Loyal users are vital to the future of B2B platform with rapid development and intensive competitions. This study examines how network externality, in terms of direct network externality and indirect network externality, enhances B2B platform users' perceived value, and how such perception of value, in turn, influences their satisfaction and loyalty. First, we develop a conceptual model to desc...

This study attempts to identify idiosyncrasies of organizational factors on safety and their influence mechanisms in Taiwan and Japan. Data were collected from employees of Taiwanese and Japanese oil refinery plants. Results show that organizational factors on safety differ in the two countries. Organizational characteristics in Taiwanese plants are highlighted as: higher level of management co...

A structural equation modeling approach is used to build understanding of the Biggs 3P model of teaching and learning within the tertiary institution sector. A learning quality dependent construct is used to show the Biggs 3P construct blocks do display significant two way interactions between each and every construct, and so act as an interlinked system.

In the present paper, first the conceptual model of perceived value concept as a mediating variable in tourist perceptions of hotel services is presented and afterwards tested with structural equation modelling. The study reveals that: (a) the relationship between perceived hotel quality and perceived value is strong and positive; (b) the relationship between hotel quality and guest satisfactio...

The Donor Is in the Details Recent research finds that people respond more generously to victims described in detail than to equivalent victims described in general terms. In this paper, we propose that this 'identifiable victim effect' is one manifestation of a more general phenomenon: a positive impact of tangible details on generosity. In two experiments, providing details about a charity's ...

The aim of this study was to investigate the construct validity of the Moral Development Scale for Professionals (MDSP) using structural equation modeling. The instrument is a 12-item self-report instrument, developed in the Scandinavian cultural context and based on Kohlberg's theory. A hypothesized simplex structure model underlying the MDSP was tested through structural equation modeling. Va...

The current paper examined the relationship between perceived characteristics of the learning environment in an e-module in relation to test performance among a group of e-learners. Using structural equation modelling, the relationship between these variables is further explored in terms of the proposed double mediation as outlined by Ning and Downing. These authors initially proposed that moti...

Recent years have witnessed an increasing interest in the flipped classroom model, and many flipped programs have been funded and implemented to explore the effectiveness of this new model. However, previous studies centering on comparative assessment have indicated that it is not always entirely successful in terms of promoting students’ performance and/or satisfaction, which warrants further ...

Article history: Received 28 January 2009 Received in revised form 8 March 2010 Accepted 9 March 2010 Available online 14 October 2010 Despite its theoretical and managerial significance, subsidiary entrepreneurship and its effects on subsidiary contribution remain underexplored in the literature. We propose that subsidiary entrepreneurship encourages more creative strategic responses to escala...