This paper summarizes the current state of the art and recent trends in software engineering economics. It provides an overview of economic analysis techniques and their applicability to software engineering and management. It surveys the field of software cost estimation, including the major estimation techniques available, the state of the art in algorithmic cost models, and the outstanding research issues in software cost estimation.

Software engineering economics

http://robertfeldt.net/publications/lenberg_2015_behavioral_se.pdf

Behavioral software engineering

The spatiality of trust: Factors influencing the creation of trust and the role of face-to-face contacts

The paper aims to determine the impact of bank-specific, industry-specific and macro-specific determinants on the profitability indicators – return on assets (ROA) and ratio net-interest margin (RNIM).,This research sample includes selected Croatian banks, and the empirical analysis covers the period 2007-2014. Based on the reliable and robust econometric tests, dynamic estimation technique (DOLS) was run to estimate the profitability models, by using of ROA and RNIM as dependent variables, which also include lagged dependent variables to capture the speed of mean reversion in terms of profitability, respectively.,The results proved the crucial positive impact of assets size (economies of scale), loan portfolio and GDP growth on the banks’ profitability. Further, the negative impacts on profitability have risks and administrative costs. This paper shows the positive impact of capital adequacy ratio (CAR) and leverage on ROA and RNIM, as well as the correlation between market concentration and banks’ profitability.,Basically, Croatian banks should improve operative efficiency and risk management practice to increase their profitability. In addition, banks should carefully balance between capital base and risk exposure on the one hand and take advantage of using relative cheaper deposits and borrowed funds instead of using more expensive equity. This conclusion is reasonable, keeping in mind that the Croatian financial market does not punish banks for an extra risk exposure caused by market imperfections. Finally, the regulatory authority in Croatia should impose some additional antitrust measures to increase competition in the banking market.,Although a bunch of existing studies explain the determinants of bank profitability from different perspectives, this paper conducts a specific empirical analysis about the determinants of bank profitability in Croatia. In addition, this paper provides a good synthesis of the relevant empirical and theoretical studies from this domain.

What does affect profitability of banks in Croatia

Are men from Mars, women from Venus? Examining gender differences towards continuous use intention of branded apps

To date, research that demonstrates what Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) actually means in terms of policies and practices in the pharmaceutical industries is scarce. Similarly, research that shows understanding or compares the cultural influences of the East and the West on CSR in the pharmaceutical industry is also scarce.

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Cultural Influences on Corporate Social Responsibility

Online retailing is a competitive and dynamic area, which is created based on the artificial brick and motor concept. This artificial brick and motor concept has to create an online shopping atmosphere and design, which need to be strong in terms of attracting the end consumers. And to do this there needs to be a trigger, or in other words a stimulus which causes an action and the response becomes reaction to that stimulus. Based on the past theories by psychologists the stimulus and response is not the only factor which serves as a basis for decision making but there is a third essential and integral dimension that is organism. Organism simply means a system consisting of interdependent parts which are interlinked. This research paper makes an attempt to study the Stimulus-Organism-Response (S-O-R) model in the online context giving an overview on the evolution of S-O-R model in various context of online retailing with respect to the advent of e-commerce. In this study, we identify and explore how online merchandising cues and emotional states of generation Z influence the various dimensions of purchase intentions for apparel shopping. It also aims to find the importance of stimulus and response when mediated by organism which is reviewed as emotion of consumers from the gaps of various literatures.

Online Merchandising Cues Influencing the Purchase Intention of Generation Z Mediated by Emotions Using -S-O-R Framework

The world has recognized India’s competitive advantage in software services and today India is a magnet for software clients owing to the quality of its skilled software manpower. Organizational climate has been defined as a perception of the psychologically important aspects of the work environment and is recognized as a potential influence on employees’ workplace behavior and job satisfaction (Ashforth, 1985). Climate consists of a set of characteristics that describe an organization, distinguish it from other organizations, are relatively enduring over time and influence the behavior of people in it. Organizational climate influences to a great extent the performance of the employees because it has a major impact on motivation and job satisfaction of individual employees. So the managements of Information Technology companies should strive to create a congenial organizational climate in their organizations for retaining the employees and maintaining high productivity. The study is conducted by collecting primary data from 389 respondents spread over 38 Information Technology companies in India. The study suggests the methods for improving the organizational climate in Information Technology companies.

An Empirical Study on the Organizational Climate of Information Technology Industry in India

Banking companies in the service sector exhibit the problem of distinct results in terms of efficiency. This problem is a cause of concern for many big organizations in the service sector like hotels, courier companies, hospitals, banks and so on. In particular, the last decade has observed continuous amendment in regulation, technology and competition in the global financial services industry, and Indian banks are no exception. To measure the stability, sustainability and profitability of the banking system, it is therefore crucial to scale the operations of banks performing in India. A well-organized banking system will provide an extensive way to higher economic growth in any country. Thus, evaluating the technical efficiency is important to depositors, owners, potential investors, managers and to policy makers. The present study investigates the technical efficiency of public sector banks in India by considering the study period between 2008-09 and 2010-11and using the data extracted from RBI website (www.rbi.org.in) and IBA website (www.iba.org.in). For this purpose, the data envelopment analysis (DEA) was used with two input variables (Interest expenses and operating expenses) and two output variables (interest income and other income). The efficiency scores were calculated for a sample of twenty-six public sector banks operating in India. The result shows that Corporation Bank, State Bank of India and IDBI were consistently performed efficiently in all the years under study.

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A study on technical efficiency of public sector banks in India

India’s tourism industry is experiencing a strong period of growth, driven by the burgeoning Indian middle class, growth in high spending foreign tourists, and coordinated government campaigns to promote ‘Incredible India’. India’s governmental bodies have also made a significant impact in tourism by requiring that each and every state of India have a corporation to administer support issues related to tourism. Tourism is a diversified and decentralized industry. The commercial imperatives drive tourism change according to the location, as do the environmental, social and cultural impacts of tourism on particular communities. As almost 20 million people are now working in India’s tourism industry, their level of performance, motivation and organizational culture have hardly been measured empirically and well documented. While sporadic references are made, the interrelationship between these correlates hardly exists in the context of tourism sector. The paper analyses empirically the prevalent Organizational culture in tourism industry. The study was carried on different sectors in the tourism industry namely, travel agencies, tour operators, airlines and hotels, consisting of 100 respondents across India. The findings indicate significant relationships among the culture aspects and significant differences in terms of gender and type of organizations wanting a more traditional or modern aspects of organizational culture. Statistical tools like correlation and students t test were used. The implications of the study in tourism industry is discussed in detail and are also included to give ample insight into the need for developing right Organizational Culture in Tourism Industry.

Jain Mathew

Papers

Cultural Influences on Corporate Social Responsibility

Online Merchandising Cues Influencing the Purchase Intention of Generation Z Mediated by Emotions Using -S-O-R Framework

An Empirical Study on the Organizational Climate of Information Technology Industry in India

A study on technical efficiency of public sector banks in India

Organizational Culture in Tourism Industry in India