on the author’s first-hand observations of the metamorphosis of the consumers and consumption in China over the last …

This book takes an interdisciplinary approach to the world of consumption, covering different topics and including … sociological, economic and marketing aspects. The term ‘consumption’ is vague and even in academic disciplines the term is used in … a variety of ways. Consumption research asks how earnings and spending are related to each other. More generally …

scientific terms. Employing a reasoned approach to understanding consumption, this book builds upon theoretical and empirical …

Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: A Consideration of Related Contributions in the Fields of Housing and Consumption …, Consumption and Construction Data -- Chapter 6: Evidence of Cycles in the Housing Economy -- Chapter 7: Contributions to the Field …

national development of cultural consumption in China. By comparing the annual growth of cultural consumption, GDP growth, per … consumption, as well as that between provinces. Based on an analysis of the status quo of cultural consumption in China, the book …

, practical and doable for most applications, and pertain to demand patterns that are horizontal, trending, seasonal, promotion …, dampening forecasts, advance demand forecasts, initial forecasts, all time forecasts, top-down, bottom-up, raw and integer … forecasts, Also described are demand history, demand profile, forecast error, coefficient of variation, forecast sensitivity and …

This book addresses the challenging task of demand forecasting and inventory management in retailing. It analyzes how … that integrates demand forecasting and inventory management for perishable products, while taking unobservable lost sales … the causal relationship between demand and external factors such as price and weather is proposed. The book subsequently …

consumption good perspective. The findings indicate that the home-ownership allowance had a distorting effect by capitalizing into …