Battery safety concerns remain a major barrier to widespread electric vehicle (EV) adoption. This study investigates how battery safety regulations influence consumer perceptions and purchase intentions in the EV context using multi-methods approach. In Study 1, a 2 × 2 experiment guided by signaling theory examines the effects of regulatory signaling (whether a company announces it has passed new national battery safety standards) and manufacturer credibility (high vs. low) on EV purchase intention. Study 2 extends these insights using the valence framework to model how consumers’ perceived effectiveness of battery safety policies, perceived benefits (economic and environmental), and perceived shortcomings (safety risk and resale risk) influence EV purchase intention. Together, the findings emphasize the importance of regulatory communication and perceived policy effectiveness in restoring consumer confidence. This research contributes to policy-driven social marketing strategies aimed at accelerating EV adoption through enhanced safety assurance and public trust.
The rapid advancement of Large Multimodal Models (LMMs) for 2D images and videos has motivated extending these models to understand 3D scenes, aiming for human-like visual-spatial intelligence. Nevertheless, achieving deep spatial understanding comparable to human capabilities poses significant challenges in model encoding and data acquisition. Existing methods frequently depend on external depth sensors for geometry capture or utilize off-the-shelf algorithms for pre-constructing 3D maps, thereby limiting their scalability, especially with prevalent monocular video inputs and for time-sensitive applications. In this work, we introduce VLM-3R, a unified framework for Vision-Language Models (VLMs) that incorporates 3D Reconstructive instruction tuning. VLM-3R processes monocular video frames by employing a geometry encoder to derive implicit 3D tokens that represent spatial understanding. Leveraging our Spatial-Visual-View Fusion and over 200K curated 3D reconstructive instruction tuning question-answer (QA) pairs, VLM-3R effectively aligns real-world spatial context with language instructions. This enables monocular 3D spatial assistance and embodied reasoning. To facilitate the evaluation of temporal reasoning, we introduce the Vision-Spatial-Temporal Intelligence benchmark, featuring over 138.6K QA pairs across five distinct tasks focused on evolving spatial relationships. Extensive experiments demonstrate that our model, VLM-3R, not only facilitates robust visual-spatial reasoning but also enables the understanding of temporal 3D context changes, excelling in both accuracy and scalability.
The authors explore the differential impact of national-populist election victories on marketing effectiveness for foreign versus domestic brands. The authors hypothesize that following a national-populist election victory, both advertising and price promotion effectiveness decline for foreign relative to domestic brands. These predictions are supported using the 2016 USA presidential election to estimate the impact of marketing tools on product market shares. We observe that the relative change in advertising effectiveness is driven by a decrease in foreign brand effectiveness while the relative change in price promotion effectiveness is driven by an increase in domestic brand effectiveness. These findings are generalized in two experiments conducted in the context of household textiles and the 2024 French European Union election. This research provides marketers with insights on effectively deploying marketing tools in an era increasingly characterized by populism and polarizing elections. After a national-populist victory, the environment for foreign brands becomes more challenging.
Research consistently demonstrates that sexual and gender minority (SGM) youth experience health disparities when compared to their heterosexual, cisgender peers due to identity-based stressors. Over the past several decades, scholars studying resilience in development have identified the importance of effective caregiving in buffering against adversity. However, little is known about the specific practices that caregivers of SGM youth might employ to strengthen their relationships and to provide protection in the context of discrimination. As such, the present study employed interpretative phenomenological analysis with eight self-identified affirming caregivers of SGM youth in the United States to understand their experiences and needs. Results are organized into six superordinate themes that capture caregivers' experiences: 1) Secondary Minority Stress, 2) Deconstruction and Transformation, 3) Navigating Oppression and Discrimination, 4) Allies and Supports, 5) Affirmative Parenting Practices, and 6) Meaning, Purpose, and Joy. Together, these themes capture participants' experiences of unique stressors, intrapersonal shifts, and engagement in affirming behaviors on systemic and relational levels as they support their SGM children. In the context of these themes, implications for healthcare providers working with SGM youth and their families are discussed.
PurposeThe purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between strategic entrepreneurship (SE) and family business performance (FBP) in India. In addition, this study examines the moderating role of familiness in the relationship between SE and FBP in this underresearched country context within the domain of Resource-Based View.Design/methodology/approachThe authors use a sample of 394 family firms operating in the sports goods manufacturing industry in India. The survey questionnaire was administered to family business entrepreneurs. The hypotheses were tested using structural equation modeling in AMOS.FindingsThe findings of this study reveal a significant positive impact of SE on FBP. Moreover, the results illustrate interaction effects of SE and familiness on FBP.Research limitations/implicationsThis study offers a deeper understanding of the relationship between SE and FBP and the reinforcing effect of familiness on this link. The insights offered can inform decision-making and resource management for family business entrepreneurs operating in manufacturing-cluster contexts similar to the sports goods sector examined here.Originality/valueThis study extends the research on the SE in family firms by examining the moderation effect of familiness on the link between SE and firm performance in India as a relatively understudied country context in emerging markets where a significant portion of the enterprises are family owned.
