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Item Metadata only Attendees preference modelling for an international art festival based on show attendances(Canadian Center of Science and Education, 2012) Boyle, S.; Joham, C.; Abdullah, A.Falassi (1997) regards festivals as a time of celebration. Can festivals be considered catalysts for experiencing local art and culture or do they serve to promote an internationalised version of culture? This paper explores the role of arts festivals on local cultural consumption through festival attendees’ preferences to particular styles of cultural performances. Using data from the 2009 Hong Kong Arts Festival the paper seeks to identify the factors underlining attendee preferences. Findings show that there is a demand for a balance of local and international cultural experiences. This result highlights the dual role of major festivals of both bringing the best of international art to local residents while also showcasing the traditional and contemporary culture of the region.Item Metadata only E-catalogs: how can brain hemisphericity relate to online shoppers' preferences?(Taylor & Francis, 2011) Abdullah, A.; Hossain, M.; Joham, C.This study explores the relationship between online shoppers’ brain hemisphericity and their preference for electronic catalogs (e-catalogs). e-Catalogs provide information on online products and services and can be presented in various forms, including text-oriented catalogs, audio-enabled catalogs, 3D catalogs, virtual trials, and custom animated catalogs. It is proposed that Web shoppers’ brain hemisphericity can provide a basis for personalization of e-catalogs. Data were collected using two survey instruments. A verbalizer–visualizer questionnaire was used to measure participants’ brain hemisphericity. Participants’ preferences for different features of e-catalogs were measured using an e-catalogs questionnaire. Data were collected from a total of 1,087 respondents. ANOVA and multiple regression analyses were conducted to test the hypotheses. The findings suggest that participants’ verbal and visual scores provide a basis for customization of e-catalogs. The personalization of e-catalogs can facilitate and improve Web shoppers’ online shopping experience and assist their decision-making process for online purchases.Item Metadata only Forecasting carbon emission and industrial production using VECM: the case of Bangladesh(Tennessee State University College of Business, 2015) Murad, M.; Abdullah, A.; Boyle, S.; Amaro, C.It is widely argued that industrial production contributes to the global greenhouse gas emissions, particularly carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) emissions in any countries whether industrialized or developing. This is mainly due to the industrial processes that combine scarce resources to produce tangible goods and intangible services. The industrial processes emit large amounts of CO 2 because of the two reasons. First, many manufacturing facilities directly use fossil fuels to create heat and steam needed at various stages of production. Second, energy intensive activities at the manufacturing facilities use more electricity than any other sector so the energy that they use is responsible for vast amounts of CO 2 emissions. Therefore, the per capita emissions in the industrialized countries are typically as much as ten times the average in the developing countries. Apparently, vast industrial activities are primarily thought to be responsible for such carbon emissions. There have been conducted a considerable number of studies forecasting industrial production and carbon emissions for the industrialized countries but no studies have thus far looked into this issue for the developing countries, most of which are primarily agriculture dependent. This study is thus an effort to forecast and analyze the causality and long run association between CO 2 emissions and industrial production using Vector Error Correction Model (VECM). Other econometric techniques, such as unit root test and Granger causality test have also been used to achieve the objective in a comprehensive and convincing way. The empirical results reveal for Bangladesh that there is no Granger causality between industrial production and CO 2 emission in any direction. The results from VECM reveal for Bangladesh that any disequilibrium between CO 2 emission and industrial production could take approximately 54 years to converge to the long-run equilibrium. But the adjustment rate for the country’s industrial production is positive, as it should be, as well as relatively faster at the rate of 83 percent a year. So any disequilibrium will be corrected mostly by the adjustment in the country’s industrial production. The study concludes that the current CO 2 emissions in Bangladesh are below the equilibrium level, which is an advantageous situation for the country. Therefore, it is expected that the Bangladesh’s industrial sector will not face stricter CO 2 emission controlling policies and regulations in the near future.Item Metadata only Predicting international visitors’ interest in Hong Kong arts festival(Cognizant Communication Corporation, 2016) Boyle, S.; Reaiche, C.; Murad, W.; Abdullah, A.Major international arts festivals are responsible for attracting many international visitors to a location. This study proposes that the high profile major international acts that are programmed within a particular festival play an important role in attracting international visitors to the event. This empirical study was conducted to predict the demographic, attitudinal, and behavioral factors of international visitors that could influence their interest in attending performances of international artists (i.e., those imported for the event) that had taken place at the Hong Kong Arts Festival. It employs descriptive statistics, paired samples t test, and logistic regression as analytical techniques in order to achieve the above objective. A total of 129 samples were drawn randomly from both male and female international visitors. The results from t tests, which generated two-variable correlation coefficient values with corresponding levels of statistical significance, suggest that the show event that most significantly (p≤0.05) influenced international visitors' attendance was the Northern Sinfonia and Chorus, and the Latvian National Opera: Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk was the second most important show event. The results from the logistic regression model suggest that international visitors' interest, in particular international performances, was mostly influenced by their demographic and behavioral factors, but not by their attitudinal factors. This study suggests that relevant programming strategies should consider why, at which degree, and how the demographic, attitudinal, and behavioral factors of international visitors are important to attracting them to and to increasing their interest in the arts festivals of this kind. Although the main limitation of this study is the use of a small subset of samples, further research could overcome this by considering a larger sample size and looking into the demographic, attitudinal, and behavioral factors of international or local visitors that could influence their interest in some other arts festival events/shows showcasing local artists and productions.Item Restricted The relationship between employee expectations and culture: the case of MNC employees in Bangladesh(Zia World Press, 2013) Abdullah, A.; Boyle, S.; Joham, C.Through individual narratives this study explores the culturally significant elements of human resource management (HRM) practices among employees of Multi-National Corporations (MNCs) operating in Bangladesh,an emerging South Asian economy. The study seeks to understand how the national cultural context in which the employees live influences their expectations of their employers (psychological contract). Cultural dimensions for Bangladesh were extrapolated from Hofstede’s cultural dimensions framework for Pakistan and India. Using interviews from management level employees from three major MNCs operating in Bangladesh a thematic analysis identified four critical elements of HR practices that can affect an employee’s psychological contract significantly. The emerged themes that were found to be directly or indirectly affected by the cultural orientation of the employees were the work environment, family considerations, social recognition, and financial stability.