Intro -- Contents -- Series Foreword -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1 Strategic Aspects of Fighting in Alliances -- 2 Fiscal Equalization and Political Conflict -- 3 Natural Resources, Social Conflict, and Poverty Trap -- 4 A Game of Thrones: Power Structure and the Stability of Regimes -- 5 The...

This study examines the antecedents of Mobile banking (M-banking) app adoption, explores post-adoption effects, and tests the moderating effect of consumer status orientation on the relationship between adoption intention and its consequences. The conceptual model hypothesized 20 relationships,...

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