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Risk Type and Behavioural Bias: How Projects Fail and What to Do About It

Trickey, Geoff - In: International Journal of Risk and Contingency … 7 (2018) 4, pp. 21-36

There are two distinct approaches to risk. Firstly, the ‘objective' approach is numeric, probabilistic and focused on the risk itself; it is concerned with people in general rather than in individual terms. Secondly, the ‘subjective' approach recognizes that risk issues have personal and...

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Counterobe: A Mobile and Web Platform for Weight Management Incorporating Unique Behavioral-Strategy Features

Koumpouros, Yiannis - In: International Journal of Reliable and Quality … 6 (2017) 4, pp. 59-70

The paper presents the design of an adaptive web/mobile platform, called Counterobe, targeting the problem of obesity and weight management. The platform incorporates several behavioral, emotional and cognitive strategy features in order to motivate and mobilize the end users more effectively,...

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Behaviour of Ibadan City Households Towards Energy Conservation: A Discriminant Analytical Approach

Eluwa, Stephen Enyinnaya; Siong, Ho Chin - In: International Journal of Social Ecology and Sustainable … 7 (2016) 2, pp. 39-55

-a-vis attitude and perceived behavioural control (PBC) on energy conservation behaviour of Ibadan city residents, Nigeria. Through a …

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Adherence: A Behavioral Economists' View

Möcker, Michael; Mann, Klaus - In: International Journal of Applied Behavioral Economics … 5 (2016) 4, pp. 41-53

Non-adherence to medical advice is a serious problem to patients, health policy and practitioners. This article outlines concepts of behavioral economics that might lead a patient to decide against the provider's recommendations and thus to be non-adherent. Especially the timing of pay-offs and...

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Does Impulsive Response to Internal and External Food Cues Lead to Higher Calorie Intake?: Self-Control and Food Intake

Asirvatham, Jebaraj - In: International Journal of Applied Behavioral Economics … 7 (2018) 1, pp. 14-34

Measuring the impact of self-control on caloric intake has proved challenging in non-experimental studies. In this article, we study the relationship between self-control and food intake quantified by calories. Using validated behavioral measures, we find that impulsivity increases caloric...

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Behavioral Challenges for Retirement Planning: A Study of Employees of the Information Technology Industry in Pune, Maharashtra

Khedekar-Swaminathan, Ashlesha; Kulkarni, Savita - In: International Journal of Applied Behavioral Economics … 7 (2018) 2, pp. 15-29

Standard economic theory based on the rationality assumption predicts optimal provisions for retirement by individuals. However, empirical data shows substantial under-saving for retired life by citizens of both developed and developing countries. This article attempts to test the role of...

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Ethics, Neuromarketing and Marketing Research With Children

Bulley, Cynthia A.; Braimah, Mahama; Blankson, Florence E. - In: International Journal of Customer Relationship … 9 (2018) 2, pp. 79-95

ethics, marketing research, neuromarketing and neuroethics as well as the most common and applied ethical policies are … on ethics and children. The use of research ethics regulatory and policy mechanisms and its harmonisation at different …

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Ethical Use in the Teaching of ICT and Initial Teacher Training: A Preliminary Study on the Descriptors of the Observational Tools

Nuzzaci, Antonella - In: International Journal of Digital Literacy and Digital … 7 (2016) 4, pp. 17-36

training. The relationship among quality, ethics and technology requires the development of new literacy prospects and …

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Sustainable Development Dilemmas of Biofuels Research and Production: A Snapshot in South Africa

Ngubevana, Lwazi - In: International Journal of Energy Optimization and … 6 (2017) 2, pp. 24-41

result in unintended, unexpected, unforeseen, unforeseeable and unaddressed consequences. It often becomes the role of ethics … Framework” and a research ethics protocol, research was carried out at three South African businesses, generating data from …

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The Role of Ethics in Developing Professionalism Within the Global ICT Community.

Thornley, Clare Victoria; Murnane, Sinéad; McLoughlin, … - In: International Journal of Human Capital and Information … 9 (2018) 4, pp. 56-71

specific focus on the role of ethics. It addresses three main issues: to what extent ethics contribute to the development of … the professional identity of ICT practitioners; what practices and policies can promote the development of ICT ethics; how … ethics is seen as one of the four pillars of ICT professionalism, along with: competences; bodies of knowledge; education and …

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