Journal of Business Research and Reports
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description: Brought to you by Scientific Research and Community, the Journal of Business Research and Reports is dedicated to fostering knowledge and collaboration in the field of business research. Our platform serves as a vital resource for academics, practitioners, and students seeking to share, explore, and discuss the latest developments in business. Featured Articles Delve into our collection of cutting-edge peer-reviewed articles that illuminate current business challenges and innovative solutions. All type of articles is accepted like Research, Review, Case studies, short communication, Mini Review, Editorial, Letter to the Editor, Commentary, Perspective, and etc., we are proudly announcing that we are advanced in publishing of PPT (PowerPoint Presentations), Video articles, Image articles and Animations. Articles can be submitted through online from https://www.onlinescientificsresearch.com/submit-online or can send through an e-mail with attachment for businessresearch@onlinescientificresearch.info
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publication name: Journal of Business Research and Reports
issn: 2755-8339
items: Securing the Next Digital Era: Adaptive Cybersecurity for an AI-Driven World
items: Women-Led FinTech: A Comparative Analysis Between the Western Balkans and Western Europe Toward Inclusive Digital Finance
items: The Future of Global Fintech: a Powerhouse for Inclusive Financial Services
items: Explainable AI in Financial Workflows: Blueprint for Scalable Digital Transformation
items: Blockchain and Finance: Opportunities, Risks, and Real-World Applications in 2025
items: How RDH Uses Entanglement Emulation to Protect Smart Cards, POS Terminals and Digital Banking from AI and Quantum Threats
items: Stopping Crime in the Era of AI: How Compliance Can Stay Ahead
items: Artificial Intelligence, Metaverse and FinTech
items: Calling for a Paradigm Shift in Higher Education in the Age of AI -Education as We Know it is Dead – Long Live Education!!
items: Digitalization and Environmental Sustainability: Evidence from Selected BRICS Economies
items: The Strategic Importance of Palm Oil Exchange Development to Support the Empowerment of the Palm Oil Trade in Indonesia
items: Unlocking Indonesia’s Oil Palm Productivity Potential: A Strategic Analysis of Germplasm Diversity and Seed Quality Enhancement through Advanced Breeding Research
items: Breaking Barriers: Unveiling SME Resistance to Strategic Accounting Practices-A Three-Phase Analysis
items: Compliance Challenges in the Renewable Energy Sector
items: Exploring the Influence of Blue Ocean Strategy and Niche Marketing on the Growth of SMEs in Gombe Metropolis
items: Implementing Artificial Intelligence for Sustainable Resource Management in the Hospitality Sector of Southeast Nigeria
items: A Literature Review of the United States of America’s Reliance on Imported Covid Personal Protective Equipment During the Pandemic
items: A Literature Review of the United States of America’s Reliance on Imported Mechanical Ventilators During the Pandemic
items: The Rise of Moral Risks: How Major Sports Organizers Can Capitalize on The Decline of Journalism
items: International Trade Policy Restrictions: Ethics, Pros, and Cons
items: Analysing Negative Campaigns Against Palm Oil
items: A Consensus Review on the Evolution of Digital Direct Marketing
items: Mastering Conflict Management in Project Management: A Key to Success
items: Monitoring and Evaluation Assessments and Performance of Global Partnership for Education Projects in Uganda
items: Promoting High-Quality Development of the Silver Economy Through Financial Support for Multi-Sectoral Collaboration
items: Comparing the Performance of Classification Algorithms for Predicting Electric Vehicle Adoption
items: Industry 4.0 and Marketing: Understanding the Challenges and Capitalizing on Opportunities
items: The Study of the Needs for Accessibility of Production Process Planning Platforms Based on the Circular Economy Concept

Securing the Next Digital Era: Adaptive Cybersecurity for an AI-Driven World
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description: As organizations accelerate digital transformation and integrate AI across cloud, edge, and enterprise environments, cybersecurity faces an unprecedented inflection point. Threat actors now weaponize automation, generative AI, and real-time data harvesting, enabling attacks that scale faster than traditional defenses can respond. At the same time, quantum-resilient encryption, confidential computing, and identity-first architectures are reshaping the defensive landscape. This session examines how security teams can transition from reactive protection to adaptive, intelligence-driven cybersecurity. Drawing on current research and industry case studies, we explore three core pillars: securing distributed data across hybrid and multi-cloud ecosystems, strengthening identity as the new perimeter, and preparing for the post-quantum cryptographic shift. Attendees will gain practical frameworks for implementing zero-trust architectures, managing AI-generated threats, and aligning cybersecurity strategy with business risk. As we enter an era where every system, user, and device becomes both a potential asset and attack vector, organizations must embrace cybersecurity as a continuous, proactive discipline. This talk equips leaders with the strategic insight and technical guidance needed to defend the next generation of intelligent, interconnected systems.
subject: Articles
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subject: Next Digital Era
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subject: Cybersecurity
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creator: Sudhakar Tiwari
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 Journal of Business Research and Reports
date: 2025-11-28
publication date: 2025-11-28
starting page: 1
ending page: 1
doi: 10.47363/JBRR/FinTech2025/2025(2)8

Women-Led FinTech: A Comparative Analysis Between the Western Balkans and Western Europe Toward Inclusive Digital Finance
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description: The accelerated digital transformation of the financial sector—driven by artificial intelligence, open banking frameworks, blockchain applications, and data-enabled credit assessment—has generated unprecedented opportunities for innovation and financial inclusion. However, the pace, accessibility, and socio-economic impact of these technological advancements vary significantly between the Western Balkans and Western Europe. This keynote presentation examines the strategic role of women-led FinTech enterprises as catalysts of inclusive digital finance, economic empowerment, and structural modernization in emerging economies. The study employs a comparative mixed-methods research design, integrating: secondary data analysis of FinTech ecosystem indicators, gender-disaggregated digital finance metrics, regulatory maturity indices, and innovation capacity benchmarks (sourced from the World Bank, OECD, EIF, AFI, and regional financial authorities); policy and regulatory mapping, contrasting the advanced PSD2/GDPR-aligned frameworks of Western Europe with the fragmented and evolving regulatory architectures of the Western Balkans; qualitative case studies of women-led FinTech initiatives operating across both regions, with emphasis on digital lending, microfinance solutions, payment systems, and ed-tech platforms supporting financial capability and inclusion. Findings reveal considerable disparities in digital maturity, access to venture capital, technological readiness, cybersecurity infrastructure, and institutional trust. While Western Europe benefits from consolidated FinTech ecosystems and high levels of regulatory coherence, the Western Balkans demonstrate substantial potential for inclusion-driven innovation, particularly within underserved markets where women entrepreneurs are effectively positioned to design community-centric digital financial services. Women-led FinTech ventures in emerging contexts tend to produce disproportionately greater socio-economic impac…
subject: Articles
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subject: FinTech, Women Entrepreneurship, Digital Inclusion, Artificial Intelligence in Finance, Western Balkans, Western Europe, Regulatory Innovation, Financial Technology Ecosystems
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creator: Rrezarta Gashi
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 Journal of Business Research and Reports
date: 2025-11-28
publication date: 2025-11-28
starting page: 1
ending page: 1
doi: 10.47363/JBRR/FinTech2025/2025(2)7

The Future of Global Fintech: a Powerhouse for Inclusive Financial Services
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description: The Future of Global Fintech: a Powerhouse for Inclusive Financial Services Abstract: The global fintech industry remains robust as it transitions to a more sustainable growth phase The industry maintains positive performance metrics, though at more moderate rates than during the COVID-19 pandemic surge. Average customer growth from 2020-2023 was positive, however, with a significant decline from 2020-2021, reflecting natural market normalisation as the industry matures beyond pandemic-driven digital acceleration. Encouragingly, revenue and profit growth are strong at, indicating that financial inclusion remains central to fintech value proposition, with traditionally underserved segments comprising significant portions of customer bases and tailored products of fintechs, mainly in EMDEs
subject: Articles
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subject: Future of Global
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subject: Powerhouse
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creator: Felipe Ferri Paes
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 Journal of Business Research and Reports
date: 2025-11-28
publication date: 2025-11-28
starting page: 1
ending page: 1
doi: 10.47363/JBRR/FinTech2025/2025(2)6

Explainable AI in Financial Workflows: Blueprint for Scalable Digital Transformation
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description: As financial institutions accelerate digital transformation, the convergence of AI, automation, and business process management (BPM) is redefining core operations from customer onboarding to risk governance. This session explores the next generation of intelligent financial systems that embed explainable AI directly into BPM workflows, delivering transparent, regulatory-aligned decisions at scale. The talk presents applied strategies for integrating machine learning models into real-time business process pipelines for fraud detection, loan underwriting, and compliance tracking. Drawing from field implementations, it showcases how BPM-driven orchestration enables traceability, modular governance, and policy-driven automation. Attendees will learn how to design systems that not only optimize throughput but also maintain explainability, audibility, and ethical integrity, critical for navigating financial compliance and consumer trust in the AI age. This session targets FinTech leaders, solution architects, and AI researchers aiming to operationalize AI responsibly within digital banking ecosystems.
subject: Articles
  topic: section
subject: AI
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subject: Financial
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creator: Sai Kiran Nandipati
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 Journal of Business Research and Reports
date: 2025-11-28
publication date: 2025-11-28
starting page: 1
ending page: 1
doi: 10.47363/JBRR/FinTech2025/2025(2)5

Blockchain and Finance: Opportunities, Risks, and Real-World Applications in 2025
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description: This presentation explores how blockchain technology is reshaping the financial sector in 2025. It provides a practical understanding of blockchain fundamentals, examines its real-world uses in banking and financial services, and highlights both the opportunities and challenges associated with its adoption. Key topics covered • Introduction to blockchain: principles, security, and blockchain types • Cryptocurrencies and digital assets: roles, trends, and market evolution • Decentralized Finance (DeFi): smart contracts, lending, exchanges • Real financial applications: payments, auditing, tokenization, traceability • Risks and limitations: volatility, security issues, regulation • Future perspectives: CBDCs, Web3 innovation, and the convergence of AI and blockchain
subject: Articles
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subject: Blockchain and Finance
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subject: Risks
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creator: Raoudha Ben Djemaa
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 Journal of Business Research and Reports
date: 2025-11-28
publication date: 2025-11-28
starting page: 1
ending page: 1
doi: 10.47363/JBRR/FinTech2025/2025(2)4

How RDH Uses Entanglement Emulation to Protect Smart Cards, POS Terminals and Digital Banking from AI and Quantum Threats
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description: The global financial sector faces a perfect storm of emerging threats. Artificial intelligence is accelerating malware development and code decompilation, allowing attackers to reverse-engineer wallet apps and clone digital payment systems. At the same time, quantum computing is rapidly approaching the capability to break conventional encryption algorithms. Together, these forces threaten the very foundation of trust in online banking and e-commerce. The Randomized Data Handshake (RDH) introduces a new defense model for FinTech: a quantum-resilient, zero-trust encryption protocol designed specifically for mobile banking, e-commerce, and POS transactions. RDH wraps around lightweight ciphers such as ASCON and AES, enabling two parties to authenticate and create identical session keys without ever transmitting those keys or any sensitive account data. In practical terms, RDH can process a credit card purchase without ever transmitting the credit card numbers or data—eliminating the most common point of theft in financial systems. Unlike traditional software-based methods, RDH executes entirely within tamper-resistant hardware—smart cards, NFC tokens, or secure biometric dongles—ensuring that every cryptographic operation occurs only under explicit user control. A physical tap, button press, or fingerprint scan is required to activate a transaction. This architecture renders malware, spoofed apps, and relay based fraud attempts useless because the handshake cannot be initiated or cloned without verified user presence. For banks and payment providers, RDH offers a deployable path to quantum-safe, AI-resistant authentication that integrates directly with existing EMV, PCI-DSS, and ISO 7816 infrastructures. Benefits include: • No transmission of sensitive card data or session keys • Resistance to AI-based decompilation and code imitation • Post-quantum resilience using existing symmetric algorithms • Hardware-anchored two-factor authentication for wallets, POS, and bankin…
subject: Articles
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subject: RDH
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subject: Entanglement
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subject: AI
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creator: Chad Wanless
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 Journal of Business Research and Reports
date: 2025-11-28
publication date: 2025-11-28
starting page: 1
ending page: 1
doi: 10.47363/JBRR/FinTech2025/2025(2)3

Stopping Crime in the Era of AI: How Compliance Can Stay Ahead
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description: 240-260Criminals are using artificial intelligence to scale money laundering in ways that were not possible only a few years ago. Synthetic identities built from fragments of real documents, deepfake onboarding videos that pass liveness checks and automated networks of mule accounts allow bad actors to move funds faster and hide their tracks more effectively. Traditional compliance systems, based on static rules and manual review, struggle to keep up. This presentation looks at how the AML landscape is shifting and why financial institutions need more adaptive technology. The industry is moving from simple red-flag detection toward richer behavioural analysis that understands how legitimate customers behave so anomalies become clearer. Graph intelligence is helping compliance teams uncover hidden relationships between accounts, wallets and devices that would never appear suspicious on their own. AI can reduce false positives and highlight the real threats that matter. The future of AML is not about replacing compliance teams. It is about equipping them with smarter tools that learn from new fraud patterns, integrate global sanctions intelligence and provide confidence at scale. With Singapores ambition to lead regional fintech innovation, the region is well positioned to adopt these capabilities early and set a benchmark for safer digital finance in Asia. Drawing on real-world implementation experience in high-risk sectors, this talk explores what is working today, how the technology must evolve and what forward-leaning financial institutions can do to stay ahead as criminals increasingly think and operate like algorithms.
subject: Articles
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subject: Crime
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subject: AI
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creator: Erling Loken Andersen
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 Journal of Business Research and Reports
date: 2025-11-28
publication date: 2025-11-28
starting page: 1
ending page: 1
doi: 10.47363/JBRR/FinTech2025/2025(2)2

Artificial Intelligence, Metaverse and FinTech
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description: Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the Metaverse are transforming our world. Fintech is no exception. On the one hand, AI and the Metaverse can drive productivity enhancements, create new financial opportunities, and enable new business innovations. On the other hand, AI will transform work and the workplace and change the ways financial systems work and business functions. In this talk, we will discuss the opportunities and challenges presented by AI and the Metaverse for FinTech and how AI and the Metaverse will transform the future of work and humanity.
subject: Articles
  topic: section
subject: Artificial Intelligence
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subject: FinTech
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creator: Siau Keng Leng
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 Journal of Business Research and Reports
date: 2025-11-28
publication date: 2025-11-28
starting page: 1
ending page: 1
doi: 10.47363/JBRR/FinTech2025/2025(2)1

Calling for a Paradigm Shift in Higher Education in the Age of AI -Education as We Know it is Dead – Long Live Education!!
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description: Recent years have seen an unprecedented evolution of technology with artificial intelligence (AI) proliferating every sphere of life, including Higher Education (HE) institutions. This rapid evolution has necessitated a paradigm shift as HE institutions navigate around fully utilising AI benefits while mitigating potential challenges within the teaching and learning context. On one hand, HE institutions stand to benefit from the advancement of AI capabilities through effective utilisation of AI tools’ ever-increasing abilities to replicate and automate complex cognitive, administrative and analytical tasks previously attributed to human capabilities. On the other hand, this presents challenges as many longstanding pedagogical models are rooted in developing leaners’ content mastery which subsequently translates into their ability to meet the requirements of standardized assessments. The proliferation of AI presents challenges to these longstanding pedagogical methodologies. This paper argues that “education as we know it, is dead,” not in its purpose, objectives and relevance, but in its prevailing ‘form’. Therefore, the paper calls for a reconceptualization of higher education which is aligned to the new, inescapable realities of an AI-driven landscape. While HE stands to benefit from leveraging AI’s transformative opportunities in areas such as personalization of learning, enhanced access to learning opportunities, efficiency of teaching and learning as well as opportunities for global collaboration; all of which are key to success in the 21st century, simultaneously, HE institutions are faced with profound challenges. Academic integrity concerns, data privacy risks, as well as digital divides are part of the challenges that are likely to be exacerbated within HE institutions in an AI era. Therefore, a central issue explored in the paper is the widening gap between digital-native learners, who are adept at leveraging AI and emerging technologies on one hand, and t…
subject: Articles
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subject: Artificial Intelligence in Education, Higher Education Transformation, Digital Natives, Academic Integrity, Competency Based Learning, Personalized Learning, Inclusive Learning
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creator: Tabani Ndlovu
creator: Sihle Ndlovu
rights: Copyright (c) 2026 Journal of Business Research and Reports
date: 2026-02-27
publication date: 2026-02-27
starting page: 1
ending page: 8
doi: 10.47363/JBRR/2026(3)115

Digitalization and Environmental Sustainability: Evidence from Selected BRICS Economies
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description: Information and communication technology (ICT) has become a dominant tool for disseminating information and knowledge in the 21st century by enabling faster communication, making research easy, facilitating skill acquisition, making international collaborations much easier, and acting as a catalyst for business operations. However, the use of ICT has raised environmental concerns, due to the increased consumption of ICT. This study examined the effect of ICT on carbon emissions in selected BRICS economies between 2009 and 2022. To adopt the appropriate estimation techniques, panel unit tests (LLC and IPS) were conducted. The tests revealed a mixed sequence of integrations between the variables, i.e. I (0) and I (1). This necessitates the use of panel ARDL estimation techniques. Using the PMG (pooled mean group) estimator, the panel ARDL was selected as the appropriate model for this study. The FMOLS (fully modified ordinary least squares) and FE (Fixed effects) methods were also utilized in this study as part of the robustness assessment. The findings from the panel long-run ARDL reveal that ICT, national output, and financial development increase emissions, while innovation reduces them. Furthermore, the findings from FMOLS and FE confirm the results obtained from ARDL. Therefore, this study recommends using green technology to achieve net-zero emissions, reducing our digital carbon footprint on an individual and societal level, and scaling adaptation while reducing global emissions as a means of improving environmental sustainability within BRICS nations.
subject: Articles
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subject: ICT, Innovation, GDP, Financial Development and BRICS
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creator: Menzi Mhlanga
rights: Copyright (c) 2026 Journal of Business Research and Reports
date: 2026-01-23
publication date: 2026-01-23
starting page: 1
ending page: 11
doi: 10.47363/gdez8s89

The Strategic Importance of Palm Oil Exchange Development to Support the Empowerment of the Palm Oil Trade in Indonesia
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description: Indonesia, as the world’s largest producer and exporter of crude palm oil (CPO), plays a central role in the global palm oil market. However, its trade is highly susceptible to price volatility, dependence on external markets, and a lack of domestic price-setting mechanisms. The absence of a national palm oil exchange limits transparency, weakens producer bargaining power, and exposes the industry to policy shocks and international pressure. In response to these challenges, this study explores the strategic significance of establishing a palm oil exchange in Indonesia to enhance trade stability and national competitiveness. This qualitative study employs the Systematic Literature Review (SLR) method, guided by the PRISMA framework. Data were gathered from the ScienceDirect database using refined keyword searches, yielding 1,425 initial records. Through a structured screening process focusing on publication years (2021–2025), article types, and open-access status, 32 relevant peer-reviewed articles were selected for analysis. Data were coded and thematically analyzed to synthesize critical insights. The results show that a national palm oil exchange can serve as an essential instrument to improve price transparency, promote inclusive stakeholder participation, and reduce dependence on foreign exchanges such as Bursa Malaysia. It also aligns with digital innovation and sustainability initiatives in the agribusiness sector. In conclusion, palm oil exchange development offers structural advantages for stabilizing trade mechanisms. Future studies should examine regulatory readiness, institutional design models, and integration with sustainability certification systems.
subject: Articles
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subject: Palm Oil Exchange
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subject: Price Volatility
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subject: Trade Stability
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subject: Stakeholder Participation
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subject: Indonesia
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creator: Loso Judijanto
rights: Copyright (c) 2026 Journal of Business Research and Reports
date: 2026-01-18
publication date: 2026-01-18
starting page: 1
ending page: 10
doi: 10.47363/JBRR/2026(3)114

Unlocking Indonesia’s Oil Palm Productivity Potential: A Strategic Analysis of Germplasm Diversity and Seed Quality Enhancement through Advanced Breeding Research
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description: Indonesia’s position as the world’s largest palm oil producer is increasingly threatened by a persistent productivity gap, with actual yields of 3-4 tons CPO/ ha significantly trailing technical potentials exceeding 10 tons CPO/ha. This qualitative literature review examines the strategic role of germplasm diversity and seed quality improvement in bridging this productivity chasm. Through thematic analysis of recent scholarly literature (2020-2025) and industry reports, this study reveals that Indonesia’s limited genetic resource base-sourced from only four countries compared to Malaysia’s eighteen-represents a critical bottleneck. The recent 2024 Tanzania germplasm expedition, yielding 82,000 seeds from 102 accessions, exemplifies emerging multi-stakeholder collaborations involving government agencies, industry associations, and research consortia. Our synthesis demonstrates that integrating marker-assisted selection (MAS) and genomic selection (GS) with conventional breeding can accelerate varietal development from 15-20 years to 10-12 years, while DNA tracing technologies enhance the integrity of seed certification. Thematic findings highlight three critical pathways: (1) international germplasm enrichment through Nagoya Protocol-compliant exchanges, (2) molecular breeding technology adoption with 0.33-0.66 prediction accuracies for clonal selection, and (3) policy frameworks strengthening seed certification and distribution systems. We identify systemic challenges including weak enforcement of seed standards, limited smallholder access to certified seeds, and inadequate research infrastructure. This review concludes that achieving productivity targets requires a paradigm shift toward germplasm-led innovation, supported by enhanced R&D funding, strengthened public-private partnerships, and regulatory reforms prioritizing genetic resource conservation. Evidence-based recommendations emphasize establishing a national germplasm bank, accelerating molecular breeding …
subject: Articles
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subject: Oil Palm Germplasm
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subject: Seed Quality Improvement
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subject: Indonesian Palm Oil Productivity
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subject: Molecular Breeding
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subject: Genetic Diversity
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subject: Marker-Assisted Selection
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subject: Genomic Selection
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subject: Seed Certification
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subject: Tanzania Germplasm
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subject: Sustainable Intensification
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creator: Loso Judijanto
rights: Copyright (c) 2026 Journal of Business Research and Reports
date: 2026-01-18
publication date: 2026-01-18
starting page: 1
ending page: 16
doi: 10.47363/JBRR/2026(3)113

Breaking Barriers: Unveiling SME Resistance to Strategic Accounting Practices-A Three-Phase Analysis
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description: This study employs Principal Component Analysis (PCA) to explore the key factors hindering the adoption of strategic accounting practices among small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Gombe metropolis. The analysis identifies three critical components accounting for 60.61% of the total variance: skill and manpower challenges, financial and administrative inefficiencies, and workforce instability. The findings highlight the significant role of human resource limitations, inadequate financial management, and high employee turnover in impeding SME performance. The results align with previous studies and theoretical perspectives, such as the Resource-Based View, Herzberg’s Two-Factor Theory, and Schumpeter’s Innovation Theory, emphasizing the multifaceted nature of these challenges. Policy recommendations include investment in skill development programs, financial literacy initiatives, and employee retention strategies to enhance SME resilience and competitiveness.
subject: Articles
  topic: section
subject: Principal Component Analysis, SMEs, Strategic Accounting Practices, Skill Development, Financial Management, Workforce Stability, Resource-Based View, Herzberg’s Theory
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creator: Seyoji Ahmed Ahmed
creator: Haruna Adamu Adamu
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 Journal of Business Research and Reports
date: 2024-12-10
publication date: 2024-12-10
starting page: 1
ending page: 8
doi: 10.47363/JBRR/2024(1)101

Compliance Challenges in the Renewable Energy Sector
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description: The transition to renewable energy is critical for achieving global sustainability goals. However, the renewable energy sector faces significant compliance challenges due to evolving regulations, international trade policies, and the complexity of cross-border supply chains. This paper explores the primary compliance hurdles, including adherence to environmental standards, labor laws, and cybersecurity requirements, while highlighting strategies to address these issues. By understanding these challenges, organizations can better align their operations with regulatory requirements and promote sustainable growth in the energy sector.
subject: Articles
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subject:
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  value: Compliance Challenges, Renewable Energy, Solar Energy, Regulatory Uncertainty, Environmental Compliance, Cybersecurity, Supply Chain Ethics, Developing Countries, Solar Energy Projects, Governance Frameworks, Blockchain Technology, Labor Practices, Environmental Impact Assessments (EIA), Cybersecurity In Rural Electrification, Stakeholder Collaboration, Sustainability
creator: Rashmi Mandayam
creator: Nashua Nashua
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 Journal of Business Research and Reports
date: 2024-12-16
publication date: 2024-12-16
starting page: 1
ending page: 3
doi: 10.47363/JBRR/2024(1)102

Exploring the Influence of Blue Ocean Strategy and Niche Marketing on the Growth of SMEs in Gombe Metropolis
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description: In today’s rapidly evolving business landscape, the challenges of competition have driven organizations to seek innovative strategies to secure their survival and growth. Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), which form the backbone of many economies, are particularly vulnerable to these challenges. As global markets expand and customer preferences diversify, traditional approaches to business management often fail to address the dynamic nature of competition, leading to stagnation or decline in enterprise performance.
subject: Articles
  topic: section
subject: Marketing
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subject: Gombe Metropolis
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creator: Ahmed Aliyu Palladan
creator: Ado Makama Adamu
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 Journal of Business Research and Reports
date: 2024-12-24
publication date: 2024-12-24
starting page: 1
ending page: 6
doi: 10.47363/JBRR/2024(1)103

Implementing Artificial Intelligence for Sustainable Resource Management in the Hospitality Sector of Southeast Nigeria
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description: This study explored the influence of artificial intelligence on the sustainable development of the hospitality sector in Southeast, Nigeria. Specifically, the study determined the influence of Alexa software on community engagement in the hospitality sector in Southeast, Nigeria. Also, it ascertained the influence of chatbot applications on capacity building of the hospitality sector in Southeast, Nigeria. The study is anchored on the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) theory by Klaus Schwab in 2016. The study employed descriptive survey research design and random sampling probability techniques. The population of the study was 304. Hypotheses were tested with Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient with the aid of Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS, version 27). Research hypothesis one indicates that the use of Alexa software positively impacts community engagement of the hospitality sector in Southeast, Nigeria. The Pearson correlation result is confirmed when r = 0.782, n = 304, and the p-value of 0.000 (p<0.05). Hypothesis two revealed that the use of chatbot applications positively influences capacity building of the hospitality sector in Southeast, Nigeria. The Pearson correlation result is confirmed when r = 0.923, n = 304, and the p-value of 0.000 (p<0.05). The study concluded that artificial intelligence positively influences the sustainable development of the hospitality sector in Southeast, Nigeria. The study recommended that the hospitality sector in Southeast, Nigeria, needs to leverage chatbot technology to support and enhance capacity-building initiatives, leading to improved skills and performance. Also, the government needs to prioritize the design and development of user-friendly and interactive technologies to enhance community engagement and participation of the hospitality industries sector in Southeast, Nigeria.
subject: Articles
  topic: section
subject: Artificial Intelligence
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subject: Sustainable Development
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subject: Alexa
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subject: Capacity Building
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creator: Kekeocha Mary Ezinne
creator: Obijiaku Chimamkpa Promise
creator: Ugwu Kelechi Enyinna
creator: Okoro Ruth Chikwado
creator: Nwarata Bethel Chinasa
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 Journal of Business Research and Reports
date: 2025-05-25
publication date: 2025-05-25
starting page: 1
ending page: 9
doi: 10.47363/JBRR/2025(2)105

A Literature Review of the United States of America’s Reliance on Imported Covid Personal Protective Equipment During the Pandemic
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description: This paper provides a literature review of United States of America’s reliance on imported Covid Personal Protective Equipment (PPEs) during the Covid pandemic. The abstracted and cited articles show that the United States was too reliant on imported PPEs, primarily imported from Asia which led to shortages as the cases of Covid surged at various points during the waves of Covid cases. This supply and demand imbalance was not just an inconvenience such as the toilet paper shortage and other supply chain disruptions of basic commodities; this supply and demand imbalance had life and death impacts for many first responders, health care workers, nurses, doctors, and the general public in the US. There was a US Congressional Report prepared on US reliance on imported PPEs due to the national impact of overreliance on imported PPEs. Also, Federal Covid Pandemic policymakers, like Dr. Fauchi, one of the lead members of the White House Coronavirus Task Force were questioned during Congressional Hearings on the matter. This paper presents key graphs to visually display the changes in supply and demand over the duration of the pandemic. As many health professionals predict the possibility of future pandemics, there is a continued need to have US self-reliance on domestic produced PPEs. The paper concludes with an assessment that the US still needs to make further changes in federal manufacturing and health care public policy to become less reliant on imported PPEs for the next pandemic occurrence.
subject: Articles
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subject: Covid Pandemic
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subject: Personal Protective Equipment
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subject: Reliance on Imports
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subject: Supply Chain Disruptions
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creator: Pradip K Shukla
creator: Izzet Kosar
creator: Hedieh Setayesh
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 Journal of Business Research and Reports
date: 2025-10-29
publication date: 2025-10-29
starting page: 1
ending page: 6
doi: 10.47363/7xqdya15

A Literature Review of the United States of America’s Reliance on Imported Mechanical Ventilators During the Pandemic
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description: This paper provides a literature review of United States of America’s reliance on imported mechanical ventilators during the Covid pandemic. The abstracted and cited articles show that the United States was too reliant on imported mechanical ventilators, primarily imported from Asia which led to shortages as the cases of Covid surged at various points during the waves of Covid cases. This supply and demand imbalance was not just an inconvenience such as the toilet paper shortage and other supply chain disruptions of basic commodities; this supply and demand imbalance had life and death impacts for many first responders, health care workers, nurses, doctors, and the general public in the US. There is continued interest in this topic area in Congress as The Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic held a hearing in 2024 titled “Examining the White House’s Role in Pandemic Preparedness and Response” to discuss the Office of Pandemic Preparedness and Response Policy’s (OPPR) role in responding to and preventing future pandemics. This paper presents key graphs to visually display the changes in supply and demand throughout the pandemic. As many health professionals predict the possibility of future pandemics, there is a continued need to have US self-reliance on domestic produced mechanical ventilators. The paper concludes with an assessment that the US still needs to make further changes in federal manufacturing and health care public policy to become less reliant on imported mechanical ventilators for the next pandemic occurrence.
subject: Articles
  topic: section
subject: Covid Pandemic
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subject: Personal Protective Equipment
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subject: Reliance on Imports
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subject: Supply Chain Disruptions
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creator: Pradip K Shukla
creator: Izzet Kosar
creator: Hedieh Setayesh
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 Journal of Business Research and Reports
date: 2025-10-29
publication date: 2025-10-29
starting page: 1
ending page: 4
doi: 10.47363/wtds1234

The Rise of Moral Risks: How Major Sports Organizers Can Capitalize on The Decline of Journalism
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description: Journalism, but especially sports journalism, is in a deep crisis. Functional, structural and organizational deficiencies can be observed worldwide. Editorial offices are being outsourced, staff cut, travel costs minimized. These profound disruptions are resulting in inferior coverage of numerous sporting events and sports. Some sporting events and types of sport, for example, are no longer covered by established editorial teams due to cost-cutting constraints. This has far-reaching consequences for sports organizers and players. Important information is not disseminated and some information is passed on incorrectly and inadequately. Such tendencies can also be observed in the Olympic Games. As this downward spiral can have serious consequences for sports organizations such as the International Olympic Committee (IOC), the Olympic Movement has long since reacted to this. This paper will show how the Olympic Movement has built up its own media structures and has now (cleverly) strategically positioned itself in recent years with so-called vertical media structures. It will be shown how the IOC has managed to make itself largely independent of sports journalistic reporting and to provide its stakeholders with high-quality reporting through its own media and public relations work, while at the same time protecting the Olympic idea/movement. The increasing integration of AI technologies will most likely reinforce the trend of sports organizations establishing their own media houses and increasingly refining their media structures.
subject: Articles
  topic: section
subject: Crisis
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subject: Sports Journalism
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subject: Media Strategies
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subject: Media House
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subject: Olympic Movement
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creator: Christoph Bertling
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 Journal of Business Research and Reports
date: 2025-07-29
publication date: 2025-07-29
starting page: 1
ending page: 7
doi: 10.47363/JBRR/2025(2)112

International Trade Policy Restrictions: Ethics, Pros, and Cons
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description: International trade is the purchase and sale of goods by companies in different countries. Consumer goods, raw materials, food, agricultural products, pharmaceutical products, energy, vehicles, and machinery all are bought and sold in the international marketplace. International trade allows countries to expand their markets and access goods and services by importing them, otherwise may not have been available domestically. International fair-trade policies and trade restrictions are the set of agreements, regulations, and practices by a government that affect trade with foreign countries, which is a combination of standards, laws, and practices that influence imports and exports. Trade policies can include regulations, devaluation of currencies, dumping, tariffs, and quotas, with which they want to restrict trade and set policies that protect local industries from foreign competition. Fair and ethical trade policies must have a number of benefits, including economic growth, employment, attracting domestic firms that operate abroad to produce locally more efficiently at lower costs of production, and to lead countries to autarky, prosperity, and to maximization of their social welfare. These trade policies are effective only if the price elasticities of exports and imports are high (elastic).
subject: Articles
  topic: section
subject: Ethics and Economic
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subject: Welfare
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subject: International Trade
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subject: Commercial policy: Protection
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subject: Promotion
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subject: Trade Negotiations
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subject: International Policy Coordination
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subject: Provision and Effects of Welfare Program
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subject: Labor: Public Policy
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subject: Antitrust Policy
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subject: Model Evaluation
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subject: Testing
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creator: Ioannis N Kallianiotis
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 Journal of Business Research and Reports
date: 2025-07-27
publication date: 2025-07-27
starting page: 1
ending page: 15
doi: 10.47363/JBRR/2025(2)111

Analysing Negative Campaigns Against Palm Oil
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description: T he palm oil industry has increasingly become the target of sustained negative campaigns launched by environmental NGOs, international media, and policy actors in the Global North. These campaigns often frame palm oil as a major driver of tropical deforestation, biodiversity loss, and human rights violations. While some concerns may be grounded in evidence, dominant narratives tend to simplify complex realities and overlook the socio-economic importance of palm oil in producing countries such as Indonesia and Malaysia. This article conducts a qualitative literature review of 60 peer-reviewed sources published between 2015 and 2024. Using a thematic and interpretive approach, supported by discourse analysis, the study examines how anti-palm oil narratives are constructed, framed, and disseminated. It identifies key actors, campaign strategies, and the role of media channels in shaping public perception. The review also highlights counter-narratives promoted by producing countries and stakeholders through mechanisms such as RSPO and ISPO certification. T he findings reveal that many negative campaigns are influenced by geopolitical interests and trade competition, leading to power asymmetries in global sustainability discourse. This review concludes that current debates on palm oil require more balanced, inclusive, and evidence-based perspectives that consider environmental concerns alongside economic and social dimensions in the Global South.
subject: Articles
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subject: Palm Oil
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subject: Negative Campaigns
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subject: Discourse Analysis
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subject: Sustainability
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subject: Global South
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subject: Global North
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subject: Qualitative Review
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creator: Loso Judijanto
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 Journal of Business Research and Reports
date: 2025-04-24
publication date: 2025-04-24
starting page: 1
ending page: 7
doi: 10.47363/JBRR/2025(2)110

A Consensus Review on the Evolution of Digital Direct Marketing
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description: Direct marketing, often perceived as an old-school marketing tool, involves direct communication with targeted customers to generate a response or transaction. This method has undergone a significant transformation in the digital age, integrating emails, personalized ads, and social media campaigns into its arsenal. The challenge, however, lies in cutting through the noise of a crowded digital marketplace to reach potential customers effectively. In the 2000s, advertisers started investing in digital direct marketing think targeted ads through social media platforms such as Facebook and Twitter and digital ads across multiple media channels. This ecosystem has continued to grow more complex, and recently with additional privacy restrictions that are continuing to be defined and redefined, the challenges for marketers continue to expand. However, direct digital marketing offers opportunities for personalization, quicker insights into your audience engagement, and endless testing opportunities. This must stem from rich insights beyond basic demographic and lifestyles in order to be done well and at scale.
subject: Articles
  topic: section
subject: Direct Marketing
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subject: Mass Marketing
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subject: Digital Marketing
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creator: Saurav Kumar
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 Journal of Business Research and Reports
date: 2025-04-09
publication date: 2025-04-09
starting page: 1
ending page: 5
doi: 10.47363/yhkvdd90

Mastering Conflict Management in Project Management: A Key to Success
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description: Conflict is an inevitable aspect of project management, arising from various sources such as resource allocation, contrasting priorities, unclear communication, ambiguous and overlapping roles and responsibilities, and interpersonal issues. Effective conflict management is crucial for ensuring project success, as it helps mitigate delays, enhance productivity, improve team morale, and facilitate decision-making. This paper explores the dynamics of conflict in project management, highlighting common sources of conflict and emphasizing the importance of timely and appropriate resolution. It presents five key conflict management strategies: avoidance, accommodation, competition, compromise, and collaboration, and discusses their advantages and disadvantages in different project contexts. Additionally, the paper outlines steps for resolving conflicts, including identifying the root cause, fostering open communication, and maintaining objectivity. It also emphasizes the importance of building a conflict-resilient team by setting clear expectations, encouraging collaboration, and providing training. Ultimately, the paper argues that mastering conflict management not only ensures the timely completion of projects but also contributes to innovation, growth, and improved decision-making. By cultivating a culture of collaboration and respect, project managers can prevent conflicts and steer projects toward successful outcomes.
subject: Articles
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subject: Conflict Management
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subject: Project Management
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subject: Conflict Resolution
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subject: Team Morale
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subject: Project Success
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subject: Stakeholder Satisfaction
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creator: Aakanksha Tewari
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 Journal of Business Research and Reports
date: 2025-04-05
publication date: 2025-04-05
starting page: 1
ending page: 4
doi: 10.47363/gg1p3z89

Monitoring and Evaluation Assessments and Performance of Global Partnership for Education Projects in Uganda
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description: In Uganda, the performance of Global Partnership for Education projects is highly determined by a number of factors that include monitoring and evaluation. The projects have realized outstanding results that require professional assessment to pave way for output improvement. in relation to the scheduled timelines, the project completion rates have deteriorated. As a result, stakeholders do not get value for their time and there is increased cost overrun. This study therefore sought to examine the influence of M&E assessments on performance of GPE projects in Uganda, partaking the field case from the districts of Bukedea and Katakwi. The study presented monitoring and evaluation assessment as the independent variable, and performance of Global partnership for education projects, as the dependent variable. The study was based on the System theory, Organisational learning theory and Results Based Management theory. The study was guided by the study objective: to establish how monitoring and evaluation assessment influence performance of Global Partnership for Education projects in Uganda. The study approach integrated both quantitative and qualitative features to guarantee methodological triangulation. Data was collected by means of interview guides and questionnaires. Questionnaires were administered on 92 randomly selected staff Teachers from the districts of Bukedea and Katakwi and interview guides were administered to 56 GPE secretariat and District officials and SMC Members. The study intended to analyse present findings using descriptive and inferential statistics. Descriptive statistics involved the use of frequency tables, means, standard deviations in general terms of describing the dataset. Inferential statistics such as Normality tests, Correlation, simple linear regression and Predictive multiple linear regression were also utilised in answering the research questions and hypotheses of the study. Data was analysed, presented and interpreted in line with the…
subject: Articles
  topic: section
subject: Global partnership for education
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subject: M&E assessments
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subject: routine monitoring
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subject: project completion rates
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creator: Martha Christine Olwenyi
creator: Dorothy Ndunge kyalo
creator: Raphael Nyonje
creator: Reuben Wambua Kikwatha
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 Journal of Business Research and Reports
date: 2025-03-31
publication date: 2025-03-31
starting page: 1
ending page: 15
doi: 10.47363/JBRR/2025(2)107

Promoting High-Quality Development of the Silver Economy Through Financial Support for Multi-Sectoral Collaboration
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description: In January 2024, the General Office of the State Council issued the “Opinions on Developing the Silver Economy and Enhancing the Welfare of the Elderly”, clearly stating the need to “promote industrial clustering development” and “increase financial and fiscal support”. Langfang City, as an active growth pole of the elderly care industry in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region and the main host of the elderly population in Beijing and Tianjin, urgently needs to construct high-level silver economy industrial parks through deep integration of multiple industries. Based on the earlier “Research Report on the Current Situation of Pension Development in Langfang City”, this report further proposes financial support strategies to achieve this strategic goal.
subject: Articles
  topic: section
subject: Financial
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subject: Collaboration
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subject: Economy
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creator: Xiaoyan Qi
creator: Yujie Dong
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 Journal of Business Research and Reports
date: 2025-03-31
publication date: 2025-03-31
starting page: 1
ending page: 1
doi: 10.47363/JBRR/2025(2)108

Comparing the Performance of Classification Algorithms for Predicting Electric Vehicle Adoption
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description: In this study, the Electric Vehicle (EV) purchase decisions of European consumers are predicted using supervised machine learning (ML), specifically classification. Following the replacement (imputing) of missing data values through predicted values and continuizing of all predictor features, the predictor features are ranked according to the Information Gain Ratio and the Gini coefficient. The results suggest that suiting daily driving needs (Q17), belief that society must reward electric cars instead of petrol and diesel cars (Q14), and opinion change regarding electric cars during the past year (Q21) ranked the highest with respect to the Gini coefficient metric. The same predictor features rank the highest with respect to the Information Gain Ratio metric, yet in a different rank (Q17, Q21, and Q14). For predictive analytics, a multitude of classification algorithms are applied to predict the decision of EV purchase, and the performance of the applied algorithms is compared. The results suggest that gradient boosting performed best in predicting EV adoption decisions, followed by the logistic regression and random forest algorithms.
subject: Articles
  topic: section
subject: Electric Vehicles
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subject: Market Adoption
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subject: Sustainable Development Goals (SDG)
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subject: Machine Learning
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subject: Feature Ranking
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subject: Classification Algorithms
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creator: Shamma AlRashdi
creator: Aysha AlHassani
creator: Fatima Haile
creator: Rauda AlNuaimi
creator: Thouraya Labben
creator: Gurdal Ertek
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 Journal of Business Research and Reports
date: 2025-03-12
publication date: 2025-03-12
starting page: 1
ending page: 8
doi: 10.47363/JBRR/2025(2)109

Industry 4.0 and Marketing: Understanding the Challenges and Capitalizing on Opportunities
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description: T he emergence of Industry 4.0 has profoundly transformed the marketing landscape, ushering in unprecedented challenges and opportunities. This study undertakes a comprehensive examination of the Industry 4.0 marketing paradigm, investigating the transformative impact of emerging technologies on marketing strategies, consumer behavior, and organizational performance. The main objective of this study is to investigate the challenges marketers face in adapting to the Industry 4.0 marketing landscape. Others are to identify the opportunities afforded by Industry 4.0 technologies including artificial intelligence, blockchain, and the Internet of Things (IoT) and to develop a framework for navigating the Industry 4.0 marketing landscape. A mixed-methods approach is employed, integrating qualitative and quantitative data collection and analysis methods. The study draws on a comprehensive review of existing literature, supplemented by primary data collected through surveys and interviews with marketing professionals. This research aims to contribute meaningfully to the existing body of knowledge on Industry 4.0 and marketing, providing actionable insights for marketers, policymakers, and business leaders seeking to navigate the complexities of the Industry 4.0 marketing landscape. The study’s findings are expected to inform the development of effective marketing strategies, enhance organizational performance, and drive business growth in the Industry 4.0 era to stay ahead of the competition.
subject: Articles
  topic: section
subject: Industry 4.0
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subject: Marketing Strategies
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subject: Marketing Landscape
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subject: Emerging Technologies
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subject: Digital Transformation
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subject: Customer Engagement
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subject: Technological Innovation
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creator: Okorozoh Ugochukwu Lawrence
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 Journal of Business Research and Reports
date: 2025-03-06
publication date: 2025-03-06
starting page: 1
ending page: 12
doi: 10.47363/JBRR/2025(2)106

The Study of the Needs for Accessibility of Production Process Planning Platforms Based on the Circular Economy Concept
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description: The purpose of this research was to study the needs for accessibility of a production process planning platforms based on the Circular Economy concept. The research was conducted by using qualitative methodology with document analysis from the documents reporting the results of the projects for increasing the competitiveness of enterprises with digital technology of the Department of Industrial Promotion, Ministry of Industry, in the Fiscal year 2022 – 2023 (480 enterprises in total).
subject: Articles
  topic: section
subject: Circular Economy Concept
  topic: keywords
subject: Production Process
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subject: Planning Platforms
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creator: M Suphapanworakul
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 Journal of Business Research and Reports
date: 2025-12-03
publication date: 2025-12-03
starting page: 1
ending page: 1
doi: 10.47363/JBRR/2024(1)104