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Grazzini, Alessandro, Giuseppe Lacidogna, Silvio Valente, and Federico Accornero. "Detachment of Plasters in Masonry Buildings: Analysis by Acoustic Emission and Numerical Simulation." Proceedings 2, no. 8 (July 9, 2018): 546. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/icem18-05431.
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An innovative laboratory procedure is described for testing the mechanical adhesion of new dehumidified mortars applied in the restoration works. A specific adherence test was carried out on composite specimens made by stone block and repair mortar. During the laboratory test the acoustic emission (AE) technique was employed, in order to estimate the amount of energy released from fracture propagation in the adherence surface between mortar and stone. A numerical simulation follows the experimental data. The evolution of detachment process of mortar in a coupled stone brick–mortar system was analysed by AE signals, which can improve the numerical model and predict the failure mode in the adhesion surface of repair plaster.
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Al-Kheetan, Mazen J., Mujib M. Rahman, and Denis A. Chamberlain. "Remediation and protection of masonry structures with crystallising moisture blocking treatment." International Journal of Building Pathology and Adaptation 36, no. 1 (April 9, 2018): 77–92. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijbpa-02-2017-0011.
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the performance of new and innovative crystallising materials, so-called moisture blockers, in protecting masonry structures from water ingress. Design/methodology/approach Two masonry wells were constructed: one with lime mortar and the other with cement-based mortar in order to hold water inside, and then a moisture blocking product was applied at dry and wet conditions to the negative hydrostatic pressure side. The moisture levels of both, the surfaces and the substrate, were then observed for 14 days. Findings Results demonstrated that moisture blocking materials are effective methods in reducing the levels of surface moisture for bricks, mortar-brick interface and mortar. Originality/value Moisture blockers use the available water in the masonry to block the passage of water to the surface of the masonry, filling pores, cracks and spaces at the interface between mortar and bricks. This approach will deliver a wider understanding of how water-based moisture blockers work and the scenarios in which they are best applied. The pursuit of possible environmentally friendly and sustainable materials for use in the construction industry is the key driver of this research.
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Vojvodić, Katija. "Brick-and-mortar retailers: Becoming smarter with innovative technologies." Strategic Management 24, no. 2 (2019): 3–11. http://dx.doi.org/10.5937/straman1902003v.
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Jeanjean, François. "Technical Progress Reduces the Degree of Competition That Maximizes Investment in Innovation." Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences Technology 2, no. 4 (December 31, 2020): 1–3. http://dx.doi.org/10.47363/jeast/2020(2)116.
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The relationship between competition and investment is generally characterized by an inverted-U relationship. The position of these curves and, in particular their maximum, i.e, the degree of competition that maximizes investment, depends on the degree of technical progress that characterizes each industry. Industries experiencing a high degree of technical progress, as information technologies, maximize their investments in innovation for lower degrees of competition than other industries. Sectoral and competition authorities should take this into account for regulation of competition. Information technologies should not be regulated as brick and mortar industries.
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Confente, Ilenia, Ivan Russo, Simone Peinkofer, and Robert Frankel. "The challenge of remanufactured products: the role of returns policy and channel structure to reduce consumers' perceived risk." International Journal of Physical Distribution & Logistics Management 51, no. 4 (March 24, 2021): 350–80. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijpdlm-03-2020-0089.
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PurposeWhile remanufactured products represent an increasingly researched phenomenon in the literature, not much is known about consumers' understanding and acceptance of such products. This study explores this issue in the context of the theory of perceived risk (TPR), investigating return policy leniency and distribution channel choice as potential factors to foster remanufactured products' sales.Design/methodology/approachThis research utilizes an experimental design composed of a pre-test and a scenario-based main experiment to explore how return policy leniency might mitigate consumers' perceived risk and how their related purchase intention differs across two types of retail distribution channel structures (i.e. brick-and-mortar vs. online).FindingsThe investigation into the efficacy of return policy leniency within two retail distribution channel settings (i.e. brick-and-mortar vs. online) illustrates that providing a lenient return policy is an effective “cue” in increasing consumer purchase intention for remanufactured products. While prior literature has established that consumers value return policy leniency for new products, the authors provide empirical evidence that this preference also applies to remanufactured products. Notably, that return policy preference holds true in both channel settings (i.e. brick-and-mortar vs. online) under consideration. Additionally, and contrary to the authors’ predictions, consumers perceived remanufactured products sold via both channel settings as equally risky, thus highlighting that both are appropriate distribution channels for remanufactured products. Finally, while research on new products provides some initial guidance on consumer perceptions of quality and risk, the study provides empirical evidence into the difference of perceived risk with regard to new versus remanufactured products.Originality/valueBy employing the TPR, this research explored the role played by two supply chain management related factors (returns policy and channel structure) in reducing consumer's perceived risk and increasing purchase intention. In doing so, this study answers the call for more consumer-based supply chain management research in a controlled experimental research setting.
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Ceesay, Lamin B. "Learning Beyond the Brick and Mortar: Prospects, Challenges, and Bibliometric Review of E-learning Innovation." Jindal Journal of Business Research 10, no. 1 (April 20, 2021): 33–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/22786821211000190.
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The increasing proliferation of IT services in all sectors has reinforced the adoption and diffusion across all levels of education and training institutions. However, lack of awareness, knowledge about the key challenges, and opportunities of e-learning seem to allude policymakers, resulting in low adoption or increased failure rate of many e-learning projects. Our study tries to address this problem through a review of relevant literature in e-learning. Our goal was to draw from the existing literature, insights into the opportunities and challenges of e-learning diffusion, and the current state-of-research in the field. To do this, we employed a systematic review of literature on some of the salient opportunities and challenges of e-learning innovation for educational institutions. These results aimed to inform policymakers and suggest some interesting issues to advance the research and adoption and diffusion of e-learning. Moreover, the bibliometric analysis shows that the field is experiencing high research attraction among scholars. However, several research areas in the field witnessed relatively low research paucity. Based on these findings, we discussed topics for possible future research.
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Chen, Yixian, Prakhar Mehrotra, Nitin Kishore Sai Samala, Kamilia Ahmadi, Viresh Jivane, Linsey Pang, Monika Shrivastav, Nate Lyman, and Scott Pleiman. "A Multiobjective Optimization for Clearance in Walmart Brick-and-Mortar Stores." INFORMS Journal on Applied Analytics 51, no. 1 (February 2021): 76–89. http://dx.doi.org/10.1287/inte.2020.1065.
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We developed a novel multiobjective markdown system and deployed it across many merchandising units at Walmart. The objectives of this system are to (1) clear the stores’ excess inventory by a specified date, (2) improve revenue by minimizing the discounts needed to clear shelves, and (3) reduce the substantial cost to relabel merchandise in the stores. The underlying mathematical approach uses techniques such as deep reinforcement learning, simulation, and optimization to determine the optimal (marked-down) price. Starting in 2019, after six months of extensive testing, we implemented the new approach across all Walmart stores in the United States. The result was a high-performance model with a price-adjustment policy tailored to each store. Walmart increased its sell-through rate (i.e., the number of units sold during the markdown period divided by its inventory at the beginning of the markdown) by 21% and reduced its costs by 7%. Benefits that Walmart accrues include demographics-based store personalization, reductions in operating costs with limited numbers of price adjustments, and a dynamic time window for markdowns.
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Angula, Etuhole, and Valencia Melissa Zulu. "Tackling the ‘death’ of brick-and-mortar clothing retailers through store atmospherics and customer experience." Innovative Marketing 17, no. 3 (September 21, 2021): 157–68. http://dx.doi.org/10.21511/im.17(3).2021.13.
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The threat of online shopping propels brick-and-mortar retailers to innovate and design their retail atmosphere to create unforgettable shopping experiences to compete effectively and retain customers. The study firstly identifies store atmospherics factors that enhance the shopping experience and secondly explores the hypothesized relationships between store atmospherics dimensions (lighting, music, layout, and employee interaction) and customer experience. Furthermore, the effect of customer experience and repurchase intention is also explored. A self-administered survey was used, and data were collected from 390 respondents who visit physical clothing stores regularly in the City of Johannesburg in South Africa. The survey results were analyzed using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) for descriptive statistics. Covariance-Based Structural Equation Modelling (CB-SEM) was utilized for the path analysis. The findings reveal that only store layout, lighting, and employee interaction are essential elements in creating pleasurable customer in-store experiences (β = 0.163, p = 0.05; β = 0.207, p = 0.01; β = 0.293, p = 0.001). It is also evident that consumers perceive music to be less effective in enhancing their shopping experiences (β = 0.048, p = ns). Moreover, the results show that enriching customer experiences stimulate repeat purchases (β = 0.745, p = 0.001). The findings demonstrate that innovating the store environment should be based on shop layout, illumination, and employee contact to create appealing experiences. This study contributes to consumer and retailing services literature. Acknowledgment This study is based on the research supported partly by the University of the Witwatersrand Chancellor’s Female Academic Leaders Fellowship.
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Wollenburg, Johannes, Alexander Hübner, Heinrich Kuhn, and Alexander Trautrims. "From bricks-and-mortar to bricks-and-clicks." International Journal of Physical Distribution & Logistics Management 48, no. 4 (May 8, 2018): 415–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijpdlm-10-2016-0290.
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Purpose The advent of grocery sales through online channels necessitates that bricks-and-mortar retailers redefine their logistics networks if they want to compete online. Because the general understanding of such bricks-and-clicks logistics systems for grocery is still limited, the purpose of this paper is to analyze the internal logistics networks used to serve customers across channels by means of an exploratory study with retailers from different contexts. Design/methodology/approach A total of 12 case companies from six European countries participated in this exploratory study. Face-to-face interviews with managers were the primary source for data collection. The heterogeneity of the sample enabled the authors to build a typology of logistics networks in grocery retailing on multiple channels and to understand the advantages of different warehousing, picking, internal transportation and last-mile delivery systems. Findings Bricks-and-mortar grocery retailers are leveraging their existing logistics structures to fulfill online orders. Logistics networks are mostly determined by the question of where to split case packs into customer units. In non-food logistics, channel integration is mostly seen as beneficial, but in grocery retailing, this depends heavily on product, market and retailer specifics. The data from the heterogeneous sample reveal six distinct types for cross-channel order fulfillment. Practical implications The qualitative analysis of different design options can serve as a decision support for retailers developing logistics networks to serve customers across channels. Originality/value The paper shows the internal and external factors that drive the decision-making for omni-channel (OC) logistics networks for previously store-based grocery retailers. Thereby, it makes a step toward building a contingency and configuration theory of retail networks design. It discusses in particular the differences between grocery and non-food OC retailing, last-mile delivery systems and market characteristics in the decision-making of retail networks design.
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Zuena, Martina, Ludovica Ruggiero, Giancarlo Della Ventura, Edoardo Bemporad, Maria Antonietta Ricci, and Armida Sodo. "Effectiveness and Compatibility of Nanoparticle Based Multifunctional Coatings on Natural and Man-Made Stones." Coatings 11, no. 4 (April 20, 2021): 480. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/coatings11040480.
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The interaction of microorganisms with stone materials leads to biodeterioration processes, which may cause aesthetic damages and the loss of durability and strength of the substrates. Innovative solutions against this process are represented by nanotechnologies. In our previous works, 2-mercaptobenzothiazole was successfully encapsulated within two silica-based nanodevices: nanocapsules and mesoporous nanoparticles. Such loaded nanodevices have been dispersed in TEOS based coatings, characterized as far as their chemical–physical properties and in vitro biocide efficacy. Here, we adopt a multi-technic approach, to assess the coatings efficacy and compatibility with four types of stones of cultural heritage interest, namely, mortar, brick, travertine, and Carrara marble. In particular, we determine the protective function of the coatings, based on water transport properties (reduction up to a factor 10 of the water absorption for brick and mortar, without significantly influencing water vapor transmission rate), morphology of the surface (absence of coating cracks and color changes), and TiO2 photocatalytic activity. Consequently, these coatings can be considered suitable for application on stone artifacts, without interfering with their artistic appearance.
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Mäihäniemi, Beata. "The Role of Innovation in the Analysis of Abuse of Dominance in Digital Markets: The Analysis of Chosen Practices of Google Search." Market and Competition Law Review 1, no. 1 (September 5, 2019): 111–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.7559/mclawreview.2017.311.
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Competition investigations in digital markets focus increasingly on future markets, and incentives to invest and innovate play here a larger role than in traditional "brick and mortar" industries. the article analyses the role of innovation in cases of abuse of dominance in digital markets on two levels. The first level involves the strength of incentives to invest and innovate of a digital monopolist - would he have less or more incentives to innovate and prefer to resort to practices that foreclose his competitors or leverage his market power to adjacent markets to keep its dominant position on the market? The second level identifies concrete phases of the competition analysis in which innovation considerations are contemplated in digital markets, such as objective justifications or assessing the effect of the practice on consumer welfare. Toe analysis of the role of innovation in the assessment of alleged anticompetitive abuses is conducted on the example of two concerns expressed by the EC in recent investigations into practices of Google Search, namely (1) search bias and (2) restrictions on portability of advertising data to competing advertising platforms.
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Atmadi, Tony Prasanto. "STUDI UJI KUAT TEKAN DAN SERAPAN AIR PADA BATA BETON BERLUBANG DENGAN BAHAN IKAT KAPUR DAN FLY ASH." Sains & Teknologi 3, no. 3 (October 21, 2019): 12. http://dx.doi.org/10.24123/jst.v3i3.2286.
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Along with population growth from year to year increase in positive correlation with housing needs. Various innovative building materials necessary to provide the public an opportunity to select materials according to their needs and abilities. One of the innovations that can be developed is the use of hollow concrete bricks as building material for walls using a different belt materials. In Indonesia, many local materials that can be used as building material for the mixed stacking hollow concrete blocks strapped him in particular materials. One of the alternative tie material can be used to reduce pamakaian Portland cement is fly ash. Innovations that can be done is making concrete hollow brick with limestone belt materials and fly ash, because the material can theoretically be bound material using the reaction mechanism pozolan-lime. Mixture composition variation between the fly ash, lime, and sand as the material collated hollow concrete blocks used in this study, respectively - are part (in weight units) 0:1:6; 0,5:1:6; 1:1:6 ; 1,3:1:6; 1,4:1:6; 1,5:1:6; 1,6:1:6; and 1,8:1:6. The parameters examined in this study include stacking the material characteristics of concrete hollow bricks, the sand gradation testing, the weight of sand, mud, sand content, conservation of sand grains, and the gradation of fly ash; strong press penyususun concrete brick mortar holes; strong press and the value of water absorption hollow concrete brick with limestone belt materials and fly ash. Hollow concrete brick testing performed three times, ie at the age of 14 days, 21 days, and 28 days. From the research results collated material characteristics of concrete hollow bricks show that gradations of sand used in Badean in zone 1, ie coarse sand, the average density - average 2.567 for Badean sand, mud content of the average - Badean sand flat 2.08% for <5% ,, conservation of grain using Na2SO4 for 5.03% <12% and conservation of grains using MgSO4 for 6.30% <10%. From the findings of conventional hollow concrete blocks with a mixture of composition 1 PC: 15 Ps for a strong test of hollow concrete brick press shows that a strong press for the optimum of 12.69 kg/cm2. And to strongly press the test hole with concrete blocks tied materials and lime fly ash showed that a strong press and the optimum occurs at the composition 1.4 Fa: 1 Kp: 6 Psr, which is 11.54 kg/cm2 at 14 days; 12.44 kg / cm2 at the age of 21 days, and 13.33 kg/cm2 at the age of 28 days. For the water absorption value of hollow concrete blocks shows that more and more pasta, then the value of water absorption decreased. Largest water absorption occurs in the variation of composition 0 Fa: 1 Kp: 6 Psr ie 5.13%, and the value of the smallest water absorption occurs at 1.8 composition variations Fa: 1 Kp: 6 Psr ie 0.05%.
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Al Enzi, Abrar, and Dalal Al Enezi. "The invasion of e-commerce on SMEs: Exploring the impact on the brick-and-mortar experience." International Journal of Business Information Systems 1, no. 1 (2021): 1. http://dx.doi.org/10.1504/ijbis.2021.10039106.
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Itow, Rebecca Chiyoko. "Fostering valuable learning experiences by transforming current teaching practices: practical pedagogical approaches from online practitioners." Information and Learning Sciences 121, no. 5/6 (June 25, 2020): 443–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ils-04-2020-0106.
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to share lessons learned and tools developed that teachers can use to build pedagogically sound online courses. Transitioning to online instruction is not learning to teach all over again, and it does not have to feel that way either. Through the lens of three common questions new online teachers ask, the principal of a university-run online high school offers practical advice for transforming current pedagogical practices into effective online teaching. This transformation is structured with an innovative “multi-level” approach to assessment. This structure helps organize the transformation, letting teachers focus on building and/or maintaining crucial relationships and meaningful learning experiences with their students. Design/methodology/approach An innovative assessment lens structures the transformation of practices from brick-and-mortar to online settings, clearing the opacity of the online teaching context so that teachers can return their focus building relationships and meaningful learning experiences with their students. Findings The paper offers immediately-implementable strategies for designing online courses that facilitate relationship building, meet curricular goals, and are pedagogically sound. Practical implications Teachers can adapt the tools, resources, and advice included in this paper to fit their unique teaching needs as they move to online teaching contexts. Originality/value This paper uses the pedagogical model and assessment lens developed by the university-run high school and its principal to offer unique, practically implementable strategies for transitioning from brick-and-mortar to online teaching in this tumultuous time.
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Menchaca, Michael P., and Ellen S. Hoffman. "Certificate Of Online Learning And Teaching (COLT) At The University Of Hawaii: A Horse Of Another Color For Earning College Credits." Journal of College Teaching & Learning (TLC) 10, no. 4 (September 30, 2013): 255–62. http://dx.doi.org/10.19030/tlc.v10i4.8122.
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Current conventional wisdom may perceive that higher education is outdated and maybe even likely to collapse. Online education is often predicted to replace brick-and-mortar campuses with systems providing students access to world-class learning via smartphones and tablets. Many private and commercial ventures are embracing such concepts. However, in the race to implement large-scale models, significant key elements such as understanding that learning can be social, affective, personal, and even cultural may be missing. Thus, creative yet research-based programs at the university level are needed. While it is true that existing university structures might inhibit the implementation of radical programs, there are opportunities where such innovation can be offered. In the case of the Department of Educational Technology at the University of Hawaii, an option for a program at the certificate level not necessarily leading to a traditional degree was provided. The certificate option provided an opportunity to explore entrepreneurial models while also incorporating what we understand about learning, the brain, and newer technologies. This paper describes the circumstances and approach that led to the creation of an innovative program that still fit within current university structures.
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Ge, Dongdong, Luhui Hu, Bo Jiang, Guangjun Su, and Xiaole Wu. "Intelligent site selection for bricks-and-mortar stores." Modern Supply Chain Research and Applications 1, no. 1 (February 11, 2019): 88–102. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/mscra-03-2019-0010.
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to achieve intelligent superstore site selection. Yonghui Superstores partnered with Cardinal Operations to incorporate a tremendous amount of site-related information (e.g. points of interest, population density and features, distribution of competitors, transportation, commercial ecosystem, existing own-store network) into its store site optimization. Design/methodology/approach This paper showcases the integration of regression, optimization and machine learning approaches in site selection, which has proven practical and effective. Findings The result was the development of the “Yonghui Intelligent Site Selection System” that includes three modules: business district scoring, intelligent site engine and precision sales forecasting. The application of this system helps to significantly reduce the labor force required to visit and investigate all potential sites, circumvent the pitfalls associated with possibly biased experience or intuition-based decision making and achieve the same population coverage as competitors while needing only half the number of stores as its competitors. Originality/value To our knowledge, this project is among the first to integrate regression, optimization and machine learning approaches in site selection. There is innovation in optimization techniques.
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Barnes, David, Matthew Hinton, and Suzanne Mieczkowska. "Managing the transition from bricks-and-mortar to clicks-and-mortar: a business process perspective." Knowledge and Process Management 11, no. 3 (July 2004): 199–209. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/kpm.205.
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Novak, Jasminko, and Gerhard Schwabe. "Designing for reintermediation in the brick-and-mortar world: Towards the travel agency of the future." Electronic Markets 19, no. 1 (February 6, 2009): 15–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12525-009-0003-5.
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Tyagi, Pooja, and Anurag Sharma. "Implementation of Fraudulent Sellers Detection System of Online Marketplaces using Machine Learning Techniques." International Journal of Recent Technology and Engineering (IJRTE) 10, no. 2 (July 30, 2021): 194–98. http://dx.doi.org/10.35940/ijrte.b6298.0710221.
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The E-commerce proportion in global retail expenditure has been steadily increasing over the years showing an obvious shift from brick and mortar to retail clicks. To analyze the exact problem of building an interactive models for the identification of auction fraud in the entry of data into ecommerce. This is why the most popular site's business develops with retailers and other auction customers. Where viral customers purchase products from online trading, customers may worry about fraudulent actions to get unlawful benefits from honest parties. Proactive modesty systems for detecting fraud are thus a necessary practice to prevent such illegal activities. The shopping product is built according to the customer's requirements and is safer online and resting, and the rules and regulations that are necessary to follow no longer seem to be the best of workable selection, coefficient limits that facilitate the shopping product and make it easier for the user model to compete on each platform so that it can experiment.
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Chandy, Rajesh K., Jaideep C. Prabhu, and Kersi D. Antia. "What Will the Future Bring? Dominance, Technology Expectations, and Radical Innovation." Journal of Marketing 67, no. 3 (July 2003): 1–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.1509/jmkg.67.3.1.18652.
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Are dominant firms laggards or leaders at innovation? The answers to this question are conflicting and controversial. In an attempt to resolve conflicting answers to this question, the authors argue that dominance is a multifaceted construct in which individual facets result in differing (and countervailing) propensities to innovate. To identify the overall effects of dominance, it is necessary to consider the effects of these facets taken together. The authors also study a hitherto ignored yet important driver of innovation, technology expectations, and show that managers have widely divergent expectations of the same new technology. Furthermore, even when their expectations are the same, managers of dominant firms display investment behavior at odds with their counterparts at nondominant firms. The authors use a triangulation of research methods and combine insights from lab studies with those from field interviews, archival data, and a survey of bricks-and-mortar banks’ responses to Internet banking.
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Min, Hokey. "Exploring Omni-Channels for Customer-Centric e-Tailing." Logistics 5, no. 2 (May 25, 2021): 31. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/logistics5020031.
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In this volatile post-COVID environment where customers look for ways to order products online using personal computers and mobile devices, a traditional sale/delivery of products via single distribution channel needs to be reassessed. As a revolutionary alternative to a conventional distribution channel, this paper proposes an omni-channel strategy. The omni-channel aims to maximize the customer shopping experience by diversifying and integrating the product purchase and delivery media through customer engagement. The omni-channel also facilitates the sales of products by allowing customers to seamlessly interact with retailers across the multiple channels such as websites, social media, brick-and-mortar stores, kiosks, call centers, and the like. Since the transformation of product sale, purchase, and delivery processes requires a new business mindset and innovative strategic initiatives, this paper sheds light on potential challenges and opportunities of implementing the omni-channel strategy, while identifying key success factors for the application of the omni-channel concept to e-tailing.
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Jeyaraj, Anand, Deborah B. Raiser, Charles Chowa, and Gary M. Griggs. "Organizational and Institutional Determinants of B2C Adoption under Shifting Environments." Journal of Information Technology 24, no. 3 (September 2009): 219–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/jit.2008.22.
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This study examines the adoption of business-to-consumer (B2C) e-commerce by bricks-and-mortar companies comprising the Standard & Poor's 500 (S&P 500) listings between 1992 and 2003. B2C represents a Type III information systems (IS) innovation that integrates IS with core business technologies. Extant studies on Type III innovations have examined organizational and institutional factors, solely or collectively, in explaining adoption, but not how their effects change under shifting environments over time. We develop an integrated model comprising organizational factors (i.e., espoused values and resources) and institutional factors (i.e., normative and mimetic pressures), as well as the moderating influence of shifting environments (i.e., early period and late period demarcated by changes in the environment). Using a piecewise event-history model specification, we examine the adoption of B2C innovations by 93 organizations over time. Our results show that both organizational and institutional factors influence B2C adoption; however, their effects varied with the environmental shifts. Specifically, senior IS executives influenced adoption in the early period whereas bandwagon mimetic pressures and business norms influenced adoption in the late period. The findings of our research demonstrate the importance of explicitly modeling environmental shifts in theorizing organizational adoption of innovations.
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Harba, Jacqueline-Nathalie. "New approaches to customer experience: where disruptive technological innovation meets luxury fashion." Proceedings of the International Conference on Business Excellence 13, no. 1 (May 1, 2019): 740–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/picbe-2019-0066.
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Abstract Consumer behavior is shifting radically with the rise of e-commerce and new technologies. As a result, luxury retailers are forced to embrace a variety of technologies to keep their customers engaged. How do brands captivate shoppers and provide the customer experience that will satisfy their desires? Through dissemination of literature and case studies on examples from the industry, this paper presents a detailed discussion on the new approaches to customer experience in the luxury fashion industry, in the context of a modern economy that is highly shaped by disruptive technological innovations. The discussion includes two detailed case studies, focusing on two key themes that define contemporary customer expectations: the story – discussing customer’s desire to be immersed in the narratives behind catwalk collections, and the experience – discussing the use of technology to create a unique retail space through the use of online and mobile specific technologies. The first case study focuses on how new technologies provide brands with new opportunities to present their products through narratives. Using famous luxury retailers Dior, Givenchy and Prada as examples, the case study provides a detailed discussion on the use of virtual reality and augmented reality as tools that enable customers to project themselves into the story behind a catwalk show and become active characters in the narrative, through the use of technological devices. The second case study focuses on the importance of merging the online and the traditional brick-and-mortar store. “The Store of the Future”, by luxury retailer Farfetch is used as an example of how retailers make use of high-tech equipment, virtual reality and augmented reality not only to create a tech-powered interactive experience that will intrigue customers, but also to improve retail productivity by capturing customer data. The study adopts a qualitative research method to evaluate the validity of the concepts discussed in the Literature Review, using a sample of three in-depth interviews with industry experts, focusing on the use of technology to improve customer experience in physical retail spaces. Based on previously published research, it is estimated that the primary research will indicate that it is not the use of technology that drives the customer experience, but customer expectations that determine the adoption and adaptation of disruptive technologies to satisfy the shoppers’ requirements.
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Gawor, Tobias, and Kai Hoberg. "Customers’ valuation of time and convenience in e-fulfillment." International Journal of Physical Distribution & Logistics Management 49, no. 1 (February 11, 2019): 75–98. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijpdlm-09-2017-0275.
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PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to derive monetary benchmarks and managerial implications for omni-channel retailers’ B2C e-fulfillment strategies by investigating the trade-offs between lead time, delivery convenience and total price including shipment in the context of online electronics retailing.Design/methodology/approachBased on a choice-based conjoint analysis among 550 US online shoppers, the monetary values of lead time and convenience were calculated in a log-log regression model. In addition, latent class segmentation was applied to identify consumer segments according to their differing e-fulfillment preferences.FindingsFrom a consumer perspective, the analysis suggests that price is the most important criteria in omni-channel retailer selection, followed by lead time and convenience. The value of time is, on average, $3.61 per day. Regarding convenience, the results indicate that delivery to the home is highly preferred over pick-up options. The value of the consumer’s travel time was estimated at $10.62 per hour. The latent class segmentation identified four segment groups with different preferences.Research limitations/implicationsTo validate the findings, future research could analyze real data from omni-channel retailers’ customers’ buying behavior. It should also be interesting to extend the research to other price ranges, market segments and e-fulfillment factors, such as return options, shop ratings and membership programs aiming for further generalization.Practical implicationsThe findings guide omni-channel retailers to focus on efficient B2C e-fulfillment strategies. Considerable competitive advantages may be gained by reducing lead times and offering convenient delivery in line with the lead time valuation of the identified customer segment.Originality/valueThis study fills gaps in the academic research of consumer behavior in retailer selection, which has primarily concentrated on the choice between “brick-and-mortar” and online sales channels. It paves the way for a more service-oriented perspective in omni-channel retailing research.
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Fihartini, Yuniarti, Arief Helmi, Meydia Hassan, and Yevis Marty Oesman. "Perceived health risk, online retail ethics, and consumer behavior within online shopping during the COVID-19 pandemic." Innovative Marketing 17, no. 3 (July 9, 2021): 17–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.21511/im.17(3).2021.02.
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The risk of virus contracting during the COVID-19 pandemic has changed consumer preference for online shopping to meet their daily needs than shopping in brick-and-mortar stores. Online shopping presents a different environment, atmosphere, and experience. The possibility of ethical violations is higher during online than face-to-face transactions. Therefore, this study was conducted to investigate the influence of perceived health risk and customer perception of online retail ethics on consumer online shopping behavior during the COVID-19 pandemic, involving seven variables, namely perceived health risk, security, privacy, non-deception, reliability fulfillment, service recovery, and online shopping behavior. The data were collected through an online survey by employing the purposive sampling technique to a consumer who has shopped online during the COVID-19 pandemic in Indonesia. 315 valid responses were obtained and analyzed through quantitative method using SEM-Amos. The results showed that perceived health risk and four variables of online retail ethics including security, privacy, reliability fulfillment, and service recovery affected online shopping behavior. Meanwhile, non-deception was found to have an insignificant effect. The coefficient value proved perceived health risk to be more dominant in influencing online shopping behavior than the variables of online retail ethics. Thus, consumers pay more concern for their health during online shopping. However, positive consumer perceptions of the behavior of online retail websites in providing services also can encourage consumers to shop online during this pandemic.
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Dennard, Linda. "Book Review: More than Bricks and Mortar? Mental Health and the Built Environment." Human Relations 50, no. 4 (April 1997): 451–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/001872679705000407.
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Jayaraman, T. K., and Keshmeer Makun. "Digitisation as a Contingent Factor in India’s Financial Sector Development-growth Nexus: An Empirical Study." Margin: The Journal of Applied Economic Research 13, no. 3 (August 2019): 306–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0973801019841261.
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Financial sector development (FSD) has been recognised as a supportive factor, acting as a shift variable in the growth function, besides the fundamental variables of capital stock and labour. Since the beginning of the new millennium, rapid strides in the spread of information and communication technology (ICT) have enabled the hitherto reluctant, urban-based banking institutions to reach the rural masses for mobilising savings. Digitisation through various innovations has made it possible that ‘brick and mortar less’ bank branches now increasingly provide financial services to rural India. This study examines the role of digitisation as a contingent factor in India’s FSD and growth nexus during the last 13 years (2003–2015). The findings of the empirical study through employment of ARDL methodology and application of bounds testing procedure by utilising 52 quarterly observations of the data series of relevant variables reveal that digitisation has indeed emerged a significant factor in the FSD and growth nexus, by playing a complementary role to FSD. There are two policy implications: (a) as ICT has emerged a major tool, it has to be supported at all levels, and (b) the financial inclusion process should be carried forward as it has all the potential to speed up economic growth and development. JEL: G21, O16, O33
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Gupta, Vikas, and Namita Jain. "Harnessing information and communication technologies for effective knowledge creation." Journal of Enterprise Information Management 30, no. 5 (September 11, 2017): 831–55. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jeim-10-2016-0173.
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Purpose Education is subject to the same pressures as a business, it has to spur innovation, improve customer service and achieve operational excellence. Education is expected to solve intricate problems that heralded the twenty-first century. Niche areas emerged in education that need further study and research. The authors postulate such demands may be met by information and communication technologies (ICTs) that opened up the avenue for innovation and experimentation in education. One such innovation is online learning and massive open online courses (MOOCs) that represent immense opportunities in education. With their advent, even the permanent relevance of physical classrooms has been questioned. The purpose of this paper is to answer to all these questions and attempts to fill gaps in the understanding of the future of education. Design/methodology/approach The paper came into being after a review of literature pertaining to the changing ecosystem of education and an analysis of newer platforms like MOOCs. The paper surveyed books, scholarly articles, reports, conference proceedings and online databases in the area of education and related technological developments. Findings The existence of MOOCs in the education landscape cannot be ignored. This is proven by the fact that MOOC enrollment surpassed 35 million users in 2015. MOOCs were considered a popular concept in the developed world to start with. But, today MOOCs are being offered by universities in developing nations too. As the number of participant countries increases, MOOCs in vernacular languages are being developed to overcome the language barrier. The paper found that the online model cannot replace the brick and mortar model completely. Rather, it will complement it by providing an enriching experience to various stakeholders, including the learner and the instructor. In the future, students will have the advantage of a blended classroom where the best of online and offline models converge into an optimal experience. Research limitations/implications As the theme of the paper is new and the educational landscape continues to evolve, it is very difficult to determine the pace of transformation of education. However, the authors have tried to suggest a conceptual framework for the future in education, subject to empirical validation. Practical implications This paper helps us understand that we are in a rapidly evolving scenario where innovations have the potential to disrupt the existing model. Such disruptions can have behavioral, economical and social ramifications. A better understanding of such alterations will help academicians equip themselves for evolving classrooms and the changing nature of their jobs. The new ICT enabled ecosystem will also try to overcome issues related to the quality of education and knowledge dissemination. Originality/value The present paper is a comprehensive study of the opportunities and challenges posed by emerging classrooms.
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Alexander, Baah, Tan Zhongming, Ding Guoping, Albert Henry Ntarmah, and Asare Evans Kwabena. "Credit Risk Classification in Peer-to-Peer Marketplaces: The Nexus of Neural Network Approach." Business and Economic Research 10, no. 1 (February 3, 2020): 196. http://dx.doi.org/10.5296/ber.v10i1.16372.
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Financial innovation in recent years have prominently contributed to the growth of Peer-to-Peer lending marketplaces allowing individual and businesses to secure loans on a common internet-based network. Similar to the ‘bricks and mortar’ banking system, online lending is coupled with the problem of information asymmetry. Borrower risk assessment has henceforth become the major concerns of various platforms that aim to reducing information imbalance towards mitigating credit risk. In this article, authors compared two learning algorithms – Logistic regression and Artificial Neural Network to classify borrowers based on loan repayment schedule. We revealed that both approaches were robust in classifying late borrowers with logistic regression being 0.02% more robust than Neural Network. Regarding variable relative importance, gender is considered the least important variable whereas terms-of-repayment is the most important variable affecting borrowers’ intention to pay off loans. Even though our study contributes to existing literature, it is however not limited to determining factors that may affect lenders’ investment decision in social lending.
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Schlangenotto, Darius, Dennis Kundisch, and Nancy V. Wünderlich. "Is paid search overrated? When bricks-and-mortar-only retailers should not use paid search." Electronic Markets 28, no. 4 (February 18, 2018): 407–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12525-018-0287-4.
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Saiz, Albert. "Bricks, mortar, and proptech." Journal of Property Investment & Finance 38, no. 4 (March 23, 2020): 327–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jpif-10-2019-0139.
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PurposeDigital and information technologies (IT) are becoming silently pervasive in old-fashioned real estate markets. This paper focuses on three important avenues for the diffusion of IT in commercial real estate: online brokerage and sales, the commoditization of space and Fintech in mortgage and equity funding. We describe the main new markets and products created by this IT revolution. The focus is on the pioneering US market, with some attention devoted to the specific firms and institutions taking these innovations into the mainstream. We also carefully analyze the economic underpinnings from which the new technologies can expect to generate cash flows, thus becoming viable—or not. Finally, we discuss their likely impact on established players in the commercial real estate arena.Design/methodology/approachIn this paper, the author chooses to focus on three separate arenas where the IT revolution—sometimes referred to as Proptech, as applied to real estate—is having discernible impacts: sales and brokerage, space commoditization and online finance platforms. The author invites the reader to think seriously about the economic fundamentals that may—or may not—sustain new business models in Proptech. Real estate economists and investors alike need to be critical of new business models, especially when they are being aggressively marketed by their promoters. Trying to avoid any hype, the author provides thoughts about the likely impact of the innovations on their markets, guided by economic and finance theory, and previous experience.FindingsThe author evaluates the evolution of commercial real estate brokerage. While innovations will, no doubt, have an impact on the ways in which we buy and lease commercial properties, the lessons from the housing market should make us skeptical about the possibility of the new technologies dramatically facilitating disintermediation in this market. In fact, new oligopolies seem to be emerging with regard to market data provision.Practical implicationsProptech will change some aspects of the real estate industry, but not others!Originality/valueAs change pervades the property industry, only a relatively few research pieces are illustrating or—more importantly—providing insights about the likely economic and financial impacts of IT penetration. Similarly, only a few papers have so far addressed the economic viability of the alternative business models of tech startups targeting real estate markets and transactions.
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Summers, Michael P., and George Verikios. "Assistive technology pricing in Australia: is it efficient and equitable?" Australian Health Review 42, no. 1 (2018): 100. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/ah16042.
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Objective To examine available systematically collected evidence regarding prices for assistive technology (AT; e.g. disability aids and equipment) in Australia with other comparable countries. Issues of appropriate AT pricing are coming to the fore as a consequence of efforts to move to consumer-centric purchasing decisions with the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) and also in the recent aged care reforms. Methods We identified and present three sets of AT price comparisons. Two comparisons were based solely on the lowest prices advertised on the internet, and one comparison examined recommended retail prices. Variables essential to ensuring accurate comparisons, as well as significant supply-chain issues were also examined and considered in the analyses. Results The first internet-only price comparison found that overall AT prices were 38% higher in Australia compared to other countries, but did not factor in shipping and other related costs that are essential to include given that most AT is imported. The second internet-only price comparison found that overall Australian prices were 24% lower when shipping and related costs were included. The recommended retail price comparisons found that Australian prices were between 14% and 27% lower. Prices for internet-only retailers (those with no bricks-and-mortar presence) are consistently lower for all products than those sold by retailers with actual shop-fronts. Further, there is no evidence of suppliers earning supranormal profits in Australia. Conclusions The results indicate that AT prices in Australia are efficient and equitable, with no significant indicators of market failure which would require government intervention. Efforts to reduce prices through the excessive use of large-scale government procurement programs are likely to reduce diversity and innovation in AT and raise AT prices over time. Open markets and competition with centralised tracking of purchases and providers to minimise possible over-servicing/over-charging align well with the original intention of the NDIS, and are likely to yield the best outcomes for consumers at the lowest costs. What is known about the topic? Government-funded programs are used extensively to purchase AT because it is a primary enabler for people of all ages with disabilities. Perceptions of unreasonably high prices for AT in Australia are resulting in the widespread adoption of bulk purchasing and related strategies by governments. What does this paper add? Carefully undertaken systematic price comparisons between Australia and comparable Organization For Economic Cooperation and Development countries indicate that, on average, Australian prices are lower than elsewhere when delivery to Australia is taken into account. It was also found that prices at brick-and-mortar shops, with all the services they provide to ensure the appropriateness of the products provided to meet the consumers’ needs and goals, are substantially higher than Internet purchases in which the consumer bears all the risks and responsibilities for outcomes. What are the implications? Overuse of government bulk purchasing and similar arrangements will lead to less diversity in the available AT products, related services and retail outlets, resulting in less choice for consumers and higher risks of poor outcomes through less focus on matching consumers with the ‘right’ products for their needs and goals, and ultimately higher AT prices over time as competition is reduced to a few major suppliers.
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Tolbert, Sylvia Long, Chiranjeev Kohli, and Rajneesh Suri. "Who pays the price for loyalty? The role of self-consciousness." Journal of Product & Brand Management 23, no. 4/5 (August 18, 2014): 362–71. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jpbm-08-2013-0375.
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Purpose – This paper aims to study the role of self-consciousness from the point of view of firm loyalty. Firms increasingly vie to gain, and then maintain, loyal consumers. A firm’s assumption that such consumers will be willing to pay premium prices, however, contradicts consumers’ rational motivations to seek low prices. This research suggests that consumers’ self-consciousness and the nature of their loyalty toward a firm help resolve this apparent contradiction. The results show that when past purchases reflect an exclusive relationship with a retailer, participants with high public self-consciousness valued relatively low-price offers, whereas those with high private self-consciousness expressed high-value perceptions for higher priced offers. However, when past purchases were divided between retail partners, self-consciousness showed no impact on value perceptions. Design/methodology/approach – Firms increasingly vie to gain, and then maintain, loyal consumers. A firm’s assumption that such consumers will be willing to pay premium prices, however, contradicts consumers’ rational motivations to seek low prices. This research suggests that consumers’ self-consciousness and the nature of their loyalty toward a firm help resolve this apparent contradiction. The results show that when past purchases reflect an exclusive relationship with a retailer, participants with high public self-consciousness valued relatively low-price offers, whereas those with high private self-consciousness expressed high-value perceptions for higher priced offers. However, when past purchases were divided between retail partners, self-consciousness showed no impact on value perceptions. Findings – Analysis reveals that consumers’ evaluations and search behaviors are influenced by characteristics of the medium (retail vs e-tail), but this effect is moderated by both gender and price knowledge. Females prefer a brick and mortar environment and are likely to seek information at such retailers even when similar products are available online. However, males evaluate online offers better than identical store offers and are less inclined to engage in channel transition. Finally, evaluations of online offers are positively related to price knowledge, whereas a reverse pattern of results is obtained for retail offers. Originality/value – The findings shed light on how consumers evaluate identical online vs retail price offers, and their associated search intentions. These findings have practical implications for merchants who adopt a dual presence.
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Giresini, Linda, Fabio Solarino, Francesca Taddei, and Gerhard Mueller. "Experimental estimation of energy dissipation in rocking masonry walls restrained by an innovative seismic dissipator (LICORD)." Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering 19, no. 5 (February 18, 2021): 2265–89. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10518-021-01056-6.
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AbstractThis paper presents an innovative anti-seismic device for controlling the out-of-plane rocking motion of masonry walls with traditional tie-rods, called LInear COntrolled Rocking Device (LICORD). LICORD is a low-impact box connected to the extremity of the traditional tie-rod designed to mitigate rocking for medium–high intensity earthquakes. Additionally, the paper widens the knowledge about the dynamic behavior of rocking walls through the interpretation of the results of an extensive experimental campaign performed on masonry specimens composed by clay brick and cementitious mortar. Firstly, the LICORD’s single components are tested to identify their stiffness and damping properties. Secondly, free vibration tests provide actual values of coefficients of restitution on free-standing walls and walls restrained by LICORD, where the walls vary for the height to thickness ratio. For the stockier wall, the ratio of experimental/analytical coefficient of restitution varies from 88 to 98%, whereas for the slender wall, the results are less scattered, with a minimum value of 95% and a maximum value of 96%. The restrained walls are characterized by coefficients of restitution from 5 to 25% less than the values found for unrestrained walls, depending on the equivalent viscous coefficient of the shock absorbers. Moreover, LICORD demonstrated to properly absorb and damp the oscillations of the wall and control its rocking motion, strongly reducing the number of impacts and the rotation amplitudes up to 70%. Considerations about the effect of one-sided motion on the assessment of coefficient of restitution are also given. The equivalent viscous damping coefficients are observed to be on the range 4% (unrestrained wall) and 7–20% for walls restrained by LICORD.
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Iuorio, Ornella, Andrew Wallace, and Kate Simpson. "Prefabs in the North of England: Technological, Environmental and Social Innovations." Sustainability 11, no. 14 (July 17, 2019): 3884. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su11143884.
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Advances in digital technology have inaugurated a ‘fourth industrial revolution’, enabling, inter alia, the growth of ‘offsite’ housing construction in advanced economies. This productive transformation seems to be opening up new opportunities for styles of living, ownership, place-making and manufacturing that are more sustainable, democratic and bespoke. However, the full potential of this transformation is not yet clear nor how it will interact with—in the UK context—ongoing crises in housing provision rooted in an increasingly financialised and critically unbalanced national economy, timid state housing policies and a longstanding cultural preoccupation with mortgaged ‘bricks and mortar’ housing. In this paper, we report on an ongoing mixed method project interrogating the technological, environmental and social implications of the emergence of offsite housing construction in the UK. To a degree, we situate this interrogation in the Northern English region of Yorkshire, an emerging focal point of the growing offsite construction industry in the UK but an area afflicted by entrenched, post-industrial economic imbalances. The results show that offsite house engineers, designers and builders are innovatively embracing digital methods, a low carbon agenda and new approaches to place-making but that they have had little role, so far, in resolving the deeper structural problems affecting housing production in the UK, bringing the sustainability of their innovation into question.
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Williams, L. "Beyond bricks and mortar. 5 innovative materials." Engineering & Technology 14, no. 1 (February 1, 2019): 60–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.1049/et.2019.0108.
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Qian Qiu, Cai, and Mandy Mok Kim Man. "The Challenges and Solutions for Digital Entrepreneurship Platforms in Enhancing Firm’s Capabilities." International Journal of Business and Management 16, no. 11 (September 21, 2021): 21. http://dx.doi.org/10.5539/ijbm.v16n11p21.
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Digital entrepreneurship platforms have created opportunities to marketers and manufacturers to achieve their marketing objectives with digital technologies through various digital platforms. Implementation of digital platforms have changed the traditional ways of doing business in bricks and mortar to digital channels such as online marketing, App store, purchase via internet or smartphone, e-transaction and e-commerce. There is a general belief that by moving firms towards digitalization world and selling products or services through digital platforms will increase firms’ capabilities and directly increase sales finally lead to better firms’ performance. In fact, this is not applied to all the firms involving selling and buying in digital platforms. The main advantages of doing digital platforms business are do not need much capital in starting up the business and this business model allows digital entrepreneurs to work from anywhere and anytime without the restriction of locations and time constraints. There are many factors in influencing the success or failure of digital entrepreneurship of an individual, team or firm. First and foremost is the innovation factor which determines the successful path to the ultimate goal of the business. This paper discusses the digital entrepreneurship opportunities, digital platforms practices, challenges, risks and constraints faced in promoting and expanding digital platforms from a Malaysian perspective, such as firms’ organizational structure and human resource in digital expertise, digital technologies readiness, financial supports, market changes and unprecedented risks. This paper argues the importance and development of digital entrepreneurship that incorporates strategic innovation to enhance firms’ capabilities. The findings of the paper highlighted the potential of digital entrepreneur platforms in increasing new career for individual, enhancing economy growth and welfare for consumers. Hopefully the discussion outcomes will raise further awareness and attention of individual, team and firms to integrate digital entrepreneurship into their businesses.
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ZUPANCIC, Eva, and Denis TRCEK. "QADE: A NOVEL TRUST AND REPUTATION MODEL FOR HANDLING FALSE TRUST VALUES IN E–COMMERCE ENVIRONMENTS WITH SUBJECTIVITY CONSIDERATION." Technological and Economic Development of Economy 23, no. 1 (January 2, 2015): 81–110. http://dx.doi.org/10.3846/20294913.2015.1022810.
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Trust is essential to economic efficiency. Trading partners choose each other and make decisions based on how much they trust one another. The way to assess trust in e-commerce is different from those in brick and mortar businesses, as there are limited indicators available in online environments. One way is to deploy trust and reputation management systems that are based on collecting feedbacks about partners’ transactions. One of the problems within such systems is the presence of unfair ratings. In this paper, an innovative QADE trust model is presented, which assumes the existence of unfairly reported trust assessments. Subjective nature of trust is considered, where differently reported trust values do not necessarily mean false trust values but can also imply differences in dispositions to trust. The method to identify and filter out the presumably false values is defined. In our method, a trust evaluator finds other agents in society that are similar to him, taking into account pairwise similarity of trust values and similarity of agents’ general mindsets. In order to reduce the effect of unfair ratings, the values reported by the non-similar agents are excluded from the trust computation. Simulations have been used to compare the effectiveness of algorithms to decrease the effect of unfair ratings. The simulations have been carried out in environments with varying number of attackers and targeted agents, as well as with different kinds of attackers. The results showed significant improvements of our proposed method. On average 6% to 13% more unfair trust ratings have been detected by our method. Unfair rating effects on trust assessment were reduced with average improvements from 26% to 57% compared to the other most effective filtering methods by Whitby and Teacy.
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Hübner, Alexander, Johannes Wollenburg, and Andreas Holzapfel. "Retail logistics in the transition from multi-channel to omni-channel." International Journal of Physical Distribution & Logistics Management 46, no. 6/7 (July 4, 2016): 562–83. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijpdlm-08-2015-0179.
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Purpose – Online retailing changes all retail systems significantly. The growing importance of online sales requires the creation of new fulfillment models. The purpose of this paper is to investigate how retailers develop from separate multi-channel (MC) to integrated omni-channel (OC) fulfillment. OC retailing has an integrated perspective, with seamless interactions between online and bricks-and-mortar channels. Design/methodology/approach – More than 60 internationally active retailers and experts from Germany participated in an exploratory survey. With a response rate of 40 percent the authors achieved the goal to adequately depict the German MC and OC retail market. It is currently the largest empirical study of MC and OC fulfillment. Findings – It is the first study to comprehensively analyze the logistical development options open to retailers for integrated fulfillment. The authors discuss the conceptual development options and formulate propositions for an advanced OC fulfillment approach. OC retailers aim to pool their organizational units for fulfillment via different channels. Retailers with multiple channels develop their warehouse systems toward channel-integrated inventory enabling flexible and demand-driven inventory allocation. Retailers with channel-integrated inventory also organize their picking procedures in one common zone. The higher the outlet density, the more it becomes beneficial for retailers to introduce pick-up services. Research limitations/implications – The research is based on insights from retailers and experts from companies based in Germany. Practical implications – The findings provide an insight into designing OC fulfillment and distribution structures. The concepts themselves, archetypes, challenges and development paths are analyzed. Identified logistics levers can be adjusted to pinpoint the steps required to advance integration. Originality/value – The authors contribute by deriving propositions and a framework for transitioning from basic MC to integrated, extended OC logistics. Because this research area is still comparatively young, the authors take a more comprehensive, exploratory view of OC fulfillment.
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Casey, Bryan. "Title 2.0: Discrimination Law in a Data-Driven Society." Journal of Law and Mobility 2019 (2019): 36–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.36635/jlm.2019.title.
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More than a quarter century after civil rights activists pioneered America’s first ridesharing network, the connections between transportation, innovation, and discrimination are again on full display. Industry leaders such as Uber, Amazon, and Waze have garnered widespread acclaim for successfully combatting stubbornly persistent barriers to transportation. But alongside this well-deserved praise has come a new set of concerns. Indeed, a growing number of studies have uncovered troubling racial disparities in wait times, ride cancellation rates, and service availability in companies including Uber, Lyft, Task Rabbit, Grubhub, and Amazon Delivery. Surveying the methodologies employed by these studies reveals a subtle, but vitally important, commonality. All of them measure discrimination at a statistical level, not an individual one. As a structural matter, this isn’t coincidental. As America transitions to an increasingly algorithmic society, all signs now suggest we are leaving traditional brick and-mortar establishments behind for a new breed of data-driven ones. Discrimination, in other words, is going digital. And when it does, it will manifest itself—almost by definition—at a macroscopic scale. Why does this matter? Because not all of our civil rights laws cognize statistically-based discrimination claims. And as it so happens, Title II could be among them. This piece discusses the implications of this doctrinal uncertainty in a world where statistically-based claims are likely to be pressed against data-driven establishments with increasing regularity. Its goals are twofold. First, it seeks to build upon adjacent scholarship by fleshing out the specific structural features of emerging business models that will make Title II’s cognizance of “disparate effect” claims so urgent. In doing so, it argues that it is not the “platform economy,” per se, that poses an existential threat to the statute but something deeper. The true threat, to borrow Lawrence Lessig’s framing, is architectural in nature. It is the algorithms underlying “platform economy businesses” that are of greatest doctrinal concern—regardless of whether such businesses operate inside the platform economy or outside it. Second, this essay joins others in calling for policy reforms focused on modernizing our civil rights canon. It argues that our transition from the “Internet Society” to the “Algorithmic Society” will demand that Title II receive a doctrinal update. If it is to remain relevant in the years and decades ahead, Title II must become Title 2.0.
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Chen, Zhouyi, Wenyuan Chen, Chenglin Mai, Jianguang Shi, Yiren Xie, and Hongmei Hu. "Experimental Study on the Compressive Behaviors of Brick Masonry Strengthened with Modified Oyster Shell Ash Mortar." Buildings 11, no. 7 (June 23, 2021): 266. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/buildings11070266.
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Masonry bricks were widely used in construction of the walls in most of Chinese historical buildings. The low strength of lime–clay mortar used in existing historical brick masonry walls has usually led to poor performance such as cracking and collapse during earthquakes. As the composition of modified oyster shell ash mortar (MOSA mortar) with higher strength is similar to that of lime–clay mortar, it can be used to partially replace original lime–clay mortar for historical brick masonry buildings in order to improve their seismic performance. Previous research has proven that this strengthening method for brick masonry is effective in improving shear strength. In this paper, we present further experimental research regarding the compressive behaviors of brick masonry strengthened by replacing mortar with a MOSA mortar. The test results showed that the compressive strength of brick masonry specimens strengthened by the proposed method meets the design requirements. The formula for calculating compressive strength for brick masonry strengthened by replacing mortar was obtained by fitting the test results. The calculated values were consistent with the tested ones. In addition, the stress–strain relationship of tested specimens under axial compression was simulated using the parabolic model.
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Ali, Hassan M. Hassan, Koh Heng Boon, Rasheed Altouhami, Ng Wei Shen, Ashraf Radwan, and Mundr Mansur. "Analysis of the Effect of Adding Sandy Clay into Cement Mortar on the Bending Strength of Built-Up Masonry Prisms." Advanced Engineering Forum 31 (February 2019): 26–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/aef.31.26.
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Mortar is a workable paste essential in civil and building construction. Mortar works as binding material extensively use for masonry unit in construction. The global consumption of natural sand is very high, due to the extensive use of concrete or mortar. Natural sand deposits are being depleted and causing a serious threat to the environment as well as the society. Sandy clay has been widely use in preparing the mortar for masonry work. The aim of this research was to study the bending strength of built-up masonry prism using sandy clay mortar. There were two series of mortar containing 0% and 100% of sandy clay had been prepared. The sandy clay was used to replace natural fine aggregate. Mortar with 0% sandy clay was the control mix containing 100% natural fine aggregate. Three types of masonry unit consist of clay brick, cement brick and lightweight brick were used in this study. The masonry units were combined together using the mortar joints to form the masonry prisms. 100% natural fine sand and 100% sandy clay mortar were prepared and used for the joints. Built-up masonry prisms with single and double joints of mortar. Also, the masonry prisms contained from a length ranging from 390 mm to 610 mm were prepared using the mortar joints. The thickness of the mortar joint which was used in this study was 10 mm, 20 mm and 30 mm. the prisms had been tested for the determination of bending strength at 28 days. The experimental results were analyzed to investigate the effect of sandy clay and thickness of mortar on the bending strength of built-up masonry prism. Results had shown that masonry prism built with sandy clay mortar has higher bending strength compare to the fine sand mortar. Clay brick exhibited highest bending strength with sandy clay mortar which was 38.28 N/mm2and cement brick had the lowest bending strength which was 18.8 N/mm2, while cement brick achieved optimum bending strength. In addition, the highest collapse and deflection achieved by clay brick and cement brick whereas the lowest value of collapse and deflection was by lightweight brick. The highest percentage of increment in terms of collapse load was determined to be 13.73% for sandy clay mortar prism. Hence, 100% sandy clay mortar is suitable to be used in masonry works.
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Xue, Cuizhen, Hongxia Qiao, Hui Cao, Qiong Feng, and Qiong Li. "Analysis on the Strength of Cement Mortar Mixed with Construction Waste Brick Powder." Advances in Civil Engineering 2021 (January 8, 2021): 1–10. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/8871280.
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The pile-up of massive construction waste causes serious challenges to environment and engineering practice. In order to promote the reuse rate of construction waste bricks, the effects of the content and fineness of construction waste brick powder and of brick powder-silica flour mixture on the strengths of cement mortar were experimentally investigated. Based on the test results, the significance of the particle characteristics of brick powder on mortar strength was analyzed by grey entropy method. The experimental results show that the early strength of cement mortar decreases due to the addition of brick powder; the reduction is, however, not significant when the content of brick powder is less than 10%; the 28 d strength of cement mortar increases with a proper content of brick powder. The grey entropy analysis indicates that the particle characteristics have strong influence on the activity of brick powder and mortar strength; the strength is significantly dependent on specific surface area and the fraction of particles smaller than 20 μm. Fine brick powder and silica flour can improve the macroscopic strengths of cement mortar by affecting the type and quantity of hydration products and the structure of interfacial transition zone between cement paste and sand.
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Xue, Cuizhen, Hongxia Qiao, Hui Cao, Qiong Feng, and Qiong Li. "Analysis on the Strength of Cement Mortar Mixed with Construction Waste Brick Powder." Advances in Civil Engineering 2021 (January 8, 2021): 1–10. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/8871280.
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The pile-up of massive construction waste causes serious challenges to environment and engineering practice. In order to promote the reuse rate of construction waste bricks, the effects of the content and fineness of construction waste brick powder and of brick powder-silica flour mixture on the strengths of cement mortar were experimentally investigated. Based on the test results, the significance of the particle characteristics of brick powder on mortar strength was analyzed by grey entropy method. The experimental results show that the early strength of cement mortar decreases due to the addition of brick powder; the reduction is, however, not significant when the content of brick powder is less than 10%; the 28 d strength of cement mortar increases with a proper content of brick powder. The grey entropy analysis indicates that the particle characteristics have strong influence on the activity of brick powder and mortar strength; the strength is significantly dependent on specific surface area and the fraction of particles smaller than 20 μm. Fine brick powder and silica flour can improve the macroscopic strengths of cement mortar by affecting the type and quantity of hydration products and the structure of interfacial transition zone between cement paste and sand.
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Zheng, Shansuo, Lihua Niu, Pei Pei, and Jinqi Dong. "Mechanical Behavior of Brick Masonry in an Acidic Atmospheric Environment." Materials 12, no. 17 (August 23, 2019): 2694. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ma12172694.
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In order to evaluate the deterioration regularity for the mechanical properties of brick masonry due to acid rain corrosion, a series of mechanical property tests for mortars, bricks, shear prisms, and compressive prisms after acid rain corrosion were conducted. The apparent morphology and the compressive strength of the masonry materials (cement mortar, cement-lime mortar, cement-fly ash mortar, and brick), the shear behavior of the masonry, and the compression behavior of the masonry were analyzed. The resistance of acid rain corrosion for the cement-lime mortar prisms was the worst, and the incorporation of fly ash into the cement mortar did not improve the acid rain corrosion resistance. The effect of the acid rain corrosion damage on the mechanical properties for the brick was significant. With an increasing number of acid rain corrosion cycles, the compressive strength of the mortar prisms, and the shear and compressive strengths of the brick masonry first increased and then decreased. The peak stress first increased and then decreased whereas the peak strain gradually increased. The slope of the stress-strain curve for the compression prisms gradually decreased. Furthermore, a mathematical degradation model for the compressive strength of the masonry material (cement mortar, cement-lime mortar, cement-fly ash mortar, and brick), as well as the shear strength attenuation model and the compressive strength attenuation model of brick masonry after acid rain corrosion were proposed.
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Li, Xin Zhong, Xue Ying Wei, and Jun Hai Zhao. "Homogenised Dynamic Material Model for Brick Masonry and Its Application." Advanced Materials Research 168-170 (December 2010): 528–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amr.168-170.528.
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Brick masonry is a traditional building material widely used loading-bearing or partition walls in various building structures. The detailed distinctive modelling of brick and mortar of a realistic masonry structure or a structure with masonry infilled walls are usually not possible due to the computational cost. In this paper, a homogenized dynamic material model which including the damage of brick and mortar and strain rate effect is developed based on dynamic test results of brick and mortar. The proposed homogenized material model was used in analysis of blast response of brick masonry wall.
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Hamonangan, Girsang, and Habibi T. B. Muhammad Nazmi. "Comparative Analysis of Conventional Mortars and Instant Mortars (RAPI) Against Stone and Plastering Wall Pairs Judging from Quality, Cost, and Time." IJEEIT : International Journal of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology 3, no. 1 (July 22, 2020): 10–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.29138/ijeeit.v3i1.1075.
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The development of technology in construction has resulted in ready-made Mortar products is one product that is increasingly needed in the construction industry for several reasons such as material source, project location, quality accuracy, material efficiency, management and price factors. The larger the scale of the city and the more difficult to get quality materials at low prices and increasingly complex handling, it is enough to make an excuse in developing a more practical product with better quality assurance. The aim is to lead to ease in the process of work in the field while continuing to prioritize quality, but its utilization is still not maximized. This study tries to determine the neat instant mortar comparison with conventional mortar against the cost, quality, and time of the red brick and plastering wall pairs. The results showed that the compressive strength in 28 days the compressive strength of Mortar RM-115 with a compressive strength of 215.88 kg / cm2 which is larger and more measurable than Conventional Mortar with a value of 151.76 kg / cm2 whose implementation is sometimes incorrect. The time needed to complete the red brick wall pair work using Mortar RM-115 material is 14 days, while the time needed on the work of the red brick wall pair Conventional Mortar material is 15 days. So that the work of the red brick wall pair using the Mortar RM-115 material is more efficient 1 day and cleaner storage compared to using conventional Mortar material. The price of installing red brick walls with Mortar RM-115 materials in Bintaro Sector 7 housing is Rp. 36,858,425.99. While the price of installing red brick walls and plastering using conventional Mortar materials in Bintaro Sector 7 housing is Rp. 47,188,780.22. Work Installation of red brick walls and plaster using Mortar materials RM-115 is more expensive with a difference of Rp. 10,330,354.23.
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ILYIN, Nicolay A., Denis A. PANFILOV, and Alexander A. PISCHULEV. "MATHEMATICAL DESCRIPTION OF RESISTANCE OF BRICK PIER WITH MORTAR FRAME TO REFERENCE FIRE EXPOSURE." Urban construction and architecture 6, no. 3 (September 15, 2016): 4–9. http://dx.doi.org/10.17673/vestnik.2016.03.1.
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The results of mathematical description of resistance of brick pier with mortar frame to reference fire exposure are viewed. New functional relations are presented in the form of analytic formulas which determine fire resistance duration of reinforced mortar frame and brick pier core. The package of measures of non-destructive testing of brick pier with mortar frame keeps down costs of fire experiment, improves testing accuracy and reduces testing time.
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Corcoran, Stacie, and Sheila Kenny. "Telemedicine: A new survivorship visit model." Journal of Clinical Oncology 37, no. 31_suppl (November 1, 2019): 89. http://dx.doi.org/10.1200/jco.2019.37.31_suppl.89.
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89 Background: The number of cancer survivors in the United States is expected to approach 22 million by the year 2029. With an annual Survivorship Program visit volume exceeding 16,000, this comprehensive cancer center developed an innovative approach to delivering survivorship care to meet the growing demand for comprehensive follow up care. Institutional space, patient convenience and visit compliance are also factors in considering alternatives to traditional ‘brick and mortar’ visits. Methods: Patients are seen in our Autologous Bone Marrow Transplant (BMT) Survivorship Clinic at 6, 12- and 24-months post-transplant. A pilot was developed targeting patients scheduled for a 6-month visit, where patients are often struggling with treatment sequelae, managing other medical appointments, and returning to work and life after transplant. Patients were offered a telemedicine visit instead of an in-person clinic visit with the survivorship advanced practice provider (APP). The Survivorship APP and administrative staff were trained on the use of monitors and technologic means to connect patient to provider. Eligible patients had to have an institutional portal account and speak English. They were contacted by phone to assess interest, and if they agreed, instructions were provided via secure institutional portal reviewing device and connectivity requirements. Results: The telemedicine visit components included: review of home medication list, interval history and review of systems, screen for late treatment effects, lab result review, treatment summary and care plan review including risk of secondary cancer and screening recommendations, health promotion counseling, primary care physician recommendations and immunization status. Of 26 visits scheduled, 22 were successfully completed. Challenges to completing the visit will be described and include poor connectivity and patient location at the time of the scheduled visit. Conclusions: Despite some minor challenges, patients described good satisfaction with telemedicine citing visit comprehensiveness and convenience. As a result of the successful pilot, telemedicine visits are being expanded to include survivorship patients who are 24 months post BMT.
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Segers, Iris Beau. "The “Brick and Mortar” of Mobilization?" Contention 8, no. 2 (December 1, 2020): 53–73. http://dx.doi.org/10.3167/cont.2020.080204.
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This article seeks to explain the emergence of a local protest movement against an asylum seeker center (“asielzoekerscentrum” or AZC in Dutch) in the Beverwaard neighborhood in the city of Rotterdam (NL). Based on the contradictory evidence found on the connection between material conditions and anti-immigration mobilization, this article seeks to expand the literature by viewing materiality through the lens of storytelling. Through a qualitative analysis of twenty-eight interviews with inhabitants, local politicians, civil servants, and social workers in 2017, this article illustrates how storytelling about territorial stigmatization and material deprivation played a role in mobilizing inhabitants against the establishment of an AZC in their area two years prior, in 2015. Overall, this article argues that it is not materiality per se but inhabitants’ reading of materiality through practices of storytelling that informed collective mobilization against the arrival of an AZC in a relatively deprived urban community.