HR PRACTICES AND STRATEGIC CONTRIBUTIONS IN EDUCATIONAL INDUSTRY (ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY)

This paper attempts to identify the current policies and problems of IAU (Islamic Azad University) in HR practices. On the other hand this research offers new HR practices according to experts and different persons in different levels of IAU. Finally, offered HR practices are in line with strategic contributions in educational industryHuman Resources, Human Resources Practices, and Knowledge Sharing

THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ONLINE ENVIRONMENTS AND CUSTOMER SATISFACTION (IRAN COMPUTER HARDWARE INDUSTRY)

In this quantitative article research first, the main factors in customer satisfaction in online environment of Iran in hardware industry with process based-view are identified. Secondly relationships between identified factors in online environment of Iran and customer satisfaction are investigatedOnline Environment, Customer satisfaction, and Process Based-View

Configurational Path to NPD Project Performance- Involving Source of Innovation in Supply Chain Strategy

Abstract— During past twenty years, knowledge integration and product development process, have been considered as two critical strategies for new product development process. The two mentioned strategies were the main focus of industry and also academicians as well as many practitioners). The most significant similarity among the investigations on this integration strategy is the focus on organizations as unit of analysis and in some cases, the investigations was in project level in order to have more accurate and detail results. But in this study we considered project phase and the unit of analysis to be able to take into account the project and different phase’s characteristics. In this way we will be able to find more relevant and practical results for integration different source of knowledge, in different phases of new product development. We analysed 125 new product development projects from total 85 manufacturing firms, which have implemented at least one form of external collaboration among their NPD projects, within 8 different industries in Spain. To make these analysis we used fsQCA method and our finding show that by involving different types of knowledge sources in different phase of NPD projects, the companies may achieved to different level of Cost, Market, Speed and product Novelty performance and these configurations are very between different projects

Supply Chain Management Strategies in Project and Absorptive Capacity to Implementation Partnership Strategy in New Product Development

To develop new and successful products, supply chain management can be efficient way as a multidisciplinary process. It appears logical to consider that some elements, such as fast changes in technology, a flexible process of production, and international rivalry, have a direct relationship across various knowledge sources and are more necessary for introducing timely and profitable new products. Our main emphasis is to make a comparative assessment forthe role of decomposed attributes of complexity level in new project development (NPD) and internal abilities to choose partnership as dominant mode for external collaboration in different phases of NPD, by using supply chain management design across 125 NPD projects in low technology-intensive SMEs in Spain. The results provide support for the role of absorptive capacity and different dimensions of project complexity in developing a co-development strategy (Partnership) in different phases of NPD projects

The Impact of the Negative Deposit Facility Rate on the Banking System

The main aim of the study is to investigate the repercussions of the monetary policy of negative interest rates conducted by the European Central Bank as a response to defective performance levels across the banking system during a time of economic trough afflicting European countries. The assumption under negative interest rates is that this should make monetary institutions more likely to issue credit, thus fighting loan contraction and creating a solid ground for proper money circulation and economic expansion. Simultaneously, this policy entails, for financial institutions, an extra payment due to their liquidity holdings at the ECB, in the form of deposits or current accounts. Nonetheless, it should be kept in mind, that the primary objective of the ECB is to seek price stability, and for this reason, in comparison, the lucrative purpose of the banking sector is a problem to put on the back burner. Under these circumstances, the amount of total payments carried out by the banking system of each 19 countries of the Monetary Union has been the object of the study to understand which countries are more or less sensitive to the policy. Furthermore, those figures are compared to the due forecasted payments to be done by each country's banking system on aggregate level after the recent implementation of a two-tier system for the liquidity held in the current accounts. The results show that a great disproportion exists in the affliction of negative interest rates across the banking system in different eurozone countries and that each of them will be differently affected by the two-tier system

New paths to external collaboration in NPD projects

According to the strategic management, open innovation, and project management literatures, the notion that SMEs can enhance their innovation ability by developing knowledge resources has become important for achieving competitive advantage and long-term survival. Building upon theoretical work on the resource-based view, contingency theory and open innovation literature, this research examines how project complexity contribute to implementation of open innovation practices and involving external knowledge sources in different phases of new product development (NPD). The conceptual model was developed and aims to answer three important questions. RQ1: How complexity contributes in strategic decision for external collaboration in NPD process? RQ2: How external collaboration can improve internal capabilities and reduce the level of project complexity? RQ3: How collaboration with external knowledge source can improve new product performance? This study examines the four open innovation practices: Partnership, Seller/ Buyer agreement, Community and platform, and four knowledge resources: Suppliers, Customers, Universities and Competitors that impact a firm’s innovation process and affects the project performance. The model is tested with data collected from 125 new product development projects in 85 Spanish low knowledge intensive SMEs. The empirical result shows that project complexity contributed to the development of open innovation practices in new product development projects. The result specified that partnership as the dominant mode of open innovation practices will implements in different phases of the projects to reduces the level of project complexity and improve absorptive capacities of the companies. The results also found that to achieve different dimensions of the project performance, the companies have to use different configurational paths to involve external knowledge sources in each phase of NPD projects. Therefore, these findings conclude that implementing open innovation practices and involving external knowledge sources in innovation process, does not follow the same path, where project complexity, internal absorptive capacity and phases of the projects are the factors which make difference in this configurational models. This research has noteworthy implications for both researchers and practitioners by (1) Developing an integrated framework of project complexity in open innovation context. (2) Providing guidelines for low knowledge intensive SME’s in developing open innovation practices in their NPD projects. (3) The open innovation literature needs to consider empirically how knowledge resources involved in different phases of projects and enhance the project performance. (3) Indicating that the configuration of the different knowledge resources in different phases of NPD projects, leads to the different dimensions of the project performance (Speed, Cost, Market and product novelty) for SME in the low- technology industry. Limitations in current research may create avenues for future research in terms of number of companies, methodologies, open innovation modes, innovation types and time

HOW DO THE ECB MEETINGS AFFECT THE STOCK VALUATIONS OF FOUR IBEX35 BANKS?

Purpose: Analyze the data and draw there were any relevant conclusions between the meetings of the central bank and the movements of the banking corporations in the stock market.&#x0D; Methodology: To carry out this study, it was necessary to obtain two extremely important data sets (exact dates of the ECB meetings, stock market valuations of the four banking entities understudy). Both were obtained by searching on specialized websites. Then a comparison of the variations, a correlation table, which will allow us to mathematically affirm whether there is a linear relationship and proportionality between the variations of the banks or not, were analyzed.&#x0D; Main Findings: The results obtained indicate that such influence on the part of the European Central Bank on the financial entities listed on the IBEX35 does not exist, since the variations between bank shares are random and maybe would be better explained by other hypotheses or inputs.&#x0D; Application of Study: This work discards the hypothesis proposed by the student, although it manages to find other interesting relationships between banks because of the correlation analysis carried out in the analysis part of the work.&#x0D; Novelty/Originality: Establish the relationship between the meetings of the central bank and the movements of the banking corporations in the stock market.</jats:p