This study developed and empirically corroborated a structure explicitly propositioning eco-product innovation and external learning, correspondingly bridging the link between intellectual capital and sustainability performance. The theory of dynamic capabilities and knowledge-based view proposed eco-product creation and external education as mediators that developed a new conceptual model. This study utilized the Partial Least Square-Structural Equation Modelling (PLS-SEM method) to examine one hundred sixty-two Indonesian bottled drinking industries, exposing their attentiveness to cooperate in the study. More essentially, the study unraveled new justifications by scrutinizing external learning's role as more influential than eco-product innovation. Based on the practical viewpoint, intellectual capital helped exchange knowledge and information with distributors, suppliers, and competitors. Thus, the complete assimilation and transformation of their understanding could improve business performance.

Research related to entrepreneurial strategy variables, financial and non-financial performance, social capital and supply chain management in SMEs has not been widely carried out in Indonesia. The purpose of this study is to analyze the relationship between entrepreneurial strategy on financial and non-financial performance, social capital on financial and non-financial performance and sustainable supply chain management on financial and non-financial performance in SMES. The research method is quantitative with the online survey method. The data collection method is by distributing online questionnaires to 690 SMEs owners in Indonesia determined by simple random sampling. The questionnaire is designed using a Likert scale of 7. Data processing used structural equation modeling with SmartPLS 3.0 software tools. The results of data processing show that entrepreneurship strategy (ES) had a positive and significant effect on sustainable supply chain management (SSCM), social capital (SC) had a positive and significant effect on sustainable supply chain management (SSCM), entrepreneurship strategy (ES) had a positive and significant effect on SMEs financial and non-financial performance (SFNFP), social capital (SC) had a positive and significant effect on financial and non-financial performance (SFNFP) and sustainable supply chain management (SSCM) had a positive and significant effect on financial and non-financial SMEs financial performance ( SNFFP).

The purpose of this empirical study is to determine how Jordan's internal control system affects the efficiency of accounting information systems (AIS) services and client satisfaction. The study's goal is to shed light on how important a robust internal control system is for increasing customer satisfaction with AIS services. A quantitative research methodology is used to collect data from a survey of 265 representative customers of Jordanian enterprises (Commercial BANKS). Data is analyzed using second generation analysis technic (SmartPLS) software. In the context of AIS, the findings emphasize the significance of the internal control system in bolstering the link between service quality and customer satisfaction. The research advances our understanding of AIS and has significant ramifications for companies seeking to improve customer satisfaction and service quality. The researcher also offered suggestions for further research.

The purpose of this study was to analyze the effect of financial literacy on operational performance, financial inclusion on operational performance and the effect of financial literacy on sustainable supply chains and the impact of financial inclusion on sustainable supply chains in SMEs in Indonesia. The research method is quantitative through online surveys with the Google form, data collection by distributing online questionnaires to 590 SMEs owners in Indonesia who were selected by simple random sampling. The online questionnaire was designed using a Likert scale of 5 and distributed via social media. Data analysis used structural equation modeling of partial least squares (SEM-PLS) with data processing tools using SmartPLS 3.0 software. The stages of data analysis are validity-reliability test and hypothesis, or significance test used in this study using a Google form which will be distributed to respondents. This questionnaire measurement method uses a Likert Scale of 5, namely Strongly Disagree (STS), (2) Answers Disagree (TS), (3) Neutral Answers (N), (4) Answers Agree (S), Strongly Agree (SS). The results of this study indicate that financial literacy had a positive and significant effect on operational performance, financial inclusion had a positive and significant effect on operational performance, financial literacy had a positive and significant effect on sustainable supply chains and financial inclusion had a positive and significant effect on sustainable supply chains in SMEs in Indonesia. The novelty of this research is the model relationship between Financial Literacy and Financial Inclusion, Operational Performance, SME Sustainable Supply Chain which has never been explained in previous studies.

The paper aims to analyze the influence of the effectiveness of strategic decisions on organizational excellence, through employee empowerment, as an intermediate variable in Qatari commercial banks, where this study is quantitative and uses the descriptive cause-effect approach. The population of this study includes all directors, assistants, deputies, department managers, and branch managers in the six Qatari Commercial Banks, while the field survey method was used for this study. The population number was 336 participants from whom the researchers retrieved 270 questionnaires valid for statistical analysis. The study found that: the level of effectiveness of strategic decisions on organizational excellence and employee empowerment in Qatari commercial banks is high. The findings also showed that there was a significant effect of the effectiveness of strategic decisions on organizational excellence through employee empowerment as an intermediate variable. The study recommended the need for more studies to maintain the approach of the effectiveness of strategic decisions and employee empowerment in Qatari commercial banks, for their important role in organizational excellence, specifically giving freedom of action to employees to solve and encounter work problems.

Betawi Ora is an indigenous tribe that lives in Bekasi which is a region of West Java. In terms of cultural distribution, Betawi itself is a tribe originating from Jakarta, but geographically it spreads to the West Java region. The existence of Eco-culinary products cannot be separated from the supply chain management system and environmental sustainability because Eco-culinary is a food that represents the existence of raw materials provided by the environment where the community exists. Based on the background and urgency of this research, the purpose of this research is to find out the relationship between Supply Chain Management, Eco-culinary Product and Environmental Sustainability both directly and indirectly where Eco-culinaru Product mediates the relationship between Supply Chain variables Management and Environmental Sustainability variables. The respondents in this study were 210 managers of Betawi Ora restaurants in Bekasi West Java, Indonesia and employees who maintain supply chain management in that restaurant. Data collection and processing were carried out using the Generalized Structured Component Analysis (GSCA) method. The analytical approach uses the least squares method in the parameter estimation process. The research method is a quantitative survey, analysis of research data is performed using structural equation modeling partial least squares (SEM-PLS) with statistical data processing tools, namely Smart PLS 4.0 software. Results of this research show that supply chain management had a significant effect on environmental sustainability which is mediated by eco-culinary products. Thus, it can be concluded that good quality of supply chain management will be able to produce quality products, and it must be an important consideration that the goal of everything is to create and maintain Environmental Sustainability.

Investment in non-fungible tokens (NFTs) has decreased dramatically over the past two years, despite the financial value and potential importance of NFTs for the future of the economy and the current decentralized marketplaces. This study investigated the barriers influencing customers' resistance to investing in NFTs using the innovation resistance theory (IRT) components such as usage barriers, value barriers, risk barriers, tradition barriers, and image barriers. The data was gathered from 375 investors via an online questionnaire. To assess and evaluate the suggested model and its hypotheses, responses were investigated using a partial least square structural equation modeling approach (PLS-SEM). The findings indicate that the five resistance-related barriers are all substantial deterrents to investing in NFTs. The usage barrier was the most significant barrier, whereas the value barrier was the least significant. The study's findings have far-reaching implications for academics, NFTs’ marketplaces, policymakers, and investors.

Gravitational models are currently a commonly used methodology to analyze the behavior of countries' trade flows. These studies typically seek to measure the impact of distance and the size of economies as factors that increase or decrease the propensity to trade between countries. Instead of using the traditional model, this paper introduces two distance variables which are built as modernity factors of culture and productive and institutional apparatus that give some evidence the importance of the economic and institutional stability of the countries to favor trade flows. The new model is tested using historical data of Colombia foreign trade between 1995 and 2015 (which is the most updated year publicly available).

In the world, the video game industry has really exploded until about 2000, and since then has achieved great strides, becoming one of the leading forms of the entertainment industry, at least in terms of revenue. The main purpose of this paper is to examine the consumer behavior in the case of video games with three objectives: identify the factors affecting customer satisfaction for video games; analyze these factors to understand how they affect consumer behavior and propose some recommendations to improve the customer satisfaction for video games. Data was collected from 205 Vietnamese gamers addressing the variables of individual, psychological, cultural, and social factors. Regression analysis found that all four factors positively affect consumer behavior, in terms of customer satisfaction, especially cultural factors. The findings of this research analyzed the theoretical foundations of the theory of behavior, based on which investigated the study of consumer behavior of video game services of players in Vietnam by market research, analyze data, thereby helping businesses understand the psychological response, consumer behavior of customers, and can devise appropriate strategies.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a motivation for full usage of autonomous driving. Many have predicted that autonomous technology would significantly disrupt the transportation industry. This research examines how autonomous driving might impact and disrupt the ridesharing industry and their drivers. The hypothesis is that autonomous vehicles (AV) will negatively impact the ridesharing industry. To examine the full effects of this disruption, we researched current literature on driverless technology cars and the ridesharing industry. Factors examined include: current economics of drivers and vehicles, public perception and acceptance, technological readiness, collaborations, regulations, and liability. Key findings from a host of resources were tabulated to build a case for the proposed hypothesis. The results provide a more comprehensive timeline estimate, predicted $0.75 cost estimate per mile by 2040, and documented the collaboration figure among the players that shows the significant investments across different industries. This research shows that the ridesharing industry’s current business model is due for a significant disruption by autonomous driving capabilities. Drivers in the ridesharing industry might likely suffer the most, however not for at least another decade or so. There are many independent factors, which must be further scrutinized to develop a more comprehensive understanding as to the velocity of this disruption. Findings from this study would be applicable while evaluating the future of autonomous vehicles.