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Article
Publication date: 1 April 2003

The effects of normative social belief systems and customer satisfaction on rural savings programs in Ghana

Kofi Q. Dadzie, Evelyn Winston and Kofi Afriyie

This study examines the effects of normative social beliefs, customer satisfaction with service quality and demographic variables on the long‐term savings behavior of…

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This study examines the effects of normative social beliefs, customer satisfaction with service quality and demographic variables on the long‐term savings behavior of rural households some 15 years after the 1981 large‐scale promotion of the rural bank program in Ghana. The results show that considerations of these influences beyond income alone provide stronger predictive power, over and above that of income. In addition, it appears that the negative effects of social beliefs on savings behavior were ameliorated significantly as a result of the promotional program. Similarly, customer satisfaction with the level of service quality was also positively correlated with the level of savings. However, the effects of the marketing approach used in Ghana differed significantly across state owned commercial banks, foreign multinational banks, and rural banks. The implications for enhancing the role of promotional marketing in changing savings attitudes in rural savings mobilization programs in Ghana and elsewhere in Africa are discussed.

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Management Decision, vol. 41 no. 3
Type: Research Article
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/00251740310469422
ISSN: 0025-1747

Keywords

  • Banking
  • Marketing
  • Ghana
  • Rural areas
  • Society

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Publication date: 1 November 2002

Market orientation of Nigerian and Kenyan firms: the role of top managers

Evelyn Winston and Kofi Q. Dadzie

In this article, the authors examine the incidence of market orientation of Nigerian and Kenyan firms by focusing on the role of top managers. It is argued that top…

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In this article, the authors examine the incidence of market orientation of Nigerian and Kenyan firms by focusing on the role of top managers. It is argued that top management’s emphasis on market orientation provides insight into how marginal conditions impact on the applicability of market orientation philosophy in sub‐Saharan African countries. The results suggest that although the level of top management’s emphasis on market orientation is only marginal in these countries, it is likely to increase with the perceived level of competition, the prevalence of a buyer’s market environment and the privatization of the firm. In addition, top managers’ emphasis on market orientation has the strongest influence on the development of market orientation after the presence of international firms and private firms. The results also suggest the importance of understanding the role of top managers in the development of market orientation in Nigeria, Kenya, and other sub‐Saharan African countries.

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Journal of Business & Industrial Marketing, vol. 17 no. 6
Type: Research Article
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/08858620210442820
ISSN: 0885-8624

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  • Market orientation
  • Nigeria
  • Kenya
  • Top management

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Article
Publication date: 6 February 2007

Consumer response to stock‐out in the online supply chain

Kofi Q. Dadzie and Evelyn Winston

Consumer response to merchandise shortage in the online supply chain outlet is an interesting and important issue for e‐vendors because of the high risk associated with…

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Purpose

Consumer response to merchandise shortage in the online supply chain outlet is an interesting and important issue for e‐vendors because of the high risk associated with the online environment. The purpose of this study is to examine the effects of the online environment on consumer out‐of‐stock behaviors. In addition, it aims to examine the relative impact of non‐web site situational factors on consumer out‐of‐stock behavior.

Design/methodology/approach

The study proposed an expectation confirmation‐disconfirmation framework based on the utility maximization principle in consumer research. This framework was validated with data from online shopping transactions gathered in two field studies.

Findings

The occurrence of a stock‐out had a pervasive negative impact on consumers' assessment of their online transactional experience and repurchase intentions. Furthermore, item substitution behavior was positively linked with merchandise information content, vividness of web site content, and service speed and a few situational factors. Overall, it was found that consumers' reaction to the “shock” effect of a stock‐out was best explained by an expectation confirmation‐disconfirmation model rather than a performance‐only or expectation‐only model.

Research limitations/implications

While the focus on the total expectation confirmation‐disconfirmation process limited the scope of the study to a single stock‐out event, future research should examine multiple stock‐out events to further validate the proposed framework.

Practical implications

Managers can take advantage of the positive linkage between web site design features and item substitution behavior by tracking the online consumers' expectation confirmation‐disconfirmation evaluative process and its effect on how consumers respond to high priced versus low priced items during a stock‐out event. Design features for low priced items such as CDs and books require product specific information to reduce item switching or exit from the e‐supply chain during a stock‐out event.

Originality/value

Scholars need a systematic framework for examining consumer response to a stock‐out that is applicable in the e‐commerce context because of the effects of abundant information access, low switching cost and the high service expectations of online customers.

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International Journal of Physical Distribution & Logistics Management, vol. 37 no. 1
Type: Research Article
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/09600030710723309
ISSN: 0960-0035

Keywords

  • Stock control
  • Supply chain management
  • Electronic commerce
  • Consumer behaviour

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Publication date: 1 February 2016

Which UGC features drive web purchase intent? A spike-and-slab Bayesian Variable Selection Approach

Richard A Owusu, Crispin M Mutshinda, Imoh Antai, Kofi Q Dadzie and Evelyn M Winston

– The purpose of this paper is to identify user-generated content (UGC) features that determine web purchase decision making.

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Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to identify user-generated content (UGC) features that determine web purchase decision making.

Design/methodology/approach

The authors embed a spike-and-slab Bayesian variable selection mechanism into a logistic regression model to identify the UGC features that are critical to web purchase intent. This enables us to make a highly reliable analysis of survey data.

Findings

The results indicate that the web purchase decision is driven by the relevance, up-to-dateness and credibility of the UGC information content.

Research limitations/implications

The results show that the characteristics of UGC are seen as positive and the medium enables consumers to sort information and concentrate on aspects of the message that are similar to traditional word-of-mouth (WOM). One important implication is the relative importance of credibility which has been previously hypothesized to be lower in the electronic word-of-mouth (e-WOM) context. The results show that consumers consider credibility important as the improved technology provides more possibilities to find out about that factor. A limitation is that the data are not fully representative of the general population but our Bayesian method gives us high analytical quality.

Practical implications

The study shows that UGC impacts consumer online purchase intentions. Marketers should understand the wide range of media that provide UGC and they should concentrate on the relevance, up-to-dateness and credibility of product information that they provide.

Originality/value

The analytical quality of the spike- and- slab Bayesian method suggests a new way of understanding the impact of aspects of UGC on consumers.

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Internet Research, vol. 26 no. 1
Type: Research Article
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/IntR-06-2014-0166
ISSN: 1066-2243

Keywords

  • User-generated content
  • Bayesian variable selection
  • Electronic word-of-mouth
  • Spike-and-slab Bayesian method
  • Web purchase decision making
  • Web purchasing intent

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Publication date: 15 February 2011

Migrating to Driving: Exploring the Multiple Dimensions of Immigrants’ Automobile Use

Evelyn Blumenberg and Michael J. Smart

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Auto Motives
Type: Book
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/9780857242341-012
ISBN: 978-0-85-724234-1

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Publication date: 1 February 1984

Resources For and About Lesbian and Gay Youth: An Annotated Survey

Edward C. Paolella

Within the past few years, responsible educators, librarians, parents, counselors, social workers, therapists, and religious groups of all sexual persuasions and…

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Within the past few years, responsible educators, librarians, parents, counselors, social workers, therapists, and religious groups of all sexual persuasions and lifestyles have recognized the need for readily available reading material for lesbian and gay youth. Unfortunately, this material is often buried, because it is embedded in larger works. To meet this need, I have compiled and annotated 100 of the best works for young homosexuals, bisexuals, and heterosexuals. I have also included a few of the best works currently available on heterosexuality as a much needed source of knowledge for all young adults whether they are gay or straight, whether they remain childless or eventually become parents.

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Reference Services Review, vol. 12 no. 2
Type: Research Article
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/eb048858
ISSN: 0090-7324

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Publication date: 1 May 1983

The Shallow end

Robert Shallow

Winston Churchill once wrote: ‘It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read books of quotations.’ An educated man would, no doubt, remember that passage from his…

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Winston Churchill once wrote: ‘It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read books of quotations.’ An educated man would, no doubt, remember that passage from his reading of Churchill's My early life. I culled it from a dictionary of quotations.

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New Library World, vol. 84 no. 5
Type: Research Article
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/eb060589
ISSN: 0307-4803

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Publication date: 1 April 1966

The Library World Volume 67 Issue 10

IT is seldom that I can bring myself to write anything for publication, and as I had a longish article on “The education of librarians in Great Britain” printed as…

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IT is seldom that I can bring myself to write anything for publication, and as I had a longish article on “The education of librarians in Great Britain” printed as recently as 1964 in the Lucknow Librarian (which is edited by my friend Mr. R. P. Hingorani) I had not contemplated any further effort for some time to come. But as THE LIBRARY WORLD evidently wishes to cover all the British schools of librarianship it would be a pity for Brighton to be left out, even though, coming as it does towards the end of a gruelling series, I can see little prospect of this contribution being read. Perhaps, therefore, I need not apologise for the fact that, as my own life and fortunes have been (and still are) inextricably bound up with those of the Brighton school, any account which I write of the school is bound to be a very personal one.

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New Library World, vol. 67 no. 10
Type: Research Article
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/eb009506
ISSN: 0307-4803

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Book part
Publication date: 12 November 2014

A Comparison of Seasonal Regression Forecasting Models for the U.S. Beer Import Market

John F. Kros, W. Jason Rowe and Evelyn C. Brown

Demand seasonality in the U.S. Imported Beer industry is common. The financial cycles of the past decade brought some extreme fluctuations to industry demand, which was…

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Demand seasonality in the U.S. Imported Beer industry is common. The financial cycles of the past decade brought some extreme fluctuations to industry demand, which was trending upward. This research extends previous work in this area by comparing seasonal forecasting models for two time periods: 1999–2007 and 1999–2012. The previous study (Kros & Keller, 2010) examined the 1999–2007 time frame while this study extends their model using the new data. Models are developed within Excel and include a simple yearly model, a semi-annual model, a quarterly model, and a monthly model. The results of the models are compared and a discussion of each model’s efficacy is provided. While, the models did do a good job forecasting U.S. Import Beer sales from 1999 to 2007 the economic downturn starting in 2007 was deleterious to some models continued efficacy. When the data from the downturn is accounted for it is concluded that the seasonal models presented are doing an overall good job of forecasting U.S. Import Beer Sales and assisting managers in shorter time frame forecasting.

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Advances in Business and Management Forecasting
Type: Book
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/S1477-407020140000010021
ISBN: 978-1-78441-209-8

Keywords

  • Seasonality
  • spreadsheet regression models
  • forecasting U.S. beer imports
  • demand estimation

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Book part
Publication date: 10 December 2016

Capitalizing on SME Green Innovation Capabilities: Lessons from Irish-Welsh Collaborative Innovation Learning Network

Denis Harrington, Margaret Walsh, Eleanor Owens, David John Joyner, Morag McDonald, Gareth Griffiths, Evelyn Doyle and Patrick Lynch

Adopting an EU policy lens, this chapter primarily addresses the proposed pivotal role of firm-level innovation capability (FLIC) in small and medium-sized enterprises…

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Adopting an EU policy lens, this chapter primarily addresses the proposed pivotal role of firm-level innovation capability (FLIC) in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) as a stimulant of sustainable development (SD) and green growth in Ireland/Wales. The chapter specifically examines the scale and scope of the green economy (GE), and considers the importance of organizational inherent “green” innovation capabilities (GICs) to achieve it. Underpinning the study is the methodology and concept of utilizing a facilitated cross-border multi-stakeholder learning network to enable knowledge transfer and exchange practices to flourish between partners, acting as a significant predictor of the development of SME GICs structures. Specifically, against the backdrop of the Green Innovation and Future Technologies (“GIFT” hereafter) INTERREG 4A Project, the research assesses how academic–industry partner exchange and inter-group learning and cooperation facilitates the development of GICs in smaller enterprises to realize a sustainable smart green economy in Ireland.

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University Partnerships for International Development
Type: Book
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/S2055-364120160000008010
ISBN: 978-1-78635-301-6

Keywords

  • Green innovation
  • sustainability
  • partnerships
  • learning
  • international
  • SME

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