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Forrest Research estimated that revenues derived from mobile devices will grow at an annual rate of 39% to reach $31 billion by 2016. With the tremendous market growth, mobile banking, mobile marketing, and mobile retailing have been recently introduced to satisfy customer needs. Academic and practical articles have widely discussed

Forrest Research estimated that revenues derived from mobile devices will grow at an annual rate of 39% to reach $31 billion by 2016. With the tremendous market growth, mobile banking, mobile marketing, and mobile retailing have been recently introduced to satisfy customer needs. Academic and practical articles have widely discussed unique features of m-commerce. For instance, hardware constraints such as small screens have led to the discussion of tradeoff between usability and mobility. Needs for personalization and entertainment foster the development of new mobile data services. Given distinct features of mobile data services, existing empirical literature on m-commerce is mostly from the consumer side and focuses on consumer perceptions toward these features and their adoption intentions. From the supply side, limited data availability in early years explains the lack of firm-level studies on m-commerce. Prior studies have shown that unclear market demand is a major reason that hinders firms' adoption of m-commerce. Given the advances of smart phones, especially the introduction of the iPhone in 2007, firms recently have started to incorporate various mobile information systems in their business operations. The study uses mobile retailing as the context and empirically assesses firms' migration to this new sales venue with a unique cross-sectional dataset. Despite the distinct features of m-commerce, m-Retailing is essentially an extended arm of e-Retailing. Thus, a dependency perspective is used to explore the link between a firm's e-Retail characteristics and the migration to m-Retailing. Rooted in the innovation diffusion theory, the first stage of my study assesses the decision of adoption that indicates whether a firm moves to m-Retailing and the extent of adoption that shows a firm's commitment to m-Retailing in terms of system implementation choices. In this first stage, I take a dependency perspective to examine the impacts of e-Retail characteristics on m-Retailing adoption. The second stage of my study analyzes conditions that affect business value of the m-Retail channel. I examine the association between system implementation choices and m-Retail performance while analyzing the effects of e-Retail characteristics on value realization. The two-stage analysis provides an exploratory assessment of firm's migration from e-Retailing to m-Retailing.
ContributorsChou, Yen-Chun (Author) / Shao, Benjamin (Thesis advisor) / St. Louis, Robert (Committee member) / Goul, Michael (Committee member) / Arizona State University (Publisher)
Created2013
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This study examines the 3 key questions of media budget allocation, to find our a better invest model. Including spending share of traditional media and digital media, program selection strategy and duration mix optimization to analyse the trend of sample A (a global cosmetic brand) . Based on every test

This study examines the 3 key questions of media budget allocation, to find our a better invest model. Including spending share of traditional media and digital media, program selection strategy and duration mix optimization to analyse the trend of sample A (a global cosmetic brand) . Based on every test media campaign, we do research of media performance and sales volumn, add youth consumer behavior result, to develop a media investment ROI model for this brand. Create the evaluation system according to past big data and find the learnings of different length TVC usage. Of course all relavant findings and implications will be summarized after every section.
ContributorsXu, Jin (Author) / Gu, Bin (Thesis advisor) / Chen, Xinlei (Thesis advisor) / Shao, Benjamin (Committee member) / Arizona State University (Publisher)
Created2018
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Description当前各个城市都在努力推动“互联网+政务”的公共服务新模式,打造政府公共服务平台,提供“一站式”的服务资源,以民众需求为中心,解决民众信息查询、政府办事预约、政策咨询等公共活动的需要。可以看出,政务平台给民众的生活带来极大的便利,是当前各地政府响应中央建立“智慧城市”“数字中国”的重要举措。

本课题发现当前的政务平台逐步引入PPP模式,借助社会资源开发政务平台。但是,PPP模式是否有利于政务平台的建设,受到哪些因素的制约,如何更好地利用PPP模式进行开发工作,这些问题在现前的研究中没有得到很好地探索。带着这些问题,本课题对PPP模式在政务平台建设中的作用进行了深入剖析。主要研究内容如下:

在第一部分中,本课题政府公共服务和政务相关理论进行了全面整理,发现政务平台要想走出一条健康发展之路,需要借助社会资源进行市场化,而PPP模式符合当前政务平台建设的需要。本文对PPP模式在国内外电子政务的应用进行了分析,提出了本文的研究主题。

在第二部分中,本文对华东地区50座城市的政务平台进行了调研,对常见问题进行了整理,发现PPP模式已经广泛应用于政务平台建设中,且主要有四种模式,本文对50座城市的政务平台建设情况进行了数据采集,并进行了深入分析。

在第三部分中,结合调研现状和文献研究成果,提出了PPP模式影响政务平台建设的相关假设,并构建了计量模型。通过短面板分析验证假设,并进行了Robust分析,证实结论的普适性。

在第四部分中,本文分析了研究结果,认为政务平台采用PPP模式能够有效促进政务平台的建设水平,提高用户满意度;并且PPP模式与合作企业的估摸、信息的透明程度和平台的交互能力存在显著的交互作用,共同影响用户对政务平台的评价。政府引入PPP模式,充分对接可利用资源,并加强盈利控制,对当前政务平台的建设是具有积极意义的。
ContributorsZhao, Liang (Author) / Pei, Ker-Wei (Thesis advisor) / Chen, Xinlei (Thesis advisor) / Shao, Benjamin (Committee member) / Arizona State University (Publisher)
Created2019
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Sprouts Farmers Market is a natural grocery retailer that has undertaken a major growth strategy in recent years, and as a result, will soon face the task of managing over 150 stores in 7 states. This rapid expansion has created a need for process improvement and automation for many tasks

Sprouts Farmers Market is a natural grocery retailer that has undertaken a major growth strategy in recent years, and as a result, will soon face the task of managing over 150 stores in 7 states. This rapid expansion has created a need for process improvement and automation for many tasks that have become too time consuming and cumbersome. As an intern working in the purchasing division of this company for over a year now, I have had the opportunity to identify some of these issues, one of which I have addressed through completion of my honors creative project.
ContributorsWeiss, Jesse (Author) / Shao, Benjamin (Thesis director) / Hayes, Collen (Committee member) / Couturier, Stuart (Committee member) / Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor)
Created2011-05
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In the past decade, the use of mobile applications, specifically mobile applications focused on improving the health and fitness of users, has increased exponentially. As more consumers look towards mobile health applications to improve their health through dieting, exercise, and weight management, it is important to analyze how the concept

In the past decade, the use of mobile applications, specifically mobile applications focused on improving the health and fitness of users, has increased exponentially. As more consumers look towards mobile health applications to improve their health through dieting, exercise, and weight management, it is important to analyze how the concept of gamification can encourage sustained interaction and approval of these health-focused applications. This thesis aims to understand the prevalence of gamification amongst a large sample of health and fitness applications, identify and code the gamification features used in these apps, and finally, understand how different gamification features relate to the popularity and willingness to advocate using eWOM on behalf of a mobile app.

ContributorsBaugh, Monica (Author) / Dong, Xiaodan (Thesis director) / Montoya, Detra (Committee member) / Department of Marketing (Contributor) / Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor)
Created2021-05
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Description新世纪以来中国电影的产业化改革与探索愈发呈现良好的态势,国产院线电影也在实践中努力赢得观众和票房市场。其中类型喜剧电影,最符合商业电影规律、最顺应影视市场需求、最能获得票房收益而备受影视创投机构、制作公司青睐。本论文研究对象聚焦类型喜剧电影,通过“欢声笑语里的财富”现象,探究类型喜剧电影内部本体构成要素与外部客观促成要素的关联;以通过分析自变量与因变量因素对中国电影票房之类型喜剧影响因素进行实证研究,为影视创投和影视制作总结并提供可靠建议。 本论文整体结构包括:第一部分为导论,包括研究背景、目的意义,相关文献综述与文献评述和论文创新性。第二部分聚焦类型喜剧本身,从电影学范畴的电影本体出发,探究“笑”的心理、社会与文化内涵,并分析将“笑”对经济领域的延伸。第三部分以影视投资、票房为依托,从现象和数据中探寻影响类型喜剧电影的因素,为展开中国电影票房之类型喜剧影响因素实证研究做好理论的铺垫。第四与第五部分则基于上述理论进行实证检验,选用2013-2020年电影样本,采用多元线性回归模型研究喜剧类型对票房的吸引力,以及不同种类型喜剧对电影票房的提振效果作用差异。研究发现喜剧电影对电影票房有显著的提振作用;以及研究电影的外部影响因素(续集效应)对电影票房的作用。发现续集电影有更好的票房表现,续集效应的票房提升作用在喜剧电影中表现的更加明显。 本论文研究成果最终将回归到“欢声笑语里的财富”本身;即“类型复合喜剧”对促进电影与金融产业的互动关联、实现更加可持续化发展,以及进而推动经济及文化业的发展。
ContributorsLiu, Yongqian (Author) / Shen, Wei (Thesis advisor) / Zhu, Ning (Thesis advisor) / Dong, Xiaodan (Committee member) / Arizona State University (Publisher)
Created2022
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Description在目前中国资本市场中,风险资本偏好于科创企业,而科创企业的重要创新产出——专利,是衡量其创新程度的重要指标。本文以上市公司和非上市公司样本为研究标的,分别探讨其专利数量、质量对股权融资的影响效应。从理论意义来看,目前关于专利与企业价值关系的研究,大多集中在上市公司。此外,对上市公司的研究层面及内容,大多关注一个维度,专利要素内容相对单一。另外,既有研究对专利与企业绩效之间关系研究较多,对于专利与融资估值之间关系的关注较少。为此,本文从非上市科创企业入手,从专利的数量、质量两个维度对其股权融资进行整体分析、研究。从实践意义来看,本文通过收集非上市公司、科创板上市公司的专利、财务等数据,进行分析,得出专利数量、质量与融资估值之间的关系,从而对预备在科创板上市的公司提供可借鉴的内容。 基于此,本文以综合质性研究和定量实证研究两种研究方法,对专利数量、质量与创新型企业的融资估值关系进行了分析。本文以3家非上市公司和3家上市公司为研究标的,取得初步结论后,以非上市公司和上市公司数据为样本,进行对比分析,得出主要研究结论如下: 1、无论是上市公司还是非上市公司,专利数量与融资估值之间存在着显著的倒U型关系。 2、无论是上市公司还是非上市公司,专利质量与融资估值之间存在着显著的正相关关系。 3、将上市公司与非上市公司进行对比,在专利数量与融资估值的关系方面,上市公司的专利数量的临界值比非上市公司更高,且在跨过临界值之后,专利数量的增减对于非上市公司融资估值的影响会比上市公司的影响更大。 4、从企业IPO前的专利情况与企业IPO后第一年的融资估值之间的关系来看,企业IPO前的专利数量与专利质量与融资估值之间都存在显著的正相关的关系。说明对于科技创新能力较强的企业来说,在企业IPO前的积累阶段,企业的专利数量越多,专利质量越高,对于企业的融资估值的促进作用越显著。
ContributorsWang, Hua (Author) / Shao, Benjamin (Thesis advisor) / Chang, Eric (Thesis advisor) / Zhu, Kevin (Committee member) / Arizona State University (Publisher)
Created2022
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Description随着国外企业社会责任思潮的涌入,中国企业整体社会责任履行得到了不断地提升,但在企业发展过程中,诸如产品质量问题、环境污染、劳资冲突等社会责任事件仍层出不穷。为了推动企业社会责任在中国的发展,中国政府和社会组织陆续出台多个纲要和文件推动了我国企业社会责任的建设。自党的十八大以来,中国国家领导人多次强调构建企业社会责任体系对于企业和社会长远发展的重要性。可以说,当下中国关于企业社会责任的探讨已经从“企业是否要履行”,转向“企业如何履行”以及“如何促进企业履行”。然而,中国上市公司履行社会责任的情况并不容乐观,根据“润灵环球”社会责任报告评级数据库显示,中国2018年披露社会责任信息的上市企业数量占比不足1/4,其中自愿披露的占比不到1/5,而从披露的质量来看,平均得分也仅为42分,较及格线还有较大的距离。针对这一研究背景,本文将媒体关注和制度环境二者同时考虑在内,构建一个系统的外部环境对企业社会责任履行影响的理论框架,并利用中国2009-2018年沪深两市A股上市企业作为研究样本,通过定量的方法考察了媒体关注和制度环境二者对企业社会责任的直接影响以及交互影响效果,实证结果显示,媒体关注和制度环境均能显著的促进企业社会责任水平,且制度环境在媒体关注和企业社会责任之间具有正向调节效应。这一结论在经过指标替换、考察内生性问题和分组回归等一系列稳健性检验后依旧成立。进一步研究结论发现,媒体关注和制度环境二者对企业社会责任的影响在不同的企业社会责任水平、不同的媒体报道类型以及不同性质企业中具有异质性。随着全媒体时代的到来和中国特色 制度背景下,本研究对如何从外部治理视角出发推进企业社会责任水平具有较强的政策启发。
ContributorsJi, Pengbin (Author) / Shao, Benjamin (Thesis advisor) / Shi, Weilei (Thesis advisor) / Jiang, Zhan (Committee member) / Arizona State University (Publisher)
Created2022
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Description发展战略是一定时期内对企业发展方向、发展速度和质量、发展点及发展能力的重大选择、规划和策略,可以帮助企业指引长远发展方向,明确发展目标,指明发展点,并确定企业需要的发展能力,实现企业的快速、健康和持续发展。战略是公司发展的核心,股权结构是战略执行的重要组成部分,战略决定了企业发展的高度,而股权即是公司治理过程中的核心,又是影响公司绩效的重要因素,在公司运行的过程中有着管理作用。微创医疗科学有限公司在过去十余年发展过程中,始终贯彻“联合舰队”的独特经营理念,并摸索形成一套独特的“上市公司孵化器”创新模式和股权结构。集团一方面像全世界所有的公司一样,是一个生产产品的公司,同时又是一个生产公司的公司,而且是生产上市公司的公司。微创医疗通过打造“医疗联合舰队”的模式来渗透高端医疗器械各个细分板块,确立高端医疗器械龙头地位,并通过各种员工持股平台让高管和核心员工共同参与上市公司孵化,实现资源共享,共同壮大。如今,集团“联合舰队”的战略已呈现出“1+12+5”布局,帮助集团实现指数化增长。本文选择微创医疗作为案例研究对象,通过分析微创医疗独特的“联合舰队”战略和创新股权结构对集团业务发展和集团价值创造等方面的影响,有助于更好地理解微创医疗采用“上市公司孵化器”执行模式的动因,探索生物医药企业赛道多元化发展与企业价值的关系,对生物医药企业的管理实践起到一定参考作用。
ContributorsHuang, Qianping (Author) / Shao, Benjamin (Thesis advisor) / Cheng, Shijun (Thesis advisor) / Jiang, Zhan (Committee member) / Arizona State University (Publisher)
Created2022
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Description本文以消费者认知理论、马斯洛需求层次理论、品牌价值理论为理论基础,通过分析感知质量的构成维度,从感知外在质量和内在感知质量两个方面构建感知质量的评价体系,本文试图以国酒——茅台为例,梳理感知质量对感知价值及品牌溢价的影响机理,构建研究理论框架,提出研究假设,深入探究三者的作用关系,为现代企业提供一定的指导。从实证结果来看,本文使用结构方程模型对感知外在质量、感知内在质量、感知价值和品牌溢价四个潜在变量之间相互关系进行回归分析。正式进行回归之前,对初始数据和模型进行描述性统计、信效度检验、相关性分析判断数据和模型之间的拟合度和适配度情况,再根据MI修正指数和路径系数显著检验对模型进行调整,确定模型计算结果处于可接受水平。从模型回归结果来看,感知质量对品牌溢价的主要路径是“感知外在质量——感知价值——品牌溢价”,而感知内在质量对感知价值和品牌溢价皆无显著影响,且品牌溢价不受感知内在质量和感知外在质量的直接显著影响,因此判断感知价值在感知质量与品牌溢价之间存在一定程度的中介效应,并通过中介效应分析确定感知价值在模型中充当中介变量,存在显著的中介效应,从中可以看出白酒消费者主要是根据白酒的感知外在质量对感知价值的影响进而影响品牌溢价。而对于饮酒经验和健康关注两个要素,根据调节效应的回归分析结果,饮酒经验在“感知内在质量—感知价值”和“感知内在质量—品牌溢价”的路径中的调节效应为显著,且皆为负向调节作用;健康要素对于感知内在质量和外在质量对感知价值和品牌溢价的关联关系中皆存在一定程度的调节效应,且皆为正向效应。而在针对四个不同酒种的分群组回归中,四种白酒的路径系数及显著性都有所不同,主要表现在感知内在质量对感知价值的影响路径上,从回归结果来看,茅台迎宾酒和飞天茅台与习酒和茅台醇在路径系数和显著性明显不同,可以看出当白酒质量较高或较低时,感知内在质量对感知价值的影响并不显著。
ContributorsXiang, Jian (Author) / Li, Hongmin (Thesis advisor) / Shi, Weilei (Thesis advisor) / Dong, Xiaodan (Committee member) / Arizona State University (Publisher)
Created2022