Risk plays a central role in decision making. Accordingly, risk has been a popular research topic for more than four decades. Finding a generic definition of risk is hard, since this term is used in many areas such as economics, political science, management science, and medical research. However, one thing in common is that risk is always related to both the negative outcomes and uncertainty. ...

FinTech platforms are one of the most important elements in rapidly digitized world’s economy. This study investigates factors that affected individuals’ acceptance services, especially on internet wealth management platforms. The current research extends unified theory and use technology (UTAUT) published by MIS Quarterly with integrated financial consumption attributes (i.e., perceived value ...

The perceived risk is assessed in order to conduct subjective evaluation of individual or community of probability of occurrence of accidents, crashes, and way of exposure to the related consequences. Although such estimation may not comply with what it occurs in real situation since this part is totally related to psychological aspect and at the same time it should be incorporated in planning ...

AbstractThe growing aquaculture industry is facing several challenges including risks and uncertainties. Studies exploring farmers’ risk perceptions management strategies are, however, lim...

INTRODUCTION Understanding people's perceptions of disease risk and how these perceptions compare with actual risk models may improve the effectiveness of risk communication. This study examined perceived disease risk and causal beliefs for type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease (CVD), the relationship between self-reported risk factors and perceived disease risk, and the influence of causa...