Quantitative modeling of cyber risks in Gulf banks and FinTech platforms

Academic resilience and emotional intelligence are considered important personal resources for furthering students’ academic performance. However, many educational organizations seem to trivialize the performance implications of these constructs in teachings and curriculum. Consequently, it can decrease not just their academic performance but also their employability, as they lack the generic competencies to adapt and survive in a stressful context. Even so, empirical evidence on integrating academic resilience, emotional intelligence, and academic performance remains unexplored in the Nigerian university context. Therefore, the study aimed to investigate the linkages between academic resilience, emotional intelligence, and academic performance in Nigeria. The partial least square (PLS) modeling method was utilized for testing the stated hypotheses with data collected from 179 final year undergraduate students in the regular B.Sc. Business Administration and B.Sc. Marketing program at Delta State University, Nigeria. From the PLS results, the study reported that academic resilience was positively related to emotional intelligence (β = 0.125, p = 0.007), academic resilience (β = 0.231, p = 0.000) and emotional intelligence (β = 0.260, p = 0.000) were positively related to academic performance, and emotional resilience mediated the positive relationship between academic resilience and academic performance (β = 0.057, p = 0.005). While academic resilience predicted academic performance, it also predicted emotional intelligence, which affected academic performance significantly and positively.

Profit is the main purpose and the key result of any enterprise operation. Profit management involves two stages, namely, generation and distribution. Profit generation is the main stage in the overall process of profit management and not only the basis for its distribution, but also a source of the production assets renewal and the new self-financing of the further development of the enterprise. Based on the analysis of approaches to the essence and classification of company profits, an advanced complex classification is proposed. In order to improve the profit generation management of a motor transport enterprise and to identify the main factors affecting its profits, an analysis of technical and economic indicators, analysis of profitability indicators and SWOT analysis were carried out. Given the results obtained, a questionnaire was created and a survey was carried out among managers and specialists of the enterprise, which allowed to identify the factors that have the greatest impact on the activity of the motor transport enterprise. The factors are classified into external and internal. Also, a factor analysis of the company’s profit was carried out, which made it possible to determine key indicators that require priority attention in managing the profit generation at a motor transport enterprise. It was concluded that the most important external factors include the Ministry of Infrastructure’s activities aiming at adapting the world tendencies to the Ukrainian automotive industry. The internal factors in controlling the profit generation of the enterprises are in paying greatest attention to the volume of services rendered, their cost and the size of transportation tariffs.

In today’s volatile global market, supply chain performance is vital for maintaining business success, especially in Jordan, where companies face regulatory limitations, import dependence, and political uncertainty. The purpose of this study is to assess how strategic elements within supply chains contribute to business outcomes and whether their impact varies by firm size and industry. A cross-sectional survey was conducted between September and December 2024 in Jordan, targeting firms across key economic sectors. Using a stratified sampling method, 366 firms (152 small, 114 medium, and 100 large enterprises) across manufacturing, retail, pharmaceuticals, and other industries were selected. This sample was chosen to ensure diversity in supply chain structure and resource capacity, making it suitable for examining size- and sector-specific effects. Data were analyzed using partial least squares structural equation modeling and multi-group analysis. Results show that strategic supply chain actions significantly influence performance: internal collaboration enhances external partnerships (β = 0.42, p = 0.002), which increase responsiveness (β = 0.44, p = 0.001) and resilience (β = 0.41, p = 0.002). Larger firms benefit more from structured coordination and diversified sourcing (β = 0.50, p = 0.001), while SMEs face limitations due to resource constraints. Pharmaceutical firms show the strongest sector-based results (β = 0.54, p = 0.002). The findings highlight that universal supply chain strategies are ineffective. Customization by firm size and industry is essential for building agility and long-term success.