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Euro Area Structural Convergence? A Multi-Criterion Cluster Analysis
2015
Abstract This paper proposes a classification of the old member countries of the euro area in a structural data rich environment and run a convergence analysis using the same framework. First, we use a clustering approach and identify two structurally distinct clusters of countries that are not modified between 1999 and 2012: the South Countries Group (SCG) – composed of Greece, Italy, Portugal and Spain – and the Other Countries Group (OCG). Second, we propose a convergence metrics and reach three key findings: (i) increase over time of the between-clusters׳ dispersion; (ii) diverging demographics and innovation performance into the OCG, and (iii) an unfortunate convergence towards high la…
Religion and the Relationship Between Verbal Aggressiveness and Argumentativeness
2012
This study analyzes the influence of sex, education, religion, and religiosity on the relationship between argumentativeness and verbal aggressiveness. Verbal aggressiveness is a less acceptable way to approach disagreement than argumentativeness. Argumentativeness and verbal aggressiveness were not significantly related. Further analysis revealed that male participants were significantly more verbally aggressive, individuals with higher education were less verbally aggressive, and religiosity decreased verbal aggressiveness. Moreover, Mainline Protestants were generally more verbally aggressive than other religious groups.
Key Drivers of Mobile Commerce Adoption. An Exploratory Study of Spanish Mobile Users
2007
Despite dramatic differences between non-store shoppers were discovered, very limited research has been conducted to examine them. This paper analyses the background of M-commerce and key drivers of future Mcommerce decision among Spanish mobile users. Our objective is two-fold: (1) to determine the influence of relations with the Mobile (frequency of Mobile use, length of Mobile use and Mobile affinity), demographics, non-store shopping previous experience (mail, catalogue, Television and Internet) and attitude to M-commerce and its influence on the M-commerce decision and (2) to identify key drivers of future M-commerce intention. We examined data from 606 personal interviews given to Spa…
The Effects of Consumer Demographics and Payment Method Preference on Product Return Frequency and Reasons in Online ShoppingEffects of Consumer Demo…
2021
In online shopping, product returns are very common. In order to reduce them, one must first understand who are making them and why are they being made. In this study, we aim to address these questions by examining product return behaviour from a consumer-centric rather than the more traditional product-centric, retailer-centric, and order-centric perspectives. More specifically, we focus on the effects of four demographic characteristics of consumers (i.e., gender, age, education, and income) as well as their payment method preference on their product return frequency and product return reasons. As the data, we use the responses from 560 Finnish online consumers, which were collected with …
Heart rate variability and self-control—A meta-analysis
2015
Heart rate variability (HRV) has been suggested as a biological correlate of self-control. Whereas many studies found a relationship between HRV at rest and self-control, effect sizes vary substantially across studies in magnitude and direction. This meta-analysis evaluated the association between HRV at rest and self-control in laboratory tasks, with a particular focus on the identification of moderating factors (task characteristics, methodological aspects of HRV assessment, demographics). Overall, 24 articles with 26 studies and 132 effects (n=2317, mean age=22.44, range 18.4-57.8) were integrated (random effects model with robust variance estimation). We found a positive average effect …
Disaster vulnerability by demographics?
2020
This article provides a brief overview of the relationship between disaster vulnerability and demographic variables. Population numbers and densities are examined along with using a gender focus as illustrative of individual characteristics. For the most part, people’s and society’s choices create vulnerabilities based on demographics rather than specific demographic characteristics inevitably conferring vulnerability.
Denoising 3D Models with Attributes using Soft Thresholding
2004
International audience; Recent advances in scanning and acquisition technologies allow the construction of complex models from real world scenes. However, the data of those models are generally corrupted by measurement errors. This paper describes an efficient single pass algorithm for denoising irregular meshes of scanned 3D model surfaces. In this algorithm, the frequency content of the model is assessed by a multiresolution analysis that requires only 1-ring neighbourhood without any particular parameterization of the model faces. Denoising is achieved by applying the soft thresholding method to the detail coefficients given by the multiresolution analysis. Our method is suitable for irr…
URBAN IMAGE | From logo to brand
2018
Corporate image has arised in the last Century as a strategy to assume visual identity and a great power of attraction. By using that strategy, corporations have become a sort of “economic divinity” able to seduce and move the mass of consumers. The aim of the article is to describe how to apply the strategy of corporate image on a pavilion, designed by some students of Hong Kong and Palermo, in order to make it visually relevant and to highlight its strong points, which are connected to light and water. In this perspective, some important cases in the history of design have been anylised with punctual examples, starting from the beginning of Twenty Century to come to todays situation, in w…
Unipa L’immagine della cultura
2017
Nel campo della comunicazione visiva l'immagine aziendale è un mezzo potente per affermare lo stato e l'identità di una società. Infatti, nel ventesimo secolo le aziende più importanti del globo svilupparono ampiamente la loro attività commerciale usando un coordinamento sistematico del design per ogni prodotto e mezzo visivo, dal logo alle testimonianze. L'obiettivo dell'articolo è quello di esaminare come questa strategia, tradizionalmente legata alle società commerciali, possa essere applicata correttamente alle Istituzioni Culturali e, in particolare, alle Università, che sono "corporazioni di cultura". Dopotutto, questi sono concorrenti nella "battaglia delle visibilita" per diversi mo…
La città che comunica
2005
Corporate image is a crucial aspect of public utility communications. Strictly speaking, it involves the image (or identity) of a company insofar as the English word, corporation, corresponds to “company” in Italian. However, in general, its semantic meaning can be used for different agencies, political parties, town councils or cultural assets. Since this issue of the magazine focuses entirely on public utility communications, we can further discuss the meaning of corporate image by considering the Irish town of Cork – the 2005 European Capital of the Culture – as an agency that promotes its cultural identity by using a series of communication strategies.