The role of information alignment and entrepreneurial traits on SME internationalization: a conceptual framework

Purpose – The paper aims to explore the internationalisation decision-making of small- and medium-sized enterprise (SME) owner/managers. Specifically, structural alignment theory (SAT) and regulatory focus theory (RFT) are utilised to examine the concept of opportunity recognition in the context of internationalisation choices. Design/methodology/approach – This paper is conceptual in nature, and an integrative cognitive model of internationalisation choice decisions is developed based on SAT and RFT, underpinned by a critical review of the international entrepreneurship (IE) literature. Findings – Scenarios are identified in which the structure of available information may affect the decision-evaluation process in terms of cognitive resource requirements. Further, the SME owner/manager’s motivational goal orientation is suggested to moderate the role of the information structure in line with IE literature. A conceptual model and propositions are presented. Research limitations/implications – The conceptual model and the propositions arising from the discussion in this paper offer new directions of research to explore SME internationalisation. Originality/value – This paper offers a cognitive perspective of SME internationalisation. This paper offers insights for policymakers, SME owner/managers, practitioners and researchers alike. For internationalisation decisions, this paper highlights the potential impact of the structure of information that is made available to SME owner/managers by industry or policy bodies; further, the moderating influence of motivational goal orientation may inform policy on how information should be presented to SME owner/managers to aid their decision-making.</p

Context-Awareness Enhances 5G Multi-Access Edge Computing Reliability

The fifth generation (5G) mobile telecommunication network is expected to support Multi- Access Edge Computing (MEC), which intends to distribute computation tasks and services from the central cloud to the edge clouds. Towards ultra-responsive, ultra-reliable and ultra-low-latency MEC services, the current mobile network security architecture should enable a more decentralized approach for authentication and authorization processes. This paper proposes a novel decentralized authentication architecture that supports flexible and low-cost local authentication with the awareness of context information of network elements such as user equipment and virtual network functions. Based on a Markov model for backhaul link quality, as well as a random walk mobility model with mixed mobility classes and traffic scenarios, numerical simulations have demonstrated that the proposed approach is able to achieve a flexible balance between the network operating cost and the MEC reliability.Comment: Accepted by IEEE Access on Feb. 02, 201

Unlocking Galactic Wolf-Rayet stars with Gaia DR2 I: Distances and absolute magnitudes

We obtain distances to 383 Galactic Wolf-Rayet (WR) stars from Gaia DR2 parallaxes and Bayesian methods, with a prior based on HII regions and dust extinction. Distances agree with those from Bailer-Jones et al. for stars up to 2 kpc from the Sun, though deviate thereafter due to differing priors, leading to modest reductions in luminosities for recent WR spectroscopic results. We calculate visual and K-band absolute magnitudes, accounting for dust extinction contributions and binarity, and identify 188 stars with reliable absolute magnitudes. For WR and O stars within 2 kpc, we find a WR/O ratio of 0.1. The distances are used to generate absolute magnitude calibrations and obtain the Gaia colour magnitude diagram for WR stars. Average vWR-band absolute magnitudes for WN stars range from –3.6 mag (WN3–4) to –7.0 mag (WN8–9ha), and –3.1 (WO2–4) to –4.6 mag (WC9), with standard deviations of ∼0.6 mag. Using HII region scale heights, we identify 31 WR stars at large (3σ, |z|≥156 pc) distances from the mid-plane as potential runaways accounting for the Galactic warp, of which only 4 involve WN8–9 stars, contrary to previous claims

PERJANJIAN YANG DILARANG DALAM PERSAINGAN USAHA TIDAK SEHAT MENURUT UU NO. 5 TAHUN 1999

Penelitian ini dilakukan dengan tujuan untuk mengetahui bagaimana pengaturan perjanjian yang dilarang menurut Undang-Undang No. 5 Tahun 1999 tentang Larangan Praktik Monopoli dan Persaingan Usaha Tidak Sehat (Pasal 3) dan bagaimana penegakan hukum terhadap pelanggaran perjanjian yang dilarang.  Dengan menggunakan metode penelitian yuridis normatif, disimpulkan: 1. Pengaturan Undang-Undang No. 5 Tahun 1999 tidak semata-mata mengatur perilaku para pelaku usaha, melainkan pada giliran akhirnya akan memberikan perlindungan hukum terhadap konsumen. Berbagai produk barang dan/atau jasa yang dihasilkan dan/atau didistribusikan/dijual oleh para pelaku usaha pada akhirnya membutuhkan konsumen, sehingga perlindungan konsumen menjadi bagian penting yang dicapai oleh undang-undang tersebut. 2. Penegakan hukum terhadap pelanggaran perjanjian-perjanjian yang dilarang, dapat berupa sanksi yaitu sanksi administratif yang merupakan domain KPPU, sedangkan penegakan hukum berupa pidana pokok maupun pidana tambahan merupakan domain pengadilan.Kata kunci: Perjanjian, dilarang, persaingan usaha tidak sehat

Officials in sport: an evaluation of the progress made by the sport industry in response to the recommendations in the 1994 A Fair Go report

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PENGARUH BAURAN PEMASARAN TERHADAP KEPUTUSAN PEMBELIAN DI PASAR TRADISIONAL (STUDI PADA PASAR TRADISIONAL DI KOTA MANADO)

Pasar merupakan kumpulan penjual potensial atas tawaran pasar tertentu. Seiring perkembangannya, pasar terbagi atas pasar tradisional dan pasar modern. Karakteristik pasar tradisional, yaitu: sebuah lokasi bisnis ritel dalam suatu kota yang menawarkan proses tawar menawar dalam bertransaksi, mampu menampung banyak penjual, dilaksanakan dengan manajemen tanpa perangkat teknologi modern dan memiliki golongan pedagang menengah ke bawah, dan memiliki masa operasi rata-rata dari subuh sampai siang atau sore hari. Sedangkan pasar modern menggunakan teknologi modern, konsumen dan pedagangnya dari golongan menengah ke atas, harga yang ditawarkan tetap dan sistem pelayanannya sendiri. Keberadaan pasar tradisional dewasa ini mulai tersaingi bahkan tergeser oleh perkembangan jumlah pasar modern dalam bentuk minimarket, supermarket, hypermarket dan department store. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk mengkaji faktor-faktor dan variabel-variabel dominan yang dipertimbangkan konsumen dalam keputusan pembelian di pasar tradisonal yang ada di Kota Manado. 100 konsumen pasar tradisional di Kota Manado telah disurvei sebagai responden. Secara parsial, Harga, Lokasi, Keragaman Produk, dan Kualitas Produk berpengaruh positif terhadap terhadap keputusan pembelianpara konsumen pada Pasar Tradisional di Kota Manado. Secara simultan Harga, Lokasi, Keragaman Produk, dan Kualitas berpengaruh secara simultan terhadap keputusan pembelian parakonsumen pada Pasar Tradisional di Kota Manado

Faktor-Faktor Yang Berhubungan Dengan Status Gizi Balita (6-59 Bulan) Di Puskesmas Tampo Kabupaten Tana Toraja

Status gizi (nutritional status) adalah keadaan yang diakibatkan oleh keseimbangan antara asupan zat gizi dari makanan dan kebutuhan zat gizi oleh tubuh. Status gizi yang kurang pada balita terus meningkat setiap tahunnya mengakibatkan setengah dari 10,9 juta kasus kematian anak didominasi status gizi yang tidak normal, sebab status gizi yang tidak normal bisa berefek ke penyakit lainnya juga, seperti campak dan malaria. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis faktor yang berhubungan dengan status gizi balita (6-59 bulan) di Puskesmas Tampo Kabupaten Tana Toraja Provinsi Sulawesi Selatan. Jenis penelitian yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah Survei Analitik dengan rancangan Cross Sectional Study. Sampel yang digunakan sebanyak 88 responden, yang diperoleh dengan teknik simple random sampling. Data diolah dan dianalisis dengan uji Chi-Square. Hasil uji diperoleh nilai p value masing-masing variabel yaitu pengetahuan (0,008), pelayanan kesehatan (0,000), riwayat ASI Ekslusif (0,013), dan riwayat penyakit infeksi (0,003). Penelitian menyimpulkan, pengetahuan ibu, pelayanan kesehatan, riwayat pemberian ASI Ekslusif, dan riwayat penyakit infeksi pada balita berhubungan secara signifikan dengan status gizi balita di wilayah kerja Puskesmas Tampo Kabupaten Tana Toraja

The Implementation of Strengthening Pancasila Student Profile’s (P5) Project at SDN Parsanga I

Strengthening the Pancasila Student Profile’s (P5) Project is one of the programs designed by the Ministry of Education and Culture that included in the independent curriculum. The main objective of implementing the P5 program is to create students with character and behavior in accordance with Pancasila. The approach used in P5 is project-based learning (PjBL). The purpose of this study is to describe the implementation of strengthening Pancasila student profile’s (P5) project at SDN Parsanga I that is one of the sekolah penggerak  in Sumenep Regency, including the flow of implementation, the chosen of theme or topic, dimensions, elements, sub elements, and the target objectives of Pancasila Student Profile. The results of the study shows that each series of activities in the implementation of P5 is able to train students to develop the dimensions of Pancasila students in aspects of critical thinking and faith, piety to God Almighty and noble character. Students are involved in the activities that build a links between various information, analyze, evaluate and conclude information. In addition, contextualization activities occur so that students are able to link the theme of survival with the problem of waste in the surrounding environment so that it can bring out the behavior of protecting the environment as a form of morals towards nature

Unlocking Galactic Wolf–Rayet stars with Gaia DR2 – II. Cluster and association membership

Galactic Wolf–Rayet (WR) star membership of star-forming regions can be used to constrain the formation environments of massive stars. Here, we utilize Gaia DR2 parallaxes and proper motions to reconsider WR star membership of clusters and associations in the Galactic disc, supplemented by recent near-infrared studies of young massive clusters. We find that only 18–36 per cent of 553 WR stars external to the Galactic Centre region are located in clusters, OB associations or obscured star-forming regions, such that at least 64 per cent of the known disc WR population are isolated, in contrast with only 13 per cent of O stars from the Galactic O star Catalogue. The fraction located in clusters, OB associations or star-forming regions rises to 25–41 per cent from a global census of 663 WR stars including the Galactic Centre region. We use simulations to explore the formation processes of isolated WR stars. Neither runaways, nor low-mass clusters, are numerous enough to account for the low cluster membership fraction. Rapid cluster dissolution is excluded as mass segregation ensures WR stars remain in dense, well-populated environments. Only low-density environments consistently produce WR stars that appeared to be isolated during the WR phase. We therefore conclude that a significant fraction of WR progenitors originate in low-density association-like surroundings which expand over time. We provide distance estimates to clusters and associations host to WR stars, and estimate cluster ages from isochrone fitting