This paper explores some aspects of aesthetics, its qualities and attributes in case of a consumer durable and the association of some attributes and quality with one another. Attempt is also made to understand the extent to which these play a role in designing a consumer durable. The attribute...

Purpose: This paper aims to identify the key factors to design efficient, healthy and potentially economical neighbourhood places in the surroundings of smart cities to reduce the urban polarization for the sustainable urban development. Design/methodology/approach: A two-stage methodology is...

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to identify and build a hierarchy of the factors influencing competitiveness of electronics manufacturing industry (EMI) at the industry level and apply the interpretive structural modeling, fuzzy Matriced’ Impacts Croisés Multiplication Appliquée á UN...

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to conceptualize the influencing characteristics of user-generated content over perceived structure of social platforms to plan various business practices to improve the social commerce activities especially in emerging markets. Design/methodology/approach:...