Purpose This paper aims to establish if quantified self-data positively impact motivation in a goal pursuit across a broad cross-section of consumers and in multiple contexts; and to understand the underlying causal mechanism and identify boundary conditions. Design/methodology/approach...

Using a sequential logit model and a mixed-effects logistic regression approach this empirical study investigates factors for the adoption of automatic milking technology (AMS) at the farm level accounting for problems of sequential sample selection and behaviour identification. The results...

Purpose – To explore the distinctions between social marketing and social engineering. Design/methodology/approach – Evaluates alternative definitions proposed in the theoretical literature. Gives examples of the use of social engineering by democratic governments, contrasting this with the...