Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to study the influence of perceived control on product preferences of consumers under self-threat. Design/methodology/approach: By conducting four experiments, this paper manipulated the participants’ self-threat and three sources of perceived control –...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to identify and analyze factors influencing the mutual relationship between patients and medical units in the virtual environment. Since introduction of the internet and other electronic tools for medical services provision is at the very initial stage,...

The knowledge-based economy analyzes economic organization and development when the creation, distribution and use of knowledge become decisive factors. To become a successful knowledge economies, countries must act simultaneously on their education base, their innovation systems and their...