International Journal of Research in Commerce, IT and Management最新文献

{"title":"EXAMINING MEDIATING EFFECT OF TRUST BETWEEN STORE IMAGE AND LOYALTY IN GROCERY SPECIALTY STORES IN HYDERABAD","authors":"Ishfaq Hussain Bhat Dr. Sapna Singh","doi":"10.5958/0973-9343.2017.00025.4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5958/0973-9343.2017.00025.4","url":null,"abstract":"Retailing in India has been at the growth trend in recent years. India has seen a huge increase in number of players coming in organised sector. The food and grocery sector is the largest category with in the retail sector India. India is ranked 6th largest country in terms of food and grocery. In order to survive in the market competition, having loyal customers can be beneficial to organisations. So retailers look at different aspects to keep customers intact. Store Image has become one of the most important factors for the survival and development of stores. In this paper, a model of relationships among the multidimensional variables of store image, trust and commitment to the store is formed and tested with a sample size of 209 customers in three stores in the metro city of Hyderabad. The important conclusion of the research is that several interrelations among store image, trust and store commitment exist. The result showed that Store Image indirectly influences Store Loyalty through Trust. The results also show significant gender differences in perceptions of store image. These results provide several important insights for managing supermarkets and are also important for future research.","PeriodicalId":173314,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Research in Commerce, IT and Management","volume":"14 4 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126043746","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS IN AFRICA, POLICIES AND ACHIEVEMENT STRATEGIES: AN APPRAISAL AND WAYS FORWARD","authors":"C. Maduabum, O. J. Onwe","doi":"10.12816/0014532","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12816/0014532","url":null,"abstract":"The major focus of this paper was on the problems associated with the achievement of Millennium Development Goals in Africa. The baseline was that, for over thirteen years of inception of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), Africa remains wanting in human development indices, poverty eradication, literate population, health development, economic, political, and social development. These have been the case despite the introduction of a number of strategies aimed at achieving the MDGs and associated cost estimates by the Millennium Project and the World Bank. Our aim was to appraise the extent of achievement of the MDGs in Africa, guided by the question of whether practical policy initiatives for achieving the MDGs can be identified for Africa. We would like to contribute significantly to the policy initiatives. Methodologically, we concentrated on a survey of the policy prescriptions for the achievement of MDGs in Africa and the extent to which these policies had contributed to achievement of the MDGs. The data sources were basically from: (i) the African regional development indicators; (ii) Millennium Development Goals Reports; (iii) the MDG Africa Steering Group; and, other relevant literature. The analysis of data was highly descriptive and appropriate enough for assessment of the extent of achievement of the MDGs in Africa. In a nutshell, our assessments indicate the following constraints to the achievement of MDGs in Africa: (i) discouragingly low human development indices in Africa compared to the global average; (ii) inappropriate policy recommendations for achievement of the MDGs in Africa; (iii) non-applicable predictive models; (iv) the problem of paucity of data in Africa; (v) low level of infrastructural development in rural areas; (vi) high rate of underemployment; (vii) deficiencies in policy implementation processes; and, (viii) lack of research and development culture. Based on these observations, the paper makes the following recommendations: (i) regional partnerships in development projects;(ii) development and application of country-specific strategy models; (iii) country-wide emphasis on availability of relevant data, complemented with research and development activities; (iv) emphasis on infrastructural development especially in the rural areas; and, (v) refined policy implementation processes based on the use of appropriate personnel and other policy implementation instruments, such as monitoring and evaluation. SINGAPOREAN JOuRNAl Of buSINESS EcONOmIcS, ANd mANAGEmENt StudIES VOl.3, NO.12, 2015 14 Chuks P. Maduabum, Ph. D is a professor of Public Administration and Dean of the School of Management Sciences. Onyemaechi J. Onwe, Ph. D is an associate professor of Management Economics and a Programme Leader in the School of Management Sciences.","PeriodicalId":173314,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Research in Commerce, IT and Management","volume":"60 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-05-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124691392","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"PRIMARY EDUCATION IN INDIA","authors":"T. Indra","doi":"10.1596/0-8213-3840-4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1596/0-8213-3840-4","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":173314,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Research in Commerce, IT and Management","volume":"39 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-05-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114771069","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"TEXTURE FEATURE EXTRACTION","authors":"Ganesh S. Raghtate Dr. S. S. Salankar","doi":"10.1007/0-306-47033-0_4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/0-306-47033-0_4","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":173314,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Research in Commerce, IT and Management","volume":"24 1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-11-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123220929","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}