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Autori principali: Melo, Luiza Baptista, Pires, Cesaltina
Natura: Recurso educativo Open Access
Lingua:en
Pubblicazione: 2012
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Accesso online:https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ977313
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author Melo, Luiza Baptista
Pires, Cesaltina
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Pires, Cesaltina
Melo, Luiza Baptista
Pires, Cesaltina
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contents Which Factors Influence the Willingness to Pay for Electronic Library Services? A Study of the Portuguese Electronic Scientific Information Consortium B-On1 Melo, Luiza Baptista Pires, Cesaltina Electronic Libraries Consortia Probability Library Services Economics Foreign Countries Academic Libraries Regression (Statistics) Predictor Variables Questionnaires Surveys Pretests Posttests Scientific and Technical Information This paper investigates the factors that influence the value for the users of the Portuguese electronic scientific information consortium b-on (Biblioteca do Conhecimento Online). We used the contingent valuation method based on a willingness to pay scenario to estimate the value that each user is willing to pay. Data were collected through an e-survey sent to all Portuguese academic users. The main aims of this study are: (1) to investigate whether the willingness to pay is influenced by a set of factors (the frequency of use, whether the user previously knew b-on or not, the type of the user, the scientific area of the user, and the institution of the user); and (2) to estimate the demand function of b-on services as function of the price and the previously mentioned factors. In order to achieve these objectives we use several regression analysis techniques--OLS, Tobit model, linear probability model (LPM), Logit and Probit models. The results show that the factors studied are all important explanatory variables of the willingness to pay for b-on and important determinants of demand for b-on services. Moreover, the demand for b-on services is quite sensitive to the "price". (Contains 8 notes, 3 tables and 1 figure.)
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spellingShingle Which Factors Influence the Willingness to Pay for Electronic Library Services? A Study of the Portuguese Electronic Scientific Information Consortium B-On1
Melo, Luiza Baptista
Pires, Cesaltina
Electronic Libraries
Consortia
Probability
Library Services
Economics
Foreign Countries
Academic Libraries
Regression (Statistics)
Predictor Variables
Questionnaires
Surveys
Pretests Posttests
Scientific and Technical Information
Which Factors Influence the Willingness to Pay for Electronic Library Services? A Study of the Portuguese Electronic Scientific Information Consortium B-On1 Melo, Luiza Baptista Pires, Cesaltina Electronic Libraries Consortia Probability Library Services Economics Foreign Countries Academic Libraries Regression (Statistics) Predictor Variables Questionnaires Surveys Pretests Posttests Scientific and Technical Information This paper investigates the factors that influence the value for the users of the Portuguese electronic scientific information consortium b-on (Biblioteca do Conhecimento Online). We used the contingent valuation method based on a willingness to pay scenario to estimate the value that each user is willing to pay. Data were collected through an e-survey sent to all Portuguese academic users. The main aims of this study are: (1) to investigate whether the willingness to pay is influenced by a set of factors (the frequency of use, whether the user previously knew b-on or not, the type of the user, the scientific area of the user, and the institution of the user); and (2) to estimate the demand function of b-on services as function of the price and the previously mentioned factors. In order to achieve these objectives we use several regression analysis techniques--OLS, Tobit model, linear probability model (LPM), Logit and Probit models. The results show that the factors studied are all important explanatory variables of the willingness to pay for b-on and important determinants of demand for b-on services. Moreover, the demand for b-on services is quite sensitive to the "price". (Contains 8 notes, 3 tables and 1 figure.)
title Which Factors Influence the Willingness to Pay for Electronic Library Services? A Study of the Portuguese Electronic Scientific Information Consortium B-On1
topic Electronic Libraries
Consortia
Probability
Library Services
Economics
Foreign Countries
Academic Libraries
Regression (Statistics)
Predictor Variables
Questionnaires
Surveys
Pretests Posttests
Scientific and Technical Information
url https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ977313