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Data is generated from a variety of sources in the digital world, and the rapid adoption of digital technology has resulted in the creation of big data. The accumulation of massive datasets enables evolutionary breakthroughs in a variety of domains. Consumer behavior and analytics is a short, innovative, unique, and approachable literature that introduces new ideas, concepts, and structures to meet the current realities of analytics-driven marketing. This chapter is a groundbreaking and informative volume that connects new possibilities and techniques with existing academic consumer research. This chapter outlines the dimensions of big data and framework of consumer data analysis. This chapter also focuses on the case study of companies using big data.

The rising geopolitical tensions between China and Australia can develop new trade frontiers between India, Australia, and the South Asian region as a whole. With this view, the chapter aims to study the present state of bilateral trade relations between India-Australia, identify obstacles that hindered the growth of trade relations between India-Australia in the past, understand the impact of comprehensive economic cooperation for free trade agreement between the two countries. The chapter further discusses the challenges that COVID-19 has posed for trade between Australia and China as well as the future opportunities for bilateral trade between India and Australia. The 2020-21 Australia-India Joint Statement on Comprehensive Strategic Partnership and Comprehensive Economic Cooperation agreement is a step forward in a positive direction in meeting many of the UN SDGs. This chapter is essential for understanding the complexities of “trade creation” between (India and Australia) and “trade diversion” between (China and Australia).

The purpose of this paper is to investigate impact of macroeconomic variables on stock markets of India and Indonesia. This paper also attempts to identify linkages between markets and macroeconomic variables. The rationale behind selecting these countries for the present study is MSCI emerging markets index of Asia, which comprises emerging economies with huge return potential for prospective investors. This study will help investors and researchers to understand dynamics of linkages between markets and macroeconomic variables. Augmented Dickey-Fuller (ADF) unit root test is used to assess the stationary of time series, Johansen test co-integration is applied to examine long-term integration among variables, Granger causality test is used to examine the causality relationship between macroeconomic variables and stock returns. The monthly data are taken for the study which ranges from July 1997 to July 2017. Currency exchange rates, interest rates, money supply, and inflation are the macroeconomic variables for the current study. Results revealed that there is one co-integrating equation of long-run equilibrium between the variables for both countries. Granger causality test reveals that there exists unidirectional and bidirectional relationship between the variables.

Highly conserved DM domain-containing transcription factors (Doublesex/MAB-3/DMRT1) are responsible for generating sexually dimorphic features. In the Drosophila central nervous system, a set of Doublesex (Dsx)-expressing neuroblasts undergo apoptosis in females whereas their male counterparts proliferate and give rise to serotonergic neurons crucial for adult mating behaviour. Our study demonstrates that the female-specific isoform of Dsx collaborates with Hox gene Abdominal-B (Abd-B) to bring about this apoptosis. Biochemical results suggest that proteins AbdB and Dsx interact through their highly conserved homeodomain and DM domain, respectively. This interaction is translated into a cooperative binding of the two proteins on the apoptotic enhancer in the case of females but not in the case of males, resulting in female-specific activation of apoptotic genes. The capacity of AbdB to use the sex-specific isoform of Dsx as a cofactor underlines the possibility that these two classes of protein are capable of cooperating in selection and regulation of target genes in a tissue- and sex-specific manner. We propose that this interaction could be a common theme in generating sexual dimorphism in different tissues across different species., Highlighted Article: Drosophila DoublesexF collaborates with Abdominal-B to generate a sexually dimorphic central nervous system.

This study has made an attempt to analyse linkages between stock markets of India, Indonesia, Philippines and Taiwan. Monthly data is considered for the present study ranging from January 2000- December 2017. The study begins with description of data series of stock market returns, followed by correlation analysis which examined the degree of association between market returns. Then unit root tests (ADF and PP) were applied to determine stationary properties of time series. All the series were found to be integrated of same order i.e. I(1). Then Johansen test of co-integration is applied followed by VECM. The results of Johansen test of co integration confirm the presence of long run linkages among select stock markets. Further, the results of VECM confirm the existence of long causality from Indonesian, Taiwan, and Philippines market to Indian markets. The study suggests that the select markets allow short term diversification benefits to investors but the same is not true in long run due to some transitory movements.