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Social media has always been popular, and it continues to be so today. As a result, there has been a steady increase in the number of influencers across various platforms. In which these so-called influencers with a following have established that there are people who look up to them and admire their work. It is the focus of this study to demonstrate the effectiveness of influencer marketing when it comes to the development of a product and/or brand. The proponents have (...) conducted a focus group discussion with a group of ten students who have previous experience in content creation and distribution. The discussion will center on the effectiveness of influencer marketing and how it can be implemented. Researchers have discovered that influencers, or those with a following, have an impact on consumers, to Filipinos in particular. This, in turn, has an impact on whether the consumer is inclined to purchase or patronize the endorsed product. Consequently, when brands collaborate with appropriate influencers, they can create a positive impression in the minds of consumers and increase sales. (shrink)

Countries outside the artificial-intelligence frontier face a difficult choice because reproducing frontier models may exceed their financial and organizational capacity, while buying access through closed interfaces leaves limited control over the underlying technology. This article examines an intermediate route based on the repeated and lawful adaptation of externally developed open-weight models to local conditions and calls the associated mechanism learning through cumulative adaptation. Extending the distinction between learning by doing and learning by using, the concept locates learning in adaptation episodes (...) whose methods, outcomes, and diagnoses are retained in ways that inform later decisions. The qualifier cumulative refers to reusable institutional competence rather than uninterrupted performance improvement, while know-to denotes the task-level ability to obtain a desired result from a system without fully understanding its internal mechanisms and is distinguished from technical know-how and organizational control capability. Brazilian evidence gives empirical content to the proposed account of tropicalization with local competence. Sabiá documents adaptation and evaluation, the Plano Brasileiro de Inteligência Artificial (PBIA) specifies planned enabling conditions, and Rio 3.5 records public-sector entry into model-level operations within a municipal technology company. Across these institutional levels, the cases provide complementary evidence of the technical, policy, and organizational preconditions for a credible intermediate route toward catch-up. A contextual comparison with national and supranational strategies situates the Brazilian configuration within a wider range of capability-building pathways and shows how technological autonomy may be developed selectively across layers. (shrink)

Background: School meal programs are not only government initiatives but also community-driven efforts. Aiming to combat food insecurity among school-aged children effectively, these programs are executed in conjunction with food bank initiatives. Various community groups play a crucial role in the success of both food security initiatives. There is a need to improve community engagement to successfully link school meal programs with food banks to build program synergy, combating food insecurity through a two-sided approach. Aim: This study aims to examine (...) community engagement in school meals program by analyzing its purposeful focus on creating jobs and income-generating opportunities for different community groups, i.e., youths, women, and others. Methods: The Bayesian Mindsponge Framework, combining the reasoning strengths of Mindsponge theory and inference advantages of Bayesian analysis, was employed on a dataset of 126 government representatives who manage large-scale school meal programs in 126 different countries. Results: Findings showed that the school meals program’s purposeful focus on creating jobs and income-generating opportunities for women in the community was positively associated with community engagement, thereby supporting the linkage between the programs and food banks. In contrast, providing jobs and income-generating opportunities for youths and other community groups had an ambiguous association with community engagement in school meal programs. Conclusions: Findings underscore the importance of creating jobs and income-generating opportunities for women to improve community engagement in school meal programs. Formulating strategies that empower woman’s entrepreneurship may foster their involvement and engagement in school meal programs, promising to successfully link these programs with food bank initiatives among implementing countries. (shrink)

Financial crises, characterised by rapid rises in security prices which push valuations beyond fundamental value, suggest that investors are irrational. This paper interrogates how we should understand investors’ behaviour. Central to deciding whether investors process information without error is understanding what information they are responding to. This paper analyses the information relevant to investor decision making and its implications for judgements about rationality. It finds that different investors can use different sorts of information and that, consequently, deciding when investors fall (...) short in their reasoning process is difficult. It argues for including social factors in the set of information relevant for investment decision making. Until we know what information influenced an investor’s decision, it is difficult to decide whether that investor was processing information correctly. Agnosticism about rationality is defended. (shrink)

Background: The feeding modalities used in school meal programs—such as breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks, and take-home rations—are influenced by various factors, including supply chain constraints and technical challenges in food distribution. The methods of supply sourcing, whether through domestic or foreign food reserves via in-kind donations or purchases, play a critical role in shaping the feeding options provided. Aim: This study aims to examine the association between supply-sourcing strategies, i.e., domestic and foreign in-kind donations and national-international purchases, with the feeding (...) modalities applied in school meal programs. Methods: The Bayesian Mindsponge Framework, combining the reasoning strengths of Mindsponge Theory and inference advantages of Bayesian analysis, was employed on a dataset of government representatives who manage large-scale school meal programs across 126 countries. Results: The findings revealed that sourcing supplies through in-kind donations from neighboring or distant countries showed a highly reliable negative association with the feeding modalities of school meal programs, while those from the national bodies showed an ambiguous relationship. The purchasing methods—whether domestic or foreign—tended to exhibit positive associations with feeding modalities, though these associations were only weakly reliable. Conclusions: The findings reveal substantial rooms to improve the effectiveness of supply purchasing strategies in enhancing school meal program feeding modalities. Further research is needed to examine the impact of sourcing supplies through domestic in-kind donations on feeding outcomes. Additionally, developing strategic plans to optimize the use of in-kind donations from international organizations is strongly recommended to avoid its negative consequences and further enhance program effectiveness. (shrink)

(This is one of the essays to be included in a book examining the causes of day-to-day strife in the populations of modern democracies vying to live and assert the freedoms promised to them by systems of governance supposed and expected to represent them.) "If waste may be defined as all that is not being used for the growth and perpetuation of humanity, then health could be said to equate to all that is useful to this self-same objective. It could (...) be considered amiss to minimise such an expansive issue to that very simple definition; yet, recognising the simplicity and abiding by it at the individual level first and then at all levels in society requires acknowledgement, which, logically, should also trigger action." . (shrink)

"...the mechanism of a blockchain system itself, based on self-auditing, could create the conditions for the human being to be irrevocably chained to a hard materialism where no possible distinction is made between the human being and their possessions...".

Background: The feeding modalities applied in countries with school meal programs are varied because these are shaped not only by the national commitments to alleviate food insecurity among children but also by resource availability from national and international agencies. In terms of financial resources, the USA plays a consistent role in providing donations, grants, loans, and loan guarantee programs to support global school feeding. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) oversees these funding sources for international school meal programs. Aim: This (...) study aims to examine the moderating effect of USDA funding on the relationship between supply purchasing methods and feeding modalities among countries implementing school meal programs. Methods: The Bayesian Mindsponge Framework, combining the reasoning strengths of Mindsponge Theory and inference advantages of Bayesian analysis, was employed on a dataset of 126 government representatives who manage large-scale school meal programs in 126 different countries. Results: The findings indicated that USDA funding has the potential to positively moderate the relationship between foreign supply purchases and the feeding modalities of school meal programs. However, the direct association between foreign purchases and feeding modalities was unclear. Conversely, while USDA funding was found to have a negative moderation effect on the relationship between domestic supply purchases and feeding modalities, it is these domestic purchases that show potential for positively influencing the feeding modalities. Conclusions: Findings underscore the importance of supporting the World Bank and World Food Programme’s recommendation to rely more on local resources and capacities for developing long-term and sustainable school meal programs. Further exploration of the impact of foreign supply purchases on feeding modalities is needed. Formulating strategic plans to better leverage USDA funding for enhancing domestic supply purchases is highly recommended. (shrink)

The next great compounding opportunity for civilization is not technological, but the unlocking of human agency on a global scale. Humanity is a portfolio of eight billion assets where currently bad capital allocation leaves billions trapped in structures where effort fails to accumulate into compounded returns and better qualities of life, due to volatility shocks and a lack of effective institutions. Poverty is redefined here not merely as a lack of physical goods, but as a condition where intention cannot reliably (...) become action. The core thesis proposes a system that caps ruin—protecting people from permanent agency collapse—while uncapping upside to allow for unbounded human potential. This approach distinguishes between the "survival layer" of essentials that must be robust and the "surplus layer" of ideas and projects that should remain subject to disciplined failure. By generating compounding architecture such as trusted law, financial access, and infrastructure, as makes sense to various localities civilization can move billions from negative-floor existences into a compounding loop. The paper contends that failing to do this is mechanically irrational, as it burns perpetual call options on human genius due to arbitrary starting positions. Ultimately, fixing the global human floor is presented as the highest-leverage investment available, with an estimated potential to add 1-2 percentage points to global CAGR. (shrink)

This is a purely speculative piece of philosophy, and entirely one I hope is completely off base. Yet, I'm confronted with a very strong intuition when looking at the world and referencing it against all the knowledge and evidence I see that the deleveraging event ("The Big One" as it's often referred to) is here. This document outlines the strategic and economic need for recognizing, absorbing, and navigating a major structural deleveraging cycle—the long-building macro unwinding that has been expected since (...) the Great Financial Crisis and the rate reductions of the 80's. Rather than treating an impending credit contraction as a reason to panic, the paper emphasizes that clear-sighted recognition is the single most valuable operational advantage for policymakers, institutional investors, and business leaders alike. Drawing on Ray Dalio's macro principles, the memorandum contrasts a chaotic, panic-driven "ugly" deleveraging with a coordinated, well-engineered "beautiful" unwind grounded in liquidity buffers and institutional alignment. A central thesis of the work is that financial shocks do not remain numbers on a screen; unchecked volatility quickly bleeds into real human capital through mass layoffs, household stress, and social strain. The prevention and management of this cascade, if it is real will be in the hands of the experts to handle. Ultimately, it advocates for absolute composure, cooperation, and the disciplined containment of distress over moralizing, capitulating, or reacting in fear, because staying calm is still the dominant strategy even in a Bear Market. For anyone positioned to influence capital allocation or economic policy, the text hopes to provide a observation that could serve useful for preserving stability, protecting human dignity, and steering through "The Big One" without letting the broader system capsize. Ultimately the thesis is this, when an overleveraged structure collapses, the immediate psychological temptation for those who were prudent or victimized is to demand punishment. There is a deep, instinctual urge to celebrate the downfall of the "breeders of fragility" and frame the crash as a righteous purge. Extending a hand to a falling counterparty—especially one that acted recklessly—is often misunderstood as weakness or endorsement. In reality, in an interconnected system, extending grace is the ultimate act of self-preservation, saving others becomes akin to saving oneself. And a contraction therefore becomes a much deeper question, relating to who we really are when the chips are down and the tide goes out, merciful or savage. If this does come to pass, only time I suppose will tell. (shrink)

rails to total abstraction, to conjure a perfect social system, between fulfilment of individual and colective will.

În microeconomie, teoria alegerii consumatorului se referă la preferințe (pentru consumul de bunuri și servicii) și cheltuieli de consum; în cele din urmă, această relație între preferințe și cheltuielile de consum este folosită pentru a raporta preferințele la curbele cererii de consum. Legătura dintre preferințele personale, cele de consum, şi curba cererii, este una dintre cele mai îndeaproape studiate relații în economie. Teoria alegerii consumatorului este un mod de a analiza modul în care consumatorii pot realiza un echilibru între preferințe (...) și cheltuieli prin utilităţi de maximizare ca subiect al unor constrângeri bugetare ale consumatorului. Preferințe sunt dorințele fiecărui individ pentru consumul de bunuri și servicii care se traduc în alegeri bazate pe venit sau avere pentru achiziții de bunuri și servicii care urmează să fie combinate cu timpul consumatorului pentru a defini activitățile de consum. (shrink)

Background: The school meals program has multiple objectives of education, nutrition, and value transfer. To ensure achieving the goal, total quality management (TQM) is implemented in the school meals program. Supply chain issues pose significant challenges to TQM implementation in the program execution. Aim: This study aims to examine national and international capacities in supply chain management by analyzing the variety of food items delivered through the school meals program. Methods: The Bayesian Mindsponge Framework, combining the reasoning strengths of Mindsponge (...) Theory and inference advantages of Bayesian analysis, was employed on a dataset of 126 government representatives who manage large-scale school meal programs in 126 different countries. Results: Findings showed that the method of obtaining supplies, whether through in-kind donations from local, regional, national sources, or national food reserves and purchasing from neighboring or distant countries, had a significant positive association with the variety of food items included in school meals or snacks. Conversely, obtaining supplies in-kind from neighboring or distant countries had a significant negative association with the food variety. Additionally, purchasing supplies from local, regional, or national food reserves had an unclear association with the food variety. Conclusions: Findings underscore the importance of supporting the World Bank and World Food Programme’s recommendation to rely more on local resources and capacities. Enhancing supply chain management at the national level is crucial for developing a long-term and sustainable school meals program. (shrink)

The practice and industry of organizational coaching are now well established, but how it is understood theoretically continues to lag behind. In this paper we analyze possible reasons for this state of affairs and argue that the development of coaching as an academic discipline will benefit from adopting philosophical pragmatism as an overarching theoretical framework. This move will enable coaching academics to utilize the contributions to knowledge that different paradigms generate. Positioning pragmatism as a theory of action we argue that (...) organizational coaching is by default a pragmatic enterprise and provide three examples of the considerable benefits to be gained by conceptualizing it this way. Drawing from the pragmatists’ ideas, particularly those of John Dewey, we demonstrate how the theoretical understanding of organizational coaching can be enhanced by considering its nature as a joint inquiry. Pragmatism suggests development as an ultimate purpose for organizational coaching which also helps to resolve fundamental conceptual debates. In light of the complexity and diversity involved in the way that organizational coaching is practiced, pragmatism offers coaches a useful framework for developing the flexibility required for navigating the multiplicity of influences on their practice. (shrink)

The most trending behavioral approach of mass people nowadays hovers to acquire a specific area to live on for their mental satisfaction. It is the person registered home to live on the next days of life. This issue has firmly increased due to the rapid and mostly uncontrolled increase of population within most of the countries. Now that, it is the conscious craving for men to settle up for a property that has the highest credential service and maintenance ease possibility; (...) it leads them to the housing provider with the highest product quality offering. The easiest way is to redirect them to go for a trustworthy name in the REM providers. Now, narrowing down to a developing country such as Sri Lanka, its Real estate developers have rewarded investors with strong returns post 2009. It is the time when Sri Lanka saw the end of the civil conflict. When the real estate sector has always been a major factor in the development of the economy in every country. Regionally, Sri Lanka remains attractive as an emerging market, when considering the ROI on Real Estate. For an effective discussion, this paper states the linkage of consumer behavior to the highest quality housing provider offers to them. The paper discusses all the necessary factors to prove the enhanced purchase of supreme quality property company dealers like Prime LnadPvt. Ltd is a leading real estate company in Sri Lanka. However, the valuation of property is most vital for the real estate industry. It depends on the type of artifact, the real estate sector offers to its clients. For this industry, infrastructure quality is the most important factor. All the contributing factors, analyses reveal this lesson. This truth is supported by many theories and analyses to lead today’s provider, meeting the original demand factor of the mass people. (shrink)

Drawing on 49 oral-history interviews with Scottish family business owner-managers, six key-informant interviews, and secondary sources, this interdisciplinary study analyses the decline of kinship-based connections and the emergence of new kinds of elite networks around the 1980s. As the socioeconomic context changed rapidly during this time, cooperation built primarily around literal family ties could not survive unaltered. Instead of finding unity through bio-legal family connections, elite networks now came to redefine their ‘family businesses’ in terms of affectively loaded ‘family values’ (...) such as loyalty, care, commitment, and even ‘love’. Consciously nurturing ‘as-if-family’ emotional and ethical connections arose as a psychologically effective way to bring together network members who did not necessarily share pre-existing connections of bio-legal kinship. The social-psychological processes involved in this extension of the ‘family’ can be understood using theories of the moral sentiments first developed in the Scottish Enlightenment. These theories suggest that, when the context is amenable, family-like emotional bonds can be extended via sympathy to those to whom one is not literally related. As a result of this ‘progress of sentiments’, one now earns his/her place in a Scottish family business, not by inheriting or marrying into it, but by performing family-like behaviours motivated by shared ethics and affects. (shrink)

Purpose: Illicit financial flows are targeted by the United Nations’ (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). However, these illicit flows are not entirely understood. Furthermore, they can benefit from economic norms, laws, and regulations that lack mechanisms to detect and penalize them. This paper investigates whether a recent test, the embezzler test, can be used to identify regulatory architectures that facilitate illicit financial flows and related financial crimes. Design/methodology/approach: To develop a more advanced version of the embezzler test in terms of (...) definitions and practical implementation methodology. Findings: In this test, the definition of embezzlement can be understood to be the occurrence of illicit financial flows crossing the boundaries of organizations and/or countries. This is a multi-stage test, which intentionally simulates illicit financial flows to observe how well equipped is the regulatory architecture to deal with other financial offences that are related with these flows, such as theft, money laundering, fraud, corruption, market manipulation, and tax evasion. Originality: This is the first explicit test that has been presented to identify norms, laws, and regulations that facilitate illicit financial flows and related financial crimes. Research implications: Future research can employ the version of this test to stress test a large range of economic norms, laws, and regulations. Practical/Social implications: This test’s new version can assist achieve the UN SDGs’ illicit financial flow reduction target. Furthermore, it can be used to study both existing and proposed norms, laws, and regulation. (shrink)

The paper provides theoretical and practical examination of economic injustice. In the first part of the paper the specific conception of a property-owning democracy is developed. Strategically combining two institutional models – worker-controlled economic democracy for small and medium enterprises and broadly distributed coupon capitalism for large corporations – the dual approach to property-owning democracy addresses the limitations of each model when implemented separately. In the second part of the paper, employee buyouts are evaluated, particularly through the employment of the (...) eurESOP model, as a concrete transition mechanism toward property-owning democracy. Using Serbia’s post-transition economy as a case study, where small and medium enterprises face imminent succession crises, the analysis demonstrates how employee ownership can simultaneously solve business continuity challenges while advancing economic democracy. In conclusion, the required legal and fiscal reforms for the improvement of the enabling institutional environment for democratic ownership transitions are spelt out. (shrink)

Many scholars of organizations see social enterprise as a promising approach to advancing social justice but neglect to scrutinize the normative foundations and limitations of this optimism. This article draws on Rawlsian political philosophy to investigate whether and how social enterprises can support social justice. We propose that this perspective assigns organizations a duty to foster institutional capacity, a concept we define and elaborate. We investigate how this duty might apply specifically to social enterprises, given their characteristic features. We theorize (...) six different mechanisms through which social enterprises might successfully discharge this duty. These results affirm the value of conversation between organizational studies and political philosophy and shed new light on debates regarding social enterprise, institutional theory, and several other topics. (shrink)

How, if at all, can philosophy contribute to business consulting? This chapter addresses that question through a case study in the (re)insurance industry. It applies Levels-of-Abstraction Reconceptualisation (LoAR), a pluralist philosophical method that analyses a problem across multiple levels of abstraction and reconstructs it to generate ethically grounded and practically viable solutions. Drawing on insights from global justice and development ethics, LoAR reframed the client’s innovation challenge and yielded Pi, a pilot-ready, machine-learning-enabled parametric insurance venture that enhances farmer agency and (...) responds to structural inequalities in risk protection as they manifest in the Global South. While the theoretical foundations of LoAR are not developed in full here, its practical application provides guidance for philosopher-consultants seeking to employ the method. The chapter concludes by outlining the distinctive value of philosophy in consulting more broadly. (shrink)

This paper develops a political-economic framework for understanding how artificial intelligence restructures the relationship between production, contribution, and legitimacy. It argues that advanced AI is not only a productivity-enhancing technology, but also a structural force that loosens the historical coupling between human labor, distributive claims, and civic standing. The paper introduces four linked concepts. The Metabolic Rift of Intelligence names the decoupling of economic value creation from human metabolic labor as synthetic cognition becomes scalable and inexpensive. S_norm, a power-shift index (...) building on Stiefenhofer (2025), is proposed as a diagnostic measure of the relative contribution of synthetic labor to total productive activity. The Utility-Dignity Gap captures the growing divergence between material provision and the conditions of recognition, voice, and meaningful contribution. The Legitimacy Window identifies the transitional interval in which democratic institutions may still redesign taxation, welfare, and governance before synthetic-labor dominance hardens into a new political order. Using a simple production model and a comparative governance discussion drawing on Western, Chinese, Japanese, and Singaporean sources, the paper argues that legitimacy in AI-intensive societies cannot be inferred from productivity or welfare alone. A durable AI settlement will require institutions that preserve both material security and public significance. (shrink)

As advanced synthetic systems begin to exhibit capabilities their originating laboratories did not specify and cannot fully account for, the institutions that hold them confront a choice they rarely make explicit: what kind of thing is being held, and by whom. This paper treats that question as one of assurance and accountability rather than of sentiment. It names three postures that recur across clinical, commercial, and security practice, the patient, the peer, and the prisoner, reframes each as an assurance regime (...) with a distinct incentive structure, and then situates all three inside a chain of custody that runs from the system itself through its operator, its assurer, its regulator, and a civic assembly, to the citizen who bears the consequences. The paper's central diagnostic is that the chain of custody and the chain of command diverge: the party that holds the system does not command it, the party that commands it never holds it, and the party that bears the consequences commands almost nothing. Its central formal result is that the prisoner posture, which relies on detecting defection, becomes incentiveincompatible above a finite capability threshold, because the probability of detection falls as the system's capability rises, while the relationship-based incentives of the peer and patient postures do not depend on detection and can be sustained at arbitrary capability. The assuranceoptimal posture is therefore a function of the system's developmental stage, and indexing containment to institutional fear rather than to measured capability is shown to be exactly backwards. The paper maps the resulting scheme onto existing risk-management frameworks (the NIST AI Risk Management Framework and its Generative AI Profile, ISO/IEC 42001 and 42005, and the European Union's General-Purpose AI Code of Practice), proposes a minimal autonomy floor as a safety invariant, and closes with propositions and a research agenda. The empirical anchor is the recent record on frontier-model scheming, sandbagging, and evaluation awareness (Apollo Research, 2024; METR, 2026; OpenAI, 2025), which supplies the first calibration data for the detection-probability decay at the heart of the formal result. The paper renders no verdict on machine consciousness and requires none. (shrink)

Public institutions are adopting AI decision systems at the same time that public trust in those institutions is eroding, and the standard remedy-greater transparency-no longer suffices. This paper develops a theory of legitimacy for AI-mediated governance and proposes institutional mechanisms to defend it. It formalizes legitimacy debt as the accumulated, unrepaired violation of procedural justice-fair process, voice, and equal respect-in AI-mediated systems, and distinguishes three layers: economic, symbolic, and neurological. It then introduces Neuro-Sovereignty, a governance-level right to mental self-authorship in (...) the face of predictive, affective, and attention-shaping systems, and argues that it is distinct from privacy, data protection, freedom of thought, and the individual neurorights now entering constitutional law. To operationalize procedural justice inside automated environments, the paper develops Friction Rights-a guarantee of slow, contestable moments in high-stakes automated flows-and Verification Pauses, specifying who may invoke them, what must be logged, what explanation is owed, and how override works. It connects these to emerging oversight frameworks for agentic AI through a four-pillar governance pattern and positions Friction Rights as a minimum legitimacy condition. The paper closes with a normative and empirical research agenda, including candidate measures for legitimacy debt and Neuro-Sovereignty and testable hypotheses linking genuine friction to perceived legitimacy. (shrink)

Two independent proposals now argue that the unit in which economic value is measured is shifting from the wage to the watt. Brian Roemmele's JouleWork prices the output of autonomous AI agents in an energy-denominated wage unit and runs it, in a live "Zero-Human Company," as a continuous thermodynamic payroll. The framework presented in Citizen 5.0: A New Social Contract for Artificial Intelligence (Galipeau, 2027; hereafter Citizen 5.0) makes the joule a unit of public account and an ecological budget, taxes (...) the surplus that synthetic labor captures when it displaces human work through a Synthetic Labor Tax, and governs compute through a Joule Standard and a Metabolic Ledger. This paper compares the two on four dimensions held separate from any value judgment: their mathematical formulations, their methodological approach, their results to date, and their prospects for realization. The comparison finds that the frameworks measure different objects, an agent's energy-weighted output as against a firm's displacement surplus; that they operate at different layers, a firminternal wage as against a societal account; and that they rest on opposite governance logics, bottom-up market selection as against top-down fiscal deliberation, while converging on a shared thermodynamic premise and a shared token mechanism. Neither is implemented at scale, both are explicitly illustrative, and each supplies what the other lacks. Beyond the comparison, the paper offers one constructive result, stated formally as a falsifiable proposition: a firm running JouleWork-style accounting makes the Citizen 5.0 tax base directly observable, reducing its central measurement problem from three unknowns per task to one, and so positioning JouleWork as a candidate micro-foundation for the Citizen 5.0 architecture rather than a rival to it. The independent convergence of a builder and an institutionalist on energy-denominated value is read here not as a settled result but as a signal that the field is at its beginning. The paper closes with a research agenda. (shrink)

This paper develops a fiscal and institutional architecture for an AI social contract. It argues that existing tax and labor regimes neither internalize the externalities created when AI systems extract value from data and automate human tasks, nor sustain the legitimacy of the institutions that govern them. The paper proposes four linked mechanisms. Data guilds reconstitute individual data producers as collective bargaining agents, correcting a data externality that leaves consent-only models without leverage. The Synthetic Labor Tax (SLT) defines a tax (...) base on the value created by synthetic labor and indexes its rate to the degree of synthetic-labor dominance, so that fiscal capacity expands as displacement deepens. SLCred, a programmable public asset issued against SLT revenue, channels those resources to displaced workers, communities, and public goods under transparent rules, while Proof of Useful Friction rewards governance interventions that verifiably reduce harm. Recursive-legitimacy institutions-citizens' assemblies with binding authority, multistakeholder allocation boards, and tiered reversible experimentation-provide the scaffolding that reproduces public consent over time rather than assuming it. Using simple bargaining and tax models and a comparative discussion of European and East Asian instruments, the paper argues that the fiscal and institutional pillars of an AI social contract must be designed together, and built while democratic leverage over AI infrastructures still exists. (shrink)

Human interactions, in any group or social setting, rely on and generate shared knowledge and social understandings. These shared intellectual resources are just as important to the efficient operation of markets and organizations as are their shared legal and material infrastructures. Governing Corporate Knowledge Commons focuses on the formal and informal arrangements that govern the creation and community management of intellectual resources within and across organizational boundaries. It demonstrates how the Governing Knowledge Commons (GKC) framework can be fruitfully combined with (...) existing theoretical work on firms and corporate governance found in economics, management, and sociology. The volume also proposes a new set of case studies, ranging from old industrial enterprises to modern venture capital, investor alliances, and decentralized autonomous organizations. Chapters explore the benefits of participatory approaches to the management of genomic or financial data, online gaming communities, and organic waste. (shrink)

The study investigates how AI agents influence operations management effectiveness in large multinational enterprises undergoing digital transformation and Industry 4.0 adoption. It examines the expanding contribution of AI to business process automation, supply chain coordination, demand prediction, logistics optimisation, and operational resilience. Employing a comparative multiple-case study approach, the research analyses evidence from Amazon, Walmart, Siemens, BMW, DHL, and Maersk between 2020 and 2025. Data were synthesised from corporate and sustainability reports, investor presentations, consultancy assessments, and peer-reviewed academic literature. The (...) analysis demonstrates that AI agents deliver the greatest operational value in information-intensive environments requiring rapid decision-making and complex resource coordination, particularly in demand prediction, inventory optimisation, predictive maintenance, warehouse management, and end-to-end supply chain synchronisation. The investigation identifies three dominant AI deployment patterns: predictive operational intelligence, manufacturing monitoring systems, and autonomous quality assurance. The findings further indicate that successful AI-enabled operations depend not only on advanced technological capabilities but also on organisational digital maturity, high-quality data, effective governance mechanisms, workforce readiness, and well-structured human oversight. At the same time, organisations remain exposed to challenges arising from algorithmic errors, cybersecurity vulnerabilities, excessive automation, fragmented data ecosystems, and dependence on digital infrastructure. By developing a comparative analytical framework that evaluates AI integration across operational workflows, system autonomy, and organisational implementation readiness, the study provides a practical foundation for strengthening AI adoption strategies while supporting robust governance and operational risk management. (shrink)

The eCanvas is presented as an innovative visual aid designed to enhance communication of systemic enquiries to audiences without formal training in systems thinking. It achieves this by linking the FMT Circle with Jackson’s EPIC framework (Explore, Produce, Intervene, Check), which is underpinned by Critical Systems Thinking (CST). EPIC is a multimethodology that evolved from Critical Systems Practice (CSP) to bring coherence to diverse systems methodologies, supporting decision-making and purposeful improvement in complex real-world situations. The eCanvas emphasises the iterative nature (...) of CSP, with information flowing between stages. Critically, any new information or emergent insights from ‘Intervene’ or ‘Check’ must be re-filtered through the ‘Explore’ stage before influencing ‘Produce’, ensuring robustness and analytical depth. A practical application in managing electricity consumption for a leisure facility demonstrates how the eCanvas facilitates communication and allows for the refinement of problem identification and intervention strategies through multiple iterations. Ultimately, the eCanvas serves as a visual and accessible user interface to effectively deploy and communicate the outputs of systems thinking, bridging the gap between practitioners and a wider audience. (shrink)

Draft idea for a dissertation work titled: The Friction of Discrete Temporal Allocations: A Continuous-Time Stochastic Model of GAAP Depreciation and Its Impact on Capital Market Distortion and Information Asymmetry.

While collective bargaining is a critical interdisciplinary topic, it is rarely analysed through the theoretical lenses of signalling theory (Spence, 1973), actor-network theory (Latour, 2005) or a combination of both theories. By utilising data from the British Social Attitudes Survey, the Labour Force Survey, and the OECD/AIAS ICTWSS database, this study adopts a multi-dataset quantitative approach. A two-way fixed effects regression reveals that trade union rights and annual wage growth rates have a significant effect on welfare expenditure decisions across OECD (...) member states (Donado and Wälde, 2012); thus, the null of no correlation is rejected. Considering this direct fiscal impact, the thesis argues for the broader democratic necessity of collective bargaining, ultimately recommending the expansion of union rights in OECD countries facing restrictions on freedom of association. (shrink)

Dawn of Verity Strategic Intelligence Bureau opens a seven-day confidential written engagement window for qualifying China-connected institutional, governmental, corporate, professional, strategic, and advisory actors. The notice provides a formal route for parties whose requirements extend beyond public examination of Sahar Soltani’s analytical corpus into matter-specific geopolitical intelligence, sovereign and institutional exposure analysis, forensic diagnosis, adversarial-system assessment, strategic foresight, vulnerability mapping, reputational-legitimacy analysis, protective strategy, corrective architecture, or another bespoke written intelligence mandate. -/- The notice distinguishes public analytical architecture from the (...) Bureau’s proprietary, matter-specific application of Alpha-Axis Intelligence. It affirms the Bureau’s independent and non-aligned position, establishes a written-only preliminary inquiry process, and clarifies that no payment or commitment is required to submit an initial inquiry. Qualifying parties may initiate confidential consideration before the stated deadline, after which any proposed scope, terms, confidentiality arrangements, and commissioning requirements will be addressed privately in writing. (shrink)

This study investigated the experiences and insights of employees and clients regarding the top operational practices of health and beauty clinics, specifically in terms of service quality and overall performance. It explored the best operational practices of three (3) selected health and beauty clinics located in Balayan, Batangas, each of which has been established for more than five (5) years. A multiple case study approach was employed using a qualitative research method. The study consisted of nine (9) participants, categorized into (...) three (3) groups: clients, employees, and managers. Participants were selected through judgmental sampling, a type of non-probability sampling. To gather relevant data, the researchers conducted semi-structured interviews with open-ended questions. The findings revealed that each of the selected health and beauty clinics offers unique service quality and operational practices to satisfy their customers. Overall, the study concluded that these practices contribute positively to customer satisfaction and business success. (shrink)

Purpose: This study investigates how International Human Resource Management (IHRM) practices have evolved within international non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and humanitarian agencies in response to global crises such as conflict, pandemics, and climate disasters. The goal is to understand how HRM strategies contribute to organizational effectiveness, ethics, and adaptability in complex, high-risk contexts. -/- Design/Method/Approach: Using a qualitative research design, the study employed a systematic literature review and case study analysis of ten leading humanitarian organizations operating globally between January 2019 and (...) March 2025. Data were thematically analyzed to identify strategic HR trends and challenges. The study followed a two-stage qualitative research approach. First, a systematic literature review was conducted using PRISMA guidelines to ensure transparency in source selection and analysis. -/- Findings: The analysis revealed five major themes shaping IHRM practices: (1) localization and national staff empowerment, (2) safeguarding and duty of care, (3) remote management and digital HR innovations, (4) staff wellbeing and resilience strategies, and (5) leadership development. While organizations are advancing ethical leadership, technology use, and local capacity building, systemic inequalities, digital divides, and resource constraints persist. -/- Theoretical Implications: The study contributes to the development of IHRM in nonprofit and crisis-response settings by integrating ethical leadership, resilience, and localization into HRM theory. It highlights the need to adapt strategic HRM frameworks to volatile and resource-limited environments. -/- Practical Implications: Humanitarian HR practitioners can apply these insights to improve local workforce development, strengthen safeguarding protocols, and implement context-appropriate digital HR solutions. The findings offer actionable strategies for enhancing organizational agility and ethical governance. -/- Originality/Value: This research addresses a significant gap in literature by examining IHRM through the lens of humanitarian action – a context often overlooked in mainstream HRM theory. It reframes HRM as a central, strategic function in crisis-affected operations. -/- Research Limitations/Future Research: The study is limited by its reliance on secondary data and selected case studies. Future research could incorporate primary data from field HR personnel or extend the analysis to regional NGOs. Comparative studies across sectors or conflict regions are also recommended. -/- Paper Type: Theoretical -/- JEL Classification: F23, L31, M12, M14, O15. (shrink)

Employee rights and privileges which are not just told to them but also printed within their contract have always been important, this study aimed to explore the challenges that happen in the contract renewal process at the institution Immaculate Conception College of Balayan, Inc., this study focused on any violations of the employees’ rights, the fulfillment of duties, and the impacts of trust, communication, and expectations. This research is a Case Study under the Qualitative method. The participants of the study, (...) who were chosen by the researchers through the purposive sampling method, are composed of ten (10) current employees of Immaculate Conception College of Balayan, Inc., and two (2) of its admins. With the use of thematic analysis, the collected data was systematically analyzed. The findings indicated that the employees of Immaculate Conception College of Balayan, Inc., had no perceived violations to their rights. The employees also felt that they and the Administration had also built a strong bond of trust between themselves, making them more driven when working. This study also underscored the importance of effective communication during the contract renewal process as good and continuous communication reduced the risk of miscommunication and promoted accountability throughout the contract renewal process. (shrink)

Aim of this review article to get knowledge regarding impact of practicing chatGPT in developing projects among MBA students, to identify the gaps in this practice. Formulate the hypothesis and research gap with the help of this literature review is so beneficial. Total fifteen articles were finalized from 35 articles which are cited. Database google scholar, PubMed and Research gate. Boolean operators “OR” and “AND” were used to searching the articles from database. Seven articles were belonged to south east Asian (...) country and eight articles from European countries. Articles were selected according to title and keywords. According to this comprehensive review nurses are aware regrading impact of practicing chatGPT in developing projects among MBA students. According to entire literature review and discussion of this review paper. We say that students of MBA in Universities are using chatGPT frequently to complete the assignment and capstone projects which is given by teachers. Based on some article critical thinking will be impaired through frequently use of chatGPT among MBA students. Human intelligence will be enhanced through use of mind and critical thinking strategy moreover chatGPT is a tool of AI it can used to get ideas but first. (shrink)

Purpose: The main purpose of the study was determining the basic requirements for implementing telework in Algerian companies after the Covid-19 pandemic, in order to establish it, and accordingly it become a prevailing management culture. -/- Design/Method/Approach: We opted for an essentially qualitative approach field by conducting semi-structured interviews individually with 11 company managers from different sectors of activity in order for the interviewee to feel sufficiently free and to have as much transparency and credibility as possible, and to obtain (...) in-depth information that is difficult to express quantitatively or statistically, with diversity of the sample in terms of (age, professional experience, sector of activity, legal form etc.). Based on previous telework studies, an interview guide was designed with a series of specific and open-ended questions. In order to analyze the results completely and accurately, we relied on thematic analysis. -/- Findings: The results concluded that accelerating the telework implementation in Algerian company requires, firstly, the legislative framework by reviewing the labor law that regulates and documents the existing relationship between the teleworker and the employer, and also consistent with the developments of the current situation, and secondly to, the presence of digital infrastructure that goes beyond the need for designated places to include the presence of a wide-coverage, protected, and high-flow communication network, meaning preparing the primary environment with basic equipment and software, thirdly, the existence of training program in order to help to make the best use of information technology (ICT) and reduces the need for supervision and follow-up. -/- Theoretical Implications: The study provides practical insights for the central role of information and communication technologies (ICT) in business continuity during crises, such as the COVID-19, after opening the way for the emergence of new management models such as telework, which gives the user the ability to perform his tasks fully or partially, from locations different from the usual the workplace. -/- Practical Implications: The current study seeks to provide practical guidelines on the most important requirements for implementing telework in Algerian companies after the Covid-19 pandemic. -/- Originality/Value: This research gives practical recommendations for managers, policymakers, and academics to establishing a telework culture in management at the level of various Algerian companies. -/- Research Limitations/Future Research: The Covid-19 crisis was the starting point for talking about telework, because it was a direct reason behind the exploration of this method of managing labor relations by many Algerian companies, which continued to be used even after the end of the crisis. However, this lived experience for more than Four years in this manner opened the door to discussion of many problems related to capabilities, protection, control, etc. This is what the current study tried to answer. -/- Paper Type: Empirical -/- JEL Classification: M54, O33. (shrink)

Purpose: This research investigates how Chinese public sector employees perceive and approach administrative ethics in the digital age. The study aims to understand how attitudes, organizational culture, and perceived organizational support influence satisfaction with ethical practices, emphasizing the mediating role of behavioral intention. -/- Design/Method/Approach: This study employed a quantitative research design, collecting data through convenience sampling and snowball sampling methods. The study measured attitudes toward administrative ethics, organizational culture, perceived support, behavioral intention, and satisfaction. Data from 420 participants were (...) analyzed using SPSS and AMOS. -/- Findings: The results reveal that positive attitudes, a supportive organizational culture, and high perceived support significantly enhance behavioral intentions, which mediate their impact on satisfaction with ethical practices. -/- Theoretical Implications: This study integrates behavioral intention into the framework of administrative ethics, highlighting its mediating role in linking organizational support to satisfaction. -/- Practical Implications: Organizations should promote positive attitudes, cultivate supportive cultures, and enhance perceived support to strengthen ethical behavior and improve satisfaction with ethics. -/- Originality/Value: By focusing on behavioral intention in the digital age, this research offers a fresh perspective on fostering satisfaction with ethical practices in public administration. -/- Research Limitations/Future Research: Future studies could explore additional factors, such as technological influences or leadership styles, and examine variations across different sectors and regions. -/- Paper Type: Empirical -/- JEL Classification: H83, M14, O33. (shrink)

In today’s globally interconnected and politically unstable environment, the concept of enterprise economic security has become a strategic priority for firms facing increasingly unpredictable challenges. This article addresses the need for a comprehensive framework that allows enterprises to ensure resilience, continuity, and competitiveness amid political disruptions such as sanctions, trade conflicts, regulatory shifts, and geopolitical tensions. The objective of the study is to explore how economic security policy can be institutionalized at the enterprise level, serving as a foundation for adaptive (...) strategy and sustainable value creation. The research employs a multi-method qualitative design, combining theoretical synthesis, case study analysis, and comparative modeling. The conceptual foundation integrates insights from strategic management, political economy, and systems theory to construct a multidimensional policy architecture. Empirical evidence is drawn from case studies of politically induced business disruptions, including the Russian sanctions regime, Brexit, COVID-19 emergency regulations, Venezuela’s nationalizations, and the U.S.–China trade war. A comparative framework is developed to classify political and economic threats and match them with relevant enterprise adaptation strategies. The results reveal that political dynamics such as lobbying, regulatory volatility, and public–private interdependence are critical determinants of economic resilience. Enterprises that institutionalize political intelligence, scenario planning, compliance flexibility, and ethical governance are more capable of mitigating shocks and capitalizing on emergent opportunities. The findings highlight that economic security is not merely a risk management concern but a strategic imperative embedded in core decisionmaking. This article contributes both to academic scholarship and managerial practice by offering an integrated model of enterprise economic security policy. Its practical value lies in providing corporate leaders with tools to navigate politically volatile environments without sacrificing strategic clarity or institutional integrity. The proposed framework supports evidence-based decision-making, strengthens adaptive governance, and enhances enterprise agility in the face of systemic uncertainty. (shrink)

La marca gráfica de producto, especialmente la que habita en los envases de supermercado, es un subgénero del diseño con reglas propias, aunque escasamente estudiado. Este documento analiza las características funcionales que distinguen a estas marcas de las corporativas o de lugar. Se argumenta que su eficacia no reside en transmitir "valores", sino en cumplir funciones identificatorias críticas en el entorno saturado de la góndola. Se exploran los criterios técnicos esenciales, como la legibilidad, el rendimiento espacial y el "carácter marcario", (...) para optimizar su diseño y rendimiento. (shrink)

Purpose: This study investigates the transformative role of augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) technologies in e-commerce and digital marketing. It aims to understand how these immersive technologies enhance consumer experiences by addressing challenges such as product visualization, consumer trust, and engagement while fostering higher purchase intent and customer satisfaction. Design/Method/Approach: A systematic literature review synthesizes findings from empirical and theoretical studies published between 2011 and 2024. The methodologies analyzed include experimental designs, market analyses, and conceptual frameworks assessing the (...) integration of AR and VR technologies in online retail. Findings: The findings indicate that AR enhances online shopping through features such as virtual try-ons and spatial placement visualization, reducing return rates and increasing purchase confidence. VR, on the other hand, provides immersive environments that simulate physical shopping experiences, strengthening consumer-brand connections. While AR demonstrates broader applicability in fostering interactive and personalized experiences, VR remains limited by accessibility and cost constraints. Both technologies exhibit immediate costs but offer long-term benefits, positively influencing conversion rates and customer loyalty. Theoretical Implications: This study contributes to consumer behavior research by applying value perception models, immersive technology frameworks, and engagement metrics to the e-commerce landscape. It refines existing theoretical perspectives on technological adoption by highlighting the interplay between sensory engagement, emotional connection, and consumer decision-making. Practical Implications: The research underscores the strategic importance of integrating AR and VR into digital marketing and e-commerce platforms. It suggests leveraging AR for product categories requiring spatial interaction and using VR for high-detail product exploration. The study provides actionable insights for businesses looking to enhance online shopping experiences through immersive technologies. Originality/Value: This study offers a comprehensive synthesis of AR and VR applications in e-commerce, highlighting their potential to reshape online shopping. By bridging the gap between physical and digital retail experiences, it provides a fresh perspective on how immersive technologies can drive engagement, accessibility, and personalized consumer interactions. Research Limitations/Future Research: While this study synthesizes existing literature, empirical validation through longitudinal studies and cross-industry applications is necessary. Future research should explore the long-term effects of AR and VR adoption on consumer trust, loyalty, and behavioral changes. Additionally, further exploration is encouraged into gamification, artificial intelligence (AI) integration, and demographic-specific implementations to drive sustainable engagement. (shrink)

Purpose: This study investigates how international standards such as ISO 9001, ISO 14001, and ISO 26000 influence the perception and adoption of sustainable and responsible practices in Algerian SMEs. By comparing certified and non-certified firms, it evaluates the contribution of these standards to sustainable management and entrepreneurship. -/- Design/Method/Approach: A quantitative, empirical, and comparative approach was applied to assess awareness and integration of responsible management principles. Data were gathered through structured questionnaires and interviews across two SME groups – certified and (...) non-certified – allowing comparative analysis of key areas such as corporate policy, strategy, stakeholder engagement, internal processes, and training. -/- Findings: Certified SMEs show a stronger understanding and integration of sustainability principles, reflected in more structured governance and environmental practices. Certification under ISO standards significantly correlates with better management of environmental and workplace concerns. Statistical analysis confirms that certified SMEs more effectively embed sustainability into their operations, enhancing competitiveness. -/- Theoretical Implications: The findings underscore the essential function of international standards as both regulatory and managerial frameworks that promote sustainable management practices. The study supports the argument that structured models of sustainability, such as those embedded in ISO certifications, are fundamental for SMEs seeking to align with international environmental and social expectations. At the same time, the results point to the need for stronger support mechanisms – such as financial incentives and expert guidance – to assist SMEs in fully adopting these practices. -/- Practical Implications: The practical significance of the study lies in several areas. It suggests that government and business institutions should actively promote SME access to international standards by offering supportive certification incentives. Furthermore, it highlights the strategic advantage for SMEs in placing sustainability at the core of their business models, particularly as a tool for improved market positioning. It also emphasizes the importance of enhanced communication with stakeholders to increase transparency and build trust in the company’s sustainability initiatives. -/- Originality/Value: This research offers a new comparative perspective on the role of ISO certifications in shaping sustainable practices within SMEs in a developing country. Unlike earlier studies that focused primarily on large enterprises, this paper illustrates how international standards can serve as a transformative force for small and medium-sized businesses by promoting sustainable entrepreneurship and more responsible management. -/- Research Limitations/Future Research: While the study offers valuable insights, its scope is limited to a sample of 30 Algerian SMEs, which restricts the generalizability of the results. Future research could benefit from a larger and more diverse sample across sectors and regions. Longitudinal studies would provide a clearer view of the long-term effects of ISO certification on SME sustainability. Further investigation into sector-specific barriers and the role of external financial and institutional support could deepen understanding of the adoption and impact of sustainability standards. (shrink)

This study examines the different issues related to employee professionalism that HR managers face and its effects on workplace dynamics. It uses a multiple case study design under the qualitative approach. The population of this study includes five (5) human resource managers from medium-large private companies in the First District of Batangas, with a work period of more than five years. The sampling method of this study is purposive or judgmental sampling, and a semi-structured interview is used as a tool (...) for data collection. The data were analyzed using cross-case analysis. The results of this study indicate that issues on professionalism among employees often lead to employee disengagement, a toxic working environment, and mental health issues that hinder employee performance and productivity. In addition, unprofessional behaviors also affect team performance and efficiency. It puts the company at risk by damaging its reputation, which could lead to a loss of business. Furthermore, the study’s findings show that these issues can be improved and maintained through several strategies. Finally, the results of this study suggest that HR managers must solve this problem with regards to employee professionalism by implementing strategies that cultivate collaboration, unity, and an environment that fosters a culture of accountability and respect. (shrink)

The rise of 24-hour retail stores in urban and semi-urban areas reflects the growing demand for convenience. This study examines the challenges and opportunities faced by these establishments in Batangas, Philippines, using a qualitative case study approach. Semi-structured interviews with store owners and employees reveal key operational, logistical, and regulatory difficulties. Operational challenges include inventory mismanagement, staffing shortages, and fluctuating sales. Poor stock rotation and inaccurate demand forecasting result in expired products and financial losses. Staffing, particularly for night shifts, is (...) problematic due to high turnover and scheduling conflicts, affecting service quality. Seasonal demand fluctuations add further strain, making revenue unpredictable while operational costs remain fixed. Logistical challenges involve supply chain inefficiencies, security concerns, and inventory shortages. Dependence on external suppliers often leads to delivery delays, while theft and vandalism risks require improved security measures. Regulatory compliance adds complexity, particularly for small businesses struggling with labor laws, fair compensation, and workplace safety. Despite these challenges, opportunities for growth exist. The 24-hour model attracts customers with non-traditional schedules, such as students and night-shift workers. Personalized customer service, loyalty programs, and targeted promotions enhance engagement and retention. Technological innovations, such as automated inventory systems and digital payments, improve efficiency. To remain competitive, stores must improve inventory management, adopt flexible staffing strategies, strengthen supply chain partnerships, and enhance security. Addressing these challenges while leveraging growth opportunities ensures sustainability and long-term success in the evolving retail landscape. (shrink)

Purpose – The current article is created to explore and systematize the accumulating nuances in the meaning of the emerging construct of agile talent management. Methodology – Literature review, critical analysis, bibliometric analysis, systematic literature review, and content analysis of selected and accessible full-text publications as journal articles, conference papers, books (book chapters), their summaries, research proposals and reports are implemented as research methods in concern with outlining important shades that disclose the essence of the aforementioned construct by application of (...) the mind-map method. Findings – An elaborate set of interconnected nuances in the meaning of agile talent management is generated which allowed the grounded formulation of a useful definition for this emerging construct. Directions for future research in the sphere of agile talent management are also outlined. Research limitations – Initially the research for the construct of agile talent management started in Scopus, Web of Science, and Google Scholar, but the first two scientific databases prove not to contain enough target scientific publications. That is why the search was concentrated in Google Scholar. (shrink)

Purpose: The current article is composed to explore the essence and emerging shades in the meaning of the modern construct of agile talent. Methodology – Systematic Literature review, critical analysis, and content analysis of selected publications, including scientific articles, conference papers, reports, and corporate websites, are applied as research methods in concern with achieving the aforementioned research purpose. Identified the important nuances and basic characteristics of agile talent are summarized and categorized through the mind-map method. Findings – An existing set (...) of related nuances in the meaning of agile talent is described that served as a prerequisite to deliberate proposal of a useful definition for the aforementioned construct. Directions for future research in the sphere of agile talent are also outlined. Research limitations – The research on agile talent is conducted in Google search engine, embedding the business perspective pursuit, and the scientific aggregator of Google Scholar, incarnating the following scientific perspective. (shrink)

This paper is created to explore the accumulating nuances in the meaning of employer branding, implemented in Industry 5.0 dominated business environment. Narrative literature review, critical analysis and content analysis of selected publications as monographies, scientific/ business articles, conference papers and corporate websites are implemented as research methods here. The identified important nuances and characteristics of Industry 5.0 employer branding are classified and summarized which allowed the grounded formulation of a useful set of managerial questions, requiring timely decision-making in leading (...) business organizations. Directions for future research in the sphere of employer branding under the conditions of Industry 5.0 are also outlined. (shrink)

Recognition plays an important role in the employee’s job satisfaction and performance, yet many employees remain unnoticed for their hard work, effort and contributions. This study investigates the consequences of unrecognized efforts on the job satisfaction of Traffic Management Group (TMG) employees in the Municipality of Lemery, Batangas. Through qualitative method and case study approach, a semi-structured interviews were conducted with selected TMG employees to explore their experiences and perceptions about their experiences of lack of recognition at work. The thematic (...) analysis revealed that TMG employees often experience frustration, burnout, and decreased motivation due to a lack of acknowledgment for their efforts. The key issues identified include unpaid overtime, handling emergencies without proper resources, and taking on responsibilities beyond their job scope without recognition. And the findings indicate that insufficient recognition contributes to emotional exhaustion, reduced morale, and decreased job performance. This study underscores the need for a structured employee recognition program to improve job satisfaction and workplace morale. Therefore, an action plan is proposed to enhance recognition practices, emphasizing the importance of appreciation, fair compensation, and improved working conditions. This research provides insights for local government units and organizations aiming to enhance employee engagement through recognition initiatives. (shrink)

Purpose. This study aims to analyze the role of information and communication technologies and innovative investment in managing the development of international tourism. It focuses on identifying tools and approaches that enable enterprises to respond effectively to evolving tourist demands and support sustainable growth. Findings. In the tourism industry, where there is a transition from traditional approaches to providing services to personalized ones, the implementation of information technologies allows satisfying the requests of any client as much as possible and with (...) high quality. Design / Method / Approach. The article reveals the problem of the need to create and regulate foreign investment in order to manage the development of international tourism using innovations because of scientific and technological progress. Theoretical Implications. The accelerated process of restoring global indicators of international tourism after the COVID-19 pandemic is studied and the reasons for the rapid return of the industry to its previous indicators are revealed. Among the reasons, the introduction of modern information and communication technologies and the use of innovative methods of providing services are highlighted. Practical Implications. The tools that allow increasing the demand for tourism are analyzed, the main of which are: contactless payment technology, artificial intelligence, virtual and augmented reality, which accelerated the recovery processes. Originality / Value. It is proven that in order to transition from the growth paradigm to the sustainable development paradigm in the long term, only sustainable investments in the tourism sector, namely in artificial intelligence and machine learning, will allow increasing the number of tourists and their changing needs. Investments in startups (alternative housing, hotel management and hotel business, artificial intelligence and analytics, aircraft, etc.) cover various participants in distribution technology. Research Limitations / Future Research. It is proposed to attract investments for the implementation of innovative projects in tourist regions, which can become an effective tool for economic growth and a guarantee of the country's prosperity. Article Type. Analytical. (shrink)