Does it matter who gives information? The impact of information sources on farmers’ pesticide use in China

2021 ◽  
pp. 101345
Author(s):  
Dan Pan ◽  
Ning Zhang ◽  
Fanbin Kong
Keyword(s):  
Information Sources ◽  
Pesticide Use ◽  
The Impact

Markets for Purchased Farm Inputs

2005 ◽  
pp. 60-71
Author(s):  
E. Serova ◽  
O. Shick
Keyword(s):  
Agricultural Policy ◽  
Financial Constraints ◽  
Information Sources ◽  
Animal Feed ◽  
Government Policies ◽  
Market Institutions ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Government Organizations ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Farm Inputs

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.

Learning Environments: A Review of Physical and Temporal Factors

1983 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 90-115 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sydney S. Zentall
Keyword(s):  
Learning Environments ◽  
Environmental Variables ◽  
Information Sources ◽  
Classroom Performance ◽  
Exceptional Children ◽  
Normal Children ◽  
Color Noise ◽  
Environmental Stimulation ◽  
And Performance ◽  
The Impact

A theoretical integration of research concerned with environmental variables and their effects on students’ behavior and performance is presented. The impact of classroom stimuli, such as novelty, color, noise, proximity to teacher and peers on both normal and exceptional children is reviewed. The relation between these sources of classroom stimulation and information sources (i.e., type of task and access to material, person, and role resources) is also discussed. Large deviations from optimal levels of environmental stimulation, which more often occur for exceptional than for normal children, will produce attentional and activity disruptions sufficient to interfere with classroom performance and social interaction.

Chinese consumer preference for processed food quality attributes and the impact of trust in information sources

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Erpeng Wang ◽  
Zhifeng Gao ◽  
Xuqi Chen
Keyword(s):  
Food Quality ◽  
Private Information ◽  
Information Sources ◽  
Consumer Preference ◽  
Quality Attributes ◽  
Processed Food ◽  
Sources Of Information ◽  
Content Type ◽  
And Behavior ◽  
The Impact

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to determine important attributes of processed food, consumers’ trust in different information resources, and the impact of trust, demographic and behavior variables on the preference of processed food attributes among Chinese consumers.Design/methodology/approachData of 1,267 participants were collected from four cities in China. A five-point Likert scale was used to measure consumer preference for 12 juice attributes. Consumer trust in nine sources of information on product quality was measured. Cluster analysis was used to segment consumers into groups based on their preference for juice attributes and trust in information sources, respectively. A multinomial logistic model was used to determine the impact of trust, demographic and behavior variables on the preference of juice attributes.FindingsConsumers rate manufacture date, taste and food safety labels as the most important attributes of fruit juice products. Among different information sources, consumers place more trust in private information sources and traditional media. The low trust in different information sources impedes consumer preference for processed food quality attributes.Originality/valueThis research is among the few that examine consumer preference for processed food, such as juice. It identifies four distinct preference groups and trust groups, respectively, based on consumer preference for juice attributes and trust in different information sources. This paper provides important information for processed food companies and policymakers to effectively enact marketing strategies in China.

Mobile Advertising

2017 ◽  
pp. 61-78 ◽  
Author(s):  
Evrim Çeltek
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Process ◽  
Information Sources ◽  
Multimedia System ◽  
Mobile Multimedia ◽  
Mobile Advertising ◽  
Communication Techniques ◽  
Interactive Entertainment ◽  
Game Format ◽  
And Behavior ◽  
The Impact

Information sources for business activities have changed greatly over the last decade principally as a result of the impact of latest media and technologies. The utility of written media, like guides and brochures has been questioned. Traditional communication techniques are decreasing effectiveness and marketers are seeking inventive application to draw in customer. Advergames are a kind of branded entertainment that features advertising messages, logos and trade character in a game format and mobile advergames use interactive mobile multimedia system to make interactive entertainment that advertises or promotes product or services by embedding brand messages within the game action. Therefore, the potential effects of interactive promotions like advergame and mobile advergame on tourist's higher cognitive process and behavior is also important. The aim of this study is to supply an understanding of the qualities and potentials of the mobile advergame as an advertising and promoting tool for the tourism business.

The Impact of Online and Offline Information Sources on Automobile Choice Behavior

2012 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 167-175 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gauri Kulkarni ◽  
Brian T. Ratchford ◽  
P.K. Kannan
Keyword(s):  
Choice Behavior ◽  
Information Sources ◽  
The Impact

scholarly journals The Microeconomic Impact of IPM Adoption: Theory and Application

1996 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 149-160 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jorge Fernandez-Cornejo
Keyword(s):  
Integrated Pest Management ◽  
Pest Management ◽  
Pesticide Use ◽  
Profit Function ◽  
Fresh Market ◽  
General Applicability ◽  
Adoption Theory ◽  
Insignificant Effect ◽  
The Impact

This paper develops a methodology to calculate the impact of integrated pest management (IPM) on pesticide use, yields, and farm profits. The methodology is applied to the IPM adoption among fresh market tomato producers in eight states. The method is of general applicability. It accounts for self-selectivity and simultaneity, and the pesticide demand and yield equations are theoretically consistent with a profit function. The results support the notion that fresh market tomato growers who adopt IPM for insects and diseases apply significantly less insecticides and fungicides, respectively, than do those who do not adopt IPM; IPM adoption has an insignificant effect on yields and a small effect on profits.

The impact of alternate information sources on compensation satisfaction

1990 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 357-364 ◽  
Author(s):  
John A. Lust ◽  
Stephen J. Werling
Keyword(s):  
Information Sources ◽  
Compensation Satisfaction ◽  
The Impact

scholarly journals Customer journey analyses in digital media: exploring the impact of cross-media exposure on customers' purchase decisions

2020 ◽  
Vol 31 (3) ◽  
pp. 489-508
Author(s):  
Jan F. Klein ◽  
Yuchi Zhang ◽  
Tomas Falk ◽  
Jaakko Aspara ◽  
Xueming Luo
Keyword(s):  
Digital Media ◽  
Information Search ◽  
Information Sources ◽  
Media Exposure ◽  
Purchase Decisions ◽  
Information Structures ◽  
Customer Journey ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Cross Media ◽  
The Impact

PurposeIn the age of digital media, customers have access to vast digital information sources, within and outside a company's direct control. Yet managers lack a metric to capture customers' cross-media exposure and its ramifications for individual customer journeys. To solve this issue, this article introduces media entropy as a new metric for assessing cross-media exposure on the individual customer level and illustrates its effect on consumers' purchase decisions.Design/methodology/approachBuilding on information and signalling theory, this study proposes the entropy of company-controlled and peer-driven media sources as a measure of cross-media exposure. A probit model analyses individual-level customer journey data across more than 25,000 digital and traditional media touchpoints.FindingsCross-media exposure, measured as the entropy of information sources in a customer journey, drives purchase decisions. The positive effect is particularly pronounced for (1) digital (online) versus traditional (offline) media environments, (2) customers who currently do not own the brand and (3) brands that customers perceive as weak.Practical implicationsThe proposed metric of cross-media exposure can help managers understand customers' information structures in pre-purchase phases. Assessing the consequences of customers' cross-media exposure is especially relevant for service companies that seek to support customers' information search efforts. Marketing agencies, consultancies and platform providers also need actionable customer journey metrics, particularly in early stages of the journey.Originality/valueService managers and marketers can integrate the media entropy metric into their marketing dashboards and use it to steer their investments in different media types. Researchers can include the metric in empirical models to explore customers' omni-channel journeys.

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