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Las nuevas formas de negocio de la economía colaborativa han ido ganando progresivamente presencia en el mercado europeo, convirtiéndose en una forma cotidiana de prestar y disfrutar de servicios de la más diferente índole, desde el alquiler de viviendas hasta contratos de transporte. Sin embargo, ni el sistema legal europeo ni el de cada uno de los Estados miembros parecen adecuados para poder dar solución a los problemas que de estas nuevas formas de negocio pudieran surgir. De ahí que la Comisión Europea haya decidido publicar la "Agenda europea para la economía colaborativa", en la que se recogen una serie de recomendaciones dirigidas a los legisladores nacionales para adecuar la normativa de los Estados miembros a las nuevas necesidades del emergente mercado de la economía colaborativa. ; The new business models of the collaborative economy have grown up gradually in the single market during the last years, and they have become a daily way to provide different services, from apartment rental until transport contracts. However, neither the European legal system nor every national system seem to be adequate to find a solution to the problems that may arise from the new business models. For that reason, the European Commission have recently implemented an "European agenda for the collaborative economy", which includes some recommendations for the national legislators in order to adjust their national laws to the new requirements of the emerging market of the collaborative economy.

В контексте исследований, посвященных проблемам взаимоотношений бизнеса и общества, интересной представляется концепция стейкхолдеров Р. Э. Фримена, получившая наибольшую известность. Выполнен анализ современных российских и зарубежных подходов в рамках концепции, выделены основные группы стейкхолдеров: органы власти, субъекты предпринимательской деятельности, население. Особый интерес вызывает исследование взаимоотношений стейкхолдеров с предпринимательством в рыночной среде. Основное внимание уделено анализу особенностей взаимодействия стейкхолдеров в контексте развития предпринимательства. По результатам исследования сделан вывод о необходимости рассмотрения отношений, обусловленных взаимодействием основных групп стейкхолдеров, с учетом возникающих предпосылок противоречий между ними. В целях устранения этих противоречий предложены действия, выступающие основой согласования интересов населения и органов власти. ; In the context of the researches dedicated to the collaboration between business and society, the most interesting is R. E. Freeman's conception of stakeholders, which received the greatest popularity. The paper represents an analysis of the modern Russian and foreign approaches within the concept, identifies the main stakeholder groups: government authorities, business entities, population. The research of the collaboration between stakeholders and an enterprise in the market environment is of special interest. The main focus is made on the analysis of features of stakeholders' interaction when developing entrepreneurship. By the results of the research, the conclusion on the necessity to consider the relations in the interaction between the main stakeholder groups, taking into account the emerging assumptions of contradictions between them, is made. In order to eliminate these contradictions, it is proposed to act on the basis of coordination of interests of entrepreneurs, population and government authorities.

Рассмотрены основные этапы проведения процесса реорганизации с точки зрения достижения оптимального эффекта для дальнейшего развития компании на фоне сложных современных экономических и политических условий, в частности активизации конкуренции. Авторы сосредоточились на исследовании особенностей процесса реорганизации, реальных сложностей, возникающих на каждом последовательном этапе ее проведения. Целью явилось объективное исследование значения процесса реорганизации в контексте постоянного совершенствования, необходимого любой коммерческой структуре на современном этапе экономического развития как в России, так и за рубежом. Проанализированы основные формы проведения процесса реорганизации как перспективного направления развития современной компании, а также подчеркнута роль государственной власти и потребителя в лице общества, удовлетворение которого является целью процесса реорганизации ; The paper considers main stages of the restructuring process in terms of achieving optimal effect for further busi-ness development against the background of today's complex economic and political conditions, among them increased competition. The authors focus on the study of the process of reorganization and real diffi culties that arise at each successive stage of implementing reorganization. The aim of the study is to examine the importance of business re-structuring in the context of continuous improvement needed by any business at the present stage of economic devel-opment both in Russia and abroad. The paper analyzes main forms of implementing the process of reorganization as a promising direction of development of the modern company and emphasizes the role of the state and society as the consumer whose satisfaction is the aim of the restructuring process.

Decision-making in determining the prospective employee is a crucial issue in a company to get the right staff and ideal staff. This decision is generally described as a case in which a company's person HRD that must choose and sort out prospective employees of various criteria according to a decree issued by the head of the company. The decision-making system aims to provide recommendations for decision making in the selection to determine the employees objectively. To support the decision-making process used method of Multiple Attribute Decision Making (MADM) Simple Additive Weighting (SAW) process which determines the weight values for each attribute, and then proceed with the process of sorting and ranking will be automatically selected the best of a number of alternative.Applications used is WEB based applications using PHP programming language and MySQL database, while for the system design using the Data Flow Diagram. Development method using SDLC waterfall model. User of this application is HRD government offices that have been using this system and the application. In the process, the use of the application can perform data management prospective servants, the management of assessment criteria, the calculation of the test results can be displayed in a report.This application can help a variety of public and private agencies. PT Surya Inti Ciremai has used this application in managing the data in real-time. Of course, the use of these applications can be more efficient business processes that previously were done manually which business processes are recorded in the general ledger.

This study was conducted to determine the business competencies required for effective entrepreneurship as perceived by officers of employment generation agencies in South East Nigeria. The population of 1624 senior staff who have worked for not less than ten years was studied without sampling. Two research questions guided the study and four null hypotheses were tested at 0.05 of significance. The study adopted the descriptive survey design and a 5-point rating scale questionnaire containing 23 items which was validated by experts was used for data collection. The arithmetic mean was used to analyze data in respect of the research questions while z–test and analysis of variance (ANOVA) were used to test the null hypotheses. Findings of the study show that management and marketing competencies are highly needed for success in entrepreneurship and the agents of NDE and NAPEP differed significantly in their mean ratings on the extent the competencies are needed. It was, therefore, concluded that acquisition of relevant competencies in the two broad areas by practicing and prospective entrepreneurs will enhance their effectiveness and reduce the mortality rate of entrepreneurship businesses in the country. Consequently, it was recommended, among others, that NDE, NAPEP, other government employment agencies and the government should engage in enlightenment campaign to create the awareness of existing opportunities in the agencies for the benefit of the masses while government should assess the level of the required competencies possessed by the training agents since they cannot give what they do not have. Article visualizations:

The basis of the effective functioning of the media along with the changes in the environment is in a constant development of management within the media, and therefore the corporate communication as a basic tool of development. Management JMU RTV broadcasting in the new (multi) media environment should establish a system of effective management of the technical, organizational, as well as innovation in the design and distribution of media content, aiming to find a balance between the needs of the market and the insatiable appetite of the media to the public, changes in technology, media legislation and general social trends. If the organization said that "the organism", then the communication is "bloodstream" of the organism. Corporate communication is a newer discipline which is used in all business segments worldwide. Top management creates, defines and improves corporate reputation through corporate communications and image management that created it. The image of a good and successful organization begins within. The level of satisfaction and motivation of our employees is a measurable and constant process that can be influenced, eg. how often and in which way to communicate with employees, how they transmit important messages and direct them towards achieving business goals.Corporate communication includes all communication and information activities among the members of the organization, it is targeted and oriented according to the success. Because the image of the organization can be understood as the reflection of its identity created corporate communication between different public - internal and external.

Coconut sugar is one commodity that has potential importance in the composition of the food in the community. Viewed in terms of quality, the quality of the products are still not equal among the producers. This causes the bargaining position of producers becomes weak and coconut sugar prices tend to be low. Seluma Regency especially Western Seluma District has fertile lowland areas and is one of the main producers of coconut sugar precisely in Purbosari village. This study aimed to determine the income level and income-raising efforts of coconut sugar producers in the Purbosari village, Western Seluma District, Seluma Regency. Location of the study was set intentionally (purposive). Data taken in this study were derived from the primary data (interviews) and secondary data (through literature). This study used survey method and the method of selecting the sample in this study was calculated using census. The data analysis used in this study were a quantitative and qualitative analysis. Quantitative analysis was used to calculate the income of coconut sugar producers and qualitative analysis conducted through a descriptive approach. Based on the research discovered that the average income of coconut sugar producers was Rp715.569,60 per week / 40 trees. Common difficulties faced by coconut sugar producers were capital, production engineering, business management and marketing network. Seluma local governments can play a role in efforts to increase the income of coconut sugar producers by providing them with capital, appropriate technology, improved knowledge of entrepreneurship and innovation, as well as business management assistance.

In article deals the problems of development of entrepreneurship (SME) in Ukraine in terms of the formation by the state and by the society the institutional capacity and social conditions. The latter is considered as a appropriate business resource with including the following components: state financial support and support by non-government organizations, nature of the tax policy, nature of the legislation, resources of confidence in the institutions of power and characterization of the relationship between business and society. The social aspects of entrepreneurship development in Ukraine over the past 7-10 years are analyzed. Evaluation of the institutional development capacity and socio-cultural parameters of the individual participation are carried out. This kind of analysis reflects the parameters of social inequality and the quality of life of Ukrainian society in the projection of its transformation and European integration. ; В статті розкривається проблематика розвитку підприємництва (малого та середнього бізнесу) в Україні в аспекті формування державою та суспільством відповідних інституційних можливостей та суспільних умов. Останні ж розглядаються як відповідний ресурс підприємництва, до складу якого входять такі компоненти, як: державна та недержавна фінансова підтримка, характер податкової політики та діяльності законодавства, ресурс довіри до інститутів влади, а також характеристика взаємовідносин бізнесу та суспільства. Розкриття даних сторін соціального аспекту розвитку підприємництва в Україні за останні 7-10 років і формування оцінки інституційних можливостей та соціокультурних параметрів участі індивідів у підприємницькій діяльності відображає параметри соціальної нерівності та якості життя українського соціуму у проекції його трансформації та євроінтеграції.

It is said we are in trouble, we humanists. "The humanities are under pressure all over the world, Rens Bod begins (xii). James Turner ends, "Without question, the humanities now face greater flux than they have routinely endured in the past century" (385). The trouble and the flux seem to take two forms. There is the usual business of intellectual disciplines forming and re-forming, of new paradigms restructuring institutions, a process that one might regard as discomforting but sometimes healthy. But there is the other business of universities being governed by anti-intellectuals, aficionados of the spreadsheet, counted beans, and the alumni dinner. These predators roam campuses, sneer at libraries, abolish departments, and plan the day when, the cost-effective triumphant, scholarship will be little more than a digital ghost. At the University of Essex, lately Marina Warner was coldly informed of this new order, defined by a "Tariff of Expectations" (seventeen targets to be met) and a "workload allocation" handed down from on high. There was an indifference to what had gone before, what creative people had once hoped for for Colchester. "That is all changing now," the executive dean for humanities briskly explained. "That is over." The past, that is. Fed up, Warner resigned, hearing too loudly "the tick of the deathwatch beetle" in the fabric of the house she wished to inhabit, a university that valued scholarship and the life of the mind, as it once had.

Purpose
– The purpose of this paper is to explore historical paths of successful companies' sustainability commitment, discover internal and external forces that shaped today's sustainability leaders and show how companies implemented efforts toward sustainability to respond to those circumstances. It offers an in-depth understanding of sustainability-related strategies implemented by highly sustainable companies and serves as encouraging cases for other companies willing to engage in sustainability.


Design/methodology/approach
– This research took a case-study approach to help build a new theory toward sustainability development and approaches. A content analysis and review of both companies' annual financial reports and corporate sustainability reports, between 1995 and 2012, and relevant news articles was performed.


Findings
– Data analysis showed that companies initiated and executed various strategies sustainability in their business, which evolved into themes for their stages of growth. Findings showed that: different companies approached sustainability differently based on their varied experiences; companies' past and present efforts help to understand their business strategies and commitments more as a holistic process. Companies were affected by external circumstances, such as rewarding partnerships, ranking indices and media criticism for their working conditions, in response to which both the companies designed and implemented their own sustainability approaches.


Originality/value
– This study explored a longitudinal analysis of leader companies' historical sustainability practices. It focused on how two different companies approached sustainability differently based on their varied experiences, thus showing that sustainability can be a source of competitive advantage for companies.

Purpose
– The purpose of this study is to investigate the degree to which business schools, in particular MBA programs, have developed academic programs and centers specifically focused on corporate social responsibility and sustainability (CSRS) and, for those that have, promote them on their Web sites. The instruction of CSRS in institutions of higher education is increasing worldwide. The extent to which US MBA programs have developed academic programs and centers focused on CSRS could potentially be a way for business schools to distinguish themselves from other schools.


Design/methodology/approach
– The authors use a Web-based search of the Web sites of the top-100 US MBA programs to ascertain the extent to which they have developed CSRS-related academic programs and centers. They then look specifically at the full-time MBA main Web page to ascertain to what extent these programs promote CSRS material.


Findings
– The results suggest that schools in the top quarter and bottom quarter, as well as private schools, are more likely to have CSRS academic programs and centers. The authors also find that very few full-time MBA programs promote CSRS on their main MBA Web pages.


Originality/value
– This study is unique in its focus on the top-100 US MBA programs and the collection of primary data directly from their Web sites. Additionally, a summary of the data gathered from the MBA programs is provided in Table I of the study.

Purpose– The purpose of this paper is to analyze and provide a synthesis of how services are understood, how they are likely to develop and how future development can be studied more closely in the forest-based sector (FBS). Services are likely to have an increasing role in the FBS in the future.Design/methodology/approach– The findings are based on a literature review of FBS outlook studies, strategies and programs and services-related studies in FBS and general services literature. Three case examples of services businesses in FBS companies are presented, and possible foresight approaches related to them are discussed. Foresight methods used in parallel sectors are also discussed.Findings– The study provides the first systematic introduction, classification and review of FBS services to include both industry- and non-industry-related services. The paper also points out the need for foresight studies and suggests various approaches for an analysis of the potential of FBS services in the future bioeconomy.Practical implications– The study shows that the role of services in FBS research has been understood too narrowly. As a result, services research has been rather lacking and the future potential of services in the FBS has not been fully acknowledged. The study argues for and points toward the need to use foresight approaches to update FBS strategies, business models and policies to fully benefit from the future potential of services.Originality/value– The study is a novel introduction, review and discussion of the role of services in the FBS and their future outlook.

Purpose
– In an effort to further explain why manufacturing firms that move towards service provision often do not achieve the financial benefits they would expect, the purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of service additions on the risks affecting the firm.


Design/methodology/approach
– Using data drawn from a sample 129 bankrupt manufacturers (75 servitized and 54 non-servitized) and a categorization framework of failure risks, the study explores the impact of the presence of a service business on environmental and internal bankruptcy risks that a manufacturing firm must face.


Findings
– The study finds that the presence of a service business leads to a greater number of bankruptcy risks for the supplying firm. This is essentially because of greater internal risks. In addition, two types of service offerings are identified – demand chain and product support services. When firms offer demand chain services, they are also exposed to greater environmental risks.


Research limitations/implications
– The study provides empirical evidence on the relationship between servitization and bankruptcy risks, and on how this is influenced by the type of service offering. The research should be extended by a more comprehensive assessment of organizational risks in order to further validate and develop the conclusions.


Practical implications
– The study suggests that, as adding services introduces new risks for firms, managers have to seek means of mitigating these risks to ensure successful introduction of services.


Originality/value
– The paper addressed the gap in the literature for structured analyses of the risk consequences of service strategies.

Purpose– Environmental and social sustainability are becoming key competitive priorities for companies, but the way in which they are integrated in operations strategies remains an open issue. The purpose of this paper is to determine whether established operations strategy configuration models (i.e. price-oriented, market-oriented and capability-oriented models) are modified to include environmental and social priorities and whether different operations strategy configuration models are equally successful in the short and long term.Design/methodology/approach– Analyses were performed using data from the International Manufacturing Strategy Survey (2009), including companies in the assembly industry in 21 different countries. According to previous studies, cluster analysis of competitive priorities and ANOVA analysis of the business strategy and short- and long-term performance were performed.Findings– The results show that traditional operations strategy configuration models are slightly modified. Market-oriented and capability-oriented operations strategies are complemented by environmental and social sustainability priorities. These operations strategies are adopted by companies with a differentiation and innovation business strategy. Moreover, capability-oriented companies, which are the most committed to environmental and social sustainability, perform better in both the short and long term.Practical implications– This research shows to companies that traditional operations strategies focusing on specific competitive priorities (e.g. low price) are being replaced by more holistic strategies that include sustainability priorities. However, environmental and social priorities contribute to competitive advantage when complementing capability-oriented operations strategies.Originality/value– This paper extends operations strategy configuration models highlighting how environmental and social sustainability priorities can be deployed together with traditional competitive operations priorities.

Purpose– The purpose of this paper is to determine whether Chinese and US students differ in preference for group work (PGW) and whether the factors contributing to PGW differ in the two countries.Design/methodology/approach– The sample included 412 Chinese and 423 US college students who completed a survey measuring cultural values and motives. Hierarchical regression and simple-slope analyses were used to examine main effects and interactions.Findings– Overall, the US and Chinese students did not differ in PGW. Although US men exceeded US women in PGW, no gender difference occurred in China. PGW was positively associated with others focus (concern for what others think) and helping others in both countries, but the association was stronger in China. In China, but not in the USA, PGW was positively associated with extrinsic motivation and need for achievement. Therefore, despite the general acceptance of group work in the USA, participation in groups is not seen as critical in attaining rewards as it is in China.Research limitations/implications– Other populations, including practicing managers, should be studied to better represent the workforce of each country. Also, other variables, including personality traits, may impact PGW.Practical implications– Managers and educators should pay attention to how cultural values and motives of group members vary. Business education should offer more opportunities to increase exposure to cultural differences, including experience working in culturally diverse groups.Originality/value– The study supports some traditional assumptions concerning the impact of culture upon PGW, but also suggests that a global business orientation can mitigate the impact of traditional national cultures.