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Waiting for a Release: The Expectation in Virtual Gaming Communities

open access: yesJournal of Consumer Behaviour, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines how virtual gaming communities influence and maintain player expectations before, during, and after a game's release. A mixed‐methods study was conducted, comprising a netnography followed by an experiment. First, a netnographic study was conducted over 12 months, tracking communities to understand player behavior and ...
Lucas Lopes Ferreira de Souza   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Using mobile money data and call detail records to explore the risks of urban migration in Tanzania. [PDF]

open access: yesEPJ Data Sci, 2022
Lavelle-Hill R   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Exploring the Profile of Online Gamblers: Key Factors and the Role of Smartphone Addiction in Long‐Term Gambling Engagement

open access: yesJournal of Consumer Behaviour, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The rapid expansion of online gambling has significantly impacted the gambling industry. However, concerns have arisen regarding how psychosocial factors and excessive smartphone use influence user behavior on online gambling platforms, which has highlighted the need for broader and long‐term studies. More nationally representative studies are
Hazal Dilan Erdem   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Digital financial services and livelihood diversification in rural Ghana

open access: yesCogent Economics & Finance
The emergence of digital financial systems, especially mobile money, has significantly changed the financial services space in sub-Saharan Africa in ways that promote financial inclusion among the poor, including those in rural communities.
Richmond Atta-Ankomah   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Mobile payments for remittances in Africa: Benchmarking with Latin America [PDF]

open access: yes
In this article the author seeks to explain the reasons backing the success of mobile technology in money transfers comparing Africa and Latin America.Remittances, Africa, Latin America, mobile ...
Recuero Virto, Laura
core   +1 more source

Civilisation, settlers and wanderers: Law, politics and mobility in nineteenth century New Zealand and Australia [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Mobility was constitutive of the 19th century British colonial period in the Pacific. The circulation of capital and commodities, technologies of transportation and communication, travelling ideologies and systems of governance and surveillance, as well ...
Seuffert, Nan
core   +2 more sources

The Xenocentric Mindset: Cultural and Personality Drivers Behind Consumer Preferences

open access: yesJournal of Consumer Behaviour, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the psychological and cultural dimensions that influence consumer xenocentrism in Brazil and Iran, focusing on horizontal–vertical individualism–collectivism and the “Big Five” personality traits—extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, neuroticism, and intellect/imagination.
José I. Rojas‐Méndez   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

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