Platform models in small businesses: A challenge for mature companies by Rafael Dan Schur, Rodrigo Sabiá

“…Social contributions: References in the literature indicate that the adoption of digital platforms is a relevant strategy to improve competitiveness and small companies need to adapt to this new business model in order to overcome the impacts of COVID-19, defeating the business inertia present in mature companies. …”
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The role of influencer marketing in building rural brand equity among generation Y customers by Oratilwe Penwell Mokoena, Solly Matshonisa Seeletse

“…In the current fast paced competitive digital marketing era, businesses explore every possibility to differentiate their brand, retain customers and remain resilient. …”
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Increasing Trust in Banking and Developing Insurance System for Bank Deposits in Russia by I. V. Dmitriev

“…According to the author, in this regard there is a number of the problems connected with sufficiency of a network of the operating credit organizations of requirement of ensuring economic growth, formation of the healthy competitive environment, sufficiency of Fund of insurance of deposits for providing guarantees to investors in case of bankruptcy of banks. …”
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The Effect of the Bamboozle Game on the Reading Ability of Seventh-Grade Students at SMP Muhammadiyah 1 Lubuklinggau by Anggara Ningsih, Iis Sujarwati

“…Additionally, the interactive and competitive nature of the game increased students' motivation and engagement, fostering a more dynamic and enjoyable learning environment. …”
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AnomLite: Efficient binary and multiclass video anomaly detection by Anna K. Zvereva, Mariam Kaprielova, Andrey Grabovoy

“…The initial layers of MobileNetV2 are employed for efficient spatial feature extraction, capturing low-to-mid-level features such as edges and textures, while the last hidden state of an LSTM processes temporal dependencies to identify patterns indicative of anomalies. AnomLite is competitive due to its computational efficiency, requiring only 11 million parameters, and its robustness, achieving a ROC AUC of 0.99, Average Precision of 0.99 and F1-Score (Weighted) of 0.92 and outperforming comparable models in anomaly detection tasks. …”
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A hybrid differential evolution particle swarm optimization algorithm based on dynamic strategies by Huarong Xu, Qianwei Deng, Zhiyu Zhang, Shengke Lin

“…The experimental results indicate that our proposed algorithm demonstrates significant competitiveness.…”
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A Channel Attention-Driven Optimized CNN for Efficient Early Detection of Plant Diseases in Resource Constrained Environment by Sana Parez, Naqqash Dilshad, Jong Weon Lee

“…<i>LeafNet</i> draws inspiration from the block-wise VGG19 architecture but incorporates several optimizations, including a reduced number of parameters, smaller input size, and faster inference time while maintaining competitive accuracy. The proposed <i>LeafNet</i> leverages small, uniform convolutional filters to capture fine-grained details of plant disease features, with an increasing number of channels to enhance feature extraction. …”
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Drivers of innovation value: simulation for new drug pricing evaluation based on system dynamics modelling by Qian Xing, Wendi Cheng, Wei Wang, Chunlin Jin, Haiyin Wang

“…The study also identifies underexploited opportunities related to the use of evidence in pricing decisions.ConclusionClinical outcomes are pivotal in shaping drug pricing, influencing both patient and healthcare provider preferences, and thereby affecting market uptake and competitive dynamics. Regulatory frameworks that prioritize unmet medical needs or superior drug efficacy are essential. …”
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The relationship between psychological capital and athlete burnout: the mediating relationship of coping strategies and the moderating relationship of perceived stress by Xiaomei Yu, Suxuan Xing, Yang Yang

“…Control variables included age, gender, sport type, and competitive experience. Results The results revealed that psychological capital negatively associated with burnout both directly ( $$\beta$$ β = -0.539, p < 0.01) and indirectly (a*b = -0.803, p < 0.01) through coping strategies. …”
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Funding for China’s Top Universities: Does Size Matter? by S. S. Donetskaya, Liang Bin

“…The second reason for success is the “symbolic capital” obtained by universities from participation in the 211 / 985 / “Double First Class” projects, which allows them to achieve significant competitive advantages. Sources of information for analysis included: data from the Ministry of Education of China, web-sites of leading Chinese universities, publications available in the open access network of the Chinese internet, as well as scientific articles published in Russian and leading world publications.…”
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Determining The Impact Of Green Distribution Activities On Perceived Business Performance: Kocaeli Logistics Enterprises Application by Ömer Ellibeş, Mualla Akçadağ

“…On the other side, in today's market, corporations use performance measurements to obtain a competitive advantage. Additionally, performance metrics help organizations guarantee customer happiness. …”
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Promoting Inclusion and Well-Being Through Inclusive Physical Education and Parasports: an Approach for Adolescents with Motor Impairment by Omar Ben Rakaa, Mustapha Bassiri, Said Lotfi

“…The participants were randomly assigned into three groups: a control group with no specific programme, a group following an APE programme (24 sessions), and a third group with APE and additional para-athletics sessions (24 sessions), including competitions for three months. The assessments were carried out before and after the intervention. …”
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Perception Development of L2 English and L3 Polish Coda Obstruent by L1 German Adult Multilinguals by Romana Kopečková

“…Analyses across the sample revealed a competitive relationship between L2 and L3 perception, with L2 accuracy declining as L3 accuracy improved. …”
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Concept for improving customs and tariff mechanisms for regulating international trade by T. M. Vorotyntseva

“…In order to develop competitiveness in the world economy and international trade, it is relevant to adapt to the changing conditions of international business and identify the area where it is necessary to take measures to support it. …”
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Analysis of financial management decisions on company financial performance with economic value added (eva) as a mediating variable by Ainun Jariah

“…In a competitive business environment, financial management decisions such as funding decisions, investment decisions, and dividend policies are key elements that influence a company's operational efficiency and financial performance. …”
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Improved integral cryptanalysis of SPNbox in digital rights management systems by Jun Liu, Dachao Wang, Yupu Hu, Jie Chen, Baocang Wang

“…On this basis, we propose new competitive 3‐round key recovery attacks with lower complexities. …”
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Global trends in digital transformation and media positioning of universities in social networks by O. N. Tomyuk, A. V. Diachkova, A. N. Novgorodtseva

“…For modern universities, social media is a competitive environment and a platform to increase their brand awareness in global and national rankings and promote educational, scientific and innovative services to a social media audience using marketing tools. …”
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Driving political issues with political brand storytelling on social media: an online brand persona perspective by Helena van Wyk, Charmaine Du Plessis

“…Nowadays political parties act as political brands and adopt brand strategies to gain a competitive advantage over opposition parties. This article proposes adopting a social identity theory as a novel approach to how political brands could drive political issues on social media. …”
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The Development of a Return to Performance Pathway Involving A Professional Soccer Player Returning From A Multi-Structural Knee Injury: A Case Report by Andrew Mitchell, Ollie Waite, Craig Holding, Matt Greig

“…The player underwent a medial meniscectomy eight months into an ACL rehabilitation program and following 10 weeks of rehabilitation successfully returned to competitive first team match play. This report outlines description of the pathology, the rehabilitation progressions, and the sports specific performance requirements of the player as they progressed through the return to performance pathway (RTP). …”
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The Monetary Policy in the System of State Regulation of the Indian Economy by N. V. Galistcheva

“…The article highlights the main directions of the Indian monetary policy in 1990-2000s aiming to raise competitiveness of the Indian goods on the foreign markets as well as stimulating the inflow of foreign capital in necessary volumes into the national economy. …”
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