scholarly journals Estimation of the Remaining Value for Grape Harvesters Based on Second-Hand European Market Online Data

Agronomy ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (9) ◽  
pp. 1802
Author(s):  
Wilson Valente da Costa Neto ◽  
Pilar Barreiro Elorza
Keyword(s):  
Normal Distribution ◽  
Developing Country ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
European Market ◽  
Online Data ◽  
Machine Age ◽  
American Society ◽  
Agricultural Machines

Assessing the remaining value (RV) of agricultural machines is essential to compute the depreciation costs, especially in the second-hand market, although previous scientific studies have employed the scrap value as an estimate of RV (10 years of life). Since Brazil, a developing country, is at the very first steps of the process of grape harvest mechanization, it is likely that second-hand grape harvesters will be mainly machines that will be imported and employed for this task. ASABE has developed a methodology to evaluate RV based on an experimental formula that takes into account the auction value, the age and the intensity of annual use. Our work adjusted the RV coefficients for grape harvesters based on the online European market (Spain and France) considering 1290 visited reporting brands, models, ages, hours of use and sale value, refined to 89 unique records. For self-propelled grape harvesters, two types of ownership were identified based on the normal distribution of annual use intensity: private owners (22) and farm service providers (6), with an average RV of 28% and 40% of auction value, respectively. For trailed harvesters, the average RV for a machine age shorter than 13.5 years was 36% of the auction value compared to 12.5% for a life of more than 24 years. The performance of the RV models (R2) based on the formulation of ASABE (American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers) amounted to 0.86 and 0.85 for self-propelled and trailed harvesters.

User categories of mobile travel services

2014 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-30 ◽  
Author(s):  
Niklas Eriksson
Keyword(s):  
Online Survey ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Mobile Services ◽  
Individual Characteristics ◽  
Online Data ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Travel Services ◽  
Online Data Collection ◽  
Barriers To Use ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose – This study aims to identify user categories of mobile travel services and analyze the differences between the categories based on individual characteristics, the individuals' perceived barriers to use internet-/mobile services during a trip and the individuals' preferred channel strategies. Design/methodology/approach – An extensive online survey in Finland was conducted to collect the data and a cluster analysis is used to identify the user categories. Findings – The study indicates that there are four user categories of mobile travel services: “info-seekers”, “checkers”, “bookers” and “all-rounders” and one group of “non-users”. Research limitations/implications – Due to the online data collection method and the self-selective process, the sample may be biased towards respondents finding electronic travel services important. It would be of value to conduct similar studies on a representative sample of the total population of different countries. Practical implications – The identified categories can be seen as consumer segments for which travel service providers can target mobile services. Originality/value – This study contributes with a categorization of mobile travelers and provides insights on the diffusion of mobile travel services.

Growth prospects, market challenges and policy measures: evolution of mobile broadband in Pakistan

2018 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 42-61 ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad Shehzad Hanif ◽  
Shao Yunfei ◽  
Muhammad Imran Hanif
Keyword(s):  
Developing Country ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Supply And Demand ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Mobile Broadband ◽  
Broadband Service ◽  
Policy Measures ◽  
The Government

Purpose The paper aims to explore the long-term prospects of mobile broadband adoption in a developing country. The supply-side and demand-side policy measures are recommended to counter the challenges to broadband adoption. Design/methodology/approach Methodologically, this study uses document analysis to explain secondary data including growth statistics, trade literature and previous scholarly research. Based on the growth statistics of broadband and the informed market insights, the research discusses the prevailing market threats and recommends counter measures to improve the long-term prospects of broadband propagation. Findings The growth of mobile broadband is settling down in Pakistan due to various barriers like cost, literacy, security and unavailability of local content. Collaborative efforts are required by the government, the service providers and the people to enhance the adoption of broadband service and secure economic benefits of the broadband. Practical implications The research offers useful implications for managers and policymakers in Asian and African developing countries; the policy measures discussed here may serve as guidelines for them in the design of their own policies regarding broadband supply and demand. Originality/value The study makes an effort to examine the broadband growth in a developing country on the basis of both quantitative and qualitative aspects. The research endeavors to fill the gap on the particular scholarship of research covering potential uptake of broadband services and the effects of constraining elements to broadband adoption in a developing country.

scholarly journals Re: Privacy; investigating the accessibility of online legal documents in relation to the privacy paradox

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Elizabeth Ivy Calvert
Keyword(s):  
Service Providers ◽  
Personal Privacy ◽  
Delivery Methods ◽  
Online Data ◽  
Official Document ◽  
Policy Documents ◽  
Motivation To Read ◽  
Legal Documents ◽  
Internet Users ◽  
Time Required

<p>Website Terms of Service and Privacy Policy documents are the delivery methods employed by online services to inform internet users of how information is treated on their platform. When users fail to read or understand these documents, many issues can arise. These issues take shape in the form of unwillingness to use services, misunderstandings of how online data is treated, and/or user concerns for personal privacy. Currently, the leading factors influencing user motivation to read these documents include (but are not limited to) document length, complicated language, and time required to read. To encourage users to engage with these documents, this research investigates the delivery methods service providers use to present these legal documents online. During the course of this investigation, the proposal of a new method of presenting website Privacy Policies to users is explored. This tool, ‘Re: Privacy’, was developed with the aim of increasing user awareness of online data treatment, whilst minimising the factors that dissuade users from reading the official document. Published alongside Re: Privacy is a comprehensive analysis of website legal documents and user understanding of these documents. This analysis also provides an investigation into user understanding of current website legal documents, and how user understanding can be improved.</p>

A Cloud Computing-Based Model of E-Commerce Adoption for Developing Countries

2021 ◽  
pp. 300-318
Author(s):  
Ghada Refaat El Said
Keyword(s):  
Cloud Computing ◽  
Developing Countries ◽  
Developing Country ◽  
Credit Card ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Delivery Systems ◽  
Empirical Validation ◽  
Telecommunications Infrastructure ◽  
Proposed Model

While e-commerce can contribute significantly to the economies of developing countries, challenges may include a lack of telecommunications infrastructure, low Internet and credit card penetration, lack of skilled professionals and insufficient delivery systems. Cloud computing offers a solution to most of these challenges, providing access to a low-cost, reliable and flexible internet-based infrastructure. However, there is little empirical validation of the adoption of cloud computing in e-commerce; to bridge that gap, the present study proposes a cloud-based model of e-commerce adoption. Based on a survey of leaders of 175 small, medium, and large ICT firms in Egypt, a developing country where e-commerce is expected to boom in the coming years, the proposed model empirically validates organizational, technical and contextual factors that would make e-commerce adoption more effective for business, governments and service providers.

scholarly journals Re: Privacy; investigating the accessibility of online legal documents in relation to the privacy paradox

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Elizabeth Ivy Calvert
Keyword(s):  
Service Providers ◽  
Personal Privacy ◽  
Delivery Methods ◽  
Online Data ◽  
Official Document ◽  
Policy Documents ◽  
Motivation To Read ◽  
Legal Documents ◽  
Internet Users ◽  
Time Required

<p>Website Terms of Service and Privacy Policy documents are the delivery methods employed by online services to inform internet users of how information is treated on their platform. When users fail to read or understand these documents, many issues can arise. These issues take shape in the form of unwillingness to use services, misunderstandings of how online data is treated, and/or user concerns for personal privacy. Currently, the leading factors influencing user motivation to read these documents include (but are not limited to) document length, complicated language, and time required to read. To encourage users to engage with these documents, this research investigates the delivery methods service providers use to present these legal documents online. During the course of this investigation, the proposal of a new method of presenting website Privacy Policies to users is explored. This tool, ‘Re: Privacy’, was developed with the aim of increasing user awareness of online data treatment, whilst minimising the factors that dissuade users from reading the official document. Published alongside Re: Privacy is a comprehensive analysis of website legal documents and user understanding of these documents. This analysis also provides an investigation into user understanding of current website legal documents, and how user understanding can be improved.</p>

scholarly journals Analisis Ketertarikan Generasi Milenial pada Longform Journalism Visual Interaktif Kompas

Koneksi ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 414
Author(s):  
Desy Kristi Yanti ◽  
Eko Harry Susanto
Keyword(s):  
Service Providers ◽  
Young Generation ◽  
Online Data ◽  
Internet Service ◽  
Online Networks ◽  
Digital Era ◽  
Internet Users ◽  
News Writing ◽  
Depth Interviews

In 2016, Kompas initiated a new journalistic product, namely news writing, a type of longform journalism called Virtual Interactive Compass (VIK). This platform is designed in such a way as to present in-depth news writing and enriched with interactivity elements from the multimedia aspect. Millennials are one of the young generation who live in the digital era and online networks. The Indonesian Internet Service Providers Association (APJII) declared this generation as the most internet users as of October 2016. The purpose of this study is to find out what factors are becoming millennial interest in VIK through four aspects, namely modality, accessability, interactivity, navigability. This research is a descriptive qualitative research with case study method. Data collection techniques in this study used in-depth interviews, literature studies, and also online data search. The results of this study are changes in the form of in-depth news writing type preferred by the melenial generation, VIK longform journalism news presentation is considered informative and interesting with multimedia elements by millennials, and millennial generation is proven in daily use of gadgets, as well as finding information. Di Tahun 2016, Kompas menggagas sebuah produk jurnalistik baru yaitu penulisan berita jenis longform journalismyang diberi nama Virtual Interaktif Kompas (VIK). Platform ini dirancang sedemikian rupa untuk menyajikan tulisan berita yang mendalam dan diperkaya dengan unsur interaktivitas dari aspek multimedia. Kaum Milenial merupakan salah satu generasi muda yang hidup dalam era digital serta jaringan online. Asosiasi Penyelenggara Jasa Internet Indonesia (APJII) menyatakan generasi ini sebagai pengguna Internet terbanyak per Oktober 2016. Tujuan dari penelitian ini ingin mengetahui faktor apa yang menjadi ketertarikan generasi milenial pada VIK melalui empat aspek yaitu modality, accessabillity, interactivity, navigability. Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian kualitatif deskriptif dengan metode studi kasus. Teknik pengumpulan data dalam penelitian ini menggunakan wawancara mendalam, studi pustaka, dan juga penelusuran data online. Hasil dari penelitian ini adalah perubahan bentuk penulisan berita mendalam jenis longform disukai oleh generasi melenial, penyajian berita longform journalism VIK dinilai informatif serta menarik dengan unsur multimedia oleh milenial, dan generasi milenial terbukti dalam kesehariannya selalu menggunakan gadget, begitu juga dalam hal mencari informasi.  

Effect of gratification on user attitude and continuance use of mobile payment services: a developing country context

2020 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 353-380
Author(s):  
Muftawu Dzang Alhassan ◽  
Emmanuel Awuni Kolog ◽  
Richard Boateng
Keyword(s):  
Developing Country ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Developing Economies ◽  
Moderating Effect ◽  
Ease Of Use ◽  
Mobile Payment ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Moderating Factors ◽  
Payment Services

Purpose This study aims to investigate the gratifications driving the attitude and continuance use of mobile payment services in developing country context, such as Ghana. Also, the moderating effect of income and education on gratifications and attitude of users is explored. Design/methodology/approach Data was collected from conveniently sampled 361 users of mobile payment services in Ghana. A questionnaire, which mainly contains five-point Likert scale questions, was used to collect the data. The study adopted the Uses and Gratification (U&G) theory, where income and education were used as moderating factors. The data was analysed with SmartPLS for Structural Equation Modelling. Findings Among the other factors from the U&G theory, integrative, ease of use and usefulness gratifications were found to significantly influence attitude towards the use of mobile payment services in Ghana. In addition to this finding, user attitude significantly influences the continuance use intention of mobile payment services. Furthermore, the study revealed various effects of the moderating factors. These findings suggest that promoting mobile payment technology inclusiveness by creating a favourable environment would enhance the use of mobile payment services in Ghana. Research limitations/implications Given that this study was conducted in Ghana, a developing country, it is difficult to generalize the results to encompass the developed economies. In future, similar research should compare the developed and developing economies by considering culture as a moderating effect. Practical implications This study intends to provide information on the gratifications that drive the attitude and continuance use of mobile payment services in Ghana. The findings seek to augment mobile money service providers’ capabilities by providing them with an understanding of user gratification experience on mobile payment services. Additionally, the study will serve as a guide to policymakers in the government, telecommunication companies and mobile banking providers, to improve customer intimacy and gratification through their user behaviour. Originality/value Previous studies on user gratification have primarily focussed on the functional benefits derived from mobile payments and how they influence the service’s adoption. This study has contributed to literature by considering both the functional and non-functional benefits of mobile payment in developing country context. To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this study is the first to consider income and education as moderating variables to study the gratification levels of mobile payment users in Ghana and among few in Africa.

scholarly journals From CSR to Customer Loyalty: An Empirical Investigation in the Retail Banking Industry of a Developing Country

2017 ◽  
Vol 64 (3) ◽  
pp. 307-323 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ovidiu-Ioan Moisescu
Keyword(s):  
Developing Country ◽  
Customer Loyalty ◽  
Latent Variables ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Banking Industry ◽  
Multiple Regression Model ◽  
Retail Banking ◽  
Corporate Social ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Practical Implications

Abstract The objective of the current paper is to investigate the impact of customers’ perceptions of their service providers’ corporate social responsibility (CSR) on customer loyalty, bringing relevant and useful insights regarding the nature of this relationship in the retail banking industry, and in the particular context of a developing country. The objective was accomplished by planning and implementing a consumer survey among a sample of 1449 Romanian retail banking customers, using an item-pool drawn up from the literature. The observed variables were grouped into several reflective latent variables, and afterwards included into a multiple regression model. The results indicate that customers’ loyalty towards retail banking companies is significantly and positively impacted by how customers perceive their providers’ CSR. Moreover, analyzing each category of responsibilities individually, banks’ responsibility towards their customers can be emphasized as being the most important dimension in our research context. The results convey practical implications for customer loyalty enhancement in a European developing country’s retail banking industry, by identifying those CSR dimensions on which organizations should focus on within their CSR policies implementation and communication.

Effect of word of mouth on m-payment service adoption: a developing country case study

2021 ◽  
pp. 026666692199970
Author(s):  
Tazizur Rahman ◽  
Mijin Noh ◽  
Yang Sok Kim ◽  
Choong Kwon Lee
Keyword(s):  
Developing Country ◽  
Word Of Mouth ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Influential Factors ◽  
Mediating Effect ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Mobile Payment ◽  
Intention To Use ◽  
Security Risk ◽  
Service Adoption

This study determines influential factors that account for mobile payment service adoption in a developing country and assesses the mediating effect of word of mouth on this platform. Our model combines multi-dimensions of trust and risk, and word of mouth to predict the target population’s use intention and use behavior. We use the structural equation modeling method to analyze the data collected by an online survey of 392 respondents who use mobile payment services in Bangladesh. This study’s results reveal that trust in service providers, trust in service, privacy risk, and security risk have significant impacts on the intention to use. The findings also indicate that word of mouth mediates the direct impacts of trust in service providers, trust in apps, and security risk on the intention to use. In addition, importance-performance map analysis depicts that word of mouth is the most critical performing factor, but performance is comparatively low.

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