People engage in self-promotional behavior because they want others to hold favorable images of them. Self-promotion, however, entails a trade-off between conveying one's positive attributes and being seen as bragging. We propose that people get this trade-off wrong because they erroneously project their own feelings onto their interaction partners. As a consequence, people overestimate the ext...

Fuel wood provides the main source of energy for cooking and space heating for over 80 percent of households living in Kenya. The heavy reliance on the biomass energy has exerted an imbalance in demand and supply consequently resulting in adverse environmental effects in Kenya. As part of innovation efforts, several energy-conserving technologies have been developed. A unique cook stove named M...

This study aimed to provide input and evaluation for the Surakarta City Communication, Information, Statistics, Encryption Service in measuring effectiveness of their information dissemination work programs. Conducted as a descriptive quantitative research with sample size N = 30, assessed media consumption patterns residents affordability promotional used by Solo Government. The findings this ...

Research background: CoVid19 was a shock for governments, organizations as well people. At the beginning of pandemic, everyone stunned and companies tried to adapt “new reality”, some sectors were forced either diminish their offer due downfall demand, or even fully stop offering products services result lockdown restrictions, in case tourism events sector. Imminent health, social economic cris...

Many rural communities are examining nature tourism options, such as birdwatching (birding), as an economic development strategy. Unfortunately, public media stories, tourism professionals, and biologists often describe birders as a homogeneous group of serious, dedicated, and even fanatical visitors willing to spend large sums of money in their pursuit. Consistent with past research, we conten...

The Fujairah Emirate in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has many important cultural and archaeological sites. These include the Fujairah and Al-Bithna Forts and the Al-Bidyah Mosque. With increasing tourism patronage and development of major infrastructure projects in Fujairah, these sites are increasingly under threat. Their present condition requires careful mapping for proper management and f...

Business competition in today's modern era is increasing and also fierce, where every company required to carry out attractive promotional strategies order get attract customers. In this case, researchers are interested researching sharia insurance products, namely life insurance. Which the purpose of study find what can be used by companies Because promotion very necessary for because on one h...

Online referrals have become an important mechanism in leveraging consumers’ social networks to spread firms’ promotional campaigns and thus attract new customers. However, despite a robust understanding of the benefits and drivers of consumer referrals, only minimal attention has been paid towards the potential of classical promotional tactics in influencing referral behavior. Therefore, this ...

s Nowadays social media (Twitter, Facebook, etc.), not only simply as communication media, but also for promotion. Social networking media offers many business benefits for companies and organizations. Research purposes is to determine the model of social network media utilization as a promotional media for handicraft business in Palembang city. Qualitative and quantitative research design are ...

Shorter product life cycles and aggressive marketing, among other factors, have increased the complexity of sales forecasting. Forecasts are often produced using a Forecasting Support System that integrates univariate statistical forecasting with managerial judgment. Forecasting sales under promotional activity is one of the main reasons to use expert judgment. Alternatively, one can replace ex...