Eudes Adiba, Maurice Comlan, Eugéne C. Ezin
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This article presents a model for Customer Lifetime Value (CLV) tailored to the subscription-based streaming industry, incorporating both contractual dynamics and user activity. Unlike traditional CLV models that overlook contracts, this semi-Markov model captures the time users remain in specific subscription plans and the transitions between these subscription plans. Using empirical data from the MTN TV platform for a step-by-step implementation, the study identifies key factors influencing subscription cancellations, such as expiration dates and viewing behavior. The results show that longer subscriptions yield higher CLV, with more predictable churn cycles. These findings can guide marketing strategies and resource management to maximize CLV in the streaming sector.
Electronic computers. Computer science, Economics as a science
Rohan Kumar Mishra, Debidutta Pattnaik, M. Kabir Hassan
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This study aims to offer new quantitative and qualitative insights into transaction efficiency and conflict of interest among minority and controlling shareholders in related party transactions (RPTs). We utilize systematic literature review (SLR) and bibliometric techniques to analyse 218 published articles. Our analysis identifies significant contributors, publishing sources, research groups, and maps the evolution of RPT themes and their relationship to contemporary theoretical frameworks. Subsequently, we conduct a comprehensive network and content analysis. Our findings indicate that research in RPTs began evolving post-global financial crisis, particularly since 2008, with East-Asian researchers dominating the intellectual discourse. Most studies are non-collaborative and based on empirical evidence from a limited number of countries. Methodologically, many studies employ descriptive statistics or regression techniques. We identify six thematic clusters contributing to the growth narrative of RPT research. Furthermore, we identify potential avenues for future research in RPTs and corporate governance while highlighting progressive trends and dynamics within the selected themes.
This study examines the interactions between stock markets, oil prices, and security of energy supply in 25 countries with the highest energy consumption from 1980 to 2018. We utilize bi- and multi-variate models with and without smooth structural breaks. The novel Fourier expansion to the Toda-Yamamoto causality procedure highlights the importance of smooth structural shifts in model specification. The new methodology uncovers significantly stronger impact of energy security on the causal link between energy and stock markets. Our results offer new and important implications for policymakers, investors, and researchers.
Background: The participation of female labour is essential for promoting industrialisation. North African economies are plagued by low levels of female labour force participation (FLP) and high gender inequality gaps. Low levels of FLP are detrimental to the attainment of the Sustainable Development Goals, such as gender equality, decent work, and economic growth, as well as reduced inequalities.
Aim: This research aimed to establish the determinants of FLP in North Africa.
Setting: North Africa.
Method: The research adopted the Panel Auto Regressive Distributed Lag. Data were sourced from the World Bank for the period 1991–2021.
Results: The empirical findings showed that the lack of gender-sensitive policies, limited investment in education and institutional barriers limit the capacity of women to participate in the labour market. Primary research findings depicted that the Human Development Index (HDI), fertility rate and life expectancy had a positive impact on FLP in the long run. Economic growth had a positive effect on FLP in the short run.
Conclusion: It was concluded that North African governments need to develop policies that advance the interests of women, as well as the implementation of women empowerment programmes.
Contribution: The findings of the study imply that addressing FLP requires collaborative efforts from the governments and other stakeholders and this helps in reducing gender inequality.
Changjun Zheng, Md Nazmul Islam, Najmul Hasan
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The aim of this study is to investigate whether a bank’s intellectual capital (IC) efficiency impacts its performance and risk-taking behavior in an emerging economic country. The study used panel data (unbalanced) of 30 commercial banks in Bangladesh during 2002–2019. Data were analyzed through the use of the generalized method of moments (GMM) by Eviews-10. The pragmatic results demonstrate that IC efficiency (HCE), RCE and SCE have significant positive (negative) impacts both on the bank’s performance and risk-taking behavior, this finding is similar to resource-based theory. Moreover, adequate capital and liquidity position improves bank performance, but leverage, size, and non-performing loans to total loan have a significant negative impact on bank performance. In addition, the macro-economic variable growth (i.e., gross domestic product) rate of inflation and financial crisis year negatively impacts both bank performance and risk-taking behavior. The panel dataset in this research is restricted to the Bangladeshi banking sector, which restricts the study’s generalizability. Bank performance in Bangladesh is unaffected by leverage, loan size, and the proportion of non-performing loans to total loans. Regulatory authorities, managers and policymakers should step up their surveillance of banks and other financial institutions when the GDP inflation rate and financial crisis year have a negative impact on both bank performance and risk-taking behavior.
The article defines the role of the state youth policy at both the national and regional level, innovation-oriented domestic economy; management tools discussed formation of innovative environment of the state youth policy; It is identified the importance of state youth policy in the conditions of formation of innovative socially-oriented type of economic development of Russia in the long term.
Deming emphasizes that professional training is not only performed by organizing training sessions for staff or users. Professional training should be organized so that the employee learns how to optimally carry out an activity within the culture of the organization to which he belongs. When considering adult education, communication and participation are of paramount importance. Making and implementing the right managerial decisions are inconceivable without perfect communication between the manager and the rest of the members of the organization, and between the internal and the external environment. The promotion activity includes a wide variety of types and modes of manifestation, in terms of content, role and form of achievement. By implementing the continuous training system within the framework of the training / education / public organizations, it is possible to develop a human resource training plan with the use of minimal (time and personnel) resources, carry out an evaluation of the economic, financial and social results of the training programs, and to have permanent control of the established budget, so that it can be a valuable tool for the management of the Romanian organizations.
Marketing. Distribution of products, Economics as a science
The purpose of the paper is an attempt to assess the impact of the length of maternity leave as the basis for the payment of maternity allowance under social insurance and its statutory pay on the professional activity of women. The paper evaluates the relationship between the length of maternity leave and related payments of maternity allowance and the employment rate, and also tries to indicate whether extending maternity leave may limit women's employment. The paper describes the professional activity of women, and the level of expenditure on childcare related benefits in Poland and in selected European Union countries. Based on statistical data, an attempt was made to assess the impact of maternity benefits on the economic activity of women based on the linear regression method. Some parts of the author's own surveys from 2013-2020 were also presented. They suggest that extending maternity leave may discourage employers from taking on women and, consequently, lead to their withdrawal from the labour market.(original abstract)
Trong bối cảnh hội nhập kinh tế quốc tế và cạnh tranh đang diễn ra gay gắt như hiện nay, tái cấu trúc và năng suất lao động (NSLĐ) doanh nghiệp là những yếu tố quan trọng giúp doanh nghiệp hoạt động sản xuất kinh doanh (SXKD) hiệu quả và đạt được lợi thế cạnh tranh trên thị trường. Với bộ dữ liệu bảng gồm 7.640 doanh nghiệp dệt may Việt Nam trong giai đoạn 2009 - 2018, kết quả nghiên cứu thực nghiệm cho thấy tái cấu trúc có tác động tích cực đến NSLĐ doanh nghiệp, góp phần tạo cơ sở lý luận đề xuất những giải pháp tái cấu trúc tương ứng nhằm nâng cao NSLĐ doanh nghiệp dệt may Việt Nam.
С целью анализа адекватности существующих оценок общей численности населения СССР по данным переписи 1939 г. рассмотрены положения инструкции к заполнению переписного листа этой переписи. Их сравнение с более совершенной инструкцией к переписи 1959 г. показало, что инструкция 1939 г. создавала возможность двойного счета населения. Это подтверждает правомерность наиболее низкой оценки численности населения СССР, данной известным российским демографом А.Г. Волковым на основе материалов переписи 1939 г. – 167,6 млн человек. Рассчитаны и проанализированы количественные оценки влияния межреспубликанского перераспределения переписных листов заключенных при разработке итогов переписи 1939 г. Для всего населения России по большинству показателей эти оценки не меняют картины, известной прежде по официальным итогам этой переписи. Напротив, для Украины и особенно для Казахстана пересчеты дали заметные изменения, которые в некоторых случаях существенно уточняют представление о составе их довоенного населения.
Laura Débora Acosta, Florencia Molinatti, Enrique Peláez
Objetivo: Comparar la mortalidad atribuible al consumo de tabaco en países seleccionados de América Latina (Argentina, Brasil, Chile y México) entre los años 2009 y 2013. Método: Se utiliza la metodología de Evaluación Comparativa de Riesgos (CRA) para estimar la mortalidad atribuible; luego se calculó los años de esperanza de vida perdidos (AEVP), siguiendo la metodología propuesta de Arriaga. Se utilizaron datos secundarios de la agencia nacional de estadísticas de cada país. Resultados: Los mayores porcentajes de muerte por tabaco se observaron entre los hombres argentinos y chilenos (14,4 y 14,3 % del total de muertes, respectivamente), seguidos por los mexicanos (12,5 % del total de muertes). Entre las mujeres, el mayor porcentaje se registró en Chile (8 % del total de muertes), seguido por México y Argentina (5,3, y 5,1 % del total de muertes, respectivamente). Para ambos sexos, Brasil registró los menores porcentajes (5,4 y 2,8 % del total de muertes, para hombres y mujeres). En términos de esperanza de vida, los más afectados por la mortalidad debido al consumo de tabaco fueron los hombres y las mujeres de Argentina, quienes perdieron 1,77 y 0,65 años de esperanza de vida, respectivamente, seguidos muy de cerca por los hombres y mujeres chilenas. Conclusiones: Los hombres y mujeres de Argentina presentaron la mayor pérdida de años de vida a causa del tabaco. Este hecho concuerda con la incipiente implementación de la política antitabaco en este país. En cambio, en los otros países estudiados las políticas de control han sido implementadas más tempranamente. Sin embargo, el tabaco sigue siendo una importante causa de mortalidad en todos estos países, a pesar de los grandes esfuerzos para reducir su consumo.
Resulting from the emerging importance of population ageing, the last several years an increased amount of academic interest has been located in the area of motivation of older employees. In this context, job satisfaction has been used as one of the measure to evaluate older workers well being in the organization.
Edson Roberto Macohon, Marcus Vinícius Moreira Zittei, Roberto Carlos Klann
O objetivo desta pesquisa é analisar a variância dos indicadores de desempenho de 47 empresas com ações negociadas na BM&FBOVESPA que passaram por operações de combinação de negócios no ano de 2010. A partir de uma abordagem quantitativa, o estudo caracteriza-se como descritivo, é conduzido por meio de análise documental, com a utilização do teste ANOVA. Os fatores de análise são o Ano, período de 2008 a 2015 e, Setor, que abrange sete subdivisões. A análise da ANOVA não indica que existem diferenças estatisticamente significativas entre os diferentes níveis do fator Ano. A variável ROA apresentou variância em relação ao fator Setor. Assim, a variabilidade significativa do índice ROA não está correlacionada ao processo de F&A. Conclui-se que as variações estatisticamente significativas no período de análise podem não estar correlacionadas às operações de combinação de negócios (F&A).
En este trabajo se explora el valor simbólico de la backpack (mochila que se porta en la espalda), con base en un estudio de caso. El trabajo de campo se realizó en la Facultad de Idiomas de la Universidad Estatal de Oaxaca (UABJO), México, durante el periodo comprendido entre febrero y junio del 2013. Mediante la observación minuciosa de los usos que un grupo determinado de estudiantes dan a este objeto, se pretende desentrañar sus posibles significados más allá de la función normativa de portar las pertenencias.
Economic theory. Demography, Social sciences (General)