Mit der Amtsübernahme von Donald Trump zeichnet sich eine Entwicklung der US-Technologiepolitik ab, die für Deutschland und Europa eine Gefahr darstellt. Die großen US-Technologiekonzerne scheinen willens, Trumps Bemühen um eine autoritäre Umgestaltung der USA mitzutragen - als...

Mit der Amtsübernahme von Donald Trump zeichnet sich eine Entwicklung der US‑Technologiepolitik ab, die für Deutschland und Europa eine Gefahr darstellt. Die großen US-Technologiekonzerne scheinen willens, Trumps Bemühen um eine autoritäre Umgestaltung der USA mitzutragen - als...

Poor nutritional choices and unhealthy behaviors are considered responsible for the rise in childhood overweight and obesity and may reinforce each other, creating a vicious cycle. This paper studies a primary school intervention designed to break the cycle early in life by replacing date bars...

On August 30, 2016, the European Commission (EC) concluded that Ireland and Apple, Inc. (Apple) had violated the European Union (EU) State Aid rules when Ireland granted tax advantages to Apple; therefore, the EC ordered the Irish government to collect up to €13 billion Euros ($15.3 billion...

This paper builds on Khan’s work on Amazon’s antitrust paradox by transferring her normative framework to Apple Inc. It explores the company’s anti-competitive business practices and main antitrust concerns, as well as the currently proposed reform measures. The paper argues that one of...

This study aims to explore the inner workings of Apple Inc. to gain a deeper understanding of the company's success and to identify opportunities for further growth and improvement. Through an analysis of market trends, consumer behaviour, and Apple Inc.'s current marketing strategies, this...

The main problem in pricing variance, volatility, and correlation swaps is how to determine the evolution of the stochastic processes for the underlying assets and their volatilities. Thus, sometimes it is simpler to consider pricing of swaps by so-called pseudo-statistics, namely, the...

This paper examines the relationship between tying and vertical integration when an input monopolist can require its downstream buyer to purchase a competitively supplied input from it, or integrate forward in the downstream market. We show tying is an imperfect substitute for vertical...

Chapter 1: Acquiring Collective Phronesis in the Era of Convergence- Chapter 2: Boundaries Innovation through the Creation of Boundaries Knowledge and Convergence Knowledge - Case studies on Apple, P&G, and NTT DOCOMO -- Chapter 3: Creating dynamic fractal organization through collective...

For the last several years, Apple has been defending tax strategies utilized in Ireland before the European Union (EU) General Court. The European Commission, using Article 107 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, argues that Ireland provides state aid to Apple regarding...

The study was aimed at the production of apple (Malus pumila) fruit wine with the use of yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae isolated from palm wine. Both primary and secondary fermentation of the apple lasted 28 days. Aliquot samples were removed and used daily from the fermentation tank for...

Recent years have been characterized by privacy regulations amid concerns of exploitative data collection and use, thereby also setting boundaries to the data economy that fuels today's ad-funded Internet. An example is Apple's App Tracking Transparency (ATT), which necessitates explicit consent...

Peer effects can lead to better financial outcomes or help propagate financial mistakes across social networks. Using unique data on peer relationships and portfolio composition, we show considerable overlap in investment portfolios when an investor recommends their brokerage to a peer. We argue...

The paper is fictional account of how big tech might disrupt the wealth management industry. Wealth management’s existing investment framework was originally developed half a century ago for pension funds.This pension fund “operating system” (PF OS) works well for “agents” but not...

Many firms have been using the Brand Love tactic to attract as many clients as possible over a longer time than other rivals. This technique is considered to be one of the most successful and efficient marketing tactics, the effectiveness of this strategy lies in the company's asset, which is...

Soil extracellular enzymatic stoichiometry, the ratio of soil enzyme activities related to the acquisition of nutrients such as carbon (C), nitrogen (N), and phosphorus (P), which can reflect the demand for resources by microorganisms. However, how cover crop and chemical fertilizer shift...

The stress resistance and growth of the rootstock of grafted plants are influenced by scion traits, but the underlying mechanism is unclear in apple. Thus, we performed an RNA-seq analysis and examined the physiological and biochemical indices of seedlings generated by grafting wild-type (WT) or...

Cloud gaming represents a new model of video game distribution. It involves playing games that are streamed from a remote server (the cloud), and has the potential to revolutionize gaming as it is, at least in theory, device-agnostic, allowing AAA games to be played on any device with a...

Many firms have been using the Brand Love tactic to attract as many clients as possible over a longer time than other rivals. This technique is considered to be one of the most successful and efficient marketing tactics, the effectiveness of this strategy lies in the company's asset, which is...

The diversified way of eating apples as well as the versatility of the species that can be cultivated with good results under different environmental and climatic conditions has determined a particular interest for fruit growers. In Romania, apple culture occupies the first place both in terms...

Part I. Theoretical Foundations -- Chapter 1. Introduction (Sandro Mezzadra) -- Chapter 2. Operations of Platforms. A Global Process in a Multipolar World (Sandro Mezzadra) -- Chapter 3. The process of valorization in the platform capitalism (Andrea Fumagalli) -- Chapter 4. Out of the Standard....

Abstract This chapter explores how perceived product innovation influences brand loyalty among UK Apple users, extending the technology acceptance model. Using a quantitative approach, data were collected from 101 respondents via an online survey and analysed using SPSS. Objectives included...

It is indisputable that technology is present in everyday life. In this digital era, brands need to adapt to the changing pace of the needs and desires of society to distinguish themselves from their adversaries, especially in the electronic environment. Hence, they must have well-defined and...