de entrevistas de Rego, aprofundar suas idéias e demarcar suas diferenças sobre as questões mais importantes da história do pensamento econômico brasileiro.

In spite of being one of the fastest growing economies of the world, and having taken steps to improve the country's health status after independence, India still has a long way to go. The healthcare system is challenging in India, particularly because of huge population size, economic and social factors coupled with the rising burden of both communicable and noncommunicable diseases. Capital and technology perhaps are the most necessary conditions for achieving health gains, but experience in many countries confirms that they are not sufficient.

The Masters in Business Administration (MBA) programme is a global educational qualification with different forms of values for individuals and organisations and varying degrees of attractions from persons and companies in developed and developing countries. Therefore, many factors motivate individuals and organizations to choose MBA programmes. This research utilised a survey research method, with a research instrument developed from relevant extant literature, to isolate the major factors determining students' choice behaviour towards MBA programmes in the Nigerian university system. The research reports that the major factors determining students' choice behavior towards MBA programs include quality-related, information-related, and convenience-related factors. The limitations associated with the research relate to its cross-sectional nature, in addition to the usual limitations associated with the survey research method used in this research. In addition, the combination of MBA students from both private and government-owned universities is likely to pose some limitations. Also, focusing on students from only one country (Nigeria) presents external validity limitations. The research has practical implications for 2022 Vol.5 Num. 1 xx-xxx PALABRAS CLAVE comportamiento del consumidor, MBA, educación empresarial y gerencial, estudiantes, Nigeria.

Higher education confers numerous benefits both to the individual and to society, including higher earnings, lower rates of unemployment and government dependency, an increased tax base, and greater civic engagement. Access to higher education remains a challenge for many families. The emergence of Industry 4.0 will not only affect technological changes but also people in the labour market. As such, higher education institutions with academic responsibilities of formally training students to better adapt to such changes are not left out. Since the introduction of the Master of Business Administration (MBA) in the United States of America in 1908 and over one hundred years of history, this prestigious programme has suffered a rapid decline in enrolments worldwide. Thus, it has gradually lost its value under the current industrial revolution. This paper evaluates and prioritizes barriers affecting the decline in international MBA enrolments. Understanding the key barriers to MBA enrolments regarding the dynamics will contribute to the successful implementation of those barriers. With scarce information, this study innovatively applies the grey incidence analysis (GIA) method to prioritizing the identified barriers. When applied, this method provided a robust prediction of results. For international MBA enrolments decline, the barrier ''employment difficulties'' (H3) should receive much attention from policymakers because it scored the highest among the barriers ranked. Further, other important barriers that should be considered are ''lack of entrepreneurship skills'' (H11), ''high cost'' (H10), ''longer payback duration'' (H1), ''10 yr. ROI'' (H9), and ''lack of data analytic skills'' (H7). Therefore, during the formulation and implementation of policy to address these prioritized barriers, scarce resources must be committed to them. This paper also contributes to the literature a first-hand, formal study on the prioritization of barriers to international MBA enrolments. INDEX TERMS Grey incidence analysis, higher education, MBA enrolment, MBA barriers prioritization. I. INTRODUCTION Research has shown that the inception of the Fourth Industrial Revolution (Industry 4.0), which is characterized by the internet of things (IoT), internet of service, cyber-physical systems, big data, smart systems and analytics, artificial intelligence (AI), and robotics and cloud manufacturing, has had an unprecedented global impact across all industries [1]. Unlike the previous three industrial revolutions (Industry 1.0, Industry 2.0, and Industry 3.0) [2], although the synergistic The associate editor coordinating the review of this manuscript and approving it for publication was Dongxiao Yu .

Background: Hazardous materials have become a popular home item in many developing countries over the last few decades. It has become a huge global health problem due to their simple availability, marketing, accessibility, and lack of knowledge. According to current statistics, unintentional and domestic poisoning is the 13th biggest cause of mortality in India. This was the first KAP study done among South Indian populations regarding household poisoning. Objective: The study was carried out to assess knowledge, attitude, practices towards household poisoning in South Indian Population. Materials and methods: A Cross Sectional Observational Survey (online) was done through selfadministered questionnaire consist of 27 questions. Data analysis was done using Descriptive analysis. Result: On an overall comparison among South Indian population regarding knowledge, attitude and practice, Andhra Pradesh has the highest percentage of knowledge (74%) and Kerala has the least percentage regarding knowledge (62.8%). Kerala has the highest level of good attitude (100%) and practice (80.5%) whereas Telangana has the lowest percentage in attitude (29.1%) and Andhra Pradesh was found to have the least percentage on practice (44.8%) regarding the household poisoning. Discussion: As evidenced by this study, there has been a rise in knowledge and created a positive attitude towards household poisoning. The findings may also help to identify that many were aware of the probable poisonous situations but were hesitant to practice safety precautions. Conclusion: In conclusion, people in South India needs more awareness on the household poisons, the poisonous circumstances and the management for such emergency situations.

This study addressed the causal association of entrepreneurial performance as predicted by entrepreneurial skills and innovative behavior. Respondents of this research comprised 205 business graduate students from colleges and universities in SOCSARGEN Region in the Philippines. In a quantitative design and through purposive sampling,
survey questionnaires were adopted, validated, and utilized. The researcher used the mean and multiple regression as tools in analyzing the data. Findings revealed that business graduate students’ entrepreneurial skills, innovative behavior, and entrepreneurial performance were high. This means that business graduate students possessed entrepreneurial skills, innovative behavior was evident, and a very satisfactory entrepreneurial performance. On the individual capacity, entrepreneurial skills did not significantly influence business performance while innovative behavior significantly influenced entrepreneurial performance.

In questo lavoro, ci introdurremo all’interno di alcuni concetti fondamentali del marketing, attraverso l’esame dei ruoli che i responsabili di questa funzione svolgono nelle loro attività quotidiane. Compito del marketing è assicurare la massima convergenza possibile tra ciò che l’organizzazione fa e i bisogni e le preferenze dei suoi clienti. Per avere successo, chi svolge questa attività deve offrire ai clienti ciò che essi desiderano acquistare, a un prezzo congruente con il suo valore. Il concetto base di gestione delle transazioni, così come constateremo in questo nostro elaborato, introduce quel principio che nel marketing è il più inderogabile di tutti: la centralità del cliente. Al centro dell’interesse del marketing e fulcro di qualsiasi decisione è pertanto il cliente con le sue necessità.
In merito alle tematiche del marketing, inoltre, numerosi sono i testi che si possono annoverare tra i riferimenti bibliografici nazionali e internazionali. Molti dei manuali disponibili approfondiscono gli argomenti alla base della disciplina con dovizia di particolari, dal punto di vista sia teorico sia empirico. Il loro studio o la loro semplice lettura sono di indubbia utilità e profitto per tutti coloro che già si occupano di marketing, in azienda e nel mondo accademico.
Tuttavia pochi autori si sono presi cura dei neofiti, che esprimono il bisogno di avvicinarsi alla materia attraverso strumenti agili, ma che coniughino nel contempo teoria e pratica, che necessitano di testi snelli e amichevoli per facilitare la loro preparazione di base, oggetto di questo nostro elaborato.

In this paper, we will introduce ourselves within some of the fundamental concepts of marketing through an examination of the roles that those responsible for this function play in their daily activities. Marketing's task is to ensure the greatest possible convergence between what the organization does and the needs and preferences of its customers. To be successful, those who perform this activity must offer customers what they want to buy, at a price congruent with its value. The basic concept of transaction management, as we shall ascertain in this paper of ours, introduces that principle which in marketing is the most inescapable of all: the centrality of the customer. At the center of marketing interest and the focus of any decision is therefore the customer with his needs.
On marketing issues, moreover, there are numerous texts that can be counted among the national and international bibliographical references. Many of the available handbooks delve into the topics underlying the discipline in great detail, from both theoretical and empirical perspectives. Their study or simple reading is of undoubted utility and profit to all those already involved in marketing, in business and academia.
However, few authors have taken care of the neophytes, who express the need to approach the subject through agile tools, but at the same time combining theory and practice, who need lean and friendly texts to facilitate their basic preparation, the subject of our paper.

Teknolojik gelişmeler neticesinde internet kullanımının yaygınlaşması ile tüketiciler mal ve hizmetlerle ilgili anlık verilere kolayca ulaşabilmekte ve alternatifler arasında kıyaslama yapabilmektedir. Aynı zamanda veri teknolojileri sayesinde işletmeler de tüketicilerin mevcut konumları, inceledikleri ürünler, hangi fiyattan hangi ürünleri aldıkları, sosyal medya üzerinde yapmış oldukları fiyat yorumları gibi bilgilere kolaylıkla erişebilmektedirler. Bu değişken ve rekabetçi ortamda, özellikle değişimlerden hızlı etkilenen turizm sektöründe dinamik fiyatlandırma arz ve talebi bütün düzeylerde dengede tutmak için oldukça etkili bir fiyatlandırma stratejisidir. Dinamik fiyatlandırma stratejisi ile işletmeler belirli periyodlar içinde fiyatlarını değiştirebilmekte ve böylece tüketicilerin değer algılarını etkileyerek kendilerini sürekli takip etmelerini sağlayabilmektedirler. Bu çalışmada, dinamik fiyatlandırma yapan tatil rezervasyon sitelerinin tercih edilmesinde marka bilinirliği ve marka güveninin etkisinin belirlenmesi amaçlanmıştır. Bu amaçla internet ortamında 433 tüketiciye anket uygulanmış ve marka bilinirliğinin fiyat adaleti, fiyat bilinci faktörleri üzerinde etkili olduğu; fakat fiyata güven ve tekrar satın alma faktörleri üzerinde etkisinin olmadığı görülmüştür. Bunun yanı sıra tatil rezervasyon sitelerinin tercih edilmesinde marka güveni ölçeğine ait faktörlerden inandırıcılık faktörünün diğer faktörlerden daha etkili olduğu sonucu ortaya çıkmıştır.

Resumo : Este estudo tem por objetivo evidenciar as ações sociais de doze (12) empresas gaúchas através da demonstração do Balanço Social. Destaca-se a relevância desse assunto, não só no Rio Grande do Sul, como também em outros Estados e países, pois, a Responsabilidade Social surgiu de vários contextos de estudos de diferentes países e costumes. A revisão teórica que orienta o estudo está embasada numa visão histórica e atual do que é Responsabilidade Social e como ela evoluiu em seu contexto geral no campo organizacional. Define-se Responsabilidade Social de uma empresa quando, de forma voluntária, ela adota posturas, comportamentos e ações que promovam o bem-estar de todos os envolvidos, sendo público interno (colaboradores, acionistas e diretores) ou externo (clientes, vizinhos, parceiros, etc.), que são os chamados stakeholders. Já a Contabilidade, em seu contexto geral, é tratada como algo imposto pelo Governo, refletindo apenas as informações financeiras, econômicas e patrim...

The study examined role of Mergers and Acquisitions in Growth of Deposit Money Banks in South East, Nigeria. The research objectives included: ascertain the extent merger and acquisition affects the profitability of deposit money banks in South East Nigeria, examine the degree to which merger and acquisition affects expansion of goal attainment of deposit money banks in South East Nigeria and assess the extent merger and acquisition affects customer quality service of deposit money banks in South East Nigeria. The population of the study comprises 13498 staff of selected commercial banks in the entire South East. However, the Trek formula was used in determining the sample size of the research study which was 375. The study used statistical tools such as descriptive statistics and simple frequency analysis in testing the statements on the questionnaire and all the hypotheses were tested using model summary, analysis of variance (ANOVA) and co-efficient table in testing the research hypotheses. The research work made the following findings; the study revealed that merger and acquisition has significant influence on deposit money banks profitability in South East Nigeria (M&A; β =0.322; t=7.027; p<0.01), that merger and acquisition has significant influence on deposit money banks expansion goal attainment in South East Nigeria  (M&A; β =0.388; t=8.542; p<0.01) and that merger and acquisition has significant effect on deposit money banks customer quality service in South East Nigeria  (M&A; β =0.362; t=5.965; p<0.01). The research recommendations were: banks under merger and acquisition should minimize their gross profit margin for the improvement of financial performance and efficiency of the bank. Banks can work towards a synergy-based merger plan that could take shape with minimization of technology-related expenditure as a goal.

Nhà xuất bản: Đại học Quốc gia Hà Nội Năm xuất bản: 2008 Nơi xuất bản: Hà Nội Khổ sách: 16 x 24 cm Số trang: 245 Giáo trình Kế toán quản trị được biên soạn nhằm trang bị các kiến thức cần thiết cho các nhà quản trị doanh nghiệp tương lai. Nội dung quan trọng của giáo trình xoay quanh các vấn đề về quản lý chi phí của doanh nghiệp, như: các phương pháp phân loại chi phí, xác định chi phí, phân bổ chi phí, phân tích chi phí, dự đoán chi phí… Ngoài ra, giáo trình còn đề cập đến các phương pháp xác định giá bán sản phẩm, dịch vụ; phương pháp xử lý thông tin để đưa ra các quyết định kinh doanh ngắn hạn và các quyết định đầu tư dài hạn. Nền kinh tế thị trường của Việt Nam đang bước vào thời kỳ hội nhập toàn diện với nền kinh tế thế giới, vấn đề quản trị doanh nghiệp trong cơ chế mới này càng trở nên quan trọng hơn bao giờ hết. Trong lĩnh vực quản trị doanh nghiệp, người quản lý phải biết phối hợp, tổ chức các hoạt động kinh doanh; kiểm soát mọi hoạt động trong doanh nghiệp; phân tích, đánh giá và ra quyết định nhằm chỉ đạo và hướng dẫn doanh nghiệp hoạt động đạt hiệu quả kinh tế cao nhất. Giáo trình này là tài liệu quan trọng cho sinh viên hệ đào tạo cử nhân và cao học ngành Quản trị Kinh doanh nghiên cứu về quản trị doanh nghiệp. Có thể tham khảo sách tại Phòng Tư liệu của Trường Đại học Kinh tế-Đại học Quốc gia Hà Nội.

The role of higher education in producing graduates who can transform the nation cannot be overemphasised. As such, one must look for ways to ensure that the higher education received is of good quality and of an enviable standard. One of the means to ensure this is to look within the university administration for organisational effectiveness. The onus then lies on those at the centre of making important decisions for the university to do so using good techniques with the aim of creating the best environment for imparting knowledge and skills to students. To this end, it becomes a necessity to search out means to achieve organisational effectiveness in Nigerian universities. This paper will thus provide an introduction that gives a better understanding of the subject matter in detail of its components. A suitable literature review of the various opinions of scholars on this topic will be examined. The series of challenges militating against the subject matter such as lack of funding...

In mid-February 2020 New Zealand released its long overdue 'Countering terrorism and violent extremism national strategy. ' This article draws on the experience of three academic commentators who cast a critical eye over the document and whose respective thoughts are brought together here. The approach taken is to discuss the purpose and fundamentals of what strategy is to provide a framework with which to review New Zealand's first publicly released counter-terrorism strategy. Unfortunately, this important and long overdue strategy, in the view of the authors, comes up well short of what it should be. The authors offer a challenge to New Zealand's policy makers concerned with national security to seek more depth in the consideration of their approach, to present a strategy with less graphic design, more substantial discussion of the fundamental questions relating to the management of modern terrorism and violent extremism, and an appreciation of the nuanced New Zealand experience with political violence from late twentieth century to the present day.

Paralleling the business community, business schools increasingly face pressure from their various stakeholders to address sustainability issues. While sustainability can be delivered as a stand-alone business course, we assert that sustainability topics are a natural fit for the core operations and supply chain management course. Our experience in designing curricula for MBA programs reveals how many traditional and emerging topics in the field offer a natural context in which to address sustainability issues. With the evolution of Operations Management concepts toward systems frameworks such as lean, closed loop supply chains, supplier scorecards, and synergistic networks of production, there is a progression toward including social and environmental perspectives. While many academics know these concepts, they struggle to integrate the sustainability perspective in the classroom. This paper attempts to fill this gap by providing ideas, cases, and article suggestions that are applicable to the core operations and supply chain management classes in an MBA curriculum.

Kerala has attained appreciably good health status compared to other States in India. This remarkable achievement in health in spite of its fiscal hardships has motivated many researchers to think about the unique "Kerala Model of Health' 'competing to other developed countries. The uniqueness of Kerala model is health at low cost, universal accessibility and availability to all segments of society. India's Niti Aayog published the second report 'Healthy States, Progressive India', on June 25, 2019 which rates the performance of states on the basis of 23 health parameters crucial to meeting the Sustainable Development Goals, has provided a miserable picture. Kerala has emerged as the top ranking state in terms of overall health performance, while Uttar Pradesh and Bihar were ranked the two worst performers. The dismal facts came the national health care is its comparison of base years of 2015-2016 to the reference year2017-2018. This comparison showed that Haryana, Rajasthan and Jharkhand, which do not have a good overall, score but improved the most. When Kerala, which topped the index, has not performed as good as it did two years ago. The incremental score of Kerala is negative and bags 16th positions among the Indian states. State's health scenario is slowly drifting towards the decay of public health system. High rate of dependency on private hospitals even smallest of health issues, deterioration in key public health intervention such as availability and accessibility of accredited community and primary health centres, ASHA volunteers, palliative care etc. highlights to revisit the health care governance. The committee of the state's health policy laid emphasis on strengthening the primary health sector of the State which would play a pivotal role in the need for strengthening disease surveillance at the grass root level to prevent the spreading of epidemics. The policy again envisages publicly funded health care system and states direct involvement in financial support to ensure the accessibility of health care also. This paper discusses the need of bringing in inevitable reformations in the public health care governance of Kerala.

The Out Patient Department (OPD) Services is one of the most important aspects of Hospital Administration. The main objective of the present research is to analyze the satisfaction of Outpatients with respect to the actions and care of medical, nursing and caring workers and identify the relationship between the patient&#39;s attitude and the level of satisfaction towards the various facilities available in the hospital.The study sample constitutes 100 respondents from the outpatient department. Data collected by administering questionnaire. The results of the study indicate that most of the respondents 90% questioned were pleased with the services they provided. These interviews lead to the evaluation of health services from the point of view of the patient,facilitate the identification of problematic areas and help generate ideas towards resolving these problems. Enhancing contact between patients and healthcare providers is the main factor impacting the overall satisfaction of pa...

Objective -Based on the theory of planned behaviour, this study empirically investigated and significantly validated the relationship among hedonistic buying orientation, utilitarian buying orientation, pro-environmental orientation. and willingness to patronise green hotels. Methodology/Technique -This quantitative study used the survey technique in data collection among hotel customers. 208 online surveys were gathered for data analysis. Sem-pls was used to analyse the hypothesised objectives. Findings -The findings indicated that pro-environmental values, hedonistic buying orientation and utilitarian buying orientation all have a positive and significant relationship with their willingness to patronise green hotels. Novelty -The value of this study lies in the novel use of consumer buying orientation as a predictive factor of consumers' willingness to patronise green hotels, and to the best of the authors knowledge, it is among the first to empirically test such relationship. This study is useful to key stakeholders in the hospitality sector and managers of hotels to understand consumers pro-environmental patronage.

In spite of being one of the fastest growing economies of the world, and having taken steps to improve the country's health status after independence, India still has a long way to go. The healthcare system is challenging in India, particularly because of huge population size, economic and social factors coupled with the rising burden of both communicable and noncommunicable diseases. Capital and technology perhaps are the most necessary conditions for achieving health gains, but experience in many countries confirms that they are not sufficient.

The purpose of this research is to identify and examine the factors that contribute to bank switching intentions of e-banking customers and whether these intentions differ according to demographic characteristics (age, gender, education, marital status and income levels) of customers. Regression results suggested that customer dissatisfaction, low service quality, high price, unfavorable bank reputation, limited product variety and involuntary switching factors were positively related to customers&#39; bank switching intentions in e-banking. On the other hand, promotion efforts were negatively related to customers&#39; switching intentions. In addition to this, bank switching intentions were revealed to be differing according to education levels. Bank switching intentions of well-educated customers were tend to be higher, while age, gender, marital status and income level didn&#39;t make a difference on intentions. Based on the empirical results of current study, we will provide sev...

The purpose of this study is to explore factors that reinforce or obstruct business schools in Pakistan to develop managerial knowledge, skills and work-based learning experiences of MBA students. The study is prompted by growing debates about insufficiencies in business schools to prepare MBA graduates based on managerial capital needs in the regional markets. To understand the reasons of insufficiencies from business school's viewpoint, this study employs qualitative interviews to explore factors that reinforce or obstruct business schools. Deans, faculty members and administrators of five different business schools in Hyderabad, Pakistan participated in this study. Responses of the participants are transcribed into verbatim reports and description of findings is structured in SWOT analysis format. Findings show sixteen different factors, comprising of four strengths, seven weaknesses, three opportunities, and two threats. There are more number of weaknesses of business schools to develop MBA students. However, business schools have some strengths and opportunities which they may utilize and improve. Radical changes would strive from the higher education authority. Conceptual framework presented in this study recommends that higher education authority may lead the change, cooperate between business schools and stakeholders, and support business schools to develop future managers and leaders through MBA programs.

Executive MBA programs have grown in popularity in the United States as well as in many other countries. These programs accept students from a broad range of professional backgrounds: corporate executives, entrepreneurs, physicians, nurses, accountants and engineers to name a few. These individuals also come from many sectors and organizations: the public sector, the private sector, for profit organizations, non-profit organizations, and more. Given the diversity of backgrounds and work experience of these individuals, it is a difficult task ensuring minimum business skill levels necessary to be successful in an EMBA program. This paper will examine the results of using an “Accounting Boot-camp” to ensure a minimum level of financial accounting proficiency in an EMBA program. Introduction Executive Masters of Business Administration degrees (EMBAs) have grown in popularity throughout the world. A 2007 survey by the EMBA Council reported that the average number of applicants per prog...

The objective of this paper is to identify the factors related to students' satisfaction, measure students' overall satisfaction from the postgraduate courses offered at the University of the Aegean Business School in Chios and suggest ways for its improvement. The research has demonstrated that the majority of the students who choose to pursue their studies at postgraduate level do so in order to improve their chances of entering the job market. The "Structure, organization and content of the program of studies (Syllabus)" and the "Quality of the teaching staff" emerge as the most important factors related to students' satisfaction. However, the evaluation, for the courses under study, of all the factors related to student's satisfaction is relatively low and the same may be said for the overall weighted students' satisfaction. Finally, the most satisfied students seem to be the permanent residents of the island of Chios, where the School is located, as well as students at an older age.

This paper describes some aspects overall of IT demand management, a key process in the IT governance, which has not been taken into account in companies and now has a very relevant importance in the IT business. The goal the paper is to describe the problems that have CIOs and IT departments to fulfill his delivery of products/services in the term and established budget and to achieve the success in the business. There are described the importance of demand management, types of the demand, the life cycle of demand, as well as levéis of maturity of demand in business.

This paper describes some aspects overall of IT demand management, a key process in the IT governance, which has not been taken into account in companies and now has a very relevant importance in the IT business. The goal the paper is to describe the problems that have CIOs and IT departments to fulfill his delivery of products/services in the term and established budget and to achieve the success in the business. There are described the importance of demand management, types of the demand, the life cycle of demand, as well as levéis of maturity of demand in business.

The Out Patient Department (OPD) Services is one of the most important aspects of Hospital Administration. The main objective of the present research is to analyze the satisfaction of Outpatients with respect to the actions and care of medical, nursing and caring workers and identify the relationship between the patient's attitude and the level of satisfaction towards the various facilities available in the hospital.The study sample constitutes 100 respondents from the outpatient department. Data collected by administering questionnaire. The results of the study indicate that most of the respondents 90% questioned were pleased with the services they provided. These interviews lead to the evaluation of health services from the point of view of the patient, facilitate the identification of problematic areas and help generate ideas towards resolving these problems. Enhancing contact between patients and healthcare providers is the main factor impacting the overall satisfaction of patients. Reducing the time needed to complete services, improving the overall cleanliness of facilities, improving nursing services and increasing the availability of medicines at the pharmacy, reduction of waiting time for laboratory reports etc. are important factors to consider and collectively, these can significantly increase the loyalty of patients.

Las pequeñas y medianas empresas son generadoras de empleo, contribuyen a la riqueza económica y constituyen una parte importante de las unidades económicas  que integran  las naciones. Sin embargo, estas carecen recursos financieros: para capacitar su personal, gestionar sus procesos productivos y comerciales,  acceder a nuevas tecnologías o incluso para innovar, entre otras limitaciones. Ante las nuevas tecnologías que  acompañan a la Industria 4.0, estas empresas deben adaptarse al cambio generando estrategias que les permitan superar sus propias  barreras y  adoptar, en lo posible,  el  modelo de  la fábrica inteligente.
Para lograr este objetivo se procedió a hacer una revisión y una síntesis de tipo teórico-documental de lo que se ha publicado a este respecto. Se encontró que la digitalización de los productos y servicios  implica adoptar las herramientas y los procesos de la fábrica inteligente: se trata de hacer más eficiente y flexible los sistemas de producción, logística, administración y comercialización a partir de la automatización y de integrar y coordinar  redes  virtuales tiempo real.

Health and education are among the basic capabilities that adds value to the human life. Good health of the citizens is a fundamental driver for economic growth and development of any country. India's healthcare system is challenging, primarily because of its huge population size, economic and social factors coupled with the increasing burden of both communicable and non communicable diseases. While there has been significant improvement in some of the major health indicators over the last two decades, our pace of progress has been inadequate as a nation. Public hospitals are heavily utilized by lower income groups of the society, up to more than 90 percent in case of free patients. Recent times have seen the emergence of private entities, bringing in more competition in the sector. The purpose of this study is to find out whether there are any significant perception gaps in utilization of services by patients and their family members in government and private hospitals of West Bengal. It also aims to determine the factors that are significant with patient satisfaction and identifies the challenges that impact on satisfactory service delivery in the healthcare facilities. Significant differences were found to exist in the perception and utilization of services in both types of facilities. Good patient services, information about patient's treatment and care, doctor's care and attention were found to be significant with patient satisfaction.

El salario emocional y la flexibilidad laboral podrían resultar siendo variables contrarias, por un lado el salario emocional supone bienestar para los colaboradores, mientras que la flexibilidad laboral es utilizada tradicionalmente como una herramienta para que la organización sea más competitiva, inclusive a costa del bienestar de sus trabajadores. En el presente ensayo se afirma que la flexibilidad laboral sirve como un factor eficiente a incluir en el salario emocional de los colaboradores. Se aborda la definición e importancia del salario emocional, la definición y la tipología de la flexibilidad laboral, se establece la compatibilidad entre flexibilidad laboral y salario emocional, para finalizar con las acciones

The importance of an MBA in family business management is that it encourages the entrepreneurial spirit and the advancement of best family business management practices. It includes addressing continuity of operation, succession planning, review of opportunities and setbacks, governance, committees, taxation, and financing. A good programme should provide a sound theory-practice balance which helps students to apply knowledge in practical ways.

Tez çalışmasında iki senaryo çerçevesinde iki katılımcı grubu karşılaştırılmaktadır.
1.numaralı senaryoda katılımcılar aynı uçak biletini 50 TL. satın almakta, daha sonra diğer
bireylerin aynı uçak biletini 100 TL’ye satın aldıklarını öğrenmekte ve düşük fiyat ödeme
başarısını kendi kişisel özelliklerine atfetmektedir. Diğer 2.numaralı senaryoda katılımcılar aynı
uçak biletini 100 TL’ye satın almakta, daha sonra diğer bireylerin aynı uçak biletini 50 TL’ye
satın aldıklarını öğrenmekte ve ödedikleri yüksek fiyat sorumluluğunu ve/ veya suçunu
havayolu işletmesine atfetmektedir. Araştırmanın amacı, iki senaryo kapsamında dinamik
fiyatlandırma sonucu meydana gelen fiyat farklılıklarının katılımcılardaki etkilerini belirlemek
ve hangi etkilerin tekrar satın alma niyetini pozitif, hangi etkilerin tekrar satın alma niyetini
negatif etkilediğini ortaya koymaktır. Bireylerin senaryolar çerçevesinde düşük fiyatı (başarı)
ve yüksek fiyatı (sorumluluk ve/ veya suçlama) atfetmeleri, bu atfetme durumlarının havayolu
işletmelerinin güncel ve gelecekteki satış cirolarını etkileyip etkilemediği ve işletmelerin satış
rakamlarını nasıl-neden etkilediği tezin önemli bir boyutunu meydana getirmektedir. Dinamik
fiyatlandırma etkilerinin araştırılmasında nicel, tanımlayıcı ve kesitsel yöntemin ilişkisel tarama
modeli kullanılmıştır. Çok Değişkenli MANCOVA ve Discriminant ile hipotezler test edilmiştir.
Yapılan analizler sonucunda dinamik fiyatlandırma yönteminin (düşük fiyat/ yüksek fiyat)
bağımlı değişkenleri (fiyat bilinci, algılanan fiyat adaleti, prosedüre dayalı fiyat adaleti, atfetme,
tekrar satın alma niyetleri) değiştirdiği ve bu farklılaşmanın atfetme sonucu iki ayrı katılımcı
grubunun tekrar satın alma niyetlerini değiştirdiği % 93,1 güvenle tespit edilmiştir. Bağımlı
değişkenlerin atfetme sonucu değişmesi, aynı uçak biletini düşük fiyata satın alan katılımcıların
fiyatı adil bulmalarını ve tekrar satın alma niyetlerinin pozitif etkilenmesini sağlamıştır.Diğer
yandan aynı uçak biletini yüksek fiyata satın alan katılımcıların fiyatı adil bulmamalarına ve
tekrar satın alma niyetlerinin negatif etkilenmesine yol açmıştır. Tüm bulgular genel olarak
değerlendirildiğinde, insanların aynı uçak biletinin geç tarihte yüksek fiyata satılmasını atfetme
sonucu adaletsizlik olarak gördükleri, havayolu işletmesindeki fiyat haksızlığının tekrar
edeceğine inandıkları, bu fiyat haksızlığının devamlı olacağı inancının ise havayolu
işletmelerinin kazançlarını şimdi ve gelecekte negatif etkileyebileceği varsayılmaktadır.
Anahtar Kelimeler: Havayolu İşletmeleri, Dinamik Fiyatlandırma, Fiyat Adaleti, Atfetme
Teorisi, Tekrar Satın Alma Niyetleri.

Two groups of participants have been compared according to two scenarios within this
thesis study. In the 1st scenario, participants purchased the flight ticket for 50 TL and then they
came to learn that the other individuals have purchased the same ticket for 100 TL and have
attributed the achievement of paying a lower price to their personal characteristics. In the 2nd
scenario, the participants purchased the same flight ticket for 100 TL then they came to learn
that the other individuals have purchased the very flight ticket for 50 TL and have attributed the
high price responsibility and/or blame for the high rate they paid to the airlines. The objective
of this study is to determine the effects of price differences resulting from dynamic pricing in
the two scenarios on the participants and to identify which impacts on the purchase intention
were positive, and which effects had negative impacts on the purchase intention. Within the
framework of these two scenarios, the fact that individuals attributed low rate (success) and
high rate (responsibility and/or blame) whether these attribution statuses affect the current
and future sales turnover of airline companies and how and why they would affect the sales
figures compromise significant dimension of the thesis. The relational scanning model of the
quantitative, descriptive and cross-sectional methods has been adopted to investigate the
dynamic pricing impacts. Hypotheses were tested with the Multivariate MANCOVA and
Discriminant. In result of the conducted analyzes, it has been found that dynamic pricing
method (low rate /high rate) changed dependent variables (price awareness, perceived price
justice, procedure-based price justice, attribution, repurchase intentions) and it has been
detected that this differentiation has changed purchasing intentions of two different groups of
participants at 93,1% of reliability. The change of the dependent variables in result of the
attribution has ensured that participants who purchased the same flight tickets at a low rate
considered the rate as fair and has affected their intention of repurchasing positively.On the
other hand, participants who purchased the same flight tickets at a higher rate caused them
consider the price as unfair and their purchase intentions were negatively affected. If we
generally assess all the findings, an assumption strikes that people consider the sales of the
same flight ticket is sold at a high rate at a late date as an unfair action and believe that the
inequality of the rates in the airline business will take place again, and that the unfairness of
such rates will be practiced permanently and they further believe that this could negatively
affect the airlines operations’ earnings now and in the future.
Keywords: Airline Operations, Dynamic Pricing, Price Justice, Theory of Attribution, Intention
of Re-Purchasing.

This study aims to review the MBA programs currently being offered by prominent Business Schools India from a Global perspective. The objective is to understand the global trends in business education and evaluate any gaps in the MBA programs being offered in India. A comparison is made between MBA programs of top 20 global business schools with those offered by the top 20 business schools in India. The selection of business schools was made on the basis of global ranking of Business Schools published by Financial Times. The findings of the study show that the MBA programs offered in India are aligned to the global expectations to a large extent, however, there is further scope for enhancement in some parameters like teaching pedagogy and student diversity.

Executive Summary E-valy has become the largest online and mobile commerce company in Bangladesh in just a few month and barely anyone expected it to be so successful. It has provided numerous business opportunities for small and medium enterprises to leverage the innovative technology to compete more efficiently domestically and globally. This study does not attempt to describe E-valy as a perfect business; rather it discuss the communication model, strategies for generate income, technology and ethics, and some important lessons that were carried out by E-valy to achieve success in this complex world of online trading. In this report, we examine a few key factors of E-valy's success such as its specific marketing strategies, various challenges, its strong branding image, superior customer value proposition, better shopping experience, huge sales volume and economies of scale.

La definición oficial proporcionada por el Instituto de Gestión de Proyectos (PMI, 2013) dice: La gestión de proyecto, entonces, es el uso del conocimiento, habilidades y técnicas para ejecutar proyectos de manera eficaz y eficiente. Se trata de una competencia estratégica para organizaciones, que les permite vincular los resultados de un proyecto con las metas comerciales para posicionarse mejor en el mercado. La definición oficial proporcionada por la Asociación para la Gestión de Proyectos (APM, 2013) dice: La gestión de proyecto se enfoca en controlar la introducción del cambio deseado. Esto implica:  comprender las necesidades de los grupos de interés  planificar qué se necesita hacer, cuándo, por quién y bajo qué estándares  crear y motivar al equipo  coordinar el trabajo de diferentes personas  monitorear el trabajo que se realiza  gestionar cualquier cambio del plan  alcanzar resultados satisfactorios. Ejemplos de otras definiciones típicas incluyen: los procesos de diseño e implementación necesarios para finalizar un proyecto a tiempo, dentro del costo y al nivel de desempeño requerido la organización, la planificación y el control de un proyecto requeridos para finalizar a tiempo, dentro del costo y al nivel de desempeño requerido.

Businesses of all scales should hire only those
specialists whose job makes a real value. This article argues the
role of a financial manager in a small business. My own business
experience shows that such companiescan be competitive
by means of assigning financial duties to another member of
staff instead of hiring a full-time financial specialist.

Internacional de Denver, conocido como DIA por sus siglas en inglés, el mayor en extensión de los Estados Unidos y el sexto en tráfico de pasajeros. ¿Qué intentaban conseguir? En 1991 el aeropuerto hizo un intento por remodelar y actualizar su penoso y lento sistema de facturación y traslado de equipaje. La idea consistía en colocar etiquetas de códigos de barras en cada maleta para que fueran transferidas en transportadores con carretillas automáticas (DVC, por sus siglas en inglés). Este sistema automatizaría el traslado de equipaje, integraría a las tres terminales y reduciría de forma notable el tiempo de asistencia en tierra de los aviones. ¿Por qué fracasaron? Sabemos que las cinco variables principales a las que se enfrentan todos los gestores de proyectos son: alcance, tiempo, coste, calidad y riesgo. Si tuviéramos que calificarlas en cinco casillas, el AID obtendría una enorme cruz roja en todas y cada una de ellas. Cuando el aeropuerto encargó a la empresa BAE Systems el desarrollo del sistema automatizado de manipulación de equipaje, pasaron completamente por alto los calendarios de entrega de BAE y se aferraron tozudamente a su irreal previsión de 2 años. El proyecto no estuvo a la altura de lo esperado y la dirección asumió una cantidad innecesaria de riesgos. Puede que la decisión que más les perjudicase fuera la de no incluir a las aerolíneas en las conversaciones de planificación. Al omitir a estos actores clave no se diseñaron adecuadamente, si es que se llegaron a diseñar, medios adecuados con los que manipular el equipaje de grandes dimensiones, soportes para equipamiento deportivo/de esquí y pistas de mantenimiento separadas. Hubo que rehacer gran parte de trabajos «completados», la apertura del aeropuerto se demoró 16 meses y se incurrieron en pérdidas de aproximadamente 2.000 millones de dólares. El proyecto en su conjunto fue descartado en 2005. Fracaso 2: El proyecto informático civil del Servicio Nacional de Salud del Reino Unido ¿Quién fracasó? El Servicio Nacional de Salud, (NHS, por sus siglas en inglés), el sistema de sanidad público de Inglaterra, el mayor y más antiguo del mundo. ¿Qué intentaban conseguir? El proyecto pretendía revolucionar el modo en que se utiliza la tecnología en el sector sanitario allanando el camino para los historiales electrónicos, el escaneado digital y los sistemas informáticos integrados en hospitales y centros