We discuss the impact of cultural differences on usability evaluations that are based on the thinking-aloud method (TA). The term ‘cultural differences’ helps distinguish differences in the perception and thinking of Westerners (people from Western Europe and US citizens with European origins) and Easterners (people from China and the countries heavily influenced by its culture). We illustrate ...

We discuss the impact of cultural differences on usability evaluations that are based on the thinking-aloud method (TA). The term ‘cultural differences’ helps distinguish differences in the perception and thinking of Westerners (people from Western Europe and US citizens with European origins) and Easterners (people from China and the countries heavily influenced by its culture). We illustrate ...

the purpose of this study is to examine the possible impact of value systems on earnings management in france, tunisia and canada. cultural values include power distance, uncertainty avoidance, individualism, masculinity and long-term orientation. the cross-cultural study uses the method of structural equations trough lisrel approach. the examination covers the period between 2003 and 2009. fin...

This research aims to explore the impact of culture on online retailing stores across three Asian countries. Hofstede’s culture theory has been used as the theoretical foundation. After reviewing four culture dimensions including individualism-collectivism, power distance, uncertainty avoidance, and masculinity-femininity, we investigated the potential cultural impact on three online retailing ...

Impact investing is an emerging but fast fast-growing field in the financial industry. Urban cultural heritage investments having tangible and intangible features are often found asset allocation of impact investment portfolios. In this paper we map out different mechanisms creative sector provide comprehensive coverage several case studies. We assert that likely to render impacts returns, so i...

This paper defines an analytic framework with which to research the impact of IS offshoring on its various stakeholders and applies this to two significant case studies of offshoring in the financial services industry. It presents conclusions on one particular segment of the research programme, namely the extent to which IS offshoring drives cultural change for IS practitioners in offshore loca...

Cancer is a leading cause of death, ranked first or second in most developed countries such as Singapore, the USA, France, Turkey, Spain, just right after cardiovascular diseases [1-5]. Moreover, cancer diagnosis impact Quality-of-Life (QOL) for patients, and family-caregivers. Assessing cross-cultural validation is key in medicine and social sciences as, beyond language translation issues, the...

Compensation measures are a new method for handling impact on cultural heritage in land use planning. The idea with compensation measures can be understood as an extension of the polluter pays principle. Today, compensation measures are mainly used when natural environments are damaged by development, but it is also possible to use compensation measures when a project results in negative impact...

The varied islands of the Pacific provide an ideal natural experiment for studying the factors shaping human impact on the environment. Previous research into pre-European deforestation across the Pacific indicated a major effect of environment but did not account for cultural variation or control for dependencies in the data due to shared cultural ancestry and geographic proximity. The relativ...