scholarly journals A Study on the Strategies and Practices Adopted by Consumer Cooperative Store for Sustainable and Resilient Society: A Case of Bharati Madhyawarti Sahakari Grahak Bhander Ltd.

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 9-24
Author(s):  
T Swapna Chander ◽  
Anil Karanjkar
Keyword(s):  
Communication Technology ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Grocery Stores ◽  
Retail Sector ◽  
Information Communication ◽  
Buying Behavior ◽  
Store Choice ◽  
Consumer Cooperative ◽  
Indian Cities ◽  
Consumer Cooperatives

Historically, the Indian retail sector has been dominated by small independent players such as traditional, small grocery stores and others. Especially Consumer cooperatives played a vital role to safeguard the consumers from the charge of intermediaries and to provide quality goods to consumers in the desired quantity and at reasonable prices. Recently organized, multi-outlet retail concept has gained acceptance and has since then accelerated. Information Communication Technology has also transformed the consumer buying behavior. Indian cities are witnessing a paradigm shift from traditional forms of retailing into a modem organized sector. In spite of several obstacles, there are some consumer cooperatives which have withstood and recovered from difficult conditions to stay in competition and performing well. Bharati Madhyawarti Sahakari Grahak Bhander Ltd is one such Consumer Cooperative store which is battling with modern retail environment. This study brings out the strategies and practices of Bharati Consumer Cooperative store to be sustainable and resilient. The study also analyzes the customer’s perception towards the consumers’ cooperative store and identifies the Store Choice Behaviour among the Consumers.

Transnational adaptation: changing determinants of grocery store choice of German consumers in London

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 20-40
Author(s):  
Ines Oswald
Keyword(s):  
Urban Areas ◽  
Consumer Behaviour ◽  
Grocery Store ◽  
Grocery Stores ◽  
Retail Sector ◽  
Dynamic Nature ◽  
Store Choice ◽  
Large Numbers ◽  
Consumer Markets ◽  
Complex Matter

This paper investigates grocery store selection among Germans in Greater London compared to native UK residents. Since consumers hold so much power, the grocery retail sector is highly competitive. Additionally, understanding consumer behaviour in urban areas with large numbers of foreign nationals is a complex matter. As internationalisation continues borders are becoming increasingly blurred. Therefore, it is crucial for managers of grocery stores to understand potential cultural differences in terms of store choice. The survey examined the changes, if any, in store choice determinants among Germans living in Greater London compared retrospectively to when they were living in Germany. To provide a comparison, a small group of native UK consumers were also surveyed. The resulting comparison revealed some significant differences and changes in grocery store selection over time. These findings are also likely to be useful for managers in the grocery retail sector when addressing the dynamic nature of transnational mobile and connected consumer markets.

Adapting the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) For Business Events: The Event Organizer Perspectives

2019 ◽  
Vol 23 (6) ◽  
pp. 773-788
Author(s):  
Purimprach Sangkaew ◽  
Leo Jago ◽  
Alkmini Gkritzali
Keyword(s):  
Technology Acceptance ◽  
Technology Acceptance Model ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Ease Of Use ◽  
Information Communication ◽  
Perceived Playfulness ◽  
Output Quality ◽  
Business Events ◽  
Acceptance Model

Information communication technology plays a vital role in the staging of business events including the promotion and organization of events. However, determining what drives organizers to adopt communication technology in conferences has been largely overlooked. This study seeks to address this gap by proposing a modification to the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) to examine adoption behavior at the organization level. Qualitative data were collected from 13 semistructured interviews with professional conference organizers who had experience in using technology for conference participation. Findings demonstrate that external environment and organization technology capability influence professional conference organizers (PCOs) to adopt technology in their conference. In addition, job relevance, output quality, perceived playfulness, and trustworthiness are four technology characteristics that have a direct effect on the perception of usefulness and ease of use. Recommendations to the PCOs to improve strategy in adopting technology in business events are discussed base on the results.

Current Requirements of the Society to the Professional Training of Specialists in Information Technology Industry in Japan

2014 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 84-89
Author(s):  
Inna Pododimenko
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Labour Market ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
Professional Training ◽  
Professional Competence ◽  
Information Communication Technology ◽  
Information Communication ◽  
Quality Of Higher Education

Abstract The problem of professional training of skilled human personnel in the industry of information communication technology, the urgency of which is recognized at the state level of Ukraine and the world, has been considered. It has been traced that constantly growing requirements of the labour market, swift scientific progress require the use of innovative approaches to the training of future ІТ specialists with the aim to increase their professional level. The content of standards of professional training and development of information technologies specialists in foreign countries, particularly in Japan, has been analyzed and generalized. On the basis of analysis of educational and professional standards of Japan, basic requirements to the engineer in industry of information communication technology in the conditions of competitive environment at the labour market have been comprehensively characterized. The competencies that graduate students of educational qualification level of bachelor in the conditions of new state policy concerning upgrading the quality of higher education have been considered. The constituents of professional competence in the structure of an engineer-programmer’s personality, necessary on different levels of professional improvement of a specialist for the development of community of highly skilled ІТ specialists, have been summarized. Positive features of foreign experience and the possibility of their implementation into the native educational space have been distinguished. Directions for modernization and upgrading of the quality of higher education in Ukraine and the prospects for further scientific research concerning the practice of specialists in information technologies training have been suggested

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