The utilization of Social media tools in business enterprises has tremendously increased with an increased number of users and a corresponding upsurge in time spent online. Online social media services such as Facebook and Twitter are used by companies to introduce new products and services, provide various supports and interact with customers on daily basis. This regular interaction of busines...

investments in the extension of health insurance coverage, the strengthening of public health services, as well as primary care and better hospitals, highlights the emerging role of healthcare as part of china’s new growth regime, based on an expansion of services, and redistributive policies. such investments, apart from their central role in terms of relief for low-income people, serve to reb...

We model the availability of product information in Internet-based markets, and explain the underlying causes for the phenomenon of less than perfect information available to consumers of products and services in these markets. We use Salop’s model of product differentiation and explore the conditions under which sellers make horizontal information available to buyers. We demonstrate that under...

This paper analyses differences in productivity of foreign affiliates of emerging market multinationals (EMNEs) from the BRICS against their counterparts from developed countries and domestic MNEs. Based on a large database on foreign affiliates in Europe, results find EMNEs at the bottom of the productivity ladder, with an average productivity gap of around 30 percentage points compared to mor...

Service quality is a powerful weapon which used by the marketers to differentiate their services from competitors. In this context, study investigates difference between banks in respect service dimension. SERVQUAL model has been selected measure Northern Province of Sri Lanka. Four main commercial were for study. Three hundred and fifty questionnaires issued data collection based on Convenienc...

Nowadays, organizations have to compete with different competitors in regional, national and international levels, so they have to improve their competition capabilities to survive against competitors. Undertaking activities on a global scale requires a proper distribution system which could take advantages of different transportation modes. Accordingly, the present paper addresses a location-r...

As part of a business strategy, effective competitive research helps businesses outperform their competitors and attract loyal consumers. To perform research, sentiment analysis may be used to assess interest in certain themes, uncover market conditions, study competitors. Artificial intelligence (AI) has improved the performance multiple areas, particularly analysis. Using AI, is process recog...

PURPOSE - The issue of offshore outsourcing of healthcare services is a critical but little-examined problem in healthcare research. The purpose of this study is to contribute to filling this void. DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH A library-based study was carried out of the development of the Indian medical transcription offshoring industry. Findings- Cost-saving potential and the degree of outso...

Since some years, European machine tool companies are facing a turbulent market, where Asiatic competitors are becoming more and more aggressive. In such context, technology improvement is not anymore sufficient to preserve their market position: the evolution of their business model towards the offer of value added services will be a fundamental key for future success. This paper, realised wit...