According to the processing fluency model, advertising exposures enhance the ease with which a brand can be recognized and processed. This increased perceptual fluency in turn leads to more favorable attitudes toward the brand. The present research extends the processing fluency model to examine...

The construction industry has great opportunities to significantly reduce CO2 emissions by improving energy-efficiency of residential buildings. However, in this industry diffusion of cost-effective clean technologies has been notoriously slow and below potential. This paper sheds light on...

Drawing on numerical cognition research, weidentify a set of multi-context numbers (MCN) that originatefrom the decimal (10), duodecimal (12) and sexagesimal(60) numeral systems frequently used in numerousdomains (e.g., 10, 12, 20, 24, 60, 360, 100). We proposeand show that inclusion of MCN in...

Given the rapid increase of web-based sales despite the collapse of many dot-com firms, e-services (both online-only & hybrid "clicks & mortar" firms) are faced with a difficult challenge: what value-added features should they offer to effectively gain market share & profits while realistically...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the factors impacting on behavioral intention to use On-demand food delivery application in Bangkok, Thailand.Design/methodology/approach – A survey of 392 users of On-demand food delivery applications was conducted in Bangkok, Thailand...

In retail industry furniture and furnishing category has become more competitive. There are many players entering into organized format of retail in this category. Therefore, it becomes important for retailers to differentiate themselves from each other. As the products are similar, one of the...

The scarcity of publicly available purified water has increased the demand for bottled water in Bangladesh. Consumers prefer bottled water over tap water mostly for the safety, hygiene and convenience factors. As the bottled water market is becoming competitive day by day, companies are trying...

In spite of having very good growth potential, retail in India is passing through turbulent times and therefore, differentiation becomes very essential. There are various players in apparel segment in terms of lifestyle format. These apparel players deliver almost the same thing as their...

Declining circulation and advertising revenue have led many newspapers to cut costs by shrinking their in-house staff and sourcing more content from external wire agencies. In this study, we analyze how the mix of in-house and wired content impacts online readers’ subscription decisions using...

The purpose of this study is to enhance service quality research by examining whether hotel employees attitudes, motivations and behaviors had an effect on perceived service quality. In the recent years, interests in service marketing and practice have become of great importance. The role of the...