Understanding technology readiness and user’s perceived satisfaction with mobile wallets services in India

Abstract This study used the UTAUT model to measure consumers’ intention and perceived satisfaction towards the usage of mobile wallet. Given the rising importance of mobile wallet services, the significance of influential factors of their adoption including ease of use, trust, usefulness, attitude, social norms, perceived risk and, innovativeness need to be explored while assessing Read More …

Investigating Absorptive Capacity in Supply Chain Performance: Green Supply Chain Management Practices and Responsive Strategy

Abstract This research aims to inspect the role of absorptive capacity in connecting green supply chain management (GSCM) practices, responsive strategy (RS) and supply chain performance (SCP) by utilising the information processing theory (IPT). Data was collected from 57 textile organisations in Pakistan and partial least square of structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM) is employed to Read More …

Distributed ledger technology in payments, clearing, and settlement

Author David Mills, Kathy Wang, Brendan Malone, Anjana Ravi, Jeff Marquardt, Clinton Chen, Anton Badev, Timothy Brezinski, Linda Fahy, Kimberley Liao, Vanessa Kargenian, Max Ellithorpe, Wendy Ng, and Maria Baird NOTE: Staff working papers in the Finance and Economics Discussion Series (FEDS) are preliminary materials circulated to stimulate discussion and critical comment. The analysis and Read More …

Liquidity-Profitability Trade-Off – A Game of Survival and Growth

Author Ashok Panigrahi One of the fundamental truths of survival for a firm is that it should be liquid enough while simultaneously being consistently profitable to grow and create wealth. While survival is essential for growth, growth is, in turn, essential for survival. In other words, to maintain liquidity, the firm needs to keep sufficient Read More …

Perspective-Taking for Policy-Making: An Analysis of Canadian Cross-border Shopping

Author Michael S Mulvey Charles E Gengler Michael Lever Abstract Research plays an essential role in policy analysis and is a significant tool used to identify and prioritize alternatives for intervention. Yet public policy problems have a reputation for being complex because one problem (i.e. shopping behavior) can be viewed as part of a larger Read More …

Store Environment in Organised Retail Outlet: Conceptual Framework and Scale Development

Author Pooja G. Luniya Manoj Verghese Abstract The aim of this paper is to conceptualize, purify, refine and develop the multi-item scale of retail store environment. The authors attempt to develop multiitem scale by following a four-stage approach: defining the construct, item generation and refining, data collection and purification through exploratory factor analysis and validation Read More …