Evolving role of distribution system operators in end user engagement

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Vasiljevska ◽  
F. Gangale ◽  
A. Mengolini
Keyword(s):  
Distribution System ◽  
User Engagement ◽  
End User

scholarly journals How to Prep a Hāngī: A Framework for End User Engagement Within the Design Process

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Jahmayne Robin-Middleton
Keyword(s):  
Design Process ◽  
Participatory Design ◽  
User Engagement ◽  
Collaborative Approach ◽  
Design Practice ◽  
End User ◽  
Architectural Practice ◽  
Housing Developments ◽  
Architecture And Design

<p>Observations over recent years of New Zealand architectural practice indicate that there is growing interest in tikanga Māori in architecture and design practice.  With significant opportunities now available to support Māori in realising their housing and infrastructural aspirations, there is much discussion surrounding the role of the architect, and how they conduct themselves when working with mana whenua (partisan identifiable tribal groups who hold customary authority over Māori freehold land).  Most agree that working with mana whenua requires a collaborative approach, added to that, an approach that sees significant end user engagement.  To this affect, end user engagement within the design process is the primary subject of the research.  The largely Māori settlement of Kohupātiki is the proposed site for this research. Given the interests of this research and its focus on Māori communities, it is quite appropriate that Kohupātiki be the selected site to drive this research.  The community is made up of 4 main families; the Rapanas, Chadwicks, Punas, and Broughtons, all of whom have a vested (customary) interest in the site as it is potentially about to undergo significant transformations over the next 10-20 years.  Some of these transformations include the improvement of road access to the site, the development of a series of Papakāinga (housing developments on Māori land), and a number of refurbishments to significant communal facilities located on the site’s Marae settlement.  These developments offer significant opportunities for architectural and landscape intervention, and will serve as a vehicle to drive a participatory design process.</p>

scholarly journals How to Prep a Hāngī: A Framework for End User Engagement Within the Design Process

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Jahmayne Robin-Middleton
Keyword(s):  
Design Process ◽  
Participatory Design ◽  
User Engagement ◽  
Collaborative Approach ◽  
Design Practice ◽  
End User ◽  
Architectural Practice ◽  
Housing Developments ◽  
Architecture And Design

<p>Observations over recent years of New Zealand architectural practice indicate that there is growing interest in tikanga Māori in architecture and design practice.  With significant opportunities now available to support Māori in realising their housing and infrastructural aspirations, there is much discussion surrounding the role of the architect, and how they conduct themselves when working with mana whenua (partisan identifiable tribal groups who hold customary authority over Māori freehold land).  Most agree that working with mana whenua requires a collaborative approach, added to that, an approach that sees significant end user engagement.  To this affect, end user engagement within the design process is the primary subject of the research.  The largely Māori settlement of Kohupātiki is the proposed site for this research. Given the interests of this research and its focus on Māori communities, it is quite appropriate that Kohupātiki be the selected site to drive this research.  The community is made up of 4 main families; the Rapanas, Chadwicks, Punas, and Broughtons, all of whom have a vested (customary) interest in the site as it is potentially about to undergo significant transformations over the next 10-20 years.  Some of these transformations include the improvement of road access to the site, the development of a series of Papakāinga (housing developments on Māori land), and a number of refurbishments to significant communal facilities located on the site’s Marae settlement.  These developments offer significant opportunities for architectural and landscape intervention, and will serve as a vehicle to drive a participatory design process.</p>

COMPLEMENTARY PRODUCT CATEGORIZATION AND ITS INFLUENCE ON THE MAKE, BUY, AND ALLY DECISION: AN EXPLORATORY STUDY

2020 ◽  
pp. 2150006
Author(s):  
YAMUNA BABURAJ ◽  
DANIEL TZABBAR ◽  
VADAKE NARAYANAN
Keyword(s):  
Exploratory Study ◽  
User Engagement ◽  
Technology Strategy ◽  
Knowledge Capital ◽  
Complementary Products ◽  
Personal Computing ◽  
Complementary Product ◽  
Computing Industry ◽  
Different Dimensions

The role of complementary products is becoming increasingly important in facilitating innovation and has become a pivotal aspect of an organisation’s technology strategy. To address the lack of a useful framework that captures the different dimensions of product complementarity, this paper proposes a categorization for complementary products centered on user engagement. Based on a sample of 305 make, buy, and ally decisions for 32 primary product firms in the Personal Computing industry, this paper explores the influence of the proposed categorization on its strategy decision for developing complementary products. Results suggest a nuanced categorization of product complementarity adds value to explaining the decision, with the firm’s knowledge capital having a non-trivial influence on it. This paper endeavors to contribute to the literature on platform innovation by examining significance of inter-product relationships on strategy.

EXPRESS: Effects of Payment on User Engagement in Online Courses

2021 ◽  
pp. 002224372110163
Author(s):  
Ali Goli ◽  
Pradeep K. Chintagunta ◽  
S. Sriram
Keyword(s):  
Online Courses ◽  
Massive Open Online Courses ◽  
Full Potential ◽  
User Engagement ◽  
Sunk Cost ◽  
Course Content ◽  
Sunk Cost Effect ◽  
To Receive ◽  
Cost Effect

Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) have the potential to democratize education by improving access. Although retention and completion rates for non-paying users have not been promising, these statistics are much brighter for users who pay to receive a certificate upon completing the course. We investigate whether paying for the certificate option can increase engagement with course content. In particular, we consider two such effects: (a) the certificate effect, which is the boost in motivation to stay engaged in order to receive the certificate; and (b) the sunk-cost effect, which arises solely because the user paid for the course. We use data from over 70 courses offered on the Coursera platform and study the engagement of individual participants at different milestones within each course. The panel nature of the data enables us to include controls for intrinsic differences between non-paying and paying users in terms of their desire to stay engaged. We find evidence that the certificate and sunk-cost effects increase user engagement by approximately 8%-9%, and 17%-20%, respectively. However, whereas the sunk-cost effect is transient and lasts only for a few weeks after payment, the certificate effect lasts until the participant reaches the grade required to be eligible to receive the certificate. We discuss the implications of our findings for how platforms and content creators may want to design course milestones and schedule the payment of course fees. Given that greater engagement tends to improve learning outcomes, our study serves as an important first step in understanding the role of prices and payment in enabling MOOCs to realize their full potential.

scholarly journals Lack of Change Information and End User Grumbling: Mediating Role of Fear of Unknown and Moderating Role of Emotional Regulation

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 1-15
Author(s):  
Rida Bangash ◽  
Kausar Fiaz Khawaja ◽  
Sumayya Chughtai
Keyword(s):  
Emotional Regulation ◽  
Statistical Tests ◽  
Self Regulation ◽  
Successful Implementation ◽  
End User ◽  
User Resistance ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Moderating Role

User resistance is a complex phenomenon and is considered a major constraint towards the successful implementation and usage of information technology. Hence, in order to investigate the factors that may lead to user resistance; the current study proposes and investigates the mediating role of fear of unknown between lack of change information and end-user grumbling, and the moderating role of emotional regulation between the relationship. Emotional self-regulation theory has been used as an overarching theory that explains the research model proposed and tested in the study. Using a Quantitative approach, the survey was conducted and data was collected from 334 users of FBR systems. With the help of SPSS and MACRO PROCESS, statistical tests were conducted and links were tested. Results revealed that all hypotheses were accepted. Along with these discussions, research implications and recommendations are also provided.

scholarly journals Environmental marketing as an optimal system of marketing and certification as a part of commodity policy

2021 ◽  
pp. 189-195
Author(s):  
A. Rashchenko
Keyword(s):  
Distribution System ◽  
Distribution Channels ◽  
Main Role ◽  
Environmental Characteristics ◽  
Sales Channel ◽  
The Core ◽  
Environmental Marketing ◽  
Certification Procedure ◽  
Enterprise Policy

The article reveals some aspects of environmental marketing. The issue of choosing the optimal sales system and certification as part of enterprise policy is studied. It is established that products with excellent environmental characteristics, when organizing the system of its distribution often require specific conditions of storage of goods and compliance with certain rules in its sale. It was found that in order to choose the distribution channels of environmentally friendly products was optimal, it is necessary to follow a certain algorithm. Firstly, it is advisable to have a clearly defined purpose of organizing the sales channel. Secondly, to formulate the conditions and restrictions under which a certain distribution system is chosen. Thirdly, determine sales goals and measures to achieve them. The developed algorithm will ensure compliance of the selected system with environmental, economic, and consumer criteria for the operation of the enterprise within the concept of environmental marketing. Within the concept of environmental marketing, the certification procedure is a means of confirming the presence in the products or activities of the enterprise of different environmental characteristics, which are the core of product policy and are declared in communications. The main role of certification in the formation of demand and promotion of pro-environmental products is to disseminate information about certain characteristics of products or activities of the enterprise and confirm the reliability of such information. The effectiveness of certification as a tool of environmental marketing is to provide consumers and other members of the contact audience with certain guarantees to ensure that all stages of production (or product components) meet certain standards or requirements, as well as minimize the likelihood that the company will adversely affect the environment.

scholarly journals Work Process of Bring Your Own Device to Support Green Computing

2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 137
Author(s):  
Mohd Yusri Jusoh ◽  
Haryani Haron ◽  
Jasber Kaur
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Green Computing ◽  
Bring Your Own Device ◽  
End User ◽  
Work Process ◽  
New Approach ◽  
Work Activities ◽  
Portfolio Development ◽  
Role Of It

Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) is a new approach to optimize the use of Information Technology (IT) devices to carry out their work task. The study of BYOD is focused on work activities that perform by IT worker using IT device in public sector. Work activities can provide important insights into IT device portfolio development, end-user segmentation process and the role of IT workers in public sector. The propose of this study is to explore work process of bringing your own devices to support green computing. A conceptual framework of BYOD work process in public sector through integration of IT devices and end-user segmentation to support green computing was developed based on systematic literature review to highlight the implementation of BYOD. This framework considers that work activities based on IT worker, IT device portfolio and end-user segmentation are the main key for public sector to support green computing. This framework is an initial research for researchers and practitioners to further examine BYOD practices in public sector. In addition, to highlight an important gap, this paper explains how different work activities using different IT device influence the IT worker to select the suitable IT device for BYOD that support green computing.

scholarly journals AgFact: Linking farmers with facts

1997 ◽  
pp. 145-147
Author(s):  
G.I. Ogle ◽  
A.L. Craigie ◽  
M.J. Baker
Keyword(s):  
Service Sector ◽  
The Other ◽  
Information Need ◽  
End User ◽  
Information Base ◽  
The Public ◽  
High Profile ◽  
Key Issues ◽  
Distribution Chain

The AgLINK bulletin series dominated all agricultural and horticultural information publications from the late 1960s to the late 1980s, when it was discontinued. The collapse of such a high profile series raises questions about the viability of such a mechanism for linking farmers with facts. This failure highlights three key issues: the need to define and allocate the costs based on who benefits; the appropriate positioning of parties within the distribution chain; and a quality specification to which bulletins must adhere. We consider that AgFACT, the AgResearch pastoral agriculture information base which superseded AgLINK in 1997, should largely be cost neutral to science groups in AgResearch. However, the resources for providing information need to be met by science programmes, a cost which is outweighed by the opportunity to communicate with science stakeholders. The costs of distribution and retail need to fall with the other parties who benefit from the dissemination of this information - the retailer and the end user. We also consider that the role of AgResearch is in manufacture rather than sales to the public, which is best done by the agricultural service sector. AgFACT must maintain tight specifications, to ensure that it is relevant to farmers and other users, accurate and unbiased, and up to date. The penalty for not doing so is a loss of value and, moreover, a risk of it becoming a public liability. Keywords: AgFACT, AgLINK, agricultural information, information base, technology transfer

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