Decisions in new businesses
Masome Tadris; Maghsoud Amiri; Hossein Rahmanseresht; Amir Useli
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Purpose: One of the major challenges facing performance appraisal based on the Balanced Scorecard approach is the lack of uniform integration and inference from understanding some of its indicators, which depend on the mental models of managers. Lack of proper understanding of organizational strategies ...
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Purpose: One of the major challenges facing performance appraisal based on the Balanced Scorecard approach is the lack of uniform integration and inference from understanding some of its indicators, which depend on the mental models of managers. Lack of proper understanding of organizational strategies and lack of common vision of these strategies is another challenge that must be minimized in order to properly implement this model. Therefore, the present study has tried to investigate the effect that decision makers' mental models have on performance appraisal indicators from the perspective of balanced scorecard and consequently on organizational performance, in order to create more development and enrichment in the scorecard model. Balanced in order to reduce the perceptual shortcomings and torsionality of some indicators in it, provided the possibility of better performance measurement in accordance with the mental models of evaluators and decision makers.Methodology: In this regard, the data required for the research were distributed and analyzed through two stage of pls software and it is a researcher-made questionnaire among the managers of the Refah Bank in Gilan province.Findings: The validity and reliability of the questionnaire were 0.895 and 0.603, respectively, and Cronbach’s alpha was 0.850. The results of this study indicate a strong and direct relationship between mental models and performance appraisal indicators from the perspective of a stable balanced scorecard as well as organizational performance. The dependence of more than 80% of the organizational performance variable on the subject mental model also shows the high impact of this index on it.Originality/Value: The existence of an intermediate relationship between the index of mental models, and other sights of the stable balanced scorecard approach showed that this is an important factor affecting organizational performance and can improve and enhance organizational performance by influencing the views of the balanced scorecard.
Decisions in new businesses
Seyedeh Arefeh Mousavi Arab; Mahdi Homayounfar; Mehdi Ajalli
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Purpose: Today, with the development of e-commerce, society is experiencing a business revolution. E-commerce gradually has been accepted more and more and changed people’s lives. The aim of this research is to determine to the critical performance criteria in balanced evaluation of Iranian online ...
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Purpose: Today, with the development of e-commerce, society is experiencing a business revolution. E-commerce gradually has been accepted more and more and changed people’s lives. The aim of this research is to determine to the critical performance criteria in balanced evaluation of Iranian online B2C business stores using a hybrid Balanced Scorecard (BSC) and multi criteria decision making (Fuzzy ANP and Fuzzy WASPAS) approach.Methodology: Considering research objective, it’s an applied research, regarding method it’s descriptive and based on analysis method, it’s a quantitative- mathematical modeling study. The statistical population of this study includes owners of online businesses in Rasht city.Findings: After reviewing the literature and identifying online stores’ evaluation criteria, these criteria were classified based on the four perspectives of BSC. Next, the importance of the criteria was determined using the Fuzzy Analytical Network Process (ANP) technique, among which operation management (0.15848), sales (0.14957), market share (0.13710), customer satisfaction (0.12409) and customer relationship management (0.10527) are the most important criteria, respectively. Finally, based on the results of evaluating 10 Iranian online stores using Fuzzy WASPAS technique, Digi Kala, Digi Style, and Chareh stores were ranked first to third.Originality/Value: In this research, B2C online store brands were evaluated and ranked with a mixed approach of FANP and FWASPAS and based on the research results, executive and research proposals were presented.
Decisions in new businesses
Mostafa Parto Afkanan; Parvaneh Gelard; Abdollah Naami
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Small and medium-sized businesses are a symbol of business development in developed and developing countries, which, if they do not succeed in their careers, require serious attention to solving problems. The aim of this study is to design a model for restarting small and medium-sized entrepreneurial ...
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Small and medium-sized businesses are a symbol of business development in developed and developing countries, which, if they do not succeed in their careers, require serious attention to solving problems. The aim of this study is to design a model for restarting small and medium-sized entrepreneurial businesses. Research is fundamental in terms of compositional methods and in terms of purpose. The statistical population of the research in the qualitative phase includes experts in the field of entrepreneurship and faculty members of the university, 20 of whom were selected by targeted sampling method and snowball approach to theoretical saturation and in a small section the owners of entrepreneurial businesses failed. 207 companies were selected using the available sampling method. The data collection tool was a semi-structured interview in the qualitative section and a researcher-made questionnaire in the quantitative section. MAXQDA11 quality software was used for qualitative data analysis and SPSS23 and Smart PLS3 statistical software were used for quantitative analysis. Findings showed that lack of experience, lack of reform and developmental attitude, frustration and lack of reinvestment, lack of government financial support, turbulent economic situation, consumer value changes, instability of government laws, lack of motivation and Lack of willingness to re-enter the business and market, insufficient training and lack of irrational advice and targeting, lack of knowledge of the target market, lack of modern technology and lack of value of domestic production, are the most important failure factors identified in this study.
Decisions in new businesses
Mohammad Fallah; Hamed Nozari
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The Internet of Things (IoT) is a system of computers, computing machines, digital and mechanical devices, humans and animals, each with an independent code and as a distinct device, in the network and a significant share of information exchange and behavior and the relationship between them is done ...
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The Internet of Things (IoT) is a system of computers, computing machines, digital and mechanical devices, humans and animals, each with an independent code and as a distinct device, in the network and a significant share of information exchange and behavior and the relationship between them is done without direct human intervention and supervision. Businesses are no exception and try to use the IoT to make business smarter. The supply chain is one of the most vital parts of the business cycle and its smartening creates a dramatic change in the optimization of business processes. However, since this technology is based on the Internet and the use of the Internet can always be associated with different risks, so recognizing the cyber risks that can be faced by businesses in the face of these technologies is always significant IoT-based supply chain cyber to be identified and analyzed. In order to rank these risks, nonlinear mathematical modeling method has been used. The results show that privacy in interaction with suppliers as well as customers is the most important and effective measures should be taken to address these risks.
Decisions in new businesses
Elham Fazelli Veisari; mohamad javad Taghipourian; Reza Tavoli; Ghydar Ghanbarzade
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The purpose of this study is to identify the components and develop a model to provide rules for optimizing viral marketing in businesses. It is an applied research and in terms of method, it is mixed (quantitative and qualitative). The statistical population of the research in the qualitative part includes ...
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The purpose of this study is to identify the components and develop a model to provide rules for optimizing viral marketing in businesses. It is an applied research and in terms of method, it is mixed (quantitative and qualitative). The statistical population of the research in the qualitative part includes 15 people in the three generations X, Y and Z (Millennium marketing generation) and in the quantitative part includes 460 online buyers. Data collection tools were used in the qualitative part of projection technique and in-depth interview. Interviews were analyzed and summarized using MAXQDA software, through which six components were identified, and then in a small part of 12 experts were used to determine the index of CVR, and then exploratory factor analysis was performed by SPSS software. Because selecting the most effective new components of viral marketing can have a huge impact on the accuracy of the viral marketing model in online businesses, To identify the most effective components, genetic metaheuristic algorithm was used, which is the software used in this section, WEKA and RAPIDMINER. Finally, the rules of viral marketing optimization were identified using the decision tree method. Findings in the qualitative section indicate that online persuasion, online trust, online support, online services, online attractiveness and online risk-taking are components of viral marketing. In the quantitative section and genetic algorithm, it was shown that the online risk component could not be used as an effective component for modeling and extracting viral marketing rules, so it was removed from the six components.
Decisions in new businesses
Mohammad Mousakhani; Fateme Saghafi; Mohammad Hasanzade; mohammad ebrahim sadeghi
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Economic development of countries is associated with development of high technologies. So policy making for these technologies is one of the most important interests of policy makers. Technological innovation system, as a most important approaches in technology policy, has developed increasingly. Therefore, ...
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Economic development of countries is associated with development of high technologies. So policy making for these technologies is one of the most important interests of policy makers. Technological innovation system, as a most important approaches in technology policy, has developed increasingly. Therefore, identification of the most important dimensions in this field to propose policy interventions for development of high technologies is credential. We used metasynthesis to integrate and combine previous studies in the field. The research Statistical population is 280 document with the keyword of technological innovation system in scopus database until end of 2018.at the end, contributions of 52 article used in the final framework. In order to evaluate the quality of the research, we used Critical Appraisal Skills Program (CASP) method. Also, kappa index used to verify the reliability of the research. Regard to developing the framework by using the elements of previous frameworks, the framework has content validity. Also the content validated by 5 experts in innovation study field. We propose the comprehensive framework of TIS with 10 dimensions and 102 activities. The main dimensions are: development, exchange and diffusion of knowledge, entrepreneurial activities, guidance of search, market formation, resource mobilization, legitimation, policy and coordination, creating structure, weaken the regime, exploit the regime. Also, attention to the context and using the contingent view to response the opportunities and threats was proposed as complementary to the framework. developing high technologies is a very complex and multi-dimensional issue which requires to identify the dynamics of innovation systems. One dimensional perspective to technology development and mere attention to knowledge creation and R&D, would not lead to technology development. Therefore, in order to policy in this field, attention to dimensions and elements which is identified in this study could be very useful.
Decisions in new businesses
Zahra Danesh; Hadi Shirooye Zad; Negin Berjis
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Organizational culture is one of the core values in an organization and it makes organizations different .Organizational culture plays an underlying role in enhancing the quality of service delivery, and enhances cohesion and increases productivity and innovation in the organization. The main purpose ...
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Organizational culture is one of the core values in an organization and it makes organizations different .Organizational culture plays an underlying role in enhancing the quality of service delivery, and enhances cohesion and increases productivity and innovation in the organization. The main purpose of this study is to determine the organizational culture level at Golnour Company by using Denison's model. The research is of theoretical and applied type and the data used are of quantitative type, the Denison organizational culture questionnaire was used for data collection. The statistical population of the study consists of managers and staff of Glenour Company in Isfahan province. The research data were analyzed by Kruskal-Wallis test, plotting histograms, concentration and dispersion data analysis and Spearman correlation test. The results show that all indicators and items are strongly correlated and neglecting the poor performance in each of the indicators will affect other aspects of organizational culture and will lead to undesirable intra-organizational and extra-organizational outcomes in different dimensions.
Decisions in new businesses
Seyed Fakhreddin Fakhrehosseini; Omid Aghaei Meybodi
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The present paper presents the possibility of predicting firms' bankruptcy with Sprint, Altman, Fulmer, Zmijewski and Mckee Genetic models among companies in the Tehran Stock Exchange in a different way from previous research to introduce companies which have the potential for higher bankruptcy with ...
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The present paper presents the possibility of predicting firms' bankruptcy with Sprint, Altman, Fulmer, Zmijewski and Mckee Genetic models among companies in the Tehran Stock Exchange in a different way from previous research to introduce companies which have the potential for higher bankruptcy with a comparative approach among the models. To achieve this goal, 75 companies that are selected not covered base on 141 of the Commercial law. Required data for the 10 years (86-95) has been compiled. According to the results in each of the above models, some companies were identified as high-risk probability companies, and then companies that were identified as most likely to be bankrupt in most of these models. The results also show that, with the exception of Mckee model, in four other models, three companies with high bankruptcy probability were included. Among these four models, Zmijewski model has a higher coefficient of determination, hence we can say that relative to Other models have been more accurately predicted for bankruptcy and have a significant role in corporate bankruptcy among financial ratios, debt ratios, asset turnover, and asset returns.
Decisions in new businesses
Aitak kor dordaei; Parviz Saeidi
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Understanding behavioral accounting has a lot to do with studying human aspects of finance. This is because the research focuses on users of financial reports and their characteristics often assumes that financial information is in impartial, non-discriminatory and worthless. However, the information ...
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Understanding behavioral accounting has a lot to do with studying human aspects of finance. This is because the research focuses on users of financial reports and their characteristics often assumes that financial information is in impartial, non-discriminatory and worthless. However, the information that investors and stakeholders in the capital market use to make economic decisions are provided by accountants who use their professional judgments when interpreting and applying accounting standards. The purpose of this paper is to examine the effect of accounting role on financial behavior. A questionnaire was used to infer the research hypotheses. This questionnaire was distributed among 288 investors in 1396. The main hypothesis of the relationship between the perception of accounting standards and financial behavior was investigated. Findings show that there is a positive and significant relationship between the perception of accounting standards and financial behavior.
Decisions in new businesses
seyed hesam vaghfi
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Financial distress analysis is an essential phenomenon for financiers, creditors and those who use financial data. Predicting the possibility of a company’s distress is an interesting issue and is beneficial for managers, investors and creditors. This study localizes a method to identify the distressed ...
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Financial distress analysis is an essential phenomenon for financiers, creditors and those who use financial data. Predicting the possibility of a company’s distress is an interesting issue and is beneficial for managers, investors and creditors. This study localizes a method to identify the distressed companies in three levels, using the data of 1488 company from 1390 to 1395 and finally the financial distress for the next year and two years later is predicted by means of macroeconomic and accounting variable in the capital market of Iran by means of Matlab 2017, using the artificial intelligence algorithm of Gaussian kernel backup vector machine and Chide rule-oriented algorithm. One of the innovations of this study about the localization of the distress model in Iran using the worldwide and Iranian model together is using macroeconomic and accounting variables and artificial intelligence methods in three levels. The results of this study show that the non-linear algorithm for vector machine supporting the Gaussian kernel has more ability to predict the distress of companies, compared to the Chide rule-oriented algorithm. Key words: Financial Bankruptcy, artificial intelligence, Macro-economic and Accounting variables.JEL: C53،A12،B26،G33،M41
Decisions in new businesses
neda khajehfard; Morteza Kaviani; Ali Samdaliri
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Determining the best combination of corporate resources or capital structure is one of the most important issues that financial managers must consider maximizing shareholder wealth; combination of financial resources with characteristics such as low cost of capital can produce higher yields, and it claimed ...
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Determining the best combination of corporate resources or capital structure is one of the most important issues that financial managers must consider maximizing shareholder wealth; combination of financial resources with characteristics such as low cost of capital can produce higher yields, and it claimed that optimal capital structure could increase the value of company and minimize the cost of capital. As regard to operational research (OR) research has played a decisive role in the development of financial theory and investment, this has led to a two-way relationship between finance and operational research techniques. As the various techniques of operational research have been used for financial affairs; therefore, financial theories require the development and improvement of the operational research solution techniques. Therefore, present study focus on application of operational research technique, which exist in structure.