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ASSISTIVE I.T. FOR VISUALLY IMPAIRED PEOPLE
Bălan, Oana - In: Romanian Economic Business Review 7 (2013) 2, pp. 391-403
According to an international survey performed by the World Health Organization, it was estimated that the number of visually impaired people in the year 2002 rose to about 161 million (2.6% of the world’s population). Therefore, a large number of people are suffering from a visual handicap...
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Farmers' mobilisation of social capital for beneficial uptake of technological innovations in southwest Nigeria
Kolade, Oluwaseun; Harpham, Trudy - In: International Journal of Technological Learning, … 7 (2014) 2, pp. 147-166
Social capital has been identified as an important factor influencing successful uptake of technological innovations among small-scale, rural farmers in developing countries. This study draws on descriptive statistics and regression analysis of data obtained from 325 farmers in southwest Nigeria...
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Land Use Change, Carbon Sequestration and Poverty Alleviation
Lipper, Leslie; Cavatassi, Romina - Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), United Nations - 2003
Land use change is a key requirement for improving rural incomes and making a significant reduction in poverty levels globally. Over 70% of the world’s poor are located in rural areas, with land use as a major source of subsistence. Improving the productivity of their land use systems is...
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Determinants of Households' Investment in Energy Efficiency and Renewables: Evidence from the OECD Survey on Household Environmental Behaviour and Attitudes
Ameli, Nadia; Brandt, Nicola - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2014
Many studies on household energy efficiency investments suggest that a wide range of seemingly profitable investments are not taken up. This paper provides novel evidence on the main factors behind consumer choices using the OECD Survey on Household Environmental Behaviour and Attitudes. The...
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Irritation Due to Direct Mailings from Charities
Diepen, M. van; Donkers, A.C.D.; Franses, Ph.H.B.F. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), ERIM … - 2006
and with the best donators receiving more mailings as a result of target selection, irritation might increase. As a result …, such irritation could cause individuals to donate less, and hence reduce revenues for charities. We develop a conceptual … model, which relates donating behavior to irritation and to mailing frequencies. We consider mailing frequencies relative to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005288516
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Does Irritation Induced by Charitable Direct Mailings Reduce Donations?
Diepen, M. van; Donkers, A.C.D.; Franses, Ph.H.B.F. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), ERIM … - 2008
by these mailings, in particular when they receive many mailings. We study the consequences of perceived irritation on … and hence they might also be most irritated. Therefore, irritation with direct mailings might be endogenously determined …. To create exogenous variation in irritation, we design a unique controlled field experiment in cooperation with five of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005034227
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Le rôle de la culpabilité dans le marketing de la collecte de fonds : influence sur le don des particuliers
Chédotal, Camille - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2011
by strong guilt appeal which generates strong irritation feeling. The appeal fails to success: the felt irritation …
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Irritation Due to Direct Mailings from Charities
Donkers, Bas; Franses, Philip Hans; van Diepen, van … - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2006
and with the best donators receiving more mailings as a result of target selection, irritation might increase. As a result …, such irritation could cause individuals to donate less, and hence reduce revenues for charities. We develop a conceptual … model, which relates donating behavior to irritation and to mailing frequencies. We consider mailing frequencies relative to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011067474
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Does Irritation Induced by Charitable Direct Mailings Reduce Donations?
Donkers, Bas; Franses, Philip Hans; van Diepen, van … - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2008
by these mailings, in particular when they receive many mailings. We study the consequences of perceived irritation on … and hence they might also be most irritated. Therefore, irritation with direct mailings might be endogenously determined …. To create exogenous variation in irritation, we design a unique controlled field experiment in cooperation with five of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011067480
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Body image, peer effects and food disorders: Evidence from a sample of European women
Costa-Font, J.; Jofre-Bonet, M. - Department of Economics, City University - 2010
Excessive preoccupation with self-image has been pinpointed as a factor contributing to the proliferation of food disorders, especially among young women. To provide an economic basis for this argument this paper models how ‘self-image’ and ‘other people’s appearance’ influence...
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