Abstract—Due to the economic downturn and the deterioration of the living environment, the development of residential buildings as high energy consuming building is gradually changing from “extensive” to green building in China. So, the evaluation system of green building is continuously improved, but the current evaluation work has the following problems: (1) There are differences in the cost ...

Nowadays, a huge number of individuals purchase virtual items in constantly growing service environments: online game communities. Some researchers have studied gamers’ motivations to purchase virtual game items in general, but no one has separated different gamer types regarding their purchasing motivations. Understanding different gamer types is important because gamers may purchase the same ...

—Although the signifi cance of the Internet has been widely discussed in previous studies, the research of e-commerce has focused primarily on organizational and business perspectives (Sigala 2004). The growing number of Internet users allows a better understanding of online tourists who seek travel information and book or purchase travel products. The levels of Internet innovativeness also mus...

Artificial intelligence (AI) can affect all of a company’s functions, not least the purchasing department. In addition to automating and optimizing existing processes, AI opens up new opportunities for purchasers undertake new, strategic, collaborative, enduring missions. enables complex, strategic decision-making in an unpredictable, hostile environment. This article analyzes what extent impro...

In its current form, the Internet is primarily a source of communication, information and entertainment but increasingly also a vehicle for commercial transactions. An understanding of reasons for purchasing on the World Wide Web is particularly relevant in the context of predictions made regarding electronic shopping in the future. In the paper, the antecedents to electronic exchange in the on...

We explore the use of shopping lists as an external memory aid to consumers’ grocery shopping by examining the factors that influence the content ofconsumers’ shopping lists and the effectiveness of shopping lists as external memory aids. We analyze the shopping lists and actual purchase behavior of a panel of consumers during multiple grocery shopping trips conducted over a 2-month period. Our...

The proper purchasing of services has always been one of the major concerns of health insurance. Inattention to the optimum purchase of services has led to serious problems for health systems. Traditional (passive) purchasing has some weaknesses because of problems such as low efficiency in the health system, no targeted resources, low cost-benefit and cost-effectiveness indicators and poor jus...

OBJECTIVES To explore the use of a questionnaire to obtain representative public opinions on health services. To examine residents' priorities, knowledge, and views on the public's role in decision making. DESIGN Self administered postal questionnaire. POPULATION Random sample of 1500 residents in Bath District Health Authority, drawn from electoral registers. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Levels...

Olga Anisimova Quality Management in Purchasing, 52 pages, 1 appendix Saimaa University of Applied Sciences Faculty of Business Administration, Lappeenranta Degree Programme in International Business Thesis 2014 Instructor: Senior Lecturer, Leena Laari-Muinonen, Saimaa University of Applied Sciences The implementation of quality management by the companies is one of the last tendencies towards ...

We find direct evidence that institutions churn stocks, increase commissions per share and pay unusually high commissions on trades in order to send abnormally high commissions to lead underwriters of upcoming IPOs. These excess commission payments are a particularly effective way for transient investors to receive lucrative IPO allocations. Our results suggest that the underwriter’s concern fo...