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Extracting information about students' logical reasoning processes is critical for mapping learner characteristics and conducting needs analysis to create instruction and selecting the appropriate medium for transferring problem-solving skills to students. Educators can assist appropriately in bridging the problem-solving process if they understand how pupils' reason. This study describes students' logical thinking profiles in answering economic mathematics problems after utilizing Problem-Based Learning with GeoGebra. The study employed a qualitative approach with a task-based interview instrument, with two students from the high mathematics ability level group, two from the medium mathematics ability level group, and two from the low mathematics ability level group participating. The six students are economics and Islamic business students who have studied economic mathematics as a required course and are exposed to GeoGebra software as a learning medium. The data analysis revealed that the Logical Reasoning Profile of Students in Economic Mathematics Problem Solving differs depending on ability level grouping. The problem-solving procedure used by six students revealed that variations in logical thinking characteristics were unrelated to mathematics competence. Three students from three distinct groups presented how they used GeoGebra to test assumptions about the problem-solving process. GeoGebra makes it simple to double-check the accuracy of a problem solution. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The rapid progress and widespread adoption of artificial intelligence have a profound impact on every aspect of human society and on every profession. The accounting profession traditionally uses different information systems and technologies in performing its tasks. Traditional approaches to processing accounting information, constrained by staff capacity and efficiency, often struggle with the quick and accurate handling of such data. This results in a lack of timeliness in processing accounting information, leading to a relatively low utilization rate by enterprises. Consequently, there is a growing demand for intelligent processing of accounting information. This study investigates the perceptions of students about the main benefits (advantages) and challenges associated with the adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) - based solutions in accounting profession, their perception about influence of AI on organization of accountants' profession as well as main threats resulting from AI application in accounting. The research was conducted on the sample of integrated undergraduate and graduate university students -- majoring in accounting and auditing. Students filled out a questionnaire in which, using a Likert scale, they needed to rate the degree of agreement with the stated statement with grades from 1-5. The average marks of each answer were determined. The responses of 52 students were collected. Research results indicated that students perceive that implementation of AI will lead to organizational changes in accountants' work, will require from accountants to acquire new knowledge and skills in different fields (regulations, IT, multidisciplinary knowledge) and that AI will increase efficiency of accountants' work. Students perceive as the most important benefits of applying AI shortened data processing time, real-time reporting and more up-to-date information and higher and greater competitiveness of companies that apply AI. The most important challenges in applying AI in accounting on students' opinion are insufficient knowledge of accountants in the AI field and increased risk of data leakage. Students largely agree with the statement that the application of AI in accounting will present a significant challenge to accountants of an older age without adequate IT knowledge (average grade 4.44). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Continuous dialogue between the business and higher education is an important factor in stimulating the training and career development of young people. An effective mechanism for direct contact and user interaction between students and business environments is needed. In the present work, a developed author's web-based platform in the university space is presented. It helps to overcome communication barriers and provides a sustainable link in cooperation between education, science, and business. It provides opportunities for direct contact between students, teachers, and businesses, leading to updating curricula, exchanging ideas, sharing experiences, gaining professional skills in a specific work environment, etc. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Entrepreneurial intention, as the preliminary idea of pursuing new ventures. Entrepreneurship is an important component to enhance the country's economic growth and sustainability as well as to meet the challenges of globalisation, such as increasing the unemployment rate among students. The objectives of this paper are to determine the relationship between personality, government support and entrepreneurship education with entrepreneurial intention among business students from selected public university in Malaysia and to measure the predictor of entrepreneurial intention. This study is quantitative in the form and questionnaires distributed to collect information from respondents based on the size of 100 samples and use convenience sampling method. The data obtained through questionnaires is analyzed and evaluated by correlation and regression testing. The results showed that all moderate linkages with entrepreneurial intentions. Government support also show the the most impact on the entrepreneurial intention. This paper provides a comprehensive framework that contributes to conceptualization and assists the Government and academic in enhancing skills and courses to increase the desire of business students to become future successful entrepreneurs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

For nearly 14 years of existence, Politeknik Negeri Media Kreatif (Polimedia) through entrepreneurship courses has been producing the output of various businesses carried out by students. However, there is no business platform that accommodates all student businesses so that they become businesses that many do not continue. Currently, the digital world is a part that cannot be separated from various lines of life. Since the pandemic, most activities were carried out online. It takes significant strides to stay in the middle of big competition. Customer Relationship Management (CRM) is a term used in business in the form of steps or procedures related to customers in a website. Departing from this, in this research proposal the proposer submits the development of an integrated digital business platform as a customer embodiment relationship management for Polimedia's Student Entrepreneurship Platforms. It is used to accommodate all student-run businesses as well as an effort to market it widely. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Comprehension is the strongest of classic pillars still supporting the social technologies teaching. However, the pragmatic justification of non-standard attitudes in university courses gets its carte blanche at every turn and point in teaching marketing. Let us have a closer look at the intrigue of theory / pragma interaction, and we hope to achieve a fresher diagnosis for marketing courses in the twenty first century. Our research relies on comparing teaching experiences in Russia and Mexico when addressing students of business disciplines. Keeping in mind some absolute cultural variables that define regional youth experiences, we find out dominating semantics of understanding that drives new non-standard motivation for developing marketing skills. Globalization is never self-fulfilled at the start, but what we argue that globalization revives classic premises of education that freshly arrive as new universal invariant for youth social experiences. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The ability to transform social and environmental problems into strategic actions to face the challenges of a changing environment in a creative and innovative way drives the need to train social entrepreneurs who anticipate new scenarios. Society needs social entrepreneurs who create business opportunities by bringing resources to impoverished places and using technology to generate social inclusion for people with disabilities; These ventures apply innovation to improve people's standard of living. The objective of this research was to determine the level of perception of the social entrepreneurship competence in business students of a private university in Lima, capital of Peru. The methodology used was quantitative, with a transactional approach, the sample was random considering 185 business students, the data collected was analyzed using the statistical program SPSS. The results show that 94.1% have a high level of perception of competence in social entrepreneurship; in social and personal traits they present 91.4% and 96.2% respectively; however, a lower level in innovative traits with 76.2%. The investigation concluded in the determination of a high level of competence in social entrepreneurship, however, the innovative traits must be reinforced and for this the innovation component can be included in the courses, to generate viable products and services that contribute to the creation of sustainable organizations improving their value proposition, competitiveness and economic growth. Likewise, it is advisable to reinforce personal and social traits in the training of professionals to face an environment of high uncertainty. This work will contribute to other scientific research to compare the level of competence in social entrepreneurship in other national and international contexts. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Entrepreneurial intention has become a question, and in order to investigate its study, this research was based on the Theory of Planned Behaviour, which takes as dimensions the entrepreneurial attitude, the subjective norm and self-efficacy. The purpose of this research is to identify the factors that influence the entrepreneurial will of university business students in Peru. For this purpose, the study method used is mixed, cross-sectional and non-experimental; it comprises a quantitative analysis with a sample of 400 university students, to whom a virtual questionnaire was applied; and it is complemented with a qualitative analysis through videoconference interviews with 11 experts in entrepreneurship in the Peruvian and international context, made up of business career coordinators, university business incubator coordinators and student entrepreneurs. The results highlight as factors in entrepreneurial intention the desire to be independent (65%), the challenge in practice of creativity and innovation (62%), the enjoyment of knowledge about business genesis strategies (55%), also the development of soft skills such as leadership and resilience, as the merit of attributing technological tools within the business, notions highlighted by the qualitative analysis. It is concluded that universities should take these factors into account in the design of competencies in their student curricula, creating programs that generate an entrepreneurial ecosystem, and with it, the formation of companies, new jobs and socioeconomic improvement. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Entrepreneurial career choices are impacted by entrepreneurial mindset, family background and cultural values. Entrepreneurial mindset includes for example innovativeness, proactiveness, and risk-taking capacity, and entrepreneurial education has been found out useful in enhancing these qualities. Here the interest is to see how the intensive 3-weeks innovation and entrepreneurial camp impacts on the students' entrepreneurial attitudes compared to international data sample. The 95 students representing mostly USA and European countries filled in the questionnaire which focused on identifying qualities they would need if they would start own business. This data set was compared with the data over 1000 students from various countries. Several differences were found, indicating that those students, who have learnt profoundly about entrepreneurship emphasize different qualities than those with more general level knowledge. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In the dynamic world of business, effective communication plays a pivotal role in customer satisfaction and maintaining business relationships. This article explores strategies for instructing business students in the art of handling complaints and implementing adjustments. Drawing from both theory and practical expertise, it sheds light on the intricacies of teaching students the nuances of complaints and adjustments in a business context. The article delves into the critical components of teaching complaints, emphasizing the importance of understanding what information to include, which issues to address, and the appropriate language to employ. It provides a comprehensive framework for structuring complaints that enables students to articulate grievances clearly and professionally, ultimately leading to more effective resolutions. Moreover, the article offers insights into teaching the art of crafting adjustments, guiding instructors on how to empower students to appease dissatisfied customers, make amends for failures, and respond adeptly to unjustified complaints. Practical strategies and sample sentences are presented to equip students with the skills necessary to navigate the complex terrain of customer service and satisfaction, so as to not only resolve issues, but to also strengthen business partnerships. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This work addresses the importance of innovation in entrepreneurial and business education to ensure that students develop the ability to make complex decisions and solve complex challenges. The intention was to incorporate the complexity theory in decision-making and problem-solving in business and entrepreneurship. To achieve this, we present the results of the first phase of our project, aiming to scale the levels of complex thinking in university students, discuss the need for business and entrepreneurship students to develop complex thinking competency (including its sub-competencies of critical, systemic, scientific, and innovative thinking) in the complexity of the business environment, analyze the relevance of system elements, apply their inductive and deductive reasoning, and create appropriate and relevant solutions. Our findings suggest that an educational model focused on developing complex thinking and its four sub-competencies can enable entrepreneurs to integrate sustainable development, increase their social engagement and critical thinking, develop their imaginative intelligence and discursive and reflective skills, and thus improve their decision-making and problem-solving processes. In the future, we plan to extend this analysis to the behavior of real-life entrepreneurs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

For students studying economics, management and business who would like to work successfully in an international business environment, it is essential to be globally literate for the development of their future careers. The paper is focusing on identification of determinants of the overall level of global business literacy and its dimensions on a sample of students studying at the Faculty of Business Economy of the University of Economics in Bratislava, with seat in Košice, Slovakia. First, the analysis of differences is conducted comparing the level of global business literacy of a group of students who have already taken a course related to international business and those who have not. Then, other potential determinants of global business literacy, such as gender, degree of study and language competence, are further analyzed. The results indicate that completing the course related to international business has a positive effect on the overall level of global business literacy and majority of its dimensions. With regard to other factors, there are only negligible gender related differences, however, degree of study as well as language competence seem to significantly affect the overall level of global business literacy and some of its dimensions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Using a phenomenological lens, MBA students in a southern Minnesota metro area were interviewed regarding their experiences during the heart of the pandemic. Transcription of results was done for eight participants and then themes emerged from each detailed response were recorded and analyzed to get at the lived experience of each individual participating. Discussion of maintaining health, feeling valued, connecting at home with family and friends, making new starts, living life to the fullest and the uncertainty of whether we will emerge with less fear, and how to make positive changes - were major themes that emerged from coding responses. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Business Incubator at the university accepts business students every semester. There are several factors that make them a young entrepreneur today. Special assistance is needed from the Business Incubator so that it can help students desire to become the entrepreneurs they want. The purpose of this study is to find out the reasons for doing business from students so that a mapping of what motives can be used as a reference for them. This study uses an online survey, open-ended question, to 199 business students who are undergoing a program at a business incubator, at a private university in the city of Bandung. Qualitative analysis was carried out by means of first-cycle coding, second-cycle coding, and cross-case analysis. The results of the study show that the reasons for doing business are divided into 4 categories, namely profit, passion, problems, and college graduation requirements. Two categories that dominate are reasons for profit and passion. This research is useful for business incubator managers, especially at universities, to be able to map student motives for providing appropriate facilities and companions. This research is also useful for developing knowledge about entrepreneurship education. The limitation of this research is that the new research object uses one sample business incubator. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In business assistance in the business incubator, students are required to collaborate that can improve their business development. There is a matchmaking process to help students find the best partner. This study aims to see the pattern that occurs in business students about what type of collaboration they want. This study involved 73 students at a business incubator at a private university in Bandung, Indonesia. The research uses qualitative methods assisted by qualitative analysis software for data processing. The results of the study show several major themes regarding the type of collaboration desired by business students in business incubators, namely in the same or different industries, the same vision, sales channels, innovation, and being able to increase sales. This research is useful for facilitators in business incubators to map student businesses according to their needs and desires, so that they can meet each other with their respective partners so that they can carry out the desired collaboration. Scientifically, this research is useful to increase knowledge about the process of entrepreneurship education in the Business Incubator. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In the business incubator, one of the biggest obstacles faced by business students is public speaking skills. If students do not have this ability, the consequence is that it is difficult to develop a business, because it will have to do with convincing other people, discussing, and so on. The purpose of this study was to see the impact of the self-coaching method on business students regarding the evaluation of their public speaking skills. This study involved 73 business students, using the form of open-ended questions. This study uses a qualitative method. The results of this study show that students can evaluate obstacles, learn important learning points from Steve Jobs' video presentation, and evaluate weak points that the student wants to improve on. The benefit of this research for business incubators is that it helps to map the current constraints and abilities of students regarding their public speaking skills. Then, this research can be useful for preparing training and mentoring for students according to their needs. Scientifically, this research contributes to the development of entrepreneurship education and coaching. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Universities have an important role in implementing Entrepreneurship Education in their programs to develop the potential of their students as entrepreneurs. In developing these entrepreneurs, there is an entrepreneurial ecosystem that is built to ensure the development of the entrepreneurial and business side of students. The purpose of this research is to find out the impact of the ecosystem on students and what things are needed by students to become entrepreneurs and develop their businesses on campus. This study uses a qualitative approach. Data was collected through a survey using open-ended questions from creativepreneurship students from Binus Bandung. A total of 465 students (new entrepreneurs) responded. They are divided into 2 major sections, namely students who underwent an entrepreneurial journey before the covid pandemic, and the second was students who underwent online lectures due to the pandemic. The results showed that there were differences in students who attended college before and during the pandemic. The impact felt by students is related to business knowledge and the experience of doing business. There are several things that would like to be added so that the benefits of the ecosystem can be improved. Also, there are factors that influence student business growth during university studies. This research helps universities to obtain evaluation data and overview for making strategies that are more effective and efficient in helping students develop their businesses. The uniqueness of this research is to see the entrepreneurial ecosystem within the campus with students who have been entrepreneurs since the beginning of college, then look at the aspect of campus provision, and see the needs of students in the midst of the current covid pandemic. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The literature shows that entrepreneurial education makes sense. It is evoking entrepreneurial intentions and activities in students. However, most of the literature focuses on entrepreneurial education in general, and there is not a clear evaluation of such education on the academic level. That is why this paper holds the focus on entrepreneurial master's degrees themselves, their structure, and effectiveness. Moreover, it analyses the employment, job satisfaction, and the connection between the education and professional life of entrepreneurial graduates. This quantitative study confirms that entrepreneurial graduates have a higher self-employment rate compared to others. In addition, they compete well with other graduates in employment while still pursuing their entrepreneurial intentions as intrapreneurs. The aim is to raise awareness about entrepreneurial education in Europe, to make it more competitive, especially now in these volatile times. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The development of modeling skills in mathematics is essential for individuals to understand, describe, control, and predict phenomena around them. This article describes the results of an investigation to find out how an activity "based on a Models and Modeling Perspective" stimulates the mathematics modeling skills of undergraduate students who are in the first quarter of a business degree. As a result, it was shown that the MEA enabled students to exhibit, develop, and refine different modeling skills, such as: identification of variables, assumptions based on the real-life context, identification of patterns, and construction of mathematical representations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This research is a continuation of previous research in which two instruments for analysing the individuals' decision-making styles are applied to the population of students. The first is the Rowe instrument (used to identify the dominant decision-making style among analytical, behavioral, conceptual, and directive). The second is Scott & Bruce instrument (used to identify the dominant decision-making style among rational, intuitive, spontaneous, dependent, and avoidant styles). Now again, both were applied to a new sample. However, in both cases, we talk about the army and business students from the same faculties. The first sample was collected in 2020 (before COVID-19), and the second was collected in 2022 (after the COVID-19). We used descriptive statistics, t-tests with one-way ANOVA, and the χ2 test in the data analysis. We analyzed the two samples separately and made the analysis on the joint sample, and finally, we analyzed some subsets. Significant differences were not identified in many cases, but not all. The distribution of 2022 students per Rowe's dominant decision styles differs significantly from that of students in 2020. The distribution of 2022 army students per Bruce & Scott's dominant decision styles is significantly different from the distribution of 2020 army students. There are significant differences in dominant decision-making styles using Scott & Bruce's instrument in students with respect to high school education and type of students. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

We report on the design & development of an introductory analytics course delivered to over 6,000 students undergraduate business students thus far. The course is delivered in a hybrid mode, arguably the best combination of online and face to face delivery modes. The Pandemic reinforced that lesson, among others. We explore those lessons and suggest directions for further research. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article offers information on the gender differences in business students' sustainability expectations from Higher Educational Institutions (HEIs) across two countries. Topics discussed include how female students have stronger sustainability expectations than males; the variation in these expectations between the U.S. and Germany; and the role of gender in shaping these expectations using the Kano model for analysis.

Students majoring in business rarely get the Business Case Analysis learning method. Many Business students never know the real case of domestic and global companies. On the one hand, students' presentation and communication skills in online classes are far from expectations. This research is an experimental study conducted in the Special Class Business Strategy and Policies course with a total of 57 students. The purpose of this class experimental research is to identify can the implementation of the Business Case learning method increase student participation in formulating Business Strategies and Policies. The purpose of this study is also to identify the implementation of the Case learning method combined with Table Topics and Prepared Speech to improve the experience of delivering analysis results related to Business Strategy and Policy. This research was conducted experimentally for 5 months with 14 meetings with students in online classes. as well as pre-test and post-test. The students who participated in the experiment were students majoring in Business Administration at Telkom University, Indonesia. Based on the results this research can concluded that overall, the method using the Case Analysis method and coupled with adopting the Toastmasters presentation learning style, is effective for the Strategy and Business Policy because it can increase students' critical thinking skills by 43.6% compared to before the lecture and this method was applied. In addition, students are also more confident and able to present ideas and solutions provided with an increase in ability of 40.5% compared to before the implementation of this Toastmasters case analysis and presentation method. Meanwhile, the individual's ability to deliver impromptu was 38.8% compared to the previous one without any impromptu speech session. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Global sustainability, as a crucial issue lately, needs some solution. People's awareness is a significant part of bringing the solution. As a little step to participating in finding solutions, this research measured the awareness level of Entrepreneurial Students in Indonesia. The data were analyzed using the descriptive method to find the awareness level, sustainability attitude, and the correlation. The result shows a high level of awareness among entrepreneurial students and an average scale of attitude level. The correlation between the two has a significant relationship on very weak correlation. This research shows that the high awareness of entrepreneurial students is not manifest in their attitudes. The significant relationship needed particular treatment to strengthen the correlation to drive the high awareness to transform into attitudes. The cultural analysis results show that the Sundanese community's culture has contributed to determining entrepreneurial students' attitudes as part of Sundanese society. Recommendation regarding the development of this sustainability program is how the concept of global sustainability can be integrated with the local culture concept and for further research to conduct research using different testing methods to see the consistency of the results of this study. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Social Entrepreneurs have the potential to address the unmet needs of disadvantaged communities providing both economic and social benefits. Existing models of Social Entrepreneurial Intention demonstrate a pathway to future intent and early educational intervention has proven beneficial to increasing the intention of young people to think and act entrepreneurially. However, a dearth of adoptable evidence exists within the field of entrepreneurship education exemplifying the social interactions that enhance or sustain social entrepreneurial intention in second level educational settings. This paper argues for the adoption of a social constructionist approach to entrepreneurship education with the express aim of increasing social entrepreneurial intention in participating second level students. The authors present a multiontological framework, building on existing models, that aims to enhance social entrepreneurial intention amongst Irish secondary school students ages 15-17 years. It is intended that this framework will inform the development, and assess the effectiveness, of a designed academic unit that requires the formation of teams and the production of an artefact to solve an environmental problem in their local community. This paper and the future findings from this research will be of interest to those involved in the delivery of entrepreneurship education, both in formal and non-formal settings. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The aim of this study is to understand the relationship between familiarity with non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and social entrepreneurship intention for business students in Istanbul. In the conceptual model, social media interaction is taken into consideration as a mediator factor. The indications of the study also include which social problems students concern more, whether they are a member of any NGO, following and interacting any NGO on social media platforms. In the study, a survey was conducted and the model was tested in SEM. The study is expected to contribute to the extent literature on social entrepreneurship, NGOs on social media and social media interaction. To implement appropriate strategies on social media for NGOs, the study is expected to be useful for both academics and practitioners. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Continuous innovation and innovation capabilities are strongly connected to entrepreneurship. Entrepreneurship is driving force of the world economy, and due to the corona-virus, enhancing entrepreneurship is now more important than ever. This study focuses on 126 business students in Finland, Lithuania and USA to find out if the innovativeness is related to entrepreneurship and if there are culture related differences. The result confirmed that innovativeness as well as risk-taking are statistically significantly connected to entrepreneurial intentions. However, there were no culture related statistical differences. Individual qualities seem to have stronger impact on entrepreneurial attitude than culture and these results are discussed at the end of the paper. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This research is interested qualities to foster entrepreneurship when comparing different cultures. Sample of 126 business students from Finland, Lithuania and USA answered the questionnaire which focused identifying qualities required to start a business. Results indicated some statistically significant differences between the countries indicating different emphasizes needed for starting the business. Lithuanian people would need Self-Esteem and Team to Build Up the Business, and both Lithuanian and US people Decisiveness if becoming entrepreneurs. Results are discussed in relation of cultural history and differences. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The study aims to examine students' actual ethical decision-making in response to business ethics education. In the post-Enron era, ethics frauds are continually a big concern for organizations. Both practitioners and scholars demand an ethics emphasis in business education. The literature heavily relies on the self-reported survey method to examine the quality of business ethics education. Such a research method can examine the education effect on students' perceptions about ethics issues. However, it does not provide strong evidence on how students act to respond the ethics education. It is important to study the behavior effect of business education because society is affected by actual behaviors rather than understanding any issues. The present study aims to answer the research question of how business ethics education affects students' ethical decision-making when monetary incentives for unethical behavior exist. I used a one-by-two controlled lab experiment to study the research question where students request production funds. Students can request an amount greater than actual need and keep the excessive amount as personal benefit. The higher excessive difference suggests a high level of unethical behavior. The result shows that students who have ethics education experience requested a greater amount than students who have no ethics education experience. The result suggests that students with ethics education are less ethical than students without such an education. The result suggests that the current business ethics education in school is not effective as it is supposed to be. Given the self-interest culture of modern society, the current ethics education helps students understand the theory and systems of business ethics, making it easier for students to identify the systems' loopholes. They can take advantage of such loopholes for gaining self-interests. The current ethics education system should not only focus on improving students' understanding about the ethics issues but influencing students' behaviors in ethical decision-making. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper presents findings of a study designed and carried out to address the needs to develop undergraduate students' reflexivity skills. In qualitative research reflexivity ensures rigor, quality and trustworthiness of the research. In addition, the emergence of a reflective paradigm in higher education in the last two decades encourage self-review as well as convey practice realities. The ability to critically reflect has been identified as a crucial part of employability. With the aim to address the above needs a learning assignment was designed and incorporated into one semester International Business Communication course taught to undergraduate international business students. The storytelling assignment' s direct aim was to develop reflexivity, both as a qualitative research skill and as a professional skill. The methodology adopted narrative analysis, with qualitative interpretation approach. The data was generated by reflective narratives created by the students. The findings of the analysis showed that the students identified reflexivity as a new concept. The concept was defined as necessary and helpful in self-development. Additionally, the reflexive narratives not only demonstrated levels of deep reflection, but also identified additional learning benefits: discovering own creative potential, strengthening confidence when dealing with unexpected and challenging situations, enhanced openness towards the immediate environment, improved understanding of otherness, and self. The above skills were identified as applicable in business and research practices. It can therefore be concluded that storytelling can be recommended as an effective tool in learning reflexivity, and qualitative research skills. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The study is part of open project called SERS (Scale Early, Rapidly and Securely), comprising a community of researchers and practitioners committed to generate research insights about scaling companies. A list of 43 scaling assertions was created based on the scarce literature on scaling. The assertions were formulated in a way that could provide actionable insights for companies interested to scale early and rapidly. 33 students assigned one assertion each and asked to identify a corpus of min 30 research articles associated with it. Each of the 33 corpora of articles became a basis for the identification of 83 research gaps in the form of brief textual paragraphs. The corpus of textual paragraphs was subjected to topic modeling analysis to identify emerging research issues and structure them under major themes that could help shaping of appropriate calls for papers in the TIM Review (https://timreview.ca/). Two calls for paper were shaped. One of them resulted in the publication of a special issue. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Introduction: In order to understand what drives the interest and engagement in the usage of big data in marketing, its knowledge on assessing its marketing impact in online retailing is comprehensively significant. With the recent trends in digital marketing, business students and marketing practitioners around the globe are trying to get the best for further enhancing the economy. Thereby, the current review paper aims to assess the leveraging of data-driven personas in the era of big data and its marketing impact in online retailing (e-commerce), in particular to India. Review of Literature: The review of the literature explored and highlighted the genesis of big data and the concept of persona. Further, the studies were explored which studied the impact of data-driven personas in e-commerce. Findings: By reviewing the assessment and advantages elucidated in the previous related studies and also with those professionals who work on these large-scale online data, there is formulation of the use of personas which are data-driven. Substantially, personas which are driven digitally and tries capturing and covering the customer base attribution to representation of data in aggregated form while retaining the interpretability of analytics at individual level. Implications: The current review paper contemplates how the digitally based personas which are data-driven draws from the technologically based advancements to remedify the concerns put forward by practitioners and scholars, including the inconsistency problem, persona validation, and long development times. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Effective communication and proficient management approach is very essential to achieve organizational goals and objectives. New careers have opened new ways of employments for graduates taking into account the developments of the Digital Age. This paper attempts to explore various skills that graduates need to acquire to face the challenges posed by the Digital Age. It also focus on the need for curriculum development to prepare the graduate to face the real life scenarios on completion of the course. Some studies and research have found that they are not prepared for these interactions and that the graduates lack these communication skill. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Entrepreneurship education has been discussed in entrepreneurship research as an essential ingredient for the development of entrepreneurial skills and an entrepreneurial mindset among students. Many Universities, all over the world, offer entrepreneurship related courses (either compulsory or elective), among other offerings. The research results regarding the effect of entrepreneurial offerings on student entrepreneurship though, are inconsistent, with some showing a positive and some even showing a negative effect. Additionally, the share of nascent and active entrepreneurs remains relatively low among tertiary students, and only a small share of students would like to become entrepreneurs directly after their studies. The aim of this paper is to assess the perception of Program Learning as an indicator of entrepreneurship offerings effectiveness by different groups of students (active, nascent, dreamers and abstainers) and to identify those that benefit the most out of offerings. We analyze data from 187.492 students in 50 countries of the "Global University Entrepreneurial Spirit Students' Survey" (GUESSS), collected from November 2018 to January 2019. GUESSS is an international research project that focuses on the entrepreneurial intentions and activities of university students across many countries. Results show that active, nascent entrepreneurs and intentional entrepreneurs have greater benefit from university offering, than (non-intentional) abstainers. Also, those who attended compulsory courses as part of their studies explicitly declare to have more benefit than those who attended elective courses. Finally, significant differences are observed between business and engineering students. These results offer valuable insights for the impact of entrepreneurship education to curriculum designers and educators. We propose that entrepreneurship offerings should be redesigned to fit the special needs of different groups of students (intentional, nascent, active entrepreneurs). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

There are increasing worldwide concerns about the mental health of college students. Impaired mental health has been linked to attrition and poor academic performance. The purpose of this study was to identify depression, anxiety, and stress levels in different demographic groups of GGC students. During Spring and Fall 2023, 235 Georgia Gwinnett College (GGC) STEM and business majors were assessed on their levels of depression, anxiety, and stress using the DASS-21. Determining which groups of students suffer from psychological distress can help us develop appropriate assistance programs. Biology and Business were the majors most represented in respondents. Significant differences were found in levels of stress and anxiety according to gender and sexual orientation. Participants who identified as a woman showed significantly higher levels of stress and anxiety compared to those who identified as a man. Bisexuals scored significantly higher levels of anxiety compared to heterosexuals and significantly higher levels of stress compared to both heterosexuals and participants who identified as asexual/non-sexual. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Just when college-level academicians thought they had seen it all, along come the post-Millennials to add a new challenge to an ever-changing landscape in higher education. This paper is about motivating the latest crop of business school students - the under-22 tranche - to acquire knowledge about strategic decision making in companies that they soon will be asked to operate and lead. The particular focus is on applying alternative pedagogical approaches to delivering strategic management concepts in the nearly universally offered capstone course for the undergraduate business curriculum. The approach taken is that of employing seasoned, industry-savvy specialists, acting in an adjunct role, who convey a viewpoint that differs from what might be expected from career academicians - a perspective that is more closely aligned to what students need as they leave school to embark on a professional career. By definition, the capstone course encompasses all of the traditional business disciplines in a way that challenges students to integrate prior learning and critically think about strategic changes to organizations that are value-accretive. The unique background of adjunct instructors allows them to share non-textbook type examples of strategic thinking in action. This approach significantly enhances the interest students have in acquiring the skill set needed to mature into competent corporate managers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Business schools excel in teaching students how to execute against existing business models but are less effective in teaching students how to create new business models. Skills for de novo business model generation and exploration are now commonly taught in undergraduate business programs. Innovation, however, is often presented as a theoretical topic leaving the fuzzy front-end of this process to the imagination of the students. The emergent management discipline of business design and the practice of design thinking that lies at its core provide additional tools and methodologies that may enrich the curriculum; however, students may not have the opportunity to apply these tools and learn innovation by doing. This study documents an approach that holds promise for addressing this by having students in one course (the designers) apply the tools and techniques of design thinking to help students in another course (the entrepreneurs) develop their business ideas. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In the XXI century one of the main challenges facing the education system at the superior level, is to promote education through the creation of flexible teaching environments, which allow raising the level of autonomous learning in students, that is why, in this research, the study of learning styles and their correlation with academic performance is proposed, demonstrating that if it is taught based on the strategies of each learning style, the flow in the teaching-learning process channel is accelerated, which will favor the development of skills and abilities that build meaningful knowledge. The results reveal that among the styles of reflexive, active and pragmatic learning there is a correlation between the variables analyzed, while in the students with emphasis on theoretical styles no significant correlation was found. This information shows the importance of establishing strategies for learning style that contribute to improving academic performance. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

We aim to improve the teaching of the principles of optimization, including computational intelligence (CI), to a mixed audience of business and computer science students. Our students do not always have sufficient programming or mathematics experience and may be put off by the expected difficulty of the course. In this context we are testing the potential of games in teaching. We deployed a game prototype (design probe) and found out that the prototype led to increased student motivation, intuitive understanding of the principles of optimization, and strong interaction in a team. Ultimately, with the future work we sketch out, this novel approach could improve the learning and understanding of optimization algorithms and CI in general, contributing to the future of Explainable AI (XAI). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A perpetual challenge for educators is the occurrence of student cheating, a problem exacerbated because of the availability of electronic technology. As a result, this longitudinal study was undertaken to empirically examine the cheating practices of those that will likely face ethical dilemmas in their careers, the undergraduate business students. Findings suggest that while the volume of unethical behavioral incidences vary by type of behavior, the percent of students exhibiting these behaviors is decreasing for most unethical behaviors. However, participation in e-cheating is on the rise. Even though the student perception is that it is becoming increasingly more difficult to cheat on an online course exam, for example, now two-thirds of students perceive that it is easy to cheat and one-fourth indicate that he/she cheat on these exams. Finally, results suggest that gender is a factor with respect to electronic cheating incidence. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The key features of good education are productivity and efficiency. At present, there is fragmentation in the study content and study process; too much emphasis is placed on isolated, passive learning and the content of teaching is not sufficiently related to real life situations. In order to introduce more effective education in practice, better professional development is needed. There must be a clear link between the practical needs and the teaching work. An effective education system is important because it delivers higher student achievement, saves resources, and builds a constructive approach to the profession. The purpose of this paper is to evaluate tool for forecasting the value, financial performance and overall success of business ideas, start-ups and investments for business students in the study process of business management studies. The problem to be solved with the work: Business students and potential entrepreneurs need a concrete way to justify business decisions, as well as to calculate the company's value in the market. The task of the study is to analyze the added value of successful companies in Latvia and around the world; understand their added values and fields of business in order to create an algorithm and release it through a universal UX-friendly business model cloud platform for students and other interested parties. No company entering the market becomes a global leader in competitiveness by simply adapting something that exists already and not adding any value whatsoever in a global context. As the most appropriate data collection method for research will be used - the content analysis. In this study, the focus will be more on general principles of analysis and guidelines for obtaining results rather than on specific techniques. For this purpose, we will use the distribution of qualitative data analysis of Brayman and Burgess (2002) in two aspects: on the one hand - strategies and on the other - processes. Written texts such as interviews, case studies, and other materials (for example, video and audio recordings) will be used for the content analysis [1]. It is planned to create a new tool to forecast and business plans that students create for their start-ups, to promote entrepreneurship and to attract potential business partners, for example, to evaluate the performance of business incubator’s members from the point of view of investors. The goal of the developed tool is to support the young entrepreneur-students studying business management in the study environment; to connect it with the rest of the world; and to promote the start-up movement in Latvia and the whole world. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Several countries have developed separate strategies for the introduction and development of entrepreneurship education. In turn, the involvement of young people in entrepreneurship has been on the agenda of the European Union since the economic crisis, when in many member countries it was exactly the young people who were most impacted by the narrowing of the labor market and consequently the sharp rise in unemployment. Despite the fact that not all students potentially starting a business will be successful, unsuccessful business attempts are also linked to significant benefits for young people's future professional and personal growth. Acquiring new skills, developing social capital, improving knowledge, getting new contacts for young people will also be useful in any other area of activity, even if they do not continue to do business. The purpose of this study is to identify the current situation in the field of entrepreneurship education and to evaluate the possible incentives for student entrepreneurship activities in Latvia. The task of the study is to provide a broader insight into the current situation of student attitudes and interests, involvement and existing business risks. The subject of the research is incentives that influence students' willingness to start a business or create a startup. The subject of the research - elaboration of measures and proposals promoting involvement, which could ensure the promotion of innovative entrepreneurship and the development of entrepreneurial abilities in the university environment in Latvia. Research Methodology - an exploratory research paradigm is used to conduct the study, which looks at human activity as a social phenomenon that manifests itself in a particular social environment and context and is closely related to the researcher's interest in the subject being studied [2]. Methods of collecting and researching data are gathering and collecting information based on systematic analysis of scientific research and publicly available information; The focus group is selected as the most appropriate data collection method for high-quality research. To find out individuals' opinions and attitudes, the focus group discussion was carried out. In aggregate, opinions of the 52 students were summarised regarding the start a business or create a startup. Both theoretical and practical researches emphasize that entrepreneurship cannot be “learned”, but more related to hereditary abilities, cultural and social environment, character traits and values. Therefore, only a limited number of young people can and will be interested and capable of successful entrepreneurship. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Recent developments in the field of technology have led to a renewed interest in classroom learning method. there has been a dramatic increase from the use of electronic lessons to the integration of mobile learning “M-learning” into the education which has vastly been adopted by students. Despite its convenience, flexibility and portability. Lack of empirical evidence has appeared to drawback the effectiveness of mobile learning on students’ academic performance and learning attitude. The purpose of this paper is to explore the impact of M-learning in the form of learning applications and social media platforms on teaching and learning commercial subjects in high school students and their performance in the kingdom of Bahrain. It is conducted to understand how M-learning affects the learning process, and in which way it affects the learner's’ ability and how it facilitates the learner's’ understanding of the different subject matter. This paper attempts to demonstrate the argument of using M-learning as a as a break from routine or if it does have a stronger more positive impact on students’ performance. The importance of this research paper is to help raise student’s grade point average and grades. Furthermore, eliminate any methods that are redundant and that have a poor impact on the learning process and affect students understanding of the subject material negatively. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The paper examines the influence of the Internet of Things (IoT) users' security attitudes and security knowledge on their security practices, which has not been a subject of prior studies. Specifically, we focus on how knowledgeable individuals are about the security vulnerabilities present in IoT devices and how this knowledge affects their attitudes towards security and their willingness to own specific IoT devices. The researchers administered a survey to a convenience sample of 185 undergraduate business students investigating security vulnerabilities of three IoT devices--smart speakers, smart locks and IoT security cameras. This exploratory research aims to contribute to the existing literature in behavioral information security by providing preliminary insights into the relationship between IoT users' security attitudes, knowledge, and behaviors, with implications for the IoT device manufacturers and the information security scholars. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]