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Partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) has become a standard approach for analyzing complex inter-relationships between observed and latent variables. Researchers appreciate the many advantages of PLS-SEM such as the possibility to estimate very complex models and the method's flexibility in terms of data requirements and measurement specification. This practical open access guide provides a step-by-step treatment of the major choices in analyzing PLS path models using R, a free software environment for statistical computing, which runs on Windows, macOS, and UNIX computer platforms. Adopting the R software's SEMinR package, which brings a friendly syntax to creating and estimating structural equation models, each chapter offers a concise overview of relevant topics and metrics, followed by an in-depth description of a case study. Simple instructions give readers the "how-tos" of using SEMinR to obtain solutions and document their results. Rules of thumb in every chapter provide guidance on best practices in the application and interpretation of PLS-SEM

Finance --- Least squares. --- R (Computer program language) --- Structural equation modeling. --- Mathematical models. --- Open Access --- PLS-SEM) Using R --- Workbook --- Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling --- R Software Environment

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This book includes the 14 articles accepted and published in the Special Issue “Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM): Applications in Economics and Finance” of the MDPI journal Mathematics, which encompasses a wide range of topics connected with the theory and applications of PLS-SEM methodology. These topics involve, among others, prediction of stock market investment intention, institutional quality and international competitiveness, governance paradigms and public innovation, information and communication technologies in the supply chain, influence of the ability to absorb information from the environment and proactivity on the company's results, quality management, effects of the corporate social responsibility on financial performance, resource management for the improvement of the healthcare system, and the application of maximum entropy bootstrapping to time series. It is expected that the book will prove worthwhile and helpful for those working in the area of PLS-SEM, regardless of the field of application (economics, finance, marketing, education or other). Applications of higher order constructs, mediating variables, multigroup analysis and the latest advances in applied methodology can all be found in this book.

Research & information: general --- Mathematics & science --- self-consciousness --- e-commerce --- consumer behavior --- Technology Acceptance Model --- risk tolerance --- financial well-being --- financial literacy --- overconfidence bias --- herding behavior --- social interaction --- investment intention --- stock market participation --- institutional quality --- international competitiveness --- emerging economies --- PLS-SEM --- lean manufacturing --- quality management --- commercial performance --- wastes --- DIRFT --- luxury fashion goods --- status consumption --- status quo --- clothing innovativeness --- clothing involvement --- PLS-PM --- public service logic --- new public management --- innovation --- co-creation --- co-production --- Spain --- cognitive destination image --- cruise --- satisfaction --- loyalty --- behavioral intention --- structural equation modeling --- National Health Services --- health–disease status --- health system performance --- health system sustainability --- health policy --- healthcare quality --- partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) --- structural equation model --- information and communication technology --- ICT integration --- PLS-SEM bootstrapping --- PLS-SEM with time series --- marketing mix modeling --- maximum entropy bootstrapping --- proactivity --- absorptive capacity --- potential absorptive capacity --- realised absorptive capacity --- structural equation modelling --- video tutorials --- blended learning --- online learning --- financial mathematics --- COVID-19 --- autonomy --- effectiveness --- CO2 emissions --- ESDA --- China --- corporate social responsibility --- corporate performance --- human resources management --- customer satisfaction --- partial least squares structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM) --- self-consciousness --- e-commerce --- consumer behavior --- Technology Acceptance Model --- risk tolerance --- financial well-being --- financial literacy --- overconfidence bias --- herding behavior --- social interaction --- investment intention --- stock market participation --- institutional quality --- international competitiveness --- emerging economies --- PLS-SEM --- lean manufacturing --- quality management --- commercial performance --- wastes --- DIRFT --- luxury fashion goods --- status consumption --- status quo --- clothing innovativeness --- clothing involvement --- PLS-PM --- public service logic --- new public management --- innovation --- co-creation --- co-production --- Spain --- cognitive destination image --- cruise --- satisfaction --- loyalty --- behavioral intention --- structural equation modeling --- National Health Services --- health–disease status --- health system performance --- health system sustainability --- health policy --- healthcare quality --- partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) --- structural equation model --- information and communication technology --- ICT integration --- PLS-SEM bootstrapping --- PLS-SEM with time series --- marketing mix modeling --- maximum entropy bootstrapping --- proactivity --- absorptive capacity --- potential absorptive capacity --- realised absorptive capacity --- structural equation modelling --- video tutorials --- blended learning --- online learning --- financial mathematics --- COVID-19 --- autonomy --- effectiveness --- CO2 emissions --- ESDA --- China --- corporate social responsibility --- corporate performance --- human resources management --- customer satisfaction --- partial least squares structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM)

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This book includes the 14 articles accepted and published in the Special Issue “Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM): Applications in Economics and Finance” of the MDPI journal Mathematics, which encompasses a wide range of topics connected with the theory and applications of PLS-SEM methodology. These topics involve, among others, prediction of stock market investment intention, institutional quality and international competitiveness, governance paradigms and public innovation, information and communication technologies in the supply chain, influence of the ability to absorb information from the environment and proactivity on the company's results, quality management, effects of the corporate social responsibility on financial performance, resource management for the improvement of the healthcare system, and the application of maximum entropy bootstrapping to time series. It is expected that the book will prove worthwhile and helpful for those working in the area of PLS-SEM, regardless of the field of application (economics, finance, marketing, education or other). Applications of higher order constructs, mediating variables, multigroup analysis and the latest advances in applied methodology can all be found in this book.

self-consciousness --- e-commerce --- consumer behavior --- Technology Acceptance Model --- risk tolerance --- financial well-being --- financial literacy --- overconfidence bias --- herding behavior --- social interaction --- investment intention --- stock market participation --- institutional quality --- international competitiveness --- emerging economies --- PLS-SEM --- lean manufacturing --- quality management --- commercial performance --- wastes --- DIRFT --- luxury fashion goods --- status consumption --- status quo --- clothing innovativeness --- clothing involvement --- PLS-PM --- public service logic --- new public management --- innovation --- co-creation --- co-production --- Spain --- cognitive destination image --- cruise --- satisfaction --- loyalty --- behavioral intention --- structural equation modeling --- National Health Services --- health–disease status --- health system performance --- health system sustainability --- health policy --- healthcare quality --- partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) --- structural equation model --- information and communication technology --- ICT integration --- PLS-SEM bootstrapping --- PLS-SEM with time series --- marketing mix modeling --- maximum entropy bootstrapping --- proactivity --- absorptive capacity --- potential absorptive capacity --- realised absorptive capacity --- structural equation modelling --- video tutorials --- blended learning --- online learning --- financial mathematics --- COVID-19 --- autonomy --- effectiveness --- CO2 emissions --- ESDA --- China --- corporate social responsibility --- corporate performance --- human resources management --- customer satisfaction --- partial least squares structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM)

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The future food systems will have to provide food and nutrition security while facing unprecedented sustainability challenges: this underlines the need for a transition to more sustainable food systems. Taking into account these premises and considering the complexity of food systems, this book aims to present original research articles, reviews, and commentaries concerning the following:Advancements in food and beverage;Dietary supplements, nutraceuticals, and functional food;Food allergy and public health;Food and nutritional toxicology;Food biotechnology and food processing;Food microbiology and food safety;Food packaging;Food safety and food inspection;Food security and environmental impacts;Food waste management;Nutrition and metabolism;Sustainable food systems and agro-ecological food production.

perceived consumer effectiveness --- green food consumption --- social trust theory --- social ideal theory --- psychological wellbeing --- China --- food additives --- food industry --- food safety --- health impacts --- maltitol --- metabolism --- sweeteners --- consumer’s perceptions and attitudes --- food security --- natural food products --- natural sweeteners --- sustainability --- food sovereignty --- reindeer herding --- food value chain --- Indigenous peoples --- COVID-19 pandemic --- the Arctic --- Western Siberia --- Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Okrug --- epistemic trust --- risk perception --- genetically modified food --- public acceptance --- partial least squares structural equation modeling --- community-based intervention --- diet --- home food availability --- home food environment --- sugar sweetened beverages --- fruit and vegetable intake --- Mediterranean diet --- Mediterranean diet pyramid --- sustainable diets --- environmental concerns --- nutrition --- food-based dietary guidelines --- migrants --- diabetes --- food habits --- culturally tailored diet --- transcultural mediator --- café --- green ambience --- Delphi method --- indicator design --- grain production --- spatial–temporal characteristic --- influencing factors --- the Huang-Huai-Hai Plain --- Crepis vesicaria L. subsp. taraxacifolia --- nutritional value --- phenolic profile --- chicoric acid --- antioxidant --- anti-inflammatory --- Brazil --- community restaurants --- food handlers --- food insecurity --- low-income --- COVID-19 --- families --- children --- food acquisition --- restaurants --- biofilms --- food microbiology --- dietary guidelines --- Mediterranean --- the USA --- Japan --- Argentina --- South Africa --- egg quality traits --- ginger --- immunity --- Japanese quail performance --- halal food performance --- availability --- healthy/nutritional factor --- accreditation --- clean/safe/hygiene factor --- trust --- attachment --- halal-friendly image --- retention --- muslim travelers --- Escherichia coli --- bacterial retention --- surface topographies --- meat exudate --- wipe cleaning --- conditioning film --- Cape Verde --- cereals --- metals --- dietary intake --- risk assessment --- Indigenous health --- food systems --- colonialism --- community-based --- participatory --- n/a --- dysphagia --- the elderly --- food products --- processing --- rheology --- texture --- capital endowment --- ecological cognition --- environment-friendly technology --- adoption level --- Hackman model --- environmental health --- consumer's perceptions and attitudes --- café --- spatial-temporal characteristic