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Survival spending: How climate shocks and conflict shape household consumption in Somalia 生存支出:气候冲击和冲突如何影响索马里家庭消费
IF 5.3 Q2 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES Pub Date : 2025-11-06 DOI: 10.1016/j.clrc.2025.100351
Abdikadir Ahmed Mohamed , Abdi Majid Yusuf Ibey , Abdikani Salah Abdulle , Liban Bile Mohamud
Private consumption remains a central yet underexplored outcome in the intersection of climate change, conflict, and macroeconomic dynamics especially in contexts marked by persistent volatility. Somalia presents a compelling case, where prolonged exposure to climate shocks, economic instability, and political conflict deeply influence household behavior. This study investigates the effect of temperature, drought (captured via the Standardized Precipitation Index), CO2 emissions, inflation, conflict, and GDP per capita on private consumption in Somalia over 1970–2023. Using the Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) model and Granger causality analysis, the research uncovers nuanced dynamics between explanatory variables and consumption. Cointegration is confirmed (bounds F = 4.81), with a stable adjustment back to equilibrium (ECM = −0.066), implying ∼6.6 % correction per year. Results show that temperature and CO2 emissions are positively associated with consumption in the long run (≈+7.41 and + 1.81, respectively), while inflation erodes it (≈−0.75). Drought exerts a short-run negative effect (≈−0.06) but turns positive over time (≈+1.12), reflecting forced adjustments such as asset sales, displacement, and aid dependency. Conflict, too, exhibits a counterintuitive long-run positive association (≈+1.34), driven not by welfare gains but by shifts in spending patterns, remittance inflows, and humanitarian support. By integrating climatic, socio-political, and economic variables in a long-horizon empirical framework, this study provides novel insights into the complex and often paradoxical ways stressors shape household-level consumption. The findings inform targeted policies that reflect local realities while supporting economic resilience in highly exposed contexts like Somalia.
在气候变化、冲突和宏观经济动态的交集中,尤其是在持续波动的背景下,私人消费仍然是一个核心但尚未得到充分探索的结果。索马里是一个令人信服的例子,长期受到气候冲击、经济不稳定和政治冲突的影响,对家庭行为产生了深刻影响。本研究调查了1970-2023年间索马里的温度、干旱(通过标准化降水指数获取)、二氧化碳排放、通货膨胀、冲突和人均GDP对私人消费的影响。利用自回归分布滞后(ARDL)模型和格兰杰因果分析,研究揭示了解释变量与消费之间微妙的动态关系。协整得到证实(边界F = 4.81),稳定调整回到平衡(ECM = −0.066),意味着每年修正~ 6.6 %。结果表明,从长期来看,温度和二氧化碳排放与消费呈正相关(分别≈+7.41和+ 1.81),而通货膨胀则对其产生侵蚀作用(≈−0.75)。干旱会产生短期的负面影响(≈−0.06),但随着时间的推移会转为正面影响(≈+1.12),这反映了资产出售、流离失所和援助依赖等强制性调整。冲突也表现出违反直觉的长期正相关(≈+1.34),其驱动因素不是福利收益,而是支出模式、汇款流入和人道主义支持的变化。通过将气候、社会政治和经济变量整合到一个长期的经验框架中,本研究为压力源影响家庭消费的复杂且往往矛盾的方式提供了新的见解。调查结果为有针对性的政策提供了依据,这些政策既能反映当地的实际情况,又能支持索马里等高风险地区的经济恢复能力。
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Co-creating value for business and society: A B2B sharing economy ecosystem perspective 为企业和社会共同创造价值:B2B共享经济生态系统视角
IF 5.3 Q2 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES Pub Date : 2025-11-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.clrc.2025.100350
Kelvin Wade Ivanković, Natalia Maehle
Despite significant public and academic interest in the sharing economy (SE), the concept remains underexplored in the business-to-business (B2B) context. By facilitating access to shared resources, the B2B SE can create new value for businesses and offer novel insights for management theory and practice. This study draws on business network, ecosystem, and value co-creation research to investigate how value is co-created in the B2B SE by taking an ecosystem perspective. A case study methodology is employed, utilising the Ecosystem Pie Model as a framework for analysis. The selected case operates as a B2B resource-sharing facilitator for businesses in the ocean industries in Bergen, Norway. Data comprises 17 stakeholder interviews, 35 documents, and 13 h of observations. Through our ecosystem analysis, we provided insight into the coexistence and interdependence of a diverse range of actors, including the B2B SE facilitator, resource providers, resource users, third-party service providers, public authorities and investors. Our findings reveal how the B2B SE fosters the co-creation of shared value by creating economic benefits for businesses and environmental benefits for society. However, identified challenges (including regulatory challenges and power imbalances) may prevent the B2B SE ecosystem from fully delivering on its value proposition. We highlight the crucial role of the B2B SE facilitator in mitigating ecosystem risks and challenges while orchestrating key ecosystem activities such as matchmaking, contracting, and relationship management. This study contributes to the SE literature from a B2B ecosystem perspective, providing a foundation for future research and practical insights for businesses, SE facilitators, and policymakers.
尽管公众和学术界对共享经济(SE)非常感兴趣,但在企业对企业(B2B)的背景下,这一概念仍未得到充分探索。通过促进对共享资源的访问,B2B SE可以为企业创造新的价值,并为管理理论和实践提供新的见解。本研究利用商业网络、生态系统和价值共同创造的研究,从生态系统的角度探讨B2B企业如何共同创造价值。采用案例研究方法,利用生态系统饼模型作为分析框架。所选案例作为挪威卑尔根海洋工业企业的B2B资源共享促进者。数据包括17个利益相关者访谈,35个文件和13个 h的观察结果。通过我们的生态系统分析,我们深入了解了各种参与者的共存和相互依赖,包括B2B SE促进者、资源提供者、资源用户、第三方服务提供者、公共当局和投资者。我们的研究结果揭示了B2B SE如何通过为企业创造经济效益和为社会创造环境效益来促进共同创造共享价值。然而,确定的挑战(包括监管挑战和权力不平衡)可能会阻止B2B SE生态系统完全实现其价值主张。我们强调B2B SE促进者在减轻生态系统风险和挑战方面的关键作用,同时协调关键的生态系统活动,如撮合、签约和关系管理。本研究从B2B生态系统的角度对SE文献做出了贡献,为未来的研究奠定了基础,并为企业、SE促进者和政策制定者提供了实践见解。
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From intention to practice: how materials, competences, and meanings shape the mobile phone practice constellation 从意向到实践:材料、能力和意义如何塑造手机实践星座
IF 5.3 Q2 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES Pub Date : 2025-10-30 DOI: 10.1016/j.clrc.2025.100349
Andrés Ramírez Restrepo, Wenjie Hu, Roger C. Baars
Despite widespread environmental awareness, global e-waste recycling rates remain stagnant at approximately 20 %, indicating a persistent gap between pro-environmental intentions and actual behaviors. This study applies Social Practice Theory's elemental approach (EA-SPT) to examine how mobile phone practices emerge from configurations of materials, competences, and meanings, rather than individual choice alone. Through a mixed-methods approach, including two focus groups, 139 surveys, and 27 semi-structured interviews conducted between November 2024 and June 2025, we characterized five interconnected practices: using, repairing, upgrading, storing, and recycling of mobile phones. We developed quantitative indicators to operationalize EA-SPT concepts. Findings show that practice adoption correlates strongly with perceived normality (r = 0.968) but not with coherence (measured through co-word link strength) or responsibility attribution. “Using” emerged as the most coherent and adopted practice (91.4 %). “Recycling” showed minimal adoption (23.0 %), despite stronger elemental integration than “storing” (69.8 % recruitment). Critical insights of the study are (1) practice adoption results from complex socio-material arrangements rather than single determinants; (2) the presence or absence of practice elements proves more predictive of engagement than individual motivations; and (3) generational differences manifest as practice-specific phenomena rather than uniform technological divides. These insights challenge conventional behavior-change interventions targeting individual attitudes, demonstrating instead that sustainable e-waste management requires addressing entire practice constellation. The study provides empirically validated tools for measuring practice dynamics and offers evidence-based foundations for designing policies that recognize the embedded nature of environmental behaviors within everyday life.
尽管普遍的环保意识,全球电子垃圾回收率仍然停滞在大约20% %,表明环保意图和实际行为之间存在持续的差距。本研究应用社会实践理论的基本方法(EA-SPT)来研究手机实践是如何从材料、能力和意义的配置中产生的,而不是单独的个人选择。通过混合方法,包括在2024年11月至2025年6月期间进行的两个焦点小组,139次调查和27次半结构化访谈,我们描述了五种相互关联的实践:使用,维修,升级,存储和回收手机。我们制定了定量指标来实施EA-SPT概念。研究结果显示,实践采纳与知觉正态性(r = 0.968)密切相关,但与连贯性(通过共词链接强度测量)或责任归因无关。“使用”成为最一致和被采用的做法(91.4% %)。“回收”的使用率最低(23.0% %),尽管其基本整合度高于“存储”(69.8% %)。该研究的关键见解是:(1)实践采用结果来自复杂的社会物质安排,而不是单一的决定因素;(2)实践因素的存在与否比个人动机更能预测敬业度;(3)代际差异表现为具体的实践现象,而不是统一的技术鸿沟。这些见解挑战了传统的以个人态度为目标的行为改变干预措施,表明可持续的电子废物管理需要解决整个实践星座。该研究为衡量实践动态提供了经验验证的工具,并为制定政策提供了基于证据的基础,这些政策认识到环境行为在日常生活中的内在本质。
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A study of the neural mechanisms by which reference groups and low-carbon product types influence individual purchase decisions 参考群体和低碳产品类型影响个体购买决策的神经机制研究
IF 5.3 Q2 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES Pub Date : 2025-10-26 DOI: 10.1016/j.clrc.2025.100346
Peng Zhang , Shuang Li , Jing Feng , Lei Mei
Low-carbon consumption is an important way to alleviate environmental and resource pressures and realize sustainable development, but the existence of problems such as information asymmetry of implicit low-carbon products often hinders consumers' willingness to purchase. Nowadays, with the booming development of online social media, reference groups have become the main way to influence individual purchase decisions, However, the academic community lacks clarity on how these different reference groups influence low-carbon products with different attributes purchases and the underlying neural mechanisms. Therefore, grounded in the Elaboration Likelihood Model (ELM), this study investigated the psychological mechanism of the interaction between reference group type (membership vs. aspirational) and low-carbon product attributes (explicit vs. implicit) on individuals' low-carbon purchase decisions using ERP and behavioral experiments. Our ERP and behavioral results reveal that in the early attention-getting stage (peripheral paths), the P200 amplitude induced by the member group was larger than that of the desire group, regardless of the attributes of the low-carbon product. This indicates that, in the early stage, consumers pay attention to the recommending group first, rather than the attributes of low-carbon products. More importantly, consumers pay attention to the recommendation of the member group rather than the aspirational group. In the later stage of evaluating decision-making (central paths), it was found that the recommendation of explicit low-carbon products by the eager group and the recommendation of implicit low-carbon products by the membership group induce relatively small N400 amplitudes, indicating that the two combinations of individuals have less perceived conflict; the former improves the individual's perceived benefit, and the latter reduces the individual's perceived risk, which is in line with the final results of the individual's purchasing decision. The findings reveal the role and neural mechanisms of reference groups in influencing individuals to purchase low-carbon products with different attributes, which promotes theoretical research and practical expansion of low-carbon consumption and neuromarketing,and provides a theoretical basis for enterprises to gain more attention and formulate more effective marketing strategies in the low-carbon market.
低碳消费是缓解环境和资源压力、实现可持续发展的重要途径,但隐性低碳产品信息不对称等问题的存在往往阻碍了消费者的购买意愿。在网络社交媒体蓬勃发展的今天,参考群体已经成为影响个人购买决策的主要途径,然而,学术界对这些不同的参考群体如何影响不同属性的低碳产品的购买及其背后的神经机制缺乏明确的认识。因此,本研究以精化似然模型(ELM)为基础,运用ERP和行为实验研究了参照群体类型(成员与渴望)和低碳产品属性(显性与隐性)对个体低碳购买决策影响的心理机制。我们的ERP和行为学结果表明,在早期注意获得阶段(外围路径),无论低碳产品的属性如何,成员组诱导的P200振幅都大于愿望组。这表明,在早期阶段,消费者首先关注的是推荐群体,而不是低碳产品的属性。更重要的是,消费者更关注的是成员群体的推荐,而不是愿望群体。在评价决策(中心路径)的后期,我们发现渴望群体对显性低碳产品的推荐和成员群体对隐性低碳产品的推荐诱导的N400波幅相对较小,说明两种组合的个体感知冲突较小;前者提高了个体的感知利益,后者降低了个体的感知风险,这与个体购买决策的最终结果是一致的。研究结果揭示了参照群体在影响个体购买不同属性低碳产品中的作用和神经机制,促进了低碳消费和神经营销的理论研究和实践拓展,为企业在低碳市场中获得更多关注和制定更有效的营销策略提供了理论依据。
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Understanding behavioral intentions in E-waste management: A combined PLS-SEM, NCA, and IPMA approach 理解电子废物管理中的行为意图:PLS-SEM, NCA和IPMA方法的结合
IF 5.3 Q2 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES Pub Date : 2025-10-24 DOI: 10.1016/j.clrc.2025.100348
Swati Garg , Asad Ahmad , Dag Øivind Madsen
E-waste has become one of the fastest-growing waste streams, yet consumer actions remain limited. This study applies an extended Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) to examine how awareness, environmental concern, and government policy shape young Indian consumers’ attitudes and intentions toward e-waste management. Data were collected from 461 respondents and analyzed with an integrated approach using Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM), Necessary Condition Analysis (NCA), and Importance–Performance Map Analysis (IPMA). PLS-SEM identified awareness and environmental concern as significant predictors of attitudes, which in turn influenced behavioral intentions alongside subjective norms and perceived behavioral control. NCA confirmed these as “must-have” conditions, while IPMA revealed performance gaps—particularly in perceived behavioral control. Government policy moderated relationships inconsistently, enhancing the link between awareness and attitude but weakening the link between environmental concern and attitude. The study contributes by clarifying behavioral drivers at the consumer level and demonstrating the value of combining sufficiency, necessity, and performance analyses. For policymakers and practitioners, the results highlight the need to strengthen consumer confidence, streamline policy communication, and align awareness campaigns with supportive regulatory measures. These actions can help bridge the gap between high-level e-waste policies and everyday consumer practice.
电子垃圾已成为增长最快的废物流之一,但消费者的行动仍然有限。本研究应用扩展的计划行为理论(TPB)来研究意识、环境关注和政府政策如何塑造印度年轻消费者对电子废物管理的态度和意图。从461名受访者中收集数据,并采用偏最小二乘结构方程模型(PLS-SEM)、必要条件分析(NCA)和重要性-绩效图分析(IPMA)的综合方法进行分析。PLS-SEM发现意识和环境关注是态度的重要预测因素,态度反过来影响行为意图以及主观规范和感知行为控制。NCA确认这些是“必须具备”的条件,而IPMA则揭示了表现差距——尤其是在感知行为控制方面。政府政策不一致地调节了这种关系,增强了意识和态度之间的联系,但削弱了环境关注和态度之间的联系。该研究的贡献在于阐明了消费者层面的行为驱动因素,并展示了将充分性、必要性和性能分析相结合的价值。对于政策制定者和从业人员来说,研究结果强调了加强消费者信心、简化政策沟通以及将提高认识活动与支持性监管措施结合起来的必要性。这些行动可以帮助弥合高水平电子废物政策与日常消费者实践之间的差距。
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Segmentation of ecological guilt and sustainable food consumption – A European cross-country perspective 生态内疚和可持续食品消费的分割——欧洲跨国视角
IF 5.3 Q2 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES Pub Date : 2025-10-22 DOI: 10.1016/j.clrc.2025.100347
Brigitta Unger-Plasek , Zoltán Lakner , Ágoston Temesi
Food consumption habits are one of the most direct and active forms of consumer behaviour through which individuals impact their environment. This behaviour does not evolve in isolation; rather, it is influenced by a variety of factors, including guilt. Within the context of sustainability, ecological guilt is a particularly salient determinant. This study explores the relationship between ecological guilt and the core principles of sustainable food consumption. Eco-guilt may influence the fundamental dimensions of overconsumption, food waste, dietary composition, or recycling, although not necessarily all of them. This study aimed to develop consumer segments based on the elements of the food eco-guilt scale and describe these clusters in terms of sustainable food consumption principles and other consumer characteristics. Data were collected from a sample of 3000 individuals in four countries and structured to reflect national population distributions across several key demographics. Cluster analysis identified two distinct segments: the ‘Guilt-Reactive’ and ‘The Uncertain’. The respondents in the ‘Guilt-Reactive’ group exhibited significantly stronger tendencies towards sustainable food-related behaviours than those in the ‘The Uncertain’ group—particularly regarding recycling, avoiding overconsumption, and reducing food waste. However, no clear commitment to dietary aspects was observed, as responses in this domain tended to be neutral rather than supportive. These findings highlight that while ecological guilt may motivate certain sustainable consumption behaviours, dietary changes, such as increasing the proportion of plant-based foods and reducing intake of highly processed, nutrient-poor products, may require motivational drivers that are stronger or of different types than eco-guilt.
食物消费习惯是个人影响环境的最直接和最积极的消费行为之一。这种行为不是孤立地进化的;相反,它受到各种因素的影响,包括内疚。在可持续发展的背景下,生态内疚是一个特别突出的决定因素。本研究探讨生态内疚与可持续食物消费核心原则之间的关系。生态内疚可能会影响到过度消费、食物浪费、饮食成分或回收等基本方面,尽管不一定是全部。本研究旨在根据食品生态内疚量表的要素来划分消费者群体,并根据可持续食品消费原则和其他消费者特征来描述这些群体。数据是从四个国家的3000人样本中收集的,其结构反映了几个关键人口统计数据的国家人口分布。聚类分析确定了两个不同的部分:“内疚-反应”和“不确定”。“内疚-反应”组的受访者比“不确定”组的受访者在可持续食物相关行为方面表现出明显更强的倾向,尤其是在回收利用、避免过度消费和减少食物浪费方面。然而,没有观察到对饮食方面的明确承诺,因为在这一领域的反应往往是中立的,而不是支持的。这些发现强调,虽然生态内疚可能激发某些可持续消费行为,但饮食改变,如增加植物性食物的比例和减少高度加工、营养不良产品的摄入,可能需要比生态内疚更强或不同类型的动机驱动因素。
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Circular economy readiness index for supply chains: Evaluating industrial clusters in the Aburrá Valley 供应链的循环经济准备指数:对aburr<e:1>山谷产业集群的评价
IF 5.3 Q2 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES Pub Date : 2025-10-13 DOI: 10.1016/j.clrc.2025.100345
Jose Alejandro Cano , Abraham Allec Londoño-Pineda , Emiro Antonio Campo , Carlos Mario Bernal , Alina Patricia Londoño , Olga Maria Ospina
As global resource scarcity and environmental challenges intensify, the transition to a circular economy (CE) has become increasingly urgent. Companies and their supply chains play a crucial role in this transition, being primary drivers of resource use and waste generation. Measuring CE implementation in companies and supply chains is therefore essential for promoting sustainable economic development and resource efficiency. This study presents a novel approach to assess the CE readiness of companies and supply chains through a Circular Economy Readiness Index (CERI) based on CE enablers and resource flows. The CERI considers several categories of enablers, reflecting a company's strategic vision towards circularity, and three categories of flows, which indicate a company's circularity performance. The index was applied to 265 companies in the construction sector and 263 companies in the textile/clothing/fashion sector in Colombia's Aburrá Valley region, allowing measurement at the company, supply chain actor, and industrial cluster levels. Results reveal a critical level of CE readiness in both clusters, indicating significant improvement opportunities. Better performance was observed for flows than for enablers, suggesting good resource management practices but a lack of strategic understanding and commitment to CE principles. The study identifies needs for implementing CE strategies across supply chain actors, emphasizing improvements in enablers such as awareness, training, investment in CE initiatives, and stakeholder collaboration. It underscores the necessity for a comprehensive approach to accelerate the transition towards circular supply chains, highlighting the importance of both strategic enablers and operational resource flows in implementing circular business models and practices.
随着全球资源短缺和环境挑战的加剧,向循环经济(CE)的过渡变得越来越紧迫。公司及其供应链在这一转变中发挥着至关重要的作用,是资源利用和废物产生的主要驱动力。因此,衡量企业和供应链的CE实施情况对于促进可持续经济发展和资源效率至关重要。本研究提出了一种新的方法,通过基于CE推动者和资源流的循环经济准备指数(CERI)来评估公司和供应链的CE准备情况。CERI考虑了几个类别的推动者,反映了公司对循环的战略愿景,以及三个类别的流量,表明公司的循环绩效。该指数适用于哥伦比亚aburr山谷地区265家建筑行业公司和263家纺织/服装/时尚行业公司,允许在公司、供应链参与者和产业集群层面进行测量。结果显示,两个集群的CE准备程度都达到了临界水平,表明有显著的改进机会。流比推动者的表现更好,这表明良好的资源管理实践,但缺乏对CE原则的战略理解和承诺。该研究确定了跨供应链参与者实施CE战略的需求,强调了诸如意识、培训、对CE计划的投资和利益相关者合作等推动因素的改进。它强调了采取综合方法加速向循环供应链过渡的必要性,强调了战略推动因素和运营资源流在实施循环商业模式和实践中的重要性。
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Technology adoption in smart agricultural waste management among farmers: The role of simplicity and gamification 农民在智能农业废物管理中的技术采用:简单性和游戏化的作用
IF 5.3 Q2 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES Pub Date : 2025-10-13 DOI: 10.1016/j.clrc.2025.100344
Teerapong Pienwisetkaew , Sasichakorn Wongsaichia , Chavis Ketkaew
Innovative smart technologies are essential for managing agricultural waste effectively, but farmers' adoption of such approaches is still difficult. Here, we provide a fresh viewpoint by differentiating how farmers react to simplicity-oriented versus gamification-oriented designs in smart agricultural waste management systems. Extending TAM by adding user satisfaction (US) as an additional element, we use the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) to investigate how farmers' intention to use (IU) is influenced by perceived ease of use (PEOU), perceived usefulness (PU), user satisfaction (US), and attitude towards use (AT). The findings show that, especially for task-intensive agricultural activities, simplicity-driven platform designs raise PU and IU by reducing cognitive load. On the other hand, while gamification components significantly increase US and farmer involvement, their impact on perceived usability and general adoption is more constrained. User experience is therefore fundamental in influencing technology acceptance since we also found that US directly drives AT, which then raises IU. A multi-group study shows that various farmer profiles respond differently to simplicity and gamification, so stressing the need of implementation plans that fit user characteristics. This work provides legislators and platform developers with sensible ideas in general; it favors hybrid design concepts that maximize technology adoption by striking a balance between usability and participation. By means of particular adoption patterns, our work contributes to the continuous debate on digital transformation in sustainable agriculture.
创新的智能技术对于有效管理农业废弃物至关重要,但农民采用这种方法仍然很困难。在这里,我们通过区分农民对智能农业废物管理系统中以简单为导向和以游戏化为导向的设计的反应,提供了一个新的观点。通过增加用户满意度(US)作为附加元素来扩展TAM,我们使用技术接受模型(TAM)来调查农民的使用意图(IU)如何受到感知易用性(PEOU)、感知有用性(PU)、用户满意度(US)和使用态度(AT)的影响。研究结果表明,对于任务密集型农业活动,简化驱动的平台设计通过减少认知负荷来提高PU和IU。另一方面,虽然游戏化组件显著提高了美国和农民的参与度,但它们对感知可用性和普遍采用的影响却受到限制。因此,用户体验是影响技术接受度的根本因素,因为我们还发现,用户体验直接推动了用户体验,而用户体验又提高了用户体验。一项多群体研究表明,不同的农民对简单性和游戏化的反应不同,因此强调了适合用户特征的实施计划的必要性。这项工作为立法者和平台开发人员提供了明智的想法;它支持通过在可用性和参与性之间取得平衡来最大化技术采用的混合设计概念。通过特定的采用模式,我们的工作有助于可持续农业数字化转型的持续辩论。
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Exploring Youth's intentions to purchase electric and hybrid vehicles in Qatar: The role of moral norms and environmental concern 探索卡塔尔年轻人购买电动和混合动力汽车的意图:道德规范和环境问题的作用
IF 5.3 Q2 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES Pub Date : 2025-10-13 DOI: 10.1016/j.clrc.2025.100343
Ebaidalla M. Ebaidalla , Sana Abusin , Asma H. Malkawi , Brian W. Mandikiana
Despite the global transition to green transportation, the adoption of electric and hybrid vehicles (E&HVs) in Qatar remains limited. This study examines the factors influencing youth intentions to buy E&HVs, employing the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) and assessing the mediating roles of moral norms and environmental concern. The analysis used partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) to test the hypothesized relationships, and applied covariance-based SEM (CB-SEM) to validate robustness. The results reveal that attitude (β = 0.376), subjective norms (β = 0.255), and perceived behavioral control (β = 0.242) have significant direct effects on the intention to purchase E&HVs. In contrast, moral norms and environmental concern do not exhibit significant direct effects. Instead, moral norms exert indirect effects through all TPB constructs at the 1 % significance level, whereas environmental concern influences purchase intention indirectly via attitude (β = 0.073). The findings contribute to the TPB literature by highlighting how social and ecological values influence pro-environmental behavior in a resource-rich, high-income setting. The study recommends that policymakers should leverage social influence, enhance perceived behavioral control through infrastructure and financial incentives, and emphasize the ethical and environmental benefits of E&HVs to promote their adoption among youth in Qatar.
尽管全球都在向绿色交通转型,但卡塔尔对电动和混合动力汽车(E&HVs)的采用仍然有限。本研究运用计划行为理论(TPB)探讨影响青少年购买家电的因素,并评估道德规范和环境关注的中介作用。分析使用偏最小二乘结构方程模型(PLS-SEM)来检验假设关系,并使用基于协方差的结构方程模型(CB-SEM)来验证稳健性。结果表明,态度(β = 0.376)、主观规范(β = 0.255)和感知行为控制(β = 0.242)对电子商务车购买意愿有显著的直接影响。相比之下,道德规范和环境关注并没有表现出显著的直接影响。相反,道德规范通过所有TPB结构在1%显著水平上产生间接影响,而环境关注通过态度间接影响购买意愿(β = 0.073)。研究结果通过强调社会和生态价值如何影响资源丰富、高收入环境下的亲环境行为,为城市规划文献做出了贡献。该研究建议,决策者应利用社会影响力,通过基础设施和财政激励措施加强行为控制,并强调E&; hv的道德和环境效益,以促进卡塔尔年轻人采用E&; hv。
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Credence in code: Consumer engagement and responses to blockchain-enabled sustainability in tomato Purée 对代码的信任:消费者参与和对番茄pursame中区块链可持续性的反应
IF 5.3 Q2 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES Pub Date : 2025-10-09 DOI: 10.1016/j.clrc.2025.100339
Emanuela Tria , Francesco Di Cosola , Alessandro Petrontino , Michel Frem , Francesco Bozzo
Understanding how digital technologies can support more transparent food choices is essential for driving sustainability in agri-food systems. In this context, this study explores the role of blockchain technology (BCT) in shaping consumer preferences for tomato puree featuring credence attributes. An integrated approach that combines the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) with a choice modelling framework has been used for this purpose. The originality of this research lies in extending the TAM framework by examining how consumer sensitivity to environmental, social, and economic sustainability attributes influences behavioral intention to adopt blockchain-traced food products. Based on a representative sample of 1549 Italian respondents collected through an online survey, a Discrete Choice Experiment (DCE) and a Latent Class Model (LCM) were additionally applied to identify three distinct consumer segments according to their attitudes toward blockchain and sensitivity to credence attributes. The results reveal that a small group of respondents (6.6 %) presents low interest in both aspects, while 32.7 % prioritize sustainability-related attributes. The largest segment (60.7 %) values blockchain for ensuring authenticity and transparency. With respect to a bottle of baseline tomato puree (700 mL), differences in willingness to pay among respondents reveal that sustainability-engaged consumers value information on water footprint reduction (+5.78 EUR) and product origin (+0.84 EUR) conveyed through BCT, while those more inclined toward technology prioritize information related to organic production methods (+3.40 EUR) and labor-related sustainability (+2.74 EUR). The results provide valuable insights for producers and policymakers aiming to promote more responsible consumption and enhance sustainability communication through technological innovation.
了解数字技术如何支持更透明的粮食选择,对于推动农业粮食系统的可持续性至关重要。在此背景下,本研究探讨了区块链技术(BCT)在塑造消费者对具有可信度属性的番茄酱偏好中的作用。一种将技术接受模型(TAM)与选择建模框架相结合的集成方法已被用于此目的。本研究的独创性在于,通过研究消费者对环境、社会和经济可持续性属性的敏感性如何影响采用区块链追踪食品的行为意愿,扩展了TAM框架。基于通过在线调查收集的1549名意大利受访者的代表性样本,根据他们对区块链的态度和对可信度属性的敏感性,采用离散选择实验(DCE)和潜在类别模型(LCM)来确定三个不同的消费者群体。结果显示,一小部分受访者(6.6%)对这两个方面都不感兴趣,而32.7%的受访者优先考虑与可持续性相关的属性。最大的一部分(60.7%)认为区块链确保了真实性和透明度。对于一瓶基准番茄酱(700毫升),受访者之间的支付意愿差异表明,参与可持续发展的消费者更重视通过BCT传达的减少水足迹(+5.78欧元)和产品来源(+0.84欧元)的信息,而更倾向于技术的消费者优先考虑与有机生产方法相关的信息(+3.40欧元)和与劳动相关的可持续性(+2.74欧元)。研究结果为旨在通过技术创新促进更负责任的消费和加强可持续性沟通的生产者和决策者提供了宝贵的见解。
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