Impact of Value Networks on Business-to-Business Markets in the Engineering Industry

Arumugam Seetharaman,Nitin Patwa,Karthikeyan,Kirti Khanzode 한국유통과학회 2017 한국유통과학회 학술대회 논문집 Vol.2017 No.-

This research paper studies the impact of value networks on Business-to-Business (B2B) markets for the co-creation of value in a collaborative network between vendors and customers/business partners in the engineering industry. Value networks between organizations bring a lot of synergies through integrative efforts to reduce transaction costs and strengthen inter-organizational relationships as well as electronic data interchange within the network. This aim is for effective business processes and transparency in data transmission to create a global business environment and change the dynamics of the industry structure. The statistical analysis confirmed that the co-creation of value in external value networks has a strong influence on transaction costs, electronic data interchange and industry structure. The findings and model developed are helpful for vendors and customers to enhance collaborative value networks in the engineering industry

The Impact of Increased Credit Card Usage on Costs Incurred by Merchant Establishments in Singapore

A. Seetharaman,Nitin Patwa,Indu Niranjan,Srinivas Phani Kavuri 한국유통과학회 2016 The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Busine Vol.3 No.4

The research aims to help merchant acquiring institutions gain a better insight on what merchant establishments in the Singapore market perceive of the costs they incur due to credit card acceptance. The research attempts to study the Singapore market and establish if increased credit card usage does increase costs for the merchant establishments that accept credit cards, this will help to acquire institutions in Singapore have a better understanding of merchant perceptions and what drives or deters credit card acceptance in the Singapore market. The survey was based on an interview of merchant establishments and the views of the merchants and was not based on their financial data. As a first step, the variables used in the survey were tested for interdependence using Chi-square tests; subsequently data reduction using factor analysis was performed and finally linear regression to establish a relation between dependent and independent variables. Merchant establishment believe accepting credit cards and increasing volume is costlier compared to another form of payment, but have mixed awareness about interchange fee. It also indicated that interchange fee and cardholder benefits are independent of the merchant establishments. The study only broadly attempts to gauge merchants view if increased credit card usage has increased costs for them.

A Critical Appraisal of Transfer Pricing by Multinational Corporations

A. Seetharaman,Nitin Patwa,Indu Niranjan 한국유통과학회 2016 유통과학연구 Vol.14 No.11

Purpose - This paper presents how Multinational Enterprises (MNEs) operate in different tax jurisdiction could decide on its transfer pricing strategy as the optimal solution to increase their global after tax income through transfer pricing and solve their related transfer pricing issues related to distribution cost, consumer, and wholesale vendor. It has been strategy issues for an MNEs to locate its tax basis of wholesale vendor and buyer in a jurisdiction where effective rather low Research design, data, and methodology - The collection of information and data for this research project gathered from various sources of secondary data. The findings of these relevant research topic article and journal were the main source of references for this research project Results - The achievement of management’s operational and financial objectives depends on transfer pricing policies availability that is consistent and supports both vendor, wholesaler, distributor and ensuring sufficient documentation and data is available to support the application and arriving at the arm length. Conclusions - The study concluded with an emphasis on the importance of web-designed information about international taxation rules and transfer pricing policy and pricing agreement among wholesale vendor and whole buyer around the world.

Package appearance matter: Facial expression and Galvanic Skin Response analysis approach

Nicolas Hamelin,Suchi Agrawal,Nitin Patwa,Lars-Erik Casper Ferm,Park Thaichon 한국마케팅과학회 2021 마케팅과학연구 Vol.31 No.4

This study reveals the importance of package design and brand in the choice of over-the-counter (OTC) analgesic. Various packages for analgesic products were tested on 40 respondents and autonomic body reactions were measured. The product tested was private Australian brands of Paracetamol from Coles and Woolworth, Priceline, a chemist brand, Herron a local brand and finally the well-known global brand Panadol. Eye tracking, facial expression analysis as well as Galvanic Skin response were found in strong correlation with respondent preference and purchasing intention. A heat map analysis for each package reveals that for most of the products the focus was not on the price. Time to First Fixation (TTFF) revealed that the eye fixation on price came last with the time spent looking at the price was low as compared to the time spent on the other areas of the packaging and this for both males and females. For most of the drugs, the focus (time spent) is majorly on the brand name and the benefits and tablet usage information.

The Impact of Property Management Services on Tenants’ Satisfaction with Industrial Buildings

Seetharaman,Arumugam,Saravanan,A,S,Patwa,Nitin,Bey,Jiann Ming 한국유통과학회 2019 KODISA ICBE (International Conference on Business Vol.2019 No.-

The aim of this research is to determine the impact of property management services on tenants’ satisfaction with the three identified variables. Structural equation modelling (SEM) is applied to build constructs and test the hypotheses with the collected survey samples. Of the three variables, facility management is the most influential factor that leads to tenant satisfaction with industrial buildings. Next, perceived quality is another important factor that contributes to tenants’ pleasure. Compared with these two, lease management fares worse, having the least extensive effect on tenant satisfaction, and could be disregarded. The ultimate impact of tenant satisfaction is about tenant retention and recommendation. The overall findings of this research will potentially help real estate developers to develop a better property management system, leasing program and tenant retention strategy.

The Impact of Property Management Services on Tenants’ Satisfaction with Industrial Buildings

Arumugam Seetharaman,A. S. Saravanan,Nitin Patwa,Jiann Ming Bey 한국유통과학회 2017 The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Busine Vol.4 No.3

In the current competitive marketplace of real estate business, tenant satisfaction measurement is one of the important indicators to monitor competitiveness in industrial property development. It has become an industry standard to measure tenant satisfaction, commonly called customer satisfaction. Customer satisfaction has become the widely used metric to manage customer loyalty (Keiningham, Gupta, Aksoy, & Buoye, 2014). The aim of this research is to determine the impact of property management services on tenants’ satisfaction with the three identified variables i.e. facility management, perceived quality and lease management. Structural equation modeling (SEM) is applied to build constructs and test the hypotheses with the collected survey samples. Of the three variables, facility management is the most influential factor that leads to tenant satisfaction with industrial buildings. Next, perceived quality is another important factor that contributes to tenants’ pleasure. Compared with these two, lease management fares worse, having the least extensive effect on tenant satisfaction, and could be disregarded. The ultimate impact of tenant satisfaction is about tenant retention and recommendation. The overall findings of this research will potentially help real estate developers to develop a better property management system, leasing program and tenant retention strategy.

mSWI/SNF (BAF) Complexes Are Indispensable for the Neurogenesis and Development of Embryonic Olfactory Epithelium

Bachmann, Christina,Nguyen, Huong,Rosenbusch, Joachim,Pham, Linh,Rabe, Tamara,Patwa, Megha,Sokpor, Godwin,Seong, Rho H.,Ashery-Padan, Ruth,Mansouri, Ahmed,Stoykova, Anastassia,Staiger, Jochen F.,Tuoc, Public Library of Science 2016 PLoS genetics Vol.12 No.9

<▼1><P>Neurogenesis is a key developmental event through which neurons are generated from neural stem/progenitor cells. Chromatin remodeling BAF (mSWI/SNF) complexes have been reported to play essential roles in the neurogenesis of the central nervous system. However, whether BAF complexes are required for neuron generation in the olfactory system is unknown. Here, we identified onscBAF and ornBAF complexes, which are specifically present in olfactory neural stem cells (oNSCs) and olfactory receptor neurons (ORNs), respectively. We demonstrated that BAF155 subunit is highly expressed in both oNSCs and ORNs, whereas high expression of BAF170 subunit is observed only in ORNs. We report that conditional deletion of BAF155, a core subunit in both onscBAF and ornBAF complexes, causes impaired proliferation of oNSCs as well as defective maturation and axonogenesis of ORNs in the developing olfactory epithelium (OE), while the high expression of BAF170 is important for maturation of ORNs. Interestingly, in the absence of BAF complexes in BAF155/BAF170 double-conditional knockout mice (dcKO), OE is not specified. Mechanistically, BAF complex is required for normal activation of Pax6-dependent transcriptional activity in stem cells/progenitors of the OE. Our findings unveil a novel mechanism mediated by the mSWI/SNF complex in OE neurogenesis and development.</P></▼1><▼2><P><B>Author Summary</B></P><P>The stepwise differentiation of oNSCs to immature and mature ORNs is driven by a defined set of transcription factors. Yet, how these transcription factors act in concert with epigenetic and chromatin-remodeling cofactors to orchestrate OE neurogenesis is unknown. In this study, we identified subunits of chromatin-remodeling mSWI/SNF (BAF) complexes in oNSCs and ORNs. Our results indicate that early formation of the OE depends on the presence of BAF complexes. Our study highlights BAF155 and BAF170 as key factors that control specification, self-renewal of oNSCs and neuronal maturation in the developing OE. Furthermore, we uncover a novel mechanism in which the interaction between BAF155-containing BAF complexes with the transcription factor Pax6 determines OE neurogenesis.</P></▼2>