Federated Learning (FL) is an innovative technique that allows multiple firms to collaborate in training machine learning models while preserving data privacy. This is especially important in industries where data is sensitive or subject to regulations like the General Data Protection Regulation...

This study investigates the impact of perceived corporate social responsibility (CSR) on brand image within the automotive industry. It also examines how company reputation (CR) and product quality (PQ) mediate the relationship between CSR and brand image (BI). Utilizing a sample of 243 clients...

The meat processing industry is strategically important for ensuring Ukraine's food security, as its products are essential in every person's diet, contributing to proper health. Therefore, it is important to examine its current state both through statistical data and by gathering and analyzing...

This study examines the effect of pricing practices and other factors on consumers’ buying behavior in the UAE in the post-Covid-19 era. The focus is on buying from hypermarkets. Other factors such as product quality, the possibility of paying with cards, convenient hypermarket layout, near...

This research aims to comprehensively understand the determinants influencing customers' adoption of fresh produce e-commerce services by integrating the expectation-confirmation theory of the technology acceptance model (EC-TAM), the product evaluation model, and e-logistics service quality...

Advertising has a crucial role in increasing visibility, building consumer image and trust in the brand or product offered. This research aims to investigate the effect of product advertising on purchasing interest mediated by product knowledge among Small and Medium Enterprises (UKM) owners in...

This study aims to determine the effect of facilities, brand image, product quality, promotion, and service quality on customer satisfaction and loyalty at Waroeng Steak Restaurants in DKI Jakarta. This research design is descriptive and quantitative explanatory, with a multivariate analysis...

By analyzing a unique dataset from Germany's evaluation of COVID-19 antigen rapid tests, we show that Chinese firms can excel under today's global competition and produce tests at quality levels higher than China's income level would suggest. We find these achievements are positively associated...

This study analyzes how export duration affects firms' export product quality. On the basis of Chinese firms' micro data, we find that export duration has a significantly positive effect on the export product quality of firms by promoting their productivity and innovation ability. This study...

By analyzing a unique dataset from Germany’s evaluation of COVID-19 antigen rapid tests, we show that Chinese firms can excel under today’s global competition and produce tests at quality levels higher than China’s income level would suggest. We find these achievements are positively...

This research examined the factors that affect customer satisfaction and switching behavior in the post-merger of the state-owned Islamic banks in Indonesia. Data were collected by distributing an online questionnaire to a total of 210 Muslim customers. Furthermore, the collected data were...

This study investigates the impact of perceived corporate social responsibility (CSR) on brand image within the automotive industry. It also examines how company reputation (CR) and product quality (PQ) mediate the relationship between CSR and brand image (BI). Utilizing a sample of 243 clients...

Sustainable product development requires integrating eco- and open innovation. Traditional Design Thinking (DT), while effective for iterative product improvement, often lacks the capability to address environmental considerations comprehensively, necessitating new approaches to balance consumer...

Engaging teaching has emerged as a key approach to fostering children's socio-emotional and cognitive skills. This policy note draws on findings of a recent comparative study on the LEGO Foundation's Engage, formerly known as Playful Learning Across the Years (PLAY)1, classroom observation tool,...

Corporate online sales data are embedded with high informational value. Focusing on auditors who are concerned about information quality, this paper systematically tests the governance effect of releasing third-party online sales data on audit quality. Using the first aggregate release of online...

Establishing a clear link between prices of conventional and niche product versions can help address challenges associated with anticipating these prices and attenuate concerns related to thin market conditions. In that regard, we analyze the price dynamics, differentiating between agri-product...

GIs are special labels that show a product comes from a specific place and is made using local skills and traditions. Think of Solingen knives or Murano glass - their names are known worldwide because of where and how they're made. Until now, only food, wine, and spirits could benefit from...

GIs are special labels that show a product comes from a specific place and is made using local skills and traditions. Think of Solingen knives or Murano glass - their names are known worldwide because of where and how they're made. Until now, only food, wine, and spirits could benefit from...

Welfare quality is usually a stochastic outcome, as attempts at improving social welfare cannot be predicted in advance. The advances in stock market participation conclude that equity market performance is able to reflect investors' mass reactions and therefore can fairly reflect the empiricism...

We study information design in a vertically differentiated market. Two firms offer products of ex-ante unknown qualities. A third party designs a system to publicly disclose information. More precise information guides consumers toward their preferred product but increases expected product...