infonet-economy

The aim of this work is to review the literature on full truck load transportation service procurement and identify the gaps from the points of view of researchers and practitioners. Full truck load procurement is particularly considered for review since it is encountered more in freight movement than others forms and also it has many challenges. A framework is developed to have a…

Marketing educators often use case studies as it is a form of experiential learning. However, successful case-study teaching requires students to be prepared. Yet, research shows that students are becoming more and more reluctant to reading assigned class material and their motivation is lower when teaching is done with traditional media. Students have become the virtual generation…

Building on a previous paper - which described one of the important applied teaching pilot initiatives of the University of Applied Sciences Western Switzerland in the field of Business creation and particularly its repercussions on marketing knowledge – the authors conducted a survey on 6 annual cohorts of participants, with the aim of assessing their individual experience…

To explore the meaning of “global culture” in a professional communication context, this paper explores the “unsettled” global culture of Vatel, a private business school educating students from nearly 50 different countries for the hospitality industry. This paper explores the role of knowledge management in understanding global culture, arguing that the notion of “unsettled”…

This paper proposes a modelling approach based on TIMES/VEDA systems, designed to optimize energy system model and connected aspects, like economic development and consumer behaviour, in order to decrease energy consumption in households. The economic and technological factors have been used to set-up the energy model. A case study of Romania’s residential energy consumption model is…

Income and wealth inequality was one of the important social issues of the last decade. Nevertheless, it is rarely discussed through the lense of Human Computer Interaction. In this paper, we aim at investigating how a provocative user experience can contribute to engaging users when it comes to issues about wealth and income inequality. More precisely, we present the design of…

This research examines the impact of online-offline channel integration (OI), defined as integrating access to and knowledge about the offline channel into an online channel. Although channel integration has been acknowledged as a promising strategy for retailers, its effects on customer reactions towards retailers and across different channels remain unclear. Drawing on technology…

This paper presents the findings from the early sta ges of a mixed-methods, multi-phase research project which examines the integration of Web 2.0 tools in the higher education classroom to increase student information seeking, collaborat ion, and self-regulation. Exploratory research using in-depth semi-structured faculty (n=5) interv iews and student (n=…

As more developing and transition market firms (southern MNCs) are engaged in outward FDI in European advanced economies, a fundamentally important question has to be addressed: whether this investment leads to positive pr oductivity effects for host economies. Our paper addresses this issue by examining whether there are signs of regional spillovers from the entry and the…