Consumer Product Design: Patterns of Innovation, Market Success and Sustainability
This article summarizes some of the content and conclusions of the author’s recent book, Consumer Product Innovation and Sustainable Design, which discusses the innovation, design and evolution of six consumer products –bicycles, washing machines, vacuum cleaners, electric lamps…
The Influence of Service Quality on Aircraft’s Brand Image in Bandung, Indonesia
This study aims to measure the effect of service quality on domestic aircraft companies in accordance with the improvement of the corporate’s image. The population in this study is domestic passengers. In collecting data from 250 respondents, this study uses the Non-Random Sampling technique.
Communication Strategies Used to Promote a ‘Made In’ and ‘Terroir’ Culture – The Case of France
This study tries to decipher the mechanism and strategies used by official entities to communicate around Made In or ‘terroir’ in France. We collected data from 13 organisms promoting ‘terroir’ and ‘made in’ and it was coded through an inductive approach of content analysis.
An Examination of the Relationship between Volatility and Expected Returns in the BRVM Stock Market
Financial theory suggests that volatility affects average stock returns positively. It is claimed that markets reward economic agents for the risk they assume with higher returns. This study uses an ARMA (1, 2)-GARCH (1, 1)-M technique to examine the impact of volatility
Service Management Dilemma: Dependencies on Intermediary Fields between Goods and Services
Frequently, issues of uncertainties and its dynamics are related to outsourcing in the domain of facilities management (FM) as well as the various activities of the core business. The concept of core business has frequently been discussed in the last decades when
An Insight into Black Money and Tax Evasion – Indian Context
Lately, the issue of black money and corruption has appeared into the forefront following a sequence of scandalous activities regarding finance. Generation of black money and it is stashing abroad in tax havens has predominated discussions and debate in public
An Entropy Approach to China Big Data Ecology
This paper analyzes the application layer of Internet Big Data in China from the perspective of Information Entropy, which studies the evolution and characteristics of the big data application layer in China. The application layer faces public users directly, from which the feedback effects
Sharing Economy Startups: New Wave of Networked Business Models in the Changing World
The relatively new phenomenon called sharing economy, or collaborative consumption, is best known by the companies like Airbnb and Uber. These companies use mobile applications and web platforms to match people willing to share a room or a car with
Towards Affirmative Customer Recommendations in Mobile Commerce
Lately, the prevailing adoption of mobile commerce is evident throughout the developed economies. A similar trend is followed in developing countries; however, the acceptance of emerging mobile-based business ventures is still in its infancy.
The Global Learning Distinction: an Experiential Learning Research Project
The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate the importance of integrating global learning and culturally-responsive teaching as part of a University curriculum to prepare graduates to enter a global workforce. According to the Association of American Colleges and Universities