E-commerce Adoption in Distribution: An Empirical Study on Household Businesses in Food and Beverage Industry

NGUYEN, Xuan Truong,NGUYEN, Thai Ha,DANG, Huynh Phuong,PHAM, Thi Lan Phuong,BUI, Thi Thanh,TRAN, Nhat Minh,HUYNH, Tri An,NGUYEN, Nam Phong Korea Distribution Science Association 2022 유통과학연구 Vol.20 No.2

Purpose: This study aims to identify factors affecting the adoption of e-commerce by household businesses in Vietnam's food and beverage industry. Research design, data and methodology: The integrated TAM and TOE frameworks and ten hypotheses were developed to test the relationship between relevant factors. A cross-sectional survey was conducted to collect valid data from 992 respondents who run F&B household businesses in Vietnam. Results: The empirical research results confirm all proposed hypotheses that e-commerce adoption is affected by the perceived usefulness, the perceived ease of use, vendor support partners, social expectancy, competitive pressure, subjective norm, and household resources. Meanwhile, technical readiness, environment readiness, and organization readiness are intermediate variables that influence the implementation of e-commerce in food and beverage distribution. Conclusions: The findings suggest effective orientations to foster the food and beverage e-trading practice for household businesses in developing countries. Accordingly, to encourage private household businesses to adopt e-commerce, it is necessary to focus on improving business resources, technology readiness, environment readiness, and organization readiness through raising awareness of usefulness, benefits, perceived ease of use, and increased support of vendor partners. Future research can focus on improving the efficiency of e-commerce applications in F&B distribution for both household businesses and larger-scale enterprises.

E-commerce Adoption in Distribution: An Empirical Study on Household Businesses in Food and Beverage Industry

Xuan Truong NGUYEN,Thai Ha NGUYEN,Huynh Phuong DANG,Thi Lan Phuong PHAM,Thi Thanh BUI,Nhat Minh TRAN,Tri An HUYNH,Nam Phong NGUYEN 한국유통과학회 2022 유통과학연구 Vol.20 No.2

Purpose: This study aims to identify factors affecting the adoption of e-commerce by household businesses in Vietnam s food and beverage industry. Research design, data and methodology: The integrated TAM and TOE frameworks and ten hypotheses were developed to test the relationship between relevant factors. A cross-sectional survey was conducted to collect valid data from 992 respondents who run F&B household businesses in Vietnam. Results: The empirical research results confirm all proposed hypotheses that e-commerce adoption is affected by the perceived usefulness, the perceived ease of use, vendor support partners, social expectancy, competitive pressure, subjective norm, and household resources. Meanwhile, technical readiness, environment readiness, and organization readiness are intermediate variables that influence the implementation of e-commerce in food and beverage distribution. Conclusions: The findings suggest effective orientations to foster the food and beverage e-trading practice for household businesses in developing countries. Accordingly, to encourage private household businesses to adopt e-commerce, it is necessary to focus on improving business resources, technology readiness, environment readiness, and organization readiness through raising awareness of usefulness, benefits, perceived ease of use, and increased support of vendor partners. Future research can focus on improving the efficiency of e-commerce applications in F&B distribution for both household businesses and larger-scale enterprises.

Factors Affecting Enterprises that Apply the International Financial Report Standards (IFRS): A Case Study in Vietnam

NGUYEN, Thi Le Hang,LE, Tran Hanh Phuong,DAO, Nhat Minh,PHAM, Ngoc Toan Korea Distribution Science Association 2020 The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Busine Vol.7 No.12

In the global trend toward economic integration, Vietnamese enterprises desire to attract investment and increase competitiveness in the global market, so they have been required to provide transparent, high-quality financial reports following the International Financial Reports Standards (IFRS). Based on the roadmap drawn by the Vietnam Ministry of Finance, the foreign-invested enterprises, listed enterprises and state-owned enterprises will be applying IFRS in 2030. However, some enterprises in Vietnam have applied IFRS in the presentation of financial statements at the request of related parties for a while. The main research objective of this paper focused on examining the factors affecting the implementation of IFRS in Vietnamese enterprises through descriptive statistics tools, Cronbach's Alpha testing, EFA and logistics regression analysis with the sample collected from 254 Vietnamese enterprises. The methodology in this research was the mixed qualitative and quantitative method. The results show that the higher the profitability, debt ratio and firm size of the enterprise, the more likely it is to apply IFRS. From the results of this study, the appropriate recommendations have been made to promote the implementation of IFRS by Vietnamese enterprises effectively and following the IFRS application roadmap of the Ministry of Finance of Vietnam.

Swimming of Robotic Fish based Biologically-Inspired approach

Nguyen Truong-Thinh,Nguyen Ngoc-Phuong,Dang Minh-Nhat 제어로봇시스템학회 2011 제어로봇시스템학회 국제학술대회 논문집 Vol.2011 No.10

Robotic fish have gained much popularity in recent years. Almost of them is mainly controlled by biologically inspired approach. This paper presents an overview of control of the robotic fish. The robot have been designed and developed as a medium-sized Pearl Arowana robot combining studies of swimming movement, navigation, buoyancy. This paper describes the overall design and architecture of recently developed our robotic fish with the real-time controlling system generating swimming patterns. The robot is designed to be capable of undulatory swimming like fish in water. Both the structure and the controller of the robot are inspired by real fish. In particular, the swimming of the robot is controlled by master controller as PC that produces swimming waves of oscillations. We present the design considerations behind the robot and its controller. Experiments are carried out to identify the types of swimming oscillations that optimize speed during undulatory movement in water. In particular, the optimal frequency and amplitude are identified when the robot is swimming in water like as real fish for monitor and acquiring underwater environment.

Antimicrobial Activity of Phenolic-Rich Extracts from Mango Seed Kernel on Microorganisms

Tam Dang Thi Thu,Binh Ly Nguyen,Nhan Tran Chi,Loc Nguyen Bao,Phuong Nguyen Nhat Minh 한국미생물·생명공학회 2023 한국미생물·생명공학회지 Vol.51 No.4

Replacing synthetic additives to preserve food products with natural antimicrobial compounds needs to be considered due to public health. In the present study, the phenolic extract from mango seed kernel (MSK) with the total phenolic content (TPC) value of 5300 ± 380 mg gallic acid equivalent (GAE)/L was used for evaluating the antimicrobial properties against five types of bacterial strains, including Listeria monocytogenes, Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Staphylococcus aureus, and Salmonella typhimurium in vitro. This extract was also used for in situ method on the storage of Pangasianodon hypophthalmus fish fillets. The minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) values for all tested strains were determined at an average concentration of 1325 mg GAE/L. Furthermore, the minimum bactericidal concentration (MBC) values of E. coli, S. aureus, and S. typhimurium were seen at 5300 mg GAE/L, while the extract did not show eliminations in the growth of the remaining strains. The bacterial inhibition speed of the extract illustrated that the concentration equal MIC value eliminated S. typhimurium growth after 24 h, the 4 times MIC value had remarkable effects on S. aureus growth after the 9 h of incubation, and 24 h of incubation for E. coli, L. monocytogenes, P. aeruginosa. Additionally, the MSK extract could inhibit the growth of P. aeruginosa on fish fillets in 4 days of storage. These results provide important evidence for the utilization of MSK as a natural source of antimicrobial agents in food products.