Customer Acquisition among Small and Informal Businesses in Urban India: Comparing Face-to-face and Mediated Channels

Competition among Experts via Face-to-Face and Online Channels

Online experts increasingly compete against traditional, face-to-face experts by offering many consulting and customer services. In turn, some traditional high-quality experts consider offering online services to defend their markets. In this research, we investigate how a traditional high-quality expert should modify its business model to respond to the new competition arising due to the Inter...

Comparing the Effect of Face-To-Face Education and E-learning on the Physical Activity of the Elderly

Abstract Introduction: Regular physical activity is very effective in preventing or delaying chronic diseases and premature death in the elderly. Objective: This study aimed to compare the effect of face-to-face education and e-learning methods on the physical activity of the elderly. Materials and Methods: This is a quasi-experimental study conducted in Karaj, Iran in 2018. The participants...

Comparing the Effect of Face to Face and Group Discussion Teaching Methods on Quality of Life Improvement among Patients Suffering from Multiple Sclerosis

Introduction: The ultimate goal of care programs for patients with MS is to improve their quality of life (QOL). Nowadays, a variety of methods are used for providing health-oriented programs. This study was conducted to compare the effect of face to face and group discussion teaching methods on improving the quality of life among patients suffering from MS. Methods: This quasi-experimental tw...

Comparing the effectiveness of face to face and computer mediated collaboration in design

Supporting crowdsourcing in MOOC informal face-to-face meetings

MOOCs are currently one of the main buzzwords in education. These particular online courses are characterized by the openness of their contents, which are typically packaged in video format, and by the large number of participants. This large number of potential learners facilitates creating distributed communities with similar interests around the world that can physically meet periodically to...