Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
A study of social media factors that affect online purchase intention of tourist products and services in Bangkok, Thailand

This researcher has the main objectives to study and find out the social media factors that affect the online purchase intention of tourist product and service. The social media factors which are selected such as the use of social media, social identity, altruism, telepresence, e-word-of-mouth, advertising, ease of use, usefulness and trust are selected. Moreover; the researcher also study the relationship between each social media factor with online purchase intention of tourist product and service in Bangkok, Thailand. This study is based on non-probability convenience sampling where the data was collected and gathered from 400 respondents in five keys selected tourist destinations in Bangkok. To gather the data, the research prepared the self-administrated five-point Likert Scale questionnaire. To analyze the data in details, the researcher used both descriptive and inferential analyses. The result shows that all of the independent variables have positive relationship with dependent variables. The independent variables of the use of social media, social identity, altruism, telepresence, e-word-of-mouth, advertising, ease of use, and usefulness have moderate significant level in the relationship with online purchase intention; moreover, it shows that trust is the only factor which has the strong significant level in the relationship with online purchase intention of tourism product and service in Bangkok, Thailand. วารสารวิทยาลยัดุสติธานี ปีท่ี 12 ฉบับพิเศษ เดือนพฤษภาคม 2561 การศึกษาปัจจัยของสื่ออิเล็กทรอนิกส์ท่ีมีผลต่อการตัดสินใจในการซื้อสินค้าและการบริการท่องเท่ียวทางออนไลน์ในกรุงเทพมหานคร ประเทศไทย 249 . The summaries of hypothesis testing is that all the independent variables have positive relationship with the dependent variable. The independent variables of the Use of Social Media, Social Identity, Altruism, Telepresence, E-word-of-mouth, Advertising, Ease of use, and Usefulness have moderate significant levels in the relationship with online purchase intention; moreover, the Trust has a strong significant level in the relationship with online purchase intention of tourism product and service. The findings of this study will help the tourist product and service providers and entrepreneur to better understand the change in consumer behavior that is the use of social media as the main tool for searching travel information and making the online booking and purchase.
The Influence of Demographic Factors on the Business Success of Entrepreneurs: An Empirical Study from the Small and Medium- Sized Enterprises Context of Pakistan

The present paper is set out to judge the demographic factors influencing upon the success of entrepreneurs of Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (SMEs) of Pakistan. Hence, survey data being acquired from 230 entrepreneurs of entire Pakistan with the support of random sampling technique. The outcomes signify that the business success of the entrepreneurs was interrelated with the independent variables (demographic variables) and all hypotheses being covered in this way. Demographic characteristics of entrepreneurs like gender, age, education and experience have a positive and significant impact on entrepreneurs’ success. This study may assist the government for boosting up entrepreneurial proficiencies of entrepreneurs by dint of provision of funds and skill development. In addition to this, the study may further invigorate to the policy makers and government for presenting entrepreneurial education and bring forth the experience through the various training programs for promoting the length of experience among entrepreneurs of the country. However, the demographic constructs have a positive and significant role to raise the entrepreneurs in Pakistan. In a short span, the study may contribute to bolster the business through ameliorating demographic variables.
Product authenticity and product attachment in tourism shopping context: Exploring the antecedents of intention to choose silver craft products

Shopping is one of important activities in tourism industry. The purpose of this research is to analyze the importance of product authenticity and product attachment on non-branded local iconic product. The influence of product authenticity and attachment were further examined on their impact to intention to choose silver crafts product. Quantitative approach and survey method were chosen to achieve the research objective. The proposed conceptual framework was tested on 225 adult respondents who have purchased silver crafts from Kotagede Yogyakarta. Empirical data were tested using PLS-SEM technique. By focusing on consumers’ intention to choose iconic local product (silver crafts), this study demonstrates that product authenticity and product attachment have positive impacts on intention to choose. Product attachment also mediates the product authenticity and intention to choose. The contribution of this study is the research on product authenticity and attachment is tested on non-branded products particularly iconic product of a region. Product authenticity and attachment are commonly measured in branded products. Iconic local product is commonly associated with territory image thus alternative strategies for local products could be considered by combining product authenticity and product attachment.
Firm Performance and Earnings Management

This study examines whether firms with low performance are more engaged in earnings management practices than firms with high performance in an emerging market; namely, Egypt. We estimate a model of the relationship between earnings and cash flows from operations with a dummy variable that allows parameter shifts for cash flows of low performance firms. Thus, the model captures whether the strength of the relationship between earnings and cash flows differs between low and high performance firms. The results show that, compared to firms with high performance, firms with low performance have smaller regression coefficient of earnings on cash flows. These results can be interpreted as indicating that low performance firms engage in more earnings management (increase their earnings management practices) than high performance firms. Overall, these results suggest that firm performance is a critical determinant of earnings management. Given the current weakness of shareholder protection and regulatory enforcement in Egypt, these results encourage policymakers to improve considerably corporate-governance mechanisms in Egypt. This study contributes not only to the limited research on earnings management in the emerging market of Egypt, but also in other emerging economics.
The Relationship between CSR, Corporate Image and Customer Satisfaction on Purchase Intention: A Review of Literature

Although corporate social responsibility (CSR), corporate image, customer satisfaction and purchase intention have occupied a lot of researches’ interest in the business field, not much is known about their interrelationships. The paper aims to explore the association between the CSR, corporate image, and purchase intention with focus on the mediating effect of customer satisfaction. The paper provides a conceptual insight into association among CSR and corporate image and their impacts on purchase intention via customer satisfaction. The theoretical contribution for the study is to develop a model that contains CSR, corporate image, customer satisfaction and purchase intention in path relationship. The study as well tries to investigate the mediating role of customer satisfaction on purchase intention for two independent variables: corporate social responsibility and corporate image.
Multi-study analysis of learning culture, human capital and operational performance in supply chain management

Purpose The purpose of this study is to empirically evaluate the relationship between learning culture, workforce level, human capital and operational performance in two diverse supply chain populations, aircraft maintenance and logistics readiness. Design/methodology/approach Drawing upon competence-based view of the firm and human capital theory, this paper analyzes data from two studies. Findings The results provide support for the hypothesized model. Workforce level moderates the relationship between learning culture and human capital, and human capital partially mediates the relationship between learning culture and operational performance. Research limitations/implications The findings have implications for behavioral supply chain management research and implications for educating and training the supply chain management workforce. While the populations represent a diverse set of logistics functions and responsibilities, the participants are all military members, which may limit generalizability. Practical implications This study should help leaders understand the importance of learning culture and the perceived differences in its effect on human capital based upon workforce level. Originality/value This research is among the first to investigate the role of workforce level and answers a multitude of calls for research into the human side of supply chain management.
Twenty years of readership of library and information science literature under Mendeley’s microscope

Purpose Altmetric indicators have been proposed as a complement to citation counts in research evaluation. Conceivably, they might also be used to supplement other methods for estimating journal readership. The purpose of this paper is to explore the use of Mendeley reference management software to characterize the features of the readership of library and information science (LIS) literature. Design/methodology/approach The authors used the Social Sciences Citation Index to retrieve 54,655 articles and reviews published between 1995 and 2014 and indexed in the category “Information Science & Library Science”. Each record was then searched in Mendeley to obtain the number of bookmarks of the paper and the academic status of the users. Findings Mendeley covers 61 per cent of the LIS literature published in the last 20 years. In all, 75 per cent of the papers published in the last five years had been bookmarked at least once in Mendeley whereas just 55 per cent had been cited in Web of Science. Reviews are bookmarked more frequently than articles, and papers in English have more bookmarks than papers in any other language. Most users of LIS literature are PhD and postgraduate students. Originality/value The study shows that altmetrics can be used as a source of data in information behaviour studies. Reference management software provides an unobtrusive means of capturing reading habits in the scholarly literature. Compared to citation counts, bookmarks are rapidly available and also reflect usage outside the academic community.
Electronic government and online tasks: Towards the autonomy and empowerment of senior citizens

espanolEl uso de internet por parte de las personas mayores para realizar gestiones con la administracion publica y las empresas no ha sido suficientemente estudiado. El objetivo de este trabajo es profundizar en las razones del empleo limitado de la administracion electronica y los tramites online por parte de los internautas mayores. A traves de una metodologia cualitativa, basada en cuatro grupos de discusion, se analizan las motivaciones y frenos en la utilizacion de tales tramites. Los resultados indican una aceptacion del empleo de los recursos electronicos para las tareas mas rutinarias y sencillas debido a la rapidez y comodidad que proporcionan, al tiempo que fomentan la autonomia y el empoderamiento de las personas mayores. Si bien, se plantea una serie de aspectos que condicionan negativamente su utilizacion, sobre los que se debe incidir para favorecer una mayor inclusion digital de este grupo poblacional. EnglishThe use of the Internet by the senior citizens in order to manage operations with the government and companies requires further study. The objective of this work is to take a close look at the reasons why older people make limited use of e-administration and online procedures. Using a qualitative methodology, based on four focus groups, we analyze the motivations and problems they find when using such procedures. The results indicate acceptance of electronic resources for simple and routine tasks due to the speed and convenience they offer, which simultaneously promotes the independence and empowerment of older people. However, there is a series of factors which have a negative effect on their use, and these must be dealt with in order to favor greater digital inclusion of this age demographic.
Audit Committee Characteristics and Timeliness of Corporate Financial Reporting in the Nigerian Insurance Industry

The objective of financial reporting is to provide accounting information to assist users of financial statements to assess the amount, timing and uncertainty of entity’s future cash inflow and cash outflow so as to make informed decision. For accounting information to be decision useful, The International Accounting Standards Board [IASB] requires that the financial information provided by the report must possess certain fundamental and enhancing characteristics. One of the key enhancing characteristics is timeliness. International Accounting Standard Board defines timeliness as the availability of information (needed by decision makers for useful decision making)in time to be able to influence decisions [1]. Extant literature uses the number of days between firm year and the date the external auditor signs the financial statements as proxy of timeliness of financial reporting.
Essays on Industrial Organization and Innovation

In my dissertation, I explore policy-relevant topics in the pharmaceutical industry and in the intellectual property system. In Chapter 1, I begin by studying prescription drug demand, and argue that standard cross-sectional demand estimates can lead to misleading substitution patterns and policy implications. The motivating empirical fact behind my research is that patients on a chronic drug the previous year will keep taking the same drug 80-90% of the time, with most of the remaining patients taking no drug rather than another substitutable drug. I show through quasi-experiments that history-dependence plays a significant role in generating the data, and that most of the continuing patients would pick another drug if their current drug were not available. I conclude by constructing an empirical model of demand around these findings, which can provide more accurate counterfactuals for analyzing firm behavior and policy questions surrounding pricing, formulary design, and the value of drug innovation. In Chapter 2, I argue that existing models of prescription drug pricing miss out on key market features, including the importance of pricing intermediaries, known as pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs), and the history-dependent nature of demand found in Chapter 1. In the chapter, I look to understand the impact of PBMs on pricing, drug company profits, and overall spending. First, I contribute to the literature by constructing average negotiated prices from financial filings, which reflects the actual amount paid to drug companies per drug. These prices are quite different to the list prices commonly used in the literature. Then, I build a model to explain the negotiated prices, which incorporates the PBMs role in negotiating prices using their insurance design power. Incorporating PBMs is crucial for
Enhancing Sustainability in Banking Industry: Factors Affecting Customer Loyalty

With the development of technology, banking industry is adopting cognitive computing to improve her products and services. This research provides references regarding consumers’ behaviour and preferences in the current banking industry. Specifically, the relationship between customer satisfaction, switching costs, brand preference and customer loyalty which have shown effects in profitability will be studied. Nine hypotheses were proposed for testing and primary data was collected for analysis. Structural equation modeling was employed to examine the proposed mediation model. Among nine hypotheses, seven of them were supported. The present study seeks to go beyond previous studies in mature customers, investigating the dynamics among customer satisfaction, brand preference, switching costs and customer loyalty which provides valuable insights to banks for enhancing sustainability and profitability.
Do Product Market Reforms Raise Innovation? Evidence from Micro-data Across 12 Countries

How does policy affect innovation and the digital economy? We revisit how standard product market regulation affects innovation and develop a novel framework for thinking about digital regulation. Using new establishment-level micro-data across 12 countries between 1998 and 2012, this paper first estimates the effect of competition policy on innovation. We find that a standard deviation rise in standardized index of product market regulation is associated with a 1.029% decline in innovation activities. These declines are a result of product market regulation on the incentives to invest in in-house R&D and make the appropriate capital acquisitions, as well as of the effects of regulation on the cost of innovation activities. We then theorize on the effect of digital regulation on innovation and we empirically test our hypothesis using a sub-sample of the years in our analysis. We find that “protective regulation”, i.e., regulation that creates predictability and scope for markets to work, confers a positive effect on innovation, while “restrictive regulation”, i.e., regulation that endeavors to spell out negative behaviors, confers a negative effect on innovation. We also find that the digital regulation results are more sensitive to the content of regulation. We attribute this ambiguity to the fact that markers require an enhanced level of trust to be operative.
Earnings Quality at the IPOS: The Influence of Opportunistic Behaviour and Ownership Control Mechanisms

Earnings management at the time of the IPO is an important issue because it can lead investors to pay an unreasonable price for their shares. The paper reviews whether IPO firms engage in earnings management discretionary behaviour, by focusing on the accrual-based earnings management (AEM) models. It also determines on the influence of opportunistic behaviour and ownership control mechanisms towards earnings quality of IPO firms. The Jones, Modified Jones, Performance Matched, and Total Accrual Models wiil be used to investigate accrual activity behaviours in IPO firms. The quality of financial reporting in IPO firms is expected to be enhanced by limiting the opportunistic managerial discretion and ownership control mechanisms.
Disabled people's user-led organisations: past, present and a secure future?

This thesis investigates disabled people’s user-led organisations (DPULOs) in the UK using the themes of: historical roots; structures and characteristics; key challenges; and future opportunities. The economic downturn in 2008 resulted in cuts to DPULOs creating a market for social care services and competition between DPULOs and other sectors. An imbalance of power relationships with financial stakeholders has created an environment where DPULOs have found it increasingly difficult to develop services and remain viable. The aim of the study was to identify the factors that might support the future security of DPULOs. The study draws on the transformative paradigm (Mertens, 2007) and is firmly located within the disability community and led by a disabled researcher. The research was a two-stage sequential design with data collected through semi-structured interviews with 12 chief executive officers (CEOs) of DPULOs, the findings of which informed a wider survey across DPULOs in the UK. The research shows that power has shifted over time, but during economic austerity, ‘value for money’ is given more importance than experiential knowledge, leaving DPULOs vulnerable. Some values remain consistent including independent living (IL) and the social model of disability although equality is now seen as more important. While the unique and core aspect of DPULOs is experiential knowledge, knowledge in ‘business’ development is lacking in many DPULOs, who need to upskill their workforce or attract people with these skills onto their boards. The current definitional inadequacy of a DPULO is highlighted as focusing on internal characteristics at the expense of external power relations between DPULOs and their funders. The study data suggests that for DPULOs to thrive, the Office for Disability Issues (ODI) needs to move beyond mechanistic criteria for what constitutes a DPULO and acknowledge the wider changes both within and external to DPULOs as well as changes within the disability community as a whole.
When Top-Down Meets Bottom-Up: Local Adoption of Social Policy Reform in China

Authoritarian local leaders face two driving forces in social policy making: top-down pressure from the regime and bottom-up motivations derived from local conditions. Existing studies recognize the importance of both forces but remain unclear as to how they interact and which of them is more influential in driving local policy adoption. Focusing on two health insurance integration policies in China, we find that when the policy entails substantial class or distributive conflicts and bureaucratic friction, top-down pressure for compliance is a dominant driver for local policy adoption; when the policy does not entail such conflicts or bureaucratic infighting, bottom-up motivations based on local economic geography together with top-down pressure drive local adoption. We find support for this argument from an analysis of an original city-level dataset in China from 2004 to 2016. This study has implications for social policy reform, decentralization and government responsiveness in authoritarian countries with multilevel governance.
Do Foreign Institutional Investors Improve Price Efficiency?

We study the impact of foreign institutional investors on price efficiency with firm-level international data. Using additions to the MSCI index and the U.S. Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act as exogenous shocks to foreign ownership, we show that greater foreign ownership increases stock price informativeness, especially in developed economies. This increase arises from new information that foreign investors bring in and displacement of less-informed domestic retail investors. Finally, we show that foreign ownership, particularly from active investors, increases market liquidity, reduces firms’ cost of equity, and increases firms’ real investment growth.