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  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
8,575 Views
18 Pages

23 November 2020

This study examines the financially feasibility of the proper terminal capacity by each berth size of the automatic container terminal (ACT) from the perspective of Terminal Operating Company (TOC). ACT is a highly productive and eco-friendly port fa...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue The Strategy of Smart Port)
  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,220 Views
15 Pages

8 March 2022

The Chinese government is actively promoting green and low-carbon transformation for economic and social development, especially in the wastewater treatment industry. This article uses regression analysis to study the impact of company R&D input...

(This article belongs to the Section Wastewater Treatment and Reuse)
  • Article
  • Open Access
28 Citations
3,985 Views
18 Pages

20 January 2023

The subject of digitization is currently very widely described. Implementing digitization is a complex task and there are many variants of its implementation. The authors of this article asked themselves what current trends affect the digitization of...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Smart Manufacturing Systems in Industry 4.0)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1,676 Views
17 Pages

8 April 2026

Today’s global and competitive environment forces companies to revise their competitive strategies and assess their operations’ performance. Customers are demanding new products and services, and organizations should adapt to the changing...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Building Resilient and Agile SMEs: Strategic Responses to Digital Disruption and Transformation)
  • Article
  • Open Access
401 Views
29 Pages

13 July 2026

The self-operation and outsourcing cooperation mode has become an important approach for logistics companies to cope with demand fluctuations and resource constraints. However, the hierarchical mechanisms and network characteristics of the factors dr...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Trends in Supply Chain Operations Management for Sustainable Development)
  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
4,284 Views
13 Pages

Study on Companies from the Energy Sector from the Perspective of Performance through the Operating Cash Flow

  • Claudia Diana Sabău-Popa,
  • Luminița Rus,
  • Dana Simona Gherai,
  • Codruța Mare and
  • Ioan Gheorghe Țara

20 June 2021

In this paper we analyzed the link between companies’ performance, in terms of cash and income, and the labor productivity or management rates, in case of the companies from the energy sector listed on the Bucharest Stock Exchange. We focused on the...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,383 Views
14 Pages

11 May 2022

Salary control is an effective mechanism used to modulate executive incentives and behaviors in many state-owned listed companies (SOLCs). This is especially true in China considering the vast number and scale of SOLCs. To gain a deeper understanding...

  • Article
  • Open Access
323 Views
25 Pages

1 July 2026

Ports play a crucial role in global maritime logistics systems, and evaluating their operational efficiency is essential for improving resource allocation. However, existing studies often treat port operations as a black box, limiting the understandi...

  • Proceeding Paper
  • Open Access
952 Views
6 Pages

Access to safe and reliable drinking water is essential for public health. However, regional public water companies often face challenges that compromise service quality, such as equipment failure, water contamination, and inconsistent treatment proc...

(This article belongs to the Proceedings of The 2025 IEEE International Conference on Computation, Big-Data and Engineering (ICCBE))
  • Article
  • Open Access
22 Citations
4,529 Views
26 Pages

18 March 2018

The electricity market of China is currently in the process of a new institutional reform. Diversified electricity retail entities are gradually being established with the opening of the marketing electricity side. In the face of a complex market env...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
4,593 Views
24 Pages

Analysis of Regulation of Costs for Operating Buses in a Transport Company

  • Valery Kurganov,
  • Mikhail Gryaznov,
  • Andrey Aduvalin,
  • Liliya Polyakova and
  • Aleksey Dorofeev

23 August 2024

The problem of increasing passenger traffic remains acute for municipal public transport. The value of this indicator is determined by the interest of citizens in this way of making their trips and determines the feasibility of the carrier’s op...

(This article belongs to the Collection Advances in Transportation Planning and Management)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,977 Views
22 Pages

15 January 2026

This study investigates the impact of Governance, Risk management, and Compliance (GRC) practices on operational efficiency and corporate reputation. Drawing on the Resource-Based View (RBV), Stakeholder Theory, and the signaling perspective, it conc...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
4,122 Views
22 Pages

14 March 2019

The rapid development of electric vehicles (EVs) is conducive to clean transportation, which is an important aspect of sustainable infrastructure. However, the introduction of EVs is constrained by the lagging development of EV chargers. To optimally...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Sustainable Transportation for Sustainable Cities)
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
6,412 Views
18 Pages

This work investigates and compares the total risk attributable to holding and operating companies, using data from the United States. By proxying overall risk by the option-adjusted spread on corporate bonds, we hypothesize that operating companies...

(This article belongs to the Section Economics and Finance)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,573 Views
28 Pages

Sustainable Development of Entrepreneurship through Operational Risk Management: The Role of Corporate Social Responsibility

  • Raya H. Karlibaeva,
  • Dmitry A. Lipinsky,
  • Vera A. Volokhina,
  • Elena A. Gureeva and
  • Ivan N. Makarov

30 July 2024

The goal of this paper was to study the role of corporate social responsibility (by the example of responsible HRM) in the sustainable development of entrepreneurship through operational risk management. The correlation analysis method was used to fi...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Managing Financial Risks Based on Corporate Social Responsibility for Sustainable Development II)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,527 Views
17 Pages

Efficiency and Mergers and Acquisitions of Electric Utility Companies

  • Mika Goto,
  • Tadaaki Tomikawa and
  • Toshiyuki Sueyoshi

22 April 2024

Since the 1990s, market liberalization of the electricity industry has advanced all around the world. To survive in the drastically changing business environment, incumbent electric utility companies have conducted operational reforms, including Merg...

(This article belongs to the Section C: Energy Economics and Policy)
  • Article
  • Open Access
5,239 Views
22 Pages

Restricted stock units (RSUs) are a key component of executive compensation schemes, aligning executive incentives with the long-term goals of the company and compensating for the limitations of traditional stock options. This study empirically analy...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
8,846 Views
27 Pages

27 April 2023

Forestry is the underpinning of economic and environmental civilization for sustainable economic development. Forestry benefits ecosystems and local dwellings; thus, transforming and advancing forest products in a civilized society is critical to bui...

(This article belongs to the Section Forest Economics, Policy, and Social Science)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,703 Views
30 Pages

Optimizing Berth Allocation for Maritime Autonomous Surface Ships (MASSs) in the Context of Mixed Operation Scenarios

  • Lixin Shen,
  • Xueting Shu,
  • Chengcheng Li,
  • Tomaž Kramberger,
  • Xiaoguang Li and
  • Lixin Jiang

21 February 2025

This study deals with berth allocation for Maritime Autonomous Surface Ships (MASSs) in the context of the mixed operation of MASSs and manned vessels from the perspective of port-shipping companies’ collaboration. Two berth allocation strategi...

(This article belongs to the Section Ocean Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
6,219 Views
21 Pages

The issue of key determinants affecting the financial performance of advertising and marketing companies in Central and Eastern Europe remains understudied, despite the industry’s rapid growth and regional specifics. This study investigates fin...

(This article belongs to the Section Business and Entrepreneurship)
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
6,348 Views
38 Pages

11 April 2025

The operational efficiency of insurance companies is crucial for their long-term stability and sustainable development. Climate risk has emerged as a significant factor affecting insurers’ operational performance in the context of global climat...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Corporate Sustainability and ESG: Strategies, Tools, Good Practices and Challenges)
  • Article
  • Open Access
675 Views
17 Pages

Fiscal and Operational Burden Determinants of the Profitability of Petróleos Mexicanos: Evidence from 2008–2024

  • Julieta Evangelina Sánchez-Cano,
  • José Humberto González Meneses and
  • Francisco Preciado Álvarez

Oil remains a strategic input for global energy systems and petrochemical production, while in resource-dependent countries, it also plays a critical fiscal and macroeconomic role. In Mexico, this dual relevance is embodied by Petróleos Mexica...

(This article belongs to the Section Business and Entrepreneurship)
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
4,582 Views
17 Pages

Mathematical Programming Formulations for the Berth Allocation Problems in Container Seaport Terminals

  • Awad M. Aljuaid,
  • Mayssa Koubâa,
  • Mohamed Haykal Ammar,
  • Karim Kammoun and
  • Wafik Hachicha

Background: Improving the performance of marine terminals is one of the major concerns of both researchers and decision-makers in the maritime transportation sector. The problem of container storage planning and the berth allocation problem (BAP) are...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Optimizations and Operations Management of Modern Logistic Systems and Supply Chains)
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
8,282 Views
20 Pages

Systemic Approach to Management Control through Determining Factors

  • Ionel Bostan,
  • Aliona Bîrcă,
  • Viorel Țurcanu and
  • Christiana Brigitte Sandu

This article aimed to analyse the influence of the main factors on management control used in optimization activities, in order to reach the strategic goals of a company. Agency, transactional costs and contingency theories have been analysed from th...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Applied Econometrics)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3,344 Views
36 Pages

The Integration of ISO 27005 and NIST SP 800-30 for Security Operation Center (SOC) Framework Effectiveness in the Non-Bank Financial Industry

  • Muharman Lubis,
  • Muhammad Irfan Luthfi,
  • Rd. Rohmat Saedudin,
  • Alif Noorachmad Muttaqin and
  • Arif Ridho Lubis

15 January 2026

A Security Operation Center (SOC) is a security control center for monitoring, detecting, analyzing, and responding to cybersecurity threats. PT (Perseroan Terbatas) Non-Bank Financial Company (NBFC) has implemented an SOC to secure its information s...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
5,320 Views
19 Pages

Influence of Business-Operational Performances and Company Size on CO2 Emissions Decrease-Case of Serbian Road Transport Companies

  • Svetozar Slobodan Sofijanic,
  • Sinisa Milos Arsic,
  • Dragutin Jovanovic,
  • Milos Zivko Arsic,
  • Safet Kalac,
  • Zoran Ribaric,
  • Dragan Kostadinovic,
  • Velibor Peulic,
  • Dragana Rosulj and
  • Boris Ribaric
  • + 3 authors

22 July 2021

This research includes the analysis and comparison of long-term values of key business parameters of profit-oriented companies in Serbia, which are engaged in road transport of cargo or passengers. This paper takes into account the decreasing emissio...

(This article belongs to the Topic Industrial Engineering and Management)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,120 Views
16 Pages

26 September 2022

The Japanese government has set an overseas infrastructure deployment policy to involve Japanese companies in all upstream to downstream processes, that is, from project formation, procurement, and construction to operation and maintenance. Although...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
4,431 Views
17 Pages

10 February 2022

Research on the interactions between risk, integration, and performance in supply chains (SCs) is increasingly attracting attention of researchers in recent years. Although risk usually has negative effects on performance, limited evidence has been p...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue The Impact of Sustainability and Dynamic Capabilities on Global Supply Chain Management)
  • Article
  • Open Access
41 Citations
6,228 Views
21 Pages

31 August 2020

The innovation capability of a company is considered the determinant of its competitiveness in the long-term. Therefore, it is of increasing importance to understand the critical variable behind a firm’s innovation capability. The paper explore...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue New Economic and Financial Challenges for Social and Environmental Sustainability)
  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
11,828 Views
26 Pages

Operational risk is defined as the potential losses resulting from events caused by inadequate or failed processes, people, equipment, and systems or from external events. One of the most important challenges for the management of the company is to i...

(This article belongs to the Section Risk)
  • Article
  • Open Access
53 Citations
7,894 Views
17 Pages

Bankruptcy Risk Prediction in Ensuring the Sustainable Operation of Agriculture Companies

  • Bosiljka Srebro,
  • Bojan Mavrenski,
  • Vesna Bogojević Arsić,
  • Snežana Knežević,
  • Marko Milašinović and
  • Jovan Travica

10 July 2021

In recent decades, predicting company bankruptcies and financial troubles has become a major concern for various stakeholders. Furthermore, because financially sustainable businesses are affected by numerous highly complex factors, both internal and...

  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
3,189 Views
14 Pages

Comparing Operational, Environmental and Eco-Efficiency of Water Companies in England and Wales

  • Ramón Sala-Garrido,
  • Manuel Mocholí-Arce,
  • María Molinos-Senante and
  • Alexandros Maziotis

18 June 2021

The assessment of performance of water companies is essential for their regulation. In doing so, several variables and models can be employed. This study evaluates and compares the performance of a sample of English and Welsh water companies from the...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Energy and Water Nexus 2021)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
3,417 Views
14 Pages

The performance of technology companies listed on NASDAQ significantly impacts larger economic trends. Investors need specific information to navigate market volatility and make informed decisions in an increasingly complex marketplace. Furthermore,...

(This article belongs to the Section Business and Entrepreneurship)
  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
6,148 Views
20 Pages

26 September 2023

This paper presents a systematic literature review (SLR) about industrial tourism and intends to show how this product can increase sustainability and competitiveness in operating industrial companies. It uses bibliometric analysis with data from 32...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Entrepreneurship, Open Innovation and Digital Transformation for Sustainability)
  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
7,532 Views
16 Pages

27 December 2020

Despite the number of sailings canceled in the past few months, as demand has increased, the utilization of ships has become very high, resulting in sudden peaks of activity at the import container terminals. Ship-to-ship operations and yard activity...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Sustainability in Maritime Transport: Advances, Solutions and Pending Tasks)
  • Article
  • Open Access
140 Citations
19,767 Views
31 Pages

20 June 2019

To gain a social license to operate and grow, companies should have effective community engagement activities, social impact assessment processes, environmental and social impact management procedures, and human rights-compatible grievance redress me...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Land, Land Use and Social Issues)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2,402 Views
17 Pages

Public transport companies are aware that the success of their operations largely depends on the proper sizing and optimization of their processes. Among the key activities are the maintenance and repair of the vehicle fleet. This paper presents the...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
4,478 Views
15 Pages

5 January 2021

The article describes the issues of transport of bulk materials. The knowledge of this process has a key impact on the rational planning of transport tasks. It is necessary to have knowledge about the transport services market and the competition tha...

(This article belongs to the Section Sustainable Transportation)
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
7,835 Views
13 Pages

30 June 2019

Chinese online shopping industry has grown dramatically in recent decades. The purpose of this study is to investigate the key factors that affect the operating performance of online shopping companies in China. In particular, the study examines the...

(This article belongs to the Section Economic and Business Aspects of Sustainability)
  • Article
  • Open Access
22 Citations
7,274 Views
28 Pages

20 January 2021

Real estate management and its operation play a crucial role in supporting company operation. Going hand-in-hand with the rapid growth of companies, the real estate portfolio has expanded dramatically, attracting large numbers of domestic and foreign...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Optimization for Decision Making III)
  • Article
  • Open Access
24 Citations
10,794 Views
16 Pages

Supply Chain Integration and Its Impact on Operating Performance: Evidence from Chinese Online Companies

  • Xiaoyan Zhang,
  • Rita Yi Man Li,
  • Zhizhong Sun,
  • Xin Li,
  • Sarminah Samad,
  • Ubaldo Comite and
  • Liviu Marian Matac

2 November 2022

The present study explores the effect of supply chain integration on the operational performance of an internet-based online business based in China. The study is based on primary data collected through a questionnaire distributed to supply chain pro...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Sustainable Operations and Supply Chain Management)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,580 Views
15 Pages

Econometric Model for the Financial Performance of Romanian Companies Operating in the Water Supply and Sewerage Field

  • Dan Ioan Topor,
  • Constantin Anghelache,
  • Constantin Aurelian Ionescu,
  • Sorinel Căpușneanu,
  • Melinda Timea Fülöp,
  • Ionela Cornelia Cioca,
  • Ileana-Sorina Rakoș,
  • Mihaela Denisa Coman,
  • Teodora Odett Breaz and
  • Kinga-Erzsébet Bakó (Fülöp)

15 June 2022

This research aims to measure the financial performance of companies in the water and sewerage sector by creating a sustainable econometric model for making long-term strategic decisions for managers and stakeholders. The research methodology consist...

(This article belongs to the Section Water Resources Management, Policy and Governance)
  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
13,575 Views
24 Pages

Impact of the Planning from the Kanban System on the Company’s Operating Benefits

  • María Mojarro-Magaña,
  • Jesús Everardo Olguín-Tiznado,
  • Jorge Luis García-Alcaraz,
  • Claudia Camargo-Wilson,
  • Juan Andrés López-Barreras and
  • Rubén Jesús Pérez-López

17 July 2018

This article reports a model regarding the structural equations of the impact of the planning phase and the benefits acquired in the implementation of the kanban system. It begins with a literature review of the activities of the planning phase, base...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Sustainable Materials and Manufacturing)
  • Article
  • Open Access
26 Citations
2,636 Views
29 Pages

Optimal Operation of an Industrial Microgrid within a Renewable Energy Community: A Case Study of a Greentech Company

  • Matteo Fresia,
  • Tommaso Robbiano,
  • Martina Caliano,
  • Federico Delfino and
  • Stefano Bracco

20 July 2024

The integration of renewable energy sources in the European power system is one of the main goals set by the European Union. In order to ease this integration, in recent years, Renewable Energy Communities (RECs) have been introduced that aim to incr...

(This article belongs to the Section A1: Smart Grids and Microgrids)
  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
12,784 Views
19 Pages

21 January 2019

Companies’ increasing social awareness has led to the development of a corporate social responsibility orientation, whose implementation impacts on their overall marketing communication, both at its strategic and operational levels. The issue o...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Communicative and Behavioral Interventions to Increase Sustainability)
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,206 Views
15 Pages

4 August 2021

It can be observed that manufacturing companies (especially Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs)), by promoting the implementation of the sustainability concept among their suppliers, refer to the requirements included in international standards w...

(This article belongs to the Topic Toward the New Era of Sustainable Design, Manufacturing and Management)
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,945 Views
12 Pages

22 November 2019

Research Highlights: The majority of non-conformities (NCs) occurred under environmental impact (Principle 6) in all regions, and contributed on average to 40% and 48% of the total number of minor and major NCs respectively. Background and Objectives...

(This article belongs to the Section Forest Economics, Policy, and Social Science)
  • Article
  • Open Access
27 Citations
3,878 Views
15 Pages

14 December 2020

Purchasing groups are multi-entity organisations that operate in practically every sector. Their greatest role is to improve the financial situation of small and medium enterprises (SMEs). In the case of enterprises operating in the sectors that are...

(This article belongs to the Section C: Energy Economics and Policy)
  • Article
  • Open Access
97 Citations
15,055 Views
16 Pages

A Comprehensive Construction and Demolition Waste Management Model using PESTEL and 3R for Construction Companies Operating in Central Asia

  • Ali Turkyilmaz,
  • Mert Guney,
  • Ferhat Karaca,
  • Zhanar Bagdatkyzy,
  • Aiganym Sandybayeva and
  • Gulzat Sirenova

15 March 2019

The construction industry in Central Asia has shown rapid growth in the last decade due to an economic boom, leading to high construction & demolition waste (C&DW) generation accompanied by waste management operations falling behind worldwide...

(This article belongs to the Section Sustainable Urban and Rural Development)
  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
7,095 Views
23 Pages

An Analysis of the Effects on Rail Operational Efficiency Due to a Merger between Brazilian Rail Companies: The Case of RUMO-ALL

  • Francisco Gildemir Ferreira da Silva,
  • Renata Lúcia Magalhães de Oliveira and
  • Marin Marinov

12 June 2020

Mergers between companies are motivated by synergy effects that can improve profitability. On February 11, 2015, the Administrative Council for Economic Defense (Cade) approved, the merger between America Latina Logística (ALL), the largest ra...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Methods for Improving Sustainability of Passenger and Freight Transport)

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