Retail and shopping behavior in small towns in Slovakia (example study of Zlaté Moravce town)

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Miroslava Trembošová ◽  
Alena Dubcová ◽  
Natália Horná
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Rapid Development ◽  
Small Towns ◽  
Shopping Behavior ◽  
Shopping Malls ◽  
Buying Behavior ◽  
Communication Lines ◽  
The City ◽  
Further Development ◽  
Parking Facilities

In the past 15 years we have been involved in the rapid development of retail in Slovakia. Its globalization trends, materialized in shopping malls, often built on a 'green field' along major communication lines, have had a significant impact on commercial suburbanization. The “pulling” of large-scale retail centers on the outskirts of the city significantly affects the state and further development in the central part of the city, with frequent consequences (deadening) of traditional retail zones, many times leading to their disappearance. The new shopping zones change the mode of the time fund and the adopted daily cycles of shopping life for both urban and rural populations and promote consumerism. A number of elements adapt to this phenomenon, e.g. transport networks and parking facilities, opening hours of shops, monitoring the convenience of purchases through prices in leaflets between the traditional and new zone, synergy of non-commercial services, spending leisure time. Nowadays we are witnessing the penetration of foreign retail companies into the medium-sized to small towns of Slovakia and its changes in concentration, integration and internationalization. The aim of the paper is a brief description of the retail network in the typically small Slovak town of Zlaté Moravce. The next section presents the results of a survey of consumer buying behavior and evaluation of its conclusions.

scholarly journals BANK PROJECT FINANCING IN THE CONDITIONS OF MACROECONOMIC INSTABILITY IN UKRAINE

2020 ◽  
pp. 126-138
Author(s):  
Nazar DEMCHYSHAK ◽  
Oksana SHCHUREVYCH ◽  
Olha HEORHIIEVSKA
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Rapid Development ◽  
Market Demand ◽  
Project Financing ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Investment Projects ◽  
Long Period ◽  
The World ◽  
Banking Institutions ◽  
Further Development

Introduction. Banking project investments as one of the important factors of economic development of any country should be investigated. Despite the relative novelty of project financing in Ukraine, it should be studied because this process has been widely used for a long period in the world, which is confirmed by the implementation of large-scale projects. The purpose of the article is the implementation of a comparative analysis of bank project financing in Ukraine and the world during the pre-crisis macroeconomic situation, as well as the development of appropriate proposals for further development of the mentioned investments. Results. It substantiated the promotion project financing would be impossible in the conditions of the predominance of the short-term loans and the unwillingness of banking institutions to participate in the financing of infrastructure and investment projects. The factors hindering the development of bank project financing in Ukraine were determined. Significant potential for the rapid development of project financing has been fully confirmed by the corresponding market demand. However, for the development of project financing in Ukraine it is necessary to realistically and in detail assess the viability and profitability of projects. Also, the most effective leverage can and should be appropriate changes in the legislation that might give the guarantee bilateral protection of investors and creditors, as well as describe the approaches to the formation of a simplified mechanism for this type of financing.

scholarly journals Consumer Buying Behavior at Shopping Malls: Does Gender Matter?

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 125 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ankit Katrodia ◽  
M. J. Naude ◽  
S. Soni
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Gender Differences ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Shopping Behavior ◽  
Shopping Mall ◽  
Shopping Malls ◽  
Buying Behavior ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Social And Cultural Factors ◽  
Consumer Buying Behavior

 The development of shopping malls is a major social and global phenomenon that has unearthed a novel facet for customer satisfaction and their consequent or relative buying behavior. The aim of his paper was to explore the gender differences in consumer buying behavior at selected Durban shopping malls. It is an observational cross-sectional study carried out on 700 randomly selected respondents to study buying capacity, buying behavior and shopping experience of male and female consumers at shopping malls in the city of Durban, South Africa. Data was collected through pre-tested semi-structured questionnaire with closed ended questions. The study revealed that there are notable gender differences, which shape shopping behavior among men and women. Time and money spent at the mall was significantly high among female as compared to male consumers. Consequently, the results attributed that personal attributes and shopping mall attractiveness factors played a crucial role in influencing customer shopping behavior amongst the mall shoppers. The study concludes that gender differences are prevalent in the buying behavior of customers at the select shopping malls in Durban, South Africa. Average time spent by female is high as compared to male which also affect their average money spent at shopping mall. Psychological, Social and Cultural factors are highly influencing customers’ buying behavior at shopping malls. 

The Role of Social Networking in Civilizational Development

2013 ◽  
pp. 1193-1217
Author(s):  
Andrew Targowski
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Social Networking ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Rapid Development ◽  
World Government ◽  
Electronic Culture ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Further Development

This study defines the nature, scope, pace, and consequences of the rapid development of social networking in the 21st century. The impact of INFOCO systems upon civilizational development is investigated and predicted for the future. Such concepts as Global Virtual Society, Global Virtual Nation, Virtual Nation, Virtual Users, National Virtual Citizens, and Global Virtual Citizens are defined. Their electronic culture is defined, too. Finally some recommendations for further research are provided. In particular, the question of whether the concept of one world government is good or bad for mankind should be answered soon, in order to properly steer the further development of large-scale social networks.

Application research of urban subway traffic mode based on behavior entropy in the background of big data

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-14
Author(s):  
Wanxin Hu ◽  
Fen Cheng
Keyword(s):  
Big Data ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Transportation Networks ◽  
Transportation Network ◽  
Rapid Development ◽  
Urban Transportation ◽  
Transportation System ◽  
Urban Traffic ◽  
Time Optimization ◽  
The City

With the development of society and the Internet and the advent of the cloud era, people began to pay attention to big data. The background of big data brings opportunities and challenges to the research of urban intelligent transportation networks. Urban transportation system is one of the important foundations for maintaining urban operation. The rapid development of the city has brought tremendous pressure on the traffic, and the congestion of urban traffic has restricted the healthy development of the city. Therefore, how to improve the urban transportation network model and improve transportation and transportation has become an urgent problem to be solved in urban development. Specific patterns hidden in large-scale crowd movements can be studied through transportation networks such as subway networks to explore urban subway transportation modes to support corresponding decisions in urban planning, transportation planning, public health, social networks, and so on. Research on urban subway traffic patterns is crucial. At the same time, a correct understanding of the behavior patterns and laws of residents’ travel is a key factor in solving urban traffic problems. Therefore, this paper takes the metro operation big data as the background, takes the passenger travel behavior in the urban subway transportation system as the research object, uses the behavior entropy to measure the human behavior, and actively explores the urban subway traffic mode based on the metro passenger behavior entropy in the context of big data. At the same time, the congestion degree of the subway station is analyzed, and the redundancy time optimization model of the subway train stop is established to improve the efficiency of the subway operation, so as to provide important and objective data and theoretical support for the traveler, planner and decision maker. Compared to the operation graph without redundant time, the total travel time optimization effect of passengers is 7.74%, and the waiting time optimization effect of passengers is 6.583%.

scholarly journals Urban association rules: Uncovering linked trips for shopping behavior

2016 ◽  
Vol 45 (2) ◽  
pp. 367-385 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuji Yoshimura ◽  
Stanislav Sobolevsky ◽  
Juan N Bautista Hobin ◽  
Carlo Ratti ◽  
Josep Blat
Keyword(s):  
Association Rules ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Shopping Behavior ◽  
Edge Weight ◽  
Apriori Algorithm ◽  
Market Basket Analysis ◽  
Market Basket ◽  
Shopping Experience ◽  
Bank Card ◽  
The City

In this article, we introduce the method of urban association rules and its uses for extracting frequently appearing combinations of stores that are visited together to characterize shoppers’ behaviors. The Apriori algorithm is used to extract the association rules (i.e. if -> result) from customer transaction datasets in a market-basket analysis. An application to our large-scale and anonymized bank card transaction dataset enables us to output linked trips for shopping all over the city: the method enables us to predict the other shops most likely to be visited by a customer given a particular shop that was already visited as an input. In addition, our methodology can consider all transaction activities conducted by customers for a whole city. This approach enables us to uncover not only simple linked trips such as transition movements between stores but also the edge weight for each linked trip in the specific district. Thus, the proposed methodology can complement conventional research methods. Enhancing understanding of people’s shopping behaviors could be useful for city authorities and urban practitioners for effective urban management. The results also help individual retailers to rearrange their services by accommodating the needs of their customers’ habits to enhance their shopping experience.

The Role of Social Networking in Civilizational Development

2012 ◽  
pp. 226-251
Author(s):  
Andrew Targowski
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Social Networking ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Rapid Development ◽  
World Government ◽  
Electronic Culture ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Further Development

This study defines the nature, scope, pace, and consequences of the rapid development of social networking in the 21st century. The impact of INFOCO systems upon civilizational development is investigated and predicted for the future. Such concepts as Global Virtual Society, Global Virtual Nation, Virtual Nation, Virtual Users, National Virtual Citizens, and Global Virtual Citizens are defined. Their electronic culture is defined, too. Finally some recommendations for further research are provided. In particular, the question of whether the concept of one world government is good or bad for mankind should be answered soon, in order to properly steer the further development of large-scale social networks.

scholarly journals Requirements and Operational Guidelines for Secure and Sustainable Digital Phenotyping: Design and Development Study (Preprint)

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Raj R Jagesar ◽  
Jacob A Vorstman ◽  
Martien J Kas
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Rapid Development ◽  
Platform As A Service ◽  
Privacy Law ◽  
Sustainable Operation ◽  
Digital Phenotyping ◽  
Data Collection And Analysis ◽  
Further Development ◽  
Behavioral Monitoring ◽  
Monitoring Platform

BACKGROUND Digital phenotyping, the measurement of human behavioral phenotypes using personal devices, is rapidly gaining popularity. Novel initiatives, ranging from software prototypes to user-ready research platforms, are innovating the field of biomedical research and health care apps. One example is the BEHAPP project, which offers a fully managed digital phenotyping platform as a service. The innovative potential of digital phenotyping strategies resides among others in their capacity to objectively capture measurable and quantitative components of human behavior, such as diurnal rhythm, movement patterns, and communication, in a real-world setting. The rapid development of this field underscores the importance of reliability and safety of the platforms on which these novel tools are operated. Large-scale studies and regulated research spaces (eg, the pharmaceutical industry) have strict requirements for the software-based solutions they use. Security and sustainability are key to ensuring continuity and trust. However, the majority of behavioral monitoring initiatives have not originated primarily in these regulated research spaces, which may be why these components have been somewhat overlooked, impeding the further development and implementation of such platforms in a secure and sustainable way. OBJECTIVE This study aims to provide a primer on the requirements and operational guidelines for the development and operation of a secure behavioral monitoring platform. METHODS We draw from disciplines such as privacy law, information, and computer science to identify a set of requirements and operational guidelines focused on security and sustainability. Taken together, the requirements and guidelines form the foundation of the design and implementation of the BEHAPP behavioral monitoring platform. RESULTS We present the base BEHAPP data collection and analysis flow and explain how the various concepts from security and sustainability are addressed in the design. CONCLUSIONS Digital phenotyping initiatives are steadily maturing. This study helps the field and surrounding stakeholders to reflect upon and progress toward secure and sustainable operation of digital phenotyping–driven research.

New Scenes with Old Memories in Tokyo and Changed Scenes with no Memories in Fu Zhou

2011 ◽  
Vol 243-249 ◽  
pp. 6772-6777
Author(s):  
Cong Huai Xu ◽  
Xiao Hui Zhang ◽  
Hai Qiang Fan ◽  
Shu Chen Xu
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Rapid Development ◽  
Scale Construction ◽  
Modification Process ◽  
Old City ◽  
City History ◽  
Post War ◽  
The City ◽  
Main Streets

The construction of the cities in China is under rapid development. Large-scale construction and renewal cut off the trace of city history - our cities are losing memories, whereas the city renewal of Bunkyo Ward in Tokyo post-War is in “transition in harmony with natural and historic surroundings", which can bring happy memories to people everywhere. This paper collected historic photos of the main streets, views and spots in Bunkyo Ward in the last 50 years, and take many new photos at the same place. In comparison with old views, we can still see some sparse and existent vestiges, misty archaic rhyme through the new building and the view. Which in contrast, in the Central 817 Road in Fuzhou. From the comparison between present and past since the 1980s, we can figure out: the urbanization in modification process treated the old city in another attitude which leads to another results: Changed Scenes with No Memories.

scholarly journals THE EXCAVATION IN VYSHGOROD IN 1936

2020 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
pp. 132-151
Author(s):  
K. M. Kapustin
Keyword(s):  
Middle Ages ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Rapid Development ◽  
13Th Century ◽  
Significant Development ◽  
Archaeological Materials ◽  
Cultural Layers ◽  
The City ◽  
The Town ◽  
The Church

The archives and archaeological materials from excavations in Vyshgorod in 1936 are analysed in the paper. This year the large-scale excavations were conducted on the territory of the old city: near the church of st. Borys and Hlib, two sites in the northeast part of the hillfort and few trenches in different parts of the town. The obtained results correlate with the reports of the narrative sources and indicate the significant development of the city in the period from the 11th to the mid-13th century. The rapid development of the city occurs at that time: the mausoleum of Sts. Borys and Hlib (explored in 1935—1936) becomes the main architectural dominant of the city area. A city square with dwellings and outbuildings were located around the church. The analysis of the archival materials and artefacts from the excavations in 1936 made it possible to clarify and re-examine the allegations established in the works of the mid-20th century. The author proves that discovered objects have different chronology. For example, dwellings, outbuilding, pits and sacral building of the 11th—13th centuries are pit 1 (site 1), the foundations and remains of the walls of the church of Sts. Borys and Hlib (site 1; site W) and oven 1 (site 4). The ones dated by the middle of the 11th and the 12th centuries are building 1 (site 1) and pit 1 (site 4). Structures of the 12th and 13th centuries are pit 2 (site 1) and oven 1 (site 4); of the second half of the 13th—14th centuries are building 1 (site «W»), building 1, pit 2 (site 4). Finally, dated by the 17th—19th centuries are building 2, burials 1, 2 (site 1) and burials 1—19 (site 4). The cultural layers and objects exclusively of Kyiv Rus time were found on the territory of suburbs (pottery furnaces 1 and 2 in a trench at the south of the hillfort; burials 1—3 in trenches on the territory of the Doroshenko estate). In general, the obtained results confirm and at some moments substantially detail our knowledge on the historical development of the city during the Middle Ages and Modern times.

scholarly journals Assessment of Shopping Malls Accessibility: Case Study of Krakow

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anton Pashkevich ◽  
Sabina Puławska
Keyword(s):  
Euclidean Distance ◽  
Research Work ◽  
Transport Network ◽  
Distance Measures ◽  
Shopping Centers ◽  
Shopping Malls ◽  
Straight Line ◽  
The City ◽  
Further Development

The main aim of presented study was to analyze and to assess accessibility of shopping malls as traffic generators in the city of Krakow (Poland) as well as to compare calculated results in the perspective of the whole amount of shopping centers. The scope of research work includes the calculation of two kinds of accessibility measures: distance measures based on the straight line (Euclidean distance) and real distances and potential accessibility measures also based on the same distances and, additionally, weighted by characteristics of shopping malls and transport districts. The data from the OpenStreetMap project was used to get information concerning transport network and two kinds of above-mentioned distances. At the end of article a possible usage of obtained results and the further development of topic are described.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4995/CIT2016.2016.4117

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