The objective of this study is to examine the role of HRM and supply chain to promote business performance (BP) sustainability in Thai textile firms. Meditating role of employee skills and raw material is examined. Therefore, the relationship between HRM, supply chain, employee skills, raw material and BP sustainability was examined. Population of the study is textile firms of Thailand. Employees of these textile firms were selected as respondents. 300 questionnaires were distributed among the textile firms of Thailand. Results of the study shows the positive role of HRM in BP sustainability. Better practices of HRM have the ability to promote BP sustainability. HRM has a positive role in employee skills development which further enhances BP sustainability. Moreover, supply chains in textile firms also play a major role to promote BP sustainability. Better supply chain increases the availability of raw material which causes BP sustainability.

Food industry has vital importance globally in which supply chain sustainability plays a key role. Therefore, the objective of this study is to examine the role of passion, planning, goal setting and target achievement in a sustainable supply chain. This study examined the relationship between passion, planning, goal setting, target achievement and sustainable supply chain among the food industry of Indonesia. Questionnaire survey was preferred, and 500 questionnaires were used for data collection. Findings of the study concluded that passion has a positive role in target achievement and an insignificant effect on sustainable supply chain. Planning has a positive effect on target achievement and sustainable supply chain. Moreover, goal setting has a positive role in target achievement and no role in supply chain. Furthermore, target achievement has a significant mediating role. Finally, the relationship between passion, planning, goal setting, target achievement and sustainable supply chain has valuable contributions to the literature.

The ranking of decision-making units (DMUs) is one of the main issues in data envelopment analysis (DEA). Hence, many different ranking models have been proposed. However, each of these ranking models may produce different ranking results for similar problems. Therefore, it is wise to try different ranking models and aggregate the results of each ranking model that provides more reliable results in solving the ranking problems. In this paper, a novel ranking method (Aggregating the results of aggressive and benevolent models) based on the CRITIC method is proposed. To prove the applicability of the proposed ranking method, it is examined in three numerical examples, six nursing homes, fourteen international passenger airlines and seven biomass materials for processing into fuel briquettes. First, benevolent and aggressive models were used to calculate the efficiency rating for each DMU. As a result, the decision matrix was generated. In the decision matrix, the results of benevolent and aggressive models were viewed as criteria and DMUs were viewed as alternatives. Then, the weights of each criterion were generated by the CRITIC method. Finally, each DMU was ranked. In a comparative analysis, the proposed method can lead to achieving a more reliable decision than the method which is based on a stand-alone method.

The purposes of this study are to study (1) opinions on the driving performance of cargo truck drivers and (2) the factors that affect the efficiency of driving cargo trucks from Thailand to the Lao PDR by crossing the first Thai-Lao Friendship Bridge. The study was conducted with a sample of truck drivers who transport goods across the Thailand border to Lao PDR at the Nong Khai Customs Area, Nong Khai Province. 384 respondents were acquired by selection according to their convenience. They then completed a questionnaire with confidence values between 0.70 – 0.90. The statistical data analysis for this study included mean and standard deviation, and structural equation analysis. The results showed that: (1) Truck drivers have various opinions on the personal factors of truck drivers; truck driver performance factors and truck driver transportation efficiency indicators are as follows: speed, economy, safety, comfort and punctuality factors, which are at very high levels and (2) The personal factors of a truck driver have a positive influence on truck driver performance while the truckers’ transportation efficiency and the truck drivers’ performance have positive influences on the efficiency of truck drivers' transportation by 54 percent.

The objective of the current study was to examine the role of innovative ideas in business sustainability. The mediating role of innovative process, innovative production and innovative supply chain was also examined. Therefore, the relationship between innovative ideas, innovative process, innovative production, innovative supply chain and business sustainability was examined. Data was collected from the employees of textile companies. As the Indonesian textile companies were under investigation in the current study. Data was collected from Indonesian textile company employees. 300 questionnaires were sent to the textile companies with the help of email. Hence, email surveys were preferred with the help of questionnaires. Results of the study highlights that the innovative ideas had a major role in business sustainability. Introduction of new ideas inside the boundaries of the organization expedites the business sustainability. Additionally, innovative ideas have a positive effect on innovative production and innovative supply chains. Moreover, innovative production and innovative supply chain have a positive effect on business sustainability. Therefore, innovative ideas increase the innovative production and supply chain which further shows a positive effect on business sustainability.

The objective of this research is to test the impact of economic factors on the service marketing mix for consumers in choosing street food in Nong Khai Municipality in the Nong Khai province of Thailand. Service marketing involves 7Ps in the study. The method involved a survey of 400 respondents from 3 areas with quota sampling. The results revealed that eco-nomic factors had positive and direct effects on the total service marketing mix and positive indirect effects on each element of the service marketing mix. The economic factor with the greatest effect was People, followed by Product, and Physical Evidence and Presentation, respectively. The study results show that there is a need to focus on all of elements of the service marketing mix for the street food business including the quality of service, food quality and cleanliness.

The use of technology in business in the era of 4.0 is a difficult task for Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) due to lack of resources and other market problems. To attract customers to buy a product, the marketing of a product is usually influenced by various factors, such as price, product quality, and brand. In this study, the researchers analyzed the impact of price, product quality, and product brand on customer’s buying interest. This research is a case study conducted in Fahmi Mandiri SMEs aiming to increase the income. The method used is multiple regression analysis and the data is collected through questionnaires distributed to the customers. The results show that the biggest partial correlation influencing customer buying interest are price of a product and product brand. The quality of a product does not affect customers' buying interest significantly, because consumers will trust the quality of a product when the product brand is known and has the right price.

This article has been retracted in Management Science Letters 2020 10(17),2.

The primary objective of the present study was to examine the impact of total quality management (TQM) practices on the performance of organization performance of Arab American University Palestine. The study was also interested in examining the role of organizational excellence in organizational performance and also investigated the impact of organizational excellence in the relationship between TQM practices and organizational performance. To achieve the objective of the current study, we employed the structural equation modeling using statistical package of smart PLS-3. The questionnaires were distributed among the administrative staff of the university. Prior to establishing direct and indirect links between variables, we accessed the measurement of model and after establishment of the model fit, the structural model was used to examine the hypothesized relationships and the results confirmed the hypotheses of the survey. In other words, TQM practices had significant relationship with organizational performance and organizational performance had significant relationship with organizational performance. Moreover, TQM had a positive and significant effect on the organizational Excellence. Finally, organizational excellence also mediated the relationship between TQM and organizational performance.

This paper has been retracted.

The objective of this research was to examine the relationships of the five key foreign tourist markets in the Greater Mekong Sub-region (GMS), Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam. Quarterly data of tourist numbers from China, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, and the USA who traveled to the countries in GMS during the period 2001-2017 were used. Vector Autoregressive (VARs) was used to test Granger Causality to explain the relationships among tourist markets in the region. The findings revealed that tourist markets in Cambodia had forward relations with Laos and Vietnam. Those in Laos had forward relationship with Myanmar and Thailand. Tourist markets in Myanmar had forward relationship with Vietnam, Laos, and Thailand. Tourist markets in Thailand had forward relationship with Vietnam, Laos, and Myanmar whereas those of Vietnam had forward relationship with Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Cambodia. The overview shows that the key tourist markets in each country supported each other.

The objective of the current study was to examine the role of supply chain and product development in sustainable performance, goodwill and firm popularity. Furthermore, the mediating role of product development was also examined. Population of the study was rubber manufacturing companies of Indonesia. In this regard, data were collected from the employees of rubber making companies of Indonesia. 500 questionnaires were used for data collection among the rubber making companies. Data was analyzed through statistical software. Results of the analysis revealed that the supply chain has a major contribution to sustainable performance, goodwill and firm popularity. Increase in the supply chain of rubber manufacturing companies, increases the sustainable performance, goodwill and firm popularity. Moreover, product development also has important contributions to the sustainable performance, goodwill and firm popularity. Supply chain has a positive effect on product development and product development has a positive effect on sustainable performance, goodwill and firm popularity.