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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationships between environmental consciousness (ECO), green purchase attitude (GPA), green purchase intention (GPI), perceived customer effectiveness (PCE), green behaviour (GRB) and green purchase behaviour (GPB). Based on the statistical analyses, this paper offers some further research directions to advance the extant literature. Design/methodology/approach The theoretical model is firmly grounded in extant literature. To test the study hypotheses, the authors have developed a survey instrument following a two-stage process. The constructs were first operationalized by the authors and then pre-tested by experts. Dillman’s (2007) guidelines were then followed to gather data. Finally, the theoretical model was tested using multivariate statistical tools. Findings Results indicate that ECO has an influence on GPA and PCE; GPA has an influence on PCE and GRB; GPI has an influence on PCE; and GRB has an influence on GPB. Envir...

Rural healthcare is a global issue. However, collection of health related data in a “timely and reliable” manner—as highlighted by World Health Organization in its 2018 “Monitoring Health for the Sustainable Development Goals” report remains a big challenge. This chapter reviews the general problems associated with collection of health data from rural areas where large percentages of populations of developing countries live. Two cases: one involving an innovative mHealth mobile tablet App (N+Care) designed to be used in rural areas in developing countries under a Japanese government funded research project and another a private initiative (A3: Anywhere Anytime Access) in India to provide mHealth services for providing remote medical care for remote populations. Both cases are intended to improve the credibility of data collection from rural areas in developing countries.

Environmental concerns are rising all over the world whether it may be developed or developing country. The International and National studies report a gap between the eco-conscious attitude and behavior. The perceptions may give an insight into why this gap exists. Several studies have been reported in India but in a fragmented manner barring a few. This study is an attempt to catch the perceptions towards some of the important sustainable behavior activities & purchases. The study was carried out for 110 respondents from various geo clusters of Nashik which is Tier II city from Maharashtra State of India. The results reveal that respondents consider sustainable behavior as important and not requiring much of efforts. But in case of Green Products they consider these products as quite known, very costly, unavailable, etc.

PurposeTrust and commitment (T&C) among the supply chain partners in the context of supply chain management (SCM) are of interest for both researchers and practitioners. This paper analyses literature on T&C and identifies gaps for further research.Design/methodology/approachThe current literature review paper provides a comprehensive perspective on the topic using bibliometric analysis followed by a systematic review of literature. In all, 207 relevant articles were extracted from the Scopus database using the relevant key word searches. For the purpose of the systematic review, another 48 relevant papers were identified through an iterative process. Hence, 255 papers published between the years 1990–2019 were analysed for the sake of this study.FindingsA total of 15 definitions of trust, nine definitions of commitment, 13 classifications of trust, 40 antecedents of trust, six classifications of commitments, 39 consequences of trust, 11 antecedents of commitment and 15 consequences...