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A Case Analysis on Amazon Delivery Drones Taking over Traditional Delivery Method
Issue:
Volume 11, Issue 1, March 2023
Pages:
1-6
Received:
29 October 2022
Accepted:
5 December 2022
Published:
17 January 2023
Abstract: In a world where most businesses are innovating or digitally transitioning, neglecting to experiment puts businesses at a disadvantage by making them increasingly irrelevant to the consumers, resistant to change, and unable to compete with larger and more efficient rivals. According to a survey by McKinsey, 84% of professionals feel that future success is dependent on continuous innovation in order to gain competitive advantage in the industry and respond to the competition. On June 13, 2022, Amazon announced its plans to make its first drone deliveries in Lockeford, California. The idea of delivery with the help of drones represents a true innovation in the e-commerce business, fastening the delivery service in a way that was almost unimaginable a few years back. However, the company faces diverse challenges endangering its project, including ever changing regulations, skepticism from the customers, and safety concerns. All of this leads to a launch that has been postponed for years, questioning the viability of the project. Indeed, Amazon has the potential to be a huge success once it finally launches its operations as it can develop a strong competitive advantage. This case analysis aims at discussing the factors involved in the implementation of the Amazon Prime Air project to investigate whether delivery drones can possibly be a disruptive technology. This case analysis is intended to be a helpful source for class discussions as well.
Abstract: In a world where most businesses are innovating or digitally transitioning, neglecting to experiment puts businesses at a disadvantage by making them increasingly irrelevant to the consumers, resistant to change, and unable to compete with larger and more efficient rivals. According to a survey by McKinsey, 84% of professionals feel that future suc...
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Effect of Organisational Climate on Employees’ Organisational Affective Commitment the Case of Ethiotelecom Western Region
Issue:
Volume 11, Issue 1, March 2023
Pages:
7-16
Received:
28 December 2022
Accepted:
17 March 2023
Published:
31 March 2023
Abstract: The complexity of an organization rose for the need of creating a suitable working environment via investigating the effect of organizational Climate components (employees’ perceived autonomy, Bad Teamwork, reward and recognition, unfairness and supervisor’s support) on employees’ affective commitment in Ethiotelecom Western Region. For this study, Structural Equation model was used to analyse the data gathered from 250 employees through questionnaire from on non-managerial position employees out of which 236 were found valid and used for this study. The results of the study acknowledged that all organizational climate variables (autonomy, bad teamwork, reward and recognition, unfairness and supervisors’ support has a statistically significant effect on affective commitment of employees’ to the organization, nonetheless bad teamwork and unfairness has a negative and significant effect on affective commitment of employees’ to the study area. The study recommended structural transformation should take place in the organization to increase the motivation and commitment of employees’ primarily on the areas of bad teamwork and employees’ perception of unfairness to create a strong affective emotional attachment towards an organization. The conceptual relationship of organizational climate variables (employees’ perceived autonomy, bad teamwork, reward and recognition, unfairness and supervisor’s support) on affective commitment employees’ put an intense credit on the climate of an organization.
Abstract: The complexity of an organization rose for the need of creating a suitable working environment via investigating the effect of organizational Climate components (employees’ perceived autonomy, Bad Teamwork, reward and recognition, unfairness and supervisor’s support) on employees’ affective commitment in Ethiotelecom Western Region. For this study,...
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Macroeconomic Variables That Influence the Determination of Interest Rate: Evidence from Sri Lanka
Balasoooriya Mudiyanselage Wasanthi Shyamika Balasoooriya
Issue:
Volume 11, Issue 1, March 2023
Pages:
17-25
Received:
31 March 2023
Accepted:
25 April 2023
Published:
10 May 2023
Abstract: The interest rate is one of the main tools used to governor monetary policy in Sri Lanka. The main objective of this research was identifying the Macroeconomic variables that Influence to determine the Interest Rate: Evidence from Sri Lanka. Changes in macroeconomic variables affect to determine interest rate. At present, there are some consensus on the answers to these questions. This paper examines to identify Macroeconomic variables that influence the determine the interest rate in Sri Lanka and identify the relationship between interest rate and macro-economic variables. The model of this study was estimated using quarterly data from 2004:Q1 to 2015:Q4. This study uses Macro-economic variables such as money supply, budget deficit, inflation, and economic growth. This study uses Average Weighted Prime Lending Rate (AWPR), and 3-month T bill rate as benchmark interest rates in Sri Lanka. Variables were initially tested for stationery and autocorrelation, and both inflation and budget deficit were found as non-stationary, the first difference of these variables was considered. There was no autocorrelation amongst any of the variables. Granger causality tests use for finding the interrelationships between the variables in the model. looking at the overall models, it was seen that both models was significantly represented by their F-values, only the first difference of inflation and real GDP were significant in both models. There was no direct causation of interest rates from changes in inflation and real GDP. It was observed that collectively both money supply and budget deficit had a significant impact on the level of interest rates. The R-squared values are in the range of 25%. The conclusion of the study is the explanatory variables are weakly affected to determining interest rates in Sri Lanka during the reference period. Further found that all the macro-economic variables showed a positive linear relationship with the T bill rate and AWPR in Sri Lanka.
Abstract: The interest rate is one of the main tools used to governor monetary policy in Sri Lanka. The main objective of this research was identifying the Macroeconomic variables that Influence to determine the Interest Rate: Evidence from Sri Lanka. Changes in macroeconomic variables affect to determine interest rate. At present, there are some consensus o...
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