http://publish.thescienceinsight.com/index.php/msbd <div id="bannerR"> <h2>Why to publish in MSBD?</h2> <p><em>Management Science and Business Decisions</em> (ISSN 2767-6528; eISSN 2767-3316) is an international journal devoted to advancing the theory and practice of management sciences and business decision-making. It encourages deploying new decision-making techniques to objectively solve old and new problems currently being faced by managers and organizations in different industries and economies. Both positive and negative results are welcomed, provided they have been obtained from scientific methods. New and innovative ideas that have the potential to create a debate are particularly welcomed. The journal seeks to foster exchange between young and seasoned scholars and between scholars and practitioners with a view to aid decision-makers and policy-makers in creating a better world for our future generations. MSBD is an open access double-blind peer-reviewed fast journal that does not charge any fee from the authors. MSBD is published by <a href="https://thescienceinsight.com/">Science Insight</a> (USA) bi-annually.</p> </div> en-US <p>Creative Commons Non Commercial CC BY-NC: The work is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is properly attributed.</p> <p> </p> manager@thescienceinsight.com (Iqra Javed) 2497415255@qq.com (Nadiya Zhao) Sat, 30 Dec 2023 01:48:40 -0600 OJS 3.3.0.11 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://publish.thescienceinsight.com/index.php/msbd/article/view/66 <p>The end goal of any organization is to deliver value to the consumers. This can be achieved by ensuring quality products get to the consumer through efficient sales and distribution channels. There are several costs associated with sales and distribution, including costs relating to the moment production is complete to the point it gets to the consumer and everything in between, including the cost associated with making the products attractive or desirable to consumers. These costs related to sales and distribution have the potential to impact some metrics of organizational performance. This study examines the impact of such costs on revenue, return on assets, and return on equity and gross margin in the Nigeria consumer goods sector from 2013 to 2021 in 14 companies. The results revealed that sales and distribution cost has (a) moderate to high positive association to revenue; (b) very high positive association to gross margin (c) and no established relationship with Return on Asset and Return on Equity. The study also revealed that alcoholic beverage companies spend comparatively more on sales and distribution costs. Ultimately, this results from this study when combined with future studies can help identify points of maximum efficiency in the sales and distribution cost, i.e. the point where maximum returns in terms of revenue and profit is reached before equilibrium or decline happens for every sales and distribution expense.</p> <p> </p> Moses Olabhele Esangbedo, Samuel Adesoji Adeyemi Copyright (c) 2023 Science Insight https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0 http://publish.thescienceinsight.com/index.php/msbd/article/view/66 Sat, 30 Dec 2023 00:00:00 -0600 http://publish.thescienceinsight.com/index.php/msbd/article/view/80 <p>The adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) is a critical step towards the achievement of sustainable transportation, mitigated environmental challenges, and reduction in dependence on fossil fuels. In recent years, the popularity of EVs has grown, yet their adoption among seniors (older adults aged 50 and above) remains a challenge. This paper presents a comparative analysis of the barriers to EV adoption among seniors in two major economies, China and Russia. These two major economies have vast territories and significant transportation demands and as such they play crucial roles in the global shift towards EV adoption. We collected data from Russian and Chinese senior citizens using a comprehensive drafted questionnaire (252 respondents). Also, the Dynamic Grey Relational Analysis (DGRA) is used to analyze the quantitative data and rank the barriers to EV adoption. Our results suggest the inability of seniors to smartly locate available charging stations as the barrier to adopting EVs in China, while the lack of charging infrastructure at home is identified as the main barrier for seniors in Russia. Our findings provide valuable insights for manufacturers, technology firms, and policymakers, in the ongoing promotion of electric mobility.</p> <p> </p> Kristina Darbinian, Benjamin Kwapong Osibo, Mbama Michel Christ Septime, Hojamyradova Meyrem Copyright (c) 2023 Science Insight https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0 http://publish.thescienceinsight.com/index.php/msbd/article/view/80 Sat, 30 Dec 2023 00:00:00 -0600