The Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) has lately been utilized in a number of studies to investigate why people reject or adopt new technologies like mobile commerce or e-learning. However, several studies have found weaknesses in TAM’s ability...
This study aims to analyze the antecedent factors affecting continuous intention to use online to offline (O2O) accommodation app services and empirically verify them by applying an integrated model comprised of the value-based adoption model (VAM) a...
This study examines consumers’ technology acceptance behavior regarding indoor smart farm restaurant systems focusing on the value-based adoption model and value–attitude–behavior hierarchy. More specifically, the study explores the...
As technology continues to advance, chatbots are likely to become an increasingly vital tool in education. This study digs further into how students perceive and accept chatbots for use in learning activities. The study examines the integrated relati...
The popularity of hosting international conferences has increased, as their positive economic and social effects are now widely recognized. The Korean government selected the international conference industry as one of the new industry engines in pro...
Although technological innovations are often intended to improve quality and efficiency, they can exacerbate systemic challenges when not aligned with the principles of value-based care. As a result, healthcare systems in many countries face persiste...
With the maturity of haptic technology and complex systems, tactile interaction has gradually become realized through specific hardware and software configurations in the e-commerce and business industries. As an innovative form depending on haptic s...
The objective of this study was to investigate how perceived benefits and risks affect perceived value, as well as to examine the relationship between perceived value, consumer–brand relationships, and loyalty. The study examines the moderating...
15 October 2026
This study investigates the benefit–sacrifice trade-off of artificial intelligence (AI)-powered fashion services by examining how perceived benefits (usefulness, timeliness, enjoyment) and perceived sacrifices (technical effort, privacy risk, l...
With the development and innovation of artificial intelligence (AI) technology, users can regulate their social lives and personal emotions through continuous interaction with AI voice assistants or chatbots. Based on the value-based adoption model (...
As a part of sustainable transportation, robotaxis have been rapidly developing around the world because of their advantages in energy saving, improving road safety, and enhancing environmental sustainability, thereby providing consumers with sustain...
This study develops a sustainable PropTech service model. Specifically, it analyzes the consumer-oriented and service provider-oriented service elements to build a sustainable ecosystem. This study also conducts a preliminary examination to standardi...
This study focuses on the attributes of serving robots, which include “anthropomorphism,” “animacy,” “likeability,” “intelligence,” and “safety,” and their effect on restaurant customers. Th...
Adaptive learning technologies are emerging educational tools that personalize instruction and tasks to meet students’ current ability levels. Despite their increasing prevalence, the present discourse on adaptive learning software focuses on the tec...
Although Chinese consumers show an increasing acceptance of intelligent driving, their purchase intentions have declined. Advanced intelligent driving technologies play a crucial role in helping users transition from traditional driving to fully auto...
The rapid development and deep integration of digital technology into cultural heritage have created new experiential paradigms for tourists. However, to transform from technological application to behavioral retention, the internal mechanisms throug...
Value-based banks strive to build a self-sustaining banking model with inclusive and transparent governance that is sustainable and resilient to external disturbances. Initiatives for value-based intermediation in Islamic finance started in Malaysia....
The social integration of artificial intelligence (AI) poses fundamental challenges to value-driven domains such as education, where the adoption of new technologies raises not merely technical but also deeply rooted ethical and identity-related ques...
‘Value-based’ outcomes, pricing, and reimbursement are widely discussed as health sector reforms these days. In this paper, we discuss their meaning and relationship in the context of personalized healthcare, defined as receipt of care conditional on...
25 August 2019
Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) seek sustainable innovation through the testing of new care delivery methods that promote shared goals among value-based health care collaborators. The Morehouse Choice Accountable Care Organization and Education...
The manufacturing sector (MS) is considered one of the most important national economic sectors; therefore, global manufacturers strive to apply cutting-edge technologies to gain competitive advantages. The Internet of Things (IoT) has an inherent po...
Many models of economic growth and sustainable development like circular economy, doughnut economy, and sharing economy were articulated to address the global issues including poverty, climate change, and inequity. However, these models were not info...
Sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHRs) remain a sensitive issue in Indonesia due to entrenched structural, cultural, and social barriers, particularly affecting adolescents, women, and minority groups. In response, the Indonesian Planned P...
In recent years, emerging economies have intensified their efforts to promote sustainable mobility as part of global decarbonization strategies. Although Morocco has made substantial investments in renewable energy and electric vehicle (EV) manufactu...
The incentives in fee-for-service healthcare payment systems to increase clinical volume often work in opposition to efforts to coordinate care or improve care delivery in partnership with community-based services. There has been increasing interest...
By 2040, more than 80 million Americans will be aged ≥65, yet contemporary senior living communities still operate on a hospitality-first model developed for healthier cohorts three decades ago. This commentary argues that the next generation of s...
The main objective of this paper is to examine the factors influencing investor intention to adopt robo-advisory services in Saudi Arabia, with a particular focus on sustainability and platform interface quality (PIQ) within a socio-technical framewo...
Theoretical models play a vital role in understanding the barriers and facilitators for the acceptance or rejection of emerging technologies. We conducted a narrative review of theoretical models predicting acceptance and adoption of human enhancemen...
The Institute of Medicine (IOM) Reports of To Err is Human and Crossing the Quality Chasm have called for more interprofessional and coordinated hospital care. For over 20 years, Acute Care for Elders (ACE) Units and models of care that disseminate A...
China is undertaking effective actions to adhere to wider international standards with better consideration of the notion of authenticity, collective memory, identity, and the sense of belonging. Besides the traditional participatory management discu...
Optimizing tolerance allocation is crucial for balancing cost and performance in the remanufacturing of used electromechanical products. However, the traditional remanufacturing model of “individual part precision restoration + secondary machin...
4 April 2025
Despite the growing popularity of digital artworks that use nonfungible tokens (NFTs), systematic frameworks for analyzing the content characteristics driving NFT artworks’ creation, sale, and collection remain underdeveloped. Drawing on key in...
Background/Objectives: The adoption of sustainable eating behaviors is not only crucial for environmental health but also has significant implications for individual health outcomes. A deeper understanding of the psychological determinants underlying...
Stress-reducing beverages represent a growing segment of the functional beverage market. Stress is a particularly salient concern among young consumers, who are also the category’s primary early adopters, making them the key target segment for...
Energy converter innovation has shifted the world’s cooking energy from wood, coal, kerosene, and liquid petroleum gas (LPG) to electricity. This paper identifies the factors influencing customers’ intention to switch their cooking energy...
28 June 2022
With the recent development of internet healthcare, many hospitals have laid out their online platforms. However, there have been some poor service levels and low quality. The frequency of such problems has led to a decline in patient satisfaction. T...
This study utilized mixed (qualitative and quantitative) methods to discover the current research trends for AI in sustainable Fintech and to validate a research model through empirical analysis. The primary purpose of this research is to explore the...
Sustainable consumption has become a global priority, yet the factors that encourage people to adopt environmentally friendly purchasing behavior differ across cultures and technologies. This study explores how environmental knowledge, environmental...
This article asks a practical question: do current renewable-energy rules encourage end users to become prosumers, or do they mainly serve those already prepared to invest? This analysis maps recent Polish reforms, especially the shift from net meter...
The rapid expansion of digital services is reshaping the production and use of information, while conventional assessment methods, such as Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), Product Environmental Footprint (PEF), and Carbon Footprint (PCF), remain largely...
2 September 2025
Designing an accessible, financially viable healthcare system is a key challenge for society. The value-based healthcare (VBHC) strategic model aims to simultaneously improve the quality of healthcare and the efficiency of health systems. The aim of...
One of the emerging forms of cooperation in managing government projects is partnering (samspill) to address repetitive problems in large projects. Inefficiency, conflict, and cost volatility remain work issues in the public sector. Although risk sha...
In response to the increasing global emphasis on sustainability, electric vehicles (EVs) have emerged as promising alternative vehicles. Grounded in the Value–Attitude–Behaviour (VAB) model and the Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB), this...
The COVID-19 pandemic not only affected our health and medical systems but also has created large disruption of education systems at school and universities levels. According to the United Nation’s report, COVID-19 has influenced more than 1.6 billio...
With the acceleration of the aging process in China, chronic diseases have become one of the main health threats for older adults, creating significant pressure on society and the healthcare system. As information technology and artificial intelligen...
Visualization contributes to an in-depth understanding of ocean variables and phenomena, and a web-based three-dimensional visualization of ocean data has gained significant attention in oceanographic research. However, many challenges remain to be a...
Rapid urbanization increasingly threatens urban cultural heritage. While buffer zones are crucial for mitigating external pressures, conventional delineation relies on value-based or geometric rules, overlooking parcel-scale heterogeneous externaliti...
Introduction: Wounds increase the risk of hospitalization in home health (HH) settings by up to 52%. They also consume a notable portion of HH budgets due to frequent nursing visits for wound assessment and care. To address these challenges, a U.S.-b...
Mobile payment services are increasingly embedded in everyday digital consumption, yet their sustainability relevance should not be assumed solely from technological adoption. This study conceptualizes sustainable mobile payment consumption as a rela...
This theoretical–conceptual article examines the ongoing challenges of teacher education in multicultural contexts, focusing on the tension between uniform, mandatory curricula and the needs and identities of diverse cultural groups. The centra...
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