A shortage of suitable franchisee applicants has been identified by franchisors as a major hindrance to franchise sector growth in Australia. However, there has been little investigation into this issue within the organisational choice literature. This represents an important gap in the literature. In order to explore this issue it was first necessary to determine the expectations of franchisor...

There are various services using mobile devices due to development of communication technology and mobile equipment, regardless of time and place. To secure usage of convenience and smart services, authentication between users’ devices and network is necessary. To achieve this, many researches have been studied about 3 rd Generation Partnership Project Authentication and Key Agreement (3GPP-AKA...

The quality of outdoor spaces in a residential community affects the quality of life of its residents. This paper presents the findings of a study on outdoor thermal comfort and space usage at a residential community in Wuhan, central China, through the monitoring of microclimate conditions, interviews with residents, and recording of occupants’ activities. The data were used to develop a Therm...

Computer manufacturers have offered various power saving functions to reduce the power consumption of their products. Yet, this function is not sufficiently used because it reduces user convenience in computer usage. Literature on this topic is fragmented: there are no categories in the literature to characterize this power management for desktop (PMD. To address this gap, this paper provides a...

The article discusses the e ect of context on customer engagement and presents propensity to engage as an attitudinal antecedent of loyalty behaviors. We argue that customers may hold di erent propensity to engage depending on the speci!c service context, which in turnwill in"uencemore or less favorable behaviors. Data were collected through a convenience sample of 516 consumers in two settings...