https://www.ejbmr.org/index.php/ejbmr/issue/feed European Journal of Business and Management Research 2024-10-31T20:22:28+01:00 Editor-in-Chief editor@ejbmr.org Open Journal Systems European Journal of Business and Management Research https://www.ejbmr.org/index.php/ejbmr/article/view/2485 From Tiny Cues to Business Transformation: Serendipity and Strategic Project Initiations in a Small Family Business 2024-10-08T07:35:50+02:00 Svend Hollensen svend@sam.sdu.dk Pernille Eskerod pernille.eskerod@webster.ac.at <p>Insights on strategic project processes are needed in a contemporary society characterized by many disruptions and major transformations. In this paper, we supplement existing theoretical framings on the process of strategic project initiation by exploring the relationship between serendipity, i.e., surprising and valuable discoveries, and strategic project initiations. With a qualitative longitudinal embedded multi-case study approach, we study a family business entrepreneur who successfully transforms her small family business via strategic projects initiated by serendipity triggers. Our research provides four contributions related to the nature of the relationship between serendipity and strategic project initiation: (1) the causality between the two phenomena can go in both directions; (2) strategic project initiation can relate to Archimedean, Columbian, or Galilean serendipity; (3) a time lag between the serendipity trigger and the strategic project initiation may exist; and (4) business stakeholders and family stakeholders may be involved in serendipity triggers and strategic project initiations through different logics.</p> 2024-10-05T00:00:00+02:00 Copyright (c) 2024 Svend Hollensen, Pernille Eskerod https://www.ejbmr.org/index.php/ejbmr/article/view/2481 Exploring the Relationship Between Banking Development Facets and Economic Volatility: Evidence from Developing Nations 2024-09-28T07:35:52+02:00 Meriem Sebai meriemsebaii@gmail.com Omar Talbi omartalbi@live.fr <p>This study investigates the impact of banking development on economic growth volatility in developing countries over the period 2004–2019, using a panel quantile approach. By examining different facets of banking development, our findings indicate a negative effect of banking sector depth, access, and quality on economic growth volatility. Banking development significantly reduces economic growth instability across different quantiles of economic growth volatility. Nevertheless, banking efficiency increases economic volatility. This study provides valuable insights to financial regulatory authorities in making decisions related to banking development-economic instability nexus.</p> 2024-09-25T00:00:00+02:00 Copyright (c) 2024 Meriem Sebai, Omar Talbi https://www.ejbmr.org/index.php/ejbmr/article/view/2476 Determinants of ICT Adoption in Business for Emerging SME Entrepreneurs in Indonesia 2024-10-29T07:37:47+01:00 Muhammad Noor Ardiansah mnardiansah@polines.ac.id Sri Murtini srimurtini30@yahoo.com Rani Raharjanti raraharjanti@gmail.com Ulfah Hidayati ulfah_polines@yahoo.co.id Ahmad Wafa Mansur wafa.mansur@gmail.com <p>This study investigates the factors of ICT adoption by early-level small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Indonesia after the pandemic. The study was conducted among 237 new SME entrepreneurs from Indonesia's sixth-highest economic growth regions, with a confirmatory analysis of ICT adoption constructs in a structural equation model (SEM) analysis. This study showed that the benefits and integration with consumers are SMEs' main determinants when adopting ICT when starting their business. This condition is a rational response from SMEs when they begin their business in Indonesia's post-pandemic economic recovery conditions, which need to immediately emerge to capture the market with the efficiency and effectiveness of business processes. The study's results empirically provide a valid and reliable description of the determinants of ICT adoption for strengthening post-pandemic SME business practices and theoretically offer empirical evidence of factors for improving and strengthening digital transformation in business through usefulness and integration with consumers.</p> 2024-10-27T00:00:00+02:00 Copyright (c) 2024 Muhammad Noor Ardiansah, Sri Murtini, Rani Raharjanti, Ulfah Hidayati, Ahmad Wafa Mansur https://www.ejbmr.org/index.php/ejbmr/article/view/2475 Technology Admission in Education and Online Entrepreneurship Training at Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises 2024-09-28T07:35:13+02:00 Neti Budiwati netibudiwati@upi.edu Rennyta Yusiana rennytayusiana@upi.edu Elsa Yulandri elsayulandri@upi.edu Pitri Yanti pittri0816@upi.edu <p>The study explores the application of TAM in online entrepreneurship education at the Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) Food Community in Bandung District, Indonesia. Quantitative methods with survey explanatory approaches are used to answer these research questions. The primary data for this research was collected through questionnaires. The target population consists of the SMEs Food Community, which is spread across 31 districts of Bandung district with 500 active members. A total of 141 valid responses were obtained for data analysis from the SMEs food Community who have followed entrepreneurial education on an online learning platform, online course, or educational portal that provides video-based courses, eBooks, or webinars. This training and education can be website development, digital marketing, content platforms, social media management, and online consulting services. The results of the study using Structural Equation Modeling-Partial Least Squares (SEM-PLS) found that the quality of online entrepreneurship education content has a positive impact on user-perceived usability, and the construction of an online enterprise education platform positively affects the perception of ease of use. Research results show that almost all hypotheses are accepted. Perceived usefulness (PU), perceived ease of use (PEOU), and Attitude Toward Use (ATT) positively influenced the Behavioral Intention to Use (BI) online entrepreneurship education platform.</p> 2024-09-26T00:00:00+02:00 Copyright (c) 2024 Neti Budiwati, Rennyta Yusiana, Elsa Yulandri, Pitri Yanti https://www.ejbmr.org/index.php/ejbmr/article/view/2469 Farmers’ Awareness and Approach to Agricultural Insurance as a Risk Mitigation Strategy 2024-09-07T07:33:48+02:00 Jona Bezati jona.bezati@unitir.edu.al Dorina Koçi dorinajanku@feut.edu.al Eni Numani numani_eni@yahoo.com Erjona Serjani erjonaserjani@gmail.com Fatmir Berdica fatmir_b@hotmail.com <div class="page" title="Page 1"> <div class="section"> <div class="layoutArea"> <div class="column"> <p>This study aims to explore the development of agriculture insurance from farmers’ perspective in a developing country such as Albania and to identify the reasons why farmers choose to be insured or not. Moreover, the paper aims to evaluate the willingness of farmers to choose agricultural insurance as the best method to reduce agricultural risks based on the offer of the insurance market in the agricultural sector. For this purpose, the study employs primary data gathered from 452 questionnaires distributed in four regions with the highest agriculture contribution and the highest number of farmers in Albania (Tirana, Dibër, Korçë and Fier). The results indicate that Albanian farmers, despite being aware of the various risks involved in agricultural production, opt not to purchase insurance policies and instead choose to self-insure. Analysis shows that this choice is influenced by factors such as lack of information, price, and trust in insurance providers. Moreover, the study points out that farmers are willing to pay a low premium that does not match the price set by insurance companies for this service.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> 2024-09-03T00:00:00+02:00 Copyright (c) 2024 Jona Bezati, Dorina Koçi, Eni Numani, Erjona Serjani, Fatmir Berdica