scholarly journals Sustaining Interstate Land Transportation in Nigeria Amidst Consumers’ Changing Tastes and Preferences: An Investigative Report

2020 ◽  
pp. 30-41
Author(s):  
Anyanwu Hilary Chinedu
Keyword(s):  
Middle Class ◽  
Value Creation ◽  
Mixed Method ◽  
Free Access ◽  
The Core ◽  
Investigative Report ◽  
Adoption Intention ◽  
Inter State ◽  
Transportation Company ◽  
Predictive Effect

Encircled by profit centric inter-state land transporters, middle class consumers (passengers) in Nigeria have echoed their resolve to adopt any land transport company with robust value creation for passengers due to their hedonistic tendencies. This investigative report sought to ascertain the likelihood of middle class consumers adopting a modern and equipped transportation company for inter-state journeys. It specifically identified factors that optimize value creation among middle class consumers, assessed the level of adoption intention, and determined the predictive effect of adoption intention on adoption behavior/continued patronage for a perceived modern and equipped transportation company for inter-state journeys. Using a mixed method, the report identified prioritization of timely departure, free access to communication facilities (Free Wi-Fi) while aboard, efficient response to consumer enquiries and complaints, and vehicle condition which is instrumental to passengers’ safety as the core factors that determine value creation among middle class inter-state passengers in Nigeria. Results further revealed that almost 90% of the respondents exhibited high adoption intention level for a perceived modern and equipped transportation company. Lastly, findings showed that consumers’ adoption intention significantly predicted adoption behavior/continued patronage for a perceived modern and equipped transportation company.  Implications of the findings are also discussed.

Post-war tourism as an urban reconstruction strategy case study: Khorramshahr

2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 81-97 ◽  
Author(s):  
Seyed Mehdi Mirisaee ◽  
Yahaya Ahmad
Keyword(s):  
Mixed Method ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Urban Policy ◽  
Urban Tourism ◽  
Probability Method ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative ◽  
The Core ◽  
Core Components ◽  
Post War

Purpose Tourism development has been perceived as a promoter of city restoration and can also affect the post-war city reconstruction. Questions on how to reconstruct ruined buildings and urban areas through a post-war tourism-oriented approach based on the expectations of residents and tourists profound answers. The purpose of this paper is to adopt the sequential mixed method (qualitative and quantitative) with purposive sampling which is a non-probability method to investigate tourism-oriented approaches in the reconstruction of buildings and landmarks as the core components of urban tourism. Design/methodology/approach The study adopted the sequential mixed method (qualitative and quantitative) to investigate tourism-oriented approaches in the reconstruction of buildings and landmarks as the core components of urban tourism. Findings The findings of the study point that the preferred strategy for the reconstruction of damaged symbolic building is the preservation of the war effects in regard maintaining the buildings’ history to be considered by urban policy makers, urban designers, and authorities. Research limitations/implications The constraint was associated with the time-consuming nature of this type of research. Original documents of the research context and all the interview data were in the Persian language, making the translating process a time-consuming matter. Furthermore, data collection in the area located near the Iran-Iraq border (500 meters) presented a number of security caveats as limitations. Originality/value The research found a majority of tourists and the residents preferred tourism zone where the combination of post-war and natural attraction across riverside area. In other word, most considerable post-war attractions are those that combined with the appeal of the other tourism potentials like eco-leisure tourism. The preferred strategy for the reconstruction of damaged building reconstruction as post-war tourism attractions is the preservation of the war effects in regard maintaining the buildings history rather than reconstruction as the most likely to pre-war conditions with less attention paid to the war effects.

Urban Outfitters

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jessica M. Barron ◽  
Rhys H. Williams
Keyword(s):  
Middle Class ◽  
Ethnic Minorities ◽  
Cultural Consumption ◽  
Dress Code ◽  
Racial And Ethnic Minorities ◽  
The Core ◽  
Congregational Culture ◽  
The Church

This chapter discusses in more detail the extent to which the congregational culture at Downtown Church is predicated on a sense of fashion and connects with those who are comfortable with cultural consumption. The core of Downtown Church is a “matrix of authenticity” triangulated by middle-class consumption of city spaces, urban nightlife and entertainment, and the visible presence of racial and ethnic minorities thought to characterize the diversity that marks a city. The emphasis on a particular type of congregant, and the image of what makes a church authentically urban, combine to form a “designer church.” The gendered nature of many of these expectations is clear and appears in several church-sponsored events. Another example of this aspect of the congregation’s culture is a dress code for those involved in being a public presence for the church (such as the greeters); the code itself is not focused on modesty or more conservative notions of propriety, but rather emphasizes contemporary fashion.

Knowledge Management - An Enabler for SNAME & Naval Architects

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicholas Parkyn
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Best Practices ◽  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Value Creation ◽  
Value Proposition ◽  
Engineering Process ◽  
The Core ◽  
Key Factor ◽  
Knowledge Structuring ◽  
Naval Architect

Introduction A Knowledge Management System is a valuable tool for the Naval Architect or Marine Professional. It plays an important role in transforming the data to information and information to knowledge which is known as the transformation lifecycle. Knowledge Management is a key factor for creating value and competitive advantage. A common approach to knowledge structuring facilitates the sharing of knowledge and collaboration with others, based on knowledge sharing, which increases the value proposition of organizations like the SNAME. “The transformation of information into knowledge is a critical one, lying at the core of value creation and competitive advantage” – Stewart 2001 Positioning Knowledge Management can be applied in many different ways related to the specific requirements of organizations, societies, companies and individuals. National Shipbuilding Research Program (NSRP) has done extensive work in the area of Knowledge Aware Engineering to enable: - Active Delivery Relevant Knowledge - Cultivation of Technical Memory - Enablement of Engineering Decision Support - Integration into the Engineering Process - Supports for standards, heuristics and best practices.

scholarly journals Conference Report: Middle Classes, Protest, and Social Change in Africa and Beyond

2017 ◽  
Vol 52 (3) ◽  
pp. 111-116
Author(s):  
Antje Daniel ◽  
Florian Stoll
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Social Change ◽  
Middle Class ◽  
Conference Report ◽  
Global South ◽  
Social Protest ◽  
Social Disparities ◽  
Middle Classes ◽  
The Core ◽  
Social Protests

South Africa is one of the world's most unequal societies. Social disparities provoke massive social protests, considered to be among the most frequent worldwide. Some of these are class-based, and members of the middle class are often perceived as part or even at the core of such initiatives. However, neither in South Africa nor in other cases is it clear how stratification – and middle-class positions in particular – relate to and translate into protest and political goals for social change. Against this backdrop, a conference on middle classes and protest, which took place from 17 to 21 March 2017 at the Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study (STIAS), explored and discussed how middle classes and social protest are linked in African settings and other contexts of the so-called global South.

Core – competencies – a key to future – oriented and sustainable e-governance implementation: a mixed method research

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Apeksha Hooda ◽  
M L Singla
Keyword(s):  
Service Quality ◽  
Mixed Method ◽  
Core Competencies ◽  
Partial Least Square ◽  
Least Square ◽  
Mixed Method Research ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Core ◽  
Strategic Implementation ◽  
The Government

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to empirically identify the themes of core-competencies required for future-oriented and sustainable e-governance practices, especially across the developing nations. Design/methodology/approach The present study has been conducted using the sequential mixed method research wherein the exploratory qualitative study is first carried out with the government officials involved in e-governance implementation across India to identify the themes of core-competencies. The findings of this exploratory study are then empirically tested with the 359 respondents from Group A and Group B officers of the two government departments in India using partial least square technique. Findings The findings suggested that to ensure the implementation of future-oriented and sustainable e-governance, it is required to develop the core-competencies. The significant core-competencies explored are, namely, process management, employee engagement, internal service quality, external service quality, citizen satisfaction, leadership, culture and technology. Research limitations/implications As strategic implementation of e-governance is a relatively new area of study, the present study has used the learning from core-competencies studies in the non-government sector. Practical implications The findings of this study underscore the need for strategic implementation of e-governance to have long-term success of e-governance. The requirement is to develop the core-competencies. These core-competencies are the key to making the government departments proactive in dealing with any future contingency without compromising on the departmental performance. Originality/value The present research is one of the few research studies focusing on the implementation of sustainable and future-oriented e-governance. The current study has laid the stepping stone for investigating the role of core-competencies to ensure the implementation of sustainable and future-oriented e-governance.

Creating public value in the care at home sector: a mixed-method study about expectations of primary stakeholders using a social exchange perspective

2020 ◽  
Vol 34 (7) ◽  
pp. 807-828
Author(s):  
Sascha Kraus-Hoogeveen ◽  
Pascale Peters ◽  
Els Van der Pool ◽  
Beatrice Van der Heijden
Keyword(s):  
Social Exchange ◽  
Value Creation ◽  
Mixed Method ◽  
Empirical Work ◽  
Mixed Method Study ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Public Value ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Care At Home ◽  
At Home

PurposeThis mixed-method study aims to contribute to the scholarly debate by outlining an individual-level theoretical framework for public value creation and evaluation that builds upon a social exchange perspective. It provides insights into the normative frames of primary stakeholders in the Dutch care at home sector, that is professionals, managers, clients and informal care providers.Design/methodology/approachA mixed-method design comprising a customized survey among 349 stakeholders, preceded by 31 in-depth interviews was used.FindingsThis empirical work shows differences and similarities in the stakeholders' normative frames revealed via three dimensions of expectations regarding the process of care delivery: personal contact, impact of rules and procedures and communication.Social implicationsThese differences in interpretation have implications for the measurement and evaluation of public value creation.Originality/valueBy statistically and methodologically exploring the different expectations' scales that are developed, we intend to work toward a measure for public value creation, which can be used in future empirical work.

NATO's Intervention in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

2000 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 193-205 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eric Suy
Keyword(s):  
Federal Republic ◽  
International Law ◽  
Security Council ◽  
Use Of Force ◽  
Armed Force ◽  
The Core ◽  
Legal Arguments ◽  
The Government ◽  
State Relations ◽  
Inter State

At the outset of the conflict over Kosovo, the use of armed force by NATO member states has been justified to force the Government of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia to accept and sign the Rambouillet agreement. Later on, the use of force was justified in order to prevent a major humanitarian catastrophe. But examination of the relevant Security Council resolutions and of the circumstances surrounding the Rambouillet negotiations shed a totally different light on the legal arguments advanced by proponents of NATO's intervention. Modern international law on the use of force by states, as enshrined in the UN Charter, is still at the core of inter-state relations.

scholarly journals Ahamkara: A study on the Indian model of self and identity

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kriti Gupta ◽  
Jyotsna Agrawal
Keyword(s):  
Mixed Method ◽  
Research Study ◽  
Quantitative Measure ◽  
North India ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
The Core ◽  
Self And Identity ◽  
Quantitative Results ◽  
Multiple Meanings ◽  
And Gender

Ideas around self and identity are at the core of various reflective traditions in both East and West. In the psychological literature, they have multiple meanings. However, they usually reflect the idea of self-sameness across changing time. The current study aimed to explore various ways in which contemporary Indians define their ‘self’ and if there were any parallel between modern and traditional construal of self. An open-ended Twenty Statements Test (TST) was used along with a quantitative measure Ahamkara Questionnaire (AQ) based on an Indian model of self, known as ‘ahamkara’. A sample of 240 educated, adults (Females=104, Males= 136; Mean age= 38.17 years, SD=11.45 years; range 20-60 years) were purposively selected from an urban area of North India and recruited in this mixed-method, cross-sectional research study. Thematic analysis of TST responses uncovered five broad thematic categories in self-concepts: Individuality, Belongingness, Separation, Agency and Spiritual/Transpersonal. Four of them overlapped with sub-components of ‘ahamkara’. They also differed with age where Spiritual/Transpersonal theme was frequent in self-concepts of older samples. Quantitative results from AQ also indicated that the level of ahamkara significantly differed with age and gender. These findings have implications for mental health and developing interventions utilising Indian conception of self.

scholarly journals Generalizing Productivity and Service Stake. A Heterodox Widened Approach

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 81-118
Author(s):  
Alexandru Jivan ◽  
Miruna-Lucia Năchescu
Keyword(s):  
Value Creation ◽  
Productivity Growth ◽  
Economic Thought ◽  
Service Economy ◽  
New Approach ◽  
Critical View ◽  
The Core ◽  
Core Characteristics ◽  
Developing Knowledge

Abstract The aim of the present paper is to put together, point out and underline the core characteristics of a generalized concept of productivity built on a heterodox outlook. The analysis is conducted under the assumption that the developing knowledge in nowadays society and the concern for basing the economy on it require a reviewed approach on productivity. Relevant moments from the economic thought and literature are invoked(certain approaches on productivity from the most representative Romanian economic thought here included); the research finds reason and main conceptual grounds in the genuine liberalism and in the service economy, by a critical view on the concern for productivity growth as commonly seen and calculated. The paper also aims to bring to the current attention some pioneer work, less known but very important for the productivity mark. The paper develops the service stake as defining value creation and reveals the most important differences between common productivity (usually calculated productivity) and the new approach that takes into account the generalized service approach consistent with nowadays society. This paper is a theoretical presentation designed to serve as an improved context for reconsidering the researches focused on – or connected with – productivity.

scholarly journals Patterns of business model innovation for advancing IoT platforms

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lino Markfort ◽  
Alexander Arzt ◽  
Philipp Kögler ◽  
Sven Jung ◽  
Heiko Gebauer ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Business Model ◽  
Value Creation ◽  
Mixed Method ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Qualitative Interviews ◽  
Competitive Advantages ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Iot Platforms ◽  
Process Perspective ◽  
Practical Implications

PurposeThe emergence of Internet of Things (IoT) platforms in product companies opens up new data-driven business opportunities. This paper looks at the emergence of these IoT platforms from a business-model perspective.Design/methodology/approachThe study applies a mixed method with two research studies: Study I–a cluster analysis based on a quantitative survey, and Study II–case studies based on qualitative interviews.FindingsThe findings reveal that there is no gradual shift in a company's business model, but in fact three distinct and sequential patterns of business model innovations: (1) platform skimming, (2) platform revenue generation and (3) platform orchestration.Research limitations/implicationsThe results are subject to the typical limitations of both quantitative and qualitative studies.Practical implicationsThe results provide guidance to managers on how to modify the components of the business model (value proposition, value creation and/or delivery and profit equation) in order to enable platforms to advance.Social implicationsAs IoT platforms continue to advance, product companies achieve better performance in terms of productivity and profitability, and more easily secure competitive advantages and jobs.Originality/valueThe paper makes three original contributions: (1) it is the first quantitative study on IoT platforms in product companies, (2) identifies three patterns of business model innovations and (3) offers a first process perspective for understanding the sequence of these patterns as IoT platforms advance.

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