This study's objective is to analyze the factors that influence whether or not small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) use business intelligence. Based on an exhaustive assessment of the literature, the study offers a model dependent on the diffusion of innovation and augmented with factors expressing the idea of project management maturity (PMM). The research applied structural equation modelling (SEM) to examine data obtained from 112 Jordanian company workers. The findings showed that the adoption of business intelligence has a positive and significant relationship to the complexity, compatibility, and relative advantage of business intelligence; the level of project management maturity has a significant effect on the level of relative advantage, compatibility, and complexity; and the level of project management maturity is significantly associated with the change management and knowledge sharing practices in SMEs. However, we contend that further study has to be carried out, particularly in the context of developing nations, in order to get a comprehensive understanding of how different SMEs may effectively deploy and make use of business intelligence.

Little research has been devoted to focus on women’s leadership styles in particular especially in Kuwait. The aim of this study is therefore twofold: (i) to identify the different leadership styles of women in the public sector in Kuwait, and (ii) to examine if the identified leadership styles of wom-en vary in terms of the demographic characteristics of their subordinates. A quantitative study (questionnaire with 263 employees) is conducted in order to achieve the study objectives. The re-sults of the study show that women in public sector in Kuwait frequently displayed various leader-ship styles as perceived by their followers such as inspirational motivation, idealized influence (at-tribute) styles. Some other styles were displayed fairly often such as management by exception (ac-tive), idealized influence (behavior). Moreover, the dominated leadership styles that displayed fre-quently by women was the transformational style. The study found that the transformational leader-ship style of women varied in terms of the educational level and job title of their followers. Several recommendations were suggested based on these findings that may improve the effectiveness of women leadership in the public sector.

In the workplace of the twenty-first century, there has been a rise in interest in organizational learning. The purpose of this research is to add to the body of knowledge regarding organizational learning, by analyzing how TQM affects organizational learning. Also in this study, we intend to indicate the influence of strategic thinking as moderator on the relationship between TQM and organizational learning. Data were gathered from respondents (N = 306) who were employed in industrial sectors and registered with the Amman stock exchange in Jordan. Furthermore, the study results support the assumption that TQM affects organizational learning. Moreover, the findings confirmed that strategic thinking plays a moderating role in the relationship between organizational learning and TQM, supporting the moderation hypothesis as well. After presenting theoretical and practical implications of the research, limitations and future direction are discussed.

This study aims to analyze the influence of entrepreneurial orientation on marketing performance mediated by product innovation for making tofu and milk in Jombang district. Data were randomly obtained from 70 respondents from small businesses using research instruments in the form of questionnaires and technically analyzed using Partial Least Square (PLS). The results showed that entrepreneurial orientation positively and significantly influenced product innovation and marketing performance in making tofu milk in Jombang, East Java, Indonesia. Furthermore, this encourages small businesses to always develop variants products, minimize risks, expand the marketing area, increase performance, and compete in the food industry's production.

The cigarette industry faces market competition, and the pressure that suppresses its existence stems from ambiguous policies. The ambiguous policy is because the government still expects cigarette excise income as a significant source, but also that the government is faced with the demands of the anti-smoking community who establish cigarettes as a sunset industry. This condition does not make cigarette business actors give up, given that the cigarette industry still contributes to employment, state income, and market demand is still there. This study aimed to determine the effect of brand authenticity, brand identification, brand experience, brand loyalty, and brand love. The relationship between the five brand theories is examined using the Structural Equation Model. The sample for this study was 200 cigarette consumers, using a non-probability sampling technique. The result shows that: 1) Brand experience significantly and positively impacts brand identification among cigarette industry consumers; 2) Brand identification significantly and positively impacts brand love among cigarette industry consumers; 3) Brand authenticity significantly and positively impacts brand love among cigarette industry consumers; 4) Brand identification significantly and positively impacts brand loyalty among cigarette industry consumers; 5) Brand love significantly and positively impacts brand loyalty among cigarette industry consumers. The product marketing strategy component must take five branding theories. The product's market strengthens with the value of five brand components.

Tourism has been represented among the most important economic sectors that influence the development of the majority of world societies. However, in the face of this more dynamic environment, hotels have to find the best ways to improve their performance. To that end, data for the study were collected from 300 representatives of three, four and five start hotels’ top management. The results reveal that, corporate social responsibility, hotel image, and error management culture can improve hotel performance. These results can help managers direct their attention toward understanding the importance of practicing corporate social responsibility for sustainable hotel performance and improving image of hotel.

This study aims to clarify the effect of career capital on the sustainable competitive advantage when human resource management’s capabilities work as a mediator variable in construction companies specializing in concrete in Amman. The total number of companies are (23), the companies that showed cooperation and filled out the questionnaire were (17) companies. The study population consisted of (1400) employees from various administrative levels. Applying the study to the whole study population is difficult due to its large size; thus, a simple random sampling method is used. (302) questionnaires were distributed, the retrieved questionnaires valid for analysis were (250) and constituted of (83%). The unstructured interviews were adopted to define the study problem in the construction companies specialized in concrete. The questionnaire is the tool for measuring the study variables by collecting data and then analyzing those using descriptive and inferential statistics. The most important study results are that in the construction companies specialized in concrete industries in Amman; the level of career capital was high, and the level of sustainable competitive advantage was medium. At the same time, the results showed that the level of human resource management capabilities was high. The results also indicate that human resource management's capabilities partially mediate the impact of career capital and the sustainable competitive advantage. Human resource management's capabilities contributed to increasing this impact; this means that human resources management's capabilities play an essential role in activating the relationship between career capital and sustainable competitive advantage.

The aim of this research is to investigate the gap or SERVQUAL scale amongst the findings of the previous studies for missing investigations and the impression to apply for overall standard quality management of three variables such as independent variable (Service quality), mediator variable (Patients’ Satisfaction) and dependent variable (Patients’ Loyalty) in Jordanian health care sector. Moreover, the current study aims to clarify the effects of the Total Quality Management (TQM) represented collectively by a specific strategy, leadership management, human resource focus information, client focus, method management, and analysis method management on customer loyalty. In order to test the objectives, a random sample size consisting of 800 national and international patient’s expectations from the private and public hospitals in the central region of Jordan was collected. The quantitative analysis was designed to conduct the survey, questionnaires, and gather the primary information to determine the category of data and techniques of data collection. The response data were analyzed using the IBM SPSS 19.00 version and Amos 20.00 version to assess the response value, descriptive statistic, screenings of the data composed of linearity and homoscedasticity, correlations, reliability, and validity. Multiple reliability results indicated that the dimensions of each experimental variables were considered reliable and satisfactory. Based on the outcome, this study verified that customer satisfaction carries a weak mediating effect. Moreover, the results exhibited that TQM had had a significant impact on both customer loyalty and customer satisfaction.

This study aimed to examine the characteristics of audit committees (ACs) on the short delay in issuing audit reports. Using data for 97 companies in the industrial and service sectors in the Jordanian context, for the period between 2017 and 2021. The results of this study showed that the independence of ACs has an important and negative impact on reducing the delay in issuing financial reporting (FR). However, the study did not find the importance of the rest of the characteristics related to ACs to reduce the delay in issuing audit reports between Jordanian companies. The study concluded that the mechanisms of corporate governance in Jordanian companies are not effective, compared to the more developed countries. Thus, policy makers are supposed to enforce governance practices in Jordanian companies in substance, rather than simply adhering to practices in form.

Most global studies have, to a greater extent, underscored the importance of Total Quality Management (TQM) practices and some marketing aspects concerning the organizational performance. Most studies have focused on establishing the level to which TQM practices influence customer satisfaction and not the whole organization. There is also little evidence on how marketing practices influence organizational performance. This study therefore seeks to assess the impact of TQM practices and marketing on organizational performance. Data was collected from a sample size of 289 respondents who were employees of the different manufacturing industries in Saudi Arabia. Data was analyzed using SPSS and Pearson’s rank correlation coefficient was used to establish the relationship between study variables. The study findings confirmed the presence of a relationship between TQM practices and organizational performance. Similarly, there was a positive relationship between marketing practices and organizational performance. The study concluded that the TQM practices and marketing are great influencers of quality hence should always be applied in organizations.