A Composite-Model for E-Commerce Diffusion

2008 ◽  
pp. 2929-2947 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexander Yap ◽  
Jayoti Das ◽  
John Burbridge ◽  
Kathryn Cort
Keyword(s):  
Cluster Analysis ◽  
Regression Model ◽  
Composite Model ◽  
Internet Usage ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Economic Factors ◽  
Cross Country ◽  
Impact Of Technology ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Socio Economic Factors

Why are some countries successful with e-commerce while others flounder? The purpose of this article is to study the impact of technology, cultural, and socio-economic factors on the global diffusion of e-commerce. While past studies have focused on technology reasons alone, this research includes cultural and socio-economic factors as well. Having access to the Internet does not necessarily translate to e-commerce usage. Fundamentally, culture and socio-economic factors are pivotal in bridging the gap between Internet usage and e-commerce diffusion. The objective is to provide a model that quantifies the aggregated influences of all factors on global e-commerce diffusion. A cross-country regression model analyzes the determinants of e-commerce diffusion and the results used in a cluster analysis to provide further evidence that the propensity for e-commerce depends on the interplay among the different factors. The results can provide firms with an improved understanding of strategies to employ while implementing e-commerce.

A Composite Model for E-Commerce Diffusion

2010 ◽  
pp. 1-23
Author(s):  
Alexander Y. Yap
Keyword(s):  
Regression Model ◽  
Composite Model ◽  
Internet Usage ◽  
Economic Factors ◽  
General Thesis ◽  
The World ◽  
Aggregate Effects ◽  
Impact Of Technology ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Socio Economic Factors

Why are some countries successful with e-commerce while others flounder? This chapter is an update of an earlier research study that the authors conducted to analyze the impact of technology, cultural, and socio-economic factors on the global diffusion of e-commerce. The general thesis of this chapter is that cultural and socio-economic factors in addition to technology were the reasons for the growth of e-commerce within countries. There had been no prior studies that combined the aggregate effects of cultural, socio-economic, and technology factors on e-commerce diffusion. While technology could solely contribute to Internet surfing, culture and socio-economic factors can be pivotal in bridging the gap between Internet usage and e-commerce diffusion. The objective of this research is to provide a model that quantified the aggregated influences of technology, culture, and socio-economic factors on global e-commerce diffusion. In terms of methodology, a cross-country regression model was used to analyze the determinants of e-commerce diffusion and the results provide evidence that the propensity for e-commerce growth can be explained by these factors. The results were aimed at providing firms with a greater understanding of strategies to employ while implementing e-commerce across the world. This paper revisits that publication to see if any changes in the factors have occurred.

Technology and culture

2011 ◽  
pp. 273-285 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alev M. Efendioglu ◽  
Vincent F. Yip
Keyword(s):  
Local Environment ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Economic Factors ◽  
Technology And Culture ◽  
Internet Users ◽  
The World ◽  
Different Characteristics ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Socio Economic Factors

The number of Internet users around the world has been steadily growing and this growth has provided the impetus and the opportunities for global and regional e-commerce. However, as with the Internet, different characteristics (infrastructure and socio-economic) of the local environment have created a significant level of variation in the acceptance and growth of e-commerce in different regions of the world. Our research focuses on the impact of these infrastructure and socio-economic factors on e-commerce development in China and the findings provide insights into the role of culture in e-commerce, and the factors that may impact a broader acceptance and development of e-commerce in China. In this chapter, we present and discuss our findings, and propose some strategies for success for e-commerce in China.

scholarly journals Determinants of Expenditure on Health in Pakistan

1995 ◽  
Vol 34 (4III) ◽  
pp. 959-970 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rehana Siddiqui ◽  
Usman Afridi ◽  
Rashida Haq
Keyword(s):  
Human Capital ◽  
Health Status ◽  
Labour Productivity ◽  
Significant Proportion ◽  
Health Resources ◽  
Economic Factors ◽  
Consumption Expenditure ◽  
Cross Country ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Socio Economic Factors

An important component of human capital formation is improvements in the health status of the population.1 Improvements in the health status of a nation can lead to longer life expectancy, shift the labour supply curve outward, increase labour productivity, and increase the productivity of investment in other forms of human capital, particularly education. Since health and the capacity to improve health are related to socio-economic conditions, it is important to analyse the impact of changes in these variables on the provision of health services. Due to the presence of externalities, market failures, and inability of a significant proportion of the population to pay, government intervention is required in the health sector. In this study, we shall analyse the changes in the provision of public health resources in Pakistan, in response to the changes in socio-economic factors. Most empirical studies in this area have been cross-country studies. Fulop and Reinke (1983) emphasise that socio-economic factors affect the health status directly and indirectly. The indirect effect is through the changes in health resources in response to the changes in socio-economic factors. Kleiman’s (1986) cross-country analysis shows that per capita national income, the ratio of government consumption expenditure to private consumption expenditure, and the measure of income inequality are important determinants of public expenditure on health. The study also shows that public and private expenditure on health are good if not a perfect substitute for each other.

scholarly journals The Impact of Socio-economic Factors on Fertility Behaviour: A Cross-country Analysis

1996 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 107-128
Author(s):  
Rehana Siddiqui
Keyword(s):  
Population Growth ◽  
Economic Factors ◽  
Fertility Rates ◽  
Female Population ◽  
Age Cohorts ◽  
Fertility Behaviour ◽  
Country Differences ◽  
Cross Country ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Socio Economic Factors

International comparisons of fertility behaviour are based on two crucial assumptions. First, it is assumed that the response of fertility rates to socio-economic factors is similar across different age-cohorts of female population in the reproductive age-group. Second, it is assumed that country-specific effects do not influence the parameter estimates of the fertility model. Recent availability of cross-country data for a number of years allows us to pool data for more than 100 countries for the period 1955–1985 and estimate the fertility model. The results show that the impact of socio-economic factors differs across different age-cohorts; particularly, the negative impact of improvements in female status on the fertility rates is higher among the younger age-cohorts. Similarly, our results show that cross-country differences affect fertility rates significantly. However, the differences tend to diminish as countries become more developed. These results indicate that not only cross-country differences but also the changes in age-composition of female population should be taken into account in formulating the policies to control fertility and population growth. Furthermore, improvements in female literacy turn out to be the most effective tool to control population growth.

scholarly journals Socio-economic Factors Influencing the Development of Renewable Energy Production Sector in Poland

2021 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 38-54
Author(s):  
Tadeusz A. Grzeszczyk ◽  
Waldemar Izdebski ◽  
Michał Izdebski ◽  
Tadeusz Waściński
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Energy Production ◽  
Hard Coal ◽  
Economic Factors ◽  
Eu Law ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
Level Ii ◽  
Renewable Energy Production ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Socio Economic Factors

Poland is not one of the leaders in the use of renewable energy sources (RES), and most energy is still produced using hard coal and lignite. Therefore, there are noteworthy emissions of air pollution (including ashes and greenhouse gases), and the Polish energy sector is characterized by a substantial degree of carbonization, which, as a result, threatens to expressively increase the costs of electricity production, leading to financial penalties imposed by the EU. The aim of this paper is to analyze socio-economic factors influencing the development of the RES sector in Poland. According to this aim, expert research was carried out, in which the factors influencing development potential of RES were assessed at two levels (level II – 5 factors, level III – 15 factors) according to the factor tree analysis. Based on the analysis of the level II factors, it can be concluded that the development of the RES sector in Poland will depend to a decisive extent on factors such as: EU decisions and Polish legislation affecting the development of the RES sector in Poland, prices and availability of conventional energy carriers. Other two factors – regional policy on ecology and ecological awareness in Poland – have so far little impact on the development of this sector in the state. The analysis of the level III factors shows that the greatest impact on the development of the RES sector in Poland is the influence of European lobbying of manufacturers of machinery and equipment for renewable energy production on EU law, the impact of Polish lobbying of conventional energy producers on Polish law in the production of renewable energy and the influence of European lobbying of renewable energy producers into EU law.

scholarly journals Menentukan Nilai Penggantian Wajar Lahan Terdampak Pekerjaan Reaktifasi Jalur Kereta Api Trase Muaro Logas, Kabupaten Sijunjung, Provinsi Sumatera Barat

2019 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 46-55
Author(s):  
Hasta Herlan Asymar
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Vulnerable Groups ◽  
Economic Factors ◽  
The Public ◽  
Railway Line ◽  
The Poor ◽  
Reform Plan ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Socio Economic Factors

Abstract  – The calculation of the value of the Reasonable Land Turnover Terdamapak Job Reaktifasi railway line for arbitration was Muaro Logas was part of the study of the action of liberation/land and buildings for the reform plan of the reaktifasi railway line between Muaro-Logas is part of the planning of the reactivation railway line. This study analyzes regulations and policies, perceived an inventory and survey/census by identifying the affected community land procurement, with regard to the characteristics and the types of harm experienced, agreement agreement between the local government, the province and the Center in funding the acquisition of land; analyze optimum land procurement and analyse livelihood for the population affected by socio-economic factors, analyzing the parameters with the social, cultural, and economic related to population, the impact of the procurement of land and influence implementation of the work against the poor, residents of the tribal minorities, alienated, and other vulnerable groups, including women, as well as the institutional framework in planning the liberation of land and the settlements back including duties and responsibilities each institution. In the calculation of the Reasonable Replacement Value using Standar Penilaian Indonesia306 (SPI 306) about the assessment of the provision of Land for development for the benefit of the public

scholarly journals Improvement of the innovation management system in the manufacturing industry

2020 ◽  
Vol 220 ◽  
pp. 01048
Author(s):  
Vitaly Makoveev ◽  
Liliya Mukhametova
Keyword(s):  
Regression Model ◽  
Manufacturing Industry ◽  
Innovation Management ◽  
Machine Building ◽  
Manufacturing Industries ◽  
Economic Factors ◽  
Innovation Development ◽  
Factor Regression ◽  
Socio Economic Factors

Sustainable long-term development of the energy sector is impossible without a developed manufacturing industry and especially machine-building enterprises. The article identifies the factors that have the greatest impact on the development of innovation in the manufacturing industry. A multi-factor regression model is constructed to determine the degree of influence of various socio-economic factors on the level of innovation development in manufacturing industries. An organizational and economic mechanism aimed at enhancing innovation in the manufacturing industry and increasing the competitiveness of the products of enterprises in this sector is proposed.

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