The financial services industry has been experiencing the recent emergence of new technology innovations and process disruptions. overall, many fintech start-ups are looking for pathways to successful business models, creation enhanced customer experience, approaches that result in transformation. Industry academic observers believe this be more a revolution than set less influential changes, with as whole due major improvements efficiency, centricity, informedness. long-standing dominance...

While witchweed is nearing eradication in the United States, it continues to thrive other parts of world, especially Africa, together with species. The continuing problems from witchweeds and parasitic weeds, broomrapes, dodders mistletoes, are outlined, including their extent, degrees damage caused, difficulties control. a small minority being successfully controlled by use immune varieties, most currently existing techniques only partially, or on local basis, they may even be spreading...

Summary: A series of synthetic germination stimulants for the plant parasites Striga and Orobanche has been prepared. These compounds, analogues natural stimulant, strigol (I), (Cook et al., 1966, 1972) cause signiticant hermonthica (Del.) Benth. seed at concentrations as low 10 −9 M, an even greater activity against species demonstrated. Initial outdoor box trials compounds asiatica (L.) O. Ktze. in Hyderabad, India, have shown a reduction up to 65% after single treatment soil 6 weeks...

Access to information and communication technologies (ICTs) such as mobile phone networks is widely known improve market efficiency. In this paper, we examine whether access timely accurate provided through ICT applications has any additional impact. Using a detailed data set from Reuters Market Light (RML), text message service in India that provides daily price participants, find reduces the geographic dispersion of crops rural communities by an average 12%, over above technology other...

Providing transparency into operational processes can change consumer and worker behavior. However, it is unclear whether beneficial with potentially biased service providers. We explore this in the context of ridesharing platforms where early evidence documents bias similar to what has been observed traditional transportation systems. Platforms responded by reducing through removing information about riders’ gender race from ride request presented drivers. following change, may still...

Contracts in the for-hire trucking industry are unusual that, although they establish prices for different services, there is typically no legally binding obligation or penalty either party to offer accept a load. When load rejected by all contract carriers, shippers must turn spot market, which can significantly increase supply chain costs. Because these transactions occur between private parties, data on acceptances/rejections and contract/spot have not been available academic researchers,...

This Special Issue of the Journal Management Information Systems was developed to build new foundations for research in interdisciplinary space Fintech Revolution. Today, it seems tha...

Abstract What drives changes in the thematic focus of state-linked manipulated media? We study this question relation to a long-running Iranian media campaign that was uncovered by Twitter 2021. Using variety machine learning methods, we uncover and analyze how manipulation campaign’s topical themes changed rising Covid-19 cases Iran. By using topics tweets novel way, find increases domestic engendered shift Iran’s away from toward international finance- investment-focused themes. These...

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Problem definition: Firms providing products and services to low-income base of the pyramid (BOP) customers are increasingly utilizing independent contractor agents rather than employees in their distribution models. We empirically investigate best way help perform better. Academic/practical relevance: BOP represent one-third world’s economy but make five United States dollars or less daily. Providing goods these is difficult for traditional firms because most retail activity occurs at...

Peanut is an important crop in Alabama, where it vulnerable to damage by root-knot nematodes, particularly peanut nematodes (PRKN, Meloidogyne arenaria Race 1). cultivars with resistance this nematode, as well nematicides, are used for minimizing yield losses due PRKN. In study, the efficacy of nematicides fluopyram and aldicarb, applied in-furrow, along cultivar resistance, evaluated managing PRKN populations attributed them, impacts on pod yields non-target effects other diseases. 2016,...

Abstract A list of weeds agricultural areas in the central, southern and eastern Arabian Peninsula is presented along with maximum intensities weed infestation resulting from these plants. Although each country studied or a region within has particular set causing severe infestation, general species greatest importance common to whole area include Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers., Cyperus rotundus L., Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin., Convolvulus arvensis Portulaca oleracea Amaranthus græcizans...

Problem definition: We study the bullwhip effect and analyze impact of human behavior. separate rational ordering in response to increasing incoming orders from irrational ordering. Academic/practical relevance: Prior research has shown that occurs about two-thirds firms impacts profitability by 10%–30%. Most mitigation efforts emphasize processes such as information sharing, collaboration, coordination. Previous work not been able behavioral increases order quantities. Methodology: Using...

SUMMARY A technique is described by which root parasites such as Striga and Orobanche species may be grown on the roots of suitable host plants growing a layer glass‐fibre filter paper in flattened, standard polyethylene bag. The single‐bag units are compact, inexpensive, simple to set up allow repeated observation without damage. Some other potential uses described.

Because of the large number potentially invasive species, and time required to complete weed risk assessments (WRAs) with use current, mandated system in United States, species need be prioritized for assessment possible listing as Federal Noxious Weeds. Our objective was rank potential invasiveness weedy or pest plant not yet naturalized States. We created a new model (hereafter U.S. weed-ranking model) based on scoring factors within four elements: (1) potential, likelihood exhibit...

Summary In glasshouse experiments in the United Kingdom, Striga gesnerioides‐resistant cowpea varieties, Suvita‐2 and 58–57, were assessed alongside a susceptible variety for their responses to seventeen samples of S. gesnerioides from four West African countries. The was attacked by all samples, while resistant Burkina Faso Mali, 58–57 only Faso. At least three physiological groups parasite can be distinguished: attacking smallest range varieties; those Mali being intermediate; Niger...

In greenhouse studies, the American strain of Striga gesnerioides (Willd.) Vatke, indigo witchweed, was potted with a wide range potential hosts, including some known to be parasitized by this species elsewhere, and agricultural ornamental crops importance in southern United States. The host witchweed very limited no major crop were seriously affected. Based on these it appears that poses little danger agriculture. Other strains parasite likewise shown specific.