"Contextualizing Ernest Dichter within modern consumer culture and the rise of psychological approaches to post-war consumption in Europe and the US, this book argues that 1950s motivation research gives a unique vantage point from which to address questions of the transatlantic transfer of the...

"This book brings together innovative techniques and novel designs that aid in the development of multi-method studies and investigations, focusing on vital concepts such as data validity, triangulation, and reliability"--Provided by publisher.

Theoretical Background on Mass Customization Research -- Fundamentals of Culture Research -- Cultural Influence on Consumer Behavior Under Mass Customization -- Cultural‐bound Interest in Mass Customization – survey -- Cultural‐Bound Actions in Mass Customization – experiment. .

Chapter1-Problem Setting -- Chapter 2 Theory and Design of Conjoint Studies (Ratings Based Methods) -- Chapter 3 Analysis and Utilization of Conjoint Data (Ratings Based Methods) -- Chapter 4 Choice Based Conjoint Studies: Design and Analysis -- Chapter 5 Methods for a Large Number of Attributes...

Placing coffee at the center of its analysis, this volume links East Germany's consumption and food culture to its relationship to the wider world. Andrew Kloiber reveals the ways that everyday cultural practices surrounding coffee drinking not only connected East Germans to a global system of...

L. Leisering: Introduction -- M. G. Schmidt: Social Policy in the German Democratic Republic: Introduction.- "Socialist Social Policy" -- The Institutions of Social Policy in the GDR -- The Politics of Social Policy Under the Socialist Regime -- The Welfare State as Political Process: From...