Strategic Change in Operating Trends of Public Listed Companies and Its Impact on StockMarket Growth

The primary concern of the present study is to examine the impact of cross-listing on the stock market growth. The theoretical framework for the research was developed by taking the members of the World Federation of Exchanges (WFE) as statistical frame. For analysis and statistical calculations in the study a Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) technique is used. The results suggest a significant and positive impact of cross-listing on stock market growth indicators except on the value of share trading. The study concludes that cross-listing is fruitful for stock market growth of host stock exchanges. It recommends that host countries should create conducive environment for offshore listing. Keywords: Cross-listing, Domestic Listing, Market Capitalisation, Equity Shares and Stock Inde

THE EFFECTS OF DEMUTUALIZATION ON EXPANSION OF STOCK MARKET GROWTH: EVIDENCES FROM INDIAN STOCK MARKET AND LESSON FOR PAKISTAN STOCK EXCHANGE (PSX)

The decision to transform an exchange’s governance andownership structure is influenced by globalized market trend whichallows exchanges to gain from the benefits of internationalizationand integration. This article examines the impact ofdemutualization on stock market indicators. Bombay StockExchange and National Stock Exchange of India were taken asstatistical frame. Wilcoxon sign rank test, Pair sample T-test, andMANOVA were used as statistical techniques. Pre-Post researchdesign was used and data (4 years before and 4years after thedemutualization) were collected from the website of the worldfederation of the exchanges. The result of Wilcoxon sign rank testand Pair sample T-test indicates significant differences in stockindex, market capitalization, value of share trading and the numberof listed companies before and after the demutualization of Indianstock exchanges. Likewise, the results of MANOVA elucidatessignificant influence of demutualization on stock market indicators,and conclude that demutualization leveraged Indian stockexchanges to a great extant

Sustainable Warehouse Features: A Systematic Literature Review

Development in the field of IT and competition in the market forces companies to increase their market share and revenue. To satisfy this goal, companies can apply and adopt plans that may lead to making the supply chain (SC) lengthy and too rigid to control/monitor. The longer the SC the more it can be disrupted by expected and unexpected events (e.g., Digital security incidents, climate). For that purpose, the SC must be built in a way to respond fast to disruptive events in an effective way and to bounce back to its original state to be considered a resilient SC, which gives a competitive advantage to the companies. To achieve SC resilience, several studies have discussed enablers. Some of these studies, focused on increasing velocity through the SC, others argued that high adaptability leads to SC resilience, and others mentioned information sharing as a key to achieving SC resilience. In addition, applying technology in the SC processes can add strength. As such, the Internet of Things can support/enhance the level of Velocity, Adaptability, and Information sharing, which leads to enhancing SC resilience. This research explores the opportunities that IoT presents to enhance resilience enablers and boost SC resilience

Employing the Internet of Things to Attain Resilience Across Supply Chain

This paper investigates and analyses the features of sustainable warehousing by conducting a systematic literature review (SLR) to create a significant insight of the expanding and growing trends of sustainable warehousing, to fit perfectly within the net-zero supply chain strategies and adapting to the new value adding practices of Industry 5.0. Using a set of 65 publications, including journal papers, conference papers, and reviews, for the last 10 years, between 2013 and 2023, the SLR highlights and considers several green logistics areas that are essential to help redesign the features of sustainable warehouses. The paper also emphasizes the need for further research to develop new models for warehouses that can be implemented in the Industry 5.0 supply chain to achieve net-zero goals. In other words, the paper is trying to understand the current state of sustainable warehousing and identify areas where improvements can be made to make warehouses more sustainable and environmentally friendly, and to help the industry move towards a net-zero supply chain. Additionally, the paper is suggesting that there is a need for more research to be done to create new models for warehouses that can be applied in the Industry 5.0 supply chain, in order to reach net-zero goals

Achieving resilience in the supply chain by applying IoT technology

In the past few decades, competition has increased between organizations as a result of globalization and fast development in IT. Companies these days are continuously looking to expand their market geographically to attract new customers. With that in mind, the main concern of companies is to achieve their customers’ requirements, which makes the supply chain (SC) longer and more complex. This leads to increased difficulty in managing the SC along with controlling risks and disruptions in SC. Such as loss of a critical supplier, a fire accident in the production facility, or an act of terrorism. To deal with these risks, SC must be designed to provide an efficient and effective response, keep its process working and be capable of recovering to their original state after disruptive events, this is considered as the core of supply chain resilience (SCRes). Furthermore, companies that design their SC with capabilities to react quickly to any disruptions in its process have the opportunity to become more stabilized and acquire an improved position in the market. Researchers have been exploring ways to acquire supply chain resilience, such as encouraging and improving collaboration between SC partners or by increasing the organization’s visibility through monitoring SC events and patterns. Studies have shown that IT has a role in improving SCRes, such as information-sharing systems to promote collaboration and visibility tactics. However, recent research trends are exploring new and emerging technologies like the Internet of Things (IoT). Despite the growing interest in IoT, minimal research has been carried out for its application in SCRes. Research in this direction is necessary to explore opportunities provided by IoT to redesign SC which in turn reinforces flexibility of supply chains and aspects of analysis of the product quality and how it could enable companies to improve their SCRes. This study is directly focused to identify and highlight this gap.N/

Socio-Economic Impediments in Usage of Modern Mechanized Technological Ideals in Agriculture Sector: A Case Study of District Lodhran, Punjab-Pakistan

The process of adopting modern mechanized technological ideals encompasses certain aspects such as demographic characteristics, economic stability and societal acceptance regarding advanced methods of farming. The core objective of this research was to explore the role of socio-economic impediments in usage of modern mechanized technological ideals in agriculture sector of district Lodhran, Punjab-Pakistan. The present research was descriptive in nature and structured interview schedule was used to collect the data. A total of 200 small and large-scale farmers were selected through multi-stage sampling technique. Results revealed that 80% of the farmers do not adopt modern technological ideals due to economic instability, 35% of farmers reported that no person came into their area for guiding and training them regarding modern machinery and 62.5 % stated that there were cultural barriers behind not coming of trainers. This study concluded that farmers perceived modern mechanism more beneficial for their fields, but socio-economic impediments were playing vital role in hindering the adoption of modern mechanized ideal

SYNERGYZING THE INTEGRATION PRACTICES FOR ACHIEVING INTERNAL INTEGRATION”

This study examinesthe antecedents of internal integration in the Petroleum industry, particularly it focuses six precursors i.e. job rotation, interdepartmental trainings, intraorganizational knowledge sharing, management commitment, supportive information technologies and strategic consensus. A stratified sample comprising 234 managers from the petroleum firmsoperating in Pakistan participated in the study.Results indicated that, while individually, these factors have statistically significant effects on internal integration; collectively they exhibit trivial effects when they are notaligned. The studyproposes asynergized model for achievingthe internal integration, validates it through covariance technique, and discourses its methodologicaland theoretical extensions.

Industry 4.0 Challenges Facing the Agri-Supply Chain: A Literature Review

The world is moving fast, and organizations are facing new risks, uncertainties, and threats within their supply chains. Food security, waste minimization, and sustainability are new strategic requirements agri-organizations must address and focus on. Nevertheless, due to globalization and changes in the market post-COVID-19, supply chains are becoming more complex and agri-organizations must change their business processes and operations to become more competitive, responsive, and agile. To be more customer-oriented, efficient, and sustainable, agri-organizations have been adopting new innovative technologies such as RFID and the Internet of Things. Recently, the concept of Industry 4.0 (I4.0) has drawn significant attention from specialists, academics, and decision-makers. I4.0 technologies can enhance supply chain performance by bringing new cost-effective, green lean features and solutions that can improve internal and external event traceability, process automation, waste management, data sharing, and KPI monitoring. However, there are many challenges to the adoption of I4.0 technologies. Therefore, it is very important to study these challenges facing the agri-supply chain. The main aim of this research is to analyze the literature through a systematic approach to highlight and identify the challenges agri-supply chains are facing while deciding on implementing I4.0 technologies. Using a set of 64 publications, including journal papers, conference papers, reviews, and books chapters, selected from the well-known database Scopus for the last 7 years, a systematic literature review was conducted. The SLR highlights and considers several I4.0 technologies and their applications affecting the agri-supply chain. The results of this study are based on a thorough analysis of the added-value outcomes of implementing different I4.0 technologies in the agri-food supply chain. Over a dozen challenges are remarked upon in the literature. These challenges are categorized into three main areas in the agri-food supply chain: infrastructural, technical and operational. The most critical challenges detected—within most observations—are technological architecture, security and privacy, and internet- and IoT-based infrastructure

DIASPORA OF PUNJABI LANGUAGE BY THE PUNJABI THEATRE

This paper attempts to investigate that the province of Central Punjab carries the country’s major part of the population, which mother tongue is Punjabi. A majority of this population serves at different prominent public and private positions in Pakistan. Despite such a strong position of Punjabi speakers, their language is in a rapid state of Diaspora, even from its native land and by its own speakers. Among the other many reasons, the present Punjabi theatre has become a dominant cause of language exile from the urban life of Punjab. After the unrestricted spread of cable network in Pakistan, the so-called Punjabi theatre has reached in every house of the province. This type of drama or theatre causes a banishment of Punjabi language by its very speakers. The participants for the present study are 100 educated people belonging to different walks of life. They have witnessed the distortion of Punjabi language by Punjabi theatre. To gauge the diasporification of Punjabi language, a questionnaire has been devised in connection with language likening and disliking, causes, and effects in the day to day life of urban Punjabi speakers. The gathered data shows that Punjabi people are averting from their mother tongue and pretend themselves as Urdu speakers. They are also breeding a kind of hatred against the Punjabi language that ultimately becomes the root cause of Diaspora of Punjabi language. The findings authenticate that the situation is worrisome in central Punjab

Intention to Get the (COVID)-19 Vaccine and Religiosity: The Moderating Role of Knowledge About the (COVID)-19 Vaccine

Studying the influence of religiosity and knowledge of the COVID-19 vaccination is important for boosting countrywide vaccine acceptance in countries such as Pakistan. This study used partial least squares structural equation modeling to determine whether these factors predicted the intention to get the vaccine and whether knowledge about COVID-19 vaccines moderated the influence of religiosity on the intention to get vaccinated. Participants were 251 college students from Pakistan, recruited using convenience sampling, who completed a paper-based survey. Results of structural equation modeling showed that religiosity was negatively related to COVID-19 vaccine acceptance, knowledge about the vaccine was positively related to COVID-19 vaccine acceptance, and knowledge about the vaccine positively moderated the negative impact of religiosity on intention to get vaccinated. These findings suggest that challenging religious norms and increasing public awareness are crucial for COVID-19 vaccine adoption