The Impact of Cultural Customization on the Ease of Use of Global Companies’ Web Sites by Mai Kikumori, Ryuta Ishii

“…The purpose of this research is to investigate the impact of the degree to which global companies’ web sites are adapted to local culture, i.e. cultural customization on web sites, on local consumers’ ease of use of the web sites. We also examine the moderating effect of regulatory focus on the impact of cultural customization on web sites. …”
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The Effects of Perceived Omni-Channel Intensity on Mobile Application Adoption, Purchase Intention and Brand Recommendation among Omni-Channel Shoppers by Takashi Okutani

“…An empirical evaluation of the proposed model indicated that seamlessness affects both purchase intention and perceived ease of use of mobile applications. In contrast, perceived consistency does not affect purchase intention directly, but does affect perceived usefulness and ease of use of an application. …”
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A Mobile App Engagement Comprehensive Model of Matching to Purchase History Data: by Hiroyuki Takahashi

“…The model was used to show that the design of the mobile app (especially its ease of use) increased engagement, and that this engagement influenced attitudinal loyalty (mainly the intention to recommend the app to others) and behavioral loyalty, and positively influenced purchase behavior. …”
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Development and evaluation of sleep posture monitoring system by using body pressure distribution measuring sheet made of conductive knitting by Jun FUJIOKA, Riku TAKUMA, Yoshikazu KAWAYOKE, Daisuke MIYASHITA

“…Moreover, our new design comprises a laminar structure for the wiring of the device, for ease of use. We measured the sleep postures of six subjects using this system and monitored those clearly. …”
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