Islamic branding practices have recently been the main discussions within practitioners' and academicians' discussions in the recent years. Several experts reported that Islamic branding concept has attracted interests of many companies. Muslim consumers are to be more selective in consuming their products. The labelling of halal may not always guarantee that the product is. This study aims at finding out how Islamic branding influences consumers' decision and whether consumers' religiosity correlates with Islamic branding and their decision in choosing products. The population of this research consists of lecturers, staffs and students of STAIN Pekalongan. The samples of this research are 113 randomly chosen participants. A 5-scale Likert questionnaire was used in this study and was then analysed using double linear regression model. The results indicated that Islamic branded has the power of 9.4 % in influencing customers' decision. Meanwhile, 90.6 % of customers' decision was influenced by other factors. Additionally, religiosity as the moderating variable weakens the correlation between Islamic branding variables and customers' decision. Keywords: Islamic Branding, Religiosity, Consumers' DecisionAbstrak: Praktik Islamic branding telah mendapatkan perhatian yang cukup luas di kalangan akademisi dan praktisi dalam beberapa tahun terakhir. Beberapa ahli mengemukakan bahwa konsep Islamic branding semakin diminati oleh para produsen. Konsumen muslim dituntut selektif dalam memilih produk untuk dikonsumsi. Label halal pada bungkus produk belum tentu menjamin kehalalan produk. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk mengetahui apakah Islamic branding berpengaruh terhadap keputusan konsumen dan apakah religiusitas memperkuat hubungan Islamic branding dan keputusan konsumen dalam mengkonsumsi produk. Populasi penelitian ini adalah civitas akademika (dosen, tenaga kependidikan dan mahasiswa) STAIN Pekalongan. Sampel penelitian diambil secara acak sejumlah 113 responden. Data penelitian berasal dari kuesioner yang dibuat dengan skala Likert dan dianalisis dengan menggunakan regresi linear berganda. Hasil uji regresi sederhana menunjukkan nilai adjusted R square variabel Islamic branding sebesar 0,094, hal ini berarti bahwa Islamic branding memiliki pengaruh kontribusi terhadap keputusan konsumen pada sebuah produk sebesar 9,4%. Sebesar 90,6% keputusan konsumen dipengaruhi oleh faktor-faktor lain. Nilai signifikansi 0,01 di bawah 0,05, hal ini berarti bahwa Islamic branding berpengaruh signifikan terhadap keputusan konsumen untuk membeli sebuah produk. Hasil regresi linier berganda dengan religiusitas sebagai variabel moderating menunjukkan bahwa adjusted R square sebesar 0,094, sedangkan nilai adjusted R square pada regresi sederhana menunjukkan nilai 0,082. Hal ini mengindikasikan bahwa religiusitas sebagai variabel moderating memperlemah hubungan antara variabel Islamic branding dengan keputusan konsumen.
The study aims to explore the impact of climate change, technology, and agricultural policy on rice production in South Korea. In the presence of a long-run relationship among variables, the results show that an increase in CO2 emissions increases rice production by 0.15%. The mean temperature raises rice production by 1.16%. The rainfall has an adverse impact on rice production which shows improper irrigation systems and weather forecasting reports. Similarly, for technical factors, the area under rice and fertilizer used in the study area has a direct effect on rice production. The study suggests that the Korean government needs to implement new policies and acquire advanced technology about weather forecasting. The concerned authorities need to inform rice growers about future weather and climate changes. We recommend that Korea needs to provide virgin arable undivided land to deserving rice growers based on ownership and/or lease for future food security. Finally, the study recommends that legislators should recommend policies for sustainable food security with the introduction of new agricultural technologies, subsidies, along with the provision of new varieties of seeds that can absorb the adverse shock of climate and ensure a suitable amount of food.
The goal of a construction project is to be able to carry out the construction project on time with the budget that matches the plan. However, due to several factors, cost overruns often emerge when executing a project. The purpose of this study is to analyze the dominant factor which leads to cost overruns on the drinking water distribution project in Banda Aceh. This study used primary data that were obtained by distributing questionnaires to contractors that are registered in LPJK company association of Aceh in 2020 and have ever been involved in the installation of drinking water pipes in Banda Aceh between 2015-2020. The population of this research was 62 contractors. By using Slovin equations, 54 contractors were selected as a sample of this research for a 5 percentile margin of error. The dominant factor that leads to cost overruns in drinking water distribution projects in Banda Aceh was caused by cost estimation factor with a mean value of 4,417. This indicates that based on the perception of the contractors, the dominant factor which lead to cost overruns in drinking water distribution projects in Banda Aceh was caused by cost estimation factor.
Asian stock market faces many favorable and unfavorable incidents of collapsing internal market in last decades. The local investors are interested especially in the countries like China, Malaysia, UAE and Bangladesh which are politically, geographically and strategically important as investment portfolio point of view. The investors have experience of moving many markets together in long run which is a bad news for investors to diversify their investment in different markets. Therefore, the objectives of the study is to find the direction and short and long run association among top eight Asian stock Markets by applying Johansen cointegration test and Granger Causality Test. The augmented unit root test and Phillips-Peron proved the presence of unit root in data at level. The cointegration analysis test based on trace statistics shows five cointegrating equation, while the maximum eigen valve test indicates two cointegrating equation at 5 percent significant level. Results imply that these markets are strongly cointegrated in long term which can diversify local and foreigner investors. The Granger Causality shows that 13 pairs of markets are bidirectional while 12 pairs are unidirectional and 3 pairs have no causality. From the result it is obtained that integrated markets are useful for decreasing the chances of financial stability and asymmetric shocks, which can strengthen the capability of the economy to absorb the shocks and adequate the risk of international financial contagion. It is concluded that for investor views there are still possibilities for efficient portfolio diversification across these markets. In addition further study should be carried out to find the reason of cointegration.
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