Perceived financial constraints and normative influence: discretionary purchase decisions across cultures

Russian policy makers argue that agriculture suffers from decapitalization due to financial constraints faced by producers. This view is the basis for the national agricultural policy, which emphasizes reimbursement of input costs and substitutes government and quasi-government organizations for missing market institutions. The article evaluates the availability of purchased farm inputs, the efficiency of their use, the main problems in the emergence of market institutions, and the impact of government policies. The analysis focuses on five groups of purchased inputs: farm machinery, fertilizers, fuel, seeds, and animal feed. The information sources include official statistics and data from two original surveys.

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Ties to the outside: An exploration of faculty interactions with external organizations

Higher Education Politics & Economics ◽

10.32674/hepe.v4i1.9 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 4 (1) ◽

pp. 295-313 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Karley A Riffe

Keyword(s):

Study Design ◽

Financial Constraints ◽

Academic Discipline ◽

Faculty Members ◽

Faculty Work ◽

Case Study Design ◽

Low Resource ◽

Faculty Interactions ◽

Embedded Case Study

Faculty work now includes market-like behaviors that create research, teaching, and service opportunities. This study employs an embedded case study design to evaluate the extent to which faculty members interact with external organizations to mitigate financial constraints and how those relationships vary by academic discipline. The findings show a similar number of ties among faculty members in high- and low-resource disciplines, reciprocity between faculty members and external organizations, and an expanded conceptualization of faculty work.

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Analisa Pengaruh Motivasi Konsumen, Persepsi Kualitas, Dan Sikap Konsumen Terhadap Keputusan Pembelian Sepeda Motor PT. Yamaha Indonesia MFG

CICES ◽

10.33050/cices.v5i2.619 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 5 (2) ◽

pp. 188-203

Author(s):

Ria Wulandari ◽

M. Ifran Sanni ◽

Dani Ramadhan

Keyword(s):

Decision Making ◽

Regression Analysis ◽

Qualitative Analysis ◽

Purchase Decisions ◽

Analysis Method ◽

Purchasing Decisions ◽

Processing Data ◽

Customer Purchases ◽

Customer Attitudes ◽

Quantitative And Qualitative Methods

This research is motivated by a decline in motorcycle sales produced by PT. Yamaha Indonesia MFG in the 2014-2018 period. In this research there was a decrease in the decision on the power of interest in customer purchases on PT. Yamaha Indonesia MFG so that later can be analyzed in the formulation of this paper, that how customer take motorcycle purchase decisions amid the phenomenon of competition and increasingly crowded sales rivalries. The purpose of this research was to analyze the influence of motivation, perceived quality, and customer attitudes toward decisions in purchasing Yamaha motorbikes. This research uses quantitative and qualitative methods. The respondents in this research were 100 people who could meet one to five criteria consisting of; initiator (initiator), influencer (influencer), decision making (decider), purchase (buyer), user (user) motorcycle production PT. Yamaha Indonesia MFG. There are 3 hypotheses formulated and tested using the Regression Analysis method. In qualitative analysis it is obtained from the interpretation of processing data by providing information and explanation. In the results of this research shows the results of Motivation, Quality Perception, and Customer Attitudes have a relationship that has a significant impact on Purchasing Decisions.

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