This book offers a novel perspective that allows to incorporate changing consumption and production structure into … models of economic growth. Starting from the empirical observation that income and consumption structure are closely related …This book offers a novel perspective that allows to incorporate changing consumption and production structure into …

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 …

credit alternatives in managing their consumption and savings and suggests areas for future research …

on the author’s first-hand observations of the metamorphosis of the consumers and consumption in China over the last …“China is blazing the trail in technology, and this is transforming consumers and their lives profoundly at a pace that … China. This book is a must read for anyone who wants to participate and win in this complex, competitive, and rapidly …

-method approach comprising an international qualitative study in Germany, USA and China and a longitudinal quantitative study to …