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An empirical study on effective factors on adoption of cloud computing in electronic banking: A case study of Iran banking sector
, Article International Journal of Business Information Systems ; Volume 33, Issue 3 , 2020 , Pages 408-428 ; Chehrehpak, M ; Khalili Nasr, A ; Zamanifard, S ; Sharif University of Technology
Inderscience Publishers
2020
Abstract
Cloud computing as a new technology can provide significant advantages in electronic banking services. Adoption of this technology in e-banking services requires consideration of several factors. The main objective of this study is to identify and rank the effective factors on adoption of cloud computing in e-banking. The factors were identified from literature review in four dimension based on TOE and HOT-fit models (technological, human, environmental and organisational factors). As a result of this study, 16 factors were identified in four dimensions. Using fuzzy group decision-making model and pairwise comparison between factors (by a survey of 63 experts, academics and practical persons...
The Manifestation of Luxury Value Dimensions in Brand Engagement in Self-Concept
, M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology ; Khalili Nasr, Arash (Supervisor)
Abstract
This research investigates what consumers in democratized luxury markets value when purchasing luxury items. Nonetheless, these consumers have a limited budget and can not always buy luxury items, yet they are drawn back to these luxury brands. Thus, we use brand engagement in self-concept (BESC) to explain the relationship between these consumers and luxury brands within democratized luxury markets. A conceptualized model of three luxury value dimensions (experiential, symbolic, and functional) is proposed, and 488 cases were gathered through a phone survey. The data were analyzed using partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM). The results show that the most critical...
Investigating the Effect of Influencer Characteristics on the Formation of Customers' Attitude and Purchase Intention
, M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology ; Khalili Nasr, Arash (Supervisor)
Abstract
With the explosive growth of social media platforms, influencers have emerged as important factors in driving consumer decisions, prompting much research into their influence on their audiences. This study examines the relationship between social media influencers and consumer behavior by examining which characteristics of social media influencers influence consumer attitudes toward products and their resulting purchase intentions and increase their endorsement effectiveness. Through an extensive review of existing literature, this research identifies key influencer characteristics, including authenticity, attractiveness, communication, social responsibilities, and product match-up, as key...
Analysis of Consumer Green Behavior and Purchase Patterns in Developed and Developing Countries
, M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology ; Khalili Nasr, Arash (Supervisor)
Abstract
The aim of this research is to examine environmentally conscious consumer behavior based on the Theory of Planned Behavior, which includes the antecedents of attitude, behavioral control, norm, moral commitment, and psychological factors in the selection of green products. Additionally, it investigates the extent to which this environmentally conscious behavior influences consumers' green purchase intentions. To further analyze green purchase intentions, the study employs the moderating variable of perceived environmental well-being and the mediating variable of need for cognition based on signaling theory. The integration of the Theory of Planned Behavior and signaling theory is utilized to...
The Study of the Success and the Failure of Startops the Effect of Human Capital on the Performance of CEOs of Start of in Field of Information Technology
, M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology ; Khalili Nasr, Arash (Supervisor)
Abstract
The purpose of this research is to investigate the impact of human capital on the performance of startups in Iran so that its findings can be used to guide the startups and companies, policymakers, and entrepreneurs. According to a study by Aguin andcolleagues. (2009), the establishment of new firms through entrepreneurial activities can increase national economic growth, creativity and productivity at the national level. Joseph, in 1995, stated in an article what has been pointed out by some researchers in the field of entrepreneurship in developing countries, Programs and strategies that succeed in a country will not necessarily succeed in another country, due to cultural and governmental...
Investigating the Effect of Manager's Ambidexterity on Organizational Ambidexterity in Small Hi-Tech Companies
, M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology ; Khalili Nasr, Arash (Supervisor)
Abstract
Previous Research has extensively investigated ambidexterity in organizational and individual level and evaluated their prescedents and outcomes. These studies have led to an agreement on the positive relationship between ambidexterity in different levels and performance, in dynamic business environments. Unlike before, recent studies in the context of ambidexterity have been focused on the prescedents of ambidexterity in the individual level. However very few studies have empirically investigated the direct relationship between ambidexterity in different levels. In this research we have focused on the relationship between the top manager's ambidexterity and the organizational ambidexterity...
Investigating the Effect of Communication of the Family Nature of Business on the Organizational Reputation, Measuring the Mediating Role of Brand Equity and Corporate Social Responsibility
, M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology ; Khalili Nasr, Arash (Supervisor)
Abstract
According to official statistics, family businesses form the majority of businesses around the world. When we talk about businesses, we are more likely to say that those firms face issues related to family businesses.One of the trending topics that has recently been considered by researchers and a lot of research has been done in this regard, is specific issues related to marketing and branding of family businesses.In this study, we tried to examine the family business brand in terms of reputation. Reputation is the perception in the minds of brand stakeholders about the brand and the organization. So we tried to take as fair and accurate a sample as possible, to seek the opinions of...
The Effectiveness of Corporate Social Responsibility in the face of Corporate Social Irresponsibility and the Moderating Role of Brand Authenticity and Consumer Ethnocentrism
, M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology ; Khalili Nasr, Arash (Supervisor)
Abstract
The extant body of literature provides limited coverage regarding the concurrent influence of social responsibility and brand authenticity on both brand expression and adverse consumer behavior. Insufficient attention has been devoted to the correlation between social responsibility and brand forgiveness, as well as mischaracterizations of branding. The interplay of brand and consumer ethnocentrism further serves as a moderating factor in the associations among social responsibility, brand forgiveness, negative discourse, and brand avoidance. Four distinct scenarios, involving the random allocation among distributed companies, were considered: 1. Authentic brand with the presence of social...
Studying and Analyzing Sustainability Reporting Among Top Iranian Companies
, M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology ; Khalili Nasr, Arash (Supervisor)
Abstract
There's a significant growth in sustainability reporting among top companies around the world in which based on KPMG report in 2017, 93 percent of 250 world's top companies have released their annual report in this field and this much attention to the reporting is a sign of special importance for and emphasizes on the necessity of corporate social responsibility in organizations. Since before doing the thesis there was no official statistics of sustainability reporting among Iranian companies, the research gap has been determined and by studying 100 Iranian top companies based on Industrial Management Institute ranking in 2017, we understood only 6 percent of these companies have already...
Role of Supply Chain Social Capital in Healthcare Supply Chain Resilience
, M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology ; Khalili Nasr, Arash (Supervisor)
Abstract
Increased globalization and level of complexity of supply chains have made them more vulnerable to environmental disruptions than ever before. However, conventional methods of risk management can not help supply chains in the face of turmoil and disruption, because of unexpected and unfortunate events due to the unpredictability and uncertainty in which they are. They can have irreversible effects on supply chains and even threaten the very existence of members of these chains. In such a situation, the key to the success and survival of supply chain operations is to achieve supply chain resilience. On the other hand, health care supply chains are one of the most important and vital parts of...
The Effect of Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) on Firm’s Performance: The Role of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)
, M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology ; Khalili Nasr, Arash (Supervisor)
Abstract
Organizations now take several risks and many factors affect their anticipated performance. The origins of these risk could be external such as Interest rate, political and social changes and change in governing laws and regulations or could be internal such as operational risk, information risks and strategic risks. Enterprise risk management (ERM) as a holistic approach to risk management has been recently used by most organizations. Prior researches on ERM efficiency have inconsistent results and there is a need for more meticulous scrutiny. In this research we examine the role of corporate social responsibility (CSR) as a mediator in the relation between ERM implementation and firm’s...
The Effect of Online Service Failure Stability, Service Recovery, and E-Service Quality on the Customers' Willingness to Value Co-Creation in an E-Retailer
, M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology ; Khalili Nasr, Arash (Supervisor)
Abstract
Nowadays, customers hold a pivotal role as co-creators of value in service industries. Therefore, companies usually try to encourage customers to interact and co-create value effectively with the company or with each other. However, if a service provider fails to meet customer expectations, service failure occurs and may influence customer evaluations to co-create value. In this situation, companies usually try to redress the problem that happened to reduce their negative perceptions. Research related to the drivers of customers' value co-creation intentions has gained interest in recent years. However, there has not been an integrated view to simultaneously examine the negative role of...
The Effect of Online Service Failure Stability, Service Recovery, and E-Service Quality on the Customers' Willingness to Value Co-Creation in an E-Retailer
, M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology ; Khalili Nasr, Arash (Supervisor)
Abstract
Nowadays, customers hold a pivotal role as co-creators of value in service industries. Therefore, companies usually try to encourage customers to interact and co-create value effectively with the company or with each other. However, if a service provider fails to meet customer expectations, service failure occurs and may influence customer evaluations to co-create value. In this situation, companies usually try to redress the problem that happened to reduce their negative perceptions. Research related to the drivers of customers' value co-creation intentions has gained interest in recent years. However, there has not been an integrated view to simultaneously examine the negative role of...
The Role of E-WOM Social Commerce And Subjective Norms On Online Impulsive Buying
, M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology ; Khalili Nasr, Arash (Supervisor)
Abstract
One challenge in the world of digital business is the impact of opinion leaders on the type of e-commerce shopping. In this research, emotional shopping is specifically investigated, and to examine the effect of opinion leaders, this research that compares the impact of mental norms and word-of-mouth advertising has addressed the word of mouth of the online trading world on emotional shopping. In this study, I applied the S-O-R model (stimulus-organism-response model) to discuss subjective norms and word-of-mouth advertising in the online trading world as stimuli and, according to this model, organisms of satisfaction and trust, hedonic browsing, and utilitarian browsing are examined, and...
Identifying, Score Predicting, and Investigating the Factors Affecting Green Restaurants' Customers' Satisfaction
, M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology ; Khalili Nasr, Arash (Supervisor)
Abstract
Like other industries and research literature, tourism and hospitality have increasingly interpreted and analyzed the vast amount of user-generated content and online reviews to address practical and theoretical issues concerning customer experience and satisfaction. One of the most underdeveloped data-driven research streams in tourism and hospitality is green restaurant research. To address the gap regarding the actual behaviors, perceptions, and anticipations of such restaurants' customers, this study first used a new advanced topic modeling algorithm to identify hidden topics of customer reviews. The result suggests that customers mostly perceive food-related green attributes when it...
The Effect of Siblings Joining on Career Choice Intentions of Offspring to Join the Family Enterprise
, M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology ; Khalili Nasr, Arash (Supervisor)
Abstract
Family businesses comprise the majority of businesses in the world and in Iran as well, However, many of them fail in their succession to the next generation. Hence, the factors influencing family business succession has been studies by many researchers in the past decades. To contribute to the present literature, our study addresses one of the factors which is assumed to be influential on children choice about whether to enter their family business. The literature proposes that the presence of the siblings in the family business has both positive and negative effects on one's decision about whether to enter the family business or not. The positive effect stems from one's desire to work...
A novel fuzzy multi-objective circular supplier selection and order allocation model for sustainable closed-loop supply chains
, Article Journal of Cleaner Production ; 10 March , 2020 ; Tavana, M ; Alavi, B ; Mina, H ; Sharif University of Technology
Elsevier Ltd
2020
Abstract
Maximizing the value of resources and producing less waste are strategic decisions affecting sustainability and competitive advantage. Sustainable closed-loop supply chains (CLSCs) are designed to minimize waste by circling back (repairing, reselling, or dismantling for parts) previously discarded products into the value chain. This study presents a novel two-stage fuzzy supplier selection and order allocation model in a CLSC. In Stage 1, we use the fuzzy best-worst method (BWM) to select the most suitable suppliers according to economic, environmental, social, and circular criteria. In Stage 2, we use a multi-objective mixed-integer linear programming (MOMILP) model to design a...
A novel fuzzy multi-objective circular supplier selection and order allocation model for sustainable closed-loop supply chains
, Article Journal of Cleaner Production ; Volume 287 , 2021 ; 09596526 (ISSN) ; Tavana, M ; Alavi, B ; Mina, H ; Sharif University of Technology
Elsevier Ltd
2021
Abstract
Maximizing the value of resources and producing less waste are strategic decisions affecting sustainability and competitive advantage. Sustainable closed-loop supply chains (CLSCs) are designed to minimize waste by circling back (repairing, reselling, or dismantling for parts) previously discarded products into the value chain. This study presents a novel two-stage fuzzy supplier selection and order allocation model in a CLSC. In Stage 1, we use the fuzzy best-worst method (BWM) to select the most suitable suppliers according to economic, environmental, social, and circular criteria. In Stage 2, we use a multi-objective mixed-integer linear programming (MOMILP) model to design a...
A Model using Interval-Based Multi-Criteria Decision-Making for Assessing Blockchain-Iot Technology in Supply Chain Systems
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M.Sc. Thesis
Sharif University of Technology
;
Khalili Nasr, Arash
(Supervisor)
Abstract
Supply Chain (SC) systems stand at the cusp of a transformative era, thanks to the synergistic integration of Blockchain Technology (BT) and the Internet of Things (IoT). This confluence promises a plethora of benefits, encompassing heightened data protection, unparalleled transparency, robust fraud prevention mechanisms, meticulous traceability, and substantial financial efficiencies. However, the technological landscape is still in its embryonic phase, leading to a pronounced knowledge void and a palpable uncertainty in the realm of platform selection for SC systems. The challenge is further compounded by the intricate web of criteria, often with overlapping and interdependent facets....
Evaluating the Effect of Using a Customized Logistics Service on Sellers' Performance in Online Marketplace
, M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology ; Sepehri, Mehran (Supervisor) ; Khalili Nasr, Arash (Supervisor)
Abstract
The prosperity of online marketplaces depends on their ability to attract and keep sellers besides customers. Due to the lack of research in evaluating the role of sellers in this business model, the study tries to fill this gap through examining the effect of logistics capability on sellers' performance in an online marketplace. Specifically, a research model is developed to evaluate the effect of a customized logistics service, provided by the intermediary, on sellers' performance in the marketplace. In addition, the indirect effect of logistics capability as a mediator is examined on the previous causal link. Strong empirical support for the research model is provided by data from 1546...