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Electric vehicles and psychology
2021
The popularity of electric vehicles is evidenced by the broad range of manufacturers presenting new models of plug-in hybrid and battery vehicles. However, the success of the revolution or, rather, the rebirth of electric vehicles, is hanging by a thread, as it lacks the involvement of a large number of users, and many psychological mechanisms hinder it. What are users’ true feelings about this new world of vehicles? Are people ready for the fifth level of automation, i.e., fully automatic driving and the absence of the driving position? The purpose of this paper is to present and discuss the psychological aspects that influence the adoption of electric vehicles. Topics such as the chicken …
Crowdfunding in Africa: Opportunities and Challenges
2020
AbstractThe chapter presents the current state of crowdfunding research and practice in Africa while outlining opportunities and challenges associated with them. Conditions of growing popularity of digital and mobile finance, low penetration of traditional financial institutions, and a long cultural heritage of communal mutual support may enhance crowdfunding uptake. On the other hand, conditions of unclear regulation, relatively low levels of internet access, and societies characterized by low social trust may all hinder crowdfunding uptake. Accordingly, African crowdfunding is at its infancy and involves transitory hybrid practices of early adoption, often involving reliance on foreign co…
Tūristu ceļošanas motivācijas un to ietekmējošie faktori.
2018
Bakalaura darba tēma „Tūristu ceļošanas motivācijas un to ietekmējošie faktori”. Bakalaura darba mērķis - pamatojoties uz teorētiskām atziņām un iedzīvotāju aptaujas rezultātiem, izpētīt tūrisma ceļošanas motivācijas un to ietekmējošos faktorus, atklāt nepilnības un sniegt priekšlikumus tūristu piesaistes veicināšanai. Darbs sastāv no 3 nodaļām. Pirmajā nodaļā autore sniedz ar ceļošanas motivāciju saistītu teorētisko aspektu raksturojumu. Otrajā nodaļā tiek sniegta Latvijas iedzīvotāju ceļošanas motivāciju analīze. Trešajā nodaļā autore apkopo Latvijas tūristu ceļošanas iemeslus. Darbs sastāv no 76 lapapusēm, tajā ir iekļautas 17 tabulas, 22 attēli kā arī darbs papildināts ar 2 pielikumiwm.
Why have consumers opposed, postponed, and rejected Innovations during a pandemic? A Study of mobile payment Innovations
2021
The highly infectious nature of the COVID-19 virus has made the use of contactless payment methods a health exigency. Yet, consumers are resisting using mobile payments (m-payments) during the pandemic, a confounding behavior that needs to be better understood. The present study explicates this behavior by examining consumer resistance to m-payments during the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition, it provides more granular findings by measuring three levels of resistance/non-adoption, namely, postponement, opposition, and rejection. In this way, the study adds depth to the literature, which has largely examined resistance at an aggregate level to yield generic findings. Toward this end, the study…
Modeling the Spatial Distribution of Xylella fastidiosa: A Nonstationary Approach with Dispersal Barriers
2022
Spatial species distribution models often assume isotropy and stationarity, implying that spatial dependence is direction-invariant and uniform throughout the study area. However, these assumptions are violated when dispersal barriers are present. Despite this, the issue of nonstationarity has been little explored in the context of plant health. The objective of this study was to evaluate the influence of barriers in the distribution of Xylella fastidiosa in the demarcated area in Alicante, Spain. Occurrence data from 2018 were analyzed through spatial Bayesian hierarchical models. The stationary model, illustrating a scenario without control interventions or geographical features, was com…
Facilitators of and Barriers to Sustainable Development in Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises: A Descriptive Exploratory Study in Romania
2021
In the context of growing concerns regarding the deterioration of the environment and the increase in social inequalities, the concept of sustainability emerged as a response of companies, in order to contribute to community goodwill. The drivers and obstacles for the businesses engaging in sustainable policies have been explored at large by scientific literature. However, research gaps were observed, namely regarding SMEs, that tend to have a less formal and more fragmented approach to sustainability. The goal of our study is to determine the main barriers and facilitators for sustainability that Romanian SMEs face, and the connections between them and with the firms’ characteristics. Our …
Barriers and (im)mobility in Rio de Janeiro
2016
In Rio de Janeiro, immobility or the share of people with no journeys on any given day is very high (46%). Immobility has a marked geographical dimension in what is a segregated city. But income has only limited explanatory power. The population structure, with high proportions of people who are not in the labour force and who are unemployed, accounts for the high levels of immobility in the poor districts. Although population structure effects prevail, spatial factors such as the severance effect also account for differences between districts. Indeed, Rio de Janeiro features many different types of barriers that affect immobility in several districts and for several population groups. The…
Kontiolahtelaisten nuorten toiveet kunnan liikuntapaikoista ja -palveluista
2017
Lauri Kontkanen (2017). Kontiolahtelaisten nuorten toiveet kunnan liikuntapaikoista ja - palveluista. Liikuntapedagogiikan pro gradu -tutkielma. Liikuntatieteellinen tiedekunta. Jyväskylän yliopisto, 68 s, 1 liite. Tausta. Pro gradu -tutkielman tavoitteena oli tutkia nuorten liikuntapaikka ja -palvelutoiveita Kontiolahdella. Tutkimuksessa selvitettiin, mitkä ovat nuorten eniten harrastamat liikuntalajit, ja missä liikuntaseuroissa he liikkuivat. Lisäksi tutkimuksessa tarkasteltiin liikunnan harrastamisen esteitä. Tutkimukseni on jatkoa syksyllä 2013 valmistuneelle Kontiolahden liikuntapaikkasuunnitelmalle, jonka sain kunnalta tehtäväksi. Tässä tutkimuksessa on tarkoitus syventää tietoa last…
Behavioral aspects of the European carbon market
2016
TEMA: El tema de esta tesis doctoral está basado en el campo de las finanzas del comportamiento en donde se proponen teorías basados en la psicología para explicar las anomalías del mercado de valores. Dentro de las finanzas del comportamiento, se supone que la estructura de la información y las características de los participantes del mercado influyen sistemáticamente en las decisiones de inversión de los individuos, así como en los resultados del mercado. Así pues, durante todo el estudio se analizaran ciertos comportamientos psicológicos que podrían afectar al comportamiento del mercado del carbono europeo y que de demostrarse su presencia alteraría la racionalidad de dicho mercado finan…
Entry Barriers of Small and Medium-sized Software Firms in the Japanese Market
2007
The Japanese software market size was 131,773 million U.S. dollars in 2004. Due to limited domestic software production, Japan is highly dependent on imported software products. Despite the market potential for foreign software firms in Japan, almost no research exists on what kind of challenges foreign software firms encounter when they are entering the market. To fill this gap, this paper investigates the entry barriers of small and medium-sized software firms in the Japanese market by using a multi case-study. The findings suggest that most of the barriers are firm-specific and mainly related to firms’ resources and capabilities to operate in the market. The entry barriers encountered al…