In this paper, we will discuss two main concepts, associated with the development of Virtual Worlds, which are “Presence” and “Embodiment”. Presence is stamped as the sense of “Being there”, that has to be reconstructed in Local world to render Distant Worlds accessible by networked or mediated communications. “Embodiment” could be the property of a Virtual entity to be incorporated by human as...

Using a sample of Spanish tourism small and medium-sized firms, we have tested the impact family control, publicly-available information tangibility on financial structure, providing multi-theoretical model that incorporates contributions from classical theory finance, inspired by agency theory, behavioural firm strategic theory. The results point to need jointly consider effects transmission p...

Although, it is generally asserted that electronic commerce (EC) can overcome barriers of distance and lead to the dramatic expansion of markets relative to traditional brick and mortar companies, customer needs of geographical accessibility varies according to characteristics of product, service processes and other relevant factors. In this study, we developed six factors affecting customer ne...

We present PaperTab, a paper computer with multiple 10.7” functional touch sensitive flexible electrophoretic displays. PaperTab merges the benefits of working with electronic documents with the tangibility of paper documents. In PaperTab, each document window is represented as a physical, functional, flexible e-paper screen called a displaywindow. Each displaywindow is an Android computer that...

Considering the importance of service quality, this paper aims to investigate relationship between quality and student satisfaction in higher education sector Nepal. A public secondary school located Panauti, was taken as sample for study. The descriptive casual comparative research approaches adopted examine impact on satisfaction. personally administered survey using questionnaire based items...

We explore the impact on firm value by numerous factors in energy industry using panel data from 2010 to 2020. The analysis employs different econometric methods, including fixed-effects, random-effects, two-stage least squares, and generalized method of moments. Our main variables interest are value, firm-level climate change risk, fixed assets, leverage, dividend yield, market capitalization,...

This study aims to determine and analyze the effect of service quality, namely; tangible, reliability, responsiveness, assurance, empathy image on customer satisfaction PT. Bank Central Asia (BCA) in Surabaya. type research is basic using 6 variables, namely tangibility, image. uses primary data by distributing questionnaires online. The sample used this were 320 respondents. While processing m...

This article explores the theoretical nature of pervasive games (PG). After an epigrammatic introduction to the novel paradigm of pervasive computing and its influence on the making and understanding of games followed by a classification of what I call the four “axes” of pervasive gaming, I discuss in more detail the modifications of (mainly) game rules, game entities, and game mechanics that a...

This paper examines the current state of museum guide technologies and applications in order to develop an analytical foundation for future research on an adaptive museum guide for families. The analysis focuses on three critical areas of interest in considering group and social interaction in museums: tangibility the role of tangible user interfaces; interaction visit types and visit flows; an...

Diversification has become a common strategy of corporate risk management along with availing other potential benefits. The intent of this study is to identify and analyze the nature of relationship that exists between diversification and capital structure as well as profitability in Pakistan. For this purpose we use the 10 years’ (2000-2009) data of all the companies of chemical and food secto...