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Emerging institutions play an important role in the economies of the contemporary world, and because of the sensitivity and weakness of these institutions, especially in terms of financing and marketing, in the presence of a fierce environment of competition, countries have resorted to providing several support mechanisms, and perhaps the most prominent of these mechanisms are the platforms of entrepreneurs, especially business accelerators, where The latter provides the necessary facilities and assistance such as accompanying, financing and even marketing for the establishment of emerging institutions, especially those based on new technological initiatives until they become able to continue and compete in the external environment.
Therefore, through this research paper, the role that business accelerators play and their contribution to enhancing the presence of emerging institutions, working on their success and continuity, raising the level of creativity and innovation, as well as activating the relationship between research centers and emerging institutions by transforming these ideas into successful projects, as well as highlighting the most important models of these Accelerators in Algeria.
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Start-ups and Business Accelerators in Algeria: Financing and Marketing

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Profitability can be defined as the positive result obtained by an entity that operates for profit, through the efficient use of material, financial and human resources, in a way that allows it to carry out the activity in optimal conditions for financiers, employees and business partners but mainly to ensure its future performance. There is a direct correlation between the level of performance of economic entities in an economy and its well-being. The stable long-term profitability recognizes an economic entity’s value through performance and efficiency. This paper aims to study the role of quality management in obtaining profitability. In this sense, we conducted a study in a company in Arad, and we calculated specific efficiency indicators from the quality perspective.
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Analysis of the Profitability of an SME from the Perspective of Quality Management

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Our study aims to understand the current failure of crowdfunding in Algeria, we conducted a two-step study. First, we extracted from the literature the various factors that contribute to the success of this funding process and those that hinder it. We specified the influence of these factors in the Algerian context. In the second step, we surveyed a group of persons that follow a double-skill management degree in entrepreneurship and project management to know their opinion about crowdfunding. The results show that the surveyed were significantly unaware of crowdfunding, i.e., 64% of our sample with a p-value &gt;0.05 (p = 0.151); as for their view of the current failure of crowdfunding, 51.5% feel that it is due to a lack of information. 29.7% think is due to a lack of trust. 8.9% think there are few investors; others put it down to a lack of ideas, i.e., 7.9% of those questioned, and 2% think it is for other reasons. 58% of the subjects see themselves as project holders, only 8.9% are ready to be funders, and 3.26% think they could be both. The results clearly show a statistical bias towards being more of a project holder than a funder (with a p-value of 0.48). On that account, Algeria could be a favorable ground for Crowdfunding if more people were more informed about this process and more funders were available.
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Crowdfunding: Study of the Viability of a New Method of Financing Small and Medium Enterprises in Algeria

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Because the year 2020 has brought upon the whole world unprecedented changes to the global economy and especially to the world of work, analyzing the subject of teleworking will bring more value to the field. Therefore, this paper aims to analyze the general panorama of teleworking research worldwide by analyzing articles and papers published in trustful publishers such as the Web of Knowledge database and statistical data published by international agencies. We will identify the poles for teleworking research, such as countries, authors, and institutions and correlate them through descriptive statistics. We conclude that before the COVID-19 pandemic, teleworking could have been more well-analyzed because only a tiny fraction of the workforce was occasionally working from home. From March 2020, as the infections swept the globe, many countries instructed employers to close their operations, and therefore a new era began. The study uses a wide range of bibliometric indicators provided by WOS, which analyzes the main articles, authors, and institutions. Also, we used the VOS Viewer software to map the main trends in the research field.
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Qualitative Analysis of Teleworking Research – an International Overview

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Digitization is one of the main concerns in contemporary society, this phenomenon being accentuated with the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic, which forced everyone to use technology under the conditions imposed by the new reality based on social distancing. The paper aims to analyze the use of digitization at the level of supreme audit institutions, the transition to artificial intelligence, as well as its impact on performance management, both in terms of performance at the level of these institutions and in terms of the public sector, in its whole. At the same time, the paper aims to pinpoint a series of tools based on artificial intelligence that could be used in the external public audit and, in particular, with regard to the audit of public procurement, given the importance of the funds allocated to the area of public procurement.
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From Digitization to Artificial Intelligence in External Public Audit

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The extraordinary events of the COVID-19 pandemic have led Big 4 Audit Firms, like many other global companies, to a place where everything is different. Overnight, all practitioners worldwide have been forced to work in an entirely new environment that requires them to scramble for survival. However, the same destructive forces and the challenges of maintaining business continuity, as well as the widespread working home methods and providing remote services, have offered enormous opportunities and potentials for audit firms [in particular, Big 4 audit firms] to develop their digital innovations and increase reliance on modern technologies. Therefore, the main objective of our research lies in exploring the position of modern technologies (particularly in Big 4 audit firms) in activating the remote auditing approach considering the COVID-19 pandemic. So, in achieving the objectives of the research, we relied on the documentary descriptive approach, through which we reached several results, most notably that Modern technologies have contributed to drawing the line between what is possible in the external audit profession and what can only be imagined, by expanding the circle of possibilities and enabling auditors to practice their jobs anywhere, anytime and in real-time with the auditee, which translates into activating the remote auditing approach.
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Exploring the Position of Modern Technologies in Activating the Remote Audit Approach in Light of the Corona Pandemic - a Big 4 Case Study –

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The present study explores the impact of different leadership styles on the effective motivation of employees and hence on increasing organizational performance. Starting from the premise that a leadership style can play a crucial role in determining the level of employee motivation engagement and satisfaction, this research focuses on identifying the link between leadership style and employees work outcomes. In the specialized literature, leadership styles are frequently discussed in the context of employee motivation. By applying a mixed methodology, which combines quantitative analysis of survey data with qualitative case studies, the research aims to provide an in-depth understanding of how these leadership styles directly influence employee motivation and, indirectly, their performance. The results are expected to show a significant correlation between employee-oriented leadership styles and high levels of motivation, suggesting that leaders who adopt a more involved and supportive approach can significantly improve organizational performance. This research contributes to the existing literature by providing empirical evidence that underscores the importance of adopting appropriate leadership styles to maximize employee potential and optimize organizational outcomes. The findings provide valuable insights for organizational leaders and HR practitioners in developing effective leadership strategies to promote a motivating and high-performing work environment.
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The Effect of Leadership Styles on Employee Motivation and Organizational Performance in Public Sector Organizations

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This study aims to investigate the influence of political stability, unemployment, and income inequality on the economic growth of Nepal while also exploring the reciprocal impact of economic growth, unemployment, and political stability on income inequality within the country. It only uses secondary data from various World Bank reports and Nepal's economic surveys. It only covers 32 data points spanning from 1991 to 2022. The descriptive and exploratory research designs are used in this study. Simple statistical tools like correlation analysis, Unstandardized and standardized regression analysis, analysis of variance (ANOVA), residual statistics, histogram, and scatterplot for residual analysis are used in this analysis. Unemployment has negative and political stability positively impacts economic growth in Nepal. One percent increase in unemployment results in a 1.920 percent decrease in economic growth. Likewise, one percent increase in the political stability index results in a 0.804 percent increase in economic growth in Nepal. Unemployment hurts more on economic growth than income inequality in Nepal. Unemployment, political stability, and GDP growth are individually and jointly affected by income inequality in the nation. Political stability and economic growth decrease income inequality, but unemployment increases income inequality in the Nepalese economy. One unit increase in the political stability index and economic growth results in -4.356 and -0.117 unit decrease in income inequality in Nepal. The political stability index has a multiplier effect in decreasing income inequality. Unemployment causes income inequality. One unit increase in unemployment results in a 1.121 unit increase in income inequality. Unemployment has a multiplier effect on income determination in Nepal. About 39.7 percent variation in economic growth is determined by political stability, unemployment, and income inequality, but 46.7 percent in income inequality is determined by unemployment, economic growth, and political stability. Policymakers should consider a holistic approach that addresses income inequality, unemployment, and political stability to foster sustainable and inclusive economic growth. The abstract is not a substitute for the introduction.
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Nexus between Unemployment, Income Inequality, Political Stability, and Economic Growth: An Empirical Study of the Nepalese Economy

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The present research aims to conduct an in-depth analysis of the degradation of Romania’s demographic situation, with a particular focus on the implications of the aging trend. The study aims to investigate how this demographic shift may lead, in the absence of reformation measures, to elevated levels of poverty, social exclusion, and dependency among the elderly population. The contributing factors to this phenomenon include migration patterns, negative natural population growth, and the increasing life expectancy of the population. These factors collectively result in a growing imbalance between the elderly and working-age populations. The repercussions of this demographic shift include heightened pension costs, increased public debt, exacerbated social inequalities, and a potential hinderance to economic growth.
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The Impact of Demographic Evolutions on the Pension System in Romania

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This research paper addresses a central problem: how coaching assists university students in launching startups and transitioning into entrepreneurs. This study aims to analyze to what extent coaching contributes to helping university students start their own projects at the level of the faculty of Economics, Commerce, and Management. The study's findings highlight several key points, the most important of which is that coaching has become a path to follow, especially since it led students to adopt an entrepreneurial orientation, which also allowed them to dissipate their fear and talk about their ideas for their project. Moreover, coaching made it possible to realize the talents enabling the student to innovate in a project/create a start-up. However, the study also identifies certain shortcomings, the most important of which is that the training did not help some students to prepare their first model, and it is, therefore, advisable to subsequently train a specialized coach for each student and that he starts with him from the beginning until his idea came to fruition on the ground.
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The Role of Coaching in University Start-Up Creation: A Study of Students from Badji Mokhtar Annaba University

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The emergence of new technologies, especially artificial intelligence (AI), disrupts the functioning of organizations on many levels (processes, organization, strategy, communication, finance, etc.). These changes particularly affect the managerial function at the heart of organizations. AI is changing many aspects of managers' work, such as planning, organizing and monitoring work, as well as human resource management, including recruiting, training and developing employees.
Technological advances, including AI, have profoundly influenced project management, leading to significant changes in the way projects are planned, organized, and monitored. Artificial intelligence is playing an increasingly important role in project management, providing managers with useful tools and data for decision-making and resource optimization. This can bring efficiency and precision to project management, helping to achieve set goals more effectively.
The use of these new work tools that make it possible to improve the efficiency of tasks calls into question the existing management practices and requires an upgrade of the skills of managers so that they can fulfill their mission. In addition to the technical skills essential to handling new technological tools, managers must demonstrate emotional intelligence and openness to fulfill their role. Indeed, the introduction of new AI technologies within organizations can have direct and indirect effects on the work of managers. On the one hand, they have to adapt to the technologies that target their own tasks. On the other hand, they need to adapt their management methods to support their employees in the digital transformation that affects other aspects of the organization's operation. In this article, we first outline the main AI technologies used in the managerial field, followed by the advantages and potential these technologies offer to organizations. We then focus on the changes in the role and responsibilities of managers and the new skills they need to develop to succeed in their new work environment. The last part of the article addresses the challenges and problems that the application of these technologies raises in relation to the managerial profession.
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The Use of Artificial Intelligence in Project Management

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Analyzed from a social, educational and psychological point of view, the phenomenon of bullying has become a global concern in all schools. Taking into account the harmful effects they have on all educational factors (children, parents and teachers), governments around the world to create some policies and dedicated to the prevention and reduction of bullying in the school environment. In recent years, there has been an increasing number of acts of violence and intimidation, both in schools and in the online environment, becoming a problem not only in high schools in Romania, but also in secondary and even primary schools. Thus, although the statistics are worrying, legislative changes in the field of bullying in the educational system in Romania are at the beginning of the road and aspects are generally aimed at prevention. The present paper proposes to bring to the fore the need to develop an integrated intervention strategy in cases of school bullying, by involving the decision-making factors.
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The Impact of Legislative Changes in the Educational Environment Concerning the Bullying Phenomenon

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This paper analyzes the relationship between electricity consumption and economic growth, as well as the determinants of this relationship, in the countries of the West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU) over the period from 1990 to 2018. The results obtained from the Autoregressive Lagged Model (ARDL) show that, in the long run, economic growth, the degree of international openness, and gross fixed capital formation explain electricity consumption. In the short run, no variable affects this consumption. Furthermore, in the country-by-country model, the results indicate differentiated effects. They show, in the long and short term, the absence of the effects of economic growth on electrical energy consumption.
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Electricity Consumption and Economic Growth in WAEMU Countries: an Empirical Analysis using Panel Data

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The ISO56000 innovation management standards were released in 2019 and 2020. These standards provide guidance to product and process organizations for the development, implementation, and utilization of innovation management systems. The businesses can advance the field of innovation management by putting this certification into practice. This study was conducted to examine the relationship between the leading innovative management companies and management-related businesses regarding the implementation of the ISO 56000 standard in the port company DJEN, Jijel, Algeria. Data was collected using questionnaires from a random sample of 26 respondents. A quantitative methodology has been chosen and treated by SPSS.v26. The effectiveness of the ISO 56000 standard’s implementation is the main topic of this study. The findings imply that the port organization must adopt the ISO 56000 standard in order to consistently balance the economics with the environment and enhance skills and staffs involved in the company.
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The Impact of ISO 56000 Standard on Managerial Practices towards Sustainable Development - A Prospective Study on an Algerian International Port Company -

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Choosing the right leadership style is a constant concern in business management because it can directly influence its financial results. Through this paper, we wanted to check to what extent the leadership style can influence the level of satisfaction of the employee, his desire to change jobs, and to what extent it accentuates or improves the effects generated by the COVID-19 pandemic (anxiety, work from home, the economic crisis generated]. We also wanted to check to what extent a high degree of job satisfaction can negatively influence the employee’s desire to look for a new job. In the empirical research, we used the MLQ questionnaire to determine the management style, and we used the Likert scale for other variables.
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Leadership Influence on Work Satisfaction Level in COVID-19 times in Romanian SMES

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In a continually changing world, marked by the exacerbation of the competitive struggle, the companies’ management need to constantly analyze the field in which they run their activity to obtain information allowing them to elaborate competitive strategies in order to maintain or increase the companies’ profitability.
To attain this goal, the companies need to understand the activity field in which they are running their activity, the existing and potential competitors, customers, suppliers etc. In the present article, we aim to analyze the competitive strategies in the Romanian lighting product market. We have chosen this field due to the dynamism and the competition for finding highly efficient solutions for lighting. The intended analysis represents a possible case study in this field.
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Competitive Strategies on the Romanian Market.  A Possible Case Study

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