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Optimization of inventory cost control for SMEs in supply chain transformation: A case study and discussion

Xiaosong Zheng, Yilin Chen

With the continuous transformation of supply chains in various industries in China, the strategic landscape, industrial structure, industry rules, business models, and management logic have all changed dramatically, and the consumer market has become more demanding regarding pre-sales quality and after-sales service. Primarily for distribution companies whose primary business model is “buy and sell products and earn a profit margin,” the supply chain transformation has placed higher demands on…

DOI (& full text): doi.org/10.15240/tul/001/2024-5-002 more

A comparative analysis of multivariate approaches for data analysis in management sciences

Rizwan Raheem Ahmed, Dalia Streimikiene, Justas Streimikis, Indre Siksnelyte-Butkiene

The researchers use the SEM-based multivariate approach to analyze the data in different fields, including management sciences and economics. Partial least square structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) and covariance-based structural equation modeling (CB-SEM) are powerful data analysis techniques. This paper aims to compare both models, their efficiencies and deficiencies, methodologies, procedures, and how to employ the models. The outcomes of this paper exhibited that the PLS-SEM is a…

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The nexus of a regional competitiveness and economic resilience: The evidence-based on V4+4 NUTS 2 regions

Ondrej Svoboda, Lukas Melecky, Michaela Stanickova

Economies have always been prone to economic downturns, industry shocks, currency crises, and the current COVID-19 epidemic crises, destabilising a region’s economic growth trajectory and pattern. By re-establishing economic ties both inside and outside regions, regional economies that have been disturbed by a shock may transition to a new growth trajectory. We examined the idea of competitiveness and resilience in a regional development context to answer why one region is more susceptible to…

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The impact of environmental, social and governance policies on companies’ financial and economic performance: A comprehensive approach and new empirical evidence

Gratiela Georgiana Noja, Bianca Raluca Baditoiu, Alexandru Buglea, Valentin Partenie Munteanu, Diana Corina Gligor Cimpoieru

In the last decade, the use of integrated reports (IR) comprising information on non-financial indicators from the environment, social, and governance (ESG) category has increased in time. Companies are now focusing not only on financial reporting but are notably including non-financial issues in their public reports. In doing so, they seek to align activities with the expectations of their stakeholders and the society in which they operate, as well as with various regulations, which are…

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Educational attainment as a predictor of poverty and social exclusion: Empirical analysis of Serbian case

Marija Dzunic, Natasa Golubovic, Vesna Jankovic-Milic

This study examines the impact of education on the risk of poverty and social exclusion in a single-country framework. Relying on household and individual level data from the annual EU-SILC survey obtained in Serbia in 2020, we estimate the market and non-market benefits of education in the context of combating poverty and social exclusion in developing countries. Based on a representative sample of the adult population in Serbia, we explore to what extent the risk of poverty and social…

DOI (& full text): doi.org/10.15240/tul/001/2024-1-003 more