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Explaining consumer acceptance of mobile competitions and prize draws

International Journal of Internet Marketing and Advertising, 2011
This article aims to develop an improved model for consumer acceptance of mobile competitions and prize draws announced on television programmes. Findings obtained from a sample of 396 Spanish mobile shoppers show that SMS compatibility influences directly and positively perceived SMS ease of use, perceived usefulness and attitude towards participating
Rafael Currás Pérez, Carla Ruiz Mafé, Silvia Sanz Blas   +2 more
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Drawing the Lines for the Debate on Competition

New England Journal of Medicine, 1981
The Reagan administration, remarkably successful in its efforts to cut the fiscal 1982 federal health budget, is now moving to design a "pro-competition" health proposal.
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Re-Drawing the Line on District Competition

PS: Political Science & Politics, 2006
I am grateful for the opportunity to respond to Abramowitz, Alexander, and Gunning's (2006b) rejoinder to my critique of their article appearing in this same issue entitled “Don't Blame Redistricting for Uncompetitive Elections” (2006a). We should have
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Map Drawing Competition for Children in Indonesia

2011
The National Coordinating Agency for Surveys and Mapping of Indonesia (BAKOSURTANAL) has been organizing map drawing competitions for children in Indonesia as a way to popularize map to children. These competitions were always handled seriously and such competitions were always participated by more than expected numbers of children.
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International architectural competition for a new library building, with accompanying forms, reference drawings etc.

2020
Documentation stating the requirements for submitting entries for the architectural competition to build the Berkeley Library in Trinity College Dublin, 1960.
Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). Library, Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland)   +1 more
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Features of Competitiveness Calculation of Services Drawing on the Example of "Aeroflot"

Economics of the Firm, 2015
In the article there are results of research of modern problems, which are devoted to an assessment and ways of increasing of competitiveness of services of air carriers, for instance, - the leader of the branch - JSC «Aeroflot». The author found out effective ways for competitiveness improvement aimed to increase demand for ...
Yelyena Morgunova, null Моргунова   +1 more
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The Draw Index: A Measure of Competition for Winner-Take-All Elections

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2010
Winner’s percentage, a common measure of electoral competition in winner-take-all elections, measures the shift in vote shares required to produce changes in election outcome. Thus, winner’s percentage of the vote cast is a logical measure of winner-take-all competition. It treats equally shifts from higher to lower ranking candidates.
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A demographic and performance assessment of horses used in draw-based Intercollegiate Horse Shows Association competitions

Journal of Equine Veterinary Science
Intercollegiate Horse Show Association (IHSA) competitions evaluate riders on equitation and skills when riding randomly drawn horses. This study considered demographic and competition-related variables of horses involved in IHSA competitions, and their correlation to performance through points accumulated.
Hannah A. Price, Alyssa A. Logan, Alyson J. Snyder, Ariel H. Higgins   +3 more
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First come, first served versus the draw: Perceived fairness in the new product purchase competition

Psychology & Marketing
AbstractAlthough new products are not inherently scarce, consumers often display competitive behavior, eagerly queuing up to be among the first to obtain them. To manage the distribution of such sought‐after items, retailers determine which consumers get the opportunity to make a purchase.
Jihye Park, Hannah Kwon
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New high-yielding, weed competitive rice plant types drawing from O. sativa and O. glaberrima genepools

1997
Weed competition is the most important yield-reducing factor in upland and hydromorphic rice environments in Africa. Many of the commonly grown tropical japonica varieties have a high yield potential, but they compete poorly with weeds. By contrast, the indigenous cultivated Oryza glaberrima landraces are highly competitive due to high tillering ...
M. Dingkuhn, M. P. Jones, B. Fofana, A. Sow   +3 more
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