Microfinance for change: how financial innovation enables structural transformation by Shankar Ghimire, Bharat Singh Thapa, Rong Zheng

“…The results show that the number of households involved in agriculture significantly decreased, with the majority switching to businesses and convenience stores, indicating a shift to the manufacturing and service sectors. These findings suggest that MFIs contribute to local-level structural transformation by enabling borrowers to move away from traditional employment. …”
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Irrational beliefs as psychosocial risk of work addiction from the perspective of Occupational Health Psychology by Nestor Raúl Porras Velásquez, Laura Camila Parra D’aleman

“…The methodology was cross-descriptive with the application of a structured group interview, to a population sample of 8 employees of the educational services sector. The results show that personal characteristics (ideas of perfectionism, use of free time, need for social approval, feeling guilty, fear of losing work and generalized anxiety), along with the organizational characteristics of the job (tasks and responsibilities) and of employment in general, as well as the process of organizational socialization and the management of interpersonal relationships with commanders are triggers of addictive behavior. …”
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Business model innovation: towards a conceptual framework by Irina Saur-Amaral, Raquel Reis Soares, João F. Proença

“…Business model innovation (BMI) is core for entrepreneurship in industrial or service sectors, including tourism. Our submission focuses on the development of the field of BMI. …”
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An investigation of the formulation and nutritional composition of modern meat analogue products by Benjamin M. Bohrer

“…Rapid growth of the meat analogue industry is occurring in the global food marketplace in both the retail and food service sectors. The purpose of this review was to investigate the ingredients used in the formulation of modern meat analogues, evaluate the nutrient specifications of modern meat analogue products, and then form a comparison with traditional meat products. …”
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Exploring the inter-organizational relationship performance: evidence from social-oriented market by Khuong Ngoc Mai, Phuong Minh Thi Nguyen, Nguyen Ngoc Duy Phuong

“…The inter-organizational relationships are a key pillar of service sectors to drive them to work together to resolve complex problems in an uncertain environment. …”
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Employee Rewards Management and the Performance of Small Scale Enterprises in Uganda, a Case of Ntungamo Municipality by Moses, Agaba, Turyasingura, John Bosco, Kyabarongo, Benon

“…The study investigated the effects of reward management methods on the performance of small businesses in the industrial and service sectors in Ntungamo Municipality. The study specifically looked at how employee rewards management strategies affected the success of small businesses. …”
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The Need for Knowledge Translation in Chronic Pain by James L Henry

“…The impact on individual lives, families and friends, the health services sector and the economy is huge. Reliable evidence is available that the burden of persistent pain can be markedly reduced when available knowledge is applied. …”
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A qualitative study on the impact of globalisation on public relations practice in Ghana by Albert Anani-Bossman, Michael Bruce

“…The qualitative interview technique was used to interview a total of five (5) PR practitioners from the non-banking financial services sector. Results show PR practitioners are very much aware of the demand placed on them by globalisation. …”
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The Impact of COVID-19 on the Dependence of Chinese Stock Market by Xianbo Wu, Xiaofeng Hui

“…The information technology sector and telecommunication services sector maintain strong dependence in the three periods and share little contact with other sectors. …”
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Health for All: Medical Tourism as a Resource by Joseph Amalorpavanathan, Gopalakrishnan Ananthakrishnan

“…The expansion of the hospital and wellness service sectors serving foreign tourists, who come for specific medical treatments as well as rejuvenation holidays, is marked by several challenges. …”
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The Acquisitions of the Chinese State-Owned Enterprises under the National Merger Control Regimes of the EU Member States: Searching for a Coherent Approach by Alexandr Svetlicinii

“… With the rapidly unfolding China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI ) and the ongoing reform of the State-owned enterprises (SOEs), the number of overseas acquisitions by the Chinese SOEs in various industrial and services sectors is gradually on the rise. These transactions have raised a number of questions in terms of the assessment of the economic concentrations’ potential impact on competition and challenged the traditional assessment tools employed by the merger control regimes. …”
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Biogenic nanoparticles as a promising drug delivery system by Rehab M. Abdel-Megeed

“…Nanotechnology has significantly influenced the worldwide medical services sector during the past few decades. Biological collection approaches for nanoparticles are economical, non-toxic, and ecologically benign. …”
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Construction of Discrimination Models in Prediction of Bankruptcy if Polish Non-Public Enterprises by Bernard Kokczyński

“…Utilizing financial data from 2017–2021 for 416 companies across the trade, production, and service sectors, this research strives to devise the most effective model for classifying entities into two groups. …”
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EXAMINING THE IMPACT OF AI TECHNOLOGY ON MARKETING STRATEGIES IN FINANCIAL SERVICES by POPESCU JENICA, SPULBAR LUCIAN FLORIN, SMARANDESCU ANDREI

“…This article offers an examination of the transformative impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on marketing within the financial services sector, beginning with an exploration of the industry's evolution. …”
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Exploring the impact of entrepreneurial orientation and market orientation on entrepreneurial performance in the context of environmental uncertainty by Peng Cheng, Shaoling Wu, Juntao Xiao

“…The research focuses on entrepreneurial enterprises in the industrial, agricultural, and service sectors, specifically those established within the last 8 years. …”
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Up against the System: A Case Study of Young Adult Perspectives Transitioning from Pediatric Palliative Care by Karen Cook, Harold Siden, Susan Jack, Lehana Thabane, Gina Browne

“…In a case study, using an innovative bulletin board focus group, we describe the complex interplay of the health, education, and social service sectors in this transition. Our descriptions include system deficits and strengths and the young adults’ resilience and coping strategies to overcome those deficits and move forward with their lives. …”
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Urbanization and nature-based tourism development: A case of tourism corridor in Surakarta-Karanganyar-Magetan by Rahayu Paramita

“…The primary driving forces behind rapid urbanization stem from shifts in major economic sectors from primary (agriculture) to secondary (industrial activities) and tertiary (services) sectors. Subsequently, nature-based tourism contributes to the urbanization process through the development of service activities that to a certain extent cause land conversion in the area of tourism villages, which impacts the sustainability of the main attractions of nature-based tourism. …”
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Performance Analysis of the Indian IT & ITeS Sector: An Application of Additive-DEA and G2SLS by Santanu MUKHERJEE, Taufeeq AJAZ, Triptendu Prakash GHOSH

“…This study uses an integrated balanced scorecard-based Additive-DEA framework to identify proxy variables for the inputs and outputs for a sample of firms in India’s information technology and information technology-enabled services sector to identify and analyse these firms’ inefficiencies. …”
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Structural Analysis and Total Coal Demand Forecast in China by Qing Zhu, Zhongyu Zhang, Rongyao Li, Kin Keung Lai, Shouyang Wang, Jian Chai

“…Consumption of both household sector and transport, storage, and post sectors continues to decline; consumption of wholesale and retail trade and hotels and catering services sectors presents a fluctuating and improving trend; and consumption of industry sector is still high. …”
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Shifting from Burden Sharing to Task Sharing: Advancing Community-Initiated Care in MHPSS for Refugee Resettlement by Hyojin Im

“…Thematic analysis revealed that peer support models play a critical role as bridges between cultures, service sectors, and formal and informal networks. However, peer support remains insufficient without structural reform, as refugees face barriers such as lack of professional development and power imbalances with professionals while managing their own life challenges. …”
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