Determinants and Cross-National Moderators of Wearable Health Tracker Adoption: A Meta-Analysis

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (23) ◽  
pp. 13328
Author(s):  
Chenming Peng ◽  
Hong Zhao ◽  
Sha Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Health Management ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Quantitative Review ◽  
Regulatory Quality ◽  
Technological Characteristics ◽  
National Characteristics ◽  
Positive Correlations ◽  
And Control ◽  
Control Of Corruption ◽  
Cross National

Wearable health trackers improve people’s health management and thus are beneficial for social sustainability. Many prior studies have contributed to the knowledge on the determinants of wearable health tracker adoption. However, these studies vary remarkably in focal determinants and countries of data collection, leading to a call for a structured and quantitative review on what determinants are generally important, and whether and how their effects on adoption vary across countries. Therefore, this study performed the first meta-analysis on the determinants and cross-national moderators of wearable health tracker adoption. This meta-analysis accumulated 319 correlations between nine determinants and adoption from 59 prior studies in 18 countries/areas. The meta-analytic average effects of the determinants revealed the generalized effect and the relative importance of each determinant. For example, technological characteristics generally had stronger positive correlations with adoption than consumer characteristics, except for privacy risk. Second, drawing on institutional theory, it was observed that cross-national characteristics regarding socioeconomic status, regulative systems, and cultures could moderate the effects of the determinants on adoption. For instance, the growth rate of gross domestic product decreased the effect of innovativeness on adoption, while regulatory quality and control of corruption could increase this effect.

scholarly journals Institutional Analysis of Shadow Economy (Study on ASEAN 7 Developing Countries)

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 55
Author(s):  
Ana Rahmawati Wibowo ◽  
Wiwin Indrayanti
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Rule Of Law ◽  
Shadow Economy ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Political Stability ◽  
Government Effectiveness ◽  
Regulatory Quality ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
And Control ◽  
Control Of Corruption

This study aims to analyze the institutional variables of governance in ASEAN 7 developing countries. The independent variables consist of Voice and Accountability, Political Stability and Absence of Violence, Government Effectiveness, Regulatory Quality, Rule of Law and Control of Corruption, while shadow economy is dependent variable. The data used in this study are quantitative data and secondary data by using program Stata 14, the analysis technique used is multiple linear regression panel data. The results show that Voice and accountability has a negative and significant effect on the shadow economy as well as Political stability, Government effectiveness and Control of corruption on the other side. Regulatory quality has a positive and significant effect on the amount of shadow economy. Meanwhile, Rule of law no significant effect on the shadow economy. Underlying the results, the study arranges some policy to reduce negative effect of shadow economy.

scholarly journals PENGARUH ELEMEN GOOD GOVERNANCE TERHADAP TINGKAT KORUPSI DI ASIA TENGGARA

2020 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 96-114
Author(s):  
Dinda Ayu Dizrisa ◽  
Sudrajat Sudrajat ◽  
Niken Kusumawardani
Keyword(s):  
Rule Of Law ◽  
Good Governance ◽  
Linear Regression Analysis ◽  
Political Stability ◽  
Multiple Linear Regression Analysis ◽  
Economic Problem ◽  
Regulatory Quality ◽  
The Government ◽  
And Control ◽  
Control Of Corruption

Corruption is a complex social, political and economic problem and occurs in every country with different levels. Corruption will complicate democracy and governance of a country. To overcome the problem of corruption, the government must implement good governance. This study aims to provide empirical evidence regarding the effect of elements of good governance on the level of corruption in Southeast Asia. Good governance variables are presented by six variables: voice and accountability, political stability and absence of violence / terrorism, government effectiveness, regulatory quality, rule of law and control of corruption. Meanwhile, the level of corruption is measured using the Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI). The research sample was selected using the purposive sampling method and produced a sample of 8 countries and the observation period was carried out in 2009-2018 or as many as 10 years, so the number of samples in this study were 80 samples. Corruption level data used in this study uses the Corruption Perceptions Index (Transparency International), while the good governance data used in this study uses the Worldwide Governance Indicators (World Bank). The research methodology used in this study is multiple linear regression analysis with the IBM SPSS Statistics 24 program. The results showed that the variable voice and accountability, political stability and absence of violence / terrorism, and rule of law had no effect on the level of corruption, whereas the government variable effectiveness, regulatory quality, and control of corruption affect the level of corruption.

scholarly journals Increasing Supply of Tradable Goods in the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA)

2015 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 73-117
Author(s):  
Macleans Mzumara
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Direct Investment ◽  
Rule Of Law ◽  
Direct Investment ◽  
Institutional Quality ◽  
Political Stability ◽  
Government Effectiveness ◽  
Regulatory Quality ◽  
Tradable Goods ◽  
And Control ◽  
Control Of Corruption

The author investigated the nature of institutional quality in the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) on the basis of voice and accountability political stability, government effectiveness, regulatory quality, rule of law and control of corruption. The author further investigated the existence of a link between institutional quality and factors of production. The results show that capital, entrepreneurship and foreign direct investment are the major determinants of production of tradable goods in COMESA. In exception of Mauritius and Namibia (currently no longer a member) the rest of COMESA member states have very poor institutional quality. This affects their ability to attract foreign direct investment hence production of tradable goods. Voice and accountability, government effectiveness, rule of law and political stability play a major role in increasing production of tradable goods in COMESA. Foreign direct investment is affected by voice and accountability, rule of law and political stability than any other factors. Availability of raw material is affected by government effectiveness, regulatory quality, political stability, voice and accountability and control of corruption. Capital is very sensitive to issues of voice and accountability and control of corruption and regulatory quality.

scholarly journals Corruption Perception following Privatization Reforms: The Moderating Role of Governance

2020 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 127-137
Author(s):  
Beatriz Cuadrado-Ballesteros ◽  
Noemí Peña-Miguel
Keyword(s):  
Government Effectiveness ◽  
Regulatory Quality ◽  
Corruption Perception ◽  
Quality Of Governance ◽  
Governance Quality ◽  
And Control ◽  
Control Of Corruption ◽  
Moderating Role

Este estudio analiza la corrupción percibida tras las reformas de privatización, teniendo en cuenta el papel del buen gobierno, en 22 países europeos entre 2002 y 2013. Un primer análisis inicial no revela cambios relevante en la corrupción percibida después de las reformas de privatización, pero estos resultados son moderados por la calidad del gobierno (governance). En general, los resultados empíricos sugieren que la corrupción es menor cuando el nivel de buen gobierno se incrementa, el cual afecta a la corrupción percibida después de que se llevan a cabo privatizaciones de empresas públicas. Concretamente, la rendición de cuentas, la efectividad del gobierno en la aplicación de políticas públicas, la calidad de la regulación, el Estado de Derecho, y los mecanismos de control de la corrupción son esenciales para su prevención tras las reformas de privatización. This study analyzes perceived corruption following privatization reforms, taking into account the role of governance quality in 22 European countries from 2002 to 2013. Initial analysis did not reveal significant changes in perceived corruption after privatization reforms, but the results are moderated by governance quality. In general, the empirical findings suggest that corruption is lower when the quality of governance increases, and it additionally affects perceived corruption after privatization reforms. Concretely, accountability, government effectiveness, regulatory quality, the rule of law, and control of corruption mechanisms are essential to prevent corruption after privatization.

scholarly journals Financial Development, Institutional Quality and Economic Growth: Evidence from ECOWAS Countries

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 6-17
Author(s):  
Michael Appiah ◽  
Fanglin Li ◽  
Doreen Idan Frowne
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Financial Development ◽  
Emerging Economies ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Institutional Quality ◽  
Positive Association ◽  
Regulatory Quality ◽  
And Control ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Control Of Corruption

Most of the literature that explored the relationship between financial development and economic growth taking into consideration the roles played by institutional quality in the ECOWAS region still debates on the roles of institutional quality on economic growth. This study used data from 1996-2017 for 15 emerging economies within the ECOWAS by applying two-step SYS GMM (SGMM) estimators. The following conclusions were developed: first, the study discovered that financial development has no significant and positive impact on economic growth in the ECOWAS region. Secondly, regulatory quality and control of corruption, which are considered as institutional quality variables, have opposing results with control of corruption reducing growth as well as regulatory quality variable increasing growth. Again, the results indicate that capital formation has a positive association with growth and labor force influencing growth negatively. Finally, due to a lack of proper corruption control systems in the region and poor financial sector development, growth cannot improve.

scholarly journals Institutional quality, economic development and illegal logging: a quantitative cross-national analysis

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthias Bösch
Keyword(s):  
Institutional Development ◽  
Systematic Research ◽  
Illegal Logging ◽  
National Assessment ◽  
Number Of Factors ◽  
Global Concern ◽  
National Analysis ◽  
And Control ◽  
Control Of Corruption ◽  
Cross National

AbstractIllegal logging is a global concern, associated with severe negative environmental, social and economic impacts, such as deforestation, degradation of biodiversity and loss of government revenues. Despite recent international efforts to combat illegal logging activities, the problem remains widespread. While the academic literature on the subject is extensive, little systematic research has been devoted to analysing the causes of illegal logging. Here, this knowledge gap is addressed with a cross-national assessment of factors hypothesized to impact illegal logging. The logistic regression analysis conducted in this study corroborates some widely held beliefs, but also provides some new insights on the factors that are important for whether illegal logging is likely to be a problem. It is shown that, besides physical-geographic characteristics, a number of factors relating to the level and speed of a country’s economic-institutional development are associated with illegal logging. These include gross domestic product per capita, economic growth, voice and accountability, rule of law and control of corruption. The findings also have implications for existing policies to tackle illegal logging activities.

scholarly journals Assessing the impact of institutions on economic growth in the BRICS countries

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 30-46
Author(s):  
Ayushi Tiwari ◽  
Tridisha Bharadwaj
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Institutional Quality ◽  
Political Stability ◽  
Physical Capital ◽  
Government Effectiveness ◽  
Brics Countries ◽  
Regulatory Quality ◽  
And Control ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Control Of Corruption

This study examines the impact of institutional quality on economic performance in the BRICS countries for the period from 2002 to 2019. The panel data study was estimated using pooled OLS and a fixed effect model. The study employed six institutional quality indicators (Worldwide Governance Indicators) which included voice and accountability, political stability and absence of violence/terrorism, government effectiveness, regulatory quality, rule of law, and control of corruption. The study also controlled for conventional sources of growth, i.e. human capital, physical capital, government expenditure, and inflation. All of these factors were positive and significant in our study. The findings also reveal that government effectiveness, regulatory quality and control of corruption had a positive and significant impact on economic growth in the BRICS countries, whereas other institutional variables turned out to be insignificant.

scholarly journals The Relation between Public Managers’ Compensation and Governance

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 279 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mario Coccia
Keyword(s):  
Rule Of Law ◽  
Central Government ◽  
Public Institutions ◽  
Senior Managers ◽  
Government Effectiveness ◽  
Public Managers ◽  
Regulatory Quality ◽  
Vast Literature ◽  
And Control ◽  
Control Of Corruption

A vast literature in the field of public organizations has analyzed several factors of the compensation of government senior managers. However, the institutional factors associated with high levels of compensation of public managers are hardly known. In particular, studies about the possible relation between factors of governance and compensation of public managers are scarce. The statistical evidence here reveals that in the OECD countries, high levels of compensation for central government senior manager (standardized with GDP per capita) seem to be associated with low government effectiveness, low regulatory quality, low freedom, low rule of law and control of corruption (in short, bad governance). These results suggest insights for general reforms of governance aimed to support equitably levels of compensation of public managers and efficiency of public institutions.

scholarly journals Attracting Chinese FDI in Africa

2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (2/3) ◽  
pp. 139-153 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shan Shan ◽  
Zhibin Lin ◽  
Yulei Li ◽  
Yan Zeng
Keyword(s):  
Natural Resources ◽  
Rule Of Law ◽  
Political Stability ◽  
Institutional Factors ◽  
Market Size ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Chinese Investment ◽  
Regulatory Quality ◽  
And Control ◽  
Control Of Corruption

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the effect of natural resources, market size and five major institutional factors (voice and accountability; political stability and absence of violence; regulatory quality; rule of law and control of corruption) on Chinese foreign direct investment (FDI) in Africa. Design/methodology/approach This study uses regression analysis on panel data across 22 countries for the period 2008-2014. Findings Natural resources did not play a significant role in attracting Chinese investments, but market size did. Among the institutional factors, only voice and accountability had a significant and positive effect on attracting Chinese FDI; the effects of rule of law and control of corruption were not significant and political stability and regulatory quality had a significant and negative effect. Research limitations/implications Chinese investment in Africa is only a recent phenomenon, and is growing rapidly; further studies should examine factors that are unique to the context such as bilateral political link. Practical implications African countries that are struggling with improving their poor institutional quality in the short term could effectively attract Chinese investment by reducing investor psychic distance, e.g. establishing a closer political link with China. Nevertheless, in the long term, measures of improving institutional quality are important. Originality/value This study reveals for the first time that what attracts Chinese investment is market size rather than natural resources, and different institutional factors of an African country show varying effects on attracting Chinese FDI.

scholarly journals Social innovation and management: cross-national determinants and aggregate variables

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 343-358
Author(s):  
David Schultz
Keyword(s):  
Social Innovation ◽  
Tertiary Education ◽  
Significant Evidence ◽  
Factors Associated ◽  
Individual Agency ◽  
Regulatory Quality ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Control Of Corruption ◽  
State Scale ◽  
Cross National

Numerous studies have examined on a micro and macro level factors that influence innovation at the individual, agency, or business level. Yet there is little research on cross-national variables associated with innovation at the nation-state scale. Drawing upon existing databases, this paper examines the factors associated with some countries being labeled as more or less innovative, suggesting policies that might be enacted to promote social innovation and management. It finds that national innovation rankings are modestly correlated with democratic freedoms, control of corruption, regulatory quality, and percentage of the population with tertiary education. However when a multifactor test is performed, these factors provide significant evidence of cross-national and aggregate determinants associated with innovation.

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