Catalogue Search | MBRL
Are you sure you want to remove the book from the shelf?
{{itemTitle}}
369,194
result(s) for
"Payments"
Sort by:
Effect of Payment Gateways towards Online Shopping Behavior in SME in Indonesia
This study aims to examine the relationship between trust, types of payment methods, perceived usefulness, and convenience to the people’s purchase intention and whether that affect people’s online shopping behavior in SMEs in Indonesia—types of payment methods. Data were collected from 205 respondents in Indonesia using purposive sampling. Path Analysis was used in this study, and the results showed that Perceived Usefulness has a strong, unidirectional positive influence and significant effects on the Purchase Intention of payment gateway users but is not significant to Online Shopping Behavior. Convenience variables have a strong, unidirectional positive influence and significantly affect Purchase Intention and Online Shopping Behavior of payment gateway users in Indonesia.
Journal Article
Fiscal federalism and equalization policy in Canada : political and economic dimensions
\"Fiscal Federalism and Equalization Policy in Canada is a concise book that aims to increase public understanding of equalization and fiscal federalism by providing a comparative and multidisciplinary perspective on the history, politics, and economics of equalization policy in Canada. The authors provide a brief history of the equalization program, a discussion of key economic debates concerning the role of that program and its effects, an analysis of the politics of equalization as witnessed over the last decade, and an exploration of the relationship between equalization and other components of fiscal federalism, particularly the Canada Health Transfer and the Canada Social Transfer. The result is an analysis of equalization that draws from the best scholarship available in the fields of economics, economic history, political science, public policy, and political sociology.\"-- Provided by publisher.
Book
The Emerging Technologies of Digital Payments and Associated Challenges: A Systematic Literature Review
The interplay between finance and technology with the use of the internet triggered the emergence of digital payment technologies. Such technological innovation in the payment industry is the foundation for financial inclusion. However, despite the continuous progress and potential of moving the payment landscape towards digital payments and connecting the population to the ubiquitous digital environment, some critical issues need to be addressed to achieve a more harmonious inclusive and sustainable cashless society. The study aims to provide a comprehensive literature review on the emerging digital payment technologies and associated challenges. By systematically reviewing existing empirical studies, this study puts forward the state-of-the-art classification of digital payment technologies and presents four categories of digital payment technologies: card payment, e-payment,mobile payment and cryptocurrencies. Subsequently, the paper presents the key challenges in digital payment technologies categorized into broad themes: social, economic, technical, awareness and legal. The classification and categorization of payment technologies and associated challenges can be useful to both researchers and practitioners to understand, elucidate and develop a coherent digital payment strategy.
Journal Article
“Milking the lions”: An analysis of conservation performance payments in eastern and southern Africa
Conservation performance payments (CPPs) aim to encourage coexistence between humans and large carnivores by tying payments to species presence or abundance. While there is growing interest in the development of these programs, they remain the subject of little empirical research. Furthermore, there is no literature on CPPs for carnivores in Africa, despite the continent's global importance in carnivore conservation and the fact that multiple such schemes are currently in operation. This research establishes where and how these schemes function and identifies recurring challenges associated with their implementation. We conducted semi‐structured interviews with representatives of nine conservation performance payment programs operating across five countries in eastern and southern Africa. We find that despite their theoretical simplicity, local complexities, and pragmatism mean there is significant variation in how CPPs operate. This includes differences in monitoring methods, governance, and all aspects of payments. The inclusion of input conditionality (i.e., fines or bonuses for certain actions) in a majority of schemes also challenges the prevailing conceptualization of CPPs as entirely results‐based. Recurring challenges include securing long‐term funding, setting suitable payment levels, and ensuring equitable governance. Practitioners view performance payments as a promising approach for carnivore conservation, but their roll‐out risks moving faster than our understanding of them.
Journal Article
The great rebalancing : trade, conflict, and the perilous road ahead for the world economy
China's economic growth is sputtering, the Euro is under threat, and the United States is combating serious trade disadvantages. Another Great Depression? Not quite. Noted economist and China expert Michael Pettis argues instead that we are undergoing a critical rebalancing of the world economies. Debunking popular misconceptions, Pettis shows that severe trade imbalances spurred on the recent financial crisis and were the result of unfortunate policies that distorted the savings and consumption patterns of certain nations. Pettis examines the reasons behind these destabilizing policies, and he predicts severe economic dislocations--a lost decade for China, the breaking of the Euro, and a receding of the U.S. dollar--that will have long-lasting effects. Pettis explains how China has maintained massive--but unsustainable--investment growth by artificially lowering the cost of capital. He discusses how Germany is endangering the Euro by favoring its own development at the expense of its neighbors. And he looks at how the U.S. dollar's role as the world's reserve currency burdens America's economy. Although various imbalances may seem unrelated, Pettis shows that all of them--including the U.S. consumption binge, surging debt in Europe, China's investment orgy, Japan's long stagnation, and the commodity boom in Latin America--are closely tied together, and that it will be impossible to resolve any issue without forcing a resolution for all. Demonstrating how economic policies can carry negative repercussions the world over, The Great Rebalancing sheds urgent light on our globally linked economic future.
FINISHED YOUR STUDIES? DON'T MISS OUT
If you've finished your full-time education and are now employed (full- or part-time), please let us know. If you continue to pay the reduced contribution rate for students (or young members), and are no longer eligible to do so, you won't have access to the full range of benefits and representation from Unite CPHVA. Don't miss out--make sure you're paying the correct rate. Please contact our administration colleagues at your local Unite office -they'll be able to adjust your payments to the appropriate subscription rate.
Journal Article
Does global capitation prospective payment promote integrated delivery networks? Evidence from China’s compact county medical communities
Background
Compact county medical communities (CCMCs) have emerged as a key strategy to strengthen primary healthcare delivery in China. The objective of this study was to assess the impact of the global capitation prospective payment (GCP) reform on CCMCs performance.
Methods
This research collected data from 2018 to 2022 across three pilot regions in China. Using interrupted time series analysis (ITSA), we assessed how the implementation of GCP affected CCMCs development.
Results
The ITSA results show that the average length of stay at the lead hospital decreased by 0.105 days (
P
< 0.001) after the reform in pilot A, while the average hospital cost increased by 62.272 yuan per month (
P
< 0.05). The lead hospital in Pilot B had a decrease in average inpatient costs of 54.203 yuan per month (
P
< 0.001). Conversely, Pilot C’s the lead hospital had an increase in average inpatient costs of 26.610 yuan per month (
P
< 0.001), and the average length of stay at the lead hospital increased by 0.028 days (
P
< 0.05).
Conclusion
GCP has reasonably promoted the benign development of CMCCs. However, the diversity of strategies and operations has resulted in a different focus on effectiveness. Based on local resource endowments, future reforms should pay more attention to the synchronization of payment reforms and organizational changes.
Journal Article