Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Shirley Enriquez Author-Name-First: Shirley Author-Name-Last: Enriquez Author-Email: senriquez@spup.edu.ph Author-Workplace-Name: St. Paul University Philippines Title: Institutional Sustainability of St. Paul University Philippines Using the Four Perspectives of the Balanced Scorecard Abstract: The study aimed to assess the institutional sustainability of St. Paul University Philippines (SPUP) using the four perspectives of the balanced scorecard, namely: internal processes; learning and innovation, customer and financial perspectives. Furthermore, it considered the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats of SPUP in the balanced scorecard inorder to come up with proposed strategies. This study employed the quantitative descriptive method to assess the University?s performance along the four perspectives of the balanced scorecard. The primary data were obtained using a survey questionnaire. The secondary data includes the financial statements, enrollment summary, faculty profile, faculty performance evaluation, number of employees, and number of resigned full-time faculty for academic year, 2015-2016 to 2017-2018. One hundred ninety-three (193) participants were obtained through stratified sampling to include office staff and maintenance personnel, faculty, lay administrators, students and parents. Data were treated using frequency counts, mean, and ratios. Results show that the scorecard of SPUP has positive performance in the internal processes, learning and growth, and customers? perspectives. It adopted aggressive working capital management in its financial perspective of the balanced scorecard brought by low liquidity and short-term solvency. It has less performance in the financial perspective of the Balanced Scorecard. Classification-JEL: D21, D22, I21 Keywords: Keywords: institutional sustainability, balanced scorecard, internal processes, learning and innovation, customer, financial perspective Journal: International Journal of Business and Management Pages: 1-33 Volume: 9 Issue: 1 Year: 2021 Month: May File-URL: https://iises.net/international-journal-of-business-management/publication-detail-116941 File-URL: https://iises.net/international-journal-of-business-management/publication-detail-116941?download=1 Handle: RePEc:sek:jijobm:v:9:y:2021:i:1:p:1-33 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Charito Guillermo Author-Name-First: Charito Author-Name-Last: Guillermo Author-Email: cmguillermo@spup.edu.ph Author-Workplace-Name: St. Paul University Philippines Title: FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE OF SPU MULTIPURPOSE COOPERATIVE : A TEST OF SUSTAINABILITY Abstract: The study aimed to determine the financial performance of SPU Multipurpose Cooperative, Incorporated SPUMC based on the standard set by the Cooperative Development Authority. The case analysis approach was employed specifically the Financial Statement Analyses, Ratio Analysis and SWOT Analysis to determine the current financial status, capability and performance of the cooperative for the last ten operating periods: 2006-2015. The Cooperative Development Authority (CDA) Standards was used to determine compliance in terms of financial aspect, the CDA performance index was used to determine level of sustainability while the formula of Kinde (2012) was used to measure financial sustainability. Results show that SPUMC, keeps as a strategy the implementation of very conservative working capital management, remains to be capable of meeting the demands of the current times given its financial performance on the different financial indicators as prescribed by the CDA. Moreover, this study show that despite of the cooperative?s slow growth, having reached its maturity in its life cycle, its financial performance for the ten year period indicates that it has the capability to sustain its services as it is financially sustainable. Classification-JEL: P13, O43, L30 Keywords: Financial performance, profitability, institutional strength, structure of assets, Operational Strength Journal: International Journal of Business and Management Pages: 34-46 Volume: 9 Issue: 1 Year: 2021 Month: May File-URL: https://iises.net/international-journal-of-business-management/publication-detail-116935 File-URL: https://iises.net/international-journal-of-business-management/publication-detail-116935?download=2 Handle: RePEc:sek:jijobm:v:9:y:2021:i:1:p:34-46 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Fumihiko Isada Author-Name-First: Fumihiko Author-Name-Last: Isada Author-Email: isada@kansai-u.ac.jp Author-Workplace-Name: Kansai University Title: Changes in the International Network of Japanese Electronics Manufacturers Abstract: The purpose of this research is to compare and analyse the actual selection of the area where a Japanese company expands overseas in the electrical industry and the influence on the business results of each individual company. The first purpose of this research is macro analysis, where the aim is to understand and consider the decision-making of Japanese electronics manufacturers as ?collective intelligence? about the trend of locations where the bases are deployed as a whole. The second purpose of this research is a microscopic analysis of the influence of the choice of overseas base development on the business performance of individual companies. The influence of the degree of fitness between strategy and organization on companies? competitive advantage and profitability was focused. As a research methodology, a database was constructed and analysed regarding actual overseas expansion trends of companies. As a result of macro analysis, compared with the rapid changes in the global economic environment, the actual situation of overseas expansion of Japanese electronics manufacturers has not changed much from the past, and it will be a challenge for Japanese companies. As a result of a micro analysis, a model was verified that showed the optimal choices for overseas expansion through indicators related to the strategy, such as the degree of vertical integration and diversification of companies. Classification-JEL: M16, M11, M21 Keywords: Overseas expansion, multinational corporation, source of competitive advantage, vertical integration, diversification Journal: International Journal of Business and Management Pages: 47-62 Volume: 9 Issue: 1 Year: 2021 Month: May File-URL: https://iises.net/international-journal-of-business-management/publication-detail-116933 File-URL: https://iises.net/international-journal-of-business-management/publication-detail-116933?download=3 Handle: RePEc:sek:jijobm:v:9:y:2021:i:1:p:47-62 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Barbara A. Manko Author-Name-First: Barbara A. Author-Name-Last: Manko Author-Email: bam43@psu.edu Author-Workplace-Name: Penn State University Author-Name: Jerzy Rosinski Author-Name-First: Jerzy Author-Name-Last: Rosinski Author-Email: jerzy.rosinski@uj.edu.pl Author-Workplace-Name: Jagiellonian University, Cracow Title: A Cross-Sector International Study of Remote Work and its Management in the Pandemic Abstract: With the Covid-19 pandemic forcing organizations to work remotely, this paper presents a wide-ranging study of factors affecting the transition from physical to online operations, and the management and conduct of business online. A literature review summarizes years of research on remote work, while an international survey done in August 2020 collects input from managers in 158 organizations dealing with pandemic-related lockdowns. Topics include impacts on productivity, employee morale, and management workload. Sampled organizations range from manufacturing and retail firms to schools and universities. Cross-sector analysis allows inquiry into why, for instance, productivity and morale may decline in some places but improve in others. Classification-JEL: D83, F01, O39 Keywords: Remote work, covid-19 pandemic, managing in the pandemic, organizational behavior in the pandemic, managing remote work, managing work-from-home, managing online, online morale, online productivity Journal: International Journal of Business and Management Pages: 63-77 Volume: 9 Issue: 1 Year: 2021 Month: May File-URL: https://iises.net/international-journal-of-business-management/publication-detail-116866 File-URL: https://iises.net/international-journal-of-business-management/publication-detail-116866?download=4 Handle: RePEc:sek:jijobm:v:9:y:2021:i:1:p:63-77 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: JESUS SOSA Author-Name-First: JESUS Author-Name-Last: SOSA Author-Email: otonielsosa@ucol.mx Author-Workplace-Name: UNIVERSIDAD DE COLIMA Author-Name: ANDREE ROY Author-Name-First: ANDREE Author-Name-Last: ROY Author-Email: andree.roy@umoncton.ca Author-Workplace-Name: UNIVERSITE DE MONCTON Author-Name: ADRIANA BAUTISTA Author-Name-First: ADRIANA Author-Name-Last: BAUTISTA Author-Email: acbautista@ucol.mx Author-Workplace-Name: UNIVERSIDAD DE COLIMA Title: MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES AND SOCIAL NETWORKS IN TOURISM INDUSTRY IN MANZANILLO, COLIMA, MEXICO Abstract: Nowadays, the use of social media has become an important tool to introduce new products and services in the world. However, in some countries social networks are very important to show what the company is and what they are doing with their businesses, it means that they sharing everything with their customers, like products, services, goals, some cases they try to educate their public about the use of the product or service, among other things.When people started using social networks on the internet, these were conceived as a mean to communicate with relatives or friends. However, with time, the social networks have evolved to a point that they now allow people to use them to generate sales and increase the competitiveness of enterprises.The purpose of this research is to demonstrate the lack of training and knowledge about the use of social networks by local businesses and the barriers they face when they decide to use them as sales platforms, and to demonstrate the impact it could have on their businesses. Four SMEs located in Colima State in Mexico were studied, selected to be sufficiently successful and representative in terms of industry and size, for theoretical generalization purposes. These tourism SMEs stem from various sectors, such as: travel agencies, tour operator, hotel and restaurant. Data were collected through semi-structured tape-recorded interviews, ranging approximately one hour and a half each, with the owner-manager or the manager responsible for social media. Interview transcripts were then coded and analyzed following Miles and Huberman?s (1994) prescriptions with the assistance of the Atlas.ti application.The results allow us to conclude that the investigated companies believe that the use of social networks is extremely important to be able to compete in the market. However, due to a lack of training, they were not able to implement properly the utilization of social networks in their companies. Classification-JEL: D22, D23, O39 Keywords: Social networks, enterprises, barriers, Micro, small and medium business Journal: International Journal of Business and Management Pages: 78-92 Volume: 9 Issue: 1 Year: 2021 Month: May File-URL: https://iises.net/international-journal-of-business-management/publication-detail-70 File-URL: https://iises.net/international-journal-of-business-management/publication-detail-70?download=5 Handle: RePEc:sek:jijobm:v:9:y:2021:i:1:p:78-92