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Showing 1 to 15 of 15 for “"switching cost"”.
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Language-switching cost in Chinese-English bilingual reading comprehension: Evidence from eye-tracking
Code-switching, or language-switching, which is the use of elements from two or more languages in the same utterance or in the same stretch of conversation (Paradis et al., 2011), is prevalent among bilingual and multilingual speakers. According to the parallel activation hypothesis of language …
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Language-switching cost in Chinese-English bilingual reading comprehension: Evidence from eye-tracking
Submission original under an indefinite embargo labeled 'Open Access'. The submission was exported from vireo on 2024-09-16 without embargo terms
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Particle swarm optimization for dynamically changing environments with particular focus on scalability and switching cost
… gaps are identified, namely considering switching cost in DOPs and large-scale DOPs. Both are common in many real-world dynamic problem but a few research investigated them in the past. In an attempt to bridge these gaps, this thesis makes the following contributions: First, this thesis …
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An empirical investigation of antecedents and consequences of loyalty for local casino customers
… its three antecedents: confidence, emotion, and switching cost. This study also looked at the variation of customer' spending across service lines relative to customer loyalty. Data were collected from 250 local casino customers who are members of a frequent player program in Las Vegas, Nevada. …
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Technology innovation management in the Nigerian banking industry: integrating stakeholders' perspectives, an exploration of strategy and policy implications.
… This extended model entails the addition of cost variables to the mix of Rogerss five attributes of innovation diffusion (i.e. Relative Advantage, Complexity, Compatibility, Trialability and Observability). Cost variables according to this study are the three types of switching costs, the …
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Can Nintendo get its crown back? : examining the dynamics of the U.S. video game console market
… characteristics, such as network effects and switching cost, which are found in other network-based markets. However, on closer examination, the video game console industry experienced several generations of technological change with each generation bringing a different competitive environment …
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Managing Behavioral Hazard: Value-Based Insurance Design and Inertia
… While value-based insurance design (VBID) aligns cost-sharing with clinical value, whether consumers reduce their medical expenditures is unclear. I study the impact of a new value-based insurance design which decreased copays for primary care physician visits, increased copays for specialist …
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Adaptive modality selection for navigation systems
… there are time-varying factors called switching cost, sensory adaptation, and habituation that negatively affect navigation performance over long-duration navigation tasks; by switching between navigation system modalities when these effects have reached a point of notable performance …
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Analysing the Factors Affecting Customer Loyalty in E-Commerce in Vietnam
… quality, price, perceived value, and perceived switching costs as the measuring variables toward satisfaction and trust, and fortifying loyalty. The empirical findings confirm the correlation of satisfaction and trust, satisfaction and loyalty, and trust and loyalty. Website quality has slight …
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An exploratory study on the nature of cross selling in the Islamic financial services industry (IFSI)
… of products purchased per customer, increase switching cost, improve market share, long term customer relationship, profitability for financial institutions, and saving cost for customers. Some issues of cross selling have received research attention in conventional finance industry; however, …
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Application of real options to reverse logistics process
… and sends them back. Now that the new product cost is falling below the level of the repair cost, the company is considering an alternative operational model, which is to scrap the returned boards and swap them with new products. As the product cost declines, it is also widely fluctuating, and …
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Financial costs and benefits of sourcing from factories with different risk profiles
… to volatile commodity prices, increasing labor costs and increasing social, political and environmental risk, particularly in the emerging markets. Suppliers, supply chain intermediaries, global brands and buyers are all affected. In such an environment, there is a strong case for understanding …
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The Role of Attachment in the Switching Dynamics of Liquid Consumption
… and psychological ownership impacts their switching behavior in the fast-paced digitalized world. Digitalization is an organic part of consumers’ lives and infuses their daily routine. Many of us start the day by scrolling through digital content on Instagram, checking the weather forecast …
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A decision framework to mitigate vendor lock-in risks in cloud (SaaS category) migration.
… while at the same time minimizing potential switching cost for enterprises by resolving integration issues with existing IT infrastructures. Thus, the purpose of this thesis is to propose a decision framework to mitigate vendor lock-in risks in cloud (SaaS) migration. The framework follows a …