Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Contextual adaptation of omni-channel grocery retailers’ online fulfilment centres

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate how grocery retailers configure their online fulfilment centres (OFC) as they move towards an omni-channel structure and what contextual factors influence their decisions. Design/methodology/approach An exploratory case study with three grocery retailers in the Nordic countries was conducted. The study investigates the current OFC configurations and identifies nine important contextual factors. Findings This study shows the importance of understanding the changes that omni-channel retailing entails for an OFC configuration. Nine contextual factors were identified. Several of the factors are found in previous theory, but this paper extends the knowledge of how they affect the configuration of an OFC in grocery retail. The changes in, for example, order characteristics create different requirements for picking, packing, sorting and shipping when compared with traditional distribution centres (DC). Although representing a separate flow for online fulfilment, OFC configuration depends on how the other logistics flows from the DC to stores are designed. Research limitations/implications To support further theory development, nine contextual factors and their relationship to OFC configurations are proposed. Practical implications This study provides managerial value in two ways. First, grocery retailers with one or more OFCs can benchmark existing solutions using the empirical case descriptions. Second, the findings provide grocery retailers with knowledge of how to configure an OFC. Originality/value The literature lacks a holistic approach towards how grocery retailers configure their OFCs and what factors affect these decisions. This study provides the first in-depth analysis of how the omni-channel context affects the configuration of all the aspects of an OFC.
Modelling of strategic managerial decisions in the system of marketing logistics of enterprise

Integrated decisions in the system of the marketing logistics are the main resource for providing the efficient management of the value chain. Moreover, there is not a sufficient number of methodological approaches, which could use in complex the principles of the integrated modelling of decisions in the operational systems “procurement marketing – supply logistics” and “sales marketing – distribution logistics”. Considering that fact, the methodology of selecting strategic alternatives based on the integrated modeling in separate marketing logistics chains and in stage-by-stage formation of the supply chain participants has been developed in the article. The research is based on the application of the AHP method and the method of planning “dual sourcing” (70/30) for grounding the selection of the supply strategy at the market of material resources; methods of optimal planning according to Bayes criterion, linear programming and logistics modelling – for grounding the selection of the managerial decisions on the strategy of distributing the ready produce. The research covers, firstly, grounding the essence of the marketing logistics through the systemic approach to identification of its main and servicing business processes; secondly, improvement in the process of planning decisions in the procurement marketing system by adding the procedure of the logistical selection of the hierarchical estimation with a different degree of advantages in alternative supply strategies; thirdly, formation of the cascade integrated approach toward selection of the alternative distribution channels for the finished produce by estimating the complex marketing effect and application of the logistical model of optimal distribution.
Possible white dwarf progenitors of Type Ia supernovae

We examine catalogs of white dwarfs (WDs) and find that there are sufficient number of massive WDs, M_WD > 1.35Mo, that might potentially explode as type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) in the frame of the core degenerate scenario. In the core degenerate scenario a WD merges with the carbon-oxygen core of a giant star, and they form a massive WD that might explode with a time delay of years to billions of years. If the core degenerate scenario accounts for all SNe Ia, then we calculate that about 0.2 per cent of the present WDs in the Galaxy are massive. Furthermore, we find from the catalogs that the fraction of massive WDs relative to all WDs is about 1-3 per cent, with large uncertainties. Namely, five to ten times the required number. If there are many SNe Ia that result from lower mass WDs, M_WD < 1.3Mo, for which another scenario is responsible for, and the core degenerate scenario accounts only for the SNe Ia that explode as massive WDs, then the ratio of observed massive WDs to required is larger even. Our finding leaves the core degenerate scenario as a viable and promising SN Ia scenario.
Personal intrinsic religiosity and product knowledge on halal product purchase intention

Purpose This paper aims to increase knowledge about awareness and intention to choose the halal products. This study assessed the effect of intrinsic religiosity and knowledge of halal products on the awareness and purchase intention of halal products. This study also investigated and examined the role of halal product awareness (HPA) in mediating the relationship between personal intrinsic religiosity (PIR) and halal product knowledge (HPK) with halal product intention (HPI). This knowledge will be very meaningful because there are still many types of products that are not halal certified circulating in the Muslim market segment. Design/methodology/approach This study used a self-administered questionnaire with closed questions. As many as 238 Muslim consumers in Indonesia over 17 years old were selected to be tested for regressive relationships from the four constructs. The Sobel test is then used to explain the mediating role of HPA. Findings This study shows that there is a relationship between PIR and HPK to HPA and HPI, and HPA to HPI. This study found that HPA was truly a partial mediation in the relationship between PIR and HPK with HPI. Research limitations/implications This study is conducted in the halal food sector in Indonesia and in certain cultural contexts so that the application of the same model in various sectors and countries can get various results. In addition, the respondents of this study were halal food customers; it would be very interesting to obtain data from other stakeholders such as halal food producers or retailers. Originality/value As per the authors’ knowledge, this study becomes the first study in Indonesia to examine the mediating role of HPA in the relationship of PIR and HPK with HPI. Conceptual discussion and results of empirical studies extend previous research on consumer behavior in the halal product market segment. An in-depth study of this phenomenon is expected to contribute in the development of science, especially Islamic marketing and customer behavior.
Fintech Venture Capital

We document a notable change in the pattern of fintech VC investments around the world relative to other types of investments after the global financial crisis. We argue that the spike in fintech VC in certain countries is attributable to differential enforcement of financial institution rules amongst start-ups versus large established financial institutions after the financial crisis. Consistent with this regulatory arbitrage view, we show the marked increase in fintech is more pronounced in countries without a major financial center. Also, we show the fintech boom is more pronounced for smaller private limited partnership VCs that likely have less experience with prior VC booms and busts. These fintech VC deals are less likely to be successfully exited as IPOs and acquisitions, and substantially more likely to be liquidated, especially when located in countries without a major financial center.
Improving latency for interactive, thin-stream applications by multiplexing streams over TCP

Many applications use TCP on the Internet today. For applications that produce data all the time, loss is handled satisfactorily. But, for interactive applications, with low rate of data production, the loss of a single packet can mean huge delays. We have implemented and tested a system to reduce the latency of an interactive TCP application server with many clients. This systemmultiplexes the streams, to clients in the same region, through a regional proxy, which then sends the streams to their destination. This increases the chance of triggering the TCP mechanism fast retransmit, when a packet is lost, thus reducing the latency caused by retransmissions.
Pengaruh DAR, WCTO, NPM, Dan Pertumbuhan Penjualan Terhadap Nilai Perusahaan Food And Beverage

The size of the company's value can be measured through stock prices. The higher the stock price, the higher the profit gained by the company. This study aims to examine the effect of debt to asset ratio, working capital turnover, net profit margin, and Sales Growth on company value on Food and Beverage companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange in 2012-2017. The analysis model used is multiple regression. The population of this study was 21 companies with a sample of 12 companies. This sampling technique uses purposive sumpling. The results of this study indicate simultaneously debt to asset ratio, working capital turnover, net profit margin, and Sales Growth have no significant effect on firm value. While partially debt to asset ratio has no significant effect, working capital turnover partially has no significant effect, net profit margin partially has a significant effect and Sales Growth partially has no significant effect.
Alida – Advanced Library for Integrated Development of Data Analysis Applications

Data analysis procedures can often be modeled as a set of manipulation operations applied to input data and resulting in transformed intermediate and result data. The Java library Alida is providing an advanced development framework to support programmers in developing data analysis applications adhering to such a scheme. The main intention of Alida is to foster re-usability by offering well-defined, unified, modular APIs and execution procedures for operators, and to ease development by releasing developers from tedious tasks. Alida features automatic generation of handy graphical and command line user interfaces, a built-in graphical editor for workflow design, and an automatic documentation of analysis pipelines. Alida is available from its project webpage http://www.informatik. uni-halle.de/alida , on Github and via our Maven server.
Role of Tomato Production in Household Income Poverty Reduction in Mvomero District, Tanzania

This study intended to determine the role of tomato production to household income poverty reduction in Mvomero District, Tanzania. Moreover, it examines the socioeconomic characteristics of the farmers, determines the status of tomato production, determines the contribution of tomato production and other income sources to the total annual household income and determines the contribution of tomato production to household expenditures. A total of 220 tomato farmers were involved in this study. A study employed a cross-sectional research design. Household survey, observations, Focus Group Discussion and documentary review employed to collect data. The collected data analyzed using computer software Statistical Package for Social Science version 20. Descriptive statistics such as frequencies, percentages, mean and standard deviations employed for data analysis. The study findings revealed that the average yield from tomato production was 9182.9 Kg per acre. Also, findings showed that the mean income from tomato production per year was TZS 1,198,136.4, livestock production (TZS 141,208.3), petty business (TZS 164,285.7) and other crops (TZS 396,192.7). Additionally, findings revealed that earnings from tomato production contribute 63% of the total annual household income. The contributions from other sources of income were livestock production (7%), petty trade (9%) and other crops (21%). Furthermore, findings revealed that earnings from tomato production help farmers in accessing food (66.4%) access to clothes (63.6%), access to healthcare (54.1%) access to children's education (54.5%) and access to housing (73.2%). The study concludes that tomato production contributes substantially to the total annual household income and household income poverty reduction. Therefore, the study recommends that government and other stakeholders should ensure the availability of inputs, assist in marketing and storage facilities and the establishment of agro-processing industries, consequently this will enable farmers to realize maximum output and hence income poverty reduction at the household level. Keywords : Household, income poverty, Non-farm activities, Smallholder farmers, Tomato
Consumer engagement in sharing brand-related information on social commerce: the roles of culture and experience

ABSTRACT Social commerce facilitates conversations among buyers across the world and enhances eWOM sharing. This paper investigates the key roles of online shoppers’ culture (collectivism vs. individualism) and past experience as drivers of engagement with brand-related information sharing. Based on the theory of planned behavior (TPB) and consumer culture theory (CCT), a conceptual framework was developed and tested empirically. Data collected from a representative sample of online shoppers (N = 559) was analyzed using Structural Equation Modeling. Findings reveal that shoppers’ experience is indirectly related to brand-related information sharing, and mediated by three TPB beliefs (attitude, subjective norms and perceived behavior control). These relationships were moderated by customer culture. The impact of attitude on information sharing was greater for collectivist shoppers, whereas the influence of subjective norms was stronger for individualist shoppers. Theoretical contributions and practical implications are discussed.
OWNERSHIP STRUCTURES AND DIVIDEND POLICY IN MANUFACTURING COMPANIES IN INDONESIA

This study aims at examining the influence of ownership structure on dividendpolicy. The population is all of manufacturing companies listed on Indonesia Stock Exchange for the period 2008–2012. Purposive sampling is used to choose the sample and 81 companies are found to be sample. The study uses multiple linear regression. The result shows that managerial ownership, institutional ownership, foreign ownership, ownership concentration, and the control variable free cash flow simultaneously have significant influence on dividend policy. Influence testing partially by the level of significant of 5% shows that managerial ownership has positive and significant influence on dividend policy, institutional ownership has insignificant influence on dividend policy, foreign ownership has insignificant influence on dividend policy, ownership concentration has positive and significant influence on dividend policy, and the control variable free cash flow has positive and significant influence on dividend policy.
Progress on Airbnb: a literature review

The purpose of this paper is to review the extant literature on Airbnb – one of the most significant recent innovations in the tourism sector – to assess the research progress that has been accomplished to date. ,Numerous journal databases were searched, and 132 peer-reviewed journal articles from various disciplines were reviewed. Key attributes of each paper were recorded, and a content analysis was undertaken. ,A survey of the literature found that the majority of Airbnb research has been published quite recently, often in hospitality/tourism journals, and the research has been conducted primarily by researchers in the USA/Canada and Europe. Based on the content analysis, the papers were divided into six thematic categories – Airbnb guests, Airbnb hosts, Airbnb supply and its impacts on destinations, Airbnb regulation, Airbnb’s impacts on the tourism sector and the Airbnb company. Consistent findings have begun to emerge on several important topics, including guests’ motivations and the geographical dispersion of listings. However, many research gaps remain, so numerous suggestions for future research are provided. ,By reviewing a large body of literature on a fairly novel and timely topic, this research provides a concise summary of Airbnb knowledge that will assist industry practitioners as they adapt to the recent rapid emergence of Airbnb. ,This is the first paper to review the extant literature specifically about Airbnb. ,本论文旨在审视过去文献对Airbnb的研究-旅游业中最显著发明之一-以衡量迄今为止的研究发展历程。 ,经过大量文献搜索，共132份同行评审型期刊文章，来自不同研究领域，被作者审阅。 每个文章的关键词被摘抄出来，本论文采用内容分析方法来分析文本。 ,经过文献综述，作者发现大多数Airbnb研究都发表在近几年，往往发表在酒店/旅游期刊。 期刊文章作者集中在美国/加拿大和欧洲。 基于内容分析结果，发表的期刊文章被分类在六个主题-Airbnb顾客、Airbnb服务提供主、Airbnb供应商、以及其对旅游目的地的影响，Airbnb规范、Airbnb对旅游行业的影响、以及Airbnb公司。 研究结果还归纳出几项重要的话题，包括顾客动机和民宿地理分布。 然而，大多数研究空缺仍然存在，因此，本论文总结出多项未来研究方向。 ,本论文通过审阅大量较新和及时的文献，对Airbnb的相关知识进行了精准梳理，这个研究结果对从业者适应Airbnb较新较快发展的现象，有着实践意义。 ,本论文是首篇审阅有关Aribnb文献的文章。 ,Airbnb、文献综述、共享经济、P2P、短期出租
Testing Smart City environmental monitoring technology using small scale temporary cities

Exposure to Particulate Matter (PM) has been identified as a major health problem worldwide. Established measurement techniques require equipment costing many thousands of dollars and specialist expertise to maintain. Ongoing research is investigating the use of low cost <$300 sensors to enable greater temporal-spatial density of readings to be taken. There are questions about the suitability and reliability of these low-cost sensors, which can be addressed by deploying and evaluating the sensors in real world applications. Rather than deploying standalone data loggers for each sensor, each air quality monitor is connected to an IoT device to enable real time transmission of data. We propose festival sites as small scale cities to enable a short term deployments and evaluation of sensors. This work illustrates that, if coupled with higher resolution of wind data, low-cost sensors may enable to follow the evolution of pollution hotspots and help the identification of pollution sources. This study, building upon the body of work focused on the evaluation and best practice of using low-cost sensors for PM monitoring. We present data from these IoT devices and experiences gained from using a festival site as a substitute for a city.
Contributing Factors of Consumer Willingness to Pay For Halal Transportation Cost

Â Halal transportation is one of the important elements in halal supply chain to preserve the Halal quality at the point of consumption. However, the adoption of Halal transportation could increase the price of the products. Literatures show that consumers were still willing to pay for Halal logistic cost, but never mentioned which factors that leading to their willingness to pay. Hence, by adopting the Theory of Planned Behavior with additional variables which is religiosity, this study will try to identify determinants to influence the consumer willingness to pay for halal transportation cost. Non-probability sampling technique with convenience sampling method was applied in the study. The findings found that attitude, perceived behavioural control and religiosity have positive effect on consumersâ€™ willingness to pay for Halal transportation cost. To conclude, by understanding the determinants of the consumer willingness to pay for Halal transportation cost, provider can built strategic planning to influence consumer in future.
Spatial Inefficiencies in Africa's Trade Network

I assess the efficiency of transport networks for every country in Africa. Using rich spatial data, I simulate trade flows over more than 70,000 links covering the entire continent. I maximise over the space of networks and find the optimal road system for every African state. My simulations predict that Africa would gain 1.1% of total welfare from better organising its national road systems. I then construct a novel dataset of local network inefficiency and I find that colonial infrastructure projects significantly skew trade networks towards a sub-optimal equilibrium. I also find evidence for regional favouritism and inefficient aid provision.
Role of Bank Characteristics in Determining the Effect of Non-financial Information Disclosure on Bank’s Value on Tobin’s Q Scale: An Applied Study on the Jordanian Commercial Banks

This study aimed at determining the role of bank characteristics in determining the effect of non-financial information disclosure on values of Jordanian commercial banks on Tobin’s q scale. To achieve this goal, the study adopted the analytical descriptive research approach and analyzed the financial reports of the 13 Jordanian commercial banks listed on Amman Stock Exchange Market (ASEM) during the period 2014-2017. To test the hypotheses and achieve the study goal, the data were analyzed using simple linear regression analysis and hierarchical interaction regression analysis. Regression analysis revealed that all the studied commercial banks disclose the non-financial information according to the instructions of institutional governance of the banks. In addition, the analysis showed that there is a positive effect of non-financial disclosure on the values of banks on Tobin’s q scale. Moreover, the results uncovered that the interaction effects of non-financial information disclosure and each of the size, growth, and profitability of the bank foster the positive effects of the individual variables on the values of the banks on Tobin’s q scale. Meanwhile, the study found that the interaction effect of non-financial information disclosure and financial leverage does not affect the values of the banks on Tobin’s q scale.
Extremely Red Objects: An X-Ray Dichotomy

We analyze the X-ray properties of a near-infrared-selected (Ks < 20) sample of spectroscopically identified extremely red objects (EROs; R-Ks > 5) in a region of the Chandra Deep Field-South using the public 1 Ms observation. The 21 objects were classified, on the basis of deep Very Large Telescope spectra, into two categories: 13 dusty star-forming galaxies showing [O II] emission and eight early-type galaxies with absorption features in their optical spectra. Only one emission-line object has been individually detected; its very hard X-ray spectrum and the high intrinsic X-ray luminosity unambiguously reveal the presence of an obscured active galactic nucleus. Stacking analysis of the remaining 12 emission-line objects shows a significant detection with an average luminosity LX ≈ 8 × 1040 ergs s-1 in the rest-frame 2-10 keV band. The stacked counts of the eight passive galaxies do not provide a positive detection. We briefly discuss the implications of the present results for the estimate of the star formation rate in emission-line EROs.
Corruption on the Ropes?: The Effectiveness of EU Leverage in Fighting Corruption in Central and Eastern Europe

SVETOSLAV DERDERYAN: Corruption on the ropes? The effectiveness of EU leverage in fighting corruption in Central and Eastern Europe (Under the direction of Milada Vachudova, Gary Marks, and Liesbet Hooghe) The implementation of the 31 chapters of the aquis communitaire has been credited with the overall alignment of the Central and Eastern European (CEE) postcommunist candidates’ systems of governance with Western European standards. During the accession period CEE countries had huge incentives to comply with EU institutions. However, these incentives decreased once membership was attained and the EU’s leverage correspondingly diminished. This study finds convincing evidence that this was not the case with corruption. Although not including corruption either in the acquis or of the Copenhagen criteria, the EU was able to demand reforms that served to curb corruption levels during the both the candidacy period and after membership. The relative loss of leverage after accession was compensated by continued leverage in terms of conditional EU funds, increased linkages and socializations effects, and spillover effects from the removal of the state from the economy and improvements in the legal systems.