Responses to phone surveys tend exhibit higher rates of social desirability bias and extreme responses when compared face-to-face surveys. Yet, studies mode effects typically compare either representative that implausibly assume comparability or experimental rely on convenience samples. Our study compares two national probability samples but uses matching address comparability. We Costa Rica, a...

Financial inclusion is a vital development priority for countries worldwide. Mobile wallet (m-wallet) considered as disruptive payment method that will substitute the traditional physical to achieve so-called cashless society and enables financial inclusion. This study aims at developing testing research model integrates set of technology factors (perceived usefulness, perceived ease use, fun m...

This paper is a systematic analysis of bioinformatics base research and education for developing countries. This gives an overview of current bioinformatics education in Bangladesh, from the perspective of the practitioner. Bioinformatics can help pharmaceutical and biotechnological industry of Bangladesh to keep pace with the world. Equal access of biological data can give wide range of resear...

OBJECTIVE To access the prospects of daycare pediatric surgery in a developing country like Pakistan in view of economic advantages, parent's acceptability and utilization of hospital resources. METHODS This prospective study was carried out in Karachi from 1st January 1994 to 31st December 1996 in three different private hospitals having optimum operating, anaesthetic and recovery facilities...

Estimation of Rybczynski e®ects in a sample of 14 developing countries over 1982-1992 reveals a puzzle: labor-intensive manufacturing sectors tend to expand and capital-intensive manufacturing sectors contract as country capital abundance increases, after allowing for changes in technology, skill, and trade barrier. Empirical tests show strong evidence of multiple diversi ̄cation cones in the fu...

Purpose – The main purpose of this study is to explore the relationship between total quality management (TQM) practices and service quality as well as the relationship between TQM practices and market orientation. Design/methodology/approach – Structured questionnaires were distributed to managers of 175 service organisations in the northern region of Malaysia; 101 were returned. Findings – Th...